- Mandy`n`Nick : crazy4kaos@juno.com
" THE ONE " :

Characters:
*Mandy Weidner- (a.k.a. Nick Luver, Backstreet Babe, Mayonaise, Rootbeer, Ice, Sweetie.. too many nicknames to list!) -Main Character - she is a 17-yr-old junior who attends Scott High School and is totally in love with Nick and Aaron Carter, along with the other 4 gorgeous BSB. (Has long blond hair, long (and real!) nails, green eyes, and is about 5’8) -Has had not-so-gr8-past relationships, and is looking for “The One” 4 her. - *Nick Carter- (a.k.a. Frack, Nicky, Nicko, ‘The cute, young one’ Messy Marvin, & Kaos) the one Mandy has always loved. And how could she not?!? With his awesome blue eyes, blond hair, and incredible personality she just can’t resist! (Here he is 19.) *Brian Littrell- (a.k.a. Frick, B, Bri, & B-Rok) Nick’s best friend, who is 23 here. He has short-dirty-blond hair, and is only bout 5’7. He is trying to get over Leighanne Wallace: they had a fight, and he’s not sure what’s going on right now, but his buds try to help him cope. *Alexander McLean - (a.k.a. AJ, Rebel, ‘the lady’s man’ & Bone) another member of BSB, the crazy one out of the group. Constantly changing hair colors, and goofing around. Currently 21 and single.. *Kevin Richardson- (a.k.a. Kev, Train, K, ‘the father of the group’) Kevin is the oldest (26) and one of the quietest. He keeps everyone together and on track. Also is Brian’s cousin. -Going steady with his long-time gf of 8 yrs- Kristin Willits. *Howie Dorough- (a.k.a. Sweet D) The ‘peace maker’ of the group. He has long curly black hair which is constantly pulled into a ponytail. He is the 2nd oldest at 25, and is also single.. *Crystal Leach- (a.k.a. Blondie,Tater & Tater-Mater-Vaccuum-Cleaner: LONG STORY!) Mandy’s best friend! So close they call each other sistahs! Just turned 17. Really short (!)-lol- , blond hair, and blue eyes. *Nikki Boyd- One of Mandy’s other close buds. Has long curly red hair, tall, blue eyes, and bright smile. Nikki is 17 1/2 or so. *Erin Koch- (a.k.a. Elephant Ears & shorty) Mandy’s cousin! She turned 16 a few weeks ago. Her and Mandy get along real well. And are both EXTREMELY in love with BSB and AAron Carter! Her fav is Brian. She is short (!) and has dirty-blond-hair, and the most adorable laugh. *Trisha Green, Kim Chandler, Diana Cox, Stephanie Hellmann, Kelly Wilson, Katie Sparrow, & a few others are also really good friends with Mandy. other characters include: *Judy- her mom *Chuck- her dad *Tony- her brother *Cassandra- her sister *Casey- her dog *Her grandma *Dan- bus driver *Leighanne Wallace *Josh, Brad, and Sean *Mr. Simmons- teacher ... and the list goes on..! “O-M-G!!!” I screamed to one of my best friends Nikki, “Only 10 days left!!!!!!!!!!!” There we were sitting in Health class waiting for the bell to ring. I was going ballistic trying to stay calm, while telling Nikki that the Backstreet Boys’ concert was only in a few days. “Mandy, you’re so lucky you get to go! I wish I could but my mom & dad refuse to pay the cost of tickets! And there’s just no way I can get the money in 10 days! And even if I could.. my mom and dad still probably wouldn’t even let me go! They’re just like that!..” Nikki now had a very depressed look on her face. “I wish you could go with me!! That would be the best!!! It would be so much fun having you and my cousin go with me! I know we’d have the best time!” “Your cousin..who?” “Erin! Don’t you remember me telling you about her? We’re practically like sisters we’re so close!” “Oh yeah, is she into BSB too?” “For sure! We both have our walls plastered with Backstreet and Aaron posters! She’s just like you and me ~ Backstreet Fanatics!” “Really?!? Cool.. does she not have tickets either?” “Nope.” “It’s a shame! I would have really liked to go see our men in action and it sounds like your cousin would too.” “Yep.” I shook my head in agreement. The bell then sounded, RRINGG.... “Oh, I’ll catch up with ya later in english ok Nik?” “Alright! I’ll c-ya later then, Mandy.” We gathered up our books and raced down the hall to our next classes as we finished saying good-bye. Later in English... Nikki screeched as she saw me walk into Mr.Simmin’s awesome english class. “Guess what?!!?!?!!? Well.. no, I take that back! Don’t even guess! Cuz you’ll never believe what just happened!” “What??!?! Please tell me!” “Ok, ok. Aaron smiled at me in the hall!” “No!” I stood shocked as Nikki kept on telling me about her MAJOR crush. “Yeah! And he looked so cute with that