“This is insane!” Abby mumbled to herself as she ran off to the direction of the bus. “How could he say that to me? I mean we know each other for what a few days! This is absolutely insane!”
Abby knocked on the doors to open the bus. She realized that they didn’t lock them, and pushed them open with her hands. She stormed into the bathroom, and shut the door. The bus driver along with the bodyguards (since it was late, no one really need them) were in the smaller bus that traveled behind the Backstreet/Allusion bus.
She went into the bathroom, and grabbed the acne pads out of the container, and used one to wash her make-up off of her face. When she was done with that, she reached into her bunk for her pajamas, and pulled off her other clothes, then put those on.
Next, she went into the kitchen, and grabbed a gallon container of Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream and a spoon, and headed into the Entertainment room to sulk.
Nick walked into the club. ‘Oh shit, here come the questions…’ Nick thought, as he saw Lauren and AJ approach him.
“What happened? Where is Abby?” Lauren asked worried.
“I told her that I knew that she liked me more than a friend, and she got mad when I told her that I really liked her, and wanted to give my heart and everything to her…” Nick’s eyes began to tear.
“Awh Nicky, its ok. That was really sweet of you… I know that she will come around…but where is she now?” Lauren said, then hugging him. She backed away when Nick didn’t return her hug.
“She ran back to the bus. I hope that she is ok…” Nick said.
“I’m going to go see how she is ok?” Lauren said then looking over at AJ. He nodded his head, and Lauren left the club.
“AJ what am I going to do!” Nick said, sitting down at an empty table.
“I dunno. I have a problem too..” AJ said sitting next to him.
“An what is that?”
“I think that the only reason the Lauren is with me is because she just broke up with her boyfriend, and she needs someone to heal her broken heart.”
“Geez AJ, me and you are always the ones stuck with problems!” Nick said, then leaning back, and shutting his eyes.
“Oh Abby, please don’t cry…” Lauren said, gently hugging her. Abby put her ice cream down, and cried in her arms.
“I… I …. I don’t know what to do…everything was so great tonight…and…and…now everything is messed up…. I can’t even look at him anymore. I feel so selfish…and conceited….”
“Don’t say that Abby…”
“I wanna believe everything that he says. It sounds so loving and nice and sweet. But I just-“ Abby broke out in tears again, not finishing her sentence.
All the sudden, Vanessa and Megan and Carla entered the room. They all came over, and hugged Abby. They had a huge hug with Abby in the middle.
“We heard,” Vanessa mouthed to Lauren. Lauren just smiled a little. Vanessa gently pushed the other girls away, and she looked into Abby’s red eyes.
Vanessa always had this weird power to make people feel better, and she was going to help Abby out.
“Abers, you have to understand that Nick didn’t say those things to hurt you…he said them to make you understand how much he really likes you…” Vanessa said, gently pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
“Wanna know something Abby?” Vanessa whispered.
She nodded her head.
“I think that Nick is falling in love with you, and you know what else?”
Abby nodded again.
“I think that you are falling in love with him.”
Abby immediately shook her head no. “I’m not…falling.. in love with him…” Abby said still crying.
“Abby this is the problem….you keep denying the fact that you do love him or like him and maybe if you would just accept it, then everything would be ok…”
Abby shook her head no, and stood up, and walked out of the room. She gently climbed into a bunk…except it wasn’t her bunk, it was Nick’s. She wasn’t all quite there, and just climbed under the covers, and fell asleep.
[2 hours later; 2am]
Nick, Brian, AJ, Kevin, Megan, Howie, Lauren, Carla and Vanessa all came back to the bus to go to sleep. Vanessa and Brian went into the entertainment room; Lauren and AJ went into the kitchen, because AJ said he needed to talk; Nick, Kevin, Howie, Carla, and Megan all decided to go to bed.
Nick noticed that his curtains were closed on his bunk, and opened them slowly. He saw Abby laying there sleeping, tears dried to her face. He gently touched her face, and leaned in and kissed her forehead, then closed the curtains, and stripped down to his boxers. He jumped up to Abby’s bed, and fell asleep.
Brian and Vanessa had gone into the back room. They were both on the couch, and Brian said to her.
“I had so much fun with you tonight sweetie!”
“Me too Brian!” Vanessa said.
Brian leaned over, and kissed her lips, gently at first, and then they began to use their tongues. As they kissed, Brian gently pushed Vanessa back onto the sofa, while kissing her passionately.
He ran his hand under her shirt touching her stomach. Vanessa pulled away.
“Brian… I just started to go out with you… I’m not ready for this yet…”
“Thats ok baby…” Brian said, then laid down next to her. “Can we sleep here together …just sleep thats all…”
Vanessa smiled, and snuggled back into his arms, as he grabbed a blanket off the back of the sofa, and covered them with it.
“What do you want to talk about?” Lauren asked AJ.
“Why are you using me?” AJ came out with very strait forward.
“What are you talking about?” Lauren asked.
“You know that this relationship would have never happened if I wouldn’t have been there when you found out about Mike, and I don’t wanna be a rebound!” AJ yelled at her.
“Your not just that. I like you AJ-“
“Don’t fuck with me Lauren!” AJ yelled.
“Please don’t yell. Nick and Abby are sleepin and they are both in bad moods-“
“SHUT UP!” AJ yelled even louder.
Lauren reached across the table, and smack AJ across the face, then walked out of the room and got into her bed, and cried.
[the next morning]
Abby woke up feeling like she had a hang over. She climbed out of bed, and her feet were on the floor.
“What the hell?” she mumbled.
She looked around, and saw that she had slept in Nick’s bed, and he was in hers. She shook her head in disbelief. “This can’t be happening.”
She walked into the kitchen, and saw AJ sitting at the table.
“Hey,” she mumbled.
“Hey girl. Can I talk to ya bout something?” AJ said.
She grabbed a pop tart, and sat down at the table with him.
“Last night, me and Lauren got into a huge fight. I dunno what got into me, but I was screaming at her, and now I think that she is really hurt. I know that you have your own problems with Nick and everything, but I dunno what to do…”
“I wish I could help you AJ, I really do. I just don’t think I am the person that you need to be talking to right now. You need someone who will give you advice and the only thing I am capable of doing right now is crying…I’m really sorry..”
She stood up, and headed back into the entertainment room. When she opened the door, Nick was sitting in the chair.
Before she could shut the door again, Nick rushed up to her, and grabbed her around the waist. She struggled to get away from him.
When she realized that his strength was too much for her to wiggle out of she froze. “NO! LEAVE ME ALONE NICK!! LET ME GO NOW!!” Abby screamed at him.
Nick had tears coming from his eyes. How could the girl he was falling madly in love with be refusing his affections is such a horrible way. He just wanted to shut her up by kissing her, letting his tongue wander her mouth. He knew that it wasn’t going to happen, so he just tightened his arms.
“Nick…please…” she said, finally breaking down in tears. She gently turned to him, and he pulled her into his body and loving arms. He rubbed her back, and soothed her with his touch.
“Abby, please stop this shit. You know it is making everything worse. Why can’t you just talk to me?” Nick whispered.
She just cried, leaving him with no answer.
