Chapter 9




When Michelle woke up Brian was gently shaking her.
She rubbed her eyes and sat up. she looked over at the clock. It was 6:30 in the morning. "I figured you would want to take a shower," said Brian. "You can go first. I still have some packing to do."
"Thanks," she said. "Packing? Talk about waiting til' the last minute."
"I know, I'm bad about that," he said.
Michelle got up and found her clothes. "My shirt is still wet."
"You can keep mine," he offered.
"You don't mind?"
"Of course not, besides it looks better on you than it did on me."
She smiled. She took her clothes into the bathroom with her and took a quick shower. When she came out of the bathroom, Brian took his turn. She looked around Brian's room. She looked at some pictures on his dresser. There was a picture of a man and a woman, probably his parents, and a picture of a man a little older than Brian. He had the same features as Brian, so she guessed that was her older brother.
When Brian came out of the shower they sat down together and ate a breakfast of Fruity Pebbles. Michelle looked at her watch. It was 7:20. She would have to leave in about 5 or 10 minutes to get to school on time. "I have to get going soon," she said as she put her bowl in the sink.
"Okay," he drank the last of the milk from the bowl and put it in the sink. He walked over to her and put his arms around her waist. "I'll miss you a lot."
"How soon will you be back?"
"After Christmas. I'll try and make it back before new years. Let me give you my cell phone number and e-maill address." He let go of her and found a slip of paper and a pen. He wrote some numbers on it and handed it to her. She tore off part of it and put her address, e-mail and phone number on it and gave it back to him. She picked up her still damn shirt and started out the door with Brian following her. when she got to the car she tossed her shirt in the backseat and turned to Brian.
"I'm going to miss you," she said. They stood facing each other with their arms around each others waists.
"I wish we had more time to get to know each other before I leave."
"So do I," said Michelle.
"I really want to get to know you better. I'll e-mail you everyday, when I have time."
"Okay, I better go," said Michelle.
Brian leaned in and kissed her. They hugged and said their goodbyes. Michelle climbed in her car and drove away. It was 7:35, so she had to step on it. She got to school at 7:50. She found Jessica waiting for her by her locker. "So, tell me what happened last night?" said Jessica.
"Nice to see you too. How do you know about last night?" asked Michelle as she twisted the lock.
"I called your house and your mom said your were spending the night at a friends house."
"Oh, nothing special."
"What do you mean nothing special? You spent the night at his house."
"Well, we watched a movie, then he cooked dinner..."
"What did he make?" Jessica inturupted.
"Macaroni and cheese and sandwhiches. Anyway, after that we played twister..."
"Oooh, Twister, what happened next?"
"We watched tv in his room and I fell asleep."
"On his bed?"
"Yeah," said Michelle. "Fully clothed. What did you and Nick do yesterday?" Michelle shut her locker and they started walking towards their homerooms which were next to each other.
"We went to Quincy's and had lunch, then we went to see Saving Private Ryan. Then he dropped me off at my house."
"Oh, sounded like fun."
"What did you two do before you went to his house?"
"He took me to the Olive Garden, then we played miniature gold and batted a round at the batting cages."
The bell ran. They said bye and went to their classrooms.
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Brian, Nick, Kevin, A.J., Howie and Aaron were on their plane along with their managers flying to New York. Nick pulled two packages out of his bag and tossed one on Brian's lap.
"Whats this?" asked Brian.
"I don't know, Its a present from Jessica. She said to open them at the same time," said Nick. The other guys watched as Brian and Nickk tore open the identical packages. Inside each packages was a black snow type hat with a name written on the fron. Brian's said Frick, and Nick's said Frack.
"Cool," said Brian. He put the hat on.
"Hey Bri, what were you doing yesterday?" asked A.J. I called your apartment like 10 times.
Brian Grinned. "I was with a friend."
"A girl friend," said Nick.
"Oh, really?" said A.J. "Who was this girl?"
"One of Jessica's friends. Her name is Michelle."
"Are you two dating or just friends?" asked A.J.
"Dating."
"Your dating a high school girl?" asked Kevin.
"Yeah, but she's really mature. She acts older than she is. I really liker her," said Brian.
"What's wrong with dating a high school girl?" asked Nick.
"Nothing," said Kevin. I was just asking. Lets schange the subject before someone gets mad." They had a show that day and Kevin didn't want them fighting.
Nick pulled up in front of Northern High School. He went to the office and checked in. It was 2:55. The final bell would ring in five minutes. He found his way to b building and found Jessica's locker, number 116. He had e-maild Michelle and found out her locker number. Michelle knew what Nick was going to do but she had kept it a secret from Jessica.
