"Man you guys walk fast. We almost had to run to catch up to you!" Howie said almost out of breath. We laughed. "So what exactly is the 'stuff' you got?" AJ asked me again "Oh you should see it she got sooo much stuff. and there's one dress that would look really good on her and..."Aaron broke in talking really fast answering AJ before I could say anything. "Hehehehe, from what I understood, sounds pretty cool." AJ replied to Aaron, we all snickered. We got off the elevator at our floor and headed for our rooms. As I realized I remembered "Oh man I completely forgot that I chained my room from the inside. I can only get in through Nick's room and I didn't get a key from him. urrghhh." I said outloud."Hehehe don't you just love me...?" Aaron giggled with a smile on his face "For what?" Howie asked him "Cause of how I think of everything..." Aaron continued smiling and pulled out the key to his and Nick's room from his pocket. "You are good Aaron. You've saved the day once again." I said smiling at him.
We walked in and were greeted by all the packages from fans and people in the community and the hospital for Nick. The guys were pretty shocked and wanted to be nosy but I didn't let them. As we walked through Nick's room the phone in my pocket rang "Oohh ringing pants.." AJ laughed. As I answered we walked into my room "Oh hey mom, I was just about to call you". I walked into the room first and sat down on the bed between packages. Howie and AJ's jaws dropped to the ground as they saw all the stuff in my room. I kept talking to my mom explaining to her all the details of the previous nights events as the guys snooped around at all the packages and flowers. AJ silently asked if he could open one of the boxes and I nodded. I continued talking to my mom and asked if I could keep the stuff, after much arguing she finally caved in. I watched as AJ opened the small flat white box with logo on it which I had never seen before. Howie and Aaron stood around watching him. He opened it and pulled out some kind of a sweater but that only had sleeves. The four of us looked at each other puzzled. As I was about to hang up Aaron decided that he wanted to talk to my mom so I gave him the phone. They talked for about 4 minutes and then Aaron hung up "I like your mom, ET she's really nice", thanks Aaron you should tell her next time.
Now what is this?" I looked puzzled again at the sweater that AJ was holding. He tossed it to me and I caught it "Well, is there some kind of letter or card? Read it." Howie asked and pulled a card out of the box. I held the sweater in my hands. It was extremely soft and felt like cashemere and it was a shiny lilac color. Howie read the card out loud. It was from a local designer who specialized in these sweaters. I held up the sweater. Unlike any other sweater it had 2 sleeves but no front and only the shoulder part of the back. When worn it would cover only the arms and upper back."Oh I get it now." Realizing how it was designed I put it on. "It's strange, but I like it." AJ commented. "So when and where did all this stuff come from?" Howie asked me. "Well remember u guys asked me to tell the front desk to hold all packages till this morning. Well when I was taking my shower they brought them all in. When I saw it all my jaw dropped to the floor like yours did." "Where are you gonna put all this stuff?" AJ asked "I don't know. The hard ones to put away will be those two." I said pointing to the two large cases. "What are they?" Howie asked "Open the black one, I haven't looked at the other yet."
AJ went over to the Tommy case and looked it over. He immediately noticed the logo. He looked at me for permission to open it and I nodded. He unzipped it and folded the covers back. Both of them just stood their mouths gaping. I walked up behind them "I know right? That's what I said". I rembered I hadn't opened the boxes in the bottom of the case so I leaned over and picked them up. They were pretty heavy."Hold this please." I put two of the boxes in AJ's hands while I put the one I had on the bed. "I haven't opened the boxes yet so I don't know what is inside." I said opening the sealed box. The box was the size of a shoe box. I lifted the cover and saw white shoe box paper. "Oh these are cool!" I said moving the paper, the three of them were patiently waiting to see. I pulled out a pair of Tommy sneakers that were supposed to come out in two months. They were pretty big in red, blue, and white the Tommy colors. The laces were completely clear. I turned around holding them up for the guys to see. "OH man, B-ROK has been wanting a pair of those since he found out they were coming out. He'll be sooo jealous!!" Howie said to me laughing "He might try to jump you for them." AJ added in "Think they'll fit?" I wondered out loud "Put them on and find out." He retorted.
