"Hey Kayla! Glad you could come and hang out." Leigh Anne cried hugging her friend.
"No problem....Where's Bri?"
"He and the rest of the guys are getting ready for the show. I'm so glad you came. I guess Allison is supposed to be here too. AJ's special guest...They are still dating you know?" she said hinting to remind Kayla that she had hooked AJ and Allison up and planned to do the same for Nick and Kayla.
"That's nice..." she said ignoring Leighanne's failure to be at all subtle in reminding her about the plan to fix her up with Nick. "So what time does this concert start Leigh?"
"Um in about 2 hours."
"Dang...oh well. You spending the whole tour with Brian?"
"Well as much of it as I can. I mean he spent as much time as he could with me on the movie set so I plan to do the same." she said smiling. "Have you and Josh hooked up?" she asked suddenly.
"What??"
"Did you and Josh hook up?"
"No....Where on earth did that question spring up from??"
"Well just the way yall interacted on the set I wasn't sure if you two would end up hooking up or not. But since yall didn't I am still going to try to hook you up with Nick."
"Leigh!" she whined. "I can get myself a date!"
"I know but I am just helping you a long a little bit...I have a gut feeling about you two....Just trust me alright?"
"Alright, alright. Just don't make a fool of me deal?"
"Deal." she smiled.
***BackStage***
"So Leigh Anne is staying on tour with us for a month?"
"Yeah. She said she was going to bring a friend tonight."
"Oh Who?"
"Kayla."
"Kayla? Like as in Macaela Williams??"
"No Nick, you don't sound star stuck at all right now..." Brian teased. "Yes of course, Kayla Williams. Now remember to breath."
"Shut up Frick!" he said pushing Brian lightly. "So you are SURE it's Kayla?" Nick asked attempting to suppress a smile.
"Uh huh, I'm sure it's Kayla." a soft voice said giggling.
"What the....??" he mumbled turning around hoping it wasn't who he thought it was. 'Blast my damn luck!! Of course it's going to be....her. Just so you can look like an ass for the millionth time.' he thought to himself.
"Hi Nick. Hey Bri." Kayla said as she hugged Brian and smiled at Nick.
"Hey Kay...It's great to see you again!" Brian exclaimed hugging her back. "Feel free to come visit us on tour anytime."
"Thanks Bri. I will."
"Hey Kayla. How have you been?" Nick asked smiling the best he could.
"I have been pretty good, how about you Nick?"
"I've been doing good. I hope you enjoy the show tonight."
"Thanks...."
"Well I um have to go get some stuff done."
"Nick stick around. I haven't seen you in forever." Leigh Anne said trying to get him to stay. "We can hang out a bit before yall two really hafta get ready..."
"Alright..." he said not knowing what he could say to argue that. Or what he would want to say....Why not just spend some time with Kayla. He smiled big. 'I should ask her on a date.....or just to go out as friends or something....'
***LATER***
"Yall needa quit picking on me!!!" Nick whined.
"Aw poor Nicky. Man that reminds me of this time when we were over in Germa..."
"No!! Rok don't even!!!"
"Anyway like I was saying..." he laughed at Nick's embarrassed face. "We were over in Italy touring and he was like 14 or something. Well some music station invited us to be guest. So we show up to this gig and Nick thinking he is being slick goes over and trys to jump on Kevin's back and ends up falling off the stage. He was ok because the fans caught him but it was so hilarious. Kevin turned at just the right moment and Nick fell. Or maybe just the wrong moment if you ask Nick." he laughed at the memory.
"That would suck so much..." Kayla said laughing as Nick covered his face with his hands.
"Brian you suck so much." Nick mumbled not taking his hands away from his face. "I'm going to get you back some day I swear."
"I know...Someday I'm sure you will Nick." Brian laughed. "Leigh babe, can I ask you a favor please?"
"Uh oh. You can ask but I can't promise I'll do it..."
"Can you give me a massage? Please?"
"Sure...where?"
"My shoulders and neck." he said as she walked behind him and started to massage his board shoulders. "Mmm....See Nick this is why you bring your girl out on the road with you."
