"Ungh," Nick groaned from behind Alesha and AJ. "Leshangel, are we almost done?"
"What's the matter Nickums?" she asked walking back to him and kissing him on the cheek.
"I'm bored, I'm tired, and I'm starving to death," he whined.
"Oh my GAWD!!" AJ shrieked with excitement.
"Oh Lord," Nick groaned. "We're gonna be here for another freaking hour."
"We can go sweetie," Alesha said putting her arms around his waist.
"No," he shook his head sadly. "You don't understand. That," he pointed in the direction AJ had just wandered, "is a shoe store. A funky shoe store. An AJ shoe store." Nick sighed. "I'll be back," he grumbled as he walked off.
"What's wrong with him?" Alesha asked walking up next to AJ. "Yuck Agee. Those are nasty," she said wrinkling her nose and shaking her head.
"What? These?" he held up a pair of SHINY black leather shoes with BRIGHT red wing tips and laces. "And where in the world did you come up with AGEE?"
"Does it bother you?" she asked grinning. "And yes, those," she pointed at the shoes, "those are disgusting. Bleah." She stuck her tongue out and crossed her eyes.
"Haha. That was cute," he laughed. "Nick hates shopping. I'm surprised he's lasted this long. And no, it doesn't bother me. It's cute...just...weird..."
"OHMIGAWD!! You're like AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys," a pretty blonde girl slid up next to him and smiled at him adoringly.
"At your service MiLady," he answered with mock chivalry. He grinned looking her up and down with approval. Alesha shook her head and made the "bleah" face again. AJ cracked up.
"Could I have your autograph AJ? Please?" the girl begged. She kept glancing over at Alesha with death in her glare.
"Sure Darlin," AJ said smiling softly. "What's your name?"
The girl was almost faint she was swooning so bad. "Carly," she said so quietly she was almost whispering. "Your biggest fan."
TO CARLY, MY BIGGEST FAN...STAY BEAUTIFUL ALWAYS...AJ MCLEAN
"Oh THANK YOU," she gushed hugging him tightly. "By the way, is that - " she pointed rudely at Alesha, "your girlfriend?"
"Nope," a voice answered from behind Alesha as a pair of strong arms encircled her, "she's mine."
"NICK!!!" Carly squealed. "You're Nick Carter!!"
"That's the rumor, yeah," he answered smiling.
Carly showered him with compliments as she wedged herself between him and Alesha. Nick was busy chatting with her, so he didn't notice that Alesha had slowly wandered off.
AJ stopped grumbling about "once AGAIN being shunned for Boy Wonder" when he seen Alesha walk off. He walked over to the silver kiosk where she was browsing. "Hey girlie. What'cha doing over here?" he asked.
"Huh? Oh," she smiled at him. "I just...I guess I hafta get used to that, don't I?"
AJ blinked in confusion. Then it dawned on him what she was talking about. "OH!! You mean Ms. Thang over there." He laughed, "Lesha darling...trust me, she is NOT his type."
"And I am?" Alesha asked raising an eyebrow.
"Definitely," AJ nodded. "Cmon," he said putting his arm around her and steering her back in the direction of Nick and his small gathering of admirers.
As they walked up, AJ said loudly, "Excuse me ladies, I was wondering if I could borrow my friend here for a moment."
All of the girls turned around and shrieked "AJ!!!" as they swarmed him. He winked at Alesha who was almost in tears she was laughing so hard. Nick took the opportunity to sneak away and put one arm around her pulling her to him. The other he put behind her head, locking his fingers in her hair. He kissed her gently yet passionately. "Thank GOD!" he murmured. "Sorry about that."
Alesha smiled and shrugged, "Just takes some getting use to. Not use to having to share my boyfriend with the whole world."
"Ahhh, but my heart stays with you," he said smiling.
"Hey!! That's D's line," she said swatting him on the arm.
"Told you that, did he?" Nick asked kissing her on the neck.
"Every night for about 6 months," she said giggling as he tickled her neck with his cheek stubble.
"Ahh...but did he say nobody but you?" he asked whispering in her ear.
"No, I believe that was Kevin who said that to me," she grinned and tangled her fingers in his hair.
"Mmmm...did he also say he'd never break your heart?" he asked nibbling her earlobe.
"Ummm...no, uh, that would be Brian who said that to me," she said running her fingers through his hair and then her hand down his face.
"I see...did he ask you to lay down beside him, too?" he asked looking deep in her eyes as she traced his lips with her finger.
"No...if I remember correctly, and I do get them mixed up," she grinned, "AJ asked me that right after I was through with Howie."
Taking her finger in his mouth, he playfully bit it and said, "Well, I know he didn't tell you this." and he pulled her over and sang softly.
o~/I need you tonite/I need you right now/I know deep within my hear/Doesn't matter if it's wrong or right/I really need you tonite/~o
"Actually Baby," she said softly. "Some REALLY gorgeous guy sings that to me ALL the time."
"What?!?" he asked pouting. "That's my song. What the hell type of creep steals my lines?"
"Well, darlin', he's over 6' tall, sweet blonde hair, beautiful blue eyes, a wonderfully kissable mouth -"
"Wonderfully kissable, eh? Hmph," he interrupted and pouted some more.
"Yeah, wonderfully kissable...a soft sexy voice. He stole my heart quite unexpectantly as well as your lines...quite the lil thief that guy."
He grinned at her and started kissing her again. AJ came over tapped him on the shoulder and in his best Brian voice said, "Censored." He shook his head, "Dude. Getta room. There's children. Ya'll are disgusting."
"Oh Bone, you're just jealous cause you're still single."
"Shaddup," AJ said smacking him lightly in the head.
"Speaking of which, Agee, my friend Lori is flying down here in a couple of days. She's single...and really cute," Alesha said. She grinned as she seen the spark of interest in AJ's eyes.
"Oh really?" he asked raising his eyebrows.
"But unfortunately, I'm not sure that I'll bring her around ya'll."
"WHAT?!? A beautiful SINGLE woman, and you're gonna deprive me of the pleasure?" AJ screeched.
"Don't want ya to think that I'm using ya'll."
"Use me, abuse me, but NEVER tease me..."AJ said grinning.
Alesha laughed, "She arrives in like 2 days. Don't know if you'll be able to handle this."
AJ grinned, "If she's anything like you, I'm sure it'll be all good."
Nick scowled at AJ. "Man stop making googoo eyes at my woman," he said putting his arm around her and standing between them.
"That's right baby. Protect me from the nasty man," Alesha giggled.
"I am NOT making googoo eyes. Alls I'm saying is that Alesha is a groovy hip chick. I hope her friend is half as cool."
"Come on ya'll. We gotta get ready for tonite."
o~/Dancin'/Dancin'/become a dancin' machine/all night long/dancin'machine/and all things AJ McLean/~o
AJ sang on the way out of the mall, shaking his butt the whole way.
"That," Nick pointed at AJ, "is just disturbing." He shook his head.
"Yes, that boy definitely has issues," Alesha agreed.
They loaded all of their packages into AJ's Expedition and pulled out of the parking lot. "Dammit," AJ grumbled as he almost ran over a group of people who decided to walk out in front of him. "I knew I should have bought that license plate frame from Spencer's."
"Which was that?" Nick asked.
They all cracked up when he answered. "The one that said: WARNING: HORN BROKE, WATCH FOR FINGER."
