"What are you doing?" Nick asked with a grin, following the brown haired girl through the long and empty hallway. They turned a corner and she pushed him lightly against the wall.
"Just couldn't wait anymore..." she whispered, staring into his light blue eyes. Nick smiled as he leaned over and kissed her softly. She slowly entered her tongue in his mouth, as he slipped his hands under her tank top and pulled her closer.
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*** Meanwhile ***
"Hum.. Lexy is missing too.." Keri whispered in Brian's ear.
"Oh... shit.." he replied. "Um.. I'll go get him!" he said out loud before anyone noticed the two missing. He knew Kevin would be pissed. "Just go...we'll join you at the hotel!"
"Alright." Kevin said with a sigh. He hated when Nick was doing this. He and the rest of the gang, beside Mary, Brian and Keri, left for the buses.
Brian glanced at Lylian and Gaby. Both had different emotions in their faces. Lylian was looking sad and exhausted.. "Maybe it's because of the rehearsal.." he hoped. And Gaby had a mix of anger and sadness in her big eyes. He sighed and looked over at Mary.
"Should we go find them?" she asked.
"Yeah yeah! Let's go!" Brian answered. The three started walking in the hallways, hoping they would not find them in an embarassing moment.
"Nick?? Nick Carter!!" Brian shouted in one of the empty hallway. "Nick, are you there???" he asked, hearing muffle noises.
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*** During this time ***
Lexy was now leaning against the wall, her eyes closed with pleasure as Nick traced kisses down her neck and caressed her hips.
"Mmm.. Lexy.." Nick moaned between two kisses.
"Nick?? Nick Carter!! Nick, are you there?" the two heard and abruptly stopped. Nick opened his eyes wide and peeked to the corner of the wall. He saw his friend, Mary and Keri walking toward them.
"Hum.." he cleared his throat. "Yeah! I'm here!"
"Was about time! Listen, can you just join us downstair... we're ready to leave and waiting for you!" Brian replied.
"Yeah..yeah! Coming!" he shouted.
"Good!"
He peeked again and saw them all leave. His eyes then went back to Marilyne. She had a huge grin on her face and her eyes were shinning.
"What?" he chuckled.
"Nothing.." she smiled.
"Yeah right!" he laughed and kissed the top of her noise. "You're evil you know that?"
"Yeah... I have my times!" she smirked.
"Will we continue this another time?" he asked.
"Hope so!" she sexily smiled. He grinned and kissed her one last time.
They walked to the parking lot and hopped in the bus, both beaming. Everyone stared at them with different faces. Mary was looking pissed, Keri was grinning and Brian ..well, he was looking totally confused.
"So...how did you guys like the rehearsal?" Brian asked, getting the attention to something else.
"It was really cool!" Keri exclaimed. "Can't wait to see it on tv tomorrow!"
"Yeah! It's gonna be really nice!" Marilyne smiled.
"Defenitely! Too bad Lylian doesn't seem happy 'bout it!" Mary added.
"You saw it too? Well...maybe it wasn't really the reason why she was angry..." Brian's eyes locking with Nick's who shrugged.
"Anyways! She did a really good job!" Keri said.
"Yup!"
The rest of the ride, they chatted about things and others. They finally arrived in front of Keri and Marilyne's appartement. Nick and Marilyne got off the bus together.
"Bye! Thanks and good luck for tomorrow night!" Keri warmly smiled to Brian.
"Thanks! See ya!" he smiled back.
"Was nice meeting you!" she told Mary.
"Same here!" Mary replied.
"Bye!" she repeated, hopping of the bus.
"Oh...Brian... Lexy forgot her sweater!" Mary told him, picking up a red sweater from the couch.
"I'll go give it to her!" he said as she threw it to him. He ran off the bus but didn't see her. He looked up and saw Keri who was about to enter in the appartement.
"Wait!" he called. "Lexy forgot her sweater!" he said as he climbed the stairs.
"Oh! Thank you!"
"No prob!" he gave it to her. When he was about to turn and leave, she slipped a paper in his hand. He looked up at her, his eyes full of confusion.
"Just in case... you feel lonely at night..." she grinned, her brown eyes sparkling.
"Um...okay...thanks.." he blushed, taken aback by her move.
"Bye bye!" she chuckled at his reddish face.
"Bye!" he replied, still a little confused. He ran back int he bus where Mary and Nick were chatting.
"So, what were you two doing behind that wall?" Mary asked, knowing full-well the answer. He only grinned, what made her think she was right. "Nick!!" she sighed.
"What??"
"You're an asshole!" she seriously said.
"Mary!!!" Brian exclaimed, wide eyes.
