"So Vanessa," Deanna said later that night. "Were you sick this morning?"
"No," Vanessa replied. "Why?"
"No reason," Deanna said quickly. "Not even a little queesy?"
"I was just fine," Vanessa said, thoroughly confused.
Leigh, Grayson, and Dallas came into the room where Deanna was not so subtly interrogating Vanessa.
"Hey, I was wondering how much alcohol has everyone consumed this weekend?" Dallas asked. "I only had a couple glasses of champagne last night at midnight.
Shivers ran through Leigh, "Omigod, 'N Sync song!"
"What?" Dallas asked.
"Kiss Me at Midnight," Leigh answered. "On the holiday album. None for me."
"No kisses at midnight?" Grayson asked. "Or no holiday 'N Sync."
"I meant alcohol," Leigh sighed. "But holiday 'N Sync is a little scary. Eww."
"So Vanessa?" Dallas asked.
"Well I had some wine on New Years Eve and a beer or two the day before," Vanessa said.
"You haven't gotten smashed?" Deanna asked.
"Would someone who's supposed to be pregnant be getting drunk?" Vanessa asked sarcastically.
"Whatever do you mean?" Grayson asked innocently.
"I'm not pregnant, I wasn't drunk, and I love Kevin," Vanessa said.
"Where were you born?" Leigh asked.
"New York City," Vanessa answered.
"So no green card necessary?" Dallas asked, laughing.
"Nope," Vanessa said. "And I wasn't forced at gunpoint."
"Why in the world would you marry Kevin?" Deanna unconsciously asked.
"I don't know," Vanessa said. "Can you think of a good reason to marry Howie?"
"Maybe a couple...smart, funny, great body, I love him... wait a minute. I get it now," Deanna said, sheepishly.
"Any further interrogation?" Vanessa asked.
No one asked a question so Vanessa asked Leigh: "Where were you and Nick when Kevin was beating up 'N Sync?"
"Watching the Rose Bowl," Leigh said.
"Where?" Dallas asked.
"His hotel room," Leigh said. "Is there a problem with that?"
"Only if there were umm...extracurricular activities going on," Dallas said.
"Like the ones that kept you in Brian's room last night?" Grayson asked Dallas.
"You could saaaaay that," Dallas said, blushing.
"What about you Deanna?" Vanessa asked. "How did you and Howie spend the New Year?"
"Consumating our relationship," Deanna drawled. "Actually he made a picnic, we went out to the desert and he...
At the same time in the hotel room next door
"So Kevy-Kev, has Vanessa been a liitle sick in the mornings lately?" Brian asked his cousin.
"Not that I know of," Kevin said. "But morning sickness doesn't start until the second or third month I think."
"So she is pregnant?" Nick asked.
"Of course she is," Kevin said. "Why else would we get married?"
"Because you were engaged?" Nick asked.
Brian hit Nick upside the head and then hit Kevin, "How could you be so careless?"
"What?" Kevin asked.
"Condoms Kevin! Condoms!!!" Brian said.
AJ looked up from his book and said, "Did I hear the magic word?"
"No AJ the magic words are 'the test came back negative Mr. McLean,'" Kevin said sarcastically.
"Which one? The pregnancy test, the drugs test, or the HIV test," AJ asked.
"A negative answer would make you happy in all three right now, I think," Howie said.
"Oh yeah," AJ said. "Sooo why is Brian talking about trojans....Trojan Man...hey! Now we know why Brian chose that commercial."
Brian blushed, "Hey, at least Dallas isn't pregnant!"
"Neither is Vanessa," AJ said.
"Kevin just said she was!" Nick said.
"Dude! She was drinking champagne two nights ago...AFTER THEY GOT MARRIED!!!" AJ said.
"Oh yeah," Brian said. "I'm gonna kill you Kevin!"
"Why? Because I told you what you wanted to hear?" Kevin asked. "That Vanessa and I got married because we love each other wasn't SPICY enough for you. She had to be pregnant."
"Spice up your life. Every boy and every girl....MMMbop, bop, bop, do-wop, crazy little party girl," Nick sang while dozing on the couch. He continued, "Hit me baby...it's tearin up my....I'll never make you cry...Alright calm down, relax, start breathing...I get it on for the Nookie...what?...my name is...what? the Nookie? so you can tke that cookie...I'm the quarterback...I'm popular...I love you, you love...who do you love?"
"ENOUGH!!!" AJ yelled right in Nick's ear.
"Damn, that was my ear," Nick said groggily.
"Yeah and you just sang everything from Spice Girls to Barney," Howie said.
"Really?" Nick asked. "Who's Barney?"
"So Howie," AJ said. "You said you and Deanna went out to the desert yesterday...what happened?"
"Oh yesterday came suddenly," Nick sang. He stopped when he saw the evil eye AJ was sending his way.
"Well, we had a picnic and I..."
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