I sat down on the bed and took my shoes off. I slipped on the sneakers without any problem and laced them up "WOW, they fit perfect and their really comfy, It usually takes me forever to find shoes that fit!" I stood up. The shoes were amazingly comfortable and fit as if they had been made for only me. "Maybe its cause you've got boats for feet" AJ laughed "SHUT UP goatee boy!" I threw a pillow at him hitting him square in the face. "DUDE, my arms are getting tired would you open these?" He said when we stopped laughing. I took the boxes from his hands and put them on the bed. They were identical to the other box except they were slightly wider and much longer. "Anybody wanna guess what's inside?" I asked looking up at them smiling. "A pair of pants." Aaron suggested. "Just open it..." the other two complained "Man all you are impatient!" I picked one of the boxes and opened it. Inside were a pair of black leather knee-high boots with a 2 inch high thick heel. "OH my Gaud". I picked up the boots and showed them to the guys. Howie and and AJ simotaneously whistled. I immediately put them down and opened the other box. Inside were an identical pair of boots but in silver instead of black. "I've always wanted boots like this but could never find them in my size let alone afford them!" I said gasping in dismay. AJ picked up the black pair. "Man these are hot. They'll look great on you" I took the sneakers off as fast as I could, put them back in their box and put on the silver boots. Just like the sneakers they fit perfectly "How do they feel?" Aaron asked staring at my feet "They feel like im walking on air. I walked around the room with them on, they felt great. "Well, looks like you don't need to go shopping for a while" Howie commented. "I know right".
"Hey can I open the other one?" Aaron asked me "Yeah sure, after this I won't be surprised at anything" I told him. I took the boots off and put them back in their box along with the rest of the shoes. I put the boxes back in the black case. "This one is from Calvin Klein" Aaron said, his tone of voice dropping being serious "What?" my head jerked up from behind the black case. "He's right it is." Howie added checking the card on the front "The card is almost exactly like the Tommy one". AJ who had been looking at a box on the bed and I almost ran over to the Aaron and Howie. Aaron opened the case as the three of us stood there waiting. At that time the rest of the guys walked in from Nick's room but none of us noticed. Aaron pulled back the front flaps and we just stared. Inside was a white long sleeved cotton blouse, a milk chocolate brown sleeveless vest, a see-through black long sleeved blouse and a couple of tank tops. Two long skirts, one was a deep chocolate brown and the other a metallic gray, a black miniskirt and a beige miniskirt. There were two boxes at the bottom, one the size of a normal book and the other the size of a shoe box.
"So here you guys are!" Kevin's voice came from behind us. His voice startled us and we jumped. "So what's the verdict?" Brian asked walking over "The verdict is she won't need to go shopping anytime soon." AJ answered. We talked about the clothes for five minutes then decided that I and Nick better get all our new stuff organized since we wouldn't have time tomorrow. The guys helped me put away all the stuff. Putting the smaller boxes, envelopes, and cards into the larger ones. Within twenty minutes everything was organized into four boxes, except for the cases, and the flowers and baskets. "You can keep the flowers here till before the concert tomorrow and put them in the bus before we go to the arena that way they don't die." Kevin suggested and so I did. We went to Nick's room and did the same thing. Like me he had only opened a few things but had seen that he had gotten several letters and chains with medallions from fans and stores. He also received a basket from the mayor and several flower baskets and arrangements. I noticed Nick's mood had returned to that of earlier in the morning during the water fight. While we were working we talked and joked around.
"So, why were u being Oscar the Grouch before?"I asked him at one point "Cause the pain killers had worn off and I wasn't feelin well." He answered. "You see, Nicky here has a very low tolerance for pain..." Brian added being funny. "Shut up." Nick shot back in defense but not being mean. "You are such a wuss you know that, that's why I always beat you at Mario Kart." "Oh yeah." "Yeah" They started joking around arguing and before I knew it I was in the middle of a pillow fight. They looked like four year olds on a playground. I had no choice but to join in or get trampled in their path. It only lasted about 10 minutes but it was enough to leave us winded. We re-composed ourselves and finished organizing all the stuff. "You know the bus is gonna look like a jungle tomorrow when we get all these plants in there." Kevin said as we sat around after finishing the job, he sounded a bit skeptical. "Hey at least we'll have tons of fresh oxygen, it'll never be stuff y." I commented.
Just then my phone rang today "Well your pretty popular today aren't you?" Brian teased "What can I say, I'm loved!" I answered smiling. I answered "Hello? hey so sup?" "Oh hey. My mom knew, Denise told her, she was so spazdic for a while and she was complaining till I got her to understand what happend. Cool, you should see how many people are calling me to find out what 'really' happened. "I can imagine." HEY GUESS WHAT?" "What?" "Tommy Hillfiger and CK sent me clothes!" "WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS?" "YEAH I'M talking they picked it out and sent it to me personally, and all these people sent me flowers and stuff, you'd think I was dead, Nick got like 3 times as much stuff and flowers as me its ridiculous." "OH GOD THAT'S SO AWESOME" I talked to Megan for a few minutes on the phone telling her what happened and I hung up. "So what did Megan say?" Howie asked "She didn't belive me so I told her to watch when we go on all those shows I'll wear them." The guys and I laughed."Am I the only one who is hungry?"