"It's true! Do you, at least, know how Gaby and Lily feels about you?"
"Um..no.." Nick said. "It was only kisses... and I wonder how you know about that..." he said, turning to Brian who looked at the floor.
"It is enough to give them ideas Nick!!!"
"I'm sure they don't even have feelings for me anyways!" he shrugged.
"And you think Lexy does?" Brian asked, wrapping his arms around his girlfriend.
"Well...I don't know... but I like her.."
"And you don't like Gaby or Lylian?"
"Um...well..." he tried to speak but he didn't know what to answer. Did he like them or not? He thought about Gaby...her big green eyes always filled with emotions...her curly dark hair falling on her shoulders... the way she smelled.. the sweet taste of her lips on his... she defenitely had something... Then appeared Lylian on his mind... the way she was moving to the music and teasing him as they danced. The was she felt in his arms... her soft laugh when he was jocking... she too had something special.
"So???" Mary asked.
"Look...leave me alone! I can decide what I wanna do by myself!"
"Alright! But if Kevin wanna kick your ass, it'll be your fault and don't tell us we never warned you!" she replied.
Nick sighed and looked over at Brian who looked back with a sorry look. They finally arrived at the hotel and all met in the restaurant for dinner.
"So, what do you guys wanna do tonight?" Kevin asked everyone around the table.
"No clubbing...please..." Vickie sighed. "I'm tired.."
"Yeah, me too. Was fun but.. we could do something else." Michelle nodded.
"I agree... we could just hang out and watch a movie or something...we can't party late anyways because we have a really big day tomorrow!" Brian said. He saw the deception in Aj and Nick's eyes but he didn't care. Anyways, they could go to the club if they wanted so much to.
"Okay. Movies sounds good..." Nick shrugged.
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*** An Hour Later ***
Nick walked to Brian and Mary's bedroom, his hands in his pockets, thinking about what he was gonna do about Gaby and Lylian. He really didn't think his relationship with Lexy would be really serious... he didn't know what to do. He just wanted to have fun... but no one understood that. They wanted him to have a serious long-time relationship... but, after thinking about it, he wasn't ready for this yet. "Anyways, let's just forget about this tonight.." he thought as he arrived in front of the door.
"Hey peeps!" he greeted as he stepped in the room.
"Hey Nick!" Mary and Brian replied. They were the only one that were there yet... but as he walked deeper, he saw two girls laying on their stomachs on the floor, at the edge of the kindsize bed and he froze. They turned around and smiled widely.
"Hey Nick!" they said at the same time.
"Um..Hey Gaby! Hey Lily!" he managed a smile. "I didn't know you were coming..." he added, staring at Brian with a puzzle look.
"Mary invited them..." Brian said. "Anyways, everyone is invited..." he shrugged.
"Yeah...of course.." Nick replied, giving Mary and Brian a angry look. He couldn't believe they had done this to him. He really had thought he wouldn't think about them that evening...He knew they had done this unpurpose. A suddent idea came into his mind and he grinned. "So...what are we watching?" he asked.
"Dunno...we're waiting for the others to arrive and we'll decide..." Mary shrugged. At this moment, the door opened again and Aj, Katya, Kevin and Vickie stepped in.
"D and Michelle aren't coming..they wanted to be alone tonight.." Vickie told everyone. "So... we don't have to wait for them."
"Good...is anyone else coming?" Nick asked.
"I don't think so... what do you guys wanna watch?" Brian asked.
"Dude Where's My Car!!!" Gaby exclaimed and looked at Lylian who bursted out laughing. Everybody stared at them with questionning looks.
"Sorry... " Lylian apologized. "It's an inside..." she giggled.
"Ooo-kay..." Mary laughed.
"We didn't see that movie... it looks funny..." Nick said as the girls started laughing again.
"Yeah it really looks like it.." Aj chuckled.
"Let's watch it then..." Kevin shrugged. "There's nothing else better ..."
"Shibby!!!" Gaby shouted as Lylian laughed again. Everyone sat at different places in the room; Brian and Mary curled up on the loveseat, Aj and Katya on another couch, Kevin and Vickie on the bed. Nick grinned to himself and stared at the two girls on the floor.
"I found my spot!" he said, walking between the two and pushing them a little so he could lay between them.
"You're really polite..." Gaby grinned.
"I know, that's what makes my charm.." he flashed her one of those smiles that was making her heart skip one beat.
"Shut up!" Kevin said as the movie started. Nick giggled and looked at Lylian on his right. She had her chin resting on her crossed arms and was staring at the tv screen, her hair falling on the side of her face. Feeling that someone was looking at her, she turned her head a little and looked back at him. She smiled weakly and brang her attention back to the screen.
