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Aren’t they at all curious who that was? Howie silently demanded. Am I the only one who is worried about somebody screaming like she’s being attacked? He looked at his friends and the producer, deep in conversation. Apparently. Brian’s all fired up about this new song, Kev’s stressin’ bout the tour. Nick and AJ are psyched about the album...but so am I. I guess they think I’m just too worried about everything and was imagining things.

He sighed. Then again, they heard part of it. You’d think they’d at least be worried about the mechanics of it...

"Howie?" Nick asked waving his hand. "Howie!"

"What?" Howie snapped.

"Dude, easy," Nick said. "We’re leaving now. Coming?"

"Yeah." Howie jumped from the chair he’d been in for the past twenty minutes and followed Nick out the door.

"So, you decided to join us, eh?" Brian asked from the car.

"’Bout damn time," AJ muttered.

"So what are we doin today?" Nick asked bouncing into his seat.

"Well, it’s only noon," Kevin began looking at his watch. "I am going back to bed because somebody decided to get us all up early." He glared at Howie.

"Bed?" Nick exclaimed. "No! Can’t we do something? Please?" He looked at his friends with a pout.

"Yeah," Brian agreed. "Let’s go golf!"

"Brian, we don’t have our stuff, and the course is closed today," Howie sighed. "Let’s just go home."

"My God, he speaks!" AJ exclaimed. "Welcome back, D."

"That’s two for home..." David called from the driver’s seat. "And one for the closed golf course. Any other votes?"

"Home," AJ said. "My show’s on in 5..." Nick pouted some more.

"Nick, why don’t you go...record something," Brian suggested. "We’re going home."

"Let’s go back to Kev’s place," Nick suggested. "So I can ‘record something’. That cool with you?"

Kevin shrugged and sighed deeply. "I know I’m going to get talked into mixing weird versions of Nirvana again," he muttered.

‘An albino, a libido....Backstreet libido....albino libido libido... an albino-Backstreet’s Back ALRIGHT!’

Nick burst into laughter as Kevin mixed the two songs with a grin. "Thought you’d like that," he laughed. "Freak."

Nick wiped the tears from his eyes. "Oh, God that was funny, Kev," he said out of breath. "I’m doin’ that at our next show..."

"How bout....no?" AJ said. "You’re job is to stand there and look cute."

"And sing a little too," Brian added.

"Oh, you should be talking," Kevin broke in. "Notice how the volume goes up in the arena when you step up to the mic?"

"And then there’s crickets chirpin’ for you," Brian laughed. This good-natured teasing went on all the time.

"Howie?" AJ asked. "That’s your cue to....Howie?"

Howie had wandered over to the control board and was playing the tape Brian had set on the side.

"Howie, really," Kevin began, walking toward Howie who was beginning to bang on the equipment again. "Don’t do..."

All of a sudden, a bright light flared from the panel, engulfing the room in its glow.

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