Chapter Ten - Pieces and Bits

Go ahead and tell me this is the most imprudent thing you’ve ever heard before in your life. Tell me that. I’m waiting for it.

Thank you.

Yes it is and this morning we had a meeting with our management and labels and people from the movie, and we will be traveling the fucking world in the next month, promoting this movie, soundtrack, and song just as much as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, except we are going to have to perform too. We’re doing TRL and all of the other major shows in the US, plus we’ll be going to Europe and doing some of the shows there, and more interviews, and well it’s going to be hell.

This is where I almost want to say Nick is smart - but I’m not.

But this plan of his isn’t that bad. It does relieve tension and well we talked for almost a whole hour last night after we made mistake #2 and didn’t fight. Maybe it will make us not fight or anything, who knows. I know I’m embarrassed by it. I’m so fucking embarrassed and I hope nobody finds out about it. I would be so ashamed I could never look Jane in the face again. I don’t know why, I mean he’s not my brother. He’s my… duet partner. That’s what he is.

And my fuck buddy.

Great, this is just SO fucking nice. Okay so he’s not THAT bad in bed, just you know, ugh, when I think about it I want to be sick. God I’m making a huge mistake I just know it.

And on today’s show we’ve got Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys and Melinda Manning here to world premiere their brand new video, ‘Review My Kisses’ from Jen and Ben’s new movie….

“Jen and Ben’s new movie.” Nick mimicked as he sat on the sofa in the green room and looked over at Melinda who was sitting over by the window, looking out of it, “What are you doing?”

“Puffy’s office is right over there.” Melinda said, pointing at the huge building across the street, “I want to go say hello.”

“Oh please.” Nick said as Matt, the guy that would be following them to all of their promotional events, walked into the room. Matt was about 5′10 with dark blonde hair and wearing a suit.

“Guys, they said that you would probably come out in about 30 minutes.” Matt said as he looked over at Melinda, “Melinda you are looking stunning today.”, he said smiling at her.

“Why thank you.” Melinda said as she smiled back and looked back out the window. Nick looked over at Matt and then over at Melinda who looked over at him.

“I’m going to go make a few phone calls now.” Matt said as he smiled at Melinda and walked out of the room.

“What was that about?” Nick asked as Melinda smirked and looked back out the window, “Well?”

“No idea.”

“He’s got a thing for you I think.”

“He hit on me last night.”

“Are you for real.”

“Well yes, I wouldn’t fucking lie about it.” Melinda said as she turned around on the sofa, looking at Nick, “He’s kind of cute.”

“He’s married.” Nick pointed out as Melinda smiled again, “Mindy, I mean damn yo, he’s got kids.”

“Hell you stupid fuck, I didn’t say I was going to fuck him. He flirts with me. I flirt back. Ewww god.” Melinda said as she stood up and walked over, looking in the mirror, “I’m not that slutty.”

“I never said you were slutty.”

“Yeah well. I’m shutting up, we’re about to go on TV and I don’t want to bitch on our first TV appearance together.”

“Atleast we don’t have to perform.” Nick muttered, as he picked up a magazine, to see Justin Timberlake on the cover of the Rolling Stone, “Mother fucker.”

“Did you just call me that?” Melinda asked, turning around to look at him.

“No.”

“Sure.”

“I didn’t alright, damn woman. Get your panties out of a bunch.” Nick said as he picked up another magazine with Shakira on the cover.

“For your information, I’m not wearing any.” Melinda whispered as Nick cut his eyes over, looking at her, “I mean never know when we might have to hit it right?”

“You are joking me right?”

“No.”

“Hold up.” Nick said a she stood up, throwing the magazine on the sofa, “We’re about to go on world wide television and you don’t have any panties on and that skirt?”

“Hmm,” Melinda hummed as she looked around, “Yep.”

“Oh god, Ed would flip.”

“Excuse me, but I’m 21 years old.” Melinda said, “And -”

“I’m 23.”

“Yes, I’m glad you can count.” Melinda said as Nick rolled his eyes at her, “But I can do what I want.”

