-Their Game-Memphis watched Nick as he fled from the room. What had she done wrong? She was pretty sure that he liked the kiss. The shock that flew between them was pretty strong and she could have sworn he looked shaken. But… maybe she said something. No… cause she didn’t say anything. Maybe… She sighed, knowing she wouldn’t figure this one out on her own. She decided that talking to AJ would probably be her best bet. Considering they had been getting along pretty well. And Nick and him seemed to be close so maybe he could help her out. Memphis stepped out of the room and down the hall. It occurred to her that she didn’t know exactly which room was AJ. How was she suppose to figure it out? But to her luck, the elevator at the end of the hall dinged and AJ appeared, sunglasses, hat and all. “Hey Mem, whatcha doin?” AJ asked, coming towards her and reaching in his back pocket for his hotel key. “I needed to talk to you but… I didn’t know which room was yours.” Memphis looked at him with a weak smile. He stopped and met her eyes. “What’s going on? Where’s Nick? If everything okay?” “Calm down Aje,” Memphis laughed in spite of her upset disposition. AJ was really over protective of his friends. “I… well… can I explain this to you inside?” “Sure,” AJ nodded, leading the way into his room. Once inside, Memphis explained the whole situation to AJ. About the singing, and then the really sweet kiss. And then about how Nick ran out of the room like it was on fire and how she didn’t know if she did something wrong or what. By the end of her little back-story, tears where falling down her face. AJ engulfed her in a big hug, petting her hair tenderly. Howie made his way down the hall. He was going to do it… he was going to tell AJ how he felt. It couldn’t be that hard. Honestly… so what if AJ was like, the pimp extraordinaire… and Howie’s feelings where being put on the line. So what if Howie might get his heart broken… “Oh god I can’t do this,” Howie stopped outside of AJ’s door. Just then he realized the door was open. He picked inside and gasped at what he saw. AJ’s arms where wrapped around a female figure and he was kissing her head. That’s when he realized that female figure was Memphis. Nick’s girlfriend. What the hell was going on and where was Nick? Howie quickly made his way back to his room, not sure what he was feeling. Just as he stepped inside, the phone rang. “Hello?” He answered and listened as Brian told him that he should come over, “Why?” he asked, wondering what all this was about. All he heard was it had to do with AJ. He slammed his phone down and made his way quickly over to Brian’s room. “Howie… feels the same?” Nick stood shocked at his words. He didn’t think that Howie loved AJ back. That made things so much easier! Now, maybe he could be with Memphis, Howie could make the first move on AJ and things would be set up perfectly. If only life could be that easy. “Yes,” Brian nodded, opening the door to an urgent knock. Howie came in and stopped in his tracks when he saw Nick, “I… weren’t you…” Howie pointed into the hall and shook his head. This was getting very complicated. “Weren’t I what?” Nick asked, looking at him in confusion. “AJ… he was with Memphis… and…” Howie trailed off, never very sure that he could bring himself to say what he saw. Maybe he was just over reacting. Maybe it was a friendship hug. After all, Memphis and AJ where pretty good friends. They hung out all the time… alone… “AJ and Memphis where what? What where they doing?!” Nick stepped forward, on the line that bordered sanity and insanity. “Hugging… really close… and AJ kissed…” Howie trailed off, tears forming in his eyes. Nick was out of the room in a flash, taking off in the direction of AJ’s room. Jealous swam through him. ‘God, this is only the first week of tour.’ Brian thought before chasing after him.
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