Chapter 2

3:06

Howie glanced up from his magazine to see a girl with long blonde hair and glasses staring intensively at him. She instantly tried to cover herself up by pretending to wash the window, with her bare hand.

Once Howie looked away Cleo reached into her large overalls and pulled out a cell phone and a piece of paper with a number scrawled on it.

Howie sighed and put down his magazine as the phone rang in the other room. Groaning, he stood and went to answer it.

While he was gone Cleo quickly opened the window and climbed inside. She then leaned back outside and cut the ropes to the window-washing cart, sending it crashing down to the ground. From the other room she could hear Howie yelling into the phone.

"HEEEELLLLOOO??? IS ANYONE THERE? I'm hanging up . . . really . . . I mean it . . . you better answer me, or I'll do it . . . I'm not kidding . . . If this is a fan I promise I won't be mad . . . c'mon answer me . . . you're not even gonna pant or anything? That's a lame prank call . . . hello . . . okay, now I'm *really* hanging up . . . bye." He shook his head and started walking back into the other room.

"Great" Cleo mumbled. "I found Howie" She looked around the large room in amazement but the 'moment' was cut short when she heard Howie coming back. "Aw shit!" She ran into the closest room, which happened to be the bathroom and jumped into the closet. She could hear Howie moving around in the other room. "Please don't come in here, please don't come in here." She mumbled closing her eyes tight. She heard the door open. "Aw man! Thanks a lot *God*" She threw a towel over her head.

Howie hummed 'Total eclipse of the heart.' ::Sorry I couldn't think of a song and this was on the radio:: while stripping to take his shower.

3:07

*ring*

"Hey Nick, answer that would ya?"

"Yeah, okay" Nick stood and began to walk towards the door.

*ring…ring…ring…*

He growled. "Who's idea was it to put doorbells in suites anyway?"

*ringringringringring*

He flung open the door, a cute little blonde stood before him wearing a huge Domino's jacket and carrying a pizza. She beamed up at him and pushed the hat out of her eyes.

"Hello, did you order a pizza?"

"Uh yeah." Nick patted down his pockets. "I left my money in the other room, come in for a second." He stood aside from the doorway to let her in.

"Hey . . . Jerry!" Tatem yelled running up to the doorway. "I'm here!"

Nick raised an eyebrow as he looked the other girl over. Her pants were extremely tight and fit her like a pair of capri pants. Her jacket didn't close around her all the way and the sleeves didn't go past her wrists. But the weirdest thing was the combat boots that adorned her feet.

"Uh . . . stay right here I'll go get your money." Nick said closing the door behind them and walking away.

"Rina! Next time *don't* try to loose me, okay?" Tatem nervously pulled on her jacket in a sad attempt to stretch it. "Rina?" No answer. Tatem smacked her in the arm.

"T-that was N-n-nick!" She whispered. Tatem rolled her eyes Brian walked out into the sitting area and saw the two girls waiting in the hall.

"Hey" He said walking towards them smiling. "How are you guys? Did you have a hard time finding the room?"

"Uh, nah" Tatem stuttered.

Nick came into the hall with a twenty-dollar bill. "You have change right?"

Rina nodded and reached in to her bag, accidentally switching on her walkie talkie.

"FUZZY BUNNY AND PICA-CHU! COME IN THIS IS SQUAWKING BIRD, DO YOU READ ME? I NEED BACK UP!!"

Quickly, Rina shoved the pizza box into Tatem's stomach while struggling to unclip the walkie-talkie from the back of her belt.

"I REPEAT! BACK UP NEEDED!"

"Squawking bird this is General Nads. What's going on?" Nadine answered.

"RINA! SHUT IT OFF!!" Tatem screeched while grabbing for the walkie-talkie.

"I'M TRYING!!"

"Rina?" Nick scratched his head. "But your jacket says . . ."

"WHERE ARE FUZZY BUNNY AND PICA-CHU?"

"They're in Nick and Brian's room, I have the girlfriends."

"I NEED HELP!!"

"I'll call for backup--" Rina switched off the walkie-talkie and sighed in relief.

Nick began backing away slowly. "Y-you're not pizza delivery girls . . . are you?"

"Well I guess you know now." Taten began to take off her jacket. "No need for me to wear this stupid thing anymore." She tossed it and it landed next to Brian. Nick and Brian glanced at each other then suddenly spilt up, running off somewhere in the apartment.

"HEY!!" Rina and Tatem yelled.

