Chapter One

“Look at this!” I cried. I slapped a test paper on the cafeteria table. My best friend Lisa glanced at it.

“Damn…a D!” she cried.

“Em…what happened?” she asked me as she tore a bag of chips opened.

“Robert,” I growled, naming the cute guy who sits behind me “Is borrowing my notes everyday and NOT returning them!!”

“Tsk…I told you he was no good,” she said

I grunted

“You weren’t like this when you went out with Brian,” she observed

“I…hate…Brian…” I said naming my ex boy friend.

“Girl…do not,” she paused “Do not tell me that you hate Brian Thomas Littrell of the Backstreet Boys, that…is just impossible.”

“Lisa…I was in love with him and he just breaks off our relationship like that. I can’t find myself to forgive him. After we broke up he hasn’t written once or even called once.” Tears rolled down my eyes as I remembered how sweet Brian was.

Lisa shook her head “Brian has a reputation for being a sweetie…and he IS one! He had to had some reason to break up with you, You and I both know how sweet he is!” Lisa had met Brian a couple of times before.

“Psh…that was more than a month,” I waved my hand at her “I’m over him!”

“Yeah…sure” Lisa got up “I’m going back to the house,” Lisa and I belonged to a sorority. “You coming?”

“Yeah…in a while,” I sipped my milk absently

Lisa walked away humming the tune to ‘I want it that way’ I sighed.

Nick’s House:

“Nick dude…what the hell is that??” AJ stared in horror at the orange stain on Nick’s carpet

“Huh…? Oh that…I dunno…here,” Nick tossed him a roll of paper towels “Try to get it out,”

“No way man, you said we were gonna hang out…” AJ tossed the roll back to him. Brian absently channel surfed.

“Yo B-Rok, what’s up with you?” Nick asked

“Huh..? Nothing, “ Brian said.

“You miss Emily don’t you?” Kevin said opening a can of soda

Brian signed “It was for the good though…I mean with us touring, I thought that if we lost touch that I’d soon forget about her…”

Howie came out of Nick’s kitchen. To see the sight of Brian almost on the verge of crying and the remaining BSB all surrounding him

“Umm…did I miss something..?” Howie asked

Emily’s Room:

“Em!!!!” Gina, Sorority president screamed at me

“WHAT??” I shouted back

“NICK CARTER ON THE PHONE!!!!” She shrieked

“Ha…ha…” I slowly made my way down the stairs

“Hello?” I picked up the phone expecting my mom or someone

“Hey Em!! What’s up?” Nick’s voice rang in my ear

“NICKY POO!” I cried, his voice cheered me up, he was always able to make me laugh

Nick laughed “Long time no talk…I miss you,” he said

“I miss you too Nick,” I almost blubbered, the BSB were my best friends back then and Nick and AJ were my absolute favorites.

“Listen, we just got back home last week from out tour, want to hang out?”

“Ummm…no” I said

“Awwww…Em,” Nick said in a baby voice

“No Nick, I don’t want to see Brian,”

“Brian’s sick anyway…what about me? Don’t you love me?” Nick said in a baby voice

I laughed “Deal…when and where?”

“Tomorrow at the Pizza Bowl,” Nick cackled “You always sucked at Bowling,”

“HEY!!! Well I’ll kick your ass tomorrow!!” I laughed as I hung up the phone. It’s gonna be nice to see Nick again.