"Don't disturb her.. that's the movie with her hot babe.." Gaby whispered in his ear.
"What?"
"Ashton Kutcher... she's so into him.." she giggled and looked at Lylian. Nick did the same and saw her totally glued to the tv screen, with a huge smile on her face. He chuckled at her cute face and she didn't even remarked it. "See? Told ya..." Gaby smiled.
"And who are you into?" he grinned.
"That's...a secret." she replied with a little smile, looking back at the tv. He did the same and tried to focus on the movie but he just couldn't.
"What does he have more than I do?" he asked in Lylian's ear after a few minutes.
"Huh?" she frowned.
"That dude... what is so hot about him?" he smirked. Her eyes became wide and she blushed.
"Nothing..." she replied shyly.
"Aww come on... "
"Nick, could you shut up two minutes?" Kevin said. Lylian chuckled quietly as Nick sighed. She glanced at him with a smirk and leaned over.
"He's tall... got a baby face... nice hair.." she whispered in his ear. "Only..." she paused."it's not blond..." she added before to blush again and turned back to the tv screen. Nick smiled to himself and brang his attention back to the tv.
"Damn... what does he think he's doing?" Mary asked Brian.
"Mary please, it's none of our business!" he replied with a sigh. "He's just talking to her..."
"Them! He's flirting with both ... He's doing this unpurpose because he's angry at us.."
"Yeah well it was your idea to invite them... " he snapped.
"Yeah 'cause I thought he would realize what he was gonna do about it..or talk to them...I dunno!"
"Well Nick will never do this... not in front of everyone anyways!"
"He's really acting like a jerk.."
"Mary! You're over reacting!" Brian whispered. "Gaby and Lily are two best friend...I'm sure they talked to each other and realized Nick was playing with them so they would at least be a little bit mad if they would really care for him.... "
"But maybe they didn't talk about it...." she argued.
"I doubt it.."
"Anyways...I don't agree with was he's doing... he'll hurt people again...I just don't want that another time..." she sighed. She had lost a great friend of hers the last tour because Nick and she didn't want that to happen again.
"I know how you feel... but for now we can't do anything... at least, we realized what he's doing... we'll see..." Brian shrugged.
"Yeah..."
An hour passed by as they all laughed of the stupidities of the movie. Nick was having a hard time to concentrate but he didn't care. He was having two girls flirting with him. Every now and then, one of them would say some words in his ear, not even knowing what that the other was doing the same thing. He had to admit he was having a good time. After a moment, he realized Gaby wasn't moving so he turned his head on his left and saw she her dark curly hair falling on her face. He stared at her for a moment..and softly pushed her hair behind her ear, revealing her eyes closed and her angelic face resting on her arms. She was looking so ... peaceful and happy like this. He really wondered why she was looking so sad sometimes... He saw her shiver when his hand brushed her cheek.
"This movie is so stupid!" Brian exclaimed, unable to stop laughing. "How can you they be such dumbasses???"
"You shouldn't talk bro... you can sometimes be as dumb as them!" Aj replied with a giggle.
"I know I do stupid things but.. I do it unpurpose..they don't! Come on! There's a limit!" he shouted. "At least, I know the difference between a lama and a ostrich!"
"You sure?" Mary teased.
"Yes I am!" he said with a smirk before to kiss her softy.
"Oh you're so smart!" she laughed.
"A lama is the animal that hides its head in the ground when it's afraid right??" Nick asked turning around. Everyone stared at him and bursted out laughing.
"Nick...you should play in that movie!!" Kevin laughed.
"Oh yeah! Congratulation Nicky!" Aj giggled, clapping in his hands. "You're da man!"
"Smartest guy alive!" Brian added.
"What???" Nick asked. "I mixed them up?"
"What d'you think?" Mary asked back with a chuckle. "Damn Nick you're not watching... we saw the ostrich 5 seconds ago!!! How can you mix them up?"
"Damn..." he replied with a little smile and turned back to the tv.
"Something else about Ashton.." Lylian grinned in Nick's ear. He turned and waited for the rest. "He can be really dumb..." she chuckled.