"WE'RE NOT GOING TO HURT YOU!!" Tatem took off in the direction Brian went in.

Brian ran out onto the balcony and filled his lungs. Leaning over the edge he hollered. "SOMEBODY HELP US!! WE'RE ON THE TWENTIETH FLOOR! SHE'S GONmmmpph!!"

"I'm not gonna hurt you!" Tatem said clasping her hand over Brian's mouth and whispering in his ear. "Please stop yelling . . . we're just fans who went through A LOT to meet you do you understand?" **Sigh…lol** Brian nodded. "Now I'll take my hand off your mouth if you promise not to scream . . . Okay?" He nodded again and Tatem cautiously removed her hand. He turned to her wide eyed.

"W-what do you want?"

Tatem smiled sweetly. "You'll see, now get inside before someone sees you."

The two walked inside to hear the sound of things crashing and banging in the other room. Tatem slid shut the sliding door and calmly walked into the bedroom where the noise was coming from.

"OWWW!" Rina screamed as Nick backed up and slammed her against the wall (she's on his back). She in turn boxed his ears.

"OUCH!" Yelled Nick. "What was that for?!"

"Well if you would just, ooww!!" He reached up and grabbed a hand full of her hair. "YOU ASSHOLE!!" She jumped down and ran her hands through her hair as small clumps of strands fell out. She sniffed sadly and tears began to form in her eyes. "My . . . my hair . . ." She squeaked.

Tatem slowly backed away from the doorway, accidentally bumping into Brian.

"What's going on?" He asked craning his neck to see inside. Tatem shook her head and closed the door behind her.

"You DON'T want to see that."

3:15

"It's been really quiet in there . . ." Brian glanced at the closed door.

p Tatem shrugged and popped a bon-bon in her mouth. "She's probably . . . uh, nevermind."

Brian looked at her from the other end of the couch. "What do you mean?"

She sat up. "Well, Rina has a …way with men, I guess is how I could put it."

"Oh." Brian scratched his head, confused and was about to ask another question when the door to the bedroom flew open and Nick landed on the floor, facing to ceiling.

"Uh…Nick?" Brian said looking down at him trying not to laugh.

"Yeah (long pause) I'm fine." Nick said in a strained voice with his eyes closed. Brian stood to help him up as Rina came out of the room, jumped over Nick and stood next to Tatem.

"What did you do?" Tatem asked pointing at Nick.

Rina shrugged and innocently said, "We had a disagreement."

"If he's hurt before we get him out of here…what's the point of kidnapping them at all!" She said folding her arms and raising her eyebrows.

"Nick get up" Brain said pulling him up by his arms. Nick lay there limp like a 5-year-old in a store that was told he couldn't have a toy. "Nicky get up now!"

"I…can't" Nick whimpered.

"Yes, you can! Quit being a baby." Brian laughed.

"I--" He stopped as Rina walked over and grabbed his ear. "Oww!" He quickly stood and she led him over to the couch, where he sat, crossing his arms and giving her a dirty look.

Rina plopped down next to him and draped her legs over his smiling sweetly. She picked up the remote control and turned on the television.

Brian turned to Tatem. "What do we do now?"

"We wait."

3:16

"WE ARE LIVING IN A MATERIAL WOLD AND I AM A MATERIAL GIRL!!" Howie yelled. With the radio blaring he began to tug at the towel around his waist. As if fell to the floor, from the closet next to him he heard: "NOOOO!! AHHH!! MY EYES! MY EYES!!" The girl from the window fell out onto the floor, flopping like a fish and wailing in pain. Howie screamed and grabbed his towel. "What are you doing in here?!"

Cleo desperately tried to stand up while feeling her way around the bathroom without opening her eyes. "Oww!" She yelled as her knee contacted the toilet.

"Would you please get out of my bathroom!" Howie yelled pointing towards the door with one hand and gripping his towel with the other.

"Not untill you're fully clothed! Including you shirt, mister!" She yelled back slowly getting up with her eyes still clamped shut. "Where's the door!" She asked feeling around.

"To your left…no I said *left* watch out for the--(crash) tub…are you okay?" He asked leaning over her.

"Nooo… I want my mommy!" Cleo whined.

"Um…please don't cry. What are you here for anyway? Do you have someone you can call?"

"Yeah (sniff) I can call Rina and Tatem." She said happily pulling out her walkie-talkie.

Howie thought staring at her as she turned it on.

3:17

"Fuzzy bunny? Pica-chu?"

Rina looked down at the walkie-talkie attached to her belt.

