I jump up out of my chair and say, "What problem?"

"Well, your boyfriend is complaining that...."  The nurse says

"That what?!?!"  I say nervously

"That he misses you and he won't let us do anything with him until he sees you."  the nurse says with a smile.  We all let out a sigh of relief, and I follow the nurse to AJ's room.  When I walk in I notice that his face lights up some.

"Why are you giving these people a hard time?"  I say in a playful voice.

He smiles and says, "I want you here with me.  Don't tell anyone, but this whole thing kinda scares me."

"That's OK.  It's OK to be scared about things."  I say trying to comfort him.  He smiles at me.

"OK, are you happy now?" the doctor asks.  AJ nods.

" As long as she can stay."

"Ok," the doctor says, looking at me." We have to put a cast on your foot." He looks at me again." AJ pulled his Achilles tendon."

"Oh, that's bad isn't it?" I say.

"Well it sure isn't good.  He won't be able to freely stand on it for about two or three weeks.  And after that he doesn't need to do anything strenuous for a few more weeks."  The doctor says

"What about concerts and performances?"  AJ asks

"You might be able to sing for you concerts, but there's no way I want you dancing and cutting up for at least a month.  For now the only performing you'll be doing is with your voice."  The doctor says

AJ looks at me sadly and says, "This is going to suck so bad."

"OK, AJ," the doctor says." Put your foot on this." He puts a small table in front of AJ.  Slowly, AJ lifts his leg up and sets it down on the table. The doctor starts to put the cast on.
 

"So how does it feel?"  Kevin asks AJ pointing at his cast.

AJ looks at it and says, "Different."

We all sat there in silence for a while.  I knew the subject of the Backstreet Boys careers were on all our minds.  How will the show go on without AJ?  On the other hand, how could the guys cancel a months worth of concerts and filming on the movie?  It is all so confusing.  Finally the silence gets to me and I say, "We might as well talk about it.  I know we're all thinking about the same thing."  They all look at me in confusion.