The five guys reappeared on the stage and the crowd went nuts. Nick went to his drums and Kevin went to the piano. The other three stood along the edge of the stage to sing Back To Your Heart from their previous album.
"Its not that I cant live with out you, its just I don't even want to try, every night I dream about you, ever since the day we said good bye." AJ sang full heartedly staring out into the crowd like he was searching for something.
"If I wasn't such a fool, right now I'd be holding you, there's nothing I wouldn't do baby if I only knew the words to say, the road to take, to find a way back to your heart, what can I do to get to you, and find a way back to your heart"
The song went on as the guys voices harmonized together threw out the entire concert.
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"God that was such a beautiful song!!" Anna screamed over the music.
"Yeah, I know!" Ely grinned like she knew something Anna didn't.
"Why are you smiling like that?"
"Oh nothing....hmmm look there's Nick, do you think he'll hear me?"
"No!!!!!!! Don't!" Anna screamed, but it was too late, Ely screamed Nicks name as loud as she could. Just her luck Nick Heard her and scoured the crowd. His eyes dropped on Ely who was waving and screaming his name like a blubbering idiot . He blinked hard as Ely yelled "Hey Carter!!" Nick thought it sounded familiar and stared hard at her.
"Omg he's looking at you!!!" An excited fan yelled at Ely.
"Duhh!!!! that's the point."
Nick continued to sing and walk along the stage figuring it was just another fan. It was the last song and the five guys got down from the stage to shake hands with the front row.
AJ walked along the side letting the fans grab and touch his hand. He didn't even look up once. He slowly came upon Ely and Anna.
"AJ it's me Ely!!!" she yelled as he grabbed her hand. He looked up and sure enough she was there.
"Omg hi! Hey, wait here for a while, I'll get a body guard for ya." He said and continued on walking as a huge guy pushed him along the narrow path.
Anna quickly came up from where she was kneeling.
"Is he gone?"
"Yes he's gone, you idiot!"
"That was close," she squealed when she felt some one step on her foot. "Watch it!!!!" she screamed. When she turned around she came face to face with Nick.
"Anna is that you??" he asked in shock.
"Uhh... no I'm Ally, sorry."
"No it is you! Stay here!!!!!" he said as his body guard pushed him along.
Anna started screaming insanities at Ely. She was so mad.
"Oh he wont see me you say...."
"Oh, just shut up!!!!"
Nick quickly told his body guard about the girl he saw in the audience.
"You have to bring her back! No matter what she says, bring her back here!!!!" he demanded.
"Sir, I cant just do that, she didn't do anything wrong."
"Make something up, it'll be her word against mine! Just do it! Hurry."
Anna pushed her way threw the crowd until she was stopped by a big black man.
"Miss, you'll have to come with me!" he droned.
"The hell I do!!!" she yelled and pushed past him, but was stopped when he grasped around her waist and she was lifted over his shoulder.
"What the hell are you doing!!! put me down!"she screamed.
"Sorry cant do that, Nicks orders."
"The hell with Nicks orders, tell him he can go screw himself."
"Be nice, didn't anyone teach you manners?"
"Didn't anyone tell you kidnaping is a crime!" she shot back, as he took her threw the crowd.
"Yeah but your not a kid." he laughed taking her into a secluded room. He let her down on the couch and walked to the door.
"Nick will be here soon, don't even try leaving, I'll be right outside." he said, and with that he was gone.
‘God how did I get myself into this, I was perfectly fine, now I'm screwed god, what's AJ going to think. I cant see him again.' she thought as the door slowly opened. She sprung up from the couch to find Nick right before her once again.
"Sorry I had to do that, but there was no other way you would see me."
"You better be sorry, now let me go!" she demanded.
"Come on Anna, don't you want to see me, I've wanted to see you, and I know someone else who did too." he smiled.
"Oh no, you cant!!!" she cried, as the door opened. She cringed and sat back down only to find it was Brian.
