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He hadn't thought it could get much worse than listening to Chris, who was lying on the floor waving his legs around, sigh over how pretty Belle was, and how the Beast looked much better before he turned human again, and how Justin was almost as mean as Ursula from The Little Mermaid, but not quite - more like Scar from The Lion King, come to think of it. Then the doorbell rang. "We have a thing we have to do tonight," Kevin said. "And. Well. Lance said..." "I am *not* babysitting teeniebopper former popstars!" Joey said. Nick raised an eyebrow. "What would you call Chris?" "Chris is 12." "And 26 days!" Chris said. "And 26 days. He's not a teenager." "You're Nick Carter! Oh my god!" Chris threw himself at Nick's legs, tilting his head back and looking up with wide brown eyes. "Can I have your autograph? Please please please please please please please please please-" "Get him off me!" Joey grabbed one of Chris' arms, and pulled him back gently. "Please? I *love* you. You're sooooo hot." "That depends on Joey," Nick said. Kevin smiled. "Fine. AJ can spend the night - but you so owe me. All of you." "My name is Alexa." "Do you want Kevin, Brian and Howie to sign it too?" Nick asked after he autographed Chris' diary. Chris clutched the book tightly to his chest. "What for?" he asked. "What *for*?" Alexa said. "Kid, Kevin is *hot*." "Whatever," Chris said. "Lance is way cuter." "Lance *BASS*? I don't *think* so." "He is too! And he bought me my headband." "Really? Kevin wouldn't even let me have a scrunchy." "Boys suck," Chris said. "Wanna watch MTV?" "Sure. Carson's pretty cute, huh?' "Oh yeah," Chris said as he led the way to the living room. "But not as cute as Justin." "Duh," Alexa said. Joey stared at the remaining four members of Backstreet. "You owe me," he repeated. "Big time." "Yeah, yeah. We'll be back in the morning." "Anything I need to know?" "Don't feed her after midnight or she turns into a Gremlin," Nick said. "Ha ha, Carter. You're fucking hilarious." "Oh! For some reason," Howie said, "she has this huge crush on-" "Erik! Oh my god! He's soooooooo cute!" "O-Town?" Joey asked. "Who's that one?" "Ashley." "Hot," Chris said. Joey winced. "See you tomorrow!" Kevin said, and took off after his other bandmates.
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