The hotel room was a sight to see. Empty beer bottles were strewn across the coffee table, the tv was still on MTV Europe, clothes were draped on the kitchen counters, and he was asleep in the middle of it all. Dan went straight to Ashley's room after Britney dropped the bomb on him. He didn't know what to say to her and to avoid saying something wrong, he left. Once Ashley let him in with no questions asked, he bummed on the sofa and stayed up thinking to himself. He did love this woman with all his heart and he knew that she felt the same. It wasn't entirely HER fault that she was pregnant, he had a major part in it too. His mind was spinning so he drank a beer.His mind was still on her, so he drank more and more until he finally passed out cold.

He was pretty much zoned out when a sharp light hit his face. Ashley had woken up and opened the curtains to let the sun in. Dan mumbled some obsenities and turned to face the other way. Since opening the curtains didn't do the trick, he turned to volume up on the tv. Bad move. They were playing Britney's new video. But hey, it sure did the trick!

"Fuck, Ashley. I was sleeping." Dan opened his eyes and sat up. His head was pounding, his stomach was doing flip flops and his heart was heavy.

"Dude, its like 10 in the morning. We gotta be on the bus at 11. Get your ass up and clean the mess you made in MY hotel room." Ashley surveyed the situation around him and knew that something had gotten into Dan in order for him to act this way. Dan was the anal retentive one in the group. Trashing hotel rooms was Trevor's job. "Dan, you wanna tell me whats wrong? This is so not you, man."

Dan stood up from the sofa, and walked to the kitchenette area where he poured himself a cup of black coffee. He took a long sip, swished the coffee around in this mouth, and swallowed a little bit at a time. He lifted his mug in the air, and declared, "Congratulations to me. I'm gonna be a father." He slammed the mug in the sink and walked passed Ash into the bathroom to wash up.

"Whoa, beep beep, back it up, buddy." Ashley ran to catch up with Dan, who shut the door in his face and turned on the shower. "I'm your friend, Dan, you know I'm here to listen. Just tell me whats going on." He was startled when Dan opened the door and shut his eyes to avoid seeing his bandmate naked.

"Ash, look at me. I got a towel on." He laughed at his friend's embarassment. He settled his lean frame against the door and Ash took a seat on his bed. He cleared his throat and started to explain. "Last night, Brit told me she was 6 weeks pregnant with our child. And I feel like shit for just leaving her all by herself last night. I didn't even tell her how I felt. Damnit, I'm a loser. I don't deserve her, Ash."

His friend stood up from the bed and held his hands out in front of him to stress his point. "Stop right there. You didn't tell her how you felt about the baby? Man, she's the superstar female singer in the world, who just turned 20 and now her career could go down the drain because she's pregnant with a boyband member's child? Dude, after you hop in that shower, you ass needs to go across the hall and you need to talk to her asap!"

Dan was slient. His friend was right. He should've taken his girlfriend's feelings into consideration. He shut the door and took the fastest shower of this life. He got dressed in one minute flat, threw all his belongings in his duffel bag and was out the door in a heartbeat.