Mr. and Mrs. Carter: Anywhere for You

Chapter 11

November 26, 1996 Los Angeles, California
NICK'S POV
"So what were and Lili really doing?" AJ smirks, looking at me. Huh? I look up from eating my turkey. It was Thanksgiving, and sadly, Lili had to fly back to Tampa yesterday. Damn Logan.

"What do you mean?" I put another piece of turkey in my mouth. AJ scoffs.

"Two days ago, while we were exploring." AJ rolls his eyes. I squirm. I feel every ones eyes on me.

"We just talked." I shrugged, taking mashed potato.

"Mhm." Howie grins.

"Shut up."

"Were you two banging?" AJ leans forward.

"AJ!" Kevin smacks his arm. AJ looks at him.

"What?" he rubs his arm.

"We're eating." Brian rolls his eyes. AJ looks annoyed.

"Fine. But did you?" he grins. I shook my head.

"Almost then?"

I look up from eating my food. "AJ, why do you care so much?"

AJ shrugs. "Just curious." After a while, he spoke again. "But if you didn't, you wouldn't be so defensive."

I blushed. "AJ, we only made out in our underwear. Happy?" Crap. Ugh, stupid reverse psychology. AJ grins.

"Gotcha."

"Shut up." I grumble, drinking my Coke.

"Really Nick?" Brian looks excited. I nod.

"Guys, please we're eating." Kevin begs. We nod and finish our food. Kevin and Howie head to sleep. AJ and Brian join me in the living room.

"So how it'd go?" AJ plops down next to me. I give him a look.

"Good." I answer, hugging a pillow.

"That's it?" Brian raises an eyebrow.

"Fine, really good." I roll my eyes. Brian and AJ grin at each other.
"Oh I almost forgot. I bought this at the store yesterday." AJ gets up and comes back with a roll. He pulls out a poster.

"If it's another Spice Girls poster, leave me out of it." I scoot away. For some reason, Howie and AJ loved the Spice Girls. I wasn't much of a fan. I knew Howie liked Baby Spice and I teased him about it a lot.

"It's not the Spice Girls this time." AJ protests, unrolling it. "It's your girl."

"What?" Brian and I asked at the same time. AJ fluttered his eyelashes, pleased that we had his attention.

"It's a poster of..." AJ flips the poster over. "Lili!" he exclaims. I look. Lili is in ripped jeans, a crop top, black hat, and a leather jacket. She was biting a rose petal and leaning against a white wall. She was wearing dark lipstick.

"Oh! I took a picture like that too! Biting a rose." Brian takes the poster and admires it.

"Haven't we all?" I stare at the poster. It has her name at bottom corner and her age, 16.

"True." Brian scratches his chin.

"She looks hot right Nick?" AJ smirks.

"Yeah." I say, without thinking. AJ smirk grows.

"Oh shut up AJ." To change the subject, I ask, "How much did it cost?"

"Find out yourself. Buy one." AJ grins.

"Really?" I roll my eyes.

"Mhm." AJ takes the poster and rolls it up. I look at him.

"You're not gonna hang it up in your room are you?" I raise an eyebrow. AJ snorts.