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8 hours of uninterrupted sleep later

We were all up and man did we have a lot of energy. I was feeling pretty cruisy and eating my evening cereal as my body clock still hadn't acclimitised to the Malaysian hours...I mean according to me, it was still 6 am in Hong Kong.....how did I know what the heck the time was or even what country we were in?
Starlight* and 5ive had all gathered into a room to plan tonight's activities after the concert had finished....and as far as they had figured, I would provide all the places to visit and pay for it all ( can you believe these guys, I mean hello??? THEY are the popstars not me!! ). Thus I kindly reminded them ALL that they had more money than I did, therefore it would be STUPID to expect me to pay for everything. However I was only suibjected to another dosage of " Mark.. SHUT UP! "

Gawd Dammit! WHEN was I going to lose that name???

We all spent the rest of the day getting psyched about the concert, it was going to be MASSIVE! and while the guys and the girls went through their mandatory interviews with radio stations and TV programmes, me and 5ive's manager chiiled. For the whole day he and I just generally bummed about, doing absolutely nothing (besides dropping off the 'stars' )...everything was sweet, not having to worry about prepping any ego's or making sure that everybody was at their top level of health and shit. I was busy having my mid-day nap when I was woken up by Phil our roadie/security telling me that there someone on the phone for me, something about a family emergency, so..... naturally I bolted right up thinking the worst, like someone had died or had been kidnapped ( Hey you never know these days! ) BUT to my dismal surprise it was just Nora.

"Hey Nora.... how's it going sis?; What time is it in London?; Been to any parties lately that wanna gloat about?; Huh?, Huh?, Huh?". "Well it's going great the flight attendants a babe; Ah London's probably about 3am or something and the only party I've been to is the one in the first-class cabin". "Flight attendant???? What !! Are you on drugs or something? I mean are you missing Kian THAT badly??". "NO YOU IDIOT!!! I'm coming over to Malaysia to visit you..... Besides you know that I have SOOOOO much fun whether or not Kian is here". "WHAT YOUR COMING OVER? Shit!.... How come I didn't know about that?". "OH YEAH! It was supposed to be a suprise, you know..... OOPS! Oh well..... So sis, are you going to come pick me up at the Airport, coz I'm like arriving in an hour max.... Sooo shall I be expecting the limosuine?". "AN HOUR! your here THAT EARLY?...... Wow....... Oh yeah I'll get one of the vans... Soooo Does Kian know your coming over?, I mean the guys are on a break now". "OH NO, I haven't told Kian he's been in Sligo for the last week and BESIDES I heard that you guy's were going to be touring with 5ive, and YOU AND I BOTH KNOW, that there is NO WAY that I would miss out on meeting Jay..... Oh that gorgeous body.....mmmmmm". "Hey don't you have a love of your life called KIAN or something?". "YEAH, but it doesn't mean I can't look at other guys.... HELLO I'm only human you know!". "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, that's what they all say......." "So I'll be there in an hour...ok see ya there sis!".

Everybody had noticed my excited behaviour and started bugging me non-stop about why I was suddenly so active and happy. "IS IT MARK?.... DID HE FINALLY SEE YOU?.....DOES HE WANT TO MARRY YOU?......OR IS IT SHANE?.....HAS HE FINALLY GIVEN UP HIS PLAYBOY DAYS?, AND DECIDED TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE WITH YOU?....YOU KNOW HIS WEST-LIFE WITH YOU???? HEHEHHEHEHEE".
"Oh guys shut up!.... and EVEN if I was talking to Mark there ain't no way I'd be telling you losers!.... Hey Maz, you'll never believe who I was just talking to?". "Well it can't be Mark coz your plan to make him fall in love with you hasn't actually started yet...... Can't be Shane coz you just talked to him this morning.....hmmmm can't be Kian because all he goes on about is Nora....Gee I wonder who???". "Oh ha ha ha smart-ass.... Actually I was talking to Nora, and apparently she's going to be here in an hour's time, SO GUESS who's going to the Airport to pick her up?". "Hmmmm I dunno guys, who could it be??? ". "HEY I KNOW WHO IT IS!" shouted Rich; "WHO RICH?, WHO IS BEHIND DOOR NO.3.....WHO IS THE MYSTERY ARRIVAL?.....THIS IS THE SIX MILLION DOLLARY QUESTION????.....".
"Oh shut up guys.....enough of the theatrics.....like I said before its Nora.... YEAH finally the three amigo's are back in action....YAHOOOO!". "THE THREE AMIGOS???". Everybody stopped and stared at me like an idiot (not the first time it's happened!). "Uhhhh....Ahem..... Yeah......Nora, Maz and I..... that's what we used to call ourselves, so we could prep each other just before we went out clubbing and stuff, you know??". "YEAH MARK, WE KNOW!!! hehehehehehehe".

