Chapter One-Hundred-Sixty-Eight
“Bree, Ally, and Jess are going to kill me,” Stacy announced to Aaron as she lay sideways on the bed on her stomach facing Aaron who is sitting on the floor with his chin rested on the bed so that the two of them are face to face. Aaron chuckled.
“Yeah I’m sure your dad will too. What were you thinking coming here at twelve in the morning all by yourself? Anyone could have grabbed you human or animal and then what?”
“I didn’t really care at the time all I could think about was that I needed answers from you and it was going to drive me crazy if I waited until morning.” Aaron shook his head grinning.
“You are crazy, Carmichael…you do know that right?”
“Mhm…crazy about you,” Stacy agreed and they heard Angel drop her pen on the other side of the room. Aaron smirked and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. “But anyway that’s not the only reason the girls are going to kill me. You see if you haven’t noticed all three girls are kind of obsessed with this kid named Aaron Carter…and if they found out their best friend was sleeping in this kid Aaron Carter’s house without them…well it just wouldn’t be pretty.” Aaron laughed.
“Oh I’ve noticed alright…one of them started a mob in Wal-Mart and the other one fainted on me.”
“Actually that was Ally both times,” Stacy laughed.
“What about you though?” Aaron asked amusedly.
“What about me?”
“Well everytime you and I run into each other you’ve made it very clear that you’re not an Aaron Carter fan what-so-ever but that’s been proven to be a lie.”
“Oh no it’s completely true,” Stacy teased and Aaron looked at her with mock hurt in his eyes. Stacy laughed. “Yeah…that Aaron Carter kid…he can be a real pain.” Aaron stuck his tongue out at her and playfully shoved her.
“Yeah, you are really funny.” Stacy giggled and then sat up before wrapping her arms around Aaron and pulling him up onto the bed with her before lying back and he grinned and lay next to her before enveloping her in his arms and he rested his forehead against hers.
“I’ve always been your fan Aaron, I never stopped. But it was a little different for me then them, you know?”
“Yeah I know I get it. You don’t have to explain anything to me,” Aaron reassured. “I’m right here Stace, you don’t have to worry about losing me again,” he added as he noticed that familiar questioning look in her eyes and he bent down and placed tender kisses on various places on her face. Angel grabbed her pillow then and she threw it as hard as she could aiming for her brother’s head but he ducked and sheltered Stacy causing the pillow to hit the wall instead. Little did Angel know, he had half a mind on Angel and half a mind on Stacy and could just feel the frustration boiling inside Angel.
“Twin telepathy Ange…” he reminded and he turned and looked at her. Angel gave him a dark look telling him that she is not at all amused.
“Keep it G rated over there or I’m going to go get Nick.”
“Too late. Nick is already here,” Nick replied, opening the door and looking at his sister with narrowed eyes. She looked back at him innocently.
“Well hiii there bro, what brings you in here?”
“What are you throwing around in here?”
“Pillows?”
“Didn’t I ask you to behave?”
“You asked me not to shout. You never said I couldn’t throw pillows.” Nick groaned.
“Well can you please refrain from throwing them at my bedroom wall? I have kids in here who are trying to sleep.” Angel looked over at Aaron.
“Not my fault the stupid ass ducked. I was aiming for his head.” Nick looked over at Aaron.
“Air…what are you doing to make your sister want to throw pillows at you?”
“Nothing! We were talking.” Nick sighed heavily and looked back at Angel.
“Angel…if you don’t play nice I am going to make you turn the lights out and go to bed.”
“You’re not my father! You are my brother so why don’t you start acting like it?”
“I am acting like your brother. Right now I am acting like an annoyed brother because my kids are in here trying to sleep and to be honest Id like to sleep too some time tonight!”
“Fine. I won’t throw anything at your wall.” Angel replied stubbornly. Aaron opened his mouth to say something when Nick cut him off.
“Or at your brother’s head, got it?”
“Got it.”
“Or his girlfriend’s head!” Aaron added quickly. “She’s like a friggen pirate Nick, you’ve gotta be clear about what you want.”
“Or Stacy’s head,” Nick added.
“Fine. Not at Stacy either.”
“Good. Now I’m going back to my room…good night.”
“Night Nicky,” Angel replied sweetly. Nick rolled his eyes and turned and shut the door again. Angel looked back over at Aaron and gave him one last dirty look before lying back down on her bed and grabbing up her notebook and she proceeded to write in it. Aaron rolled his eyes and then looked at Stacy. He kissed her forehead softly and then got up from the bed and headed toward Angel’s. Angel who noticed him coming in the corner of her eye looked up at him cautiously. When he approached her bed he grabbed her by the arm and began pulling her up from the bed.
“What the hell! Aaron let me go!” she shrieked.
“Shut up, before Nick comes back in here and has a cow!”
“Then leave me alone!”
“I want a word with you – twin to twin.” He told her, and when he managed to finally yank her up off the bed he dragged her out of the room. Angel rolled her eyes.
