10,000 Kisses

Chapter 91

"Did you all take stupid pills today?" Brian wondered out loud as he looked at everyone, "They got married. I assume when Suz was in the hospital, right?"

"Uh huh," Kevin answered.

"Why?" AJ said suddenly then slapped his forehead in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that. That was a stupid question."

"No, AJ, it wasn't," Suz said, "You just never know when something won't be there tomorrow, so you take advantage of it now instead of waiting."

"But you didn't get that big wedding that you wanted," Nick said.

"Nick, honey, that doesn't matter to me as much as," Suz started as she became choked up, "Kevin does to me. A big wedding with me in a white dress doesn't make what our marriage is going to be. It is what Kevin and I make it to be."

Kevin gripped Suz's hand tightly.

Nick's eyes lite up in understanding.

"By God, I think Frack has finally understood something," Howie teased.

<ring ring>

Suz reached over grabbing the phone, "Hello?"

Kevin listened to Suz's end of the conversation.

She made a motion to Kevin for paper and pen.

"Ok, when's the funeral?" Suz asked the person on the other end.

"Funeral?" AJ mouthed looking at Brian and Nick.

Both men shrugged their shoulders not knowing anything.

"Thank you, Fr. Murphy," Suz said hanging up.

Kevin looked down at Suz as she looked up at him.

"Tomorrow at 10am" is all that she said before she laid her head on his chest leaving Kevin to explain to everyone.

Quickly, he explained.

"You're kidding?" Brian asked in disbelief.

"That was no coincidence," Joy said, "He was sent there."

"By my father, I know," Kevin said tightening his arms around Suz, "When I needed him more then ever, my father was still there."

Suz sighed silently wishing she has someone there to help her.

Chapter 92

A few days later...after Fr. Jerald's funeral...

Kevin and Suz entered the house after a tiring day. Fr. Jerald's funeral had been at 10am and then the school, rectory, and convent had held a luncheon honoring Fr. Jerald.

Though Suz and Kevin had known the priest for only a total of a few minutes, it had almost seemed like it had been years.

Suz plopped onto the couch and laid her head back. She sighed inwardly as she realized that she was going nuts in this house. She didn't want to go back to work but there was only so much sleeping and TV that one could do.

"Suz?" Kevin said sitting down next to her. He was hesitant to say anything to her about going back to Tina for a session but after himself talking with Tina the day before for an hour straight, Kevin was amazed at the difference that it made talking to someone who was objective about the situation.

Taking a deep breath, he plowed on, "I went to see Tina yesterday."

Suz looked up at Kevin in surprise, "Why?"

"I needed to talk to her," Kevin said.

Suz continued to look at him strangely.

"Why?" Suz asked again.

Kevin got up walking to the front window. He stood there, watching life happen outside, as he ran this hands over his face. He was so afraid to say the words to her. He didn't want to hear her agree with him. That would break his heart more then if she left and divorced him.

"Kevin, I asked you why you needed to talk to her? I thought you were ok with what happened?" Suz probed.

"I'M NOT!! Ok...I'm not ok with what happened," Kevin shouted clenching his fists and looking at her.

Suz stared at him in astonishment. She opened her mouth to speak but not before Kevin said something that explained it all.

"I'm not ok with what happened because it was my fault...all my fault," Kevin said sliding down to the floor and hugging his knees.

She was speechless...all this time, she was blaming herself because it was her body that carried the child...her body that nourished the child. And all this time Kevin was blaming himself?

She suddenly realized that in the 2 weeks that she had arrived home, they had each been blaming themselves, and not talking to each other about their feelings.

"Kevin," Suz said bending down and pulling him against her chest, while letting his head lean against her shoulder, "I love you."

He sniffled as he looked at her attempting a weak smile, "I love you too."

"We need to get past this, if we are going to survive at all," Suz said, "I suggest that we go talk to Tina together."

