Chapter
6
Promptly at
six-thirty, the door to the room opened. Katelyn's eyes widened as AJ entered
the room, followed by Howie, then Nick, then Kevin, and finally, Brian. Two
bodyguards came in after Brian and closed the door behind them.
"Hello,
everyone!" AJ said, grinning at the group of about forty girls sitting on
the couches. There were a few happy squeals, but for the most part, the girls
remained nice and quiet. Katelyn gazed in awe at the five young men standing
just a few feet away from her. She could not believe she was this close to her
most favorite group in the entire world!
"We're
gonna start out by taking care of all the autograph signing and
everything," Kevin said. "The guys and I will be sitting down at that
table." He motioned to a table at the end of the room. "Just get into
a line, and you'll all get a chance to get our autographs."
With that the
five of them took their seats at the table. All the girls immediately jumped up
and raced over to get in line. Katelyn and Jennie got in line towards the end,
not wanting to be in the middle of pushing and shoving teeny-boppers.
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As the first
few girls stepped up to get their autographs signed by Kevin, who was at one
end of the table, Brian, who was sitting at the other end, scoped out the rest
of the girls. There were girls of all ages there, ranging from little girls
that looked no older than six to adult women.
He saw plenty
of pretty young women standing in line. Of course, he was engaged to Leighanne,
but that didn't mean he couldn't look at other women. As he studied the line of
girls, his eyes rested on two teenage girls standing almost at the end of the
line. Both were very pretty.
One was tall
and thin, with wavy, dark brown hair that hung to her shoulders and brown eyes.
She was dressed in a pink halter top, white capri pants, and sandals with a big
pink flower on each.
The other girl
was shorter, about 5'4", and also very thin. She was a very cute girl,
with short blonde hair and beautiful green eyes. She was dressed in a white tank
top and a pale blue flowered skirt and was wearing white platform sandals.
He noticed the
taller girl's attention seemed to be focused towards AJ. But the shorter,
blonde girl was staring right at him. Brian saw her blush when their eyes met.
He also blushed, embarrassed to have her catch him checking her out. He offered
her a smile. Her eyes widened, and she smiled sweetly back at him, her cheeks
growing even pinker.
By then, the
first girl had made her way down the line and handed Brian a picture of the
Backstreet Boys to sign. He smiled at her and talked to her for a moment before
signing her autograph. He did the same for the rest of the girls following
after the first.
After about
thirty minutes, he found himself looking up at one of the girls he had noticed
before, the tall brunette.
"Hi!"
she said, grinning at him.
"Hello!"
he said, returning her smile. "What's your name?" he asked.
"Jennie
Brookman," she replied. "That's spelled J-E-N-N-I-E."
"Okay,"
Brian said, scribbling out a message and his autograph on the jacket of her
Millennium CD and talking to her for a bit.
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