"Oh thank heaven."
"It's nice to see you too,"Brian smiled kindly.
"Please you guys, just let me go."
"No, we cant, you don't understand Anna!"
"Yes, I understand kidnaping is a felony, what else do I need, or you need to know for that matter."
"Oh come on you cant be that disappointed in seeing us, seeing how you are at our concert."
"Only because Ely tricked me!"
"Ely?!?!?!"Nick asked in shock.
"Yep Ely, what a small world, eh?"
"Anna...... you have to do us a favor..." Brian interrupted .
"And what would that be...?"
"You have to see AJ.." Nick continued.
"Oh no....out of the question, never!!!" she said and sat back down.
"I thought you left on good terms with AJ?"
"I did, you just wouldn't understand, it would bring back so many old memory's"
"And you don't want them? Why?" Brian asked.
"Because, you will never understand.... you wouldn't know what me and AJ have been threw."
Brian sighed, he looked at Nick and they both slumped back on the couch.
"What?!?" she asked.
"Nothing ‘you' wouldn't understand." Nick hissed.
"You guys, don't do this to me."
"Were not doing anything, you are! Want a drink?" Nick asked changing the subject.
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AJ made his way back out into the stadium once everyone had left. He walked out looking into the empty seats that had previously been filled with thousands of adoring fans. His eyes landed on a light blonde sitting in the way back accompanied by one of there body guards. He quickly made his way up the narrow path and over to them.
"Thanks Jimmy, you can leave now." He said, making way for him to get past.
"Nice meeting you Ely." He said and disappeared into the huge venue.
"God it's so good seeing you again..." Ely spoke out enthusiastically.
"Like wise," he said and took her into a big hug.
"Come with me and we can go get a drink." He replied and grabbed her hand. AJ lead her down that path and back stage, just out side a small room. Nick opened the door to find AJ right there. He quickly closed it behind him.
"Uh...... You cant go in there!"
"Wanna make a bet, now move Nick, I don't wanna even see you right now!" He hissed, moving him out of the way.
Brian and Anna could hear the commotion from out side the room. Anna could hear AJ's rough voice echoing through the halls.
"God, is that AJ? He sounds terrible!"
"Yeah, he feel's it too!"
"Oh my god, the door, hide me!!!" she yelled.
"Here, behind the chair." Brian shouted, pushing her back there just as the door opened, and in popped AJ, and Ely.
"God the nerve of that guy." AJ swallowed with anger.
"Oh my god, Brian?" Ely smiled.
"Long time no see!"he smiled and gave her a small hug. AJ grabbed two cokes from the fridge and threw one at Ely, he walked over to the reclining chair and dropped himself down.
"Ouch..." Anna whispered, from AJ smacking up against the chair, making it hit her in the head.
"Whoa, did you hear that?" AJ gulped.
"No, what are you talking about AJ?" Brian panicked.
"No, I heard it too,"Ely chimed in. But Brian threw her a shut up glance and she became quiet. AJ looked around the room, but found nothing. He shrugged taking another sip of his coke. He leaned over to place it on the counter until he came across a little black bag.
‘Ugh shit' Anna thought to herself.
AJ picked it up and brought it to his lap, as a few things fell out including a bottle of perfume, Cashmere mist by Donna Karen. The familiar sent filled the air. AJ shut his eyes tightly reminiscing the sent, then opened them quickly.
"Excuse me, I have to go!" He snapped, getting up and making a quick exit.
"Satisfied now, look what your doing to him!" Brian said aloud.
"Who are you talking to?" Ely asked, looking at Brian strangely.
"I'm sorry Brian, I just cant, you don't understand it's better this way." Anna jumped in, getting out from behind the chair.
"Omg Anna! You hid?" Ely asked, her jaw dropping.
"Yeah actually I did, and if I wanted to see him, it wouldn't be this way." she shot back.
