And the winner is......

“Baby it’s the way you made me… Kinda get me go crazy…. Never wanna stop!”

“It’s gotta be you,…uh huh, uh huh!”

“God he looks sexy!!” Cassidy sighed, referring to Nick.
Kirstie giggled, “Definite improvement with the hair!”

“It’s gotta be you…….all the way
It’s gotta be you…….every day
I promise you I will be true, yeah..
It’s only you”

“Now I know why I was born…..” Brian sang, cradling his arms as if held a baby.
“Omigod! Too cute….” Holly grinned.

“Those chicks know how to shake it alright!” Joey commented to Chris.
“Uhuh….” Chris continued to stare at the Backstreet dancers.
“Come on….we’re wanted backstage…” JC urged as N*SYNC made their way out of their seats.
“I promise you I will be true, yeah..
It’s only you…..” With that, the lights flashed and the boys waved as they ran off stage.

“That was awesome!!!” Becca screamed over the loud applause.

“N*SYNC performs next huh?” Holly looked a little worried.
“They’ll have to be damn good to top that performance, the guys hit it tonight!” Kirstie clapped.
“En core!! En core!!” Cassidy screamed into her cupped hands. The girls laughed.

“Hey!! That was quick!” Becca smiled as the boys returned.
“We wanted to check out the competition…” Kevin said, taking his seat.
“It’s basically them and us for album of the year…” Howie said, taking Holly’s hand.
“But you’re not going to be really sad if you lose right?” Kirstie asked warily.
The boys looked at each other knowingly and turned back to Kirstie.
“Of course not…” They smiled nervously.
“Uhh….ok..” Kirstie laughed.

“BYE BYE BYE!” Came ringing through the auditorium.
“Here we go…” Nick rolled his eyes. Cassidy nudged him dissaprovingly.

“I’m doing this tonight, you’re probably gonna start a fight…”

“Oh…they’re not are they??” Becca listened even closer.
“Oh my god….” Kirstie gasped.
The group watched N*SYNC dance and sing in perfect harmony. Perfect pitch and not a note out of place.
“THEY’RE MIMING!!” Brian laughed.
“Oh my god, how can they get up there and do that??” Kevin shook his head.
“Whiny bitches..” AJ shook his head.
“That’s tragic!” Howie laughed.

“If the mimers get that award….” Nick vowed.
“Guys! Remember, you don’t care if you win or not??” Becca reminded Nick subtly.
“Of course…” Nick gave Becca and innocent look.

“BYE BYE BYE!!” N*SYNC finished to wild applause.
“Yay..woo…go team..” Kirstie cheered sarcastically.

“Come on, come on..” Kevin said nervously as Tom Jones and Cher came out to present the award for Album of the year.

“And the nominations are…” Cher announced.

“N*SYNC….No strings attached.”

“TLC….Fanmail..”

“Santana….Supernatural..”

“Backstreet Boys….Millennium…”

The camera came around to where the boys were sitting. Cassidy felt butterflies in her stomach she felt it zoom in on them, and the guys….feeling nothing but natural were waving and hamming it up for the camera.

“The 2000 winner of Album of the year goes to….” Tom Jones smiled into the camera.

Everyone held each other tightly. Becca thought that Brian was going to break her hand he was holding it so tightly.
“Bri…loosen up baby…” She giggled.

“Oops…can’t seem to get the darn thing open…” Tom laughed nervously as he struggled with the envelope.

A phenomenal groan came from the audience.

“GET ON WITH IT TOMMY!!” Cassidy yelled frustrated. The people around them turned around amused.
“Cassidy!!” Becca clamped a hand over her mouth.

Tom got the envelope open finally.
“Ok, here we go….The award goes to…”
He took a deep breath as he read the envelope.

“Millennium…BACKSTREET BOYS!!”

“AHHHHH….” Everyone jumped up and cheered.

The cheer and applause was deafening as “Larger than Life” came blaring over the speakers.

“Oh my god…..” Becca strangled Brian in a hug.
“I love you I love you I love you…..” He laughed, kissing her sweetly.
“Go get your award!!” Becca laughed.

“Don’t forget anyone! And smile….Umm…” Kirstie gave AJ some last minute tips.
“Kirst, babe…” AJ laughed.
“I’m so proud of you…” She smiled quietly.
AJ kissed her on the lips before heading down the row.

“Awww….congratulations sweetheart…” Holly hugged Howie.
“This is for you…” He smiled at her.
“I…I…Uhh…You’d better go…” Holly said awkwardly.
Howie looked at her strangely, ignoring the total euphoria surrounding.
“Ok…” He kissed her sweetly, before also heading out of the aisle.

“WOOO…..WHO’S THE MAN!!!” Cassidy cheered and pointed dramatically at Nick.
“Shhh….Cass baby…Shhh…” Nick was pissing himself laughing.
“Omigod!! I’m so proud of you!!” Cassidy launched herself onto Nick, nearly knocking him over.
“I love you so much” He swung her around slightly.
“Get moving baby..” She said as she slid down out of his grasp.
“Ok…” She pecked his cheek and slapped him inconspicuously on the butt as he left.

The guys jogged down the aisle as those around them stood up, still clapping and cheering.

The N*SYNC girls, who were sitting alone as the boys were still backstage from their performance, scowled and sunk lower in their seats.

“Oh, sorry about your boys….that mimed performance just mustn’t of cut it…” Kirstie said sarcastically.

“Whatever…” They mumbled rolling their eyes.

Kevin stepped up to the microphone as the crowd quietened down a little.
“Wow, what a blessing…this album was a dream come true for us…and this is another dream come true…” He looked at the enormous crowd, just soaking up the moment.
“We’d like to that, the producers, writers, our management the firm, Denise McLean….we love you like a mother…We’d love to thank the fans, who have been with us through everything, we love you more than you could know….umm…guys?” He looked at the rest of the group for anyone who wanted to say anything.
Brian stepped up to the mic.
“We’d like to thank God, our family’s….who really are the perfect fans….Mom, Dad, Harold and baby, I love you…” He smiled at Becca.
“Yeah, we’d like to thank our tour staff, dancers, sound technicians….who’ve made this huge show come to life…” AJ started, smiling up at Kirstie.
“…we know….ohh…what’s that? Wr…wrap it up…” AJ squinted looking at the screen in front of him.
“Well we’d better wrap up…thank you again to MTV for this amazing honour….” Howie said waving the award in the air.
“Thank you and goodnight!” Nick yelled, sending the crowd into a frenzy as they stood and cheered again.

“Come on, let’s go backstage…” Kirstie said excitedly.
“Ok!” Becca said grabbing Cassidy’s hand, who grabbed Holly.
And together they hurried backstage where the boys were being swamped by media.