Chapter 6:

Jess sat by the phone, about seven months later, waiting for her boyfriend to call. She sat there eating her fortune cookie, reading the fortune over and over. It read: Long time dreams will come true, very soon. She couldn’t believe it, none of her other fortunes ever came true, would this one? Only she could wish. AJ was currently promoting their new album, Black and Blue, which would come out in 2 days. She had forgotten of his whereabouts, if he was in England, or what. Even her, a devoted fan and girlfriend did not get the CD, put that was all right. She would pay for it and she enjoyed hearing her now long-time boyfriend sing parts in the shower. She began to sing ‘Shape Of My Heart’ right before the phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and it read: J’s cell. “Babe?” She picked up the phone.

“Baby.”

“AJ! I miss you so much!” She cried, hugging the blanket around her tighter.

“I’ll see you in 2 days.” AJ’s voice reasoned.

“I know but I miss you.”

“I miss you terribly, my love.” He said in an accent. “But for real, I can't stop thinking about you.”

“TRUST US, HE CAN’T!” Howie, Kevin, Brian and Nick screamed.

She chuckled, noticing his feelings were genuine. “Ya know, I have Shape of My Heart stuck in my head.” She sighed. “AJ?” she waited. “Alex?”

Soon she heard Brian’s voice. “Baby.. please try to forgive me..” “Stay here.. don’t put out the glow.. Hold me now, don’t bother..” She smiled, knowing that AJ had conned them into singing for her, via the phone.

Between breaks in the song, she heard AJ’s voice say, “Jess, sing Nick’s part.”

“I’m here.. With my confessions.. Got nothing to hide no more.. I don’t know where to start.. But to show you the shape of my heart.” She sang. The song ended and they applauded each other. AJ picked the phone back up.

“Jess, I’m gonna go sleep. I love you and you should be getting a delivery in 5.4.3.2.1 bing.” As he said bing, the doorbell rang. “Told ya.”

“I love you too, J. G’night.”

“Night.” He hung up, her quickly hanging up and running to the door.

“Delivery for Jessica Love.”

“That’s me.” She signed for the package and thanked him, quickly taking it and locking the door. She opened it, taking a CD case and a note out. ‘Here’s a sneak peak of Black and Blue for you, my love. I love you dearly, you know it. Listen to the track, Endlessly. If it's not on the cover for tracks, it should be an extra one. Check it out, it's a love song. Reminds me of you, you’ll love the acoustic guitar. I’ll send you the sheets in a few. I can't wait to see you. See you baby, at Newark airport for our arrival. With all my love I can give to you, Alex.’ “Aww. What a cutie.” She giggled. She opened the CD and placed it in her CD player, turning the volume up.

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“Excuse me, miss?” Jess asked. The lady turned around, recognizing her instantly. “Hi. I’m Jessica Love, AJ McLean’s girlfriend, can you tell me..”

Before she could finish, the lady answered her, “Go to the end of this corridor and make a right. Go through the exit, down the stairs and you’ll see a big Backstreet Boys bus, the plane will land there, now hurry they’re landing in 2 minutes.”

“Thank you!” Jess screamed, already running toward the end. Her black jacket flew out around her and her Steve Madden shoes making clunking noise as she ran down the stairs. She hit right into the crash bar to open the door, only to be greeted with the winter cold. She continued to run; her cell phone and wallet were being tossed with this run. Her precious necklace of AJ’s bounce up and down in the air as her hair blew all around in the cold wind. Jessica didn’t realize that a camera crew was following her. It was MTV. She kept running, only stopping to look for the bus. The plane was landing as she arrived, breathless and anxious. They hadn’t been in contact since two days ago when she got the CD. “Denise?” She screamed, searching the crowd of teens and security.

“Jessica?” A woman’s voice said, right behind her. She spun around to come face-to-face to the person she was looking for.

“Hi Denise.”

“How are you doing?”

“I’m ok. A little breathless.” Denise moved in closer to whisper to her.

“Did you know a camera crew was following you?”

Jess spun around. “O my gosh… No I didn’t.” She started to laugh. “At least I didn’t fall with my shoes I'm wearing.” Denise began to chuckle as the screams of the teens increased.

“Ok, we can go up the stairs to see them in private before they come out, let’s go.” Denise grabbed Jess’s hand, and made her way to the stairs connected to the plane. “Alex?” She said, once they were at the entrance.

“Mom. Have you seen…” AJ looked up, to see his girlfriend. “JESS!” He jumped up, enclosing Jess in his arms, spinning her around. Jess threw her arms around his neck, breathing in his cologne. Denise left the two and knew AJ meant well, but missed Jessica.

“I love you.” He said before he kissed her for the first time in days. “I missed you so much.” He kissed her again before she could speak.

Once they separated, she put a finger up to his lips. “I love you too and I missed you terribly.” Other family members, girlfriends and or wives came up and AJ and Jess were just in their own world. They kissed and hugged again, before AJ ran off to hug his mom and Jess to say hello to the others. Jess smiled widely, once again knowing AJ would be there for her. Arms slide around her waist as she spoke to the other group members and wives or girlfriends.

“God I missed you.” He muttered, squeezing her tighter in affection.

“Hey J,” Brian called. “You gotta do your speech.”

