𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 ─ new kids on the block

𝒙𝒙𝒗𝒊𝒊𝒊.

JULY 4, 1990
→ J O R D A N

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BEFORE OUR CONCERT in St. Paul, we had to do an interview for Good Morning America which would air tomorrow morning. The camera men got to follow us around during rehearsal and backstage, and Jon and Danny even gave them a tour of me and Jon's tour bus. When the two had been showing around on the bus, they had found grapes in the freezer, which Emily later told me that her and Tinnie had put in there the previous night for whatever reason—something about them being hungry and over-tired...

Right now, me and Joey were preparing ourselves for the interview that was going to take place in a few minutes. As were the others but we had no idea where they were. We were doing our hair and choosing what outfits to wear. I chose to wear a white sweatshirt with a pair of black jeans, and Joey went with a black Adidas leather jacket that said 'Boston' on the back—he loved that jacket. He also wore black jeans to complete his outfit.

All of a sudden, we saw camera flashes go off around us. At first I thought it was paparazzi who had snuck into our dressing room, but when both me and Joey turned around, we noticed that it was Emily who was behind us.
She was taking pictures with a Polaroid camera. She had just recently bought it and it had become her favorite accessory. She was constantly following me and the guys around with it, and taking pictures of literally everything. When we were all asleep on the bus or getting ready for a show or trying to relax and take it easy after a long day—there she was, constantly snapping photos with her camera. It did get a bit annoying sometimes but, well, I could never stay too mad at Emily.

"Hey, my hair is a total fucking mess!" Joey said to Emily, trying to get the fresh Polaroid she had captured of him from her hand, "throw it away!"

"I don't care, Joe! I'm going to make a photo album with pictures from this summer, and your messy hair is the least of my concerns," she said, putting the Polaroid in her bra to make sure Joey couldn't get to it—it was pretty hot. He just shook his head and seated himself back in the chair he had been sitting in before.

"The interview is in five. Make sure you're ready by then," one of the producers of Good Morning America told me and Joey as he passed by our dressing room.

Emily snapped about four more photos of us as me and Joey quickly made some finishing touches to our hair.

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The girls got to watch our interview behind the cameras in the room with us. Me and Emily kept looking at each other throughout the entire interview. At times I would forget about everyone else in the room, and get completely lost in her eyes. Joey would then hit my shoulder to get me to snap out of it—it happened quite a lot. But I just couldn't help but look at how beautiful Emily was.

After the interview, we had a few hours to kill before we had to hit the stage. I was pretty tired from last night because of the rooftop party we'd been to, and because Joey kept calling me on the phone all night because he couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a nap.

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When it was about 7PM, I woke up because Donnie was shaking the absolute hell out of me.

"Get up, J! We have a show to do," he yelled at me as I rubbed my eyes, still sleepy from the nap. "I will. Chill you dumbass."

Just as I got up from the sofa I'd taken a nap on, everyone else came in the room as well. Emily ran to me immediately and wrapped her arms tightly around my neck, pulling me in for a quick kiss. "Everything okay?"