Chapter 13


“Woah!” Sam said as the lights blinked.

“AHHHHH!” Aaron yelled as thunder clapped. He jumped on his bed and hid under a pillow.

“Oh, I hope Cassie, Meg, Nick and JC are indoors,” Brian said.

“Well, I see Nick and Megan coming in the hotel,” Sam replied, looking out the window. “All right, everyone, get in your places. She’s gonna be sooooooo surprised!”

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Nick pulled Megan by her hand into the door of the hotel, soaking wet. “Come on, let’s go upstairs,” he said as he walked over to the elevator. But he stopped when he saw the repair man trying to pry the door open.

“Sorry, sir,” the man said. “The elevator was shut down when the power blinked. Please use the stairway.”

“K, thank you,” Megan replied as she and Nick walked toward the stairway. They walked up the stairs and Nick pulled Megan towards his room.

“Come on, let’s say hi to your brother,” Nick said as he unlocked the door to his room. This was all part of the plan to surprise Megan.

“SURPRISE!” Sam, Justin, Joey, Chris, Lance, Aaron, AJ, Brian, Kevin, Howie, Jen and Kellie yelled at Megan as she walked in the room

. “Ahh! You guys!” Meg shrieked when she saw them.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Megan, happy birthday to you,” all the guys sang in harmony, with Nick joining in. They had practiced the night before, and they sounded awesome.

Tears gathered in Megan’s eyes. “You guyssssssssss…” Megan said. “Thank you sooooooo much!” The tears started rolling down her face.

“Awwwww…Megan!” Sam said as she went over and gave her friend a hug.

“GROUP HUG!” Brian yelled as they all gathered around her.

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Cassie sat in JC’s arms against the wall of the elevator. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she started to giggle. “What’s so funny?” JC asked her, looking confused.

“This whole situation. We have been stuck in an elevator for and hour and a half, and we missed Meg’s birthday party. I wonder if they even realize that we are missing,” Cassie said.

“I’m sure they have, Cas. And besides, I don’t mind being stick in an elevator with you,” JC added, kissing the top of her head. She looked up at him, and they started kissing again.

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“Hey, Nick,” AJ called after things had settled down a bit and everyone was just lounging. Megan was opening her presents. “Where’s Cassie and JC?”

“You know what?” he replied. “I don’t know. They came in before us so that they could get here and surprise Megan. And they weren’t in the lobby…so we thought they were already up here. Hey, Meg, do you know where they are?” he asked Megan.

She shook her head. “Nope…I haven’t seen them. They said that they were going to come up here before we went for a walk.”

“But that was like an hour ago. Where are they?” Joey said worriedly.

“Did they get caught in the storm? I hope they’re alright!” Justin said.

Nick got up. “I’m going to look for them,” he said bravely.

Brian stood up too. “I’ll go with you.”

“K, come on, let’s go.”

“Bye, guys, be careful,” Megan said, looking worried.

Nick smiled. “We will,” he said as they walked out of the room. The two guys walked over to the elevator and pushed the button to go down.

After about 5 minutes, Nick realized that the elevator hadn’t come yet. “Jeez, what’s taking so long?” he asked.

“I don’t know. Maybe the storm made the elevator break down,” Brian replied. “Come on, let’s take the stairs.”

They walked over to the stairs, and as Nick pushed open the door, an awful realization came to him. “Oh my God, B, they’re stuck on the elevator!”

: ) :o) :O) :o) : ) JC and Cassie were making out when the elevator doors opened. “Oh, um, hi,” Cassie said when she saw the repairmen standing there.

“Sorry we took so long, folks,” the man said. “Are you kids alright?” “Yeah,” replied JC, standing up along with Cassie.

“Well, come on off of there,” the man said, ushering them off the elevator and back into the lobby. Just then, the door to the stairs burst open and Nick and Brian ran out, almost running smack into JC.

“Oh, sorry…hey, there you are! We were worried about you!” Brian said with a surprised look on his face.

“We were stuck on the elevator,” Cassie said, holding onto JC’s hand.

“Yeah, we figured that out.” Nick pushed the door to the stairs back open. “Come on, let’s go. Are you guys sure you’re alright?”

“Yeah, we’re fine,” JC said, making his way up the stairs.

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“Well, look who the cat dragged in,” Joey said as JC and Cassie walked into the room.

Megan jumped up and ran over to them and gave them hugs. “Are you guys okay? I’m so sorry we didn’t stay with you guys.”

Cassie smiled. “We’re fine, Meg, don’t worry about it. We’re sorry we missed your party,” she said.

“Don’t worry about it. I’m just glad you guys are okay.”

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After the party, Megan, Sam and Aaron had to go back to the dance studio to rehearse more. As they were leaving the hotel, Nick ran up and grabbed Megan from behind. “I’ll pick you up at 7,” he whispered in her ear. He let go of her. She turned and smiled.

“Bye.”


Chapter 14