Ch. 12
"It's 12:15-where are those two?" I asked taking a seat at the kitchen table.
Kristin stirred her drink. "AJ's party was until midnight."
"It's been fifteen minutes."
"Kevin, you sound like a terrified father."
"What's so wrong with that?"
"Nothing, Kev."
I stood walking to the window. "I'm getting worried. And, besides, shouldn't their parents be back by now?"
"Kevin, they've been apart a very long. I'm sure they wanted to check up some...uh...things."
If those 'things' include bringing another child into the Carter Family I seriously believe the state of Florida should have a warning sent across the state. Or a maybe a petition forbidding them to bring more children into the world. Isn't there a problem with overpopulation, anyway? My thoughts were distracted as the front door flew open.
"BJ, just calm down!" Nick shouted as his sister ran up-the-stairs.
"What's going on?"
"BJ's upset."
I rolled my eyes. "Really? As if I didn't know....What happened to make her so upset?"
He shrugged. "I dunno. She danced with AJ most of the night and clung to his side, then, I didn't really notice her."
"How can you not notice her? I thought you were going to keep an eye on your baby sister?"
"Well, I was......And then, I met this girl! And she was totally into me!" he said proudly.
Kristin appeared at my side. "Um, Nick, you didn't get into her did you?"
I clamped my head over her mouth. "Don't even mention that at any party AJ McLean hosts."
Nick continued. "Anyway, by the end of the party I found BJ sitting alone in AJ's backyard."
"And you didn't think anything was wrong?" Kristin questioned.
"I dunno. All I was thinking about was getting that chick's number before we left."
Kristin pushed her blonde bangs out of her face. "I'll go check on her."
"WAAAAAAHHHH!" Aaron wailed as he hurried down the stairs. "KRISTIN!"
She knelt down at his side. "Aw, what is it, baby?"
"I had a n-n-nightmare! And it s-s-scared me!"
"Shh.....Just calm down. Do you want Kevin to sit up with you?"
"NO!" he cried clinging to her neck. "I WANT YOU!"
"Well, honey, I was going to go talk to BJ-"
"I ONLY WANT YOU!"
She hugged him. "All right, I'll sit up with you."
The little shit got more out of my girlfriend than I did. Life just isn't fair.
Kristin lifted Aaron into her arms. "Kev, why don't you talk to BJ? And I'll put Aaron to bed."
I gulped. "Um....Why don't you have Nick put Aaron to bed? Then, you can go talk to BJ."
"I don't think so, Kevin."
"But-"
"No buts, Kevin, now go talk to that little girl."
Aaron stared down at me smiling over Kristin's shoulder as she packed him up each step. "Kristin?"
"Yes?"
"May I sing you a song?"
"If you like."
Aaron's eye narrowed as he showcased an evil smirk. "BARNEY IS A DINOSAUR!"
NO! No more! I had had it! I want no children! I don't want to be near children! I am quitting the Backstreet Boys and working in a retirement home! Oh, no! Nick's family use to live and work in a retirement home! Damn the Carter Clan!
I would not talk to BJ. I'm an educated man-I could get around this. I grinned clearing my throat. "Nick, go talk to your sister." I walked back toward the ktichen. I heard nothing. "Nick? Did you hear me?"
I turned around to see Nick sound asleep on the couch. I seriously think he has a permanent case of mono......
I turned to the staircase. I would have to walk up those stairs into the grasp of a hormonal teenage girl. Suddenly, I knew how it felt to be a prisoner walking on death row....