The last bell rang and people started filing out of the classrooms. A few people gave Nick curious glances, but nobody seemd to connect him with the Backstreet fame. He had his Frack hat that Jessica had given him in his hand, since wearing hats in the building was usually frowned upon. Finnaly Jessica and Michelle came down the hallway. When Jessica saw Nick she ran up and gave him a hug. "I missed you so much!" said Jessica. "How did you know..."
"I had a little help," said Nick, motioning to Michelle.
Jessica turned around to Michelle. "Thanks."
"Of course. I'll see you later, okay." said Michelle.
"Bye," said Jessica.
"Bye," said Nick.
Jessica put her stuff in her locker and they walked out together holding hands. "So, did you have a good flight?"
"Yeah, it was okay."
"Where's your car parked?"
"Over in the visitors section. Did you drive to school?" asked Nick.
"No, Michelle picked me up today." Jessica and Nick got in his car. Nick put his Frack hat back on. "I can't believe nobody recognized you," she said.
"I know. When I was waiting by your locker a couple of people looked at me funny." Jessica laughed. "Hey, do you know a guy named John Walls?"
Jessica thought. "Nope, never heard of him."
"What about Danial Nelson?"
"Yeah, I know him," said Jessica. I'm friends with his girlfriend."
"Me, John and Danial were best friends in elementary school and middle school. The teachers called us the three musketeers."
"When's the last time you talked to them?"
"Man, it was a long time ago. I don't know if they still remember me though."
"You should talk to him. I'll get Danials phone number and you can call him," she said.
"Okay. Hey, how about we go see a movie."
"Okay," she said.
The next movie didn't start for 30 more minutes, so Jessica and Nick went next door to the Baskin Robbins and got some Ice Cream.
"I'll have a double scoop Chocolate chip cone," said Nick.
"I'll have a strawberry cone," said Jessica.
They got their Ice Cream and sat down at a table. A group of girls came over to them.
"Your Nick Carter aren't you?" said one.
"Uh, yeah," said Nick.
"Can we have your picture?" another one asked.
Nick looked at Jessica then turned back to the girls. "I guess, but real quick."
"Okay," said the other excitedly.
He got up and posed for a few quick pictures and signed a couple of autographs and sat back down. "I'm sorry about that."
"Its okay, I don't mind."
"I'm glad your so understanding."
They finnished their ice cream and went back to the threatre and watched Deep Impact.
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On Christmas Eve, Jessica and Nick spent the whole day together. They baked cookies together at Jessica's house then they took some over to Nick's house.
"Mmm, these are good," said Aaron. "Are you sure Nick helped make them?"
"Very funny," said NIck. He gave Aaron a noogie.
"Quit Nick," said Aaron. He squirmed away. "Nick can't even cook microwave dinners."
"That's it," said Nick. He started to chase Aaron through the house. Aaron ran out the front door. Jessica ran after them. Aaron was laughing as he ran around the yard waving his arms. Finnaly Nick caught up with him and tackled him. "Gotcha!"
"Help, Help," said Aaron.
Nick pnned him down and tickled him. when he was satisfied he got up and slung Aaron over his shoulder and walked back towards the house. He went inside and dropped hium on the couch. "Oof," said Aaron. "That was fun, lets do it again."
"I don't think so," said Nick.
That night Nick dropped Jessica off at her house, and made plans to pick her up at 12:00 the next day so they could have lunch and exchange gifts.
The day before Christmas Michelle wen't outside to check the mail. There was a package from Brian. She ran inside and dropped the other letters on the table. She went in her room and opened it up. Inside was a note and a small package wrapped in red and green paper. She opened to note and read it. "Dear Michelle, I bought you a little something. I hope you like it. I've really enjoyed talking to you and getting to know you better. Have a great Christmas." I wish I could be there. Love Brian." She ripped the wrapping paper off the package, inside was a jewelry box. When she opened it up there was a necklace with a blue heart shaped charm. "Its beautiful Brian," she said aloud. She sat down at her computer to send Brian a thank you note by way of e-mail.
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After Jessica and her mother opened their presents from each other and other friends and family, Jessica got dressed and waited for Nick. When Nick arrived at 1:00 he said hello to Mrs James and the two left. Nick took her to a fancy italian resteraunt. When they sat down they exchanged gifts. Nick ipened his first. It was the new South Park game for Nintendo 64. It had cost her almost $60. "I didn't know there was a South Park game," said Nick. "Thanks, I love it. Open yours now."
Nick had given her two packages. She opened the small one first. It was a bottle of Tommy Girl cologne. "I love this kind!" she said. She opened the bigger package. It was a navy blue fleece sweater with a little Nike check on the left side. "I love it, thanks so much."
"Your welcome."
The waitor came and took their order. They ate their food and left. When they were sitting in Nick's car in the parking lot of the resteraunt, Nick leaned over and gave her a kiss.
"I'm the luckist guy alive," he said.
"Why do you say that?" she asked.
"I've got you, and thats all that matters."

The End!