“Oh yeah, this isn’t going to make Nick have a cow at all.” Aaron ignored her and continued to drag her through the hall and after a few moments, Angel becoming beyond annoyed yanked her arm from him.
“I can walk you know!”
“Fine then walk!” Aaron snapped back just as Q stepped out in the hall in front of them.
“Now where are you two sneaking off to while the whole house is sleeping? Hmm?”
“Downstairs. We won’t leave the house,” Aaron promised and he grabbed Angel’s hand and pulled her past Q and continued to head for the stairs. Angel scowled and yanked her arm back once again and she crossed her arms over her chest so he couldn’t grab them again. Q raised his eyebrow in confusion for a moment and then went back into security room to keep an eye on all of the outside cameras to make sure Aaron keeps his word. When Aaron and Angel got downstairs he led her straight out into the backyard so that he could talk freely without worrying about waking anyone up. Angel leaned up against the pole to the porch and crossed her arms over her chest and she looked at her brother who was clearly about to scream at her.
“WHAT is your problem?”
“Hmm…well…you dragged me out into the cold backyard while I am in my PAJAMAS to scream at me. That seems like a problem to me right there.”
“I mean with Stacy!”
“I already told you what my problem with her was. I think you can do much better.”
“Why? Why do you think that? Is there a real reason Angel or are you just being a jealous twin?”
“Why the hell would I be jealous of her?”
“Answer my question!” Angel looked away from him stubbornly. “You can’t? Can you? Because there isn’t a real reason at all, you’re just jealous!”
“I’m NOT jealous!” Angel yelled suddenly as she finally turned and looked her brother straight in the eye.
“Then WHAT is the problem here? Why don’t you tell me what’s wrong instead of spending the rest of your life hating every girlfriend that I have?”
“CAUSE I AM SICK AND TIRED OF LOSING EVERY BEST FRIEND THAT I HAVE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS END UP DATING MY TWIN BROTHER! AARON CARTER THE O’ FAMOUS ONE!”
“So I don’t get why you hate Stacy then…when I wasn’t even famous when I was four.”
“Because she was my best friend and she had a crush on you! Just like pretty much EVERY other girlfriend you’ve dated in the past! Stacy was just the beginning of it ALL. EVERY best friend that I’ve ever had has WORSHIPPED you!”
“And why can’t you continue to be their best friend while they’re my girlfriend, hmm?”
“What is wrong with wanting ONE thing to myself for ONCE in my life that doesn’t involve the FAMOUS Aaron Carter?” Angel questioned as tears threatened to fall. “I mean god Aaron, I love you to death and all…you are my other half after all but you don’t understand what it’s like to be the sister of someone famous! Every best friend that I’ve ever had has worshipped you and all they ever talk about is YOU! Sometimes it’s hard to determine whether or not they’re just using me to get to you! And most of the time they end up dating you and then you break up and then I cant be their friend anymore because you both hate each other and don’t want to see each other, and I’m stuck in the middle of it all! For once I want a friend who actually cares about me and wants to be my friend because they’re interested in who I am. Is that too much to ask for?”
“I’m sorry that I am famous if that’s what you want to hear Ange…but I can’t stop every girl from using you to get to me. I know it’s not right but I don’t know what to do about it.”
“You could start by not dating them that would make things a whole lot easier.”
“So what do you want me to do when they start flirting with me and sending signals that they want to date me? Should I just ignore them and pretend they don’t exist? That’s real nice of me…then it’ll give the fans the impression that I am jerk.” Angel rolled her eyes.
“Oh don’t worry Aaron…no matter what you do you will always be loved. Cause everything is all about you,” she replied, and she pushed past him and went toward the door.
“Angel…”
“Leave me alone,” Angel demanded and she pushed the door open and she found Stacy standing there. She had been standing there eavesdropping through the door that had only been closed a crack. Angel pushed past her and walked out of the kitchen and Aaron went over and wrapped his arm around Stacy as he watched his angry twin leave in shock. They’ve never had a fight like this ever and he does not like it one bit.
“Is she going to be okay?” Stacy asked worriedly. Aaron nodded.
“Yeah…I think so…she just needs time to cool down.” When Angel got upstairs she found Nick and Q standing out in the hall between Nick’s bedroom and hers and they are talking quietly. They both looked at Angel as she came up the stairs though.
“What’s going on? I thought it was too quiet in your room so I came to check on you and Q says you were out in the backyard? And it looked like you and Aaron were fighting?” Angel didn’t answer Nick’s question, she only went over to him and slid her arms around his waist and she rested her head against his stomach. Nick now looking more concerned then ever, rubbed his hand over Angel’s back smoothly.
“Can I sleep in your room tonight Nick? Please? I can’t stand the sight of Aaron right now…” Nick sighed.
“Mhm…come on munchkin…” he replied gently and he looked up at Q.