“It’s mighty funny when your father calls your name you go running to him.” Nick said as he crossed his arms, “But I guess since he got his lil secretary knocked up, you don’t.”

“Fuck you for bringing that up.” Melinda hissed as she pointed at him, “I’m trying to forget about that.”

“Forget my ass. You bring it up all the time while you get on one of your bitching sprees.” Nick bitched back as Melinda rolled her eyes at him and walked up to him, kissing him intensely as they both sat back down on the sofa and she backed away, “What are you doing?”

“You are bitchy.” Melinda said, “Isn’t that our agreement?”

“Yeah but we’re going on TV in about - ” Nick started to say as Melinda started to unfasten his belt, unbuttoning and unzipping his pants, “Uh Melinda, what are - ”

“Shut up Nick, dammit you’re getting on my nerves.” Melinda said as she moved her hand in his pants and Nick moved a little.

“Um Melinda the door is unlocked -” Nick started to say as she took him into her mouth a bit, suckling as she moved up and down slowly, and he moaned in response. He leaned his head back, taking a deep breath, as she continued to move over him slowly, dragging out the motions while licking along the side of him with her tongue. He thrust his hips a little, not being able to help himself, and she brought her hand up, wrapping it around him and starting to stroke him as she sucked.

Her hands moved faster as she wrapped her lips around the head, and she felt him start to pulsate in her mouth, ready to climax. She pulled away a little, still stroking him as she sat up fully, capturing his mouth in hers, kissing him deeply and then crawled up in his lap, moving herself down on top of him. Nick continued to kiss her back as he looked over at the door and then grabbed her hips, pushing her down on top of him harder. After a few minutes of that, he couldn’t hold back any longer and he felt his release. He kept moving Melinda on top of him, until he pushed her down on top of him one last time and she felt hers. She continued to kiss him, deeply until he pulled away, out of breath and staring at her.

“Don’t ever do that again.” Nick whispered as Melinda looked at him and licked her lips, “The fucking door was unlocked. A damn camera crew could have walked in.”

“Oh fuck.” Melinda thought as she hopped up out of his lap, and ran into the bathroom as Nick looked over at him, and down at himself, shaking his head as he lifted his pants back up, zipping and buttoning them up and fixed his belt. He looked around, reaching over for his drink off of the table as Melinda walked out of the bathroom and reached over in her bag and pulled out a pair of black panties, “Better put these on.”

“You so planned that.” Nick said, looking at her.

“Yeah well I knew we’d go to bitching sooner or later. We’ve been around each other for like 8 straight hours now.” Melinda said as Nick shook his head and looked away, before cutting his eyes back over at her, “I just realized my birthday is a month. I’ll be 22.”

“May 13 right?” Nick asked, as Melinda looked over at him.

“You remembered?”

“Same day I broke my hand when we got into that fight and I fell off of my bike.” Nick said, “Friday the 13th.”

“Oh.” Melinda said as she started to laugh and Matt walked back into the room.

“Well guys tomorrow first thing, we’re flying to London,” Matt said as he put his hand around Melinda’s waist and Nick watched him, “Our flight leaves at 6:45 in the morning.”

“Cool.” Nick said as he looked back at Matt’s hand and Melinda moved away, going over and sitting back down in her chair, looking over at Puffy’s office,” Then we’ll be there for two days, and fly back to Los Angeles to rehearse people for your band.”

“We’re sharing a band?” Nick asked, “When we do these concert type things?”

“Yes.” Matt said as he looked down at his watch and someone from TRL came into the room telling them it was three minutes until they were called out, “Alright guys, get ready.”

“Okay.” Nick said as Matt walked out of the room and Melinda looked in her little compact mirror, putting some lip-gloss on, “I hate that bastard.”

“Eeeh he’s alright.” Melinda said as she closed her compact and threw it back in her purse and stood up, “Alright, let’s go make fools out of ourselves with this video.”

“Right.” Nick said as he stood up and followed her out of the room.

“So..” AJ said on the phone that night as Nick sat in his hotel room, watching some really stupid sex show on some porn channel, “How’s things going with Melinda?”

