~Daylight-Ruskin, FL.~
"Yo, Frack, bring me a Coke!"

Nick rolled his eyes at his friend's request as he stood in front of the fridge. "Just because I'm younger than you doesn't mean I'm your slave."

"No, but you are like my little brother which means I tell you what to do!"

Nick tossed the can of soda into Brian's hand as he finished his smart ass remark. "Thanks a lot Frick! Just remember, I may be younger, but I'm also taller and I could kick your 5'8 butt!"

"Yea, yea whatever! Aaron could beat you up and he's only ten!" Brian laughed uncontrollably. This, of course, began a wrestling match between the two...a good natured match of course. "Awe, c'mon! Let's finish this match on the Nintendo...where I could really kick your ass!"

"Ah! Now you must pay!" Nick really wanted to win and wasn't about to give up.

"Hey, I'm hungry!"

Both of the boys looked up from their childish fight and saw Aaron grabbing his stomach, as if he were in torture.

"Whatcha feel like havin', little man?" Nick got off the floor and straightened his clothes.

"What do you think?"

Nick and Brian looked at each other, knowing exactly what kind of food he wanted. "Man, we need to get you away from AJ! He's gotten you addicted to McDonald's now," Nick whined

"Gee, however did you guess?" Aaron's smile grew bigger as he anticipated an answer from the two.

"Fine, grab your shoes, but we're not staying."

Awe! C'mon Nick!" Aaron whined. It was soon obvious who he had learned that from.

"Nooooo!" Nick whined back.

"I'm leavin' this one to you, bro! Have fun!" Brian quickly left the house, not wanting to deal with the bickering brothers.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the drive-thru line was atrocious. Nick did not feel like waiting in the jeep, so Aaron ended up getting his way after all. The two of them stepped inside and walked up to the counter, ready to order, when Nick felt as though someone was staring at him. He slowly turned around and saw a young and very attractive girl sitting at a table towards that back of the restaurant. She had long blonde, hair and big, gorgeous eyes that stared him down. Even after he began staring at her, she didn't look away. He found that he couldn't stop himself from looking. "Excuse me sir, but what would you like?"

"Huh?" Nick was snapped out of the trance and quickly turned his head to the young man standing behind the counter.

"What would you like?"

"Oh," he looked at Aaron, "you go ahead."

"Uh, Nick, I already ordered."

"I'll just have a number three super sized with a Coke." He paid for the food, and then he and Aaron began walking over to a table that they had picked out.

'Hmm, there's a real cutie here right now,' Natasha quickly scribbled in her book. She couldn't help but giggle when she noticed him still staring her down. 'I know I'm bad. I also know that Justin would kill me and that guy if he knew we were staring at each other.' A look of disappointment fell over her face. 'I hate being spoken for!' She was spoken for alright, but it wasn't by her choice. Well, at first it was, but in the last year or so she had fallen out of love with her boyfriend. But, they were bound together by a force that was stronger than love, stronger than hate, stronger than anything in this universe that either of them knew of. 'I just wish things were different.' Natasha's serious look soon turned to a smile once she noticed the blonde grinning at her. 'I just don't love Justin anymore. I'm beginning to wonder if I ever did, but how am I supposed to get out of this?' She knew that things seemed hopeless.

"I think you should go and talk to her! She keeps smiling at you," grinned Aaron. He noticed the excitement in Nick's face. "It's probably because she recognizes us!"

"Oh, fine, go ahead and ruin it for me!" Nick said sarcastically. But, in a way, he really meant it. For once, he would like to think that girls would stare at him because they were interested in him...not interested because he was a Backstreet Boy.

"Would you just go over there and get it over with?" Aaron pleaded.

Nick shot out laughter that filled the entire place. "Listen to you! Only ten-years-old and already you're acting Brian's age!"

"Hmmm, maybe I should give him some lessons!" Aaron grinned.

Nick looked and noticed that the girl was staring once more. Soon though, he noticed her eloquently rise from her seat...and start walking towards him.