Nick stood, leaning against a wall. He had no idea where Melanie was, for all he knew, she could have left. Nick sighed. ' Just when I worked up enough courage to ask her to dance' Then Melanie looked up. Nick and Melanie made eye contact. Melanie's palms started to sweat. Nick's stomach started jumping. Melanie flashed Nick a smile. Nick's stomach was doing cartwheels, but he managed to give her a little smile.

Nick mouthed to Melanie, 'Do you want to dance?'

Melanie put a finger to her chin, as if she were thinking about it. She opened her mouth to respond, when a crowd of people ran in front of her.

Dammit! What's with these people?! Nick thought as he pounded his fist against the wall.

"Yo Nick, what's wrong?" his best friend Brian asked, coming up behind him.

"This girl is torturing me, and I like her!" Nick moaned.

"Whoa! Calm down! Which girl is it?" Brian asked, looking around.

"Right over...Oh man! She's gone!" Nick sighed.

"Do you even know her name?"

"Yeah, it's Melanie."

"Oh. What's she look like?"

"She's gorgeous man! Long strawberry blond hair, these big green eyes. Long legs, she's just beautiful." Nick sighed dreamily.

"Sounds nice." Brian nodded.

"Where are the rest of the guys?" Nick asked, meaning the rest of the group. You see, Nick and Brian were in a singing group called the Backstreet Boys. They had only been together for 2 years, but they were all really close. (Author: This story changes a lot of stuff; if this had been like real life, Nick would only be 15, but in the story he's 17)

"I dunno, they're around" Brian answered, scanning the crowd.

'Cause I got an idea." Nick said, a mischievous look in his eyes.

"Oh no! I know that look!" Brian started to back away from his friend.

"Oh shut up! We just gotta find the other guys."

Finally, Brian and Nick found their bandmates, A.J., Howie, and Kevin.

"What do you want Nick? I was dancing with such a hottie!" A.J. whined.

"I want us to sing!" Nick said, his eyes sparkling.

"Oh my God! We can sing anytime! I'm leaving!" A.J. yelled.

"No! Wait! I mean, perform, sing in front of all these people, on the stage !" Nick said, excitement in his voice.

"Nick..." Kevin started, "How are we supposed to get up on that stage, who'll give us permission? It's impossible!"

"Kevin's right." Howie added.

"Kev, Howie, do you see anyone hear who's gonna stop us? No one stopped the guys from chasing the band. And besides, there's no music going now, the party's dead, they'd probably THANK us for singing! What do you say?" Nick pointed out.

"No, we're not good enough." Kevin stated firmly.

"Come on, we're all talented, give us a chance!"

"Fine..." Kevin sighed.

"Yes!" Nick smiled "Oh, yeah...I have a new song, I just wanna write down the words." Nick said, as he left the room before the others could say a word.