great smile of his! Oh and you wanna know the best part?!? After that, he came over and started talking to me! Found out, his sis has extra tickets for the concert! He said I could have the extra ticket because her friend can’t make it!” “Oh, Nikki that’s great!! Maybe I’ll see you there!” “Wouldn’t that be the best thi-..” Nikki got cut off as Mr. Simmin’s walked in and asked us politely to quiet down. We couldn’t help but giggling at his cart! See..he has this cart in his room and on it is nothing but Austin Power stuff!! We looked up and saw him putting on his British hat! Everyone cracked a smile as he turned around and did an Austin Powers’ impersonation. He’s almost as big as a fanatic with British and Austin Powers stuff as we were with the Backstreet Boys ~ but not quite! No one could be anywhere near a fanatic of anything, as Nikki and I are of the Backstreet Boys~ And that’s a fact! Grrr.. Man! I’m starvin! I hope no one else heard my stomach growling! I looked around my french class. No one seemed to notice thank goodness. Just then, the bell sounded. At last! Lunch time! As I got to the cafeteria, I grabbed a chair and sat down with a bunch of my pals who were already digging into their meals. “Hungry?” I asked. “ Oh Definitely!” Kim replied - her mouth half full. “So where’s my lunch..?” I asked. Chelsie slid down my usual; cheese pizza, a bag of chips, and a hawaiian punch. “Thanks Chels.” “No problem! I told you I’d get your lunch from now on!” “I know, I know. But I wasn’t sure if you we’re still going to do it or not. Still tryin to lose weight huh?” “Yeah.” “Is it working for you?” “Actually it is!” “Well that’s good.. but I don’t know how you can go without lunch! I’m always craving this stuff once french gets out!” “I can tell!” “That obvious!?” We all cracked up. “Hey- Only 10 more days guys!” I said with total happiness. Kelly rolled her eyes along with Chelsie. They both think Nsync is so much better. I don’t know why... but they do. “Yeah, yeah, yeah..” Kelly replied, “No biggie.” “Yes it is!!” Trisha and I chimed in. Laughter filled the air once again. “So did ya end up getting tickets for the Cincinnati show?” I asked Trisha. “No! Me and my mom waited in line forever! But by the time we got to the booth,they were sold out!! How in the world did you score tickets for the concert, Mandy?” “Ohh well, I didn’t go wait in line! My next door neighbor offered to get me a ticket while they went down instead of us making 2 separate trips. They just happened to be the 11th people in line who got to purchase them! They said they gave them the best ones they had left.. so I’m assuming we’ve got pretty decent seats!” “No wonder! 11th in line!? Man! I wonder how they managed that?” “I dunno! But I sure am glad they did!” “Yeah I bet!” “So did you end up not getting any tickets or what?” “Well like I said, when we got up there the show for Cincinnati was sold out, so they started selling tickets for the Lexington show. So my mom got us tickets for that.. but they’re not very good seats.” “Aw! I’m sorry about that Trisha! But hey, it’s better than nothing!” “Yeah I guess so!” “Gosh. I can’t believe you guys are excited over all this. The only reason I’d want to go is to see how Brian and AJ looks..” “Ohh! So you admit it Kelly! You do like BSB!” “Only Brian and AJ... But Nsync’s still way better!” “Yeah right! Well you just keep on thinking whatever you want to Kelly, because BSB’s a whole lot better than Nsync will ever be!” “No! That’s just your opinion!” “Sorry hun! That’s a fact!” We all forgot the little discussion we were having, and we all turned and looked in the same direction. Coming our way was Sean. Sean Greco. A senior who seemed to stun all girls by his looks. But we all really knew the real him. He was a true jerk. We watched as he made his move on yet another freshman girl. We rolled our eyes in unison as we watched him in disgust. *He needs to get a life!* He invited the girl on a date which we knew he wouldn’t show up to. The freshman girl would be stood up, once again. This was a game Sean and his buddies played. They got a kick out of doing it for some odd reason. Could all older guys be as rude, and unthoughtful as Sean? Surely there’s gotta be someone out there who’s not a jerk, immature, not still going through puberty, stuck up, or only after certain things.. But here at Scott High School ~ none of this was true. ..Well.. not anyone who was currently taken or being crushed on by someone else. Surely, there’s someone out there for me. “He’ll come in your life, when you least expect it,” I said reminding me of the advice my grandmother had told me, just a few weeks ago when I was feeling down. My grandma’s advice always ended up helping me out in the past, but this time I wasn’t too sure... *~*Ten days quickly turned to 5. And 5 soon became 4; then 3; then 2.....