Me, my BSB best friend Allison, my music best friend Donal and another friend Tyron were all going to the gym at our hotel to muck about. Tyron, Donal and I did that daily but this was the first time Allison joined us. We were all hanging around (literally) trying to decide whether or not to go jetski-ing when this lady came in. She was black with looong hair and she was really nice. She was like “ Are you guys really exercising? If not I have a group who’d like to use the gym later.” We said sure, we could go swimming.

When she left Donal suggested we go swimming now so we’d be warm for our afternoon workout. So we all raced to the pool. We all threw off our clothes and the guys did cannonballs. Allison slid in and I was going to follow her example when I saw the same lady talking to a blonde guy at the other end. I dove in and swam over to tell her the gym was free when she wanted it.

So I go over and say hi, the gym is free whenever you want it and the guy looks straight at me and says thanks. If I hadn’t been able to stand in that water I would have drowned right in front of Nick Carter.

After blubbing a few times I grabbed onto the side (which was nearby) and held on tight. The others noticed my predicament and came over to help but they weren’t much help especially when the rest of the guys came down to swim too.Allison was freaking over AJ and the guys were just overwhelmed.

So there we all are looking like we’d all gotten hit with some thing heavy in the back of our heads and who could be sure that we hadn’t. And there are the BSBs and Fatima trying to make sure that we’re all okay.

When we’d gotten over the initial shock we all decided that swimming would not be in our best interests so we decided on pool volleyball. There was a net and a pool on the far side so we made good use of them. Would you believe that Howie is almost an expert at pool volleyball?

After losing two games we decided that swimming would be a better alternative to getting beat again so we decided on some races to get the blood going. Allison and AJ were out since they had discovered each other and were discussing the new album and the island in general.

I came third in the races a little in front of Kevin who was swimming pretty lazily and because I had a good hold on Donal’s shorts.

After almost an hour of frolicking around in the pool the guys decided they were ready for the gym so Donal and I went to run laps on the beach while the other two did what they do best. Nothing. We came back and did some poolside sit-ups (that’s where you hang on the side so that when you go down your head is underwater.) We dried off and went to run the stairs between the 3rd and 4th floors. So we could stop for water on the way down. After 15 minutes of that we headed down to the bar for something with more flavor than water. We dragged our athletically impaired friend from their loungers and we headed over to the poolside bar and guess who we bumped into fresh from the gym?

They treated us to drinks and when the rest of us had gravitated towards the poll for a second sesh in the pool Allison came out reeling because AJ had asked her to dinner.

I unfortunately wasn’t much better. Nick had planned on going scuba diving and invited me to come along. I made the score even by inviting him to go jetski-ing with me. Donal and Tyron had interested the rest of the guys in a three on three basket ball game (Fatima included) and they all went up to change.

That left AJ and Allison on their own so we invited them to come with us so after packing towels, juice and ourselves into our hired car we all set off for the scuba shop suggested by the hotel entertainment desk.

The guy was really helpful and said he was fairly busy but since Nick was an experienced diver he would send his nephew to take out the boat while we dived on our own.

We stayed down for an hour, only two-thirds of the time allowed so we’d have time for jetski-ing.

The dive shop owner pointed out a well-known jetski operator nearby so we all headed over and rented the jetskis for half-hour. We spent the whole time chasing each other around. When half the time was up, Nick let me drive. It was so cool.

When we got back to the hotel it was nearly 4:30 and I went up for a nap before dinner after such a grueling day. The rest of the group was out to a late lunch or so the message at the desk said so I went straight up for my nap.

I fell asleep as soon as I hit the bed and woke up to cold water being splashed on my face. Allison was there sitting calmly on the end of my bed drinking a glass of water while watching the new BSB video. She didn’t even wait for me to wake up properly. ”C’mon Nick called and invited you to dinner. We decided to make it a foursome since the others discovered some restaurant that they all love and are going there for dinner.”

I woke up instantly at that and jumped up and ran straight to the closet to look for something to wear. Dinner at the restaurant was a semi-formal affair and I wanted to look spectacular.

I chose my fave blue knee-length casual dress to contrast with Allison’s red ankle-length dress.

When we were ready at quarter past seven we both stood in the mirror and agreed we both looked smashing. Our perfumes were mingling as we answered the door. I was wearing Unruly and Allison smelled of Tommy Girl. Our escorts’ colognes mingled as well though AJ’s cK One and Nick’s Raw Vanilla did not go as well as ours.

We went down to the restaurant and had a great time. Allison cried when the guys said they were leaving in the morning and I on the other hand only needed my handkerchief to dry my eyes unlike Allison who had to borrow AJ’s. (Not like she had one in the first place.)

Anyway I gotta go cause the bus has just pulled up in front of the hotel and I wanna go say goodbye. Nick and AJ each have a copy of our addresses both home and online so we can keep in touch. They promise to write when they have time and we’ll do likewise. Even if they don’t, I’ll always remember yesterday.