From This Moment On

Chapter 15

Nick sat on the airplane about an hour or two later, reading a magazine and tapping his foot nervously on the chair in front of him. His nerves were shot thinking of Amanda being in labor and him not there to see any of it. He was there for Celine's birth, loved every second. Seeing his daughter being born was one of the best moments of his life, looking into that little face made everything worth it. Nick loved kids and having a family was something he dreamed of even as a child. He wanted to be a dad more than anything....to give his kids what he didn't have growing up. He had a relationship with his father now....but as a child was pretty much on his own with an abusive mother. Nick had learned early on to take care of himself.

"Attention passengers, due to a equipment malfunction we are making an emergency landing. Please put your seats back into their upright positions and prepare for landing." the stewardess announced. Nick rolled his eyes and sighed as the seat belt light came on...this was not going the way he planned.

"He's not coming, Brian!" Amanda said tearfully. The contractions had lessened a bit but she was still in labor....they had been at the hospital almost three hours.

"You need to calm down. I will find out what is going on with Nick and if AJ knows anything yet." Brian told her before leaving the room. AJ was out in the waiting room with Aaron and Celine, who was sitting on the floor playing with a stuffed animal and giggling.

"Did you hear from Nick?" Brian asked.

"No, last I heard he left LA and is on his way. How is Amanda?" AJ told him, keeping an eye on Celine.

"She's very worried Nick won't make it to see his son." Brian said.
"How do you know what it is?" Aaron asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Amanda just told me. AJ, find out where Nick is and how long he will be....I can't exactly tell the baby to stay in." Brian sighed in frustration.

"Yeah, I tried that...didn't work. This is all your fault!" Aaron said, hitting AJ on the arm. Brian walked back to the delivery room...it was going to be an interesting couple of hours.

"What do you MEAN, there are no available flights?" Nick half shouted, startling the woman at the ticket counter who had bleached blonde hair and a bad tan. Nick thought she looked like an oompa loompa with her orange skin and snickered to himself.

"I just told you. I'm sorry if you couldn't process that information. Have a good day." the lady snapped. Nick scoffed and walked away from her, calling her a bitch under his breath as he took out his phone.

"Yello." AJ answered on the second ring. It sounded like he was at the hospital.

"Dude...we got a big problem." Nick hissed.

"Where in god's name are you? Amanda's in fucking labor!" AJ whispered.

"I'm in Texas....I think." Nick replied. He wasn't quite sure where he was but guessed he was at the Houston airport.

"You think?! Nick....either you are or you aren't. Why the hell are you in Texas?" AJ demanded. Nick looked around the busy airport in frustration...he didn't know what to do, all the flights to Miami were booked and there were none going to Orlando until hours later.

"We had to land. There's no flights to Florida. What do I do?" Nick asked, running a hand through his hair.

"You're Nick Carter, aren't you? You're famous. Use it for once." AJ said.

"I don't know if I can do that."

"Don't give me that, Nick. Grow some balls, march up to that counter and start bitching."