*Kelly*
The bellboy at the Hilton unloaded all of our luggage and carried it to our rooms.
“So, who’s staying with who?” I asked looking around at the ten of us.
“That’s a good question. I wanna stay with you!” AJ said, wrapping his arms around my waist from behind and kissing my neck.
I rolled my eyes and laughed a bit.
“Oooh…did you bring that bikini that I bought ya?” AJ questioned getting excited.
I shot him a horrified look, “No! Of course not! I’m not wearin’ that thing in public! Are you out of your mind??”
“Well, wear it for me then!” he grinned.
“No way! You can just keep on fantasizing buddy, cuz that’s not gonna happen.”
AJ pretended to pout as we all walked into the lobby to decide our hotel arrangements.
“Aight, Kel, you’re stayin’ with me!” AJ said, pulling me onto the couch beside him.
“No I’m not! You’re staying with Kevin and I’m staying with Vic,” I declared.
“Oh no he’s not. I’m not rooming with that animal!” Kevin said.
“Yes you are,” Brian intervened. “Frack and I are staying together, Gail and Claudi, you and AJ, Kelly and Vic, and Theresa and Howie. Okay?”
“Awww! Why do Howie and Theresa get to share a room?” AJ whined.
“Because….they’re engaged and we’re not!!” I answered.
“Uhh…fine, let’s go unpack our stuff.”
We all took an elevator up to our suites to unpack.
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*Gail*
“Wow! Look at this view!” I said, pushing aside the curtains and stepping out onto the oceanview deck.
“That’s beautiful,” Claudi said, walking over to look out.
I stayed out there for a minute looking at the deep colored, almost translucent teal ocean.
“Gail, we’d better finish unpacking and get ready to meet the guys,” Claudi called from inside the room.
“Oh yeah…we’re supposed to meet them in the lobby, right?”
“Yep. What are we doing anyway?” I questioned, changing into a pair of cutoffs and a white spaghetti strap tank top.
“I think we’re all going out to lunch and then we’re doing our own separate things,” she said, going into the bathroom to get ready.
I sat on the bed, taking the clothes out of my suitcase when I saw a shadow fall across the wall. I turned around to find Nick standing there.
“Hey baby! What are you doing in here? I thought the door was locked,” I said, getting up to kiss him on the cheek.
“Our rooms are adjoined, see?” he said pointing to a door along the wall.
“Oh, I thought that was a closet,” I said feeling a little stupid.
“Nope. Anyways, are you all ready to go?” he said, walking toward the door.
“I thought we were going to meet the guys downstairs for lunch,” I said.
“Yeah, we are. I just wanted to walk you there,” he said, smiling.
I agreed, told Claudi goodbye, and walked out of the room as Nick held the door for me.
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*Claudi*
I had finally gotten ready and walked over to Brian’s room to see if he wanted to walk downstairs together.
“Brian??” I said, cracking the door slightly open. There was no answer. “Bri, honey? Do you wanna go down together?” I asked walking further into the room.
There was no answer so I assumed he was already down there. I turned to leave the room when someone came running up behind me and grabbed me around the waist.
“Aaaaah!!!” I screamed, as the guy who I realized was my boyfriend, threw me on top of the bed. He started to tickle me until I couldn’t breathe.
Finally, he let me go and I sat up gasping for breath.
“Brian Thomas Littrell!!!” was all I could manage out.
“Yes??” he asked smuggly.
“Ugh! Nevermind,” I said annoyed as I walked into the bathroom to look at the damage he had done to my hair.
He made a weird face as he walked into the bathroom, staring at my hair.
“What?!” I punched him in the tummy playfully.
“It’s your fault it looks like this!” I yelled.
I finally managed to fix it, so we left to go downstairs.
“I’ll race ya!” Brian said.
“Brian, this is the Hilton!! You don’t run down the halls of the Hilton!” I said, looking around as if I were embarrassed.
“Ya do now!” he laughed, taking off.
I sprinted off to catch up with him. We were laughing as we whizzed by the bellboys that looked at us like we were insane. I finally caught up to him at the bottom of the stairs.
“Whew! That was a rush!” he said, catching his breath.
“Yeah, sure was. Did you see the look at that bellboy’s face??” I laughed.
“Haha! Yeah, I did!”
“Well, come on. They’re probably waiting for us in the lobby,” I said, leading the way.
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*Vic*
Kelly and I decided to walk over to Kevin and AJ’s room to see if they were ready. We heard them arguing before we even reached the door.
“I said I wanted this bed! That’s yours. This one is mine,” AJ deep voice boomed.
“Fine AJ, just take the stupid bed. I don’t care!” Kevin replied.
They both got quiet and just stared at us when we walked in.
“Man, I’m glad to see you!” Kevin said walking over to me. “You ready?”
“Yeah, sure. We thought you guys might want to walk with us downstairs,” I said, glancing over Kevin’s shoulder to see Kelly and AJ give each other a kiss.
“Yeah, come on, let’s go,” AJ said shoving past Kevin and I.
“We meant that all four of us would walk together,” Kelly stopped AJ.
“I’m not walking with him anywhere!” AJ said, giving Kevin a once over.
“Man, what is your problem? I told you that the bed is yours. Get over it,” Kevin said.
“Alright, fine, man. Let’s just go,” AJ said, leading Kelly out into the hallway.
Kevin and I walked a few paces behind them.
“What’s going on between you two?” I whispered. I didn’t want to get AJ worked up again.
“I don’t know. AJ and I don’t really mesh well and this little hotel arrangement isn’t working,” Kevin said disgusted.
“You and Kelly could trade rooms maybe…” I said, thinking of the possibilites.
“Nah…I don’t think it would be a good idea to leave Bone in a room alone with a girl,” Kevin erased the idea.
“Yeah, I suppose you’re right,” I laughed slightly as we arrived in the lobby.
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*Theresa*
Howie and I arrived in the lobby, just as Kelly, AJ, Kevin, and Vic did. AJ and Kevin looked really ticked off at each other. I had a feeling I knew why.
“Hey guys!” Howie said, walking up to everyone.
“So, lunch right?” Kevin asked.
“Yeah, where are we going?” Brian asked.
“I don’t know. I’m not really dressed for anywhere fancy,” I interjected. All of my friends agreed as I noticed they were all wearing casual clothes as well.
“How about MickeyD’s?” AJ suggested hopefully.
“AJ, there are McDonald’s everywhere!” Kevin said, giving him a curt look.
“Well, soooory!! Maybe I wanted to eat at the one in the Bahamas,” AJ said sarcastically.
“Actually, MickeyD’s is cool with me,” Nick said, patting his tummy.
“Yeah, it’s no point in eating somewhere really fancy or expensive. We’re just gonna go eat lunch and go our separate ways,” I added.
They all agreed, so we headed to MickeyD’s. The thing was, none of the guys had their cars, and we weren’t about to take a limo to McDonald’s. That would’ve been a bit obvious! So, we had to go to the rent-a-car place and each of the guys got a car. We met at McDonald’s about half an hour later. We ate our food and then went our separate ways for the remainder of the day.
