What time is it?!?!" D shouted from her room in the suite.

"It’s five minutes after the last time you asked," Dawn shouted back, laughing.  
They were both getting ready for the arrival of the boys.  They were flying in at 3pm 
and the girls were anxious to see them.  It had been more than a month since they 
had seen Nick and AJ.  

Noah insisted, much to their dismay, that they not go to the airport because 
of the hoopla the boys were bound to cause. Dawn still didn’t know that the rest of the 
Boys were coming, she thought it would be just Nick and AJ, the guys all wanted it to be 
a surprise.  Dawn’s album was to be released the next day and it got leaked to the 
press that AJ was flying in to be with his fianc�.  The fans were already surrounding 
the hotel.  

"So when are they getting in?" D asked, coming into the living room.

"They should be here within the hour," Dawn answered, looking at her watch. 

"I can’t believe we couldn’t meet them at the airport," D groaned.

"Yeah I know.  The fans are going to be waiting for them to come in."

D got up and went out to the balcony.  She looked over the side and saw fans surrounding 
the front of the building.  D shook her head and sighed.  

"I can’t believe that all these people are here for the guys.  It’s amazing."

"Yeah I know.  They certainly aren’t here for me," Dawn said, joining her on the 
balcony. The fans started screaming her name when they saw her, but she knew that 
they knew her as AJ’s fianc�.

"Someday there will be a crowd of people following you wherever you go.  You’ll see."

Dawn smiled at her and looked down at the large crowd.  She saw a sign that said 
"AJ – marry me instead," and she laughed.  She was just about to say something to D
when she heard commotion in the hallway and the door open.  The girls looked at each 
other and smiled.

"MOMMY!!!" Arianna called, searching the room for her.

 AJ, Nick and Denise followed behind her. D and Dawn rushed into the room.  Arianna 
saw Dawn and smiled.  She flew into her mother’s outstretched arms.
 
"Hi baby!" Dawn said picking up the little girl and hugging her. 

"You’re getting so big!"  

"NICKY!!!!!" D yelled, running and jumping into his arms, wrapping her legs around him.  

He laughed and twirled her around. 

"I missed you so much," D told him softly, cupping his face.

"I missed you more," he answered, still holding her up.

She smiled and kissed him passionately.

"Did Daddy dress you in that nice little outfit and do your hair all pretty like that?" Dawn 
asked Arianna, admiring her ensemble. She was wearing a pink dress, dress shoes and 
her hair was in pigtails with light pink ribbons.  

"Yep!  Daddy hurt my hair," the little girl frowned, rubbing her head. 

They all laughed.  

"Yeah, we’re still having issues with the clips," AJ joked, "So we went with ribbons 
today."  

Dawn let go of Arianna and turned to AJ. They embraced, cherishing the fact that they 
were in each other’s arms again.

"I missed you so much," she whispered, tears coming to her eyes.  

"I missed you too, Angel," he whispered back, kissing her slowly.  

When they pulled apart Denise came over and gave Dawn a hug.  

"I’m so proud of you honey."

"Thank you so much, Denise.  That means a lot to me."

"Oh, you know, I forgot, we ran into some people at the airport that said they knew you,
we figured we’d bring them along so they could say hi." 

Dawn looked at AJ puzzled, then Kevin, Jessica, Brian, Leighanne & Howie burst through the door.

"Oh my God!" Dawn exclaimed in shock.  "What are you guys doing here??!" 

"You think we’d miss this?" Brian said, giving her a hug. 

"I can’t believe you’re all here, you’re gonna make me cry," she laughed, wiping the tears 
of happiness from her eyes as she hugged everyone.

"Hey, you’re part of this family and we wanted to be here for you on your big day," 
Kevin said, smiling.

D went over to AJ and gave him a hug. 

"So how are things?" He asked her quietly.

"Everything’s been fine the last few days.  Nothing new to report."

AJ smiled and nodded and went to join Arianna and Dawn on the couch.  
He was so thankful to have his family back together…at least for a few days. He leaned 
over and gave Dawn a tender kiss on the lips.

"We are going to go and settle in.  We’ll see you guys around six for dinner?" Brian asked, 
grabbing Leighanne’s hand and heading for the door. Kevin,Jess, Howie and Denise 
followed along with all the Boys’ bodyguards, with the exception of Marcus, he stayed 
with AJ.

"Sounds good.  See you guys later," AJ answered, waving.

Nick picked up his bag looked towards the bedrooms.

"So which one is yours baby?" He asked, turning to D.

She looked at him and smirked.  

"You think your staying in my room do you?" She questioned, crossing her arms.  

He just smiled at her and walked down the hall.  D shook her head and smiled.  

"The one on the left," she told him, following him to her room.

She closed the door behind her and watched him throw his bag down in the corner.  He 
turned and looked at her, giving her and playful grin.

"Unpacking’s done," he said, coming towards her.  D laughed.

"You didn’t even take anything out."

Nick shrugged and pulled her into his arms, kissing her long and hard.  She moaned as his 
tongue dueled with hers.  He grabbed her ass and pulled her closer,making her feel his 
excitement.  

"God, I've missed you D," he groaned into her ear.

He kissed and licked her neck, which made her giggle.