"Didn't you hear what your doing to him?"
"You don't know that! I'm not doing anything."
"That's a load of crap, and you and everyone else knows it!" Brian threw in.
"Look I cant stay here. I cant take another chance like that, I'm sure I'll talk to you soon Brian, don't say a word to AJ, PLEASE!"
"You cant make me do this Anna! Please!" Brian uttered.
"You don't understand, if you tell him, oh never mind you wouldn't understand."
"Anna it's been two years, don't you think it's time?"Ely added in.
"No! Bye guys, Ely you can catch a cab, I'll pay ya back later!" she replied and with that was gone.
She quickly hurried through the venue until she came across Nick and the huge body guard from earlier that evening.
"Anna where are you going?" Nick asked, pulling her aside.
"I'm leaving Nick, it was nice seeing you again, but I cant be here. Maybe you and Brian can come by later with Ely and we can talk at my house, but please just do me a favor and don't tell AJ." Nick sighed loudly.
"I guess."
"Thanks Nick, you're the best."
"Yeah I know," he said and took her into a long hug. Tears welled in Anna's eye's as she thought back to all their old memory's.
"I got to go now," she said wiping away the fresh tears that had fallen. She quickly walked threw the back exit, to find AJ sitting there on the step. She didn't move, hoping he wouldn't notice her.
‘God why cant I get on with my life, why cant I forget, why is this happening to me.' he thought aloud, pulling something from the bag he had with him. She starred at his hand, as it was lifted in the air. Finally realizing what it was, she choked hard, and swiped it from his hands.
"You don't want to do this." She stuttered out. AJ snapped his head back to come face to face with someone he had never met. (So he thought)
"What would you know, you don't know anything about me!" He said in a fit of anger.
"I bet you I do! Please AJ don't do it!" she smiled the familiar smile.
"Do I know you?" he blinked hard. He couldn't see her eyes, because of the sunglasses she was wearing, which made it really hard to see who she was.
"No!" she said all to quickly.
"Believe me Alex, you don't want to do it!" She said and placed the gun down, she took off for the parking lot as AJ sat there thinking about what had just happened.
‘God there was something so familiar about that girl, and what was with her calling me Alex, the last person who called me that was............. Oh no way!' he thought and took off in search of Brian and Ely for some answers. He swung open the door to find Nick, Brian and Ely all sitting there.
"Ok, something's not right and I want answers." AJ demanded sitting down on the couch. Brian and Nick looked at each other knowingly, but shrugged.
"Look I'm not dumb!"
"You could have fooled me," Nick interrupted. AJ glared coldly at him.
"I'm not joking, who's purse was that earlier?" he said looking over at Ely for the answer.
"It was hers...." Brian mumbled.
"Ok, then where is it..."
"Uh....I umm....."
"Yeah, that's what I thought.... Now there was a girl in here earlier, wasn't there?"
"Yes, AJ there was!"Ely spoke up. Then got a hard nudge in the ribs from Brian and Nick.
"Owwww you guys!!!!" she winced out in pain.
"Well, who was it..."
"I uhh...I um"
"COME ON!!!!! TELL ME DAMN IT" he yelled.
"You don't know her...."
"Don't lie to me!"
"Ok AJ, you really wanna know?" Ely shouted.
"No L you cant!" Brian interrupted.
"Sure she can.... tell me!" AJ shouted. "I talked to her.." he added. "Now who was it?"
"You don't know?"
"No, well yeah, I don't know, god just tell me already." he asked becoming impatient. Ely pulled out a picture from her wallet.
"Was this the girl you saw?" she asked handing him a picture of herself and another girl. He stared hard at the picture, and flipped it over. It read... Ally and Ely state fair, 2000.
"Yeah..... but uhh... she looks....just like......" he replied not able to say her name, it hurt to much and the wounds weren't healed yet.
"Anna?" Ely spoke up.
"No....never mind.." he replied and stormed out of the room.