"I'd like that," Kevin said getting up and pulling Suz towards him. For the first time in over 2 weeks, Kevin reached down bringing his mouth closer to hers. As his soft lips touched hers, they could feel the saltiness of their silent tears mingle together. Their tongues reached towards each other starving for the feel of one another.

Chapter 93

~Tina's Office~

Tina watched as Kevin situated himself on her couch then waited as Suz sat against him. As a doctor for several years, she learned to read people's eyes. And in both Suz and Kevin, she could see love, foremost, sadness, and guilt. Tina had already had a private session with both Kevin and Suz separately. She had been surprised when Kevin had called her. The last time he had come to see her was last year with his depression and even then, Nick had practically dragged him there.

And since then, Kevin had made tremendous progress. Instead of running the other way from his problem, he had chosen to call her and discuss his feelings.

"Hi Tina," Suz said looking up.

"Hi Suz, Kevin," Tina replied nodding her head.

Tina waited a minute before starting, "Ok, I have talked to both of you separately. I want you, Suz, first, to tell me everything again."

Suz looked at her in horror. She'd knew she'd have to do this but the thought of Kevin knowing what she really felt was killing her. She didn't want him to hate her.

Tina knew what Suz was thinking, "I want you to forget that Kevin is even in the room and just concentrate. Don't hold anything back. Cry..Yell...Punch...whatever."

Suz began talking...first in a monotone robotic voice...then as minutes ticked by she began talking more passionately.

After 20 minutes of talking, Suz abruptly fell silent. She was trying to hold back her tears. She figured that she had cried enough in the last year to make up for the last 24 years of holding it all in.

When she was done, Kevin looked at Tina, then at Suz in bewilderment. He was in total shock. She didn't just blame herself for the lose of their child...but for her parent's divorce, her molestation, her weight gain, and everything else in between...bad grades...having no friends...crying all the time.

Quickly Kevin pulled Suz around facing him. He cupped her face in his hands seeing the glossiness of her eyes filling with tears once again. He ran his thumb across her cheek feeling her body shudder against. He smiled slightly as he can see her body react to his simple touch. For the last 2 weeks, Kevin was afraid that she didn't want him anymore...that he couldn't turn her on...but his touch a moment ago confirmed that he could.

Kevin realized that she hadn't been telling him the whole truth the other day about blaming herself.

"Oh honey," Kevin whispered as he lowered his head to meet hers, "How can you blame yourself for those things? You were an innocent child. You didn't ask for it."

Tina spoke up, "He's right, Suz, you didn't ask for those things to happen to you. Nor did you ask for your child be deformed."

Tina paused in her conversatioin for a moment.

"Suz, do you believe in God?" Tina asked her.

Suz looked up at her with a strange expression.

"Yes, I do," Suz stated.

"Kevin, do you believe in God?" Tina asked him.

"Yes, I do," Kevin answered not hesitating.

"Answer me this: Does God explain everything that happens?" Tina said quietly.

"No," Kevin said looking down.

"Look at me when you say it, Kevin," Tina said firmly but quietly.

"No, he doesn't," Kevin repeated again looking at Tina.

"Suz?"

"No, he doesn't explain everything," Suz said.

"Then tell me why it is so hard to accept that in your situation?" Tina asked wanting them to say the answer.

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"Because it happened to us," Suz mumbled.

"I didn't hear you, Suz," Tina asked.

"I said BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO US!!! TO KEVIN AND I!!!," Suz answered again shouting.

"Suz, calm down," Kevin said attempting to grab her arm.

"No, LEAVE ME ALONE!!! You don't care...You don't care that this happened to us. You keep telling me that there isn't a reason and just accept that but it is really hard to do that when I feel that the reason it happened was because GOD WAS PUNISHING ME!!!!" Suz said collapsing against the couch.

She continued to rock back and forth mumbling, "Punishing me...for being a bad student...for being a bad daughter...for being a bad friend. I deserved it...I must have really deserved it for God to take away the two things I had always wished for."

"Suz," Tina said leaning close to her, "What 2 things?"

"The baby and Kevin," she whispered.