*~* “No!” I was standing in the junior hallway talking to Crystal about the concert when I heard Nikki’s shout. I turned around. She was standing with Aaron. “Nnooo!” I told Crys I’d talk to her later and went up to Nikki’s locker. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t think this would happen Nikki.. I’m sorry...” “Excuse me Aaron, can I please talk with Nik for a little while alone?” “Oh sure Mandy. Umm..I’ll c-ya later Nikki.... I really am sorry..” All Nikki did was repeat the same words over and over: “No.. I can’t believe this..” She had her head down and would not look anyone in the eyes. I had a feeling she was crying. “Nikki, what’s wrong?” No answer. Everyone was now staring at us wondering what had happened. I turned around not knowing what to say to her. I finally realized that she was not going to say a word to me until everyone departed. There were too many of the student body gathered around her. So I spoke up and asked, “Do you mind..??!” They started talking all at once. The aides got everyone to move down to the cafeteria. I was surprised how fast they got everyone out. In no time we were alone. “Nikki..” She turned around and looked at me. Tears were streaming down her face, making the make up she put on earlier come running down as well. “Mandy... Gosh! I can’t believe it!” “Nikki what’s wrong? What’d Aaron have to tell you? Why are you crying? Please tell me.” “Mandy.....Aaron...he...he....” she stopped and slumped down to the bottom of her locker. I sat down with her and she continued. “He..he said that... his sister’s friend can make it afterall....to the concert...I mean...now I...Gosh!...I was lookin’ forward to going so badly!...Ugh!...” “Oh Nikki!........ I’m so sorry! What happened? Why’s she going now?” “He said she couldn’t go before because their family was going to be in California still on their vacation.. but they came back early, and now I can’t go! I was really looking forward to the concert! Last night I even went out and bought a brand new BSB t-shirt, shorts, and I put together this huge Backstreet sign saying “I love you guys!” I went all out and for what?! Nothing!” I reached into my purse and pulled out a tissue. I handed it to her. She used it up in no time. “Oh Nikki, I don’t know what to do. I’m so sorry....” I reached over and gave her a long friendly hug. “That’s ok, it’s not your fault. It didn’t bother me so much before when I didn’t have tickets.. but when Aaron told me about the extra ticket I was just so happy! But now things are different...” We sat there for awhile. Nikki’s tears eventually dried up. And when they did, she started apologizing to me. “I’m sorry. I’ve caused you to be late for science. I’m sorry I over reacted.” “Over reacted? Are you kidding me! I would have done the same thing!!! Don’t worry about it!” “Ok.. well, that still doesn’t change the fact that I’ve made you late..” “Maybe not, but forget about it! I’m always here for you! That’s what friends are for!” Through all the smeared make-up I thought I saw a little smile crawl across her face. I was right. “Thanks, Mandy.” “Anytime gurl.” “Ms. Weidner!” “Yes, Ms.Gammon.” “You’re late.” “Yeah. I’m sorry about that I...” “Do you have a note?” “No, Ms. Gammon but I-” “Ok then you’re unexcused. You have detention today after school. You’ve been tardy too many times. Do you understand?” “Yes, Ms. Gammon.” 3:30 pm~Detention Well isn’t this just fine and dandy! I can’t believe I got detention! Ms. Gammon never gives out DT slips! I wonder why she’s in such a bad mood today! This is only my 2nd time being late; and the first time I was excused! Oh well.. I had a good reason to be late. I was trying to comfort Nikki. By the way, I wonder how she’s doing.....? I sat in detention bored to death. I looked around the class. It was filled with Marty, and the others who are always getting in trouble. They come here day after day. How can they stand it?!? I started doodling in my notebook: Bsb rox! Backstreet’s Back, Alright! I love Nick Carter... I looked up at the clock- only 10 minutes to go! I still couldn’t believe that I