"I thought you turned it off." Tatem looked up from her game of scrabble with Brian.

"So did I…Cookie monster this is fuzzy bunny what's up?"

"I have Howie."

"Great! Bring him up, we're in suite 6 on the 20th floor."

"Sooo we need to take the stairs?"

"Yup, be up here in…" She looked down at her watch. "2 minutes flat."

"But--"

"Do it!" She switched off the walkie-talkie and glanced to the other side of the couch where Nick slept. She stood up and lightly slapped his face. "C'mon, wake up."

"Wha?" He asked a bit dazed.

"Come with me." She said walking towards the door. He stumbled up and followed her.

"Brian!!" Tatem yelled slamming her fist down on the table, making the tiles jump. "Shat is *not* and word!"

"Sure it is! It's past tense for shit."

"AGH! I swear to god…Hey Rina where you going?"

Rina stopped and turned around. "Howie's coming!" She said smiling.Suddenly Tatem's eyes got as big as saucers.

"3 Backstreet boys in the same room…I really don't think that's a good thing." Tatem said, slowly getting up.

"Why?" Brian asked confused.

"It's not the point of you guys being together, it's the point that I will be here!"

"But we're just normal people." Nick stated, sitting back down.

"Who said you could sit?" Rina asked. Nick immediately stood. "We'll be back in a minute, you know the secret knock right so don't worry about--"

Tatem grabbed her by the shirt and dragged her to the other side of the room.

"Are you crazy?" She hissed. "Y-you're gonna leave me *alone*? With *Brian*?!"

Rina rolled her eyes. "Yes Tatem." She smiled and reached into her back pocket. "But…here take these, just incase." She winked and tossed Tatem a pair of fuzzy handcuffs.

"R-RINA!"

"C'mon Nick." She said, pulling him towards the door. "See you in about …15 minutes." She waved closing the door.

"Sooo" Brian said, taking a seat on the couch and patting the coushin next to him. "Tell me a little bit about yourself, Tatem."

She gulped and slipped the handcuffs in her pocket.

3:20

"WHY can't I go to my room?" Aj yelled.

The small girl behind the desk cowered while wincing. "W-well you see sir…"

"It's all been taken care of." Said a smooth voice behind him. He turned to face a pretty girl with short black hair, dressed in a bellboy uniform. She smiled warmly. "Please follow me sir."

He picked up his bags and followed the girl onto the elevator.

3:21

"So…where are we going?" Nick glanced at the girl beside him, who continued to walk as if he hadn't spoken. "Can we get some food?…How about a drink?…I could really go for some fetta cheese right now, how about you?…Can you even hear me?…BLINK ONCE IF YOU'RE ALIVE!!"

Rina stomped on his foot, making him jump up and down while holding it. "Shut up! GOD! We're going to the utility closet."

Nick stopped jumping and gulped. "A-are you gonna kill me?" He squeaked, his eyes getting extremely huge and watery. Rina rolled her eyes.

"No we're going to check on your…girlfriend" She mumbled.

"My girlfri-Oh yeah! Mandy, geez you know I forgot she was even here with us!"

Rina sighed and opened the door to the closet. Inside Mandy and Leigh-anne sat tied back to back in two chairs.

"Hey Mandy!" Nick smiled and waved. The girl tried to talk through the silver duck tape covering her mouth.

"What?" Rina asked, leaning over her. Mandy jerked forward in an attempt to scare her. Rina grabbed a small corner of the tape and tore it quickly from Mandy's mouth.

"Ouch! Bitch! That hurt! What the-mmmph!" Smiling, Rina covered her mouth with the tape again.

"If you can't say something nice…"

Mandy gave an exaggerated sob and slumped, defeated in her chair.

Rina made her way to a laptop in the corner of the room. On the screen there was a small post it note ::Post it's!!!!::

Dear fuzzy bunny,
Went to get AJ, be back soon!
Sincerely,
General Nads
She pulled off the note and began, what looked to Nick, as typing. He shrugged and sat on the floor beside Mandy. "I'm sorry you have to be tied up Mandy." Nick said playing with her hair.

"Mmphssh!" She muffled back.

"Yeah yeah I know." Nick nodded.

"Uhh...hello do you mind cutting the mushy lovey dovey shit! I'm trying to keep down my lunch!" Rina said looking up from the laptop.

"Sorry." Nick mumbled for both of them.

3:23

"So that's why you kidnapped us? So we could meet fans who never met us?" Brian asked, taking a sip of his soda.

