Chapter 4
Beatrice smirked at her cousin and shook her head.
“How many keys do I have to duplicate for you?” Bea joked
“No, I just have too much stuff on my hands.” Samantha replied looking down at her hands
“Other words you were too lazy to drop your bags and look for your keys?” Bea asked grabbing one of her suitcase
Beatrice tried to lift it up but ended up putting it back down. She looked up her cousin and shook her head.
“I swear what the hell do you have in those suitcases!” Beatrice said as she rubbed her hand
Samantha put down the things she was holding and pushed pass her cousin. She looked around and didn’t see any of the guys.
“Where the heck are the guys at?” Samantha asked
“At the backyard.” Beatrice replied
“*Kuya Chris!!!! ERICK!!! Get your butts in here now!” Samantha shouted making Beatrice laughed
“Why did I not think of that earlier?” Beatrice asked her cousin as she walked back towards her
“You wanted to help me your self?” Samantha asked raising an eyebrow at her
Before Beatrice can reply Erick and Chris came. They looked at each other and shook their heads. They pushed pass the girls and got Samantha’s four suitcases and brought it upstairs to her room. She just got back from visiting her family in San Francisco. When she wasn't on tour with the boys, she would always visit her family and friends. Even though she missed her family and friends she still love living in LA.
Samantha turned to her cousin and hugged her. Beatrice was so happy to have her cousin back.
“So is the Spawn of Satan here?” Samantha asked
Beatrice looked at her cousin and laughed, “Spawn of Satan? You mean Nick?”
“Yes that is his name, is he here?” Samantha asked as they walked towards the backyard
“Yup, he’s with his brothers.” Beatrice replied as she slid the door open
They stepped on the backyard and found the boys scattered around. Nick and Brian were playing basketball, while Howie and AJ were playing with Anthony. Kevin was all by himself cooking some of the steaks while Chris and Erick were upstairs handling Samantha’s stuff.
Samantha smiled as she saw Anthony turned around to her. The boys didn’t notice the girl’s presence in the backyard until Anthony notices them.
“Auntie Mantha!!” Anthony shouted as he ran to his Aunt
Samantha squatted down and welcomed her nephew with open arms. Since she lives with Chris and Beatrice, she was very close to her nephew. She use to baby-sit him when Beatrice had shows to do, but as soon as Chris gave Samantha a job, which was be the boys personal assistant, she didn’t baby-sit Anthony anymore.
“I miss you Anthony! You grew up huh!?” Samantha said lifting up Anthony
Nick watched the display in front of him and rolled his eyes. Samantha and him weren’t exactly seeing eye to eye. They’ve hated each other ever since their first meeting. Hate is such a strong word, but these two really had hate towards each other. It was a miracle they could work together. When they first met, Nick was pretty rude to her. She was giving him some clothes to wear for that night’s show and he was pretty cranky that day. He insulted her taste in clothes and after that the war began. The worst part about it was that Nick never apologized for what happened, which made matters worst. It didn’t help that his girlfriend was a bitch to Samantha either.
Every show Samantha would have all the clothes picked out for the guys and of course the guys like her sense of style. At times Nick would wear the clothes she picked out since he had too, but if he had a choice not to wear it he wouldn’t. His girlfriend would always insult what he has to wear saying it’s too long, too short, too plain, or whatever other complain she could think off. The guys would ask Nick to at least keep his girlfriend’s mouth shut, but it seems that Nick would just let her run her mouth.
Brian looked at his best friend and smirked, “Look Nick it’s your best friend.”
“Fuck you Bri,” Nick replied as he tried to make a shot
“Why didn’t you just say sorry Nick? Was it so hard to say sorry?” Brian asked as he got the rebound
Nick looked at Brian and he really didn’t know how to answer that. By the next day he forgot about him being rude to her and when he tried talking to her she was ignoring him.
