"You guys are gonna be staying here for four days, right?" Howie asked, before putting some food in his mouth. We were in a nice restaurant in L.A. It had taken about fifteen minutes to drive from the airport.
            "Yeah," Cathy replied.
            "I'm glad the luggage was sent to the hotel already," Chin grinned.
            "Wait, luggage? Is that why some of my clothes were missing?!" Julie demanded. Nick practically choked on his food laughing. "Hey, it's not funny!" Julie pretended to pout.
            "Sorry," he snickered.
            "Hope you won't be sick of us...being in the same hotel n' all," Brian grinned.
            "Hello?! I'm already sick of you! We talk to you like what, every day!?" Jenny laughed.
            "I can't believe we pulled this off!" I said.
            "Yeah, good work you guys," Kevin smiled.
            Lance and Hannah were siting next to each other and were attempting to talk.  I could tell they felt uncomfortable, but they were making the best of it.
            "It's good you got Lance to come," Julie, who was sitting next to me, leaned over and whispered.
            "Cathy insisted," I quietly laughed.
            "Don't you feel bad that you guys didn't do anything for Sarah?" Jenny piped in.
            "HEY! A phone call is something!" AJ stated.
            "For the Backstreet Boys? That's NOTHING!" Jenny crossed her arms.
            "It's okay...I don't care...You guys are busy, so don't worry...My birthday is long gone..." I insisted.
            "Look, we just finished rehearsing for the tour, so we're free..." Kevin began.
            "SIX FLAGS!" Nick and Brian said in unison. We looked at them oddly.
            "Um, so what if we already had an idea...?" Nick grinned and twirled his fork.
            "Oh dear..." I sighed.
            We heard some music start and Howie was first to notice the dance floor. He dragged Cathy to dance. Nick asked Julie sincerely, and she accepted. Kevin grabbed my arm and pulled me onto the floor before I could protest. After some good-natured bickering, AJ finally convinced Chin to dance. Brian attempted to ask Jenny, but she made a face and opted to sit...to watch and make fun of the rest of us; Brian agreed to join in on the new spectator sport. Hannah mumbled an excuse about the bathroom and left the table. Jenny swung an arm around Lance and pulled him into her and Brian's discussion about our  "utterly horrid" dancing styles. Eventually Hannah came back, and joined in on the conversation.
            Soon, it was mid-afternoon and we decided that we should get to the hotel. The guys had some things to do and went their separate ways for a few hours. We all agreed to meet in the hotel lobby to decide about dinner.

            We were in the lobby, heading towards the elevator. Julie was still skeptical about what we might have still had up our sleeves.
            "So you're not gonna have Nick jump out of a cake and scare me or something, right?" she asked us in the lobby. I burst out laughing.
            "Only if you WANT that, dear," I giggled and nudged her.
            "Oh shut up," she replied, trying not to smile. We got in the elevator of the hotel and Cathy pushed our floor number.
            "Hannah, are you okay?" Chin asked. We looked at Hannah; she hadn't spoken much since we had met the limo.
            "I didn't know Lance was coming," she mumbled.
            "Well if Julie gets to talk to Nick, shouldn't you get to talk to Lance?" Cathy asked.
            "I guess...it was just hard to. Julie's kept up with Nick on ICQ..."
            "So?" Julie asked.
            "It's not so awkward for you and him. You've talked with Nick like every other night. I only talked to Lance the one time you guys made me..."
            "Oh..." Chin understood.
            "I'm sorry, it was my idea to have him here..." Cathy murmured.
            "And it was a good idea Kat! I just need to...face this," Hannah said as the elevator opened and we got out on our floor.
            "A SUITE!!!!!!!!!" Jenny screeched as she opened the door with the key.
            "Déja-vu..." I smiled and said under my breath. Julie, Hannah, and I laughed at her reaction as she ran off to inspect the suite.
            "Um, are we missing something...?" Chin asked as she and Cathy held blank faces.
            "She also got excited about the suite we got at the Disneyland hotel the night we stayed there..."
            "Which we never got to use for that matter!" Jenny yelled from one of the rooms.
            "Ohhh," Cathy grinned.
            "Damn, I wish Kat and I hadn't been busy that day!" Chin laughed.
            "I thought I'd be busy too...but I guess I was lucky," Hannah grinned.
            "I GET THE SHOWER FIRST!" we heard Jenny yell as the bathroom door slammed.
            "Sorry, this was all for your birthday celebration, so you should have gotten the shower first...but I think Jenny's a little happy right now," I smiled at Julie as she nodded and laughed.

~*~*~*(In a car...with Brian, Nick, and Lance)*~*~*~
            "So how'd it go with Hannah, Lance...?" Brian inquired as he drove.
            "I dunno...she was kind of distant. She didn't know I was coming in the first place," Lance replied from the back. "I guess it was okay. At least we're talking. I guess starting over is good, but right now it's a bit uncomfortable...What about you and Julie, Nick?"
            "Good...I mean, I was talking to her on ICQ before this-- I'll admit that was much easier than on the phone or in person--but this was good...I finally got to see her again..." Nick sighed. "But we're still on the friends thing."
            "Huh?" Brian asked.
            "You know...we're not really together...we're trying to be friends right now...it's what she wanted...and I thought it'd be fine...but now that I've seen her and talked to her... it's killing me..."
            "I doubt you'll be friends for long," Lance commented.
            "What?" Nick turned around from the passenger's seat.
            "I can see it...you'll be with her again...don't' worry, bro," Lance assured him.
            "Same goes for you, Lance...Don't give up," Brian added.
             

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