We all crammed into the van, everybody including 5ive and Starlight*, all cramming in ready to go on our road trip to the Airport to pick up Nora. "Alright everybody buckle in...... open the windows it's time for a......". "ROAD TRIP YEE HAWWW!". Starlight* screamed, which was quickly cut short by 5ive "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT????"; "Oh everytime we get into the vans to go somewhere we psyche ourselves up..... Norie....OUCH!, I mean MARK ask's us what time it is and we reply road-trip!". "And what do you do when your on an Aeroplane....GET HIGH? heheheheheheehe". With that remark from Sean all of 5ive started snickering but before they could continue Lindsay bit back with "No...... we say I"m HIGH ON LIFE UH". "Oh chopped.....SO BADLY.....AND BY A 15 YEAR OLD......HEHEHEHEHEHE ..... MAN THAT'S THE WORST CHOP I'VE SEEN IN AGES!......hehehehehehe".
I stopped as soon as I saw all of the 5ive members staring at me like they were plotting revenge on me already and yet I wasn't even the one that dissed them..... AH MAN...... So there we were singing along to songs on the radio, screaming at cars on the motorway all the way to the Airport to pick up Nora..... It got me wondering of how exactly we were going to fit her stuff in the van with everybody else already crammed in it... I mean it was a big van, BUT Nora packed just about everything in her suitcase.... and I knew IF SHE COULD she would have crammed in her kitchen sink.

Meanwhile in the Westlife camp the lads were just beginning their two months break from touring. Bryan the ever worried first-time father had already planned everyday so should the baby's birth arise he would be ready and willing to make the dash to the hospital for little Molly's birth. He just couldn't wait to see Kerry's face...it had been so long. He was glad that they got some time off otherwise he woudl have killed Louis and just about anybody else at BMG Ireland.
Nicky couldn't hold back his excitement after 6 long months being apart from Georgina he was finally going to get to spend more than 2 days with her; he missed her smile and her laugh AND he was finally going to spend some QUALITY time with his family too.
Kian meanwhile kept calling home to see if he could possibly catch Nora and make a suprise home visit/return. It was weird coz all he got was her voicemail, but maybe she was planning a suprise welcome home party for him in London. He kept thinking that until Nora finallly changed her message saying she had left the coutnryand got to Malaysia to visit her twin Norie, BUT he still continued to believe that she was still in London as Norie had played a trick like this on him many times as she knew Nora's voice mail password. It wasn't until Nora actually called him up from Malaysia to say that she was there and enjoying spending her time with Norie as they hadn't seen each other in months!!. His reply was swift and fast and pretty much blunt; "BUT I haven't seen you in months and I'm your boyfriend!!". Damn, he had to think of a way to get to Malaysia and fast, it had been ages since he spent time with Nora and he could always talk to mam and papa on the phone.... I mean it wasn't like his phone bill wasn't big enough already.

Ahhh Shane thought to himself, finally a break from touring, maybe he thought to himself "I've got a lot of ground to catch up on all these London lasses I have yet to meet!". Have to talk to Norie he reminded himself, he hadn't been able to talk to her at all lately since 5ive had arrived on the scene. Everynight seh was going out to some other party... Not that he was jealous, he just wasnted to talk to her for about 5 minutes without one of the guys of 5ive interrupting. They sounded like they were having a great time which sounded just like Norie and her friends; the biggest party animals he'd ever seen except Denver and Saz, they were just WAY too serious for their own good. I mean they wer in a sucessful pop band they should be living it up while they can, WHO KNEW when their sucess might be taken away from them. He had to find as way to meet up with Norie, with Nicky desperate to see Georgina there was no telling how many girls he would try to fix Shane up with to find a "REAL girlfriend" a.k.a a longterm girlfriend, which he didn't see happening anytime soon, I mean the world had so many beautiful women, how could he choose just one especially being in Westlife. So it looked like there would be no Shnicky nights in Dublin, London or Sligo, sooo it looked like flying out to visit Norie would be the best thing and it would allow him to visit his sister in Australia along the way.

