The next week went by uneventfully. The girls were involved in freshman orientation at UCF and barely had time to breathe let alone explore Orlando.

"This isn't what I expected," Kristin said, flopping down on her bed after a long day of running around campus.

"It'll get better once we get the swing of things," Rachel said encouragingly.

"I hope so," Kristin sighed. She sat up and grinned at Rachel. "Hey," she said with a twinkle in her eye. "Lets go somewhere tonight."

"Go where?" Rachel questioned.

"A club or something. It'll give us a chance to unwind."

"Okay, cool." Rachel jumped up from her bed and started going through her clothes. "What should I wear?" She asked herself.

Kristin pulled out an outfit for the night. It was a short black dress with spaghetti straps. Rachel still stood there trying to figure out what to wear. She flipped through her clothes once more than picked out a short red sleeveless dress made out of sequins. She put on some black pantyhose and black shoes.

She went into the bathroom and got ready. A few minutes later she came out with her hair curled and make-up touched up. She looked like a prom queen. Kristin was sitting on her bed all dressed up and ready to go. Rachel grabbed her purse and grinned at Kristin. "Let's rock and roll," she said.

Kristin laughed as she headed out the door. They drove downtown to a club. Rachel parked her car and they went inside. The music was blaring and the tables were pretty much full. Rachel looked over at Kristin. She was standing there with a huge grin on her face. Rachel laughed and led Kristin to a table.

"Wow," Kristin said, dropping into a chair at the first available table.

Both girls scanned the crowd as they sat at their table. There were hot guys in every direction.

"Now I see what I've been missing back home," Rachel ginned.

Kristin chuckled. The music got louder and both girls ordered their drinks. They sat back and watched the scene for a little bit. Suddenly Rachel felt Kristin grab her arm.

"What?" Rachel asked.

"Don't look now, but guess who just walked in that door right over there?" Kristin said excitedly.

"Who?" Rachel asked trying to scan the crowd without looking obvious.

Kristin's eyes were glowing with excitement. "Kevin Richardson!"

"No way!" Rachel exclaimed while jerking around in her seat, no longer caring if she looked obvious or not. Her eyes were focused on a gorgeous man who had just entered the night club.

"Damn!" she said softly. Kevin Richardson was in fact at the same club as them and looking so fine.

"Can you believe it? Kevin Richardson from the Backstreet Boys is here!" Kristin said while bobbing up and down in her seat.

"Oh my god I have to meet him!" Rachel said.

"I know! How are we gong to get his attention without looking like idiots?" Kristin asked.

"Maybe one of us could go over there to the bar where he's at and catch his attention."

"That could work," Kristin said with enthusiasm.

"So which one of us should go up there?" Rachel asked.

"You do it," Kristin said immediately.

"Me?! Why me?"

"He's Brian's cousin."

"I know, which is exactly why I don't want to up there."

Kristin thought for a second. "Why don't we both go up there together? We can work our way up to getting his attention."

Rachel smiled in agreement. "Okay let's do it."

Kristin and Rachel left their seats and went over to the bar. They sat a few stools away from Kevin. Kristin winked at Kevin and he smiled back.

"Remember stay cool," she whispered to Rachel. Rachel nodded then saw a very attractive guy coming toward them. "Oh my god! Look it's AJ! He's coming this way!"

"Shhh! Stay cool," Kristin said. AJ walked toward the bar, looking straight at Rachel and Kristin. He stopped right in front of them and flashed them a sexy smile.

"Well, well, well. What have we got here? A couple of fine honeys sitting here with no one to dance with." Rachel and Kristin smiled and stared at AJ. He brought out his hand.

"I'm AJ McLean. And you are?" he asked Kristin.

"I'm Kristin," she said shyly.

AJ kissed her hand. "A pleasure to meet you. Who's your friend?"

"I'm Rachel," she said with a smile.

AJ raised his eyebrows and kissed her hand. "You're beautiful too." Rachel blushed. "So what brings you two to the club?"

"Campus boredom," said Kristin.

"Are you two college students?"

"Yeah," Rachel said with a shy smile.

AJ grinned. "Well, which one of you ladies want to give me the pleasure of a dance?"

Kristin smiled. "I will."

AJ took Kristin's and led her out to the dance floor. Rachel sat on her stool and watched them dance. Just then, she felt a tap on her left shoulder. She turned to her left and was surprised to find a tall, well built, dark haired, and dark eyed man standing next to her.

"Hi," he said. "I'm Kevin Richardson. What's your name?"

"Rachel," she said, still in shock.

"Nice to meet you. Mind if I have a seat?"

"It's a free country."

Kevin sat down on the stool next to her. AJ and

Kristin came back as soon as the song was over.

"Whew! This boy can dance!" Kristin said while catch her breath.

"Well, I have been dancing all my life," AJ said with a sly smile.

"No, really?" Kristin said sarcastically.

AJ looked at her sheepishly. "Okay, so you know about me, big deal," he said with a laugh. AJ took Rachel's hand. "Come on let's dance."

"No, I couldn't," she said while blushing.

"Go dance with him," Kristin said.

Rachel took AJ's hand and followed him to the dance floor. Kristin chuckled and sat the bar next to Kevin.

