Sighing, he went into his dressing room to gather up his things. When he came out into the main room, he found Sabrina looking for her cousin.

"I thought you were leaving with Kevin?" She turned when she heard AJ’s voice.

"He asked me to, but I have to get Kristy home. Is there a phone I can use? I need to get a cab."

"Didn’t you drive here?"

"Nah, I only live about three blocks from here, and Kristy was dropped off at my place. We had a ride, but since we came backstage they weren’t about to sit around waiting for us." AJ nodded and pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to her. She looked down to see his cell phone in her hand.

"Why don’t you call her parents and I can drop you off on my way to the hotel. I think that all the others have left, so we’d have the limo all to ourselves." Sabrina laughed at his not-so-subtle comment, but agreed.

"I think that Kristy would be thrilled to ride home in a limo. Thank you."

After finishing her call, she returned AJ’s phone to him as Kristy came running into the room with Nick.

"So what’s going on?" Kristy asked as she ran up to where her cousin was talking to AJ.

"Well, it’s after midnight and since our ride left, AJ has offered us a ride home. You ready to go?"

Kristy shook her head. "Nope. I’ve decided to quit school and join the group. Sorry Nick, but you’re out. There is not enough room for both of us." The group laughed at the shocked expression on Nick’s face.

Sabrina and AJ laughed even harder as Nick grabbed the young girl and dragged her out of the room shouting, "Never!" AJ picked up Sabrina’s jacket and held it for her as she slipped into it. Then he grabbed his bag as they walked out the door to the waiting limo.

Stepping inside, the two were pelted with Skittles. When their supply ran out, Kristy and Nick hid under his jacket as Sabrina and AJ threw them back at the younger duo. Sabrina opened the window between the backseat and the front seat, and gave the driver directions to Kristy’s house. Twenty minutes later, the long car pulled up in front of the brick house in the middle of a quiet suburb.

When Sabrina started to climb out of the car, AJ pulled her back. Confused, she looked at AJ, and when he motioned to her to look outside, she understood. Nick was walking Kristy up to the door. Sabrina smiled at AJ as she settled into the seat and waited for the eighteen-year-old to come back to the car.

When Nick came back, he refused to say anything except that Kristy’s parents said thank you to Sabrina. AJ tried to tease his young friend, but Nick wouldn’t say a thing and he would just look out of the window.