actually was going to be at the Backstreet Boys’ concert in one day!!!!!! It was like a dream come true! I can’t wait!!!!!! “WOW!!!! I’ll be at the concert in 6 hours!!!! It’s gonna be so much fun! I can’t wait to see what Nick and the rest of the guys are gonna look like!!!! ... I think I’ll wear my BSB shirt and my khaki shorts. Oh and I’ll write BSB and I LUV NICK all up and down my arms..!” “Ok, Mandy! I get the point! You’ll be out having a great time while I’m at home sitting in front of the tv; wishing I was there. Gosh. You don’t need to be going on and on rubbing it into my face!” “Nikki, I didn’t mean to-” “Whatever.” She got up and sat in a seat. The furthest one she could find. On the complete opposite side of the room. Mandy! What are you thinking! I had forgotten all about the fact of her not going. Nikki didn’t speak to me the whole class. Not even a note! And we always write at least two! Later in the hallway, I stopped and said “hi” to Nikki, and smiled. She didn’t respond. Instead she brushed me off by quickly walking away not saying a word. She was ignoring me~ BIG TIME! I was tired of being put in a bad mood from this situation, so I thought about better things. Like how the concert would be. Man. I could only begin to imagine! Already I was feeling better and more and more excited. Only 3 hrs to go! I thought counting down, Only 3! Immediately after pulling into the garage, I dashed inside and jumped in the shower and got all washed up. I finished that, gotten dressed, and than began to work on my make up. A little bit of foundation here and there, powder, some yummy lip gloss, and a sprinkle of glitter on my eyelids. I’m talken the whole anchelada! Then came the hair. I went ahead and curled it. As always, I changed my mind about how I thought it looked. A second ago I would’ve told you I thought it was really cute, but now I was having second thoughts. So.. I tried different styles out. I finally gave up; unsatisfied with each attempt that had been made. I went ahead and just threw it up in a pony tail like I said I probably would in the first place. Not Bad. Okay.. bring on the hands! I ran over to Amy (my next door neighbor) to help me write stuff with eyeliner about my men on my arms. I was ready and set to leave! I looked at the clock. Only 2 1/2 hours before the concert started! The concert is supposed to begin at 8:00... so I’ll probably leave here a little early. Since I still managed to have some extra time, I gave Erin a call. She answered on the first ring~~ that was a first! “Hey girl!? Wassup?!” “Not much Mandy... Don’t you have a concert to be going to though?” “Yeah, but it doesn’t start for like a couple of hours. I just so happened to get completely done, with time left to spare, so I thought I’d give ya a shout.” “Oh.” That’s all she said. She was being extremely quiet; which was VERY odd! “The concert is gonna be awesome!” I told her, hoping to get a conversation going. Boy did it ever! “Mandy! Do you mind?! I mean, I’m happy and all for you, but geez!” CLICK. I was now listening to a dial tone. She had hung up on me. Great going Mandy! Now you’ve got two of your best buds mad at you! Nice job! You’re on a roll tonight! I glanced at my watch, hoping time had flown by. 5:45 Not even close. Oh well... a nice long drive with quietness will be good for you! I cleared my head once I stepped outside and felt the nice atmosphere. The breeze was great. I walked to Amy’s again. She also had been ready for sometime. She asked me if I was ready to leave. When I told her I was, she offered me a ride, and I gladly accepted. We hopped in her jeep, stuck in Backstreet’s Millennium cd, and turned the volume up, crankin the speakers and the base high. “Larger Than Life” came on with a thud and we cruised along jamming. I was no longer worried about Erin and Nikki. Afterall, this was my night. And I’m going to enjoy it~! In no time at all we pulled up to the Firstar Center where the concert was being held. “We’re here!” Amy and I raced to the steps when it finally hit me. I’m actually gonna see bsb! Here! Live! ahhh! I glanced at Amy. She had to have been thinkin the same thing, because the first words out of her mouth were, “We are gonna see BSB! Can you believe it?!? Hey! Who knows! Maybe we’ll find our ‘perfect moment’ here!” she joked. “Oh I doubt that! There’s no way I can have a ‘perfect moment’ in the concert! The WHOLE thing is gonna be PERFECT!!!!! ... Unless of course, Nick just so happened