"She's so shy it cracks me up. That girls has never been able to be herself around guys"

"You two seem to be pretty close friends. How long have you known her?" Kevin asked.

"We've been best friends for over eight years."

"Really?"

"Yeah, we're sharing an apartment together and going to college at UCF. We've been planning this for years."

"Wow, that's really cool," Kevin replied.

Just then, a girl of about 5'4" with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes came up to them. "Have you seen AJ? I've been looking all over for him."

Kevin pointed to the dance floor and laughed. "He was looking for you too, but I think he gave up." The girl groaned. "I don't know why I put up with him." Kevin grinned. "Because you love him."

"Yeah sure, whatever," she said. Kevin looked over at Kristin who was obviously confused. "Oh Amanda this is. . .I'm sorry I never got your name."

"Kristin," she said.

"Yeah, this is Kristin. Kristin this is Amanda, AJ's girlfriend."

Amanda shook Kristin's hand. "Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Kristin said. "So, AJ's really your boyfriend?"

Amanda rolled her eyes. "Yes, but he's a big pain in the ass."

Kristin laughed. "Why do you say that?"

"Well, look at him. He macks on every girl he sees while I stand over here watching him. Who the hell is that chick he's dancing with anyway? I've never seen her in here before."

"That's Rachel, my best friend."

"Oh really?" Amanda said with one eyebrow raised.

"If it makes you feel any better, she's not interested in AJ. She's interested in Bri--" Kristin stopped herself because she knew Rachel didn't want anyone to know.

"She interested in who?" Amanda asked.

Just then, AJ and Rachel came back laughing and slightly out of breath. "You're a pretty good dancer," he complimented.

Rachel blushed. "Thanks."

AJ put his arms around Amanda's waist. "Hey babe! I've been looking all over for you. Where have you been?"

"I've been looking for you, but you were busy dancing," Amanda hissed.

AJ took off his sunglasses and looked at her with his puppy brown eyes. "Are you mad at me now?"

Amanda melted. "No," she said softly and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

AJ smiled and held her closer. "I love you," he said.

"I love you too," Amanda replied.

"Oh please somebody gag me," Kevin muttered.

"You're just jealous because you don't have a girl," AJ said.

"I may not have a girlfriend, but there are plenty of women who want me."

AJ looked around the club then looked back at Kevin. "Where are they at?"

Kevin pretended to be mad but he couldn't keep a straight face. He winded up laughing and nearly fell off his stool. The others laughed with him. They all stayed at the club for another hour then finally decided to leave. On their way out the door AJ put his arm around Amanda.

"I'm hungry," he said.

"You're always hungry," Kevin teased.

AJ ignored Kevin's remark. "Let's go get something to eat." He turned to Rachel and Kristin, who were heading out to their car. "You guys wanna come?" Kristin shook her head. "We'd love to, but we gotta get back to our apartment. We have class in the morning."

"Oh okay, well it was nice meeting you two. Come back to the club on Friday night. Me, Kev, and Howie will be here."

"Okay we'll see you then," Rachel said as she unlocked her car.

Rachel and Kristin waved good-bye and drove back to the apartment .

Kristin squealed. "I can't believe we just hung out with AJ and Kevin!"

"I know I can't believe it either!" said Rachel.

"AJ is a really good dancer," Kristin said with a grin. Rachel smiled. "Yeah he is."

"And Kevin was really nice."

"Yeah, I enjoyed talking to him," Rachel admitted.

They stopped at a stop light and Rachel rested her head on the steering wheel.

"Are you okay?" Kristin asked.

"Yeah, I just have a headache from all the loud music."

"Do you want me to drive?"

"No, that's okay. I'll be fine once we get home and get to bed."

The rest of the drive the girls remained quiet. They parked in the parking lot and walked to their apartment. When they reached their floor they could hear loud music. They walked to their room and they could clearly tell that the music was coming from the room next to theirs. Rachel rolled her eyes and unlocked the door. The got ready for bed and hoped the music would stop soon. Kristin stepped out of the bathroom and found Rachel lying in bed with her pillow over her head. Rachel pulled the pillow of her head and looked at her.

"Those people better be glad that I'm too tired to get out of bed and kick the crap out of them," Rachel said as she brushed her hair out of her face. Kristin laughed. "Boy do I know you can beat the crap out of anybody. Remember the time you nearly broke my hand?"

Rachel groaned. "Oh don't bring that up!"

"Or when you got mad and kicked the garage door?"

"Are you purposely trying to torment me?"

Kristin laughed again and handed Rachel two cotton balls. "Here," she said.

"What are these for?"

"To block the music to you can sleep. Trust me they work," Kristin said as she put the cotton balls in her ears.

Rachel put the cotton balls in her ears and was surprised how the music was much quieter.

"Good night," Kristin said as she headed to her room.

"Huh?" Rachel shouted.

Kristin snickered. "You're such a dork."

"Yeah, but you know you love me," Rachel said with a grin.

"Yeah sure whatever," Kristin said then left Rachel's room.

Rachel grinned and made herself comfortable. She cuddled under her covers and pulled her Kentucky Wildcat close to her. Almost instantly she fell asleep.