Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 01:22:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chica
Subject: The Next Day-Chapter 4

Another one, so soon? Yep, that's right. I have a hotstreak with these
new ideas I'm cooking up.

DISCLAIMER: I do not know or own the Backstreet boys. Whether or not
they're gay or have had anything happen to them expressed in this story
is completely coincidental. So stop calling me!

Chapter 4

I loved the airplane we had now. It was luxurious and had a Playstation
on board. I managed to talk Kevin into playing and was currently kicking
his ass in the newest football game.

"This sucks. Playstation sucks." Kevin growled through gritted teeth.

"What's wrong Kev? Not Atari?" I joked, receiving a growl from Kevin. I
swear, the guy can be brutal sometimes. He finally lost for good and he
stormed off to sulk to his wife. Now here was the part I dreaded about
this whole trip: I didn't have a girlfriend. Well, niether did AJ, but I
think him and Amanda are close enough now. They've been really close now
and for some reason Amanda has been monitoring my activity around AJ more
closely than ever before. What, was she afraid I was going to steal AJ
from her? Not likely. I put down the controller and decided to see if
someone was free to talk to. Lo and behold, Joey was actually by herself.
I sat by her, giving her a quick squeeze.

"How ya holding up, Nickers?" She asked me.

"Oh just fine. I'm sure Howie told you all about our conversation and
that Brian told you about the limo ride." I said. Joey gave me a funny
look.

"What?" I asked her, searching her face.

"Nothing, it's just that you haven't said Brian's name ever since y'all
broke up." Was I that bad? No matter.

"Well, I think I'm in the process of getting over him. I'm now on a
search to find someone new. Care to be my girlfriend?" I asked like a
little boy. She smiled, shaking her head.

"Excuse me, that's my woman." Howie stated, sitting next to her.

"Not for long. Not after the hot monkey sex we'll be having..." I joked
as she slapped me on the arm lightly. Howie smiled, shaking his head. I
took the hint that they wanted to be alone and got up. I searched the
plane and found Amanda alone, reading a book. I sneaked up on her and
hugged her. She squeezed back, finsihing her page. I sat on the seat
beside her, putting an arm around her protectively.

"Hey Nick. Aren't you supposed to be playing Nintendo or something?" She
asked, staring at him.

"Kevin is a bitch when he doesn't win."

"I think getting him to actually PLAY is a miracle on its own. AJ's in
the shower if you want to sneak up on him." Amanda said. How well she
knew me.

"Nah, I'll give him a break. He's been dealing with my problems for a
while and that's my way of thanking him."


"Nick, what do you think of AJ?" Amanda asked, suddenly turning serious.
Now where did that one come from. How the heck was I to answer that one?

"He's cool."

"No, I mean, well, do you think he's...sexy?" Amanda asked boldly. Sexy?
Why the hell did she ask me that. Oh well, I knew Amanda better than most
people so I'd better
not lie.

"Yeah, of course. Why?" I asked curiously.

"No reason. He really is a nice guy sometimes, huh?" Amanda started
again.

"The best. I don't know what I'd do without him or you." I replied.

"So, would you say he was someone you would possibly..." She stopped
short when AJ reentered the room in a towel. I saw Amanda's face get a
little perterbed. No doubt she had wanted to ask me something about him.
Now that she had mentioned him being sexy, I couldn't help but scan is
body a bit. Yeah, he definitely was. Any gay man would say that. But just
what was she trying to get at?

"You up for a game of Nintendo blondie?" AJ asked, throwing on a pair of
jeans and a wife beater.


"Is everyone playing nintendo with me because they feel sorry for me or
something?" I asked out of the blue.


"I dunno. Perhaps Kevin did. I just wanna kick your
ass."

"That's gonna take a lot of kicking there, AJ." Amanda said. I gave her
the finger.

"Promises, promises." Amanda said wistfully.

"Actually, I can only kick once because my foot would get stuck in
there..."

"AJ! My butt is not that big!" I defended.

"It isn't? Then why can't I seem to locate the end of it?"

"You're just jealous because you can't have my ass." I replied smugly,
pointing a finger at him.

"Oh, I can have it. In fact, I'll have it right...NOW!!" AJ attacked me.
He pinned me down to the couch and flipped me to my stomach. This guy was
strong for such a small frame. He sat on my butt and yelled, "I shall
call this Fattous Maximus." I thrust him off and we started to play
wrestle. Brian had walked in on all this and was standing with Amanda on
the sidelines. I noticed him and pinned AJ quickly.

"You know, you're pretty cute, city-boy." I said in a low, husky voice. I
was rewarded with a glint of mischief in AJ's eyes and, amazingly, a
blush. I looked at Brian and he had suddenly turned a pale shade of white
and was headed towards the bathroom. Talk about killing two birds with
one stone. Now I knew AJ told Amanda something about me and she was
trying to get answers from me. Then I figured out that Brian was jealous.
I felt bad for semi-using AJ, but that would be forgiven later. Instead
of playing nintendo, I went to my bed to think.

So AJ had the hots for me. I can't say I haven't been curious, and I
can't say I was surprised either. I didn't want to use AJ, but right now
I was on the rebound and needed someone new. This new turn of events was
going perfectly my way. I also knew I loved AJ, in a little above a
friend way, so it was no problem thinking of dating him. Besides, Brian
shouldn't care anyways. I think I'll work on making AJ mine. For now I
was tired and was thinking of nothing else but getting some sleep.

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Wow, that one went quick.