WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT (MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL) - Howie Story

WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT
(MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL)

By Sierra Carter-Littrell

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Howie Dorough goes into the bookstore where his best friend, Angelita Sanchez, owns to see that she is standing on a ladder putting some new books away. Howie rushes over to her as he sees her slip and catches her in arms.

“Whoa,” Angelita said before saying, “thanks, D. I didn’t notice you come in.”

“You’re welcome,” Howie said to her before setting her feet onto the floor, so that she could stand up.

“What are you doing here?” Angelita said fixing her glasses that had slipped down her nose.

“Well, I have come to ask you something,” he said to her as he followed her to the box of new books that was close to the desk.

“And that is?” she said picking up a book and taking it back to the ladder, before climbing it once again.

Howie followed her to the ladder and steadied it as she put the book in its right slot, before finally talking to her, “Well, I was wondering if you would want to come to the premiere party that Jive is having for the guys and my new album.”

“I am shocked that you asked me, but let me think about it for a little bit,” she said to him as she finished putting the final book away.

“Okay, I will wait for you to tell me your answer,” Howie said to her before slowly going to the door of the bookstore, knowing that she would stop him. Howie was about to open the door as Angelita spoke up.

“When is it?” Angelita said to him.

“It is this Friday,” he said to her. “Which is in two days?”

“I know, and when will I need to be ready?” she said to him.

“Be ready at 7, that is when I will come and get you,” Howie told her smiling to himself. “Well, I guess I will see you then.”

“Okay,” Angelita said before telling him good-bye as he left. When she knew that he was gone, she picked up her phone and dialed a number.

“You better have a good reason for waking me up,” a sleepy voice said to her.

“Cas, it’s me,” she said to her best friend, Casandra.

“What do you need, Angel?” she said to her.

“Well, I need you to go shopping with me for a dress,” Angelita said to her.

“Why do you need a dress? It is not like you are going to the...Oh my gosh, he asked you,” Cassie said stunned that Howie had actually asked her to go with him to the Jive party. Cassie was going with her fiancée, Kevin.

“Yeah, he just left,” she said to her. The two of them planned to go shopping for their dresses the next day.

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The Day of the Party........

Howie goes up to her apartment door and is shock to see her standing there in a beautiful deep purple dress. He even noticed that she was wearing her contacts instead of her glasses.

“Wow, you look beautiful,” he said to her.

“You don’t look so bad either,” she said to him before the two of them went to his Corvette.

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At the party, Howie and the rest of the Backstreet Boys are asked by their management to give the partygoers a little sample of the stuff on the new album. The guys sing a few song before Howie speaks.

“Our last song is a song that I wrote with Brian. This I would like to dedicate to my best friend, Angelita,” Howie said before the guys’ band began to play a soft song.

Howie sings:
You don’t run with the crowd
You go your own way
You don’t play after dark
You light up my day

Brian sings:
Got your own style
That sets you apart
Baby, that is why
You captured my heart

Howie sings:
I know sometimes you feel
Like you don’t fit in
And this world doesn’t know
What you have within

Brian sings:
When I look at you
I see something rare
A rose that can grow anywhere
And there is no one I know
That can compare

All of the guys sing:
What makes you different
(Makes you beautiful)
What’s there inside you
(Shines through to me)
In your eyes I see
All the love I will ever need
(You’re all I need, girl)
What makes you different
(Makes you beautiful)

Howie sings:
You’ve got something so real
You touched me so deep (so deep)
These material things
Don’t matter to me

Brian sings:
So come as you are
You’ve got nothing to prove
You warm me with all that you do
And I wanna take this
Chance to say to you

All of the guys sing:
What makes you different
(Makes you beautiful)
What’s there inside you
(Shines through to me)
In your eyes I see
All the love I will ever need
(You’re all I need, girl)
What makes you different
(Makes you beautiful)

Howie (with Brian):
You don’t know (don’t know)
How you touched my life (touched my life)
There are so many ways (so many ways)
That I can’t describe
You taught me what
Love is supposed to be
You saw the little things
That makes you beautiful to me
(So beautiful)

All of the guys sing:
What makes you different
(Makes you beautiful)
What’s there inside you
(Shines through to me)
In your eyes I see
All the love I will ever need
(You’re all I need, girl)
What makes you different
(Makes you beautiful)

After the song was over, Howie came down off the stage and Angelita gave him a hug, since she had found the song so beautiful. Howie took her hand and said, “Let’s go. I need to talk to you.”

