Where The Heart Is(Backstreet Boys Version)

Chapter Five

Nick woke up and saw Brizee lying there. He looked around the hospital room and saw he was alone and he sighed and held Brizee's hand.

"It's morning, Briz, another day, we all need you to come out of this," Nick said. AJ and Emily came in.

"Nick," AJ said.

"Hey," Nick said.

"Nothing?" Emily asked.

"No," Nick said.

"Nick, you okay?" Emily asked.

"I'm fine," Nick said.

"Nick, let's go talk, Em is staying with Briz for awhile," AJ said. Nick got up and went out the door with AJ. They went out to a little café and sat down and ordered some lunch. AJ looked at Nick.

"What's up, Kaos," AJ said.

"Have you ever done something that you weren't suppose to do," Nick said.

"Yeah, you know that, I'm recovering still," AJ said.

"I mean in the romance department," Nick said.

"Yeah, Amanda, remember," AJ said.

"I did something terrible," Nick said.

"What is it," AJ said.

"I fell for Brizee," Nick said quietly.

"Nick," AJ said.

"I know, it's wrong, she's with Brian and he loves her, I couldn't help it," Nick said.

"You know you can't do anything about it," AJ said.

"I know, AJ, I know that," Nick said.

"You better not do anything to mess up their relationship," AJ said.

"I'm not stupid, AJ, I know I can't," Nick said. They went back to the hospital and saw Kevin and Howie there.

"She woke up, she's asking for you, Nick, Brian and Emily are with her," Kevin said. Nick stood there.

"Nick, go on," Howie said. Nick slowly walked to the room and opened the door and saw Brian and Emily by her bedside.

"Nick!" Brizee said smiling at him. He went to the bedside and she reached out to him. He hugged her.

"I'm glad you're awake," Nick said.

"We all are," Brian said. Nick looked at Brizee.

"You scared me out there, Briz," Nick said.

"Brian told me that they caught the girl who shot me, he said she thought I was your girlfriend and that I had to go," Brizee said.

"Yeah," Nick said.

"Emily said you stayed with me last night," Brizee said.

"Yeah, I could tell that Brian wasn't getting any rest so I stayed so he could go back to the hotel and rest," Nick said.

"I didn't want to leave you," Brian said.

"But you need to rest, Brian, I would not be happy if I woke up and you looked like you hadn't slept in weeks, that would not be a good thing to wake up to, I would have wanted you to get lots of rest," Brizee said.

"I did get some rest, thanks to Nick, I didn't want to leave you alone, I'm glad Nick offered to stay with you while I went to rest," Brian said.

"She's my best friend, I would have been here either way," Nick said.

"How soon is the tour starting up?" Brizee asked.

"As soon as you are back to normal and onstage with us, there is no way I'm having another dance partner," Nick said.

"So you guys are going to wait until I have the all clear," Brizee said.

"Yup," Brian said.

"It could be months," Brizee said.

"We announced that due to the shooting, we are postponing the tour until further notice and the tickets that have sold will be good for the new dates," Nick said.

The next day, Nick came to Brizee's hospital room and walked in and saw her looking out the window.

"Hey Briz," Nick said.

"Hey Nicky," Brizee said.

"Nicky?" Nick asked.

"Sorry," Brizee said.

"It's okay, you can call me that," Nick said.

"We need to talk, though," Brizee said. Nick sat down.

"What's up," Nick said.

"I heard you, Nick," Brizee said.

"What," Nick said.

"I heard what you said before I woke up, that you're in love with me," Brizee said. Nick closed his eyes and hung his head.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think you heard me," Nick said softly.

"Nick," Brizee said.

"I'm sorry, Brizee, I shouldn't have said anything," Nick said.

"Nick, it's okay, you can't help how you feel," Brizee said.

"I know nothing can happen, I can't hurt Brian," Nick said.

"I know," Brizee said.