December 9th 2002, Nick Carter was scheduled to be at the Billboard Music awards. I work at the New York New York casino, the awards are held at the MGM every year. Although I had no tickets to see the show, I was going to go. Only thing was I had to work that day. My friends and I made a plan that I would go with them to MGM after I got out of work.
It just so happened that they needed me to work the office that day. I was sitting in the office when in came Veronica and Shay. They were all excited, talking about how they got to see so many stars on the red carpet. Nick was there! They saw him and he looked great! I knew then I had to leave. Great, the first time they ask me to do something special I ask to leave early. A Backstreet Boy was just across the street people! I’m not going to just sit around in a office and let my chance of meeting him go away! We had to do some begging to the manager. It didn’t look good on my part. It worked though! They let me go. Another friend of ours Sira she said she wanted to go also. I got ready in a few minutes, then we all rushed to the MGM.
As soon as we got there the show was over and everyone was leaving. Shay led the way. We went against the crowd of like hundreds of people to get to the side of MGM where all the limos passed by. When we got there we saw a lot of fans but no stars. That didn’t discourage us, we kept looking. At that point anything looked like it could be a star. Across the street from where we were standing were two Hummerzines. Shay was convinced one of them was for Master P. We decided that we would go up to the drivers (who were just standing around waiting for something) and ask them who they were waiting for. One of the drivers was hot and we wanted to talk to him anyways.
We got across the street but chickend out because they looked really mean. The hot one left. We really wanted to know who they were waiting for. So we stood around thinking of what we should ask the other driver. Someone said “Lets just ask him if he drove Nick.” I said I would because Nick was the only reason why I was out there in the first place. I was kinda scared to though because he was really intimidating. When I got enough nerve and slowly walked up to the driver. I said “Excuse me did you drive Nick Carter?” he looked at me and said “Who?” I said “Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys” He said “Oh… No.”. Since I broke the ice, the other girls joined in and began asking him questions. He really wasn’t that mean. The only info we got out of him was that you have to be 25 years old to be limo driver for insurance reasons and he had driven many stars. I was still stuck on the fact that he didn’t know who Nick Carter was so I showed him my BSB photo album to refresh his memory.
(This is the inside of the Hummerzine.)
A big part of his job was to keep any information about the stars private. He kept getting calls on his cell phone. He kept replying “yeah they said they gonna meet you in the front”. So we asked him where the other driver had gone and if he was gonna pick up someone famous. He asked “Why do you want to meet him?” We all said “Yeah! Tell him we will give him head!” (LMAO Our whole plan was to tell people we would give them head to see if they would give us any info or anything.) He called him up on the cell and said “Hey there’s some girls right here who want to meet you .... yeah they said they will give u head” He told us the other guys name was JayJay and he was from New York. With nothing better to do we went to the front of the casino to see if we could find this Jay Jay guy. Nope no luck! He wasn’t there, we were pissed.
(The Hummerzine driver.)
While we were looking around for this Hummerzine driver we saw a crowd forming. We knew it had to be someone famous. It was Raven from the Cosby show. The other girls got autographs and pictures with her. I wasn’t interested, I just wanted Nick.
(Raven)
The girls and I walked around the casino some more. No luck at all. It was getting late and Veronica had to leave so Shay went with her. Sira stayed with me. (Shay and Veronica are Backstreet fans and Sira is a Eminem fan).
Sira and I noticed a lot of people waiting by the hotel elevators. So we decided to join them. Sira isn’t one to sit around and hope something happens. She wanted to go up the elevators and into the hotel room hallways. I was scared at first but she had a way of convincing me to do it. Somehow we snuck in an elevator without the guard noticing. You need a key to get the elevator to go up to the rooms. So we waited in the elevator until someone from a hotel room floor pushed the button to send the elevator up, then we would get out. We did that a few times. The hotel hallways are nice. One time we saw some rappers. They said that their album was going to be out soon. They gave us t-shirts and asked us to be in a picture with us. One of the guys was video taping the whole thing! It was kinda weird but kool at the same time. Another time we actually got up to the top floor. You should have seen our faces when we saw what floor the elevator was taking us to. We got up there and just as we were about to get out the elevator these drunk white guys were like “Joey F&#* is right there! Go get him! He’s sitting right there!” We were like what? Who? This floor looked way different then the others. There was a receptionist there and a nice waiting room. Apparently Joey from *NSUCK was there. When I realized who they were talking about I said “Oh! … So I don’t care” Sira and I weren’t freaking out we just wanted to walk around. The bodyguard quickly asked us for a room key, when we said we didn’t have one he said we weren’t allowed up there and had to leave. We were both like okay whatever we will leave. I didn’t get to see if it really was the *Nsuck guy but I’m pretty sure it was because I could see some guys feet sitting down and the body guard was right in front of him.
(The hotel hallways.)
After all that drama I got hungry and went to the McDonalds there in MGM. I was getting really discouraged because it looked like the night was coming to a end. I was half way done with my food when I heard “Nick Carter” in a low tone. I wasn’t sure if I should freak out then or wait to see if it was really him. Just in case I took my stuff with me and left my food behind. As I turned the corner I see him! He was across the hall at a restaurant. All I could see was a small crowd and his blonde hair. I ran towards him. I didn’t know what to do. When I got up to him I quickly handed him a letter I wrote for him, and snapped a picture of him. I didn’t get to say much or anything because I caught him just as he was walking in.