“That’s right.” He took hold of Jess’ hand and dragged her to a corner with a phone. He used it as an intercom. “Well, ladies and gents. We have now arrived in lovelery Newark airport. To my right is my beautiful girlfriend who I have missed terribly and directly in front of Brian is my wonderful mother who has watched over my angel as I was away. Ladies and gents, this is the departing few words from this plane. This is Bone saying thank you to all of those who helped run this plane and who have stayed with us for these past.. wut 100 hours? Next stop, TRL in the wonderful city of New York. This is Bone, signing off for the last time, you can kiss my ass if you want more to drink.” He hung up the phone, squeezing Jess’s hand. Nick, the DJ of the trip, played a song in celebration of being home, called ‘Celebration.’ Soon, the plane was bouncing with singing and dancing people. AJ pulled Jess in front of him, her back to his front and began to grind like they had just a few weeks ago at the club. MTV captured each moment as the Z100 winners and the Boys danced as a group. Soon, the song was over and they had to begin to get off the plane. Girlfriends, wives and family left first, AJ leaned down, pulling Jess’ face to his. His soft sweet lips joining hers into a passionate kiss.  “I love you, Jessica.”

“I love you to Alexander.” She whispered. “Want me to take anything?”

“My backpack please.”

“Sure, sweetie.” He smiled at her, reaching down to pick his book bag up.

“Now, I don’t want you sneaking peeks in here, once we get settled in after TRL, I’ll give you presents.”

“AJ.. You shouldn’t have..” She took the backpack.

“I wanted to.”

“Of course I won’t look. Promise.” She kissed his lips again, smirking and turned to leave. An arm pulled her back, bringing her to his chest into a hug.

“Jess, come on. We gotta get out.” Leighanne urged.

“Coming.” She hugged AJ once more and left, looking back and blowing a kiss. She squinted as she re entered to the outside. Leighanne linked arms with Jess and the two went down the stairs together. Flashes went off as the two huddled together, their shoes joining at the same time making soft music. “Are we introducing them?” She whispered.

“Yes. We are. Remember the song?”

“Of course.” Jess breathed in quickly to calm her nerves. Denise showed them the microphones. “Hey ya’ll.” She said into the mic, the girls huddling more for heat. “I’m Jessica Love.”

“I am Leighanne Littrell as many of you know. And Jessica is AJ’s girlfriend to inform ya’ll.” Leighanne laughed. The crowd was still screaming but suddenly stopped.

“Yup. I’m AJ’s girlfriend. Anyways, we are here for your entertainment as the guys get ready to come off.”

Over the silence, Leighanne and Jess heard a fan whisper, “I’ve seen them do this before, and they’re great.”

“Usually we have my friends helping, but they had other commitments.” Jess explained. “Ready, Leigh?”

“Yup.” (AN: I don’t know how Leighanne can sing, just imagine that she is really good for this part. OK?)

Jess began, never counting a beat. “Here we go.. one more time everybody’s feeling fine.. Here we go now..”

Leighanne used her famous acting skills and nudged Jess. “Wrong boy band.”

“Oops, sorry. I was just introducing the NSYNC members at the place I work.”

“WHATTTT?” The fans heard AJ scream.

“Oops, sorry Justin, just broke Alex and Britney’s hearts. Anyways.” She cleared her throat and began. “Oh My God, they’re back again. Here with their new album Black n’ Blue. Show the hands of all who care.”

“Each boy has their own trait. We’ll start with the one.”

“The oneeeeeeeeeeeeee. His full name is spelt differently.”

“He’s the youngest of em all. Who do ya’ll think it is?”

The audience screamed, “NICK!”

“Ya’ll it's Nick. Our main man, NNNNNIIIIIIICCCCCK.” Nick popped out of the plane and the screams continued. Jess began to laugh, “Everyone throw your hands up in the air.”

“Wave em around like you just don’t care FOR our LATINO LOVER!”

“Hoooooooowwwwwwwwiiiiiieeeeeeee.” Jess piped the octave. Howie came out and the screams continued. “Dunt dunt dunu dunnanuh. YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Jess sang, impersonating her boyfriend.

“Our sexy man who loves to bare. His arms and his bod. Keep your hands up in the air.”

“Scream his name out with me.. AAAAAAALLLLLLEEEEEXXXXXX.” Jess sung into the microphone. AJ came out. Their wonderful voices stopped. “Hey, my name is Brian. But you can call me B-Rok because I’ll Be Rocking Your house.” Jess said, imitating him.

“Give it up for my man, Brrrrrriiiiaaaaaan. Here comes his cous, mister dad.” Brian jumped out with excitement.

Jess echoed the word dad.

“Chuga chuga chuga. CHOOCHO!! Here comes the Train!” Kevin came out, all maturely.

Jess ended it up. “And here are the most favorite five people on earth. The bacccccccckkkkksstttreeeeeeeet booooooooooyyyyyyyyyssss.”

“Backstreet boys.” Leighanne echoed.

In came the boys’ voices. “Hi. We’re the Backstreet Boys.”

“Hey boys, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind. Hey boys. You sing well, you travel well, hell you have the smell.”

“Hey boys. WELCOME HOME BSB!!!!!!” Leighanne screamed. (AN: If any of you figure out the changes in songs and how I placed the lyrics out and use it in something of yours.. something bad will occur. SmileJ)