"Baby you have to get up, come on I have rehearsal and you made plans with Chia and Lex..come on baby" Howie whispered in his sleeping girlfriend's ear. He kissed her neck and that elicited a small sigh.
The previous evening Allie had drunk too much and she had passed out in the limo, Howie carried her up to his room and put her to bed, he slept on the couch.
"Howie, make the room stop spinning, and tell Bubba to stop playing the drums or I am going to go haywire on his ass..." Allie moaned.
Howie tried not to laugh as his girlfriend whined. He went into the washroom and started the shower, he knew the only way he was going to get her out of bed was to pick her up and put her in the shower himself. HE gathered her in his arms, sheets and all and sat her in the bathtub, turned on the shower and jumped back as the cold water hit her.
"What the .....Oh my god" Allie jumped up and fiddled with the faucets..
"Howie!!"
Howie laughed and left the penthouse, laughing as he locked the door. "That'll teach her to drink tequila."
~~**~~
Allie stumbled into the lobby of the hotel, in a pair of old jeans, one of Howie's sweatshirts and his baseball cap. She looked up as she heard snickering.
"I see someone had fun at the awards last night" Kevin laughed.
"Real funny Kev, now where the hell is my sister?"
"Probably upstairs with AJ, call up to them and tell them to move their asses, we are late for rehearsal."
Allie tried AJ's room and screamed at them to get up..."IF I had to get my hung over ass up then you do to!!!" she slammed down the phone and collapsed in one of the lobby's chairs beside Kevin.
"I think I am dying"
"Not a drinker I take it...." Kev laughed.
"Hey baby, here is a large black expresso, that should chase the hangover away." Howie grinned and picked her up and placed her in his lap.
Allie gulped it down and her eyes almost bugged out of her head.."Holy that is strong enough to take the harness off a nightmare" Allie yelped, remembering her father's favorite saying. She leaned back onto Howie's chest as was soon asleep.
"Hey sleeping beauty..let's go" Chia knudged her sister.
Allie cracked her eyes open and saw the boys looking at her with amused expressions..
"Do you know you snore" Nick teased.
Howie and AJ kissed the twins goodbye and left. The 3 girls decided to go shopping in the fashion district as they talked.
"So Lexi have you had the talk with Nick yet?" Allie asked.
"No, and I really might not have to."
"What do you mean?"
"Well I ran into Ricky and all my old friends last night and I realised how much I miss them, I think I am quitting BSB and tour with Ricky." Lex replied.
"But Lex, I thought you were loving being on tour with the guys.."Chia reasoned.
"I am enjoying it but I really miss my old troop and I think I am going to talk to management today and see if they will cancel my contract."
"Lex, I am not going to stand in your way, you know what is best for you, and if this is what you want I say go for it." Allie hugged her cousin and the 3 kept shopping.
~~**~~
The guys were finished rehearsing and they split up to take advantage of their afternoon off. Nick and Brian went to shoot hoops, Kevin was going to do some site seeing , AJ went back to the hotel to take a nap and Howie decided to do some shopping. He wanted to buy his mom and elephant, his mom collected elephants and Howie tried to buy an elephant in every city he went.
~~**~~
9 days later
"Howie I can't believe that it is time for me to go back to Orlando, the time has flown." Allie was trying to pack all her new purchases into her suitcase.
Howie laughed as he watched Allie jump on her suitcase trying to get it to close. "Baby, why don't you go and buy another bag and we can pack some of these into the new one." Howie pulled Allie into his chest and held her tight. He buried his nose into her hair and drew the fragrant strawberry scent into his nose.
He was driving her to the airport in 5 minutes and he was trying to make every second count.
~~**~~
Chia and AJ were waiting in the lobby for Howie and Allie, they had one day left before the boys left to continue their tour. Lexi had left the previous day to start rehearsing for Ricky's upcoming American tour.
~~**~~
Allie and Howie broke apart and walked hand in hand down to the waiting car.
"Ready Allie cat?" Chia walked arm in arm to the car, while Howie and AJ carried the overstuffed bags to the limo.
Nick was already waiting in the car and scooted over to let Howie and Allie sit. There was little talk on the way to the airport, Howie and Allie holding onto the precious moments they had left together.
When they arrived at the airport Nick said his goodbye first "Well Red, you take care, and don't work too hard. I will call you at our usual time tomorrow." Nick hugged Allie. Allie smiled and handed him a small package "I almost forgot this." Nick smiled as he opened the box and saw the identical ring he had bought her. He turned it over to read the inscription "Nicky, you are my consience Love Red."
Nick hugged her tightly and walked back to the car.
AJ hugged Allie and told her to have a safe trip, Chia and Allie looked at each other with tears running down their faces "Well Chia Pet this is it, keep making me proud" Allie hugged her sister and whispered "remember daddy and momma are always watching over you" Chia nodded and kissed her goodbye.
Howie and Allie walked hand in hand to the boarding terminal and they just stood silent with their arms wrapped around each other. Allie spoke first
"Pooh, thank you for a wonderful 2 weeks, the memories we made will be with me forever."
Howie kissed her and said "Sweet pea I love you with all my heart, know that every minute we are apart that I am thinking about you and counting the seconds until we can be together again." Howie picked up her hand and kissed the finger which wore the ring "Keep the story in your heart and know that one day that the crown will be worn up." He wiped away the tears that were staining her face and kissed her one last time.."I love you"
Allie walked onto the plane and waved until she could no longer see the
group. She sat back in her seat and closed her eyes. Her thoughts
drifted
back to the 13 days she had just spent in England. She remembered
talking to
Nicholas Cage, the way Howie laughed when he threw the Winnie the Pooh
doll
at her, and how could she forget the night of the awards when Howie
proclaimed to the world that they were a couple. Allie smiled and was
soon
asleep.
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