Home, I'm going Home! was all Mark could think about. Mum's home cooked meals, spending time with Colin and Barry, meeting up with old friends and of course relatives...oh the relatives, he had so many stories about girls he'd met to tell his cousins....of course they wouldn't believe half the stuff that he's told them, even if he was in Westlife. He had 2 months off which just about never happened; it was a good thing that Kerry got pregnant, it would allow him more time to spend with his family, he missed them so much during touring and it would cut down on his phone bill which was growing larger and larger by the month. Which reminded him, what was he going to do for 2 months? hmmmmm maybe he thought i'll party for a month, then spend a month in Sligo with the family. Yeah, that sounded great! now all he had to do was think of what he had to do for a month before going home. Hmmmm that was one thing that he still couldn't figure out...time was running out especially as today was the last day of the tour and tonight they were going to perform before breaking up for a 2 month holiday the next day.

No more touring with Westlife, now I can focus on Starlight*, hmmmmmm how do I put it to the guys. " ahhh guys i'm finished with you for 2 months, so I can watch over Norie and Starlight* while they finish off their tour of Asia " nah that sounded too ....ummm too abrupt. It had been a long time since Louis had seen the girls and although he trusted Norie's reports that the girls were doing great, he wanted to see them face to face as that was the only thing that would settle him at the moment. He had to get them ready for their tour of Europe, they were getting bigger and bigger by the day, everywhere he looked he saw their faces on magazines and posters. Man was he going to have the biggest headache when they would come on tour with the guys throughout Europe, even if Norie was there.

The next day at the Westlife de-briefing.

" Right guys.... its been a great 6 months.... you have now got 2 months off, enjoy the time. Bryan, I wish you and Kerry all the luck with the little one, Nicky say hi to Georgina for me, Kian, well shall I say Hi to Nora for ya....yeah Norie told me when she arrived...uhhh Shay and Mark as always say hello to your families for me....well rest up guys, don't party too hard and relax cos when we start it up again with the new albulm its gonna be hectic....right thats it! "

" uhhhh Louis... can I go with you to Malaysia...it's just that I haven't seen Nora in such a long time and I want to spend some of my time off with her before I go back to Sligo to hang out with my family "
" How did you know I was going to Malaysia? "
" uhhh well I just assumed that you would go there "
" yeah, I am... I guess you can come, anybody else here want to come with to Malaysia to visit Norie and the girls "
" yes, I would" replied Shane and Mark at the same time
"YOU!, what are YOU going for??? "
" thats just what I was going to ask you Shane "
" well Mark.... I happened to be a friend of Norie, and I want to party with her, from what I hear Norie, 5ive and Starlight* are causing a storm in Asia, throughout the club scene and I certainly don't want to miss out on the action....and besides "
" besides, I'm in love with Norie" snickered Nicky
" Oh hahahaha Nicky you are soo funny... like I was saying BESIDES ...... I finally bought that Versace top she asked me to buy like about 3 months ago... I promised I would get it for her and now I have to go and give it to her...in Malaysia"
" And you PERSONALLY have to give it to her?....come off it Shane, I've got a decent argument, I mean, my girlfriends over there...and whats your excuse Mark? "
" Oh hahahaha, actually I'm going coz I don't have anything else to do and I wanted to party for a month, before I spent a month hanging out with my family, so there!....thats my excuse "
" Man!!..... and I thought my jacket excuse was BAD....but Mark thats just BAD!! "

" Right, so i'll be babysitting Shane, Mark and Kian....great, so much for a holiday break from you guys "
" Oh Louis, its OK, we still love even though you don't wanna be seen with us, its ok we still love you "
" GROUP HUGS!!!! "

And with that all the people that supported Westlife, from Security to Make-up ( yeah they do wear it ) to Public Relations ran in for a giant group hug. Louis was crushed in the middle " ewwww who's got the bad B.O, pewwwww it stinks.."
" sorry, had to let that one go guys or I'd burst "
" ohhhh Bryan did you have to..... God i'm feeling sick "

So there was Westlife breaking up for a much needed 2 months of relaxing, partying and miracle making. Bryan raced off to see Kerry ; Nicky off to see Georgina and the lads back in Dublin whom he had promised to show what Shnicky nights were all about.
Louis, Shane, Mark and Kian were all off on a plane to Malaysia, the surprise visit would show Louis how the girls were really going along ; now all he had to do was to sneak into Malaysia without being noticed...it would have been easier had the other three not tagged along, but hey it's not like he could do much anyway, I mean they paid for their own tickets.