"Oh god, Suz, you still have me. You will ALWAYS have me," Kevin said shifting towards her.

"Don't lie to me," Suz said.

"I'm not lying. Would I even be here if I was lying? Would I still be living with you? Huh?" Kevin asked.

Suz looked back and forth between Kevin and Tina.

"I guess not," She finally said.

Kevin heaved a sigh of relief, "Would I do this if I didn't love you with my whole heart and soul?" Kevin bent his head capturing her lips with his. First his movements started out slow outlining her lips with his tongue until his motions turned urgent prying her lips apart and ramming his tongue inside. He could feel his penis harden, straining against the fabric of his black jeans.

Suz wrapped his arms around her pulling him close to her and reclining backwards on the couch as Kevin lay on top of her.

Tina smiled embarrassingly, then attempted to clear her throat. After the 5th time, Suz and Kevin sheepishly pulled apart grinning at Tina.

"Well, I think this session was quite an improvement," Tina said chuckling.

Suz and Kevin laughed then went back to dropping little kisses against each other's lips.

"I think this session is over. I suggest you two get home before you do anything in my office," Tina said laughing.

"Thanks," Kevin said kissing Tina on the cheek before pulling Suz out of the office behind him but not before Suz gave a little wave.

After just one session together, Tina knew it would take time, but that they'd be alright.

Chapter 95

It had been a few weeks since Suz and Kevin's first session with Tina. Since then, they had gone several times both alone and as a couple.

One day, out of the blue, Nick had asked Suz, while they were alone, if she'd like a big wedding. He had caught her off guard and knew that she couldn't lie to Nick. Yes, she did want a big wedding with a white dress and everything like that.

So, since that day, in between Suz and Kevin's sessions together and the guys rescheduling Backstreet TV with MTV, Nick had begun to help Kevin and Suz plan a wedding.

Suz had yet to go to the Dr Creech again to discuss the possiblity of becoming pregnant once again. She knew she needed time between the preparation of the wedding and the band promotion, but she couldn't help feeling that she wanted to get started on a family very soon.

Now, Nick and Suz were spending the day trying to pick flowers for the wedding as the rest of the guys were off doing a photo shoot.

"Suz? What's the matter?" Nick said looking at her as Suz jerked in her seat.

"Huh?" Suz looked back at Nick as they were leafing through a book trying to pick out flowers for the wedding, "Oh, nothing, I was just thinking." Then Suz give a little smirk.

"Ohhh...maybe I don't want to know," Nick said leaning his head back over the florist's book.

A few moments passed as they continued to leaf through the sample books. The sound of the clock ticking blended with the ruffling of the pages of the books and Spunky's light snoring at Suz's feet.

"Nick?"

"Huh?" he said jerking his head up quickly causing him to get a cramp, "Oh shit." His hand flew to the back of his neck as he grimaced in pain.

Suz jumped up running over to him, "Are you ok?"

"I'm fi...Oh man...I think I'll be fine," Nick said squeezing his eyes shut.

"Here, let me," Suz said as she pried his hand from his neck and gently began to massage it, "Does that feel better?"

"Yes, thank you," Nick murmured as Suz continued.

"I want to have another baby," Suz said suddenly as her fingers continued to work over Nick's neck.

"And what do I have to do with this?" Nick said chuckling.

"Come on, you know you want me," Suz said leaning close to him. Suz saw this look of horror and disbelief flash across Nick's face.

'What the hell is she doing?' Nick thought to himself as Suz's hand began to thread through his hair, pulling on it gently.

Suz decided to have a bit more fun with Nick, "Not up for the job?"

Nick stood up quickly moving away from her. Suz bit her lip to keep in the laughter.

"Suz..." Nick said looking at her blindly as he struggled for the words.

Finally, Suz brought down in hysterics, laughing so hard that she was going to pee her pants, "Holy shit, Nick. You should see the look on your face."

He continued to stand there dumbfounded.

"I was joking....J-O-K-I-N-G," Suz said, "I don't want you...I want Kevin. DUH!"

