***The next day***
"ASHLEE" Brian called, knocking the on adjoining door, I opened it and smiled at him,
"yeah" I asked, he grinned at me,
"This is Leighanne, my girlfriend" he introduced proudly, I smiled at her and shook her hand,
"hey, it's so nice to finally meet you" she told me with a grin, I smiled back at her,
"Same here ... Bri hasnt stoped talking about you" I told her, she grinned at me,
"Bri never stops talking period" she answered,
"Hey, I heard that" Brian shouted from the other room, I giggled and knew at that moment, Lieghanne and I were going to become best friends. The guys had a show that night, so Leighanne and I were left on our own for the day, and we had told the guys were would meet them at the arena later that night,
"So Ashlee" Leighanne started, I smiled at her,
"You can call me Ash" I said, we decided to hang out at the hotel that morning and get better aquainted,
"your nicks cousin ... right?" she asked, I smiled at her and nodded my head, we sat and talked for hours, finally it was time to head out, the guys had phoned a few hours before, and asked if we wanted to meet them for lunch,
We went and had lunch with the group,
"What ya girls got planned for this afternoon?" Kevin asked, I looked at Leigh and shrugged my shoulders,
"Haven't got that far" Leigh joked,
"Well, we got the rest of the afternoon off .... wanna go shopping?" AJ asked, I grinned at him, I needed somthing to get my mind off everything.
"Hell yeah; do you even need to ask?" I replied with a grin, we finished lunch then all headed in our own direction,
Leighanne and Brian had decided to spend the afternoon alone together, Kevin and Nick decided to head back to the hotel and Howie, AJ and I hit the nearest mall.
"What about this?" I asked, picking up a hat, and modeling it around the shop,
"ladies and gentleman, Ashlee is modeling this stunning, stylish new Cowgirl hat" AJ said into his invisable microphone, as I walked down the around the shop acting like it was my ramp and I was a model, Howie just started laughing,
"I'm never going out with you two again" he said, as he headed for the door, AJ and I followed him.
"How you doin' Angel face" AJ said with a grin as he threw his arm around my shoulders, I just laughed at him,
"Alex, you've been with me all afternoon, and you only asking me that now?" I asked him with a grin, his face turned serious
"no... I mean 'how are you' " he asked, I saw Howie looking at me to,
"you guys are too much" I said trying to sound happy,
"it was just a stupid nightmare, I can't remember what it was about" I told them, as I headed for the music store in the mall.
Howie and Alex just looked at each other,
"Bro, she's so NOT okay" AJ exclaimed worridly,
"What do you think is wrong?" Howie asked sharing his concern.
"I don't know" AJ said sighing as he and Howie followed they me to Musica.
"What cd ya looking for?" Howie asked me, I grinned at him and shrugged my shoulders,
"Nsync's new CD ..... No strings attached," I told them, looking up to see AJ's reaction, he just laughed, then handed it to me,
"Can we go now?" Howie asked me, I grinned at him,
"sure, just let me pay for this" I told him, AJ grabbed it from my hand,
"nope, I'l pay" he said, pulling out his wallet,
"Alex, I can pay" I said, trying to grab it from his hand, but he lifted it above his head and because he was so much taller then me I couldnt reach,
"Thanks" I told him, after he handed it to me,
"Its a pleasure" he said with a grin, as we walked out of the CD store and into the waiting Limo to take us to the arena.
We walked into the VIP part of the arena about 15 minutes later.
"hey" I greeted everyone as AJ, Howie and I walked into the guys dressing room, with AJ's arm around me, Nick and Brian were playing Nintendo while Kevin was speaking to his girlfriend Kristen on the phone, and Leighanne was surfing the web on Brian's laptop.
"hey Shorty" Brian joked, while Leighanne hit him across the head with a book, I just stood there gigling,
"What was that for?" Brian asked rubbing his head, looking at Leighanne, she just grinned,
"That was rude, don't call my friend shorty" she scoldded playfully,
"Thanks Leigh" I said, then stuck my tounge out at Brian,
"NICK" Brian shouted as he turned back to the tv, only too see the game finished and a grinning Nick sitting next to him,
"sorry dude, you lost" Nick told him with a smile, as Brian started chasing him around the dressing room.
I sat down next to Leighanne and we laughed at the two backstreet Boys,
"Okay guys, calm down, you got to get ready" Denise said from the door, the five guys walked out and left Leighanne and I to occupy ourselves.
"So what did you three do this afternoon?" Leigh asked me, I grinned and pulled the Nsync Cd out of my bag,
"Look what AJ bought me" I told her then handed the cd to Leigh,
"Wow ... nsync he must really like you" she joked, I couldn't hold the grin,
"oh my gosh, you like him; don't you" Leighanne asked me shocked, but luckily I didnt have time to answer her,
"Hey ladies" we heard a voice behind us, I turned around to find BJ and Jane standing there.
"Aunt Jane, Beej" I squealed as I run up to them and hugged them.
"I'm missed you guys so much" I told them, then looked at BJ.
"Well you stay here, i'm going to find your brother" Jane said then headed off in the direction on make up.
"Hey Leigh" BJ squealed then hugged the older woman.
"So ...." Leigh started starring at me,
"do you like him?" she asked, her whole face lighting up, I just grinned and nodded my head,
"Who?" BJ asked confused,
"AJ" I whispered excitedly, she just stood there with a shocked expression on her face,
"Who do you like?" AJ asked from the door, all of us just looked at each other, as I gave them a pleading look not to tell him, they just grinned,
"Oh, so you don't give me a hug anymore" BJ asked pretending to be sad,
Author's Chapter Notes:
hey, sorry for the delay, and if you like "Miles apart" i'll be updating soon, only problem is got exams next week, so will prob update next weekend