Back in Malaysia, in 5ive's Hotel room, everybody was dressed and ready to impress ( basically to spend the whole night partying )

"Wow that was a GREAT concert... especially that last song you guys did together, you really just jelled guys, it was awesome!". "Yeah and now we get to go out!"; "Doubt it, I just talked to Kian on the phone from the Airport, said they were coming to the hotel for a suprise visit". "Gee Nora, aint much of a suprise visit if we know their coming..... so??? WHO'S coming?". "Well, it's gonna cost ya Norie... yep I see designer labels... LOTS of them and ofcourse your BEAU-TI-FUL watch". "WHAT! I got that watch from Shane... it took me forever to get that off him... man you can just eat it punk-ass..... OH MAN..... dammit if I wasn't so desperate, man I can't believe I have to stoop this low..... oh OK....NOW WHO's COMING??". "Hmmmm it's becoming very clear now.... Ohhh I see ahhh Louis, Mark, Shane and Kian....ooohh Norie did I say that I saw Mark?? hehehehe".
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH went everybody in the room. "IT'S MARK NORIE! he's coming for you, don't you see he's finally realised HE'S INLOVE with you...this MUST be the sign we've been waiting for???"
"Yeah and Nick Carter wants you to call him back....RIGHT Denver????" I replied sarcasticly as she blushed a violet red.

"OH SHIT... he's like a month early.... HOLY SHIT..... oh my god! calm down, calm down......ah .... O.K girls go get ya rooms ready for inspection and PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD behave!!!! but don't behave too much otherwise Louis will spot it in a second". "Huh! I'm confused Norie do you want us to act or be natura? pick one, we can't be both ya know". "Uhhhhh act normal then". 5ive started laughing as we all scrambled to make the health hazards (Lindsay, Maz and I) we called our rooms somewhat like as if you could live in it. So there we were both 5ive and Starlight* crews madly cleaning like there was no tomorrow. All the while Saz and Denver sat content in the knowledge that their room was perfectly clean. It ALWAYS WAS.... No matter where they were Saz kept their room in pristine order like as if she were half expecting J.C to go in there sometime.... there was definitely something going on between those two... I hadn't figured it out, well actually I hadn't caught them in the act so I couldn't spring sandy o it yet so yeah.... but someday somehow I was going to find the evidence I needed to catch them out.

We cleaned up each and every room at a lightning speed okay, okay we did in half an hour BUT STILL it gave us half an hour to practise our lines that we would give to Louis and the guys. Everything was fine until the guys of 5ive decided it would be really funny to mimic every answer Starlight* came up with during all their interviews that had done. There was Rich Neville pitching his most girlish voice "Uhhh No I don't have anyone special in my life BUT I AM looking.... oh somebody PLEASE ask me out on a date, nobody ever does..." All this mocking resulted in a pillow fight between the pop groups which did nothing but ruin the fact that we had just rushed to clean the rooms up in the first place. After screaming for 5 minutes to get them to stop making a mess I REALISED that we were sitting in 5ive's room so it didn't really matter.

Meanwhile at the Airport; Shane, Mark and Louis were giving Kian crap about calling Nora to tell her they had just landed in Malaysia. "Uh DUH Kian, it's supposed to be a SUPRISE visit as in your girlfriend DOESN'T know that your coming.... GREAT now their all probably planning something".
"SOR-RY if I was so eager to hear my girlfriends voice alright".
"Man, I KNEW bringing you three would be trouble, first the fans at the Airport and now this....O.K lads get into the van and lets get there today rather than tomorrow lads, ya got that?".
"Yep sure Louis". With that 3 members of Westlife headed towards the hotel that 5ive and Starlight* were staying at. Along the way they discussed what they were going to do for a month or so. "Well I'm going to party" Shane put in; "And I'm going to spend time with my girlfriend as you know I haven't seen her in AGES!".
"Ummmm I'm going to have a full body massage WHEREVER we go and party up yep thats it lads".
"Gee Mark that was just Soooo creative of you.... did you think of that one yourself?". "Yeah.... Umm it took me forever....DON'T try to mock me mate coz you and both know that I'm MUCH better at mocking that you are mate hehehehehehe".
"Oh I forgot I was in the presence of a master....sorry Mark". "It's O.K Shane.... I know it's hard but YOU CAN STILL learn a lot from me... I have still so much more to show you...but don't worry I'm a GREAT teacher".
"SHUT UP MARK". hehehehehehehe
"Right, next time I want to go visit Norie.... I'll definitely leave you guys behind GEEZ"

Finally Louis, Shane, Mark and Kian arrived at the hotel and as they walked into the Lobbey they were greeted by 5ive who were desperately trying to delay Louis getting upstairs as Starlight* were still fixing up the mess that had been created during the pillow fight, which had somehow moved into Norie's room and BOY was she freaking and cleaning at the same time.