"Nicky, we really have to talk about something before we go any further," she breathed, 
trying to push him away.

Nick pulled her back to him.

"We can talk later.  Right now I wanna show you how much I’ve missed you."

He bent down and locked her lips in a fiery kiss, unbuttoning her shirt.  It was useless in 
fighting him, she didn’t really want to.  She  wanted Nick so badly she ached all over.  
They quickly removed each other’s clothing and she pushed him back onto the bed, 
straddling his waist.  She kissed down his chest, dipping her tongue in his bellybutton.  
Nick licked his lips and pulled her back up to him.

"I can’t wait any more…I need you now."

He flipped her over and entered her in one quick thrust.

"Oh gawd," D moaned, loving the feel of him inside of her.  She grabbed his ass and 
pushed him in deeper.

"Mmmm…you feel so damned good, baby," he panted, moving in and out of her slowly.  
He kept up the teasing pace, wanting all of these feelings washing over him to last 
forever.  

"Faster…Nicky…go faster," she pleaded, badly needing her release.

He did as he was told and began thrusting at a frantic pace.  It wasn’t long before they 
reached their peaks, Nick collapsing on top of her.  He placed his head on her chest, 
trying to catch his breath.

"That was amazing."

"Yes it was," D agreed, holding him close and stroking his hair.

They laid there in silence for a while.  Finally Nick looked up at her and smiled.  She 
smiled back.  

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" He asked, moving to lay beside her.

"I wanted to talk to you about Noah." 

Nick frowned.

"What about him?  He hasn’t made a pass at you has he? Cause I’ll kick his ass…"

"No, he hasn’t made a pass at me," she laughed. 

D thought for a minute.

"I’m not really sure where to start."  

"The beginning is always a good place to start," Nick suggested, smiling.

D ran her fingers through her hair and sighed.

"Ever since the first time AJ met Noah he’s had this bad feeling about him.  He doesn’t 
trust him.  He thinks he has ulterior motives about Dawn.  I got the same feeling.  That’s
why I’m really here…to keep and eye on him.  To make sure that he doesn’t pull anything."

"Has he?"

"He’s been feeding her all this bullshit about AJ.  He told her on the plane that things 
were going to be different once she becomes a star and they would grow apart 
eventually."

"That’s real nice," Nick scoffed.

"Tell me about it.  It really upset her.  I told him to stop putting these ideas in her head.
I warned him to leave her alone." D took a deep breath. "That’s when he starting making 
threats."

"Threats??  What kind of threats?" he asked, curiously.

"He said he would tell you that I was cheating on you with Enrique."

"He said that?" D nodded. "What makes him think I would believe him?"

"You think so highly of him and you don’t know me that well.  Everyone sees how well 
that Enrique and I get along.  It’s totally innocent.  We’re just friends.  I swear…"

Nick smiled and put his hand on her cheek.
"I believe you.  I know you well enough to know that you wouldn’t cheat on me.  I trust 
you baby."

"I know you trust me.  Deep down I knew that.  He just intimidated me.  I didn’t want to 
risk losing you.  The other day I told him I already told you everything and that you were 
pretty pissed at him."

"Damn right…"

"I told him I was also telling AJ.  He already knows all about everything but Noah doesn’t
 know that.  He said that he would get Dawn thrown off the tour.  He would ruin her 
career before it got started."

Nick got up on his elbow and stared at her in disbelief.

"Wow.  This guy is something else.  He claims to care about her but he’s threatening to 
pull the rug out from underneath her?  She has no clue about this and he’s going to punish 
her?"

"Seems cruel doesn’t it?"

"Yeah, it does.  I really liked him when I first met him.  I’ve only heard nice things about 
him.  This really blows me away."

"You’re not the only he has fooled.  Dawn’s blind to it too.  He’s nice as pie to her and 
she eats it up.   He brings her flowers, takes her out, compliments her endlessly.  It 
drives me crazy because the guy is a real snake."

"I can’t believe he’s pulling this shit.  They guys got a hell of a lot of nerve." Nick said, 
getting madder by the minute.

"I want to tell her about him but AJ doesn’t want to upset her."

"So AJ is keeping quiet about this?" Nick asked, surprised.

"Yeah…for Dawn’s sake.  He doesn’t want to see her get hurt."

"I guess I can understand why he’s keeping it a secret.  I would probably do the same 
thing."

"I suppose so.  I just feel bad for keeping her in the dark.  J would love to tear the 
guy a new asshole but he can’t."

"He can leave that to me.  The guy already knows that I know so I’m sure he’s 
expecting me to do or say something.  No one threatens my girl and gets away with it."

D smiled at him and stroked his cheek.  She was so glad he was with her. He smiled back 
at her, leaned down and kissed her tenderly. 

"I love you," D sighed.  

"I love you, too." 

D’s eyes widened.  She hadn’t realized she said that out loud.  She silently admonished 
herself. ‘How could you have told him that?  What if he…wait…did he just say what I 
think he did?’  She looked at him and he was smiling at her.  The sweetest smile she had 
ever seen.   

"You look surprised baby love."

"I…I am.  I wanted to tell you for a while but I thought it was too soon.  I didn’t want 
to scare you away."

"You could never scare me away," he whispered, placing his forehead on hers.

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