“Will you make sure Aaron and Stacy get into their room and stay there?”
“Yeah of course,” Q nodded and Nick gently led his distressed sister into his bedroom. He’s never seen her so upset before in her life. She and Aaron must have really gone at it – which is another thing he’s never seen before. Sure they’ve argued plenty…what sibling hasn’t? But the two of them are usually really close and the arguments never last more then five minutes. When they got into the room Ashley who was sitting up in bed hugging her legs to her chest looked at Nick concerned.
“Scoot over baby…we’re adding one more person to our bed.”
“What happened?” Nick shrugged and he held up the covers for Angel allowing her to crawl in next to Ashley. When she did Nick crawled into the bed next and he extended his arm so it was wrapped around both Angel and Ashley while Sarah and Dakota slept peacefully on the other side of Ashley, both of them completely oblivious to the extra person in their bed. Angel turned and rested her head against Nick’s chest and closed her eyes and was asleep in less then five minutes.
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Later on that night, after Q had finally managed to get Aaron and Stacy to go in there room and stay there, and was back in the security room himself keeping an eye on the cameras, one little girl suddenly began to become restless in her bed. After kicking, and punching her fists in the air as she remained asleep and every once in the while muttering to herself Elenore jerked awake and bolted upright into the sitting position in her spot between Kevin and Josh. She looked to either side of her at her two sleeping protectors and her eyes watered up with tears. She needs to talk to someone and she needs to talk to them now! After carefully crawling out of her bed she went to the bedroom door and she peeked her head out into the hall and looked around until suddenly she spotted a light turned on underneath Brian’s door. She looked over at the security room then and she eyed it warily. What are the chances that one of those bodyguards are going to come out and try and stop her? She does not want Laney, Q, or Marcus, she wants her Brian. She decided she would take her chances. She slipped out into the hallway and quickly darted behind a wall blocking her from the view of the cameras. Meanwhile in the security room, Marcus who had been paying very close attention to the cameras at the time noticed the small five-year-old slip out and he raised his eyebrow in amusement and nudged Q.
“Check it out…I think we’ve got a Ninja Turtle on the loose.”
“Which one?” Laney asked curiously.
“Who do you think?”
“Raph…” both Q and Laney guessed in unison, as Ellie is usually the only one who would try and sneak out.
“Should we go see what the squirt is up to?”
“Not yet…I want to see what she thinks she is doing.” Marcus, Laney, and Q sat there waiting, their eyes glued to the hallway camera. Suddenly they noticed Elenore slip out into the darkest part of the hallway, her back up against the wall. Marcus snorted.
“This kid watches too much Ninja Turtles.” They watched her as she slowly slid sideways a long the wall going left of the hallway. When she got to the point where she was standing up against Nick’s closed bedroom door across from Brian’s room she dropped to the floor and quickly rolled over to the other side and jumped to her feet and leaned up against that wall instead. It took everything in the three security guards not to burst out laughing. Now that she was standing next to Brian’s door, she reached up and turned the knob and she pushed the door open and moved so she was in clear view, standing in the doorway. When she did she found Brian and Riley lying in bed under the covers, the only thing showing were their heads. Riley is lying underneath him and Brian has his arms wrapped around her and he had just bent down to give her a kiss when Riley suddenly gave him cheekage instead. Confused at this sudden treatment he looked Riley in the eyes concerned.
“What is it?” Riley pointed in the direction of the door.
“We sort of have company…” Brian turned his head and his eyes widened in shock.
“Ellie!” He exclaimed, and he pulled the blanket clear up to his chin and Riley stifled a laugh.
“What are you doing awake sweetheart?”
“Had bad dreams…” Elenore answered quietly and she looked down at her feet as she played nervously with her hands. “And wanted you…” Brian suddenly felt a sense of pride rush through him. She wanted him of all people…not Kevin, not Josh…him. That’s never happened before…ever.
“Alright sweetie…just hang on a couple of minutes okay?” Elenore nodded and she watched as Brian slipped out of the bed and had managed to keep his blanket wrapped around his waist while Riley kept the other blanket that was covering her. He went to his dresser and pulled out a pair of jeans and he went and slipped out of the room to go to the bathroom and get dressed. Marcus, Laney, and Q who saw him dart across the hall into the bathroom and shut the door couldn’t hold back their laughter anymore. Riley who remained sitting in the bed heard them laughing and she shook her head while grinning. She has a feeling they sat there and watched Ellie sneak out of her room and over to hers and Brian’s and they didn’t do a thing to stop her. The things those three men do for entertainment in the middle of the night…really! When Brian came back wearing jeans Elenore turned and looked at him and just as he did he could see she had been crying.
“Alright sweetie…how about we go downstairs for some chocolate milk and you can tell your buddy Brian all about it?” he suggested as he scooped her up in his arms. Elenore nodded in approval and nestled into him as he carried her out of the room after mouthing to Riley that he’d be back.
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