Brian got out of the shower and didn't even bother to dry his hair. He flopped down on his bed and turned the TV on. He was burnt. As much as promotional tour were helping them get exposure, especially in the United States were they were getting started, the Backstreet Boys hated them. They were just work, work, work, and even more work. Opposite to ordinary tours which were just, well, work, work and a lot more sleep allowed, and even time to eat.

They were touring the US. Their second album worldwide - their US debut - had been released a month before and now all they seemed to be doing were interviews after interviews, with a show to top it all in the evening. They had little time to sleep and relax. They ate at full speed in the bus, or car between two interviews. They started their nights sleeping on the bus while travelling from a city to another, and in the middle of the night, when they were in the city, they went inside hotel rooms.

They were in New York that day, and since lots of TV shows are recorded from NYC, they were staying there two days. It meant a full night in an hotel, sleeping rather comfortably if you compare to a tour bus.

There wasn't much on television. That late, there's only infomercials and porn. And Brian was to exhausted for either one of them. He turned off the TV and was getting ready to go to sleep when someone knocked on his door.

Brian got up and looked at himself. His hair was wet and all he wore was a towel around his waist. But he didn't have the energy to put clothes on. He could only hope that on the other side of the door weren't obsessed fans with their cameras.

He sighed. "Comin'! Hold on."

Brian opened his door and was surprised to see Liam. "Hi, Liam. Is something wrong?"

Liam was one of the two security guards that had been hired recently. They used to have only three bodyguard, but their managers decided that it would be better is they had five. So they had hired Liam and another one, Greg, a few days before they released their new album.

"Hmm, no, I just needed to talk to you about something... May I come in?"

"Yeah, sure." Brian said, wondering what was going so important that Liam would bother him so late.

Little did he know his whole life would change that night.

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