“I don’t know, I was so cranky the day before that by the next day I seriously forgot I was rude to her.” Nick replied as he watched Brian make a three point shot
Brian shook his head and put a hand on his shoulder, “Well it’s never too late to say sorry,”
“Naw hell naw, I will not say sorry. She’s the one whose being rude to me. She should have known I was cranky.” Nick replied stubbornly
“Yea, but she was new Nick, did you really expect her to know?” Brian asked
Nick looked at Brian and shook his head, “If she says sorry first, then I’ll say sorry.”
Brian laughed and decided to stay quiet. He knew no matter what he tells his little brother he won’t listen. He looked over Beatrice and Samantha. He saw how they played with Anthony and how the little boy laughed. He just wished he could be there too playing with his son. Now he really knew what he missed out on.
~~~~ Beatrice and Samantha ~~~~
Both girls started walking towards the grill with Anthony. Kevin gave Samantha a hug as soon as they reached the grill. Howie and AJ came over and each gave Samantha a hug. Beatrice looked over at Brian and Nick and noticed how good of a basketball player Brian still was. She remembered when she used to cheer him on when he would go one on one with her brother. She smiled and looked down at Anthony. He was holding a soccer ball that he found under the table.
“You want me to call Uncle Erick so he can play with you?” Beatrice asked
Anthony nodded his head excitedly. Beatrice laughed at his energy and stood up. Before she could walk over to the house Erick came out. Anthony ran to him and held up the soccer ball. Erick smiled and nodded his head. Anthony put the ball down and started kicking the ball as he walked with Erick. Every one had to admit, if only Anthony had black hair and hazel eyes, then maybe they could pass for father and son because as they were walking every one couldn’t help but think they looked as if they were father and son.
“You know he’s really close to Erick.” Howie said
“Yea, too close, he sadly got my nephew into soccer.” Chris replied as he set some more steak on the table
Bea turned to her brother and smacked him, “Soccer’s not that bad bro, why you gotta be such a hater? Your just jealous because Anthony likes him better than you.”
“That’s not true, my nephew loves me more than that pretty boy.” Chris replied heading towards the grill
“Sure buddy,” Bea said turning her attention towards Kevin, AJ, and Howie
“You know it would be great if Anthony will talk to Brian,” AJ suggested randomly
Bea looked at him and laughed, “Yea, alright, do you have anything in mind?”
“Yup, how about letting them hang out like how Erick and Anthony does.” AJ suggested
“Well it’s Brian’s choice if he wants to hang out with Anthony.” Bea replied
“But is Anthony willing to do that?” Kevin asked
“He’s a kid Kevin, I don’t think he’ll mind whose he with just as long as he gets to go somewhere.” Bea replied
“Yea, but I thought he hated Brian?” Howie asked confused
“I don’t think it’s a factor right now, I mean he’s right outside with us even though Brian is here too.” Bea paused and looked at the three men and gave them a small smile “I’ll plan something out so they can spend some time together. I just think I have to talk to Brian first.”
“Alright, but if you need any help don’t be shy to ask us.” AJ said with a smile
“I’ll keep that in mind.” Bea replied before walking towards Erick and Anthony
~~~~ Meanwhile ~~~~
Samantha looked over at Brian and Nick and walked over to them. She stopped when she was a few feet away from the court. She didn’t want to go any further since she didn’t want to interrupt the game. Brian saw her and walked over towards her. He gave her a hug and when he pulled away she smacked him.
“Ow! What you smack me for?” Brian asked rubbing his right arm
“Don’t hug me when your sweaty Brian! You know I hate it when people hug me when their sweaty.” Samantha replied
“Well then let me hug you then,” Nick said making Brian laugh
Samantha stepped away and held her hands up, “There are other reasons why I don’t want to hug you. God knows what you’ve been infected with,”
“What’s that suppose to mean Samuel?” Nick asked
"You figure it out, Carter. Not unless the germs you gained from your makeout sessions with little miss Amanda "not-so-innocent" Willford some how made their way up to your brain and killed off the majority of your brain cells. In that case, I can't help you.” Samantha replied with an innocent smile
"What is it with you girls always automatically hating another girl you don't even know?" Nick asked as he started closing the big gap between Samantha and him
Samantha crossed her arms and smirked, “It's easy, really. She has 'slut' written all over her. You should really see her when she's out of your sight, always flirting with anything that looks like a guy. So pathetic really." Samantha paused and shook her head "Oh, but then again, I doubt that you would notice it anyway considering the fact that all you guys ever notice is a girls' body."
