That night Stacey and Nick walked along the beach hand and hand. Stacey said to Nick,
"Hey when are you going to unpack? Your stuff's been at my place for like three months, it's driving me nuts!"
"Yeah, I was maybe thinking that I unpack at your place?"
"What?" she looked at him not understanding what he meant.
"You know, maybe, this hard to ask. Um, okay, here it goes, do you want to live together?"
Stacey was shocked. She looked at Nick for a moment then said, "Oh my God! Yes! Yes, let's move in together!" Nick scooped her up in his arms and they kissed in the moonlight. Stacey broke the kiss and asked Nick,
"Hey, um, what do you have planned for the future?"
"Well, um, move in with you, do another tour, um definitely another record, um,"
Stacey said before Nick could finish, "Well, um, in about seven months, you're gonna be a daddy. I'm pregnant!"
"Oh my God! This is so great! I can't believe this! Does anyone know?"
"Yeah, everyone, I waited to tell you for a surprise." she answered
"Well, this was one hell of a surprise! Oh my God, I still just can't get over this. This, this a absolutley great! I'm so, so, so, so, happy!"
"Well, I'm glad you are. I was shocked to when I first found out." Nick and Stacey continued to walk along the beach and talk about how excited they were about moving in together and having a baby. A month past and Nick and Stacey moved in together. It was a nice little loft in a nice area, where fans would never suspect them to be, and was also close to the other guys. In fact, Brian lived in the floor below them. One night, Nick went downstairs to Brian's to borrow a CD while Stacey made pop-corn, since Kevin was coming over to watch a movie and bring his girlfriend. The phone rang and Stacey picked it up.
"Hello?" she answered
"Hello, remember me?" a deep voice said
"Of course I remember you Kevin. Look, you got fifteen minutes to get over here or were starting the movie without you."
"This isn't Kevin."
"Well then who is this?"
"Remember Central Park almost two years ago?" Then Stacey realized who it was. It was Christopher Dixon, she knew that by his deep voice which reminded her of Kevin's. He started talking in the phone again a little more loudly. She new he was angry.
"You sent me to prison. Lucky me though, I only got one year and then I could get out on parole."
"Just leave me alone. My boyfriend will be coming up any minute now and he'll kick your ass." Stacey could her rustling outside. She knew he was there watching her. Stacey hung up the phone and dialed Brian's number. Nick picked up.
"Hello?" he said
"Nick?" Stacey said with a trembling voice, "He's back."
"Who's back?"
"Just, please come up herreeee, aaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed in the phone, Christopher had crashed through the glass into the kitchen where she was. Nick could hear Stacey screaming in the background, as she dropped the phone. Christopher had tackled her to the ground and he had a knife. Stacey yelled,
"Please help me!!!" loud enough so Nick could hear in the phone. Christopher looked down at her and said,
"Not even your precious Nicky can help you now!" and he stabbed her in the chest twice. Right in the middle. He walked out on the balcony and jumped off thirteen stories. Nick had run up as fast as he could and bursted in, only to see Stacey laying there in a pool of blood. He had heard Christopher stab her and the screams she let out. Stacey was still conscious but barley. He knelt down not caring about all the blood that would cover him. He cradled her in his arms and waited for the ambulance to come that he had called before he came up. She raised a bloody hand to touch his face. She said,
"Take care of the baby."
"Don't worry you will to," he said crying, "You know one day we're gonna look back at this and laugh. Well, maybe not laugh, but you know what I mean. She looked at him with her hand still on his face,
"I love you." The paramedics burst in with a stretcher asking Nick to back up. Brian came in to help comfort Nick. Brian asked,
"What happened?"
"I don't know, she said something to me on the phone that somebody's back, and then I heard glass break and she was screaming. I came up here and she's laying there bleeding. I don't what I'm gonna do." Brian hugged Nick getting blood on himself as he was crying along with Nick. Brian loved Stacey like family. She was Brian's best friend that was a girl. The ambulance rushed Stacey to the hospital as she was in critical condition. Far worse than the time she got shot, and that knicked her in the heart. All the Backstreet Boys and their dancers sat in the waiting room waiting to hear news. A.J. was shaking he was so scared. Howie said looking up from his coffee,
"Hey, remember the time A.J. introduced all of us to Stace'?"
