"Hey, Kevin, do you know were Nick is?" Alexia asked.

"Sorry, no can do," he answered from the other side of the line.

"Did you try his cell?"

"I don't have that number," Alexia said, sounding a little disappointed.

"Do you have something to write with?.....OK the number is 52...."

"Thanks, Kev."

"Bye, Ale." With that, Alexia cut the call and started dialing the number. "Come on, Nick. Answer," she said out loud.

"Hello?" a voice that she had grown to like answered.

"Hey, B. Is Nick there?" Alexia asked.

"Sure just hold on, and I'll get him," Brian said gently.

"Yeah?" a voice said softly.

"Hey, Nick."

"Ale, hey! Are we still on for tonight?" he asked a little nervous.

"Nick, I really don't want to do this to you, but Cat just-"

"Found out that her boyfriend was cheating on her."

"How the hell did you know that?" Alexia asked.

"Well I did spend an hour and a half with her, and for some reason girls like to tell me things."

"Oh, I see, well I....I think I should stay with her."

"Nope, you're not," Nick said sternly.

"What do you mean 'no I am not'?" she asked, a little mad.

"Cause she is coming with us, well you, me and the guys," he said gently.

"I invited her earlier," he continued.

"Thanks, well I should start getting dressed then, bye," she said smiling to herself.

"See you at eight," he said gently.

"What is up with women and taking ages to get dressed? When you say eight, you mean eight, not," Howie paused as he looked at his watch "8:20!"

"Yo, chill man, they are girls, and hey it took you two hours to get ready, and Alexia was going to cancel about 6:30, so that gave her half an hour less than you," Aj teased, making all the men laugh. Suddenly Nick felt a light tap on his shoulder. Immediately he turned and smiled at the image behind him: a medium height brunette who was about 5'5" but since she was wearing heels she was about 5'7". She was wearing a tight black skirt, with a blue tank top. Her makeup was simple but it accented her big brown eyes.

"Cat, wow you look great," Nick said as he hugged her gently.

"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself," she smiled. "So are you going to introduce me or what?" she continued as she saw the look of amazement in the other men.

"Oh yeah, sorry! This is B-Rok."

"Hey," he said smiling back.

"Kevin and Bone."

"Yo, waz up?" "Hey." They answered at the same time making Cat laugh lightly.

"And that would be Howie D." Nick said pointing at the guy who for some reason looked very nervous.

"Hey," he answered as he looked up at her.

"And you guys this is Cat, Alexia's best friend."

"Hi," Cat answered, getting a little nervous. 'What would I have given to be in this position when I was fifteen?' she said to herself.

"So, gorgeous, do you have someone that keeps your bed warm at night?" Aj said as he looked Cat up and down making her blush. As Nick heard him, he gave AJ the 'look'.

Cat took a deep breath and smiled, "Actually, I don't." As she said this, Nick gave her a reassuring smile that made her feel a little better.

"Now this is definitely a sin. I mean a fine girl like yourself, excuse the expression, and then a goddess like Alexia single, man what has the world come to?" AJ said as he walked closer to Cat making her a little nervous.

"Did I here my name?" Alexia said from behind making everyone turn around.

"Wow!" was said in chorus by all the men making Cat and Alexia laugh. The perfect figure of a woman walked to the group of men. She was wearing a light green tube top, with a short black skirt. Her hair was let down softly, and this time her eyes looked more green than blue. She was wearing strappy black sandals. She seemed to dance across the white marble floor.

"Hey," she smiled as she put her hand on Nick's back. Though his reaction was slow, he gently put his arm around her tiny waist.

"Man, are you small!" he exclaimed making her laugh.

"Shall we leave?" Kevin said as he put his arm out for Cat.

"Sorry, man, this babe is mine!" AJ interrupted as he grabbed Cat's arm gently, making her blush.

"So are Sam, Anna, and Leigh coming?" Alexia asked as they reached the door.

"Well I don't know about Leigh but Sam and Anna are coming. Leigh said she didn't feel good," Brian said in a somewhat sad tone of voice.

"Not them again!" Alexia belched out as she saw the massive crowd of reporters waiting outside of the hotel

"Don't worry. I'm here to protect you," Nick whispered in Alexia's ear gently, giving her goosebumps. As they walked out they were attacked by the reporters.

"Alexia, are you dating Nick?"

"Have you forgiven Matt Damon yet?"

"Are you going to be working with the Backstreet Boys?"

"Are you going to move to Florida?"

"Are you still in love with Leonardo?"

"Are you pregnant with Matt Damon's child?" Some of the reporters questioned forcefully, as flashes of light and microphones were shoved into Alexia's face. Stopping abruptly, making the whole crowed of reporters be quiet, Alexia said in a low and gentle voice, "For starters, I can do with my personal life whatever I want, and yes, I am dating Nick Carter," she said as she linked her arm tightly around his, as she continued walking down the stairs into Nick's black Camero.

"So, did you really mean it?" Nick asked as Alexia looked through the CD cases that were in the glove compartment.

"What? That Cat should go with Kevin and AJ, sure I meant it," she laughed lightly.

"No, what you said back at the hotel about you and me?" he said looking straight on to the highway, not even looking at her.

"Well.....of course I did, why would I say it if it weren't true?" she said looking at the side of his face. "God, you're cute!" she said laughing lightly as she put in a CD.

