Chapter 17

Ok in this chapter there are a lot of names, but they're dancers...I made up some names so here are the names

Kristian-dancer: Swoop-dancer: Mike-dancer: Alisha-dancer, Nefertitti-dancer and Fatima's sister, Nicole-dancer Paul-dancer's bus driver Merissa and Stacy-makeup artist

"Ok" Q said knocking on our door, "it's time to bounce"

Me and Kristian grabbed our stuff and walked into the hallway where a lot of the others were standing.

"ya'll ready?"

"yea" We all said

"Ok, this is how it's gonna go" Denise started, "and I want NO complaining"

We all stood there and waited for her to start

"Ok, since we're behind schedule and we have a concert tommorow in New York, so what's gonna happen is we're gonna drive strait there with only stops for gas, then we're gonna drive strait to the venue. When we get there, it should be about 6 O'clock. You guys wont have time for a sound check and dancers wont have a chance to practice, so boys warm your voices up on the bus. Ok that's it"

"what about food?" Aj whinned

"there's food on the bus"

"mom, they're old snadwhiches and soda's"

"well sorry, but you guys gotta deal for a day and a half"

We all groaned as we went out to the buses. I got on the dancer bus

"well gee" Swoop, one of the dancers said, "I see you decided to come and visit"

"shut up" I laughed

"is there trouble in paradise?"

"yes, if you must know"

*****

"wait are we supposed to be dressed?" Alisha asked as we were about a half hour from the venue

"I dunno, the concerts at 7:30 right?" I asked as I got a water bottle

"yea, we can just get dressed at the place" Kristian said

~20 minutes~

"Are we here?" I asked as I felt the bus pull to a stop,

"Sorry guys, We have a bit of traffic here, it looks stopped up for a couple of miles." The driver called to us, "but we're not on the freeway any more so you guys can get off"

"let's just stay here" Mike, another dancer, said

We heard screaming

"ohhh the fans!" Kristain said, "wanna talk to them with me?"

"I do" I said putting on my shoes.

"I'll go" Alisha said

" We're gonna get off for a sec" we said to the driver as he opened the door for us.

The screaming got louder as we went out.

We walked over to another bus and knocked.

"what are you guys doing off of your bus" Denise laughed.

"the traffics backed up forever and Paul said we could get off" I explained

"Oh,"

"do you have any food?" Alisha asked

"Nope, we're all out, we'll get you some food before you go on"

"K, oh is it ok if we talk to the fans?"

"sure" she said.

We walked to a white Mustang Convertable where four girls were in there singing to hte backstreet boys.

"Hi" we said

They turned down the music

"Hi!" One said, "are you guys dancers?"

"yea" we nodded

"awesome! where are the guys?"

"on their bus?"

"Really? which one???"

"I'm not sure" I shrugged.

"So aren't you guys supposed to be at the concert by now?" another asked from the back

"Yea, we drove striat here from Viginia, and now we're stuck"

"that sucks, so what made you guys come and talk to us?"

"We go bored and the other dancers are driving us nuts" Kristian laughed, "You want us to find the guys?"

"Yea!!"

"K" she said going back on our bus. I looked ahead and saw that the traffic was still backed up. Kris came back out with her cell phone.

"well which one are you on?...yea, she's right here,...argh..hold up" she said handing me the phone.

"Hello?" I asked into it

"where are you?" Aj asked

" Outside" I mummbled, "what bus are you guys on?"

"I think we're two ahead of you"

" you wanna come out and talk to some of your fans?"

"are there a lot?"

"No" I lied

"k" He said, "I'll come out"

"K" I said hanging up. "Aj's gonna come out"

"No shit?? I'm gonna fuck him!"

"She's messin with your man" Alisha laughed

"Your man?" she asked

"yea, they're together" Kristin cut in

"damn, you're lucky, well, there's always Jusitn Timberlake"

I bust out laughin

"what?"

"That's my brother!"

"well damn...you're just per---" she said stopping and looking strait

I looked in her direction and smiled as I saw Brian climb out and strech. AJ came out behing him and pushed Brian. They spotted us and walked over.

" Hi ladies" Aj flirted, "whats you're name?"

"I'm Melody, this is Jamie, Christine and Mellisa"

"We'll hello" He smiled.

******

"Well, it looks like traffic is about to movie so we better go" Brian said

"Yea" we agreed

"bye" Aj smiled

We walked to our Bus

"Aj, do you mind coming on our bus for a sec?" I asked

"Sure" he smiled walking on after me."sup ya'll?" he asked walking on the bus.

"sup J?" Swoop asked

"Denise said for you guys to get dressed in the outfit for Larger Than Life" the driver called as I walked to the entertainment room and closed the door after Aj.

