Chapter 12

The next morning the girls were going to the mall to buy dresses for the premiere on Saturday night. "... No Howie you can't go with us..." Alexandra said "But I wanna go... and I'm sure as hell that the other guys want to go too!" Howie whined "Well, in that case let me ask the girls because I don't know if they want you to go" Alexandra went to the girls' room to ask them if the want the guys to go to the mall with them. "Look the boys wanna go with us to the mall..." Alexandra said "No way! I can't shop like that! Too many distractions" Krystel answered "Tell them that we wanna go alone because we want it to be a surprise..." Maya said "Well in that case I'll go and tell them..." Alexandra answered. "Where's Yvette?" Carla asked "I think she's in the terrace with Nick..." Alexandra answered as she headed out the door. "What are we going to do with that girl?" Maya sighed and sat down on the nearest chair. ....................................................................... "Guys I have bad news... you can't come with us..." Alexandra said "But why? We all wanna go!!" "Look, we wanna go alone because we want it to be a surprise... and I can't tell you anything else..." "Where's Frack?" Brian asked "I think he's with Yve" AJ said "Remember that our little boy is growing..." Kevin grinned "Yeah I see... What are we supposed to do while you are gone?" Bri asked "Well you can go somewhere else or you can stay here or do something without us... " Alexandra suggested "It's gonna be kinda hard but I'll try" Howie said flirting with Alexandra "Believe me, it'll be a lot harder for me..." Alexandra said as she left the room to look for Yvette. She looked everywhere until she found her in the terrace with Nick. "Guys, sorry to interrupt... are you coming with us to the mall?" Alexandra asked Yve "Yep... are you going to leave now? " Yve asked "Yeah I think so... we better get going..." Alexandra replied "Can I come?!?" asked Nick with puppy eyes. "Nope... It's going to be a surprise..." Yve said "Oh well... I'll just stay here and do something else... I'll miss you..." Nick said "I'll miss you too... Bye!" Yvette said as she kissed him on the cheek "Bye!" said Nick smiling Everyone said their good-byes and the girls headed to the mall. When they were there... "We have to buy something that will catch their eyes..." Krystel said They went to the first store they saw. Carla found what she was looking for: A long black spaghetti strapped dress. It was very simple but it looked very formal. Then Yvette Krystel and Alexandra went to a boutique and there Krystel found a pale pink short dress that had some ornaments in the top of it. Alexandra found a violet long dress that had some ornaments on the straps and Yvette found a baby blue spaghetti strapped long dress with ring stones on the straps. Amaya was the only one who didn't find anything. "Girls I don't know what to wear!" Maya whined "Come on! I'll show you what you should wear" Yvette said They went to the nearest store they found and Yvette found a short spaghetti strapped red dress for Maya. "There... your size, dramatic color, shows off waist and legs..." -as she handed the dress to Maya- "AJ will worship you..." "Do you really think so?" Maya asked a little worried "mhmm" Yve answered Amaya bought the dress and the girls went to where the other 3 girls were... "Did you find something?" Carla asked "Yes!!!!" Maya answered "Well let's go get shoes and jewelry!" ....................................................................... The guys were at the house watching TV. "Guys, Howie, Brian and I are going back to Florida" Kevin said "When are you leaving?" AJ asked "Sunday" Brian said "And what are you going to tell the girls?" Nick asked "We're going to invite them with us..." Kevin answered "The girls will love it!" AJ said "And we could spend a little more time with Yvette and Maya too" "Ok AJ what are you planning to do?" Nick asked "You'll see..." AJ said with a mischievous smile. ....................................................................... "Girls... let's go! I wanna see my Brian!" Krystel said The girls were finishing their meals when Yvette suggested. "Why don't we call to the house and tell the guys to come and hang out with us? We can go to the movies and watch something romantic." "That's a great idea! But what are we going to do with the dresses?" Alexandra asked "We'll put them in the car and watch out every single step the guys take... We'll not let them touch any of the