Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 17:08:43 EST
From: BARBARABBCONTEMP@aol.com
Subject: What Happened

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			       What Happened

Chapter-1 

"I'm so tired of this shit" Howie said angrily, collapsing on to the
dressing room couch. They were waiting, once again, for the 'favorite'
backstreet boy to grace them with his presence. The concert has been
stalled three time already.

"If he's not here in ten minutes, we do the concert without him or I'm
going home!"

"We have a new album out and over 50,000 fans out there. We can't afford to
cancel this thing, so someone needs to find out where the hell he's at!"
said Brian, trying to get control over the situation.

Everyone's eyes quickly averted to Nick. He couldn't bring himself to met
their glare.  He knew that most of them blamed him for what has happened to
the group since his brother joined.

A few years ago, in 2000, Aaron Carter joined the group. That's when the
trouble begun. All the attention had gone completely to his head, and as
far as he was concerned, Nick had absolutely no authority over him
anymore. He was the baby of the group now, all the attention, all the
girls, and all the money was all for him. At first, it was as they all
dreamed.

They were hot, and Aaron only brought them more publicity. Until Aaron
became the biggest asshole in the group. He was constantly complaining if
things didn't go as planned. He was easily agitated, and the slightest
thing ticked him off. Everything he said, went. The manager of the group,
MADE him head honcho. With all this Aaron publicity sweeping the world, his
paycheck became fatter and fatter. He pushed the boys further and further
apart.

He didn't care that he was hurting his brother the most. Not only for the
group falling apart, but also his heart. Aaron found out about Nick and
Kevin a year after he joined. He threatened to let the cat out of the bag
to Jane Carter. The person Nick feared the most.  Aaron didn't want to take
any chance of losing their fans, now that he was the center of
attention. He did everything in his power to keep them apart, until Kevin
couldn't take it anymore. Nick would always side with Aaron, to keep Jane
from finding out.  Kevin sat Nick down and told him he would always have a
place in his heart, but they couldn't be together if he couldn't choose him
over his fear.

Brian and Nick's friendship had deceased because of Aaron also, he always
and forever needed constant attention to keep him happy. It was, " No
Brian, we can't chill tonight. Aaron wants to see Britney in concert." Or
some other excuse. Nick was so afraid to admit that Aaron was the cause of
the group breaking apart. The boys weren't as comfortable when Aaron was
around. They couldn't be themselves.

AJ was the one who really couldn't stand him. Aaron made him so mad, he
would unleash his anger on everyone else. Just a few weeks back, he ripped
apart the tour bus in such a rage, the cops had to handcuff him. " I'll
kill that little bastard! I hate him! I hate him!" He bellowed, struggling
with the cop to let him go. The tears he held in for so many years were
continuously rolling down his cheeks onto the hood of the cop car. Aaron
stood by, innocently, glaring wide eyed as if he didn't know WHY AJ was
acting that way.

That incident was all over the news and in papers everywhere within 24
hours.  That hurt the group's ego. The ratings suddenly dropped, and their
rivals, 98 Degrees, 'NSYNC and Five shot to the top of the U.S. charts.

That same day of his arrest, was also when AJ decided he might have to
leave the group before he really did kill Aaron. He got the group together
one evening, when Aaron was out signing autographs, and told them he was
seriously thinking of leaving the group the next couple of months.

It hurt him to make such a decision, but he just couldn't tolerate the
conflicts, the fighting, and the arguing all the time. All was quiet for
the sake of the thought. Brian, was completely silent, staring blurry eyed
up at the ceiling. He didn't want AJ to leave.  Hoping not to be detected,
he wiped a tear out of his eye and continued to stare. He had secretly
fallen in love with AJ a couple of years ago. The thought of not having him
around was killing him inside. Now he would never be able to tell him how
he felt. He had just started to open up to AJ.

The nights he spent awake, listening to himself crying over AJ's choice. He
loved him with all his heart, but leaving was the best thing AJ could
do. AJ was on continuous prescription medication because of
Aaron. Medication to get him to sleep, stay awake and maintain his
temper. And secretly, they managed to keep AJ's trips to the mental
institution a secret.

His problem was that he'd let Aaron get into his head, and he couldn't take
it. He'd had a total of 6 nervous breakdowns since Aaron joined, nine years
ago. At times, when reporters were caked outside their tour bus, all they
could do was hold AJ down during these nervous breakdowns until he fell
asleep. They would talk to him and try to calm him down, because they
didn't want the public to know about AJ's problem. They kept it a secret
for nine years. Nine years!

AJ didn't want to leave the group either, but he knew he'd kill either
himself, or Aaron by accident one of these days. Or even worse, one of the
guys. He stifled tears, not even bothering to act hard.

Kevin tolerated Aaron's shit because of Nick. He knew how much Jane had
hurt him in the past over the control of his money. After everything they
had been through, he couldn't let Nick down like that. He knew what the
opinion of his family meant to Nick, unfortunately so did Aaron. Whenever
Aaron wanted a little more control, he used the little brother routine to
get Nick on his side. The constant manipulation has left Nick in a fragile
state. Kevin and Nick made a pact that if AJ really left, so would
they. Kevin made a personal vow, when this happened he would be there for
Nick. He knew the family would turn their backs on him over this. All he
could think about was the day Aaron's ass belonged to him. He was going to
make him pay for what he has done.

Suddenly Nick, overwhelmingly filled with guilt, dropped to his knees
crying shamelessly into his hands. "AJ!! No! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, it's
all my fault!" He jerked once and fell over on his side, knees tucked under
his chest whimpering. Kevin went over to help him up.

" No Nick, let him go, he has to go," Brian said painfully, grabbing him
under his arms.  AJ stared blankly into Nick's blood-shot eyes.

The group was falling apart. Nick was next to go insane, and AJ knew it. He
couldn't stand his brother much longer.

Without warning the door flew open let's get this shit over with...."


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