CHAPTER 16:

At 3pm, the bells of West Palm Beach High School rang off. Teens and adults fled the building as fast as they could, to go start their spring break.
"Make sure you're ready for 5, we're catching our plane at 6" Nick said to Tara, walking hand in hand with her, exiting the front doors of their high school.
"Im all ready! I packed last night, I only have last minute things to pack" Tara said.
"Wow, you're better at this than me! If anything, Im the one that should be used to packing for a due time" Nick joked. Tara laughed and kept walking with Nick.

By this time, which was the middle of March, word had gotten around to some papers and radios that the Backstreet Boys MIGHT be getting back together again. It was not made official on the news or papers, because the boys wanted to keep it a surprise for their loyal fans.

"Hey Nick" a few girls said, smiling at him as they passed by the couple.
"Hey" Nick replied back.
"Is it true that the Backstreet Boys are coming back again?" the blonde haired girl asked.
"Where did you hear that from?" Nick asked, pretending he didnt know anything about it.
"It was on the radio" The girl said.
"Oh" Nick said, and then took off before he could answer any other questions.

At 4:15pm, Nick's dad picked Tara up, with Nick in the van also, and drove them to the airport. Nick didnt want to drive his own car, because he didnt want it to be parked in the parking lot all week long, incase something happened to it.
Nick and Tara boarded the plane and took their seats in the first class section.
"Want anything to drink?" Nick asked Tara.
"Uhmm, I'll have a chocolate milk I guess" Tara said.
"ok.. I'll have one too"
The plane took off and they were on their way to Spring Break in the Bahamas.

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AJ and Karine decided to take a road trip up to Montreal for spring break, since Karine wanted to go visit her old home.
"We;ll be comeing back here soon" AJ said, looking around at the places in Quebec that he visited when the BSB toured there long ago.
"Oh really? When?" Karine asked.
"Probably in August, when we have a Canadian Tour" AJ said. The boys had already started planning their tour, which would start off with American Dates, then Canadian.
"When do you start touring?" Karine asked.
"In about two weeks, we're going to make a surprise appearance at the first place, and then start selling tickets for the other venues" AJ said, letting out Backstreet's plan for uniting again.
"Wont you be missing the end of the College Term?" Karine asked. College ended in the middle of April.
"Yeah, I'll be missing the last two or three weeks" AJ said "But Im just going to finish the course up on the road, and then take the exam at the nearest college" AJ said.
"Oh" Karine replied.
"Im not expecting you to miss the last two weeks, Karine. I'll be going on tour, and then when College is finished, I'll bring you to wherever we are, and you can continue the tour with us" AJ said. "Im not going to take no for an answer"
"Well it sounds like you have it all planned out!" Karine said.
"I do" AJ replied, grinning.

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The plane landed to a screeching hault. The plane ride was kinda long, but not that bad since Florida was already near the tropical line of the earth.
Nick and Tara stepped off of the plane, wearing shorts and t-shirts. Nick went all out and was wearing one of those vacation shirts, that looks like its a Hawaiian shirt. Tara had on one of those sleeveless shirts that just had the straps.
They picked up their luggage at the airport, where a limo waited for them to bring them to their hotel. It was kind of late, and the sun had already set. Nick had their reservations at one of the best hotels in the Bahamas, that was near the water, of course. Nick had reserved the best room in the hotel for them, the suit.
The bellboy brought their luggage up to their rooms for them, placing them in the bedroom. After the boy left, Nick and Tara shut the door and sat down on the couch in the sitting room. They were really tired from the flight, and from school, so they decided just to go straight to bed that night, instead of going out and having fun.
"You know what I just realized?" Tara said, looking up at Nick, when he came out of the bathroom from changing.
"Whats that?" Nick said, looking at Tara.
"Tonights the first night that we actually get to sleep, in the same bed, together!" Tara said.
"Without my parents seperating us!" Nick grinned.
Tara jumped into bed, and Nick followed her.
They both lied in bed, kind of apart from eachother, feeling a little weird at first. After a few minutes, Nick turned on his side to face Tara, who was still awake, looking up at the ceiling.
Nick reached his arm out and touched Taras arm, and she turned on her side.
Tara moved closer to Nick, and he wrapped his arms around her, and then they fell asleep.

The next day, they decided to check out the island, and see what there was to do for fun. Nick spotted a nice spot on the beach, and then laid down the huge towel for them so they could suntan and have some beach fun.
And lots of fun they did have!! Nick chased Tara all down the beach, and into the water until he caught up with her, picked her up, and threw her into the water again. As she came up for air, Nick would give her a big kiss, and then she would start to chase him!
After hitting the beach, they had supper at an open restaurant that was near the beach, and had burgers, they were'nt into all that fancy food.

The next few days were spent the same way, each day doing something that was lots of fun, and going to the beach. At night, Tara and Nick would just go back to their hotel room, watch TV together, and then go to sleep, with no intimate relations.

On the last night of their spring break vacation, Nick and Tara spent the evening along the beach, and then headed back to their hotel, as usual. Still in their clothes with their bathingsuits underneath, they lied down on the bed and turned on the TV. South Park was playing, so they watched it.
After South Park finished, Nick and Tara started to kiss on the bed. Lying on their sides, facing eachother, Nick wrapped his arms around Taras waist and pulled her to him, while they were in mid-kiss. Tara rubbed Nicks back while they were kissing, and played with his hair.
Nick slowly played with Taras shirt, until his hand was under her shirt, and on her back. He slowly moved his hand over her back, feeling the softness of her skin, and traced the outline of the back of her bikini top.
Tara slowly took off Nicks shirt, which made him push her back so she was lying on the bed, and lifted himself ontop of her. They started to kiss for a little while longer, and then Nick took off Taras shirt, so she was only wearing her bikini top. Tara kissed Nicks neck, while he lifted his hand up to go and touch her chest. When he had his hand in place, Tara felt a little uneasy, but kept kissing Nick anyways.
Nick felt for the back of her bikini top, to undo it and take it off of her. Nick undid her top, and was about to take it off, when Tara sat up.
"Nick, Im not ready" Tara said, coming to a sudden realization. Nick sat up on the bed with Tara.
"What?" Nick said kind of slowly, already in the mood, but he could see that Tara was in the mood too.
"I dont think Im ready yet for this, Nick. I mean, you know I love you, and I would LOVE to make love to you, trust me! Its just that, I dont feel like this is the right time yet" Tara said.
Nick laid back down silent. He wasnt mad at Tara, he completely understood that she wasnt ready and was really cool with that. The only problem he had was that he was in the mood, and he needed a cold shower.
"Thats alright, Tara! I wouldnt want us to make love if you weren't ready! I want it to be special for the both of us, whenever that may be" Nick said. Tara smiled at Nick.
"Im really sorry" Tara said, sadly and thought that Nick was mad at her.
"Oh Tara, dont think I am mad! Im not mad!! I completely understand" Nick said, giving Tara a kiss.
"I really need to go for a shower right now, I'll be out soon, ok?" Nick said, and then he rushed into the bathroom.

Twenty minutes later, Nick came out of the bathroom, looking quite alright, and acted as though nothing had happened. Tara couldnt help but feel bad, so Nick tried to cheer her up. After awhile of convincing, Tara finally believed that Nick wasnt mad at her.
They went to bed that night, holding eachother closer than they ever have before, and fell asleep.

Chapter 17