Baby, when you're gone - Chapter 3
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When I got back into the concert room Angie was already waiting for me.
"Wow, you changed your clothes ! Looks good sweetie !"
"Thanx Angie ! Now that the danger is over ... ! LOL ! Well, I got some exciting news for you. You and I are going to eat dinner with the guys later !"
"Whaaaaat ??? Just us ?"
"No, the other four with a friend each ,too !"
"Oh, okay ! Why ?!"
"They want to make up that waterballoon thing !"
I wanted to tell her everything that happened backstage, specially about THE Katarina-thing, but Q told me I had to get to my seat, cause the concert would start any minute now !
"Well Angie, enjoy the concert and I see you later when we do the meet & greet, okay ?"
The guys would do that right here and not backstage and they'd promised that nobody would leave without a pic with each of the boys and without autographs from each of them !
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The concert was great, but what do you expect, it's the Backstreet Boys !! LOL The meet & greet went well and I got pics with the guys, a real cuddlely one with Nick ( J ), and I got pics from each of the guys alone for Sophie.
The boys said good bye then to all the others and told them they'd see them for supper and the party at the hotel later. The ones that were about to have lunch with them were supposed to get into their cars and follow the van to the restaurant. So we did. Angie was really nervous now, but I was too. I still couldn't believe that Nick had remembered me and I was still wondering about that THE Katarina thing. What did AJ mean by that ?? And why was Angela so shocked about it ? I promised myself to find out. I got out of my thoughts when Angie started laughing.
"What ?"
"Well look at Nick and Brian ! They are pulling faces in back window of the van !"
I hadn't even seen them sitting there yet. Gosh, must I have been drifting away ! They really looked hilarious though, I couldn't keep from laughing myself. When Nick saw me laughing he stopped though and turned 3 different shades of red.
"Somebody seems to be embarressed now ! LOL !"
"Guess so Angie ! Isn't he too cute like that ! I wish he'd always be that calm and quiet !"
"That's a lie sweetie, you love him acting crazy !" We were both rolling with laughter by now and once again I wished Sophie was here. I had to tell her all that tonight on the phone .
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"Katarina, is that you ?"
"Yeah Angie, it's me." We were in the restroom of the restaurant *to powder our noses* like the refined woman would say. Like it was my habit once a while I had been talking to myself and Angie had heard me.
"Sweetie, what's wrong ?"
"Aww, nothing Angie !"
"Well, a minute ago it didn't sound like nothing was wrong ! Come on tell me ! I know I am not Sophie, but you seem like you have to talk to someone badly ! Come out here and talk to me sweetheart ! That's a good girl . So, now tell me!"
"Oh Angie, I just don't know what to think about all this ! I mean Nick is just the sweetest all the time and flirts a lot and so on, but what is he trying to get at ?!"
"Hunny, to me it looks like he has the biggest crush on you. Why do you think he called you up on stage ? Why do you think he watches you whenever you aren't looking and why do you think he flirts with ya in front of all these peolpe ???!!!"
"But Angie, I don't want this ! You know what happened before ! Not to sound arrogant, but I had that kind of relationship before, you know about Freddie, and I surely don't want that again !"
"But Katarina, don't compare Nick to Freddie, that's not fair to Nick ! Why don't you just take this as what it is right now and enjoy it ?! You never know what's gonna happen ! Don't always think that far ahead ! Now get out tthere again and enjoy this day with Nick, me and all the others, would ya ?!"
"Okay Angie, I know you're right ! I just got this creepy feeling there ... !"
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"Do you wanna go for a walk now Katarina ?"
"Nick, some aren't even finished with their desert yet !"
"Oh come on, I bet they don't mind ! Do ya ? See, they don't !"
"Where you wanna go ?"
"Just a walk. !
"Will you tell me about that *THE Katarina-thing* then ?"
"I will, promise !"
"Okay, I'll come with you then ! Bye guys, see ya later !"
"Bye you two ! Have fun and don't be too late ... !!"
"Alex, we are just going for a walk man !"
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 When we were outside Nick asked if I was there by car . "Well Nick, how else ? Remember, we followed you to the restaurant ?!" Oops ! LOL ! "Well, got anything against going for a little drive ?!" "Well, where ya wanna go Nick ?" "Surprise !" "Well, you better tell me, cause I surely had enough surprises for one day already !" "Well, nothing bad Katarina, just a little ride by car !" "Well, okay. I'll trust ya one last time, you better not disappoint me here man ! Will you tell me the way ?" "Of course, just start driving, I'll lead the way !"
We hadn't gotten very far, when my cellphone rang.
"Well Nick, could you please take a look at the display and tell me who it is !? I'm driving right now !!" Nick looked at the phone. "It's Sophie. Is that THE Sophie, the one from the fanclub ?" "Yeap, it is !" "Well, you wanna talk to her now ?" "If you watch the road for me I'll try !" "Okay, we'll try that, but be careful ,okay ?!" "Okay Nick, now give me the phone before she gives up !"
"Hi Sweetheart !!"
"Hi Hunny, where ya at ???"
"In the car."
"What ya doing in the car ?"
"Well, what are people usually doing in a car ?? Driving somewhere !"
"So how was your day so far ?"
"It was fun. I shot pics of the guys for you earlier. ..."
I told her everything about what happened at the concert and wanted to tell her about Nick, but I wasn't sure if he understood what Sophie and I were saying, so I shot a glance at him, but he only had big bright questionmarks in his eyes, so it was safe to tell her, by using our old synonym for him - Blondie ! I also told her about my troubles in believing in everything that was happening, and since she knew about that whole Freddie-Problem she could imagine how I felt. But she told me the same things Angie had told me before, to cheer up and take it as what it was at that moment. "I'll try hunny, you know I will, but you know how insecure I am around guys, especially this one !"
"I know, and I told you like a thousand times that you have no reason to ! I'll be there for you tomorrow, and then we'll talk about all this . Until then please talk to Angie again, if you feel bad, okay ?!"
"You talked to Angie already ??? And here I am trying desperately to explain the situation to you without Blondie to get a hang of it and you already know everything ???!!!! That's not fair Sophie !"
"Oh sweetie, calm down ! I'll talk to you later, now go back to driving concentrated ! Love ya!"
"Love ya too, bye !"
Nick looked at me questioningly. "Are you done now ?" "Sure am. Will you tell me how far it is until we are wherever you wanna go ?" "Well, do you mind driving for another hour ?" "What ??? Where are we going ?" Just then we passed a sign showing the way to Tampa. "No, we are not going to Tampa, are we ??!!" "No, actually we're not, to be exact, we're going to Ruskin."