“Where’s Nick?” Fatima asked impatiently, she’d been waiting for Nick and Kevin for an hour now.
“Probably off somewhere playing video games, I’m worried about Kevin.” Brian added.
“Yeah, he’s never late.” Howie chimed in as the two missing boys entered the room.
“Where have you been?” AJ asked.
“Somewhere.” They answered.
“And where were you last night? You didn’t come home!” Brian joined the conversion.
“Somewhere.” Again, they answered in perfect harmony.
“Where somewhere?” Fatima looked at Nick and Kevin seriously.
“My friend/girlfriend’s house.” Kevin said friend but Nick said girl friend instead.
“New girlfriend?” Brian stared at his best friend with wide eyes then his cousin.
“Yeah, you’ll get to meet her, this afternoon. And Kevin’s ‘friend’.” Nick told everyone, adding a tone when he said ‘friend’.
“That’s great, now can we start practicing?” Fatima rushed the boys as they began to learn their new dance moves and practice the old ones.
Finally, the practice was over and the boys were chatting in the parking lot. After endless arguments they finally decided on the same time and the same place.
“Okay, so we’ll meet at Nick’s house at 2pm.” Kevin said.
“Why can’t it be my place?” Brian whined.
“Because yours is the farthest from everyone’s!” Kevin exclaimed.
“So?”
“And there’s always traffics getting there.” Nick chimed in and got a look from Howie. “What?”
“Don’t you get it? Brian is the only solo one here.” Howie whispered as he pulled his band mate aside.
“All more reason to go to my place! A new neighbor just moved it and I wanna hook her up with Brok.” Nick explained, lowering his voice.
“Why did you just say so?”
“Cuz Brok was listening!”
“What are you two talking about?” AJ poked his head in.
“Why we should go to my place instead of Brian’s.” Nick replied.
“Why?”
“Howie will tell you.” Nick rushed to join the rest.
“So, we all agree? Nick’s at 2?” Kevin asked.
“Sounds good to me.” Nick, AJ and Howie agreed. They were going to introduce their new girlfriends to the group.
Nick and Kevin picked up Angela and DeaAnne around one and went back to Nick’s house to wait for the other guys. Brian was the first one there.
“Hey, Nick, if you ever think of quitting your music career, you can always open a club!” Brian said to his best friend as they hid in the kitchen try to scare AJ and Howie when they arrive. DeaAnne, Kevin and Angela are watching TV, pretending that they don’t know a thing. Brian had already met the sisters, and he adored them and he actually thought that they were too good for Nick and Kevin, that comment got him a smack on his head from Nick and his cousin.
“Thanks.” Nick said as Brian crawled out from under the table, and headed for living room. “Hey, Rok, where you going?” Nick whispered, got out from under the table too.
“I need some fresh air.” Brian entered the living room, to his surprise, AJ and Howie were already there, with Steph and Kristen by their side.
“Hey, sup?” Nick patted AJ on the shoulder.
“Where have you been? This is Steph.”
“You mean we hid under the table for nothing?” Brian cut in.
“What table?” Kristen asked from behind Nick.
“Oh, nothing, nothing at all!” Nick covered up quickly.
They continued to talk for a while, mostly about their likes and dislike. Then the guys began to discuss their new album and how to fit the charity works into their stuffed schedule.