“Remarkably well.” Nick said as he started to smile a little.

“What have you done?”

“Not a damn thing man I’m serious.”

“I think you’re lying.”

“I’ve done nothing you wouldn’t do.” Nick said as he put his hand over his mouth, wanting to laugh.

“Clarify yoself.” AJ said, “I know you Carter. I saw you two on TRL today. I have MTV you know. I can afford cable.”

“So, that was acting.” Nick said, “We acted like we like each other. She’s in her hotel probably on the phone with Bianca declaring how plaid is coming back in style.”

“Actually Sarah was saying something the other day that plaid -”

“AJ shut up.”

“Yeah.” AJ said as he scratched his head, “So like seriously you guys are gonna be all over?”

“Yep for like the next month man. Until like a few days after her birthday. It’s gonna be hell.” Nick said, “Pure hell.”

“Sorry man.” AJ said as he started to laugh, “Can’t be all that bad. I’m you know, a married man and all and damn she wasn’t looking all that bad today up on that TV.”

“Eeeh..”

“Admit it.”

“Okay so she’s not that bad to look at sometimes, but her attitude, I can’t stand.” Nick said as he shook his head, “You worry me sometimes AJ.”

“Whaaaaaat, I know a pretty woman when I see one.” AJ said as Nick started laughing at him and someone knocked on Nick’s bedroom door, “What was that?”

“Don’t know. I’ll call ya back tomorrow man.”

“Alright, later”

“Later.” Nick said as he hung up the phone and got up, walking over to the door and opened it up to see Melinda standing outside the door in her pajama’s, “Yeah?”

“It’s lonely.” Melinda said as she walked in, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

“Well come on in.” Nick said as he opened the door more and Melinda rolled her eyes at him, “Why, aren’t you talking to Bianca?”, he asked as he shut the door and got back on the bed, and turned the channel on the TV before Melinda noticed it.

“She’s gone out on a date.” Melinda said as she raised her eyebrows and looked at Nick, “Yeah so, you know, and my father is out with Stacy -”

“Who?”

“The knocked up whore.”

“Oh right.”

“And then Maria, well I can never talk to her on the phone because her accent is so thick, I usually read her lips, and well I can’t do that on the phone.” Melinda said as Nick shook his head at her, “I know, kinda shocking but you can’t.”

“Well don’t you have someone’s number in your little black book of numbers of all the ‘in’ people in Beverly Hills.” Nick asked as he started to laugh and started flipping through channels on the TV.

“I don’t have any other friends.” Melinda said as Nick looked over at her, “And this is going to get really boring for the next month and I have nobody to talk to if she goes out with Lance more -”

“Hold up, Lance?”

“Bass.”

“What the fuck, shouldn’t he be in space?”

“That’s what I was thinking, but apparently he’s not.” Melinda said as she laid back on the bed, looking at the ceiling, “Bianca never goes out with a guy twice. So now it’s worrying me.”

“Uh huh.”

“And my father never knocks up or marries his sluts.”

“Uh huh.”

“And why the fuck am I talking to you about this?” Melinda asked as she looked over at him, “Give me Brian’s number.”

“What the hell girl, you are whack.” Nick said as he shook his head, “He’s married.”

“But he’s like into that church shit right? I can confess to him.” Melinda said as Nick laughed and started to ignore her, “God I’m so bored.”

“Go to sleep.” Nick whispered as Melinda sat up and looked around, and then over at his TV, “We’ve got to get up hella early anyway.”

“Yeah.” Melinda said as she stood up and walked over to a mirror, looking in it, “I think I’m getting fat.”

“No you’re not.”

“I’m not?”

“No.” Nick said, as he kept staring at the television without even looking at her.

“Okay, well I’m going to sleep now.” Melinda said as she started walking slowly over to the door and looked over at Nick, “Night.”

“Night.” Nick said, looking at the television. Melinda opened the door up and walked out and started to close it back as Nick cut his eyes over at the door, smiling and then layed back in bed himself.