"Oh," Nick said letting out the deep breath that he has been holding, "OH!"

"Oh god, but that look on your face was priceless honey...so priceless," Suz said as she leaned back on the couch.

Nick looked at her for a moment before he sat down, "So you want to try for another baby?"

"Yes, I haven't talked to Kevin about it. I know he is afraid to ask me. I don't want to wait. With the group and all, and touring, now is a good a time as any," Suz said.

"So, what is the next step," Nick said.

"I'm supposed to go back to the doctor and talk to her about fertility drugs but I want to surprise Kevin. Would you go with me if I make an appointment?" Suz said.

"Honey, you know I will," Nick said, "Now, lets get back to playing your wedding," as he rubbed his hands together.

Suz just rolled her eyes.

She hated to see him planning his and Lyndsay's wedding.

'His and Lyndsay's? Oh geez,' she thought. Even though those two didn't know it, the rest of the gang knew they would eventually get married.

Chapter 96

"Aww...NICK! Jesus, be careful!" Suz said as she stood leaning her torso against the kitchen counter.

"I'm sorry," Nick said glancing up at Suz's back and biting his lip, "I didn't mean to hurt you."

"That's ok, but please, you are holding something deadly in your hand, just be careful," Suz repeated trying not to laugh.

"You need to pull your pants down a little bit farther. I can't reach the area you want me to stick it in," Nick said sighing.

"You know that you're probably going to have to see my ass, don't you?" Suz said laughing again.

Nick rolled his eyes, "I don't care."

"Ok, well, just do it," Suz said.

"I'm scared I'm going to hurt you," Nick whined.

"Just take your time," Suz cautioned.

Suz waited as Nick worked up his courage. She flinched as she felt the sting of pain and then it quickly went away.

"Ok, all done," Nick said holding out the syringe to Suz, "I can't believe you are going to have me doing that all the time."

"You don't mind, do you?" Suz said questioning Nick with her eyes, "And it is only until Kevin knows. Then I'll have him do it."

"Oh god, no. Not if taking fertiality drugs means that you and Kevin can have a baby," Nick said pulling Suz in for a hug, "Oh, and by the way..."

"Yes," Suz said.

"Nice ass," Nick said walking away as he laughed.

"NICK!" Suz said then also started to laugh.

~A week later~

~Kevin and Suz's house~

"Hurry your ass up, Suz. The guys, including Kevin, are waiting for us at the house. Our flight to New York is at 2pm," Nick yelled as he walked into the living room from the front door.

"Well, Carter, then get your ass upstairs and get my luggage," Suz said as she finished in the bathroom getting ready.

Suz could hear Nick's footsteps on the stairs and walking into Kevin and her's bedroom.

Seconds later, Nick appeared at the bathroom door with her suitcase, "You ready? You told Kevin 10 minutes and it has been a half hour. Are you ok?"

Suz looked up at Nick as she gave a short, abrupt laugh.

"Is something wrong?" Nick said his eyebrows crinkling as he looked at her.

"I...I..." Suz opened her mouth and closed it, "It is kinda embarassing."

Nick dropped the suitcase and pulled Suz towards him, "Suz, tell me. I know something is wrong. Is it Kevin?"

"No"

"Me?"

"No"

"The drugs?"

"Uh, kinda"

"What do you mean kinda?" Nick said searching her face.

Chapter 97

"Uh, I had to, ahem, relieve myself," Suz said embarrassingly.

"It makes you pee more?" Nick said bluntly.

"Uh, well," Suz started as she stumbled over her words, "not exactly."

"Well, then what do you mean 'relieve yourself'?" Nick asked baffled as he stood there leaning against the doorjam.

Suz gave Nick a long stare. She could see his eyes begin to widen as he finally comprehended what she was implying.

"Oh my god," Nick said as he clenched the door to keep from falling from laughter.

"Fine! Make fun of me," Suz said storming past him and down the stairs.

'How could he laugh at me like that?' Suz thought as she plopped onto the couch.

