She decided to dress in a simple way. A deep blue, her hair down and a little bit of makeup. She wanted to look nice but not too dressy. She drove to the meeting point in the car she had rented earlier that day. It was a nice little French restaurant where they could do the interview without being interrupted.
When she got there, the Backstreet Boys were already there and they all looked really handsome. It was a fancy restaurant so she was glad she had put on a dress. Alicia took a deep breath and walked toward them. Brian looked up and asked her if she had a paper and a pen. She was surprised but handed them to him. He signed his name on the paper, gave it to Alicia and joined the guys’ conversation. “Thanks a lot Mr. Littrell.” she said, almost laughing. “My name is Alicia Crew and I’m the reporter.” “Oh..... sorry. I thought you were a fan.” he said in an embarrassed voice. “That’s OK.”
She had everyone’s attention now. They all got up, shook her hand and tried to pull her chair but five men was definitly too much for this task and they looked very funny. They started by ordering and talked about different things until the food arrived. Alicia started to ask them the questions she had prepared that afternoon. “What you do in your spare time?”, was her first question. “I like watersports.” Nick said. “Actually, Miss, Frack likes to mess up the house whenever he has the time!”, AJ replied. “That’s not true! What AJ always does is telling us he’ll cook dinner and then ruin it!”, Nick fought back. “Come on, that only happened once!” “Next question.” She didn’t wanted them to start a fight over a simple question.
Over the next hour, she asked them questions about their concerts, the next tour and the upcoming album. She was now getting in the more personnel questions. “Do any of you have a girlfriend?” “I do and Brian does too.” Kevin answered. “Is there any marriage coming up soon?” “I don’t know. Maybe.” “What about you Brian?” He hadn’t said much since the beginning of the interview and what Alicia hadn’t notice was that he hadn’t taken is eyes off her for a second. “Sorry?” He looked at her with a weird look on his face. Alicia repeated the question. “Oh no. It’s not that serious.” he answered quickly. She nodded and asked another question. Half an hour later, the interview was over. “Well, I want to thank you all very much for your time. The article should be in the November edition.” She shook their hands, thanked them again and left.
She was walking toward her car when she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around, a bit scared. It was Brian Littrell. “Hi! I’m sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you needed a ride home.” he asked. “Thanks a lot Mr. Littrell but I have a car.” She smiled at him and started walking. “Could I invite you to dinner tomorrow?” he tried. “Actually, I have another interview tomorrow but thank you for the offer.” She sat in her car, waved good bye and left the parking lot. Brian stared at the road until the car turned at a corner. He had been very impressed by Alicia and found her beautiful. He promised himself to find this girl and ask her out.