Chapter
1
By Rachel
Present Time
"Frack,
wake up," insisted Brian Littrell as he nudged his best friend, Nick
Carter in the side. He sighed heavily as his friend was either choosing to
ignore him and not respond or really was in a deep exhaustion induced sleep.
"Hey,
is Nick up yet?" asked Brian's cousin and fellow band member, Kevin
Richardson, as he stood up and reached towards the overhead compartment to get
his bookbag that was stored there.
"No,"
said Brian grumpily as he punched Nick in the shoulder hoping to wake him up,
but the only reaction he received was Nick moving away from his touch.
"Hey
Blondie! Wake up! Or I will tell each and every tabloid and teen magazine all
of your darkest secrets," threatened fellow band mate AJ McLean. He
grinned at Brian and Kevin as Nick's eyes flew open and he started to get up
from his seat.
"Nice
work, AJ," snickered Brian as he moved out of the way to let Nick out so
he could get his bookbag.
"Come
on let's get going. Howie already exited the plane without us and we need to
all stay together," stated Kevin with authority as he gently pushed Nick
to get him to start walking.
"I'm
going, Kev, I'm going," mumbled Nick sleepily as he slowly walked up the
aisle. At the exit of the plane stood the stewardesses whom wished them all a
nice stay in Scotland. Nick smiled at them sleepily and walked out the door
with Kevin, AJ, and Brian right behind him.
"Come
on Frack," said Brian as he grabbed Nick's arm and started dragging him
through the tunnel to the arrival area. Nick sighed and picked up his pace, so
his friends constant pulling wouldn't catch him off guard and he would fall
flat on his face.
Once
the group of four reached the arriving flights waiting area, they immediately
spotted their other bandmate, Howie Dorough, who sat impatiently in a chair
with a baseball cap pulled down over his eyes. "About time," he
mumbled as he got up once the group came over to where he was.
"Hey
no fair!" exclaimed Nick as Brian and AJ both pointed at him.
"He
was our problem, 'D. Don't get all testy with us," said AJ with a small
laugh.
"Yeah
whatever AJ. Lets go down and get our luggage so we can get out of this airport
and finally get this vacation started," said Howie.
"That
is the best idea I have heard all day," said Brian as he walked off
following Howie, AJ, and Kevin. When he exited the waiting room and was more
than halfway towards the elevators, he turned around and noticed Nick was
missing. "Guys wait up!" Brian yelled "Nicky is missing!"
All three of the men in front of him stopped abruptly and turned around to see
if Brian was joking or not. When they realized he wasn't they all started
walking back towards Brian.
"Don't
worry, Bri, he is probably in the waiting room asleep knowing him,"
laughed AJ.
"I'll
go get him," offered Kevin "You guys go down to the baggage claim and
we will meet you there." Without waiting for a response, Kevin broke out
into a run and quickly made it the waiting room. Just as suspected, Nick was
sitting in one of the chairs with his bookbag in his lap and his arms resting
on the bookbag with his head resting on his arms. Kevin chuckled slightly to
himself and walked over to the sleeping blond. "Nicky, wake up," said
Kevin "The quicker you get up, the quicker we can leave, and the quicker
we can get to the house and all get some sleep."
"Sleep;
good," mumbled Nick.
Kevin
rolled his eyes and said, "Yes Nick, sleep is good. Come on." Nick
got up slowly and looked around the waiting room with sleepy blue eyes.
"Come on Nick," repeated Kevin as he gently grasped Nick's arm and
lead him out of the waiting room.
"Hey
guys," greeted Brian as he seen Nick and Kevin exit the elevator and make
their way towards them.
"Hi,"
said Kevin
"Nice
to see you awake, Sleeping Beauty," snickered AJ as he watched Nick's eyes
slowly start to close.
"Ha
ha, AJ you just humor me too much," Nick mumbled.
"Well
buddy that is what you get for playing video games all night and not getting
any sleep," stated Brian as he brought Nick's luggage over to him.
"By the way we got all the luggage," Brian told Kevin as Kevin
started to walk towards the baggage claim.
"That
is good. Thanks guys," Kevin replied "All we have to do now is rent
the cars and we can go to the house."
"Yippee,"
mumbled Nick receiving a cold stare from the group.
"Let's
go," sighed Kevin "This is gonna be a long trip," he thought to
himself.
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