Chapter
11
The four remaining Backstreet Boys barely made it through both
interviews and were all thankful when Mike informed them that the interviews
were finally over with for the day. When Sean stopped in front of the hotel to
let the boys out, Kevin and Brian threw the door open quickly and sprinted for
the front door of the hotel which led to the lobby. AJ and Howie followed the
path the two cousins had taken after they listened to Mike lecture about how
they should act while he is gone but before Mike could finish, AJ and Howie
slammed the van door shut and ran towards the lobby. After stopping a few
moments to look around the lobby for any sign of Brian or Kevin and not finding
any, they walked towards the elevator and waited patiently as it came down to
the floor they was on. After a few seconds, the elevator opened and they both
walked in and stood patiently as the elevator made its way up to their floor.
In the meantime, both Kevin and Brian sprinted for their suite while
they were both fishing through their pockets for the room key. Kevin found his
key first and increased his speed so he could open the door quickly. He was
hoping they would see that Nick had gotten tired of playing a joke and decided
to come to the suite to wait for the rest of the guys. He unlocked the door and
took in a deep breath as he pushed it open slowly.
Both Brian and Kevin let out a dissapointed sigh as they looked around
the main room of the suite. They was hoping they would find Nick sitting on the
floor by the TV concentrating on his video games. Kevin fought back the tears
he felt rise to his eyes as he watched the actions of his youngest cousin.
Brian walked up slowly to where the Nintendo was and bent down picking up one
of the game controllers as the tears started to silently fall down his face. He
whispered in a hoarse voice, "Where in the hell are you Nicky? We need
you, please come back safe to us. Please" as he drew back his arm and
threw the controller roughly at the wall. He then turned around and ran to his
room slamming the door once he entered the dark comfort of the room.
Kevin was about to run after his cousin when both AJ and Howie entered
the room and looked at the smashed Nintendo controller against the far wall.
Both looked at Kevin with questioning eyes and watched him as he ran his hand
through his hair and quietly said, "I will explain later. I need to check
on Brian." Both young men nodded as they threw their bodies down on the
couch and watched as Kevin walked to the room Brian ran in to and softly knock
on the door before he entered.
Kevin didn't wait for an answer and entered but squinted his eyes to
adjust to the darkness in the room which was a result of the tightly shut
blinds. He stumbled over to the closest lamp as he felt his way along the wall
and turned the light on. He looked towards Nick's bed and saw Brian curled up
in the center of the bed with his arms wrapped tightly around one of Nick's
pillows as the tears streamed down his face. Kevin cautiously walked towards
Brian and slowly sat down so he wouldn't startle Brian and started rubbing
Brian's back to comfort him. "Kev?" asked Brian in a small voice.
"Yeah Bri?" replied Kevin as he continued to try and comfort his
cousin. Brian rolled over on his back and looked in his cousin's concerned
green eyes with his tear filled blue ones. "What if Nick doesn't come back
Kev? I know he isn't playing a joke on us like Mike thinks he is. He would be
back by now if he was, what do we do?" There was a few moments of silence
as Kevin carefully gathered his thoughts to think of an answer. Kevin looked
into his Brian's anxious blue eyes and truthfully answered, "I don't know
Bri, I just don't know."
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