Chapter 2
The whole show turned out to be great and near the end all the guys opened their shirts. The audience had nearly broken my eardrums with their screaming and I think Mandy screamed the loudest. Nick and I kept looking at each other throughout the show.But now I was sitting in my chair while people walked past me and Mandy. I had insisted that she stay with me so that she could meet him, too. She hadn't wanted to intrude on our "moment" which I thought was really silly. She was the real fan, anyway.After everyone cleared out of our section we sat down and waited for the whole place to clear out. A security guard came up to us and said, "Excuse me, girls, but it's time to leave.""Wait, sir," I said, "I have this." I showed him the rose and the writing on the card. "Oh, I'm sorry. Don't worry, you can stay.""Thanks" I said. He walked away. When the place cleared up we were still sitting in our seats. "Maybe he stood us up." I suggested."No way! He'd never do that." Then, more quietly, she said,"Look! Here he comes." She was looking behind me."Mandy, please stay calm and don't embarass me." I said. She took a few deep breaths, I turned around to see Nick walking over to us. He had changed his clothes to baggy jeans and a big Nike t-shirt, as well as a "Miami Dolphins Football" Baseball cap. He waved when he saw that I had seen him. I walked to meet him, with Mandy following close behind.When we finally met in the middle of an isleway we stood in awkward silence for a second, until he stuck out his hand and said, "Nick Carter" He smiled at me. "Um.. hi.. (blushing) I'm Rachel" I said, and we shook hands. I had been looking at the ground until I looked up at him (He was so tall!) just then and said "..and this speechless girl behind me is my friend Mandy Johnston." "Hi Mandy" he said. She did a little wave. "Hello." she said. She was blushing. "So, I said, "I like that first song you did." "'Let's have a party'?" He asked. I nodded. "So do I but the producers and them didn't, so they didn't put it on the North American version of our first CD. It's a big hit overseas, though." "Really? I'd never know the difference. I kind of haven't bought any of your stuff." "Oh..." He became uncomfortable "...How come?" "Well, over where we are, you guys aren't exactly popular. Mandy won our tickets and I didn't really even want to come. But I realized that I liked all the songs I heard on stage, cuz you guys have some awesome talent. I'm glad I came. I guess I let peer pressure get the best of me, huh?"
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