I was awoken by an unfamiliar ringing piercing through my head. Disoriented, I reached out my right arm to shut off my alarm. Instead my hand came in contact with a telephone and I knocked it off of the hook. I realized that it was probably my wake-up call from the front desk. I was neither at home or at school I was at the GuestQuarters Suite Resort in Orlando, Florida.
"Hello?" I managed to utter.
"Wake-up call," said a crisp voice.
"Thank you."
I rolled back over and looked up at the ceiling. Candace was still sound asleep.
I was never famous for being a morning person, and today was no exception. I was startled awake again by the sound of the phone once again.
"Hey Selena 'sup? It's Nick."
"Hey how're ya doin'? Did you get to go to the arcade?"
"Uh, no actually. Um...I called to let you know that Fatima and Patty are going to be waiting for you guys at the entrence to Universal Studios. I guess a cab has already been arranged to pick you two up at eight."
"Ok, sounds good. I'll see you in a few Nick. We're running a little late 'cause I fell back asleep after my wake up call."
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"Hey guys, guys, check this out!" Nick approached us.
The other guys looked rather pale, but Nick was excited.
"Read this!" I looked at the piece of paper doused with magazine clippings:
Candy gasped.
"Where did you find it?" I asked shocked.
Nick burst out laughing, "It's just a joke you guys. I think it's from AJ or Brian."
I looked over at them.
Brian shook his head "we tried to tell him that we didn't we wouldn't even JOKE about somethin' like that."
Nick looked around the room at our pale faces and swallowed. Slowly the smile disolved from his face as he realized that there WAS no joke.
"Who would...?"
"Nick, I'm sure it's some sick fan." Nick nodded, his face still expressionless."When I found it in Brian's mailbox this morning I thought that it was some joke."
"Don't make much of it Nick. It's no big deal bro," Howie patted him on the back.
Something about what Nick said bothered me. It didn't sound right. I shrugged whatever it was away. We had a video to shoot. This was going to be the biggest day of my life and I wasn't going to let some dumb fan spoil it!