"Yeah, I know it sounds crazy but--" Tatem was cut off by a knock at the door. "-I'll get it!" She squealed excitedly. She ran down the hall and flung the door open.

"Hey Tatem! Long time now see!" Cleo said, breezing by her.

"Uh-hi …C-cleo…C'mon in…" Tatem stammered, not taking her eyes off Howie.

Howie's face resembled a tomato as he walked inside the suite wearing only his towel. "Um…do you happen to have any extra clothes?" He asked with his head down.

Cleo looked at Tatem, who shrugged and looked to the doorway in which Brian was standing.

Brian nodded. "Yeah, I got something you can wear D."

Howie gave a sigh of relief and began to walk away. Cleo giggled and smacked him on the ass.

"CLEO!!" Tatem cried her eyes practically popping out of her head.

Cleo giggled again. "I always wanted to do that."

3:25

"So…" AJ glanced at the girl standing next to him. "Uh…what's your name?"

Nadine smiled shyly and looked up at him through her eyelashes in a truly feminine gesture. "Cathy…" She said softly.

AJ gulped. "Where ya from, Cathy?"

Nadine ignored his question and moved a little closer to him. "Um…aren't you AJ McLean? From the Backstreet boys?"

Smiling like a retard AJ said in a cheesy voice. "Why yes I am"

Nadine giggled lightly, but was gagging inside. She lightly dropped the luggage she was holding and moved closer to him. "I've been a big fan ever since you started…"

AJ smiled nervously as his back hit the wall. "Uh…really?" He asked, his voice rising a little.

Nadine nodded and pushed herself onto him. "I have a girl-mmph!" He was cut off by Nadine grabbing the back of his head and kissing him. He felt something cold slip around his right wrist then his left.

Nadine backed away and picked up his suitcases as the doors opened. AJ went to use his arm but found that he was in handcuffs. "H-hey! What's going on!?"

Nadine smiled sweetly. "I'm kidnapping you. This way to the stairs, *sir*."

3:26

Kevin looked around the room and scratched his head. "Where is everyone?"

A knock came at the door and he jumped up excited, running all the way. He flung it open and his shoulders drooped. In the doorway stood a small red head, no bigger than 5'1", smiling brightly.

"Room service!" She chirped.

"Um I didn't order anything…I think you have the wrong room." He said starting to shut the door. Audrina jammed her foot in the crack.

"HOLD ON!! Hehe um, I mean, it's a gift from a…friend." She stammered nervously.

"A friend? Oh! One of the guys you mean?" Audrina shrugged. "H-how would I know? I mean yeah, yeah I think it's from Howie…"

"Oh that was nice of him!" Kevin grinned, clapping his hands together. **HAHA can't you just picture him doing that??**

"Uh yeah, he said to meet him up in suite 6, floor 20 when you're done, okay?"

"Yeah sure, bye." Kevin said shutting the door.

"WHAT? No tip?!….God damn celebrities….they think they are sooo much better…." She grumbled walking down the hall.

3:27

"Okay" Rina stood, while shutting off the laptop. "C'mon Nick, let's go".

Nick nodded and kneeled down in front of Mandy. "It'll be okay honey." He said patting her hand. She nodded sadly. Rina stood behind him with her arms crossed. He continued, "These girls won't hurt you…"

"Mmpphh!!" Mandy nodded her head towards Rina, giving her a dirty look. Rina raised and eyebrow and dropped her arms to her sides. With an evil smile she moved closer to Nick.

Mandy's eyes widened. "MMPPPHHHH!!!!" Nick squeezed her hand.

"It'll be okay, trust me." Mandy gave a small muffled squeak as Rina, without touching Nick, pretended to lick his ear. From the other side of Mandy, Leigh-anne chuckled. "I won't let anything happen to you." Rina danced behind him, still not touching him, making Mandy's eyes bug out. "There's nothing to worry about." Nick turned to Rina. "Right?"

"Oh yeah, don't worry at all, we'll take *good* care of little Mandy here." Rina smiled sweetly at her.

"See? You'll be okay." He bent down and kissed her forehead, then turned to Rina.

"You done?" She asked coldly. He nodded and she pushed him towards the doorway. "See you later!" She waved to the two girls.

3:28

"OW! I'm delicate you know!" AJ yelled, pouting. Nadine rolled her eyes and shoved him in the back, pushing him forward.

"Well if you would stop trying to run away I wouldn't have to keep kicking your ass!" She opened the fire exit that led to the 20th floor. AJ sighed sadly and followed her.



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