"Here we are...home sweet home." Chesa told them about an hour and half later as they pulled up in front of her house in Springfield, Virginia.
"Whoa, this is different from the house you had before." AJ told her.
"Yeah, I know, that one was in Montclair. This is my house. My parents moved down to Tampa about a year ago while I was in New York. I'm living
with my friend Amber." Chesa told AJ as every body climbed out. "You remember her, right, Bone?"
"Vaguely." AJ replied. They entered the huge house that Chesa's dad had bought her.
"Wow. Just you and your friend stay here?" Nick asked looking around at the light blue and green walls.
"Well, occasionally my friend Rachel stays with us when she comes home from Tech." Chesa told them.
"Wow." Nick again stated.
"Well, I will show you all your rooms." Chesa told them as she walked upstairs, everyone following her. Chesa flipped on the hall light showing
them five bed rooms down at the end of the hall.
"Why so many bedrooms?" AJ asked.
"Because I'm the mid-point for where all of my family lives in the country, so when they get together for holidays, they all come here."
"Hellooooooo, Chesa, you here?!" A voice called.
"Yeah Amber! I'm upstairs!" Chesa yelled back.
"Are the mystery guests here?" Amber asked walking up the stairs.
"Yeah!" Chesa yelled back, the guys chuckled lightly. Amber walked into the hall and abruptly stopped.
"Shit, Chesa! You didn't tell me that the Backstreet Boys were staying here!" Amber exclaimed.
Chesa broke out laughing, the guys smiled and chuckled lightly again, "Hey, I don't see what is so damn funny."
"Ah, nothing." Chesa replied, regaining herself. "Guys this is Amber, Amber this is- well you know who they are."
"Hi." Amber greeted them.
"Hello. We'd shake you hand, but uh, we have out hands full." Nick told her.
"Oh! here let me help ya." Amber offered and took a little from each guy and helped them get settled. Once everything was unpacked they all vegged out
downstairs for a while. Chesa left the living room and started getting out food. Brian walked in.
"What are you doing?" He asked walking over as she tossed a bag of potatoes onto her charcoal gray counter.
"I, my dear sir, am making you all a home-made feast." Chesa replied.
"We could always go out." Brian offered.
"No, I won't have it! Not tonight. You all need a home-cooked meal!" Chesa exclaimed
"Well, at least let me help you!" Brian offered. Chesa hesitated.
"OK... if you really want to. Can you get the chicken out from the freezer?".......
"So, how long are you guys staying?" Amber asked AJ, Howie, Nick and Kevin as they talked and watched TV in the living room.
"Two weeks, right Bone?" Howie asked AJ for assurance. AJ nodded as he read Rolling Stone.
"That's good." Amber emphasized.
"We hardly get anytime off, so this is really what we need." Nick told her.
"Uh! That must suck, I mean that you don't get very much time off."
"You have no idea!" Kevin told her with a sigh.
"What happens after two weeks?" Amber asked taking a sip of her Mountain Dew.
"The tour starts for us. And it lasts for about 3 months." Howie told her.
AJ put down his magazine and grabbed the remote. He flipped through the channels and stopped on Entertainment Tonight.
"Did you get tickets to The Backstreet Boys " Get Out" tour? Probably not if you called around 11:30 this morning. That is about when the tickets
finally sold out. All of the show sold out on under an hour. And it seems that ever since their Millennium tour, nine years ago, the tickets have been
going faster and faster..."
"Do you guys hear that?! They sold out already!" Nick exclaimed.
"I don't like it." AJ replied. Nick, Howie and Kevin looked confused.
"Why?" They asked their band mate.
"Because they sell out so quickly that some people never get to go to a concert." AJ exclaimed. There was a moment of silence, which was broken by
Kevin.
"Yeah, I guess you're right man."
"DINNER IS READY!" Chesa called into the living room. Every one piled in to get their food and found a feast sitting on the table.
"Girl! You didn't have to do this!" AJ exclaimed looking at the table.
"No problem. And not only did I just do it, Brian helped me." Chesa told AJ matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, but you did most of the cooking." Brian objected.....
"Chesa, you are gonna be our personal chef when we go on tour!" Howie told her as they finished their brownie sundae's for dessert.
"Hey, I said I liked to cook, I didn't say how often!" Chesa exclaimed, everyone chuckled a bit.
"What time is it?"
"Almost eight." Nick replied.
"Ahh! We gotta watch Alien Resurrection on HBO at eight!" Amber and Chesa exclaimed.
"You all like Aliens?" Nick asked. Chesa and Amber looked at one-another and then at Nick.
"Hell yeah!" they both replied in unison.
"My kinda chicks!" Nick exclaimed with a grin.