Meanwhile, back upstairs, Nick was now leaning against the wall in the hallway, pondering numerous thoughts. He finally got up the courage to go downstairs. He knew that he had upset Suz with his reaction but her words certainly weren't what he exacted to hear.

Suz could hear Nick trudging down the stairs and she was wondering what he thought of what she said. Though it was funny. Her expression changed as she felt more worse with each passing second for the way she reacted to Nick.

"Suz?" Nick said softly placing his hand on her shoulder. He could feel her shoulders shake.

Quickly, he sat down, "I'm so sorry. I was insensitive. I was stupid. I was dumb. You can tell me to stop at any time, you know." He laughed.

Suz turned to look at him. She kept a look of hurt over her face until she smiled brightly, "Gotcha!"

"Oh you!" Nick said.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist that boyish charm and good looks of yours," Suz said, "Plus, you fall for it every time."

Nick quickly waved his hand to dismiss what she said, "Enough of that. Back to what you said."

"Yeah?"

"Have you," Nick started then looked down. He didn't want to intrud into her private life and where he didn't belong. 'But she did say something to me, so doesn't that mean something?' Nick thought to himself.

He started again, "Have you and Kevin...you know?"

"Made love?"

Nick breathed a sigh of relief, "Ya, have you and Kevin made love again since, uh..."

Suz could see that he was becoming uncomfortable, "Nick, you can refer to it as 'the baby'. I don't mind."

"Ok," Nick continued at her urging, "have you and Kevin made love since losing the baby?"

Suz paused for a minute then looked down, "No."

"No?" Nick repeated.

"No, we haven't made love since before losing the baby," Suz said getting a knot in her throat.

Nick wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, "Why?"

"I'm scared and I think Kevin is too," Suz said muffled against his shirt. She wrapped her hand around his back gripping his shoulder tightly.

"Neither of you have anything to be scared about. You take it slow. And you only do what you want," Nick encouraged.

"HEY YOU GUYS!!!!" Brian said bursting through the door, "Where the hell are you?"

Brian glanced around the living room stopping abruptly looking at Suz and Nick, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Nick said pulling Suz up with him, "She was just frightened about flying."

"Oh," Brian said looking over at Suz, "Well, didn't you fly down here?"

"No, goofball, remember, Rachel and her drove down here," Nick said slapping B-Rok on the back of the head, "Come on or Kevin will really have my hide!"

The three left the house and climbed into their waiting limo. There were 3 limos waiting to take them to the airport. Nick, Lyndsay, Suz, and Kevin were in one. Brian, Joy, Kat, and Howie were another. Jordan, Aaron, AJ, and Denise were in the third one.

Larry and Rachel had already went ahead to New York the day before and so had Chrissy along with Joe. Ironically, Donnie was gonna also be on TRL promoting his new movie, "The Sixth Sense," starring him and Bruce Willis. Joe was going to pretape a segment for News1515 and Jordan had also agreed.

"What took you so long?" Kevin said kissing Suz.

"I, uh, I was a little frightened about flying," Suz said.

"Well, you can sit and hold my hand," Kevin said.

Suz leaned over whispering, "I'd rather be holding something else." Then she sat back in her seat taking a glance at Nick. She could see that Nick was trying to hold his laughter in at the shocked look on Kevin's face.

Chapter 98

"Wow!" Suz said as they were finally in the air. She was acting like a little kid in a candy store. But quickly though, their flight was approaching the airport and ready to land.

"Suz," Kevin said looking over at her.

"Hmm?"

"I want to brief you on what might happen, ok? They knew that we are arriving in New York so I can only imagine the amount of fans out there," Kevin said.

Nick heard what Kevin said and leaned over, "Do you want us to have someone escort you off either before or after us?"

Suz shook her head no, "This is going to be part of my life. I have to deal with it. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."

Nick sighed leaning back. Kevin glanced over at Suz. He couldn't help but worry about her. She was his wife. Oh god! His wife. He loved the way those words rolled off his tongue. He never had the chance to introduce Suz as his wife to anyone.

