Madison stood at her and Nick’s hotel room later that night. She had rehearsed several more times, did a few interviews and photo opps, and then picked out her wardrobe for the performance and she was dead tired.

“Uhh….” Madison thought as she opened the door to see Nick sitting there on the sofa with a baseball cap on, “Hey…”

“You’re back late.” said Nick.

“Yeah rehearsed a couple of more times and went over some more dance moves and stuff… then other stuff.. I’m tired.” said Madison as Nick got up and walked over to her.

“Guess what?” asked Nick as he turned Madison around to face him.

“What Nick.. I don’t feel like no jokes or anything, I’m tired.” said Madison.

“Look…” said Nick as he took his hat off to show off his new shorter haircut, “See…”

“A haircut…. well aren’t you thoughtful… I got tired of seeing those blue eyes hide behind that blonde hair.” said Madison, “It looks good.”

“Thanks…” said Nick, “Go on an take a bath and all.. I wanna talk some.”

“Okay…” said Madison as she walked into the bedroom of the suite and shut the door. Nick walked back over to the couch and sat down watching the BBC.

“This sucks…” Nick thought as he looked around.

A little bit later, Madison walked out wearing her pajamas and sat down on the sofa, laying her head on the arm of the chair as Nick looked over at her.

“You that tired?” asked Nick.

“Yeah…” said Madison as Nick scooted over some.

“Well here.. lay down, lay your head up here and lay down, I wanna talk some.” said Nick as Madison layed her head up against his stomach and he wrapped his arm around her, “Damn you are tired aren’t you?”

“Yeah…” said Madison closing her eyes, “What do you want to talk about?”

“I dunno.. I just thought we could talk to get to know each other a little better, like what did you wanna be when you were little?” asked Nick.

“A singer and a fashion designer.” said Madison as Nick started to laugh, “What about you?”

“A singer…..” said Nick, “That’s what I always wanted.”

“That’s cool…” said Madison, “Me too….”

“What’s your favorite movie?” asked Nick.

“Grease… I always wanted to be Sandy.” said Madison.

“Oliva Newton John?” asked Nick.

“Yeah… I loved her when I was little, that was my girl.” said Madison as she started to laugh a little.

“Who else do you look up to?” asked Nick, “Like your heros and stuff.”

“Oliva Newton John…. Whitney Houstan, Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Madonna, Shania Twain, Dolly Pardon, Elvis Presley…” said Madison as Nick started to laugh, “What?”

“Dolly?” asked Nick laughing.

“Yeah…… I love her stuff…” said Madison as Nick laughed.

“Oh yeah Whitney and Dolly.. figures.” said Nick, “If you could pick one person to perform with, who would it be?”

“Elvis… he’s just the ultimate artist.. actor, singer, songwriter, musician… he was everything.” said Madison.

“I noticed in your apartment, you’ve got a bunch of Elvis stuff.. I didn’t know if you were one of those freaks or not.” said Nick.

“Yeah, scary, my parents almost named me Priscilla.” said Madison.

“Are you for real?” asked Nick.

“Yep.. I could have been Priscilla LeAnn Walker.” said Nick.

“Well.. Prissy…” said Nick as Madison looked up at him, rolling her eyes, “Who else, living that you wanna work with?”

“Shania Twain maybe.. or Whitney.” said Madison, “Madonna…. I’d like to work with anybody really.”

“What about me?” asked Nick as Madison started to laugh.

“Umm I dunno.. your music is different from mine.” said Madison.

“The songs from the soundtrack aren’t really country.” said Nick.

“Yeah but the songs on my album are…” said Madison.

“Ohh….” said Nick, “Do you play any instruments?”

“acoustic guitar, piano, drums, bass…” said Madison.

“You play all that, that’s cool.. I play the drums, I’ve been learning guitar some.” said Nick.

“That’s cool..” said Madison, “When I go on tour, I wanna play guitar, I don’t wanna do this dancing stuff.. it’s not me. It’s just for that soundtrack.”

“Yeah….” said Nick, “But you look good doing it.”

“But it’s not me.” said Madison.

“Good do what you wanna do, forget what’s popular right now, it won’t always be popular. Do you think we’re gonna be like big forever, hell no.. it’ll all die down after a while, but right now, I’m gonna enjoy it. Do ya think I go around listening to Britney or NSync or Christina 24/7, hell no. I’m off listening to rock music or rap.” said Nick.

“I’m not rock or rap.” said Madison, “And you said you listened to me.”

