Chapter Fourteen


emma yawned and leaned against nick as they rode in the van to the video shoot. he pulled her hair back put his arm around her,"tired?"

she yawned again and nodded.

daisy looked out the window at the dark streets,"why do you guys have to start filming so early?"

"its not that early," brian said cheerfully tossing a ball to tyke, sitting in his lap.

howie grabbed the ball and shoved it in brians mouth,"no one should be that cheerful at 5:30 in the morning."

emma laughed and took the ball out of brians mouth,"awww, poor bri."

brian pouted and made a face. they pulled up to the set and got out of the van. they walked inside and the guys were instantly rushed off to wardrobe and make-up. the girls sat in the directors chairs labeled with each guys name on it. they watched the crew set up what was supposed to be a club set.

the guys finally came out about an hour later dressed in leather pants and different styles of shirts,"how do we look?" aj asked.

all the girls could do was nod and stare. nick laughed,"i guess that means we look good." he lifted emma out of his chair and sat down, setting her on his lap.

the girls watched as some of the female extras walked by. "i know this is supposed to be a club," daisy said. "but they dont have to be that naked."

aj rolled his eyes,"thats how girls dress at clubs."

all three girls turned and looked at him,"what clubs do you go to?" emma asked.

amanda raised an eyebrow,"and why are you checking out other girls?"

"um...i...uh..." he looked at the other guys for help but they just smiled and shook their heads. "i...uh...what? oh sure! gotta go. i think wayne is calling me. come on rok," he said dragging brian off to find the director.

emma glanced at amanda and laughed,"your not seriously mad at him are you?"

amanda smirked and shook her head,"i just enjoy making him squirm."

kevin laughed,"and your so good at it."

amanda smiled sweetly,"thank you."

nick shifted slightly in his seat and sighed. emma glanced back at him,"whats wrong pan?"

he sighed again,"these pants are so uncomfortable."

emma laughed,"aww, poor nicky. i think they look good on you though."

he smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist,"well if you like them....im sure wardrobe wont notice if their missing...."

kevin was about to say something when the director came to get the guys to start filming for the day.

"when is the last day of shooting?" amanda asked at breakfast the next morning.

"we start tomorrow afternoon," howie said.

"what do you...nick, brian stop," emma said to the two guys who were throwing food at each other.

brian rolled his eyes and continued pelting nick with grapes. emma sighed and moved to sit next to howie,"anyways, what do you have to do today?"

"photo shoot," aj said as he got hit in the eye with a grape. he glared at brian and smacked him in the back of his head,"knock it off."

brian pouted and nick smiled proudly, thinking he had won.

amanda glanced at ajs pink hair,"sweetie, please re-dye your hair before the shoot."

he nodded,"i was going to. what color?"

she looked deep in thought for a minute,"...um...blue."

kevin glanced at his watch,"if your gonna do it, hurry. weve got half an hour before we go."

aj stood up and pulled amanda to her feet,"alright. see you guys later," he said as they left the restaurant.

"hey daze, do you wa-" emma started to say.

"brian stop!! that hurt!!"

emma glanced over to see nick rubbing his chin and pouting and brian laughing hysterically. she rolled her eyes,"what happened?"

"he threw something at me and it hurt,"nick whined.

daisy tried not to laugh,"you boys were warned."

"tink~~~ make him stop~~~" nick said, his whining getting louder.

by this time brian was on the floor laughing hysterically. kevin laughed slightly and helped him back into his seat. emma kissed nick on the chin,"come on, lets go to the arcade."

nicks eyes lit up and he jumped out of his seat. "bye guys, see you in a half hour," he called, practically dragging emma out of the restaurant.

howie laughed,"im going back up to my room. anyone else going up?"

"yeah, me too. ill ride with you in the elelator," brian said in his best plucky duck voice.

daisy laughed,"i think were just gonna walk around out here. right kev?"

kevin nodded and slipped his arm around daisy's waist,"howie, make sure he doesnt press all the buttons...."

brian made a face and howie laughed,"i will. see ya guys," he said as him and brian headed off towards the elevator.

"aj slow down!!" amanda yelled as aj ran into the studio with her on his back.

he laughed,"dont worry, i wont drop you."

"and were the immature ones?" nick mumbled under his breath.

emma elbowed him and he smiled sweetly. brian watched as the photographers were finishing up their last shoot,"hey guys...isnt that..."

"hey justin!!" aj yelled setting amanda on the ground.

she rolled her eyes and smacked him in the arm,"not so loud genius."

he stuck his tongue out at her,"just getting their attention."

kevin rolled his eyes,"guys were supposed to go to wardrobe and get ready. lets go. are you girls gonna come with us or stay here?"

"im going with you. who knows what kind of outfits you five will agree on," emma said.

"in that case, so am i," daisy said.

"hey! we know how to dress!" aj exclaimed.

amanda rolled her eyes,"that means ill be going too."

howie laughed and lead them over to the wardrobe trailer. the guys looked through the piles of clothes trying to decide what they wanted to wear while the girls sat on one of the couches approving everything.

"how about this?" brian asked holding up a blue shirt.

all three girls shook their heads. this went on for about 15 minutes. finally emma stood up,"look, you five sit down. we'll find something."

the guys rolled their eyes and sat down while the girls went through the racks of clothes. about five minutes later they came up with five outfits perfect for each guy.

"hey...how did you do that...?" nick asked.

"its weird," emma said handing him his outfit. "girls have this thing called taste. only very few guys have the same ability."

"oh your funny," aj said sarcastically.

"yes i know. now hurry up and change," emma said pushing him towards the changing room.

the guys all changed quickly since they were a couple minutes late. they hurried to the makeup room and rushed onto the set.

"hey, you guys come here for a sec,"howie called to the girls.

the girls glanced at each other questioningly and went over to the boys where he was standing with five other guys. "daisy, emma this is nsync. guys this is daisy and emma. you already know amanda."

emma and daisy smiled politely,"nice to meet you."

the guys smiled and shook their hands. just then they heard a loud crash. they all turned to see brian standing there eyes wide, nick and aj laughing their heads off, and kevin with a rather amused expression on his face.

howie sighed,"what now?"

nick rested one of his arms on ajs shoulder as he leaned forward to catch his breath. "brian...pushed....tripped...cord...fell..." he managed to get out between fits of laughter.

emma shook her head and glanced at the others who look just as confused as she did,"okay...what?"

kevin rolled his eyes at nick and aj,"brian tried to push nick so that he would trip over the cord. instead he tripped and well..." he pointed behind them. where the backdrop should have been up, it was laying in a pile on the floor.

emma tried not to laugh at brian and gave him a hug,"now you know to stop pulling pranks on nick."

brian nodded still with the most stunned look on his face. nick leaned over and rested his hands on his knees taking a deep breath. he stood up, his face slightly red from laughing so hard,"okay...that was good."

aj who was still laughing too hard to speak just nodded. amanda rolled her eyes and went to sit down with daisy. howie went over to help to the crew fix the backdrop. nsync who had been standing there the whole time trying their best not to laugh had gone back to their dressing rooms, kevin was still looking at aj and nick like they were totally crazy, and emma was trying to get brian to calm down and not go after nick once he had finally realized what had happened.

daisy surveyed the entire scene and sighed,"this is going to be a LONG day."


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