Chapter 6
"Yo, Kelly, do you wanna have dinner with us?" Brian asked, smiling.
"Yeah, can Amy come?" Kelly asked.
"Of course" A.J. answered quickly.
30 minutes later, the boys had already taken a shower and were ready to go.
"Where to?" Howie asked.
"McDonald's?" A.J. suggested.
The boys looked at Kelly.
"What?" She laughed.
"You're the birthday girl. You pick where we'll eat" Nick said.
"Ok" She started "McDonald's it is" She said, while A.J. laughed "She's a keeper"
They entered the tour bus and Kelly sat next to Nick, who was looking outside the window.
"Penny for your thoughts?" She laughed and pinched his cheek.
"I miss my family. My brother the most" He admitted.
"It sucks being away from your family, doesn't it?" She asked while he nodded, quietly.
She hugged him "Poor Nicky. Oh sorry, poor Nick"
"You can call me Nicky. Only you can call me that" He said while hugging her back "So, when will you get on the road with the WWF?"
"Next week. Thank God McMahon gave me this week off" She laughed.
"Maybe we can spend some time together" Nick said.
"But aren't you missing your family?" She asked "You should go back to Orlando to see them"
"Yeah, I miss them" He said "You could come with me"
"What?" She exclaimed "I don't know, Nick"
"Why not?"
"I don't even know your family. What will they think about me?"
Nick was about to answer when he heard Kevin say that they had arrived McDonald's.
While they were eating, Kelly noticed Nick wouldn't stop staring at her.
In his eyes, she detected pain and couldn't help feeling guilty about it.
"Yo, Frack, something wrong?" Brian noticed Nick's sadness.
"Nothing at all" Nick lied.
Amy looked at Kelly "Kelly, could you come to the bathroom with me?"
"Yeah sure" Kelly followed Amy leaving the five guys.
"Ok, spill it. What's wrong, man?" A.J. asked.
"Nothing" Nick lied.
"Wrong answer" Kevin said.
"Ok, I asked Kelly to come with me to Orlando so we can be together for a while and I can be with my family" Nick said.
"Isn't that a little premature?" Howie asked "I mean you guys only know each other for about a month. Not to mention that Kelly has her own life, her own job"
"I know but still...man, I wasn't expecting the reaction I got from her" Nick admitted.
"Nick, you can't expect all women to quit their job just to go with you. Like Howie said, Kelly doesn't exactly have a lot of free time, you know" Brian said "You guys aren't dating yet, are you?"
"Hum, no"
"Then she must be thinking you're getting a little premature. Man, take it one step at a time" Kevin said.
"Thanks man" Nick said "Why are they taking so long?"
"Women" A.J. laughed while taking a big bite out of his burger.
Meanwhile...
"Hello?" Kelly said into her phone.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Kelly, happy birthday to you" She heard a man sing from the other side of the line.
"Shawn!" She exclaimed "Thanks, I thought you had forgotten about me"
"How would I forget about my beautiful protégé?" Shawn laughed "So what are you doing?"
"Having dinner with the Backstreet Boys" Kelly laughed "At McDonald's"
"Don't you think you're spending too much time with them? You should focus on your wrestling career, not on your love life" Shawn said.
"C'mon, man, take it easy. Amy and I went to their concert, Howie saw me, we were brought backstage and Nick sang me a song. And now we're having dinner. See? Nothing concerning love life" She said.
"Ok, I won't push it" He laughed "Just because it's your birthday"
"Thanks"
"Well, I gotta go. Have fun, kid, and take care" He said.
"You too. Bye"
"Bye" Shawn finally said, and hang up.