The pilot was letting all the other passengers off first, then the boys and their entourage.

"Ya ready?" Kevin said squeezing her hand as he saw the flight attendent signal to him.

"As I will ever be," Suz said.

Kevin let the rest of the fellows leave with their other halves. The other women had already been through this, except Lyndsay, but she was familiar with fans and overzealous fans.

"Come on, a bodyguard will be in front of me and behind you and one on each side of us. If you become separated from me, they will grab onto you for safety. If you have any problems, you grab onto them, you hear me, love?" Kevin said bending down and brushing her hair from her face.

"I'm ready, Kevin. Lets hit the road," Suz said excitedly.

Kevin couldn't help but give a little strangled laugh. He was still afraid for her.

The screams were deafening as Kevin exited the long hallway leading from the interior of the plane. He noticed that airport security had roped off a walkway for them to exit the plane and had police officers stationed every 5 feet.

He could see fans lined up against the walkway. He could also see signs everywhere. Quite of few of them were for Suz also...'Congratulatons, Kevin and Suzanne', 'We love you, Suz', 'Mrs. Body Beautiful'. Kevin glanced down at Suz. He was surprised to see the gigantic smile on her face. She was eating this all up. It was too funny.

Kevin knew that he would probably get attacked for autographs. He could already see the other guys signing them...and some of the girls also.

He went to take a step ahead when a young girl stepped in front of them. One of the bodyguards made a motion to pull her away. "Wait," the young girl said. She knew that she had to do this quickly. Reaching behind her, she pulled out a present handing it to Suz.

Suz looked up at Kevin.

"Open it, please," the young girl said.

"First," Suz started, "What is your name?"

The young girl blushed, "Justina."

Suz nodded as she began to open the gift. She gasped loudly as everyone stood watching. The guys had even stopped signing autographs to see what it had suddenly become quiet. "Kevin," Suz said, "Come look at this."

He stepped over to her and glanced over her shoulder, "Oh my god. Justina, that is absolutely exquisite."

"Thank you," Justina said blushing even redder.

"Did you paint this?" Suz said holding the picture up for everyone to see.

"Yes"

Justina had painted Suz and Kevin in wedding attire standing in front of a country field with a creek far off in the distance and the sunshine beaming.

"I think I've found my wedding dress," Suz said looking down at the dress that Justina had painted on to her. Quickly, Suz bent forward engulfing Justina in a hug.

After she was done, Kevin gave Justina a hug, "Thank you for accepting her as my wife."

"I wouldn't have it any other way," Justina said smiling as she pulled away from them.

"Will you sign the back before we leave?" Suz said.

Justina eagerly signed the painting then quickly excused herself, but not before Suz asked for her phone number and address.

Soon, all the fans were screaming agains as Suz and Kevin drowned in each others' eyes as they stood in the middle of the crowded airport.

Chapter 99

It was now a few hours later and the gang was heading over to the MTV Studios. Donnie had already appeared on TRL and Joe and Jordan had pretaped their news segments. Suz was becoming quite used to the amount of fans that she saw everywhere. It seemed that everyone knew the guys were going to be in town.

Quickly, the limo pulled up to the back of the studios and hurriedly, all of them were escorted into the building.

"Whoa!" Suz said.

"Is something wrong, my love?" Kevin said stopping as the rest of the gang followed one of the interns down a long hallway.

"No, nothing's wrong. It is just amazing how many people are out there," Suz said with a laugh.

"You know," Kevin said wrapping his arms around Suz and pulling her against him, "even after all these years, I'm still amazed at the amount of fans everywhere."

Suz lifted her hand and ran it through his hair and down his face, "Don't ever doubt your ability to make people happy."

"Oh, I'm not," Kevin said with his lips practically against hers. Suz could feel his hot breath against her lips. Teasingly, she ran her wet tongue along her lips, barely grazing his lips. She could hear a faint groan from deep within Kevin.

"Are you happy NOW?" Suz said in a whisper as she watched the pupils of his gorgeous eyes dilate in love and want.

