“Rise and shine everybody,” Kevin yelled, walking into the bunk area. He was the only one up. “And welcome to Louisiana!” We had arrived in New Orleans sometime during the night. I had never been there before so I was reading to check out the shopping scene.

“Good morning sweetheart,” Nick said pulling me close to him for a quick kiss. I quickly kissed him then hopped out of bed.

“Hey, what’s the rush? Our show’s not ‘till 7:30.” He protested.

“Nicky, honey. New Orleans. Me. Jess. Huge malls. Outlet stores. Credit card. Think!!!” I told him with a smile, running over to the bunk AJ and Jess shared. “C’mon Jess. The bus is stopped. Let’s get a move on!” I hollered as AJ pulled the curtain back. No Jess.

“I’m ahead of you girl!” I heard a voice say. I turned around to see a fully clothed Jessica holding a mug of coffee. “Hurry up and get dressed. We’ve gotta be back by 5 though, because I’ve gotta run through some steps with Kirstie.” Kirstie was the choreographer for the Boys tour and Jessica had been dancing backup for the Boys. Since we had joined the tour late Jess had to learn all the routines. But tonight would be the 6th show she did. She was a quick learner. 20 minutes later we were in a cab headed for New Orleans biggest mall.

~~ This would really look good on you Jess,” I said holding up a yellow halter top with a short black leather skirt, “and I’m sure AJ would love it!”

“Yea, that would definitely get something out of him, if ya know what I mean,” She looked at me, raised her eyebrows and smiled.

“You dirty minded whore!” I yelled at her, quickly hanging the clothes back on the rack.

“Me? I’m not the one who just spent 300 dollars on sexy underwear in Victoria’s Secret that I’m sure Nick will love!” “Very low....” I said as I walked by her and over to some cute dresses. This was how we always talked to each other. We fought like sisters, but not really anything major. It was a kind of love-hate thing. We ended up with a pretty large trunk load of bags by the time we returned to the hotel. Like always, our carry in bags had been taken to the hotel. It was almost five and Jess hurried to change. She was supposed to meet Kirstie at the arena to rehearse.

“Where have you been all day?” Nick questioned, as I walked in carrying a few packages. The bush-boy followed, loaded down. “Never mind,” Nick replied seeing all the stuff.

“I got you a little something,” I told him sitting down on his lap and pointing to the Victoria’s Secret bag.

“Oh really...” He pulled me down to him and kissed me gently.

“I love you Nick...” I murmured against his lips as he drew me closer.

The familiar chords of “Shinning Star” filled the arena, followed by thousands of screaming teenage girls. Apparently I wasn’t the only one who loved this song. I stood against the rail in the front row, surrounded by young girls, waiting for Nick to make his way over. I knew he would come, it was our song, our fast song. Our slow song was “More than that”. Nick walked over and stood directly in front of me. “Cause you know what you do to turn me on....Baby, you’re as close as close can get, and baby you know I’d let, every single part of me be yours, oohhh yea, doesn’t matter if the phone might ring, cause I won’t here a thing when I’m in your arms....You’re my shinning star, that is what you are....” He sang. I knew his words were for me because he had his hand on the charm that was on his necklace. The charm was a small key. I looked down at the necklace I was wearing. It was the same, except my charm was a heart. And Nick had the key to my heart.

~~~Jessica
I was so into the music. I mean, more than I had ever been before. I was getting every step right. I surprised myself at how good I was doing. I was hoping that I wouldn’t trip and ruin my glory. My favorite part of the dance was coming up. They guys are singing up front and they are supposed to fall to their knees, just as the dancer slides underneath them and then dances around to the back of them. AJ dropped to his knees and I slid under him. I was already in a hyper mood, so you could imagine how I felt when he began to bounce a little. Before getting up I playfully bit the inside of his thigh. He was so caught off guard, he kept smiling from ear to ear while singing his part. I danced behind him and slung my leg around him. He grabbed it, pretending to growl, and then pushed me to the ground. It was the funniest part of the whole routine. Well, I thought so anyway. After the song, there was a ten minute break. The guys and all the dancers rushed backstage to change. I stripped off my clothes and began to put my leg into these stretchy black bell-bottoms, but AJ stopped me and lifted me up onto the table behind me.

“AJ what are you doing baby? I have to get dressed.”

“I just want you to know that you were awesome out there,” He smiled, staring me in the eye and kissing me hard.

“Thank you,” I replied, rubbing my hands up his sweaty, un-clothed chest. He pulled me closer to his body and began kissing my neck and nibbling down between my breasts.

“Mmmm....AJ, don’t do that. I won’t want to go back out on the stage.”

“Yes, that could cause a problem.” He got on his knees and began licking my thighs and stomach.

“AJ!!”

“Oh, I love it when you scream my name gorgeous! You know it drives me wild.”

“Stop baby. Please! Wait ‘till tonight sweetie. Tonight, I’m yours. I’m so into you right now, that if we continue, I’ll let you go all the way and those thousands of people out there would never see you for the rest of the night.” He lifted his lips from my body and sighed.

“Yea, okay. But tonight....”he paused and kissed my lips, “you’re all mine with no interruptions.