(Nick saying "I gotta go" as he walked into the restaurant)
(The restaurant)
I was freaking out. It was the first Backstreet Boy I had ever met. After I composed myself Sira and I waited outside the restaurant for Nick to come out. We couldn’t see him from outside and after a while we began wondering if he was still inside. Sira convinced me to go inside just to see if he was still there. We walked in like we knew what we were doing. We walked past his table. I tried my hardest to act like I didn’t see him. I was happy he was still inside. He was just there with his bodyguard and some older lady. Every 30 min or so we would walk in again. (Fact: Nick takes forever to eat!). While waiting for him to come out Sira thought that since we were like the only ones waiting for him to come out the restaurant he might talk to us more. She made a plan to ask him (as calmly as possible) to talk with us alone . I didn’t think it would work but she was convinced it would.
When he finally came out I was ready! We got our pictures with him. His bodyguard was a few feet away just looking at us. I wasn’t sure if he was going to let me talk to Nick at all but he didn’t get too involved in it, which made me happy. Sira asked Nick if we could talk with him. He asked why and she said "W just want to talk with you" Nick said “I have to go to sleep I’m tired.” This did not make Sira happy lol. I was kool with it because I got my picture with him and he had my letter.
(Left: Me and Nick. Right: Nick and Sira)
We kept following him as he walked to his hotel room. A few people here and there asked for pictures and autographs. He didn’t deny anyone. This one girl asked for a hug as he passed by her. He stopped and looked at her then said “Come here” and nodded his head. She ran and gave him a quick hug. After that he continued his walk with us not far behind.
(Us stalking Nick)
(Sira getting in my Nick shot!)
Sira (still mad at him) said “Nick you just lost a fan” he stopped walking so we stopped also. He turned and said “I just lost a fan? What? I have been nice to you all night” I was like ohhhh no. I yelled out quickly “Nick don’t listen to her!” He just turned back around and began to walk again. I was surprised that the bodyguard wasn’t getting involved or anything. I had always heard they were so mean. As we were walking I said “I like that bodyguard he’s nice!” He heard me and looked back and said “SHHH! Don’t say that!” I was like “OH! Oh yeah .. I meeeann he’s so mean!” He smiled and said “Yeah, that’s it.”
We were still close behind them as they go to the hotel elevators. They usually have bodyguards for the elevators espcially for Billboard night. Since it was late, they had already gone. When the elevator opened for Nick and they got in, Sira tried to walk in it also! That was when the bodyguard stopped her. I said “Good night Nick” but he was all the way in the back corner of the elevator and acted like he didn’t see me. Then I said to the bodyguard “I still like you! Your kool!”
(The exact elevator Nick went in)
Sira and I didn’t leave just yet. We thought this was a good time to stay a little longer because most the other fans had already left home and there was no more elevator bodyguards. We saw a couple more famous people there like a Naughty By Nature guy and this soap opera actor. Sira got pictures with them, I wasn’t really interested. We also met this guy Joe who was connected to Jive. He said we could hang out with him and he might be able to get us in a after party. I wasn’t too excited about that because I don’t drink or really party, plus I don’t look like the typical sexy girl that hangs out in the clubs with stars. Sira wanted to go really badly. We walked with him into this lounge. He introduced us to some other people as his friends. Then we walked with him back to the elevators. He said he was waiting for a call on his cell from his friend to see what they were going to do for the night. He said he knew Britney, Christina, Nsuck, and of course the beloved Backstreet Boys. I said I had just met Nick. I told him AJ was my favorite and I really wanted to meet him. He was like “Oh AJ.. Yeah I wonder why he didn’t come with him” Just as we were talking to that guy this important looking lady came up to him. He said she was a magazine editor or something. She looked like she was a veteran to the music business. She was nice and seemed really happy to see Joe.
(Left: Actor Right: Joe from Jive)
(Naughty By Nature guy.)
(The soap actor)
After what seemed like a pretty long conversation with them we saw Nick’s bodyguard pass by! He was alone this time. He stopped to say hi to Joe and noticed us with him. I said “Oh look its our friend!” He said “Oh no not you guys again!” We got a chance to talk to him about Nick some more. We found out his name is Ron. I asked him if Nick had my letter, he said he did and it was on his table. Sira said Nick was mean and she didn’t like him that’s why she’s a Em fan. He said that we have to understand that he was really tired and had to get up really freakin early. Sira asked if we gave him our numbers would he give them to Nick for us. He said “Your too young” she said “You don’t even know how old I am” he said “I don’t need to know I can tell your too young” At one point I asked if I could give him a hug. He said I could … then Sira was gonna hug him and he was like “I’m scared of you! You might hurt me.” Although he was on the older side he was rock hard. While he was talking I snapped a picture of him, he was like “whoa whoa tell me when your going to be doing stuff like that”
(The Man Ron!)
Just before he left he told Sira “I like you, your something else. Don’t ever change.” She said “Its because I’m a Eminem fan” Ron said “No its who you are Eminem has nothing to do with it you are who you are.” Then he went off to bed.I heart Ron now. He’s a awesome guy!
After that we called it a night and went home.
…::*THE END*::..
Side Notes
- Yes that is the shirt he wore on Punk'D. It says FUCK YOU in old english on the back.
- While waiting for Nick outside the restaurant Busta Rymes Passed by!
