The End of The Road
Chapter 4
By:JeN
(C)by JeN and used with permission on this site. 
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This story is fiction and not meant to imply anything about the Backstreet 
Boys Inc. or them personally. If you understand the basic concept of 
fiction=not real then continue, if not, may I suggest 
www.barneyandfriends.com
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After Ami had gotten Hailey asleep she decided to have her sleep in bed with 
her that night. The events of the day leaving her with the need to be close 
to her. Now she lay in bed beside her sleeping daughter and wished she was 
old enough to talk to about Brian.  Since she had moved to this small town in 
Texas she had met a few nice people.  Some she even considered her friends, 
but none she felt close enough to talk about Brian with.  Right now she 
needed to talk to someone desperately and she had no one.  Tears began to 
silently make their way down her cheeks as she thought about Brian. The way 
he smiled whenever she walked into a room, or the way he would sing to Hailey 
every night but then stay in her room well after she was asleep and just 
watch her.  How easy he made everything for her.  How easy it was to love 
him...and how hard it had been to leave him. Ami reached out and ran her hand 
down the side of Hailey's face.
--I miss him so much.  Why couldn't I have stayed and let myself be happy 
with him?  

Brian lay in bed staring up at the ceiling.  He kept running over and over in 
his head what he would say when he called her...*if* he called her.  All day 
he had done nothing but think of her.  The look on her face when he saw her 
for the first time...when she had passed out in his arms.  All the nights 
they sat up and talked endlessly about almost anything.  Everything but the 
way she would react if he had told her he loved her.  That he couldn't have 
predicted.  If he had...he would have never uttered the words.  Brian looked 
over at the clock...a little past eleven.  It would still be early enough to 
call there.  Reaching over he picked up the number off the night stand...took 
a deep breath and began to dial.

Ami had almost cried herself to sleep when the phone rang.  She quickly 
reached over to get it, not wanting it to wake Hailey.
--Hello?  Oh, hi Meg.  Yes, I'm fine, thanks for calling to check on me.  
Ami laughed.
--No, I don't want to talk about who Brian is.  I'll see you in the morning.  
Good Night.

Busy.  Her number was busy.  At least she wasn't asleep yet.  Deciding to 
call her back again in fifteen minutes, he went down stairs to get something 
to drink.

Ami lay playing with the curls on Hailey's head.  
--Please Brian...call me back.  
She stared at the phone...willing it to ring again.  
--I know I messed things up, but if...
Ami began to cry again.
--If you could just give me one more chance...I swear, this time, I will not 
mess this up.

Brian sat back down on his bed and picked up the picture of Hailey asleep 
again.  
--I wonder if she's missed me.

The ringing phone caused Ami to jump, which then caused Hailey to wake up.  
--Hello?
Hailey began to cry and Ami was having a hard time hearing whoever it was on 
the other end of the phone.
--Hello?  I'm sorry, I can't hear...
--Did I wake her up?
Every muscle in her body tensed up at the sound of his voice.
--Brian?
It was almost a whisper.  That was all she could manage.
--I didn't mean to wake her up.  I...should I call back tomorrow?
--No!  I...mean, no she'll go right back to sleep.  
--Are you sure?  Do you want to get her back down and call me back?
Ami thought for a minute.  She knew Hailey was not going to stop crying until 
Ami got up and rocked her back to sleep.
--Actually, that's not a bad idea.  Give me twenty minutes?
--Sure.

With shaking hands, and fresh tears in her eyes, Ami hung the phone back up.  
--Hailey, sweetheart, you have great timing.
Hailey continued to cry as Ami began to rock her back to sleep.  

Half an hour later Ami lay Hailey down in her crib and patted her back until 
she was sure she was not going to wake back up.  Then she went back to her 
room and sat down on the bed.  She stared at the phone a few moments before 
picking it up and calling Brian's number.

Brian waited until the second ring to pick up...not wanting to seem as 
anxious as he felt.
--Hello?
--Brian, it's Ami.