Fearless (Book 1 of the "Fearless" Series) [Completed]

Chapter 9 - Back on the Road Again

[Karsyn]

"Shot gun!"

That's what Nick yelled as he walked up to our rental car, even though Emmileigh was already sitting next to me in the passenger seat. We told him to get his ass in the backseat and buckle up. Apparently his security wanted to come with him, but Nick told him not to, that he would be fine.

I still felt weird about driving on the wrong side of the road and sometimes I would catch myself going to the right, which I was supposed to keep left. Both Nick and Emmi kept reminding me, but all I could think about was Nick in the backseat, staring over my shoulder.

"So, how did you two meet?" Nick asked about an hour into the trip. "Don't think I've heard this story." I glanced over at Emmileigh who nodded and looked away. "Well?"

"Backstreet Boys fan fiction," I said as Nick cracked up laughing. "Yeah, you laugh now. We both went to the same web site and started talking about the stories then found out how much we had in common."

"What, ten years ago?" Emmileigh asked as I nodded.

"What kind of stories?" Nick asked.

"Dirty stories," Emmileigh said, turning around to look at Nick. "You should ask Karsyn to read you something she wrote. Karsyn glanced at me and reached over, hitting me on the arm. "What? He has the right to know."

"Should we tell Donnie about your escapade with Joey?" I asked as Nick started to laugh.

"Yeah, what happened with that?" Nick asked as Emmileigh rolled her eyes. "Did you fuck a New Kid?"

"Okay, Nick Carter," Emmileigh said, looking back at Nick. "You can talk that way with Miss Pervert over here, but I'm a lady."

"Yes ma'am," Nick said, saluting her as she turned around in her seat. "So who do you like more, Donnie or Joey? Because Donnie likes you. He's told me. He asked me to get the lowdown on you from Karsyn because he thinks Karsyn and I are fucking each other."

"Oh my God, Donnie thinks I'm a whore," I spat out, almost running off the road.

"No, no, I corrected him," Nick said as Emmileigh looked over her shoulder at Nick. "So?"

"I like Donnie, a lot," Emmileigh said. "I just don't feel comfortable talking to you about this because, well, you're Nick Carter and I have a hard enough time talking to Karsyn about it, much less you." Nick nodded and sat back in the seat. "Do you often ride around in cars with total strangers to get to your tour stops?"

"First time," Nick grinned. "You stole my virginity. Besides, I feel like the connection between Karsyn and I is really confusing her, so I wanted to help. Why be confused when you can be awesome, like me?" I cracked up laughing, stopping at a red light and looked back at Nick.

"You watch 'How I Met Your Mother' don't you?" I asked as Nick smiled. We both reached our hands back, high-fiving each other and started to laugh.

Okay, so maybe having Nick ride with us wasn't so bad.

[/Karsyn]

[Emmileigh]

"Stop here. We can fill the car up with petrol and I can take over," I said to Karsyn as I turned the music down. We'd been on the road for two hours now, and I'd promised to take over driving half way.

"I need to pee," Nick whined from the backseat, making me chuckle.

"Ok, take a left and follow the road down to the service station. The child in the back can go pee, we can pick out something to eat. I'm starving anyways."

Karsyn did as I said and followed the road past the petrol station and into the services. She parked and we all climbed out, the three of us groaning as we stretched our legs. Me and Karsyn looked at each other before bursting out laughing.

"What's funny?" Nick asked as he shut his car door.

"Us. We sound like a bunch of old people," Karsyn commented before locking the car up.

"We are old," Nick commented.

I pointed at him and raised my eyebrow. "Talk for yourself mister, I'm still in my 20's!"

"Yea, just," Karsyn mumbled before smirking at me. I shook my head before leading us inside. Nick rushed off to the toilets whilst me and Karsyn walked into the WH Smiths. I bee lined it for the pre-made sandwiches whilst she thumbed through the magazine racks.

I picked up a couple of sandwiches and bottles of water for us all to eat before paying. I walked over to Karsyn, who was still looking at the magazines.

"You buying anything?"

Karsyn shook her head and put the copy of Heat magazine that she'd been looking through back on the racks. "Nope. Just realised I might need to pee though. Meet back at the car?"

I chuckled as we walked out. "You just wanna go bang Nick in the toilets."

Karsyn laughed and handed me the keys. "As fun as that sounds, he's already out of the bathroom. Look." She pointed to the small arcade, where Nick was standing playing guitar hero against what looked like a 7 year old girl.

"Typical. You go pee, I'll get the child back in the car."

Karsyn laughed before walking in the direction of the toilets. I gripped the carrier bag with our snacks inside as I walked over to Nick.

"Hey, we're leaving."

"One sec..." Nick mumbled.

I glanced at the game screen and stifled laughter when I saw that the little girl he was playing against was whooping his ass. "She's beating you.. just give up."

"Nope."

I laughed as Nick continued the game for a few more seconds before losing completely. He put the guitar down and pulled a face as the little girl before walking away. "You're a sore loser."

Nick turned to look at me and shrugged. "Am not. I just haven't played for a while..."

"Yea yea.." I laughed. We walked over to the car and I unlocked it before sitting in the drivers side. Nick sat in the back. "So..."

"So..."

I heard Nick repeat what I said, making me chuckle.

"What's funny?"

I turned in my seat. "This... it's kinda awkward, isn't it?"

"Is it?" Nick looked at me as I shrugged.

"Well, yea a little. You're hot on Karsyn, and you probably think I'm a whore because of the whole Joey and Donnie thing."

Nick shook his head. "I don't think you're a whore. I think you don't realise how much Donnie likes you."

"He doesn't like me."

Nick chuckled. "If you say so. And yea, I am hot on Karsyn."

I looked at him a moment before smiling. "Don't hurt her."

Nick gave me a confused glance. "Who said I would?"

"No one. Just.,. she doesn't deserve to get hurt. I just wanted you to know that." I turned around in my seat and dug through the carrier bag before grabbing a sandwich and bottle of water before passing it back to Nick. "Here..."

"Thanks."

I turned around to Nick and smiled at him. "I'm only looking out for her, you know."

Nick smiled back. "I know. She's lucky to have a friend like you."

I turned back around and spotted Karsyn walking back. "And you're lucky to have Karsyn."

Nick hummed in reply, making me smile to myself.

[/Emmileigh]