Gaby walked slowly in a big old fashioned two story house surrounded by tall threes. She felt the humid grass under her bare feet as she approached the front door. She had the feeling she knew this house...she knew it pretty well... but she couldn't tell why. She didn't why something was pushing her to go in the house... when she touched the cold handle, she felt chills down her spine. She felt like everything was taking so much time to happen... like everything was in slow motion. She finally entered in the house and a familiar scent of flowers and baking cookies tickled her nostrils. She heard noise of laughters but the house was empty... no one was there. It seemed like haunted. How come she knew that place? As she walked deeper, she passed in front of a vast living room with black couches and a small table in the middle. Then at the end of the hallway, like it appeared from nowhere, she saw stairs that were leading to the next level. She didn't know why but her eyes couldn't leave those stairs and she finally climbed them, the floor was cracking against her weight. When she arrived on the top, without even a thought, she made her way to one of the room... it was a small room with a single bed leaning against the back blue colored wall. There was a work desk with sheets and all kind of books on it, a dresser, and another door that she knew, leaded to a big walking closet. There was also a little couch against the opposite wall and she immediatly walked toward it and after a moment, layed on it, grabbing the little cushion and held it tight. She closed her eyes during a moment, enjoying this feeling she knew so well...this feeling of security and safety... She tried to open her eyes again but she couldn't..everything was black but she could only hear someone talking to her. She felt tears on cheeks and her heart was racing fastly.
"Hey Gaby..." a voice sang. "Wanna go home?!"
"With mama?!" she asked, her voice pleading.
"Yes...with mama..." the same voice whispered softly.
The movie finally ended as they continued laughing about it and about Nick. They chatted for a few minutes, but soon thought they should go back to their rooms to rest since tomorrow was a big day for everybody. Kevin, Vickie, Aj, Katya and Nick left and Lylian kneeled down beside Gaby.
"Gaby... wake up... we gotta go..." she whispered, touching her friend's elbow.
"No.... " Gaby groaned back, not even opening her eyes.
"Come on Gab... we gotta leave!"
"I'm fine here..." she replied, with an almost unhearable voice.
"Damnit stand up!!" Lylian exclaimed but got no response. "Oh no!" she sighed angrily. "She does it again..."
"What?" Mary frowned.
"Sometimes she's such in a deep sleep that I can't wake her up... we usually have to wait t'ill she wakes up by herself...one time, I waited a whole damn day!!! I don't know why she does this... fortunately, it doesn't happen everyday!"
"Let me try..." Brian put an hand on her shoulder and kneeled down beside Gaby. Lylian stared at him with a surprised look but let him do it. "Hey Gaby..." he sang.. "Wanna go home..?!?"
"With mama?!..." she said, still asleep.
"Yes..." Brian whispered softly, with a weird feeling inside of him.
Lylian's eyes went wide as she watched her friend waking up slowly.
"Come on... let's go ... " he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her up so she was now standing on her feet. She opened her eyes slowly and rubbed them. "You full awake?" he smiled warmly.
"Um..yeah I think so..." she replied, confused. She had no idea what had happened... she remembered her dream... she knew who that person beside her was..it was Brian... what was that all about?
"You were looking far far away from here.." he said with a little grin.
"Um..yeah sorry... " she apologized, backing away a little bit. "Um... shall we go?" she asked Lylian, her eyes not leaving Brian's.
"Yeah ... I'm feeling tired too.." Lylian yawned. "Thanks Mary..Thanks Brian! See ya tomorrow!"
"Night!!" Mary smiled.
"Good night girls..." Brian said.
"Bye..." Gaby weakly responded as she followed Lylian out.
"Um... what just happened there?" Lylian asked her friend as they walked in the elevator.
"What?"
"How come Brian woke you up? Usually no one can wake you up when it happens..."
"What happened?"
"Well you know, when you're like in a coma and nothing can wake you up.. that's what happened..."
"I dunno why it worked when he tried... " she lied.
"Don't you think it can have something to do with..you know... when you were younger?" Lylian asked.
"I don't know..maybe.." Gaby shrugged.
"I think it has everything to do with it...you asked for your mother..."
"What??" Gaby exclaimed.
"Yeah...he asked if you wanted to go home and you said..with mama?!.. and he said yes and..well you opened your eyes when he picked you up.." Lylian explained.
"Oh..." she replied, not really knowing what to say. She knew she had a bond with Brian..she couldn't tell why or what exactly... but she knew he had an influence on her life.
"Will you talk to him soon?" Lylian asked after a moment of silence as they walked toward the door of their room.
"I think so... I don't know...do you think I should?"
"Of course you should. But I won't push you to. But I don't think you should be scared to learn about your mother and what happened when you arrived here... the thing is, you'll never know if you don't ask.."
"Yeah you're right. Anyways... the dream I had tonight was a little weird so... I think I should talk to him.."
"What was it?"
Gaby proceed to tell her what she had dreamed about during the short lap of time she had slept in Brian's room. They talked about it for a while but both were tired so they headed to bed.
