“Man, when Nick unbuttoned his shirt, I just melted!” she squealed.
“Oh man! And when Brian sang “That’s What She Said? That was BONE CHILLING!! I got shivers when I heard him!” I said excitedly.
“Don’t forget Howie when he threw roses into the audience and winked at us!”“Oh that’s right! I-” I stopped short cause I heard the door open. My jaw dropped. There the boys were. They had just gotten off the stage and came back to their ‘lounge room’. A couple of fans also got to come into the same room. I was just star struck. I mean, when I saw Howie earlier, that was unbelievable, but now, we are in the SAME ROOM as the 5 boys! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!
I could tell that Clarice wasn’t one bit in awe as I was. She walked right up to Kevin and introduced herself. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open, until Clarice came up to me.“Geez Lucy! Get a GRIP!” She grabbed my arm, pushed my jaw back up, and pulled me over to Nick.
“Uh...umm...h-hi, I am-Lucy.” I stammered.“Hey girl!” Nick said happily.
“Hey Nick! Where’s your bro Aaron?! I wanna ask him something!” Clarice declared.“He’s somewhere around here....I think! Hey, Lucy, where are you from?” Nick asked me.
“Me? I am uh, from, Calgary. Yah, Calgary.” I said in a barely audible voice. I was just to worried! I mean, this is NICK CARTER I WAS TALKING TO!“Huh?” Nick said confused. “Sorry, I couldn’t hear you.”
“She’s just a little bit shy right now. Star struck you know.” Clarice said. “Uh, we’ll be right back ok?”“Sure!” Nick said and he turned around to talk to Howie.
“LUCY! Get a GRIP! This is BSB! Don’t you want to make a good impression!? Here you are, making yourself look like a FOOL! You don’t want that do you?!”“Well, of course not! But I just cant help it!! I am just so nervous! I am not like you! I cant just walk up to some guy and strike up a conversation! Especially cause this the BACKSTREET BOYS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT!”
“Oh come on Lucy! You can do it! You are going to have to over come that! I mean, this is your ONE IN A LIFE TIME CHANCE to be with the BSB! And you do want to go home and be able to brag to the others about this don’t you!? You want to be able to tell them good things and not about how you blew your chance right?”“Yah, I guess you are right...” I hesitated.
“Ok! You better! Now lets go and grab ourselves a Backstreet Boy before one of those other girls do!” We headed back toward where the boys were. Clarice talked to AJ, and I stood there for a while because the rest of the boys seemed busy with someone else. I searched for Nick. He was no where to be seen. Suddenly, someone tapped me on the shoulder. I whirled around. There Nick was.“Hey, you want to try something cool?” He said with his eyes sparkling.
“Sure! What did you have in mind?” I said.“Hehe, lets play a joke on your friend!” Nick said mischievously.
“We cant do that! She’s my best friend!”“Oh come on! Its not going to hurt!”
“Uh, well, what were you planning to do?”“Hehe, well I was thinking about getting her to sit in a whoppie cushion!”
“We couldn’t do that! She will get sooooooo mad!”“Its only a joke though! Come on, she cant get THAT mad.”
“Yah right! I know Clarice. And she will get PISSED! Believe me!”“Oh, fine then. I guess I will have to be in this operation by myself!”
“No!! You cant do it! She will be so mad at you Nick. Just DONT do it! Please?”“Ok, ok, ok! I wont whoppie cushion Clarice.”
“Are you lying?”“What?! You don’t believe me?!”
“Well, you are so mischievous and sneaky! I had to make sure!!”“Trust me, I wont whoppie cushion Clarice!”
“Hehe, ok then! You better not!”“Hey, you wanna go grab a bite to eat with me down in our bus? I’m always starving after a show.”
“That sounds cool! I’d love to!” And with that, Nick and I went down to their bus to get some grub.Meanwhile, Clarice was chatting with another one of the fans named Jessie, who had also won backstage passes. “Where did Nick and Lucy run off to? Stealing MY Nick now is she?” She wondered silently.
“Hey there girls!” AJ said walking towards Clarice and her new friend.“Hey!” they both said enthusiastically.
“What did you guys think of our show?”“It was GREAT! I loved all of the cool effects! Like the lights, and the fireworks!” Clarice said.
“Yah. I just loved the whole show itself! Everything was so great! I think everyone had a great time.” Jessie said.“Ok girls, its time to go. The boys have to get some rest tonight you know.” One of the security gaurds declared, interupting AJ and the two.
“Awe, man! Its only 10:30!” exclaimed Jessie. The guards quickly ushered the girls out.“Wait! I dont know where Lucy is!” Clarice cried.
“Um, hey, let Clarice stay for a while longer ok?” AJ said to the guards.“Ok sure. But let us know when they leave. We have to escort them out of the building.”