to come up and was to give me a kiss or something..” “That’d be awesome if something like that would happen!” she announced agreeingly. We continued walking up the many flights of stairs. “There’s just too many of these things!” “Oh I know what you mean! By the time we finally reach the top, the concert will be over!” We giggled the rest of the way, finally coming to the last step. “Oh thank heavens!” We made our way inside the huge building. By just walking in, we could already feel all the energy and rush floating around in the air. I loved it! There was still plenty of time before the show, so we went ahead and stood in the 30-person (if not more) line for a concert shirt. It was so cool to see CINCINNATI, OHIO printed on the back. Only 10 min away from where we live! We slowly got through the crowd and found our seats. The lady told us when we got the tickets that we were the 5th floor row. Well, all the floor seats were for those people who had gotten tickets from radio stations or contests; so our row was the 5th row behing the floor seats. We were still pretty close! I had brought a set of binocculars in case I needed them, but from here, there was no need. Other fans swarmed in like bees. I looked around at their seats, and felt bad for those who were way, way, way up there. You could just barely see them! Amy and I had gotten there a little early, hoping to spot them getting off their bus, or signing some autographs before the show, which they are known for sometimes doing. We waited and waited and waited. Fifteen minutes passed and we gave up hope. Then we got the urge to pee. We got up and went to the restroom. We figured we might as well go ahead and go now, instead of waiting and having to go later on in the concert. There was a long line of fans waiting when we got there; obviously with the same idea. Can’t say I blame ‘em! After all.. who would wanna get up while BSB serenades us, to get up and pee!?!!!!!? Not me! Somehow we finally reached the stalls, then desperately tried to get back to our seats, but it was extremely difficult to do so, with everyone racing around, doing last minute shopping. Not a single seat laid empty. I looked down at my watch surprised by the time. 8:00- Showtime! Showtime! ~ Or so I thought. 8:00 soon turned into 8:30 - everyone was growing very impatient. The wave got started by some bored fan.. we took it around the whole Firstar Center. It took a while to go all the way around but we ended up doing it 10-15 times! We were about to start the next round when BSB music came on. We all froze. Then started going nuts! We all looked up as we saw the Sear’s commercial with the Backstreet Boys flash on the huge screens above us. Everyone in the audience cheered and watched in awe, as our favorite 5 guys in this whole world ran through our eyes as we watched them in action. The commercial was really neat. Much better than the one they aired on tv! And much longer! Once it was over though we expected BSB or Mandy Moore to come out. The lights had dimmed. And Nothing happened. Eventually the lights went off. And someone introduced Mandy Moore over the loud speaker. She came out and sang a few of her songs off her new album, including what was her first hit, “Candy”. (Which, by the way, I love!) Fifteen minutes later, or so, EYC came on stage and performed. They absolutely took forever! The songs dragged on and on! So much so, that once they finished one, we all assumed it would be their last ~ nope! *Eventually, I had gotten the urge to pee! (yes I know, once again.. all the excitement must’ve gotten to me.)* So I got up and went to the restroom once again. The line was longer than it was before. I waited and waited for the line to move up or at least budge even the tiniest bit. But of course with my luck, nobody moved. So I started chatting with the girl in front of me to overcome my boredom. We talked until we reached the stalls. Found out her favorite is Brian and she (supposedly) met BSB and got their autographs when she saw them at a theme park. Yeah right. I mean.. it might’ve been true but it was kind of hard to believe anyone at the concert. They all seemed to have a story of when they met them.. and some were just so unreal! And it was even noticable that they were lying! You could see it written all over their face and in the expressions they made! After a long time of being pushed and shoved by the frenzy of fans that were in a hurry to get back to their seats, I found Amy and