AJ’s point of view
"AJ, this is urgent, wake up!" were
the first words I heard when I opened my eyes.
I couldn’t be bothered with Nick after last
night, so I didn’t turn to face him. Instead I closed my eyes again.
"OK, I’m awake!" I grumbled.
"What do you want today!?"
"AJ, did you stick a knife in my mattress
last night?"
My eyes immediately snapped open,
"WHAT?!"
Nick didn’t reply, so I turned over and looked
over to his bed. My eyes widened as, sure enough, I saw a large kitchen knife
standing upright, with its point dug into the mattress, right next to his
exposed throat. Nick didn’t move an inch due to fear filled panic.
I quickly got up and went over to his bedside.
"God, look at that thing! It’s right next
to your neck!" I exclaimed. "Hey, it’s a good thing you didn’t roll
over onto this!"
"Oh, you think!" Nick stated
sarcastically. "If something like this happens again, I swear I’m gonna
flip or something!"
My eyes widened as I realised something
drastic, "I could have woken up…. And found you with your throat
slit!"
Nick looked at me with terror in his eyes,
"AJ, you’re not helping!!"
"Oh sorry, man!"
I was about to pull the knife out of his mattress
but he stopped me.
"Leave it! It might have prints on or
something!" he exclaimed.
Kevin’s point of view
After Kristin and me both being woken by my cell ringing, I looked at the alarm
clock on the bedside table. Honestly, 7:30am!
The promo interviews began at 10:45am! Yawning,
I reached for my cell phone. There was no way I was getting up now unless I
really had to. It was AJ’s number on my cell.
"AJ, if this isn’t important, I’m hangin
up," I stated calmly as I pressed the answer button.
AJ began to talk nervously, and my eyes
widened.
"YOU WHAT?!" I exclaimed, startling
both AJ, down the phone, and Kristin. "OK, stay there, I’ll be right
over!"
"What’s wrong?" Kristin asked.
"AJ said someone is trying to threaten or
kill Nick!" I stated.
I tried to stand up, but as my feet were
tangled in the bedsheets, I fell clumsily to the floor.
"Ouch, dammit!" I mumbled.
"Are you OK?" my wife asked. I rubbed
my head.
"Sure, no big deal!" I reassured,
stumbling to my feet and grabbing my T-shirt.
After we had all got up and piled into Nick and
AJ’s room, with the police and security, the officers soon discovered there
were no prints on the knife. It scared us, and terrified Nick, when we all saw
that the words ‘KEEP AWAY OR ELSE!’ were crudely etched onto the knife blade.
We all knew what this was about, but we made some excuse about fans or stalkers
being the culprit so we didn’t have to mention aliens. When the police and
security had left the room, Nick broke down in tears.
Brian and I quickly went to comfort him.
"Shh…. Calm down, you’re OK!" Brian
comforted.
"They’re after me now!" he dismayed.
"They’re not happy about me being with Jen so they’re trying to kill
me!"
This brought fresh tears to his eyes.
"Nick, if they wanted to kill you, they
would have done that already!" I stated. "It’s just a warning,
man!"
"Warnings can turn to actions if you’re
not careful though," Howie pointed out.
"We’ll need more security to be
safe," AJ added.
Nick tried to curl up in a ball in an attempt to protect himself, still shaken
by tears.
"It’s OK, man. Well, take care of
you!" I soothed, patting Nick on the back.
Brian’s point of view
"C’mon Nick, you can’t stay in here forever!" I stated, peering into
his room.
"I’m not going anywhere!" he replied
stubbornly. "Not after what’s just happened!"
I couldn’t force him to come. I would feel the same in his place.
"Look, do you want us to say you aren’t
feeling well?"
"Please. I’ll just stay here where its
safe," he answered quietly.
I sighed and left with the others.
The interviews went well, with few problems. I
felt bad about lying to the fans about Nick, but we knew it was vital we didn’t
tell the truth.
When we all got back, Nick was fast asleep. Howie
quietly made his way over to Nick’s bed.
"Poor guy! He musta cried himself to
sleep!" he stated, observing the two tear lines down my best friend’s
face.
"We’d better leave him alone for now"
I suggested, sitting down on the couch. The rest of the evening passed by
pretty uneventfully. Howie switched places with AJ for the night, and AJ was
grateful to get away from Nick for a while.
But we were getting two unexpected visitors that night.