As soon as school was over Brian went straight home. He had been thinking about what to do since Kevin called. Now he was sitting in the living room of his house by the phone. “Do I want to do this?”, he thought. “Ofcourse I want to do this. Singing is what I am. What about Haley though? She said she would support me and I have to trust that.” He picked up the phone and called Kevin. “Hello?”, Kevin asked after about the 3rd ring. “Kevin, it’s me Brian. Tell me more about this group.”, Brian said leaning back in the recliner. “Okay, I am the oldest member. There is Nick, he is 14 years old. He is the youngest. Then there is AJ. He is 16, then there is Howie, he is 20. We already have a name. Backstreet Boys.” “What kind of music do you sing?”, Brian asked liking the idea of joining. “It is a cross between pop and r&b.”, he explained. “Well Kevin. I am going to talk to Mom and Dad when they get home.” “I understand, this is a big decision.” “I’ll call you after I decide.” “Okay, talk to you later.” “Bye” Brian placed the phone back in the cradle. “I can’t believe this! A few days ago I was dancing with my girlfriend at the prom, now I’m trying to decide whether to move to Florida or stay in Kentucky!”, he groaned as he turned on the television. Soon enough his parents were home.

“Mom. Dad. I need to talk to you.” “We know son. Kevin called us.”, his dad Harold said sitting down. Jackie sat next to Brian and put her arm around him. “What do you think I should do?”, he asked struggling with the hard decision. “Honey, you are 18 years old. We can’t make this decision for you. But you do have our blessing if you decide to do it.”, Jackie said soothingly. “I’m gonna talk to Haley okay?”, he said hugging both of his parents. “Okay honey.”

He went upstairs to call Haley. “Oh please be there Haley.”, he said outloud. Just when he was about to hang up she answered. “Hello?”, she said out of breath. “Haley? What were you doing?”, he asked kind of amused. “I was taking a shower.”, she said regaining her breathing. “Oh really?”, he said seductively. “Get your mind out of the gutter Bri!” “Well, it’s kind of hard when my girlfriend tells me she had to jump out of the shower!”, he said laughing. “You’re a bad boy.”, she laughed. “I know!” “So, why are you calling?” “I was wondering if I could come pick you up and we could go somewhere and talk.” “Sure Brian. Give me about 15 minutes okay. I have to put some clothes on.” “Don’t tease me like this!” “Bye Brian!”, she laughed.

Fifteen minutes later she ran out and jumped in Brian’s car. “You look nice, but I bet you looked even better 15 minutes ago.” She hit him on the arm. “So what do you wanna talk to me about?”, Haley asked scooting over closer to him as he drove. “I wanna talk to you about me singing in that group.”, he said taking her hand and intertwining it with his. “Okay.” Brian pulled up to the lake and got out. Haley got out after him on his side. “I guess this is kinda our special place.”, Haley said as they walked hand in hand to the end of the pier. “I don’t know what to do.”, Brian said sitting down. “Baby, you said you love to sing right?”, she asked sitting down in his lap. “Yes, I love to sing but there are other complications.”, he said wrapping his arms around her and laying his head on her back. “What other complications?” “I don’t want to leave you Haley.”