"Uh huh. Very much so," Kevin murmured as he slammed his lips against his wife's. Their tongue dueled in a battle of passion as Suz wound her arms around Kevin's neck, playing with the hair at the nape of his neck. She could hear him groan even louder against her lips sending a vibration through them that rocked her to the core. She could feel herself getting wet, extremely wet.

A few seconds later, they broke apart having been interrupted by the clearing of someone's throat. They both looked up to see Carson and Dave Holmes standing there smirking.

"I hope that is the lovely Suzanne," Dave said as his eyes twinkled.

Quickly introductions were made. Suz found Carson and Dave to be exactly as she pictured them...wonderful.

Carson pulled Kevin over to the side, as Suz talked to Dave, to ask him if it was alright if she appeared with the guys on the live Backstreet TV following TRL.

"You'll have to ask her," Kevin said glancing over at Suz, "I don't mind."

Carson hurriedly went over to Suz, as TRL was about to start in less them 5 minutes, and asked her. She readily agreed.

Chapter 100

"And now, our number one video, for the 20th consecutive day in row and to start off this brand new week, is the Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way'," Carson said.

<Video Plays>

"Well, that is all for today, but stay tuned for Backstreet TV Live immediately following TRL," Carson said.

~A few minutes later~

<girls and some guys *lol* screaming in the MTV studios. Carson is sitting in a plush chair>

"You guys ready for the Backstreet Boys?" Carson yelled.

<deafening screams everywhere>

"I take that as a yes," Carson said waving to the studio hand to have the boys come out.

Nick exits, followed by Brian, then AJ, then Howie. They all sit down.

"Where'd Kevin go?" Carson asked.

"Uh, he'll be right out," Brian said stumbling over his words. In reality, Kevin and Suz had started making out again and they tried pulling him away from her. They gave up trying after about the 100th time at yelling at Kevin to come on.

Thankfully, Kevin came running out, saving Brian from answering anymore questions.

"Nice of you to join us," Carson said jokingly, "I thought maybe you had found *N Sync and decided to join them instead."

All the guys burst out in laughter as the girls screamed.

But Carson had an idea of what had held Kevin up, so to save him from any embarrassment, he changed the subject and starting talking about their new CD and how well it was doing.

Soon, 20 minutes had passed and it was time for the girls to ask the guys questions. The first few were typical questions then a guy stood up.

"What's your name?" Carson said.

"Trent"

"Hi Trent," the guys yelled.

"What's your question, Trent," Carson asked.

"Uh, I wanted to know if Suzanne was here and if we were going to get to meet her," Trent said nervously.

"You want to meet her?" Kevin asked looking around at everyone. His answer was a bunch of screams.

Kevin nodded to Carson who nodded to the stage hand again. Soon, Suzanne was walking through the doors and went to go sit between Kevin and Nick on the couch. She nervously stared at everyone. Even with all the positive response to her, she was still afraid. She unconciously grabbed one of Kevin's and Nick's hands.

"Hello Suzanne," Carson said.

"Hi Carson," Suz answered.

"So, tell us a little bit about yourself," Carson asked.

Suzanne explained a few things about where she was from and how she grew up. Then someone asked how she met Kevin. Kevin was the one that told that story and had everyone oohhhing and ahhhing.

Unexpectedly, a girl stood up and asked about the baby. All in the studio froze as Suz quickly composed herself. She felt Nick squeeze her hand. She quickly explained what 'happened'.

"I hope everyone knows how much I cherish how concerned you are about me, and about Kevin," Suz said to the audience, "It means the world to me."

Quickly, the moment passed as girl started asking Suz about some of the guys' bad habits. Do they snore? fart? burp? pick their nose?

"Suz and Kevin, someone has an important question over here," Carson said standing next to a girl of about 14 years old whose name was Michelle.

"Kevin, are you and Suzanne going to get married?" Michelle asked.

Kevin and Suz looked at each other and then back at Michelle.

"Well..."