took my seat once again. To my surprise EYC was STILL performing. After what felt like a century of waiting they FINALLY got off the stage. Twenty minutes later we heard screaming across the room. Amy and I were on the front side of the stage.. but the screaming was coming from the other side. We looked around frantically.. but didn’t see anything! I was going nuts trying to figure out why so many fans were screeching. I took a look at the stage. There we saw 2 hands popping out from one of the openings.. and waving at us! Amy and I stared at the stage forever waiting for them to pop out or do or say something. Not a thing. That’s when we noticed this big black box. Smoke came pouring out from the top. We went absolutely balastic! (Later figured out.. the hands were from their band!) Smoke, smoke, and more smoke. ~ That’s all we could see! Then suddenly at no particular time, BSB rose out together on blue surfboards and were led by strings where to go. I brought my camera with me.. but I was too busy watching the guys’ every move, and jumping up and down to take any decent pictures! So I just watched in awe, and swooned as I saw Nick fly above me and onto the stage to sing their awesome song- about us! ~ “Larger Than Life”. This is just so cool! It’s...it’s..it’s perfect!!!! Just when I thought the concert couldn’t get any better.. it did. They flew back out into the audience and all went in different directions. Kevin was to the left of me, AJ to the right, Howie next to him, then Brian. While Nick flew right on our side!!! Infact.. he was directly above us! He spotted us, smiled, and then waved! ...Of course I waved back! ...Along with every other girl near that section! No one was exactly sure who he was waving to, so we all just waved in response to him. Then they started doing flips, hanging upside down and singing at the same time! The boys couldn’t be more talented!!!! Later on, they ended up back on the stage. .. That’s when they performed their other great songs. Their stage was so cool! It not only rotated; which allowed everyone to see each Backstreet Boy from each angle, but the stage itself, would transform and come together and form a little stage above that! I thought it was pretty neat when Nick rapped with the new-comer! Oh, and when Kevin was lifted up on his piano...The whole concert was awesome! The last (encore) song that they sang, was one of my favorite.. “I Want It That Way”! Close to the end of the song, they walked around each side of the stage, and bowed. I thought it was a really cute idea! That way each and every person could see them end .. together! Unfortunately after that song, it was over. Completely done. That was it. I couldn’t believe it was over already! It just happened so quick! Slowly all the fans stumbled out. Meanwhile, Amy and I stayed put, waiting for the stampede to settle down. Everyone raced outside hoping to see the boys get on their tour bus. No one saw them. Instead, everyone crowded around the radio stations that were set up live outside. They asked the fans to talk about the concert and how it was which they gladly and very excitedly did. Every station was playing different BSB songs, both from their old and newer album. Eventually everyone packed up and headed towards the parking lot. Amy and I on the other hand, still stood by their tour bus hoping to see even the slightest glimpse of them. After 15 minutes or so, we gathered up our stuff and gave up. Amy asked if I was ready to head back. “No.. actually I think I’ll just stay up here for awhile. I’ll just take a cab back home, ok?” “Yeah, sure. That’s fine. I’ll c-ya tomorrow, then?” “Yeah. Thanks for the ride over!” “Anytime!” Amy made her way down the long steps of stairs, as I watched her leave. I turned around to take one last glimpse of the Backstreet Boy’s tour bus.. when I smacked right into.... “......Oh my gosh....!..!.” I tried talking; no words coming out. I swallowed hard and tried a second time. Stuttering I barely replied, “I...I...I’m ...so..sorry! I didn’t see you there! O-M-G!....I can’t believe....” He looked at me with those gorgeous blue eyes, and oh-so-sexy smile of his. He had a big grin on his face. And all of a sudden words came out of those lucious lips, of none other than NICK CARTER! “No, really.... It was my fault. I.. I shouldn’t have been standing so close to you....” This time it was him who was stuttering! No way! Could Nick actually be intimated by me? Is he actually nervous? Oh, man!