“Yeah that’s different, that soundtrack had rock on it…” said Nick laughing.

“Uh huh…. one song by Papa Roach and oh my god… it’s a rock album.” said Madison while Nick continued to laugh.

“Yeah well….” said Nick, “So since the other night, what’s your favorite food?”

“I like the pizza from Pizza Hut that has the cheese in the crust…” said Madison.

“Oh damn yeah that’s good.” said Nick, “Damn I almost want some now.” as Madison started to laugh a little.

“I know.. I haven’t had any since… well the night before the awards. Grace and I ordered a pizza from there and ate it up in my suite.” said Madison as she stopped laughing.

“Well you can go back to having your pizza shortly.” said Nick as Madison looked up at him.

“Yeah….” said Madison.

“So like who do you have a crush on… like a famous person?” asked Nick.

“If you excpect me to say you, think again…” said Madison as Nick laughed.

“I know you like me baby, nah for real…” said Nick.

“Umm… I always thought Brian was cute…. but like no… ummm… JC Chasez is kinda cute….” said Madison.

“No NSync guys…” said Nick.

“Umm… I always liked Ryan Phillipee, but not anymore, umm Freddie Prinze Jr. is kinda cute…. I don’t know. I really don’t like nobody.” said Madison.

“Uh huh.. go ahead and say me.” said Nick as Madison started to laugh.

“Alright I won’t lie, I always thought you were cute.” said Madison laughing.

“About time… ring ring.. we have a winner!” said Nick laughing.

“Maybe I don’t now.” said Madison as Nick rolled his eyes.

“So what are you gonna do after the awards and we go our seperate ways?” asked Nick.

“Finish the album…” said Madison, “Make the video for the first single… promote it.. release it… I’m gonna be busy as hell.”

“When you plan on releasing it?” asked Nick.

“They are saying March probably….. the single should be out in January….” said Madison.

“What’s that?” asked Nick.

“Can’t Fight The Moonlight.” said Madison, “It was suppose to be on the soundtrack but I love that song.”

“That’s cool.” said Nick as he looked down to see Madison looking at her wedding ring, “What are you looking at?”

“Nothing….” said Madison as she looked up at Nick and looked back down, “When we go to my house, just like be yourself okay. Don’t try to act all non-Nick to impress my dad because…. well you don’t need to do that and I won’t do that for you parents because we both know that it’s gonna end a few days later.”

“I know… but I don’t think you’ll have to act like anything you aren’t to impress them.” said Nick, “I think they’ll like you.”

“I hope so…” said Madison, “I don’t want them disappointed in you or anything.”

“They won’t be.” said Nick, “I know they won’t.”

“Never know.. never met me and then all of a sudden you run off and marry me….. if that happened to my daughter or son, I’d be disappointed.” said Madison.

“I wouldn’t… they’d have to learn to make their own mistakes and stuff… hell that’s what I’m doing, I’m learning.. or trying to.” said Nick as Madison sat up and looked at him.

“You wouldn’t be mad at them because they got drunk at a party, talked to someone they were attracted to that they didn’t know by the way, then run off and marry them and sleep with them in that same night? You would be mad about that?” asked Madison.

“No.. how can could I be mad at them, hell it happened to me.” said Nick as Madison started to laugh.

“Yeah I guess you’re right.” said Madison, “I didn’t think of it that way.”

“I did….” said Nick, “I’d know what they’re going through. You marry a person you’ve only read about and dreamed about and then it become reality and you don’t even remember it.” as Madison looked at him closely.

“Dreamed?” asked Madison.

“You know, thought about and stuff….. and then like bam, hey I’m married to ya.” said Nick as Madison started to laugh a little.

“I guess so…” said Madison.

“So are you ready to go home?” asked Nick.

“Yeah… I am.” said Madison, “It’s been a while. Well not that long, like three weeks, but that’s the longest I’ve been away.”

“Get used to it.” said Nick, “Really… get used to it.”

“I guess I had better.” said Madison.

“Yep.” said Nick as he pushed her hair out of her face.

“Yeah… I’m gonna go on to bed, I’m tired.” said Madison.

“Okay… I’m gonna stay up a little longer… I’ll see you in the morning.” said Nick.

“Okay..” said Madison as she stood up, “I like your hair, a hundred percent better.”

“Thanks…. I got it cut because you kept bitchin’ about it.” said Nick as Madison started to smile as she walked off while Nick sat there and started to smile.