"Guys, it's been a while... Louis, Shane, Mark, Kian.... where are the other two?".

"Uh they're back home spending time with Kerry and Georgina, you know".
"Yeah WE KNOW hehehehehehehehe".
"Is there some kind of a joke that we're missing out on?".
"Oh No, it's just that Norie says 'you know' all the time, it's just funny to hear you all say it too".
"Oh ok.." Man these guys looked jumpy, thought Shane, I wonder why?
"Right enough of this Dilly Dally, where's Norie and the girls?" Louis asked.
"Uhhh the girls, well their upstairs... you know just practising".
"Do they have a performance tonight or something?" Louis replied as 5ive started to sweat excessively under the strain of having to lie.
"Uh no, they're just really dedicated to the art of performing, you know practising moves etc. etc.".
"Oh, well then they wont mind their Co-Manager who hasn't seen them in MONTHS coming up to hear them practise".
"Oh well I guess not.... yah I guess" 5ive had admitted defeat as Louis walked towards the lift and up to the chaos that was upstairs.

"So what's up guys? why do you keep avoiding the topic with Louis?" Shane, Mark and Kian asked in unison. "What are you guys triplet?? hehehehehe".
"No, and STOP avoiding the question....WELL??"
"Oh well the girls are franticly trying to clean up Norie's room "
" Why?? it can't be that bad? "
" Oh it was clean, before we had the pillow fight...and then well, ummm its a warzone and well Norie got pissed and made the girls clean it up as punishment... i gotta say, I've never seen them clean a room so fast in my life even if it was a total warzone "
" Oh well, too late now, Louis is up there now " mark said
" well no frikin duh Mark! "
HEY! thats what Norie says all the time "
" Yeah, and your point is? "
" hehehe she says that too man... you sound just like her except a guy and Irish, hehehehe ".
" Yeah, Yeah, yeah, lets just get up there ok "

Mark, Shane, Kian and 5ive entered the elevator hoping to beat Louis up to the 25th floor where the girls were at but all the while knowing that was just not going to happen. Meanwhile Louis was singing along to the elevator music, humming away, he was at the 20th floor, only 5 floor o go and he would be able to catch up with both the girls and Norie.....hmmmm......
21......
22......
23......
24......
25.. DING!

Meanwhile in the other elevator, Mark, Shane, Kian and 5ive fretted about the fate of Starlight* and their young co-manager Norie,

"Oh man I hop we beat Louis there...oh crap... hell I hope that their room is clean..."
"oh don't worry, Norie should have it settled before Louis gets there.."
" man! I can't wait to see Nora again....."
"man I'm hungry...."
"Mark, your always hungry and kian would you just shut up about Nora for just one moment? "

Louis on the other hand strutted out of the elevator without a care in the world.

He walked calmly towards their room and knocked. After 3 knocks he was greeted by an eye

" who is it? "
" It's Louis, is Norie there Maz? "
" Oh ... how did you know it was me? "
" Maz, when your the co-manager of a successful boy-band, it makes sense to know some facts about Starlight* "
" ohh....ummmm " Maz turned back to look at Norie to see what she should do.
" tell him I'm in the toilet and I'll be out in a sec "
Maz nodded at Norie " uh Louis, Norie's in the toilet, she'll be out in a sec "
" well then, she won't mind if I come in then, you know, if I just sit in your room and talk to you girls for a while, until she comes out, of course "
" Uh yeah, I guess " maz shrugged, not knowing what to do,whilst all I could see was my funeral procession flash before my very own eyes.
So without a great amount of energy, I rushed into the toilet, sitting there thinking about what the hell i was gonna say or do. I heard Louis enter the room and chat with the girls for the whole half an hour that I spent sitting in the bathroom/ toilet freaking. I could decipher exactly what they were talking about to Louis but I could imagine what they were saying......well actually I couldn't think of what they were saying...hmmmm....me?....touring?....singing?.... who the hell knew?.