bags " Yvette explained "Let's call them" Maya said They went to the nearest phone post and called the guys "Who's going to answer?" Howie asked "I will" Nick said "What if it's her mom?" Kev asked "Cover" AJ suggested "I will... " Nick said "Hello... oh hi Amaya... Aha.... Cool... Yeah we know how to get there... in thirty minutes? ok... take care... bye!... "What happened?" Bri asked " It was Maya... she wants us to meet them at the mall in 30 minutes." "What are we waiting for? I wanna see her..." AJ said with a very joyful expression on his face. When the guys got to the mall they found the girls immediately. "Well, now that we are here, what are we going to do? Maya asked "I want to go to the movies" Yve said "Me too" Nick replied. Everyone rolled their eyes. "Well I want to go shopping..." AJ said "Look guys, its 3:00 PM... How about if we each go where we wanna go and at 7:00 we meet at the movies?" Carla suggested "That's great! Howie where do you wanna go?" Alexandra said looking at him "I'll do whatever you want to do" Howie said smiling at Alexandra. They separated themselves and each went their own way. ....................................................................... "So we have 3 couples right?" AJ said "What??? What couples?... what are you talking about?" Amaya said with a confused look on her face. "Well we have Howie and Alexandra, Brian and Krystel and... I don't know about Kev and Carla... but I do know about ..." he stopped. "What! Tell me!" Amaya whined "Well we have Nick and Yve..." "Nick and Yve are an item?" Maya asked surprised "She tells me everything and she hasn't told me anything about Nick. The last thing I knew is that they talked and that they walked hand in hand to the living room that day that she shouted that she liked Nick." "Maya, are you stupid??? If they walked outside the room hand in hand and with a smile on their face that shows you that they have something going on between them. It's obvious!" AJ said "First of all don't call me stupid and second you're an asshole..."Amaya said "Why? I'm telling you the truth!" AJ said "You're calling me stupid" "Well no, that's not what I mean, what I meant was..." "Shut up AJ... Don't make things worse... " Amaya said angrily "I'm sorry that I hurt you.." AJ said with puppy eyes as he pulled Amaya for a hug. "I forgive you! But don't ever say that again!" Amaya warned "I promise..." AJ said as he kissed her forehead ....................................................................... "Ahh! look at Maya and AJ... They look so cute together..." said Krystel "Yeah... um... Krystel... Since last Tuesday I wanted... um... to ask you something..." Brian said as he pulled her in front of him She looked at his piercing blue eyes... "Shit, what is he going to tell me? -she thought- is he uncomfortable with all the flirting? Damn, I love him but I know he doesn't love me ... what am I doing flirting with my crush... my fave singer... that's just impossible." "What are you going to ask me Brian?" Krystel said looking at him "Um... Krystel... " Brian said as he held her hands in his- " I... um... wanted to ask you if... um... I don't know how to say this" Brian said with a weak smile "Tell me anything Brian" "I wanted to ask you... if you want to... be my girlfriend" Brian said looking at her eyes. "Bri... I..." "Shhh" Brian said as he put a finger on her mouth "I'm not finished yet... I really like you and I really care about you and I just... I just... I love you Krystel... and I've never felt like this before..." She was the happiest person on earth at that moment. "Yes Brian..." Krystel said with a smile "Yes what?" he asked "I want to be your girlfriend... and I just want you to know that I love you too... that I really care about you" As she said this she hugged him... When they pulled apart Brian leaned over and gave her a kiss. "Oh my God.." Krystel thought "I love him" When they pulled apart from their first kiss they just stared at each other's eyes. They sparkled like bright stars in a clear sky. "I love you Krystel..." Brian said smiling at her "I love you too Brian Littrell..." Krystel said with a little laugh as they hugged again. "Where do you wanna go?" Bri asked "Wherever you want as long as I'm with you" Krystel answered "I want to buy something...-he looked at his watch - ... for my 5 minute girlfriend" "Oh. In that case... Let's go!" Krystel said. They walked hand in hand through the mall. .......................................................................