"Really now? Is that why you bring me?" Leigh Anne asked teasingly.
"Oh no....I bring you because you are my wonderful wife and I love spending time with you." he said smiling with his eyes closed as she continued to massage his neck and shoulders.
"Good...I'm glad." she said kissing the top of his head lightly.
"Well Kayla since these tow love birds seem to be off in la-la land now, want to go walk around the venue? They are starting to make me sick." Nick laughed.
"Hey don't hate cause you don't have any body man." Brian said as he opened one eye to look at Nick.
"Uh huh whatever man. You want to go Kayla?" he asked heading to the door but still facing Kayla.
"Sure... I'll be back in a while. So don't ditch me Leigh." Kayla warned hopping down from her seat to catch up with Nick.
"You know I'm right and this will just prove it even more Kayla!!" Leigh Anne called before the door shut behind the two.
"So How have you been doing?" Kayla asked trying her best to keep up with Nick.
"I have been pretty good. It's exhausting being on tour and so I'm just trying to pace myself right now."
"Well how about pacing yourself so I can keep up...." she said almost running to keep up with his casual walk.
"What?" he said looking over at her and noticed she was having a hard time keeping up. "Oh sorry....how about we just sit and talk?" he said motioning toward the entertainment room.
"Sure." she agreed as they turned and walked into the empty room. It was filled with various things to keep the guys entertained backstage. Video games, bikes, and many other things. There was a love seat set up for a place to sit while playing with any one of the many game systems for the big screen TV. "Jeez, do you guys really use all of this stuff??"
"No..." he laughed. "It's insane. We usually do our own thing and this stuff just sits around back here without being touched." he said as he plopped onto the loveseat.
"So what do you spend your time doing?" she asked as she sat next to him, leaning her back against the arm of the seat so she could still see him.
"I call home a lot, and sleep. There isn't a whole lot to do on tour....being away from home really sucks."
"Oh I know....Doing a movie is the same way. It was so far away from home for me to shoot 'Payback' and I was always home sick for my family."
"I never thought of it like that... I would love to do some acting. I used to love it when I was a little kid. I hadn't done it in so long......" he said as he remembered. He stared into space reminiscing about his short child hood.
"You should go for it then. Never stop chasing your dreams. I guess that's obvious to you since you got as far as you have, But still keep it in the back of your mind."
"Yeah...You are right." he smiled. His eyes seemed to glow whenever he smiled. "So what inspired you to start acting?"
"When I was little my mother was very ill....and I used to pretend that I was really a princess and that my mom would be well again...." she said her voice trailing off slowly as a sad expression took over her features. She looked like she was faraway as she remembered all of the things from when she was growing up.
"Well she did get well didn't she?" Nick said cheerfully.
"No..."
"Oh....Oh my gosh...I am so sorry. I should have realized...." he mumbled feeling awful.
"It's alright..."
"No I'm so sorry."
"It's alright." she said forcing a smile at him.
"What happened to your dad? He is still around isn't he?"
"No....It was really hard on him when mom died. I lived with my Grandma and Grandpa..."
"I'm sorry Kayla. Really I am...."
"It's ok. I told you it's fine."
"Isn't there something I can do to make up being such a imbecile?"
"Yeah...There is."
"Anything..." he said hoping it wouldn't be too difficult.
"Go out on that date with me...I know I said no when you asked but I was hoping the offer was still standing..."
"You got a deal...." he said grinning. "How about tomorrow night? I have the night off before I go to Portland."
"Ok....Since you don't have a car with you is it alright that we break tradition and I drive?"
"No I'll pick you up. I'm supposed to be treating you remember? Just write down your address and I'll be there to pick you up at 7 sharp."
"Ok..." she smiled as she carefully wrote out her home phone and cell phone numbers and address. "Don't forget or I'll be disappointed."
"I would never." he said grinning as he folded up the slip of paper and stuck it in his pocket.
My Favorite Web sites
Home
Chapter 3
Girl On TV Index
htmlGEAR - free polls, guestbooks, and more!