Finally, I came out of the toilet looking refreshed,as you do when you have spent half an hour in the bathroom thinking about your execution, over and over again. I was breathing as hard as possible when the guys came in. Talk about my saviours, I almost fainted at the sight of them, it also gave my an excuse to kill time with Louis and something else to focus on besides my little chat with Louis. Yeah, I had escaped Alcatraz...yeah Norie is definitely the dude here, that was until......

" ahem, .....Norie can I talk to you in private please? "
" Uh sure Louis, why don't we go into the girl's room "

So I walked into the Lions den, not knowing whether or not I was coming out with a job or just plain alive, with one long breath intake I strode into the room. Thoughts raced through my mind...was I in trouble?...was I still gonna be a manager?....was i gonna get a raise?....did Louis want to hand over full reins over to me?... was I being fired for being a bad manager?...every thought passed through me, I just didn't know what to expect.

" Norie...norie...you can breathe now.... I'm not going to tell you off, I just wanted to see how you were coping and to catch up with the girls and what artists should go on tour with them "

Man......I breathed the heaviest sigh of relief " Oh man.... I thought you were going to tell me off or something Louis, man I'm glad that I didn't hold my breath for any longer, I think I would have fainted " hehehehehehe

Meanwhile inside Norie's hotel room Starlight*, 5ive and the three members of Westlife ( Mark, Shane and Kian ) and Nora re-aqquainted themselves. Hugs, Kisses and High fives were all around as they catched up on the goss. Shane asked where Norie was and everybody replied in a whisper " with Louis...sounds serious "

Right then Louis and I re-entered the room, to a stunned silence, all eyes glanced from Louis to me, as if they were waiting for their final exam results. It was then that Louis and I started laughing hysterically.
" what are you staring at freaks? "
Everybody stopped for a second before laughter erupted and flowed throughout the room. And as Shane and I hugged and yeah, I hugged Mark....mmmmmm he smelt good....gawd I really have to stop pining after this guy but at that moment it was so hard.....I think that Shay noticed coz he kept mocking me for the rest of the night.

"Oh Norie... I've got a little prezzie for you.... that Versace top you wanted, well after 3 months I FINALLY got it".

"Oh WOW! thanks Shay... you didn't HAVE to even though I HAVE been nagging you for FOREVER about it.... but thanks bro your the best"

"The best!..... I don't know about that, he JUST got that at duty free" Mark snickered.

"and WHAT did YOU get her Mark?.... huh? yeah that's right, NOTHING".

"No, I didn't get her something but I DID bring her a HUG and a KISS when I met her and one for every other day that we're here".

WOW I thought to myself, I get hugged and kissed by Mark (even if it's on the cheek) for a WHOLE month.... Man, what more could a Mark fan dream of?? mmmmmmm.

"Hey Norie?.... HELLO??? calling planet Norie.... is anybody here?". Bloody Nora just HAD TO knock my head to further emphasise the fact that I was day dreaming yet again.

5ive proceeded to fill in Shane and the guys of our wild parties and all-night clubbing and even our Vodka Shot games we had just invented.... "THE VODKA 500". Kian kept on hugging Nora, who seemed very happy to snuggle up to her beau.

"Get a room guys...!" I said

"WE HAVE... YOUR IN IT!!!" They replied

"Oh ha ha ha Nora, BUT I don't know if you noticed but THIS IS my room!!"

"Hey! what's yours is mine and what's mine is MOST DEFINITELy mine!"

There was a pause and a long one until Rich just HAD to remind everyone of how every Westlife fan kept mistaking me for Nora and kept on hounding me more than they did of Starlight* or 5ive (the sister of the girlfriend of a Westlife member syndrome strikes again!)

"Oh ha!, ha!, ha!.... ENOUGH of your jokes at my expense..... will ya just cut it out and get a life".

"Oh BUT we have got lives".

"Yeah SAD LIVES!.... Now can you all just scoot on outta my room, I need some peace and quiet, BESIDES I'm getting a headache listening to you all".

"Oh Ok" they all said.... "BYE MERK!!!"

Mark popped up his head; "Huh! did somebody call out my name?".
"Uh no!" said Lindsay; "It's just a nickname we have for Norie coz she REALLY likes Mercedez and you know the nickname for Mercedez is Merks....so yeah!".
"Oh WOW, REALLY? I didn't know that... GEE Norie I thought you were more of a Porsche girl like Nora there, coz she's OBSESSED with her one".

