The Backstreet Boys "Backstreet's Back" Tour kicked off with that great concert in New York City. The following day, tickets for all of the dates of the Backstreet Boys surprise tour started going on sale, and sold out everywhere!!!!
The morning after NYC, the boys grabbed their stuff, and headed out to their old tourbus, which had been redesigned for more comfort and space for them. The boys had decided to take two buses, instead of having all of them crammed onto one bus.
Nick, Tara and Brian were on one bus, while Kevin, Howie, AJ and Lou were on the other.
Brian raced Nick into the back of their bus for first dibs on the best bunks. Tara walked in after them, catching up with them a few seconds later.
"Hey Frack.." Brian said.
"What?" Nick said, trying to claim the best bed.
"Dont ya think that the lady should have the best bed?" Brian said, glancing over at Tara.
"Oh, of course!!!" Nick said, pulling Tara to him, and then showed her where the best bed was.
"thanks" Tara said smiling. It really didnt matter to her where she slept.
"I get the bed ontop of her tho" Nick said.
"Oh alright" Brian said.
In the other bus, AJ ran straight for the little refridgerator and started pulling out all the good food to snack on.
"Man we havent even moved yet and your already stealing the good food?" Kevin said sternly, and then laughed.
"hey.. its just like old times" AJ said. Howie came onto this bus with his luggage, and threw them up onto the cubbyhole near his bunk. A few minutes later, the bus took off for the next city.
"Hey man, you have the internet on that thing?" AJ asked Howie, who was busy typing away at his laptop computer.
"Yeah im on it right now" Howie said.
"WOuld you mind if I could use your computer for awhile?" AJ asked.
"I guess not.. what do you need it for?" Howie asked.
"I wanna see if Karine is on the net"
"oh, sure, no prob bro!" Howie said, giving the computer to AJ. AJ sat down and downloaded mIRC, and went on under the nickname Boneman.
Boneman entered #backstreetboys, and found Karine, who was listed under the nickname DaBoneGrl.
"Hello there sexy lady" AJ joked around. Karine didnt know who it was at first, because she didnt know that the boys had the internet on the bus.
"Who is this?" Karine asked.
"Its your boyfriend!" AJ typed.
"Sorry, my boyfriends out of town, and yout not him" Karine replied.
"Its me! I can prove it to you... remember the time.. in your dorm room, Valentines day.." AJ went on "You gave me your valentines present" and then he made a little grin face.
"AJ!? Is that really you?" Karine asked.
"Of course it is!!" AJ named some further proof for Karine, who eventually believed it was him. AJ talked to Karine for the next two hours on the internet.
The boys reached their next city and got ready for that performance, which was just as excellent as the one the previous night.
Over the next two weeks, the boys toured city to city, and made some plans for some TV interviews.
Karine wrote her college exams, and then caught a flight to Seattle, where the Boys next concert was after her exams were finished. AJ welcomed Karine was a great big hug, he had missed her soo much. He waited at the airport patiently for her, and when she arrived it was a great moment for him. Karine joined the Backstreet tour, and stayed on the bus with AJ, in her own bunk, tho. While at the hotels, she shared a room with AJ.
The boys first television appearance was going to be on Regis and Kathie Lee, since that was the place that they usually went often, and was their very first TV interview when the Boys first hit it big in the USA.
The boys decided to dress up in nice grey suits, looking all handsome and sophisticated, and mature.
As the boys walked out onto the stage, the crowd of teenage girls cheered and screamed, and the boys shook Regis and Kathie Lee's hands.
"Welcome back guys, its been soo long!" Regis said.
"Thanks, we're glad to be back" Kevin answered.
"All of us are soo excited that the Backstreet Boys are finaly back together again, and that you're doing a celebration tour" Kathie Lee said.
"We're really excited too, we're looking forward to visiting all of the towns, meeting the fans, and making the fans happy once again" Brian replied.
"You guys have been through soo much over this past year" Regis said, inquiring the boys to talk about their year that they were apart.
"Yeah, each of us did our own thing. I, myself, decided to go to College, a music school. I was planning to make my own album, but things got in the way, and they made me think about how important my life is to me, and who is important to me" AJ said.
"uhh, I returned back to High School, for the new grade 13 that we have. It was alright, you know, it was better than my elementary school years" Nick said "and I made alot of friends, and met someone special, from my past" Nick went on, and smiled.
"a girlfriend???" Regis asked, giving Nick the eye.
"Well, shes my girlfriend NOW! I used to know her, back in elementary school. She was one of the only ones who never made fun of me, back then. And when I caught up with her in High School this past year, these feelings came to me, and she felt the same, and yeah, we're together now" Nick said. The crowd AWWWWED at Nick, hearing his sweet story.
"Would it be alright if we brought her out?" Kathie Lee and Regis asked. Nick smiled and said it would be alright. Tara's eyes opened with nervousness while she stood backstage, and the people put a mic on her shirt.
"just act yourself" one of the stagemen said, noticing that Tara was nervous, she had never been on TV.
Tara stepped out onto the stage. When she stepped onto the set, Nick stood up and welcomed her with a hug, and she said down beside him.
"hello there" Regis said, while everyone stared at Tara.
"Hey" Tara said, trying not to sound like an idiot, she was real nervous.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, Tara" Nick said, putting an arm around her.
"Well Tara, is this your first TV appearance?" Kathie Lee asked.
"Yeah!" Tara said. Regis and Kathie Lee went on with the interview, asking the boys questions about their tour, new album, and how it felt to be back together. After the interview, commercial break began.
"Dont worry hun, you did great!" Nick said, kissing Tara backstage while the stagemen were setting up the studio for BSB to sing a song.
"Thanks, i was real nervous" Tara said.
"yeah, I could tell, hehe" Nick laughed.
"hey! thats not funny hehe" Tara said, giving Nick a little tickle.
"ahhh, stop that! hehe, that tickles! oh hey, We gotta go perform a song now, commercial breaks almost done, I'll be back!" Nick said, and then he ran to get his makeup done with the other guys. Tara joined Karine in the greenroom backstage, and watched the performance from back there.
"whats up with you and Nick?" Karine asked.
"what do you mean?" Tara replied.
"Well, do you mind if I ask something personal?" Karine asked, being that she was one of Taras best friends.
"uhm, no" Tara said.
"okay, well, you and Nick have been together for like, a long time, and you act real close and all, but, you two havent.. you know.. right?" Karine asked.
"Oh, no" Tara replied.
"Why not?" Karine asked curious.
"Im waiting for the right time.." Tara said. In the back of Taras mind, she already had it all planned out.
"You and AJ have tho, right?" Tara asked.
"yeah, hehe" Karine said, turning a little red.
"what did you think of it?" Tara asked curiously.
"I cant describe it, you know.. its like, this really amazing feeling.. and you wont notice the pain.. " Karine said.
Tara looked at Karine, and listened to what she had to say.
After the boys performance was over, they returned backstage to where the girls were, gathered their stuff, and then took off for the venue.