"what is with you?" I asked looking for the outfit with my name on it

"What are you talking about?"

"I dunno, I mean after I lost the baby, it just seems like we're growing apart"

"I know baby, I dunno why, but I'm sorry"

" Are you?" I asked slipping off my shirt.

"yea" he said looking at my body

"AJ, stay focused" I scolded as I pulled on the white tank top, then put on the Plastic suit over my shirt. "Zip me" I said standing in front of him He zipped up the back for me. I walked back over to the waist skirts with the slits. "shit, where are my pants?"

Aj shrugged.

"guys" I said walking out as the girls did each other's hair and the make-up artist did make-up, "do you know where the black pants are?"

"remember, they changed it to the Nylon's and the black bloomers over them."

"with what shoes?"

"the Doc Martins" Kristian said as she sliked her hair into a high ponytail."get on track girl! remember we're not wearing those for Larger than life...we have the Jump suits"

"Oh," I nodded walking back in. I found the Jumpsuit, "Aj, close your eyes"

"gee, it's not like I haven't seen it before" he said covering his eyes.

I pulled off my pants and put on the rest of the outfit. "ok"

"awww...it's a boy outfit"Aj smiled as I sat down and put on my shoes.

"C'mon" I said walking out and sitting in the make-up chair

"We're alomost at the venue so I'll do it there" she said putting away her make up as we pulled into the underground basement of the arena. We grabbed our bags and walked off.

"so are you pissed?" Aj asked catching up to me.

"No, I just don't like the way I'm being treated"

"I said sorry" he said as we walked backstage

"I know you did" I said stopping

"where's the dressing room?" Nick asked coming in followed by the wardrobe lady as she fixed his vest.

"where are the rest of our clothes?" Mike, a dancer asked

"wait, where are we supposed to get our hair done?" Nefirtitti asked, "and where's Fatima"

"Ok everybody stop!" Denise said walking in front of us, "how many of you got to eat?"

Nobody responded.

"shit" she muttered

"hey now!" Aj said, "you can't say that!"

"shut up Alex" she chuckled, "now, I PROMISE that when you guys get off of the stage after the concert, there will be McDonalds. But until then, there's the regular light food, but you only have a half hour to get ready. So female dancers, you're in this room right here, and Stacy's waiting to do hair and make-up. Male dancers, you're over there. Backstreet boys, You're right at the door with your name on it. And Mindy, you can get your hair and make-up done in there and they have the clothes for the songs you so can go to stacy also."

"ok" we nodded walking to our rooms.

"this is totally not fair" Nicole said as she zipped up her jump suit. I mean seriously, it's not our fault that we got here, adn now they'e starved us, and we can't find our clothes for the life of us"

"oh I know" I added as Stacy pulled my hair into a high ponytail. A cell phone rang,"oh that's mine" I said as somebody handed me my bag."hello?"

"Hey"Justin said

"Hi!" I exclaimed

"whatcha doin?"

"getting my stuff done for the concert..you will not believe this though...I mean we just got in New York and we have a concert in like 20 minutes..and half of us don't have our hair and makeup done"

"that hella sucks, are you staying in New York?"

"yea, we gotta concert tommorow too"

"ok well I'll let you go..and call me when you get back to the hotel"

"alright Justy...love you"

"me too...good luck"

"thanks, bye" I said hanging up. Stacy did my make-up.

"ok girl, your done...can you run down to the boys' room and ask Merissa if she has the black eyeliner box that we just bought"

"K" I said getting up. I walked out and saw a few wandering fans that had backstage passes. They were sitting on a couch waiting for the boys. I walked past them and knocked on the door.

"shit, is it the fans?" I heard Nick whisper.

"who is it?" a girl called

"Erin, I just came for the make-up"

She opened the door, "sorry, those girls have been waiting around"

" I know" I laughed walking around and seeing all the guys except Nick with their shirt off.

"hey baby" AJ smiled walking over to me

"Hi" I smiled walking to the make-up counter, "so is this the box?"

"yup...just take like one thing" she said fixing Nick's hair

"K,'' I said grabbing it and walking

"tell people to meet in the hall in ten" Kevin yelled after me as I closed the door.

"Ummm excuse me" the girls asked walking up to me

"yes?" I asked stopping

"can we getta picture with you?"

"sure" I said walking into their picture. I posed for a few pictures "I'm sorry, I gotta finish getting ready, you guys should go in the arena before people steal your seats"

"we just wanna see the guys,"

"I'll tell you a secret, the last song is I want it that way, so come back here then and sit by that door and I promise you'll meet one. I'll probably be out here so say hi if you see me and the body guards wont bother you" I said looking over at Q who was staring at us.

"ok thanks!" they said walking away. I walked back into the dressing room