"WAIT!, WAIT!, WAIT! YOU have a Porsche??.... Nora you didn't tell me WHY?.... Man I thought we shared EVERYTHING.... so much for the whole twin bond crap.... yeah that's what you are full of crap!".

"HEY! HEY! HEY!, I don't have to share EVERYTHING with you, you know.... BESIDES what use is my Porsche 911 GT2 to you in Malaysia when it's back in London??".

"Nah, it's not that!; What I wanna know is WHERE did you get the money for a Porsche??"

"Work and Kian.... oh GET OVER IT, you can afford your own car anyway, your just a stingy cheap-ass".

"Yeah so???".

So there I was, I had passed the first in many tests by the great Louis Walsh (ok that's overdoing it BUT HEY he's my boss!!). I had got an A on my report card and the girls were in the top 5 in every country that had MTV, which as you know is just about every country in the world. With their first single at No.1 in the U.K for 5 weeks the girls had to get the tour done in Europe as well as making an appearance on *Top of The Pops* (especially as so far TOTP only had concert footage of the girls!). Well you know..... TOTP make their money by getting live performances so yeah performing there was pretty much high up on the priority list.

My plan to somehow get Mark is finally starting, much to the amazement of Starlght*, Shane, Kian and 5ive. I've got Mark's phone number so I ACTUALLY talk to him ummm about every other night.... Man his voice is sooooo gorgeous. I am nervously anticipating the European tour with Westlife as this will mean we get so spend more time with Westlife and me with Mark (ofcourse).

Nora has gone back with Kian to London and then onto Sligo to meet and greet the folks (a.k.a Kian's parents ... scary stuff huh?). The friction between Saz and J.C is so thick you could cut a piece and eat it....but I know the truth.... By Day they act as if they are at each others throats BUT by night (and this is just a theory so far until I prove it) they are LOVERS!!!!. Lets see, Maz is going out with one of the dancers and I REALLY hope that it lasts coz well he's actually teh choreographer and well ummm it took A LOT just to get him in the first place. I finally got Lindsay the PS2 that she wanted which came in a special pack where you get Gran Turismo 3 with it for free. Now my only problem is that she plays on it all day long and it's almost impossible to get her off it. Denver is still going out with her boyfriend from New Zealand; personally I don't like the guy BUT HEY I'm only the manager I don't rule their lives like a dictator or something.

3 days later

I'm REALLY DESPERATE now for the European tour to begin (especially as things between Mark and I seem to be going along so well!!!). He said he would take me out once we hit London, you know shout me a coffee or a drink at a night club (hey you never know, things could happen!). The rest of Starlight* and Nora reckon that I have interpreted too much into his gesture of friendship, as they put it BUT I KNOW the truth and whether they will accept it is their problem.

Yeah I know, I know your probably thinking "MAN this chicks desperate to hook up with Mark"

WELL I AMM DAMMIT!!!!

Maz hit me to wake me up
"Uh Norie!!! stop daydreaming about Mark again, we have to board the plane now".

"Ohhh right... ummm yeah sorry guys, was I drooling or something???"

"Yeah and now that guy at check-in thinks your checking-him-out GET IT??? hehehehehehe" she stood there laughing a full 10 minutes all the while pointing her finger at me (as if people weren't staring hard enough at me!).

"Uh DRY JOKE Maz!.... I mean (and as I turned to look at the guy).... EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW that guy! Uh I'd never look at that guy even if I was high on drugs uhhhh damn he's U.G.L.Y ". We all laughed as we waited for the call out.

" Air New Zealand flight for London Heathrow is now boarding, all passengers please make your way now "
" RIGHT girls thats us, get on, it's time to conquer Europe "
" and watch you with Mark, ohhh man thats gotta be bad for ya brain, hehehehehe "
" He he he funny, now just get on alright?....and do it before I kick you all on "

" Ah excuse me miss, are you Norie Ape? "
" Yes, thats me, is something wrong ? "
" Ah could you just step aside and open your bags please....it shouldn't be too long "

AWWWWWWWWW MAN, NOT AGAIN.......WHY???........WHY ME? "

"See ya at London Norie.......mwha, mwha love ya "

"Bye girls....Phil..watch them please, i'll be there ASAP "