Tour

"BEEP....BEEP....BEEP" darn clock, you always wake me up in the middlle of a good BSB dream, Oh MY GOD today is Tuesday. I think to my self as I reach over and shut off that infernal alarm clock. The beeping is soooo irritating. It's 7:00 AM Tuesday Morning. LAst night I could barely sleep. All I could think of was that tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Frack, Frick, Kev, Sweet-D, and Bone are picking me up to tour with them for a whole month, a WHOLE MONTH- Thankyou God. You see two months ago I was listening to my fave radio station, and out of nowhere I hear Chris MArino say " caller ten now at ------- is going to win the chance to tour with the Backstreet Boys around the US for a whole month on their bus, and will get $5,000 dollars in spending money". Needles to say that I raced to the phone and dialed, although not with much hope since everytime I had tried to win concert tickets before it never happened. But I won. Today is that incredulous day. Those five gorgous guys are going to be here in two hours. It's 8:15 AM I'm running through the house extatic, my mom is yelling at me " Erika, sit down and eat breakfast RIGHT NOW OR YOUR NOT GOING ANYWHERE TODAY!!!" Alrighht mom, allright, Megan am I turning red?, I feel red and really warm, Is my skin breaking out? I feel it breaking out." I say all in one breath within 15 seconds. Megan is my best friend in the whole wide world. She slept over last night so she could be there to see me off and because she is obsessed with AJ. "Erika, CHILL OUT, STOP. BREATH, your gonna pass you if you don't relax. We did a full facial cleanup last nigh there is no way your skin will break out unless you stop running around" she says to me, trying to put a bit of irritation in her voice but it can't cover her own excitement. We are sitting at my kitchen counter having breakfast, or at least looking like it so my mom will stop complaining. I don't know what I would do if Megan wasn't here. I am so nervous that my whole body is shaking. I take a shower, after all I've ben sweating like a pig from nervousness, it's my 5th shower in three days. It's 8:45. Oh my God, oh my God only 1 hour and 15 minutes... ok Erika relax, breath, count to ten.

"Megan I keep thinking that I'm forgetting something. I know I'm not but lets check" I say in a worried tone. She rolls her eyes at me and lets out a big sigh of real frustration "THAT"S ENOUGH, you've been running around for the last 3 days like a chicken wth her head cut off, everything is packed, me and your mom checked it twice. CHILL." I can't contain myself, I'm shaking from excitement.It's 9:15. Me, my mom, Megan. My brother, and my dad are sitting at the kitchen counter talking about nonsense till the camera crews get here. There's going to be a TV station camera and a crew from the boys to tape me leaving with them to use it in a video. In my mind I am going over what I'll say and do and make sure I won't pass out or act real stupid in front of everyone, especially the guys. I'm packed, I have two suitcases, my dad's camera bag with a camera and 12 rolls of film, and a carry bag with my 'personal stuff'.

The crew's are finally here...in excitement & nervousness. It's 9:50 and the boy's crew tell me that the bus has just gotten off I-95 and will be here in 5 minutes. Strangely I'm both nervous and calm. All the TV and newspaper people have been asking me tons of questions, they are so irritating..arrgghhh. ...I don't know how the boys stay so nice & polite to them. My friends are all here and we are in the house, along with like 50 other people waiting.

We hear a loud horn. It doesn't sound like a normal horn it play the first 6 notes of "Everybody". I ruuuunnn out of the house, Megan is right next to me. We get to the side walk. All my neighbors are standing around being busybodies but I don't care. And then..we see it. A HUGE travel bus painted in the guys' favorite colors- green, blue, yellow, and purple. We all laugh. Brian is at the wheel of the bus. Kevin and Nick are holding the bus driver so he won't make Brian move."...ha.ha.ha.. I can tell that this is going to be the best moth of my life..hahahaha.."

Tour Part 2