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The Reason

“…And The Reason Is You…”

“I just don’t know how it happened.” AJ shook his head and reached for another pair of
sunglasses that rested in his glove compartment.

“Well, then I think we should have a talk, Alex…” Jenn remarked, smirking.

AJ let out an exasperated sigh as he stepped on the gas after waiting impatiently at a
red light. However, it was only a second or two until he smirked towards his sister. “You
are such a smart ass.” He patted her on the head. “I’ve taught you well.”

“The hell you did.” Jenn swatted his hand away. “Everything I know about being a smart
ass, I learned from Howie.”

AJ laughed into the Florida air out of his convertible. His passenger did as well. “Jenn, I
just don’t want you to get hurt if he acts strangely to the news. He’s not been himself
lately and…well…y’all aren’t always the most compliant people.”

“Believe me, J, if I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have done it.” His
sister spoke plainly. But she wasn’t sure if she even believed herself. That was another
thing she learned from her brother. Lying.

~*~


“Where the hell is AJ at?” Brian asked, checking his watch. Plopping onto a couch in the
studio, he rubbed his eyes sleepily.

“Why so tired, Bri?” Nick smirked, sitting down at his friend’s feet. “I was the one who
couldn’t sleep with all that banging and screaming.”

Brian lowered his eyes towards Nick and smirked. “I can’t help it if I’m so good she can’t
contain her noise.”

“Um, yeah, I’m pretty sure that was YOU I heard screaming, Rok.” Howie sat down o­n
the edge of an end table, taking a sip of his water.

“Dude, that’s my cousin! Gross…” Kevin spoke now, scribbling notes down that he had
been plunking o­n the piano.

“Jealous.” The cousin remarked, sitting up a bit. “So, back to my question. Where the
hell is AJ?”

“Said something about going to get Jenn.” Nick answered finally, digging through the
ice cooler.

Kevin’s piano playing came to an abrupt stop as his head shot up. “Jenn? Jennifer
McLean?”

“No…no, Kev. Nicky meant Jennifer Aniston. Since, you know, she and AJ are related.”
Howie rolled his eyes and started reading through some business material.

“Why is she coming here?” The eldest Backstreet Boy pretended not to care. He
shouldn’t care. He didn’t care really about anything anymore. He only pretended so that
no one would suspect anything.

“Because AJ’s her brother?” Brian eyed Kevin. “You of all people, Kev, should know
everyone’s relationship to everyone.”

“Oh…” He put his head back down and continued to finger the piano keys. He had lost
interest though, in his new musical masterpiece. All his thoughts were stuck on Jenn…

God, she bothered him. And, damn, she had just been there 3 weeks ago. Kevin knew,
too, that she was smart enough to catch on. He got up from his bench and left the room
for a moment.

“Can you bitches not start without me?” AJ called in the studio, whipping off his
sunglasses with a cheerful tone underneath his smartass words.

“Of course not, J. How could we start without the master bitch?” Nick replied
nonchalantly.

AJ had just opened his mouth to release another quip when another voice sounded
behind him.

“NICK!!” It screamed. Usually when the blonde heard a scream like that, his first thought
was to run… or collapse. This was different though.

“Jenn!” He walked over to hug her. “I’m so glad you’re here. I feel like I’m stuck in
Mount Rushmore around here… all these old shits.”

“Hey..” She smiled. “That’s my brother you’re referring to.”

“He’s not an old shit yet.” Nick laughed. “Just an old bitch.” A pillow hit him square in
the face as a snore was sounded through the room.

“Aw, what happened to Brian?” Jenn asked, moving with concern towards her older
friend, who was curled up and sleeping o­n the couch.

“He was really constipated last night.” Nick answered, feigning a sympathetic face.

“Yeah…” AJ scratched his ear. “His constipation kept me up…”

Jenn raised her eyebrow towards AJ. “Hmm.. Well, come on Nick. We should have fun
with this one.”

Before long, Nick and Jenn had placed one of Brian’s hands on his crotch while the
other was placed atop his shirt, over his nipple. The older man stirred and, in doing so,
rubbed himself. A moan escaped his closed lips, causing laughter from AJ and Howie as
well.

“Oh, Bri… you’re such a sexy beast!” Jenn purred into his ear and then backed away to
laugh.

“Mmmm, baby…” He spoke in his sleep.

“OH GROSS!” The girl exclaimed, laughing into Nick’s chest as Brian opened his eyes
and took in the scene before him.

“Dude, Rok, you just hit on my baby sister.” AJ snarled. “And you’re being obscene.”

Brian looked down to observe his position and immediately, his cheeks were filled with
the brightest shade of red. He searched for a place to put his hands, stood up and
looking down, sat down again. “Maybe I should just…sit here..” He stated, crossing his
legs uncomfortably.

Four remarks were o­n the lips of his audience but Brian was saved by the entrance of
his cousin. Kevin’s eyes locked with Jenn’s almost automatically, causing him to
swallow hard. He forced a grin. “Hey…”

“Hey.” She responded simply. The laughter had calmed and everyone had taken to
doing their own thing now. “Kev, I…” She moved closer.

Kevin shook his head. “I…can’t talk right now.” He looked over her. “C’mon y’all.
Recording now…”

“Eh, no, Kev. Pizza’s almost here. We can wait for like, another hour.” Nick informed him,
setting down his 7-Up.

Defeated, the eldest member sat back down at his piano and pretended to ignore
everyone as he had been doing lately. They didn’t seem to care…

Jenn was about to approach him again when a woman came through the door with the
food. She turned to watch Nick slap AJ’s hand away from the breadsticks and Brian
trying to think nice, non dirty thoughts with Howie not helping him. Kevin didn’t move.
She had almost said something to him when the smell wafted from the box and into her
nostrils.

“Oh…” She stated simply, a look of disgust crossing her face.

“Hey Jenn…you want some?” Nick held up a large piece of greasy pizza. As a pepperoni
slid from the piece, so did a feeling of sickness into her stomach.

“Ew…” She breathed out before taking off out of the door.

Everyone watched her leave. AJ thought of going after her, but figured he would get
sent back and took another bite of his pizza.

Quietly, Kevin watched more intently than anyone. What the hell was wrong with her?
Well, it didn’t involve him, he supposed. Not much of anything involved him anymore.
He began working on his music again.

Totally unaware that Jenn’s sudden reason for leaving had everything in the world to do
with him. He was the reason.