"Well, what can I say? I know how to pick 'em. Don't insult my girlfriend just because you're jealous of her. That's really childish, Sam." Nick replied who now had a smirk on his face
Samantha looked at Nick like he was crazy and started laughing, "Pssh, me? Jealous of her? You've got to be kidding me. First of all, why in the world would I be jealous of that bimbo? She may think she has talent but I'm sorry to disappoint you Nicky, looking like a stripper but acting like an innocent school girl is not considered as talent."
Before Nick can reply to Sam she continued, "Second of all, what's there to be jealous about? Just because you have a chunk of the female population in the world at your feet does not mean I'm one of them. You don't see me fainting every time you pass by. Even if that did happen, it would probably because I was so frightened by your hideous face and rank stentch that I passed out from it."
‘I don’t know why I have to lie since I know Nick is so hot! But he is just pissing me off!’ Samantha thought
"Pssh, just admit that you secretly think I'm attractive because I know that you do! Plus, if you did faint it would probably because I'm the first guy your so-called "pure" and "innocent" mind creates fantasies about and you wouldn't be able handle it." Nick replied with that famous Nick Carter smile that made millions of fans hearts melt
"Whatever, Nick-ole! I'm not going to waste my time and breath on you. You're on my tuff now so you better watch out."
"Ooh, that's a pretty big threat from such a little girl."
Before Samantha can cuss Nick out, a soccer ball appeared in between them. Anthony came and picked up the soccer ball and looked up at them and smiled.
“What were you and Uncle Nick talking about?” Anthony asked innocently
"Oh, it's nothing, hun. Uncle Nick here was just being a big, fat meanie." Samantha replied smiling down at her nephew
"Oh, that's low... you're trying to set him against me!" Nick said glaring at Sam
Anthony laughed, “"Hehe Uncle Nick is a fat meanie!" Anthony sticks out his tongue at Nick
Samantha playfully stuck out her tongue at Nick. He looked at her and shook his head. He walked away and Anthony soon followed after him except going towards Erick. Brian was still right beside her and put an arm around her shoulder.
“I’m proud of you Sam,” Brian said
“Proud of me? For what?” Samantha asked
“For saying all those things to Nick, sometimes he just too stubborn to see wrong things. Like Willa,” Brian replied
“Well I’m just speaking the truth, you know she tries to flirt with you too.” Samantha said
“Yup, but I have taste in women.” Brian replied making Samantha laugh
“Of course, after all you went out with my cousin.” Samantha said
Brian looked over at Bea, Anthony, and Erick and let out a sigh. He couldn’t help but think that, that could have been him instead of Erick. Samantha saw where Brian was looking at and put an arm on his shoulder.
“If it makes you feel better Anthony knows you’re his father and not Erick.” Samantha said as she tried to make Brian feel better
“Yea he knows I’m his father, but he doesn’t like me.” Brian replied sadly
Samantha looked at where Anthony was and back to Brian, “If it makes you feel better I’ll talk to my cousin.”
“Really? Don’t you hate me for what I did?” Brian asked
“I did, but I got over it. I mean how long do you deserve to be hated? After all everyone makes mistakes right?” Samantha paused and smiled at Brian “Besides I can see you really want to be a part of Anthony’s life now.”
“Thanks Sam,” Brian said “And if it makes you feel any better I don’t like hugging Nick either.”
Sam laughed and playfully pushed Brian and walked away. She turned to Brian, then to her cousin. She knew it wasn’t going to be a hard task, but she just hoped Anthony would give another chance.
*Kuya means older brother or cousin in tagalog.