“Okay,” she said to him.

Howie lead her outside and down to the beach that was near the building. Howie lead her to the edge of the water before asking her to sit down next to him. The two of them sit and watch the water for a few minutes before Howie spoke.

“Angel, I wanted to tell you that I meant every word in that song. I guess I mean to say that I love you,” Howie said to her.

“I love you, too,” Angelita said to him.

“No, Angel, I love you as more than a friend,” he said to her. “I want you to be mine. I want you to be my girlfriend.”

“Oh my gosh, yes,” Angelita said to him.

“Really,” Howie said to her.

“Yes,” Angelita said to him before he softly kissed her. Howie broke the kiss and before he could speak, Angelita told him, “Howie, take me home. Show me how much you love me.”

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The two of them went back to Howie’s condo where he softly carried her over to his bed before softly brushing his lips against hers as he softly pushed her back on the bed, so that he was laying on top of her. Howie broke their kiss as he slowly moved his lips down the soft curve of her neck, knowing that she loved the feeling of his lips brushing her throat, as she let out a soft moan. He softly brought his lips to the top of her nightshirt before breaking his kiss, long enough to pull off her shirt. After removing her shirt, he kissed the plane of skin between her two round, perky breasts. He could feel her heart beating against his lips and relished in the moment before turning to pay attention to her breasts.

Angel let out a soft, sweet moan as Howie's cold tongue circled her now hard nipple as he softly began to suck on her perky peaks. He softly licked, sucked, and kissed each breast before moving down to the plane of her stomach, where he softly dipped his tongue into her belly button causing her to softly giggle.

Angel's giggles soon became gasps as Howie reached down and removed her now wet panties before lowering his head to the place, where she wanted him the most. He softly spread her lower lips before softly blowing on her passionate area. Angel softly moaned as he moved down and softly licked her sensitive area before thrusting his tongue into her. Angel ran her fingers through his long, curly hair as she was about to have the ride of her life.

Howie stopped what he was doing, not wanting her to find release, yet, and looked up to see her questioning look. But Angel questioning look left as she saw the passion in Howie's eyes as he crawled up her body, kissing her in certain wanted places before pressing his lips softly against hers. Howie positioned himself between her legs with his arms resting next to her, so not to put too much weight on her, as he intertwined their fingers.

Howie softly broke their kiss before letting his lips drift to her ear, where he softly whispered, "I'll make love to you, like you want me to, all through the night, for your wish is my command." Howie looked eyes with Angel and could see the glow of love in her eyes, knowing the answer to his unspoken question.

Angel welcomed his lips against hers as she felt him slowly enter her. Howie softly started to thrust against her, wanting this to last as long as possible. Howie softly began to kiss her neck as Angel's hips thrusted against his causing him to go faster and deeper into her. Angel softly wrapped her legs around his back, loving the feel of their up and downward motion, but she softly began to moan as her climax began to come. Howie softly kissed her against her lips as he felt her begin to tighten around him, knowing that she would come soon. Angel softly groaned into his mouth as she came, causing him to go faster which brought his own release within her.

The two of them softly kissed as they laid against each other, catching their breaths before Howie softly pulled out and rolled off her, not wanting to crush her. He easily pulled Angel up next to him before softly kissing her forehead as they settled down. The two of them softly whispered "I Love You" to each other before finally dozing off into a peaceful sleep in each other's arms after he had pulled the soft wool blanket over them.

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A year later.........

During their last concert, Howie comes onto the stage and begins to talk to the audience. “Our next song is a song that I wrote with Brian. The song is called ‘What Makes You Different’. But before we sing this song to you, I want you to meet a few special people in my life,” Howie says to them before off the side of the stage. Howie comes back on the stage with a young woman who is carrying a little baby. “Everyone, I want you to meet my beautiful wife, Angelita, and our daughter, Isabelle.”

The audience began to clap for them before Howie spoke again. “The song, What Makes You Different’, has a very special memory for Angel and me. So the guys and I would like to dedicate it to her.”

The guys sing the song with the two of them on stage and afterwards, Howie softly kisses her saying, “I love you, Angelita.”

“I love you, too,” Angelita said to him.

*~*THE END*~*

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