“No prob guys. We’ll let you know.” AJ said, shutting the door behind him. Clarice heard some weird noises.“B-Rok Littrell!” Brian said in a loud, booming voice. “Hehe! I love that!” giggled the cutie.
“Hey! Who’s up to going down to the bus to get some FOOD?!” asked Kevin.“Let’s go!! I’m starving!” exclaimed Clarice. They all made their way out to the huge BSB bus parked outside.
“Ah ha! So that’s where you guys ran off to!” Howie pointed to Nick and I playing video games. “Came to the van to play video games, tsk tsk! I should have known.” Howie said, giving me one of his signature winks.“She BEAT me!” Nick cried.
“Hahaha! SHE beat YOU?! Wow...she’s a pro! Way to go LUCY!” Brian said running over to me to give me a high five.“Hehe, nah, he let me win!” I laughed. I looked over at Clarice. She had one of those, we-need-to-talk/get-away-from-Nick-NOW looks on her face. “Uh oh.” I thought. I put down my controller and walked over to Clarice.
“So how was it?! I betcha you got to talk to Brian lots!” I said, trying my best not to make Clarice any madder than she was.
“Yes, I got to talk to Brian, Howie, AJ and Kevin, but I didn’t get to talk to the one I wanted to talk to most. NICK!”"I'm sorry, but, I thought you were happy with talking to the other guys.."
"You knew how bad you wanted to talk to him, but why didnt you talk to him when you had the chance to?! I said defensively."Well, YOU were the one HOGGING him while I was with the other boys!!!" Clarice hissed.
"You should have said something to me. I dont see why you are so mad at me! I just went to eat with Nick! You could have came if you wanted to." I said back."Well, YOU KNEW Nick was MINE. And besides, I liked him first!" Clarice cried.
"Shhhh!! I cant believe that you are sooo mad at me for that!" I cried out loud."Whats going on here?" Nick said, coming over to us.
“I thought we had a game going Lucy! Why’d you leave like that?” Nick said.“Um, I think Clarice wants to finish that game for me. She ROCKS at video games!” I exclaimed.
“Uh, yah! I play some video games with my brother sometimes. And um, I can beat you!” Clarice said, unsure.“Ok then! So are you challenging me?!” Nick said with a grin.
“Um..---”“Yah! Clarice will challenge you!” I interrupted, pushing Clarice toward Nick.
“Umm..ohhkay. I’ll try!” Clarice said.I sighed. Clarice, I had to say, really stunk at video games of any sort. But since I didn’t want her to be anymore mad at me, I had to make her go and finish my game with Nick. “Hey!” some one said, interrupting my thoughts.
I turned around. It was Brian. Wow. I thought. In person, he was even cuter. His eyes were the most beautiful shade of blue. And I loved how he smiled when he walked over to me.“Hi there! I didn’t get to chat with you much!” I said with a confidence I didn’t know I had.
“Well, that’s cause you and Nick ran off! Otherwise you would have heard some of my impersonations upstairs!” Brian said with a grin.“Hehe, do you think you can still show me some of those, even though I missed them earlier?!” I asked.
“Of course!” Brian said, and he proceeded in saying hilarious things in his funky voices. What a cute and goofy guy! In the middle of his Donald Duck voice, I heard what sounded like a fart. I turned around, and saw Clarice sitting on a whoppie cushion, her face beet red. I couldn’t help it, but I laughed and laughed. Hehe, I laughed so hard, I my tummy hurt. Well, the rest of the guys were laughing too, and I could tell that Clarice wasn’t too happy about what was happening. She got up, and ran out of the bus.“Clarice!” I called out as I ran after her. “Wait!”
“Why should I wait for you?! YOU planted that whoppie cushion, so that I would sit on it and make a fool of myself infront of Nick!” accused Clarice.“What?! What are you talking about!? I would never do such a thing to you! How could you say that about me?” I said astounded that she would actually acuse me.
“Of course you did it! You were the one who took Nick away when I wanted to talk to him! You were the one who did this to me! Lucy, I thought we said that we wouldn’t fight over guys. We were friends. I never thought you could ever do such a thing.”“And I never did such a thing! You said it yourself that you would never be able to see me doing this to you. And I didnt. Clarice, you are my best friend. I would never fight over a guy with you. And especially not a Backstreet Boy.” I said.
“Whatever.” Clarice said with a glare and she walked back to her car.“Awe, geez, I never knew that she’d get that mad.” someone said from behind. I thought it would be Nick, because he was the one who wanted to trick Clarice with the whoppie cushion. But instead, it was AJ.
“What? You put the whoppie cushion there?” I asked him“Yeah. I just wanted to have some fun. I wanted her to loosen up more after the argument you two had. Here, let me go talk to her for you.” AJ offered, and without hearing my response, he ran after Clarice.