"So, how long have you known Alexia?" Kevin asked Cat who was staring out the window.

"I knew her when she was a size 12, and her name was still Alejandra, freshman in high school," she smiled back at memories flashed back through her mind.

"You mean she wasn't always like this?" AJ asked stunned in the back of the Corvette.

"Yeah, she was not anatomically perfect, but she was the greatest friend anyone could have. She was always there for anyone, no matter what."

"Wow, so you were best friends from the first moment?" Kevin asked interested.

"No, actually I couldn't stand her and vice versa. She was popular and I, well tried to be the opposite, to think a stupid bunny brought us together," she laughed lightly at the memory.

"What? A bunny?" Kevin asked confused as he turned on the radio.

"Yeah, a bunny. At boarding school I missed my cats, and not one of my friends would buy it with me, so I heard she liked animals and I asked her. We got a bunny and after that I saw that she was not as bad as I thought she was, and we became best friends. She knew what I was going through and she supported me 100%, no matter what the consequence, she almost got kicked out of school because she defended me," she said as she played with a strand of hair.

"Wow, she did that for you, talk about friends coming first!" AJ said as he sat back in the chair.

"So how long did it take her to say yes to Nick?" she asked changing the subject.

"Well actually, we met two weeks ago and he made his move a couple of days after that," AJ said remembering the elevator and smiling slyly to himself.

"Wow! A week and a half, that is record time," Cat said, stunned.

"What do you mean?" Kevin asked taking his eye off the road.

"Well, Alexia has this commitment issue. After Dean died, she does not say yes to a first date at least after four weeks."

"Four weeks?!" AJ said, impressed and stunned.

"Yeah, and she still gets the hottest guys in the world! Well it's actually a fear of commitment and a fear of being used. I mean lets say John Doe starts dating Alexia, John Doe is the new big thing, and he gets paid a small fortune just because he was seen with her, so she is afraid of people using her to pump up their careers," Cat said as she looked back at AJ, who let out a small sigh.

"Brian should take some advice from her," AJ said lightly.

"Why would you say that?" Cat asked, intrigued.

"Well Leigh, is not ...... he deserves better, let's just leave it at that," Kevin said looking out on the road.

She's using him?" Cat said gently.

"Why are there people that do that? I mean, don't they know it hurts?" Cat said as she saw the expression on AJ's face through the mirror.

"Come on, baby, please come. It will be fun, I mean you can meet Alexia," Brian said trying to convince Leigh.

"Brian, why would I want to meet a person who I practically detest? She is most annoying thing in the world!" she barked back from the other side of the phone line.

"Please we can have a romantic dinner, go dancing, and then take a walk on the beach. It will be fun. We haven't done something like this in ages."

"It will be the usual: you ignoring me at dinner, flirting with other girls at the club, and you know I hate the beach," she said sounding snotty.

"OK, then I'll see you later. Bye, honey!"

"Good-bye, Brian."

"I love you."

"OK, bye," she said just before he hung up the phone. 'I think I should surprise her. She used to love surprises,' Brian thought to himself. He quickly dialed Nick's cell phone.

"Yo," the male voice answered.

"Hey, man, it's me, Brian. I'll be a little late. I am going to see Leigh. K? See ya later, bro," he said gently sounding cheery for some reason.

"Sure, see ya at the restaurant, peace."

"Peace?" Alexia asked strangely as the car started to slow down.

"What?" Nick said as he smiled widely.

"Forget it," she said giggling lightly.

The car stopped in a somewhat empty parking lot.

"Nick, where are we?" Alexia asked as she started to get nervous, but he was already out of the car.

"It's a surprise!" he grinned as he opened the passenger door and put his arm out to help Alexia up. Letting the breeze hit her face lightly, she smiled.

"God, you are beautiful," Nick whispered lightly to Alexia.

As Brian was about to put the key in the door, suddenly it opened, and in front of him was a blonde girl with five suitcases, shocked to see him.

"Leigh, where are you ... I mean, what is the luggage for?" Brian said feeling his heart break into many pieces.

"I am leaving, I can't take being number two in your life," she said as she picked up one piece of luggage.

"What do you mean two?" he said getting a little angry now.

"Yeah, first comes your career, your friends, and your freaky obsession with that stupid Barbie," she said as she rolled her eyes.

"I always put you first, I took the break to produce your album."

"Oh, so now you're blaming me for spending time on my album? You could have said no."

"I should have a long time ago," he said as he walked in.

"What do you mean by that?" she yelled at him.

"I mean we have been over for a long time now. I tried, God knows I tried, but the only problem was you never loved me. You only loved everything I could give you," he said sitting on the couch.

"Screw you!"

"Been there, done that," he said, extremely angered.

"I'll find some way to make you pay, asshole. You haven't seen the last of me."

"I think it would have been better if I had gone to the restaurant," he said as he let his head fall into his hands.

"Yo, babe," a male voice came from outside the door that was still open. "Is this all?" The voice was heard again.

"Yeah, it is, Mick. So long, Brian," she said with a cocky tone.

"Funny how I always get what I want," she finished as she turned and followed the tall, large built man out the door.

"Some day you will lose!" he yelled back.

"Yeah right," she laughed.

Brian fell to the floor. "Why me? Why me? I loved her, I really did!" he said as a tear fell down his cheek.