CHAPTER SIX

~Friday 2nd concert~

~Rissa~

I met Madison at the hotel at about noon. Like Chrissy said over the computer, she had the stay moved up a night for her. We went to the floor and to my surprise it looked empty. We put our luggage in the room and changed for the concert. When we left it was close to two. We grabbed lunch and headed over to the Ice Palace.

~6:00pm~

~Chrissy~

 “I am going to be so dead.” I said as I stretched out my legs.

“Why’s that?” Liz asked as she did the same thing.

We were already in our concert attire so all we were doing was some last minute stretching and gossip. “Well my best friend is here. I upgraded her seats to front row and center stage and also got her back stage passes.”

“So why are you going to die?”

“Cuz she doesn’t know I’m a dancer for our favorite group.”

“Why’s that?” Beth asked as she came over to me and Liz.

“I kinda left that part out when I told her I couldn’t make the concert because of work.” I said with a giggle.

They laughed as we continued stretching. After about five minutes of stretching Kev stuck his head in.

“Hey guys. Group prayer is in five minutes.” Beth followed him out.

“See ya guys there.” She called out.

“Okay.” I said as I did a back bend and then a back flip. Liz followed my lead and then we went to the hall for the prayer.

~Rissa~

 “Man too bad Chrissy couldn’t make the concert.” I said as Madison returned to our seats with a drink.

“Yeah. She would have loved it.”

“Yep, especially since it’s a hype up for their millennium tour.”

“Yeah. She doesn’t know what she’s missing.”

“That’s for sure. I’m wondering who upgraded our seats to front row and got us backstage passes.”

“I haven’t the slightest idea.” He said smiling.

“Madman! What’s up! I know you…” At that moment the lights went out and ‘BSB’ was being chanted. I couldn’t help but feel the excitement as I threw my camera together. As I was two people were on stage talking.

“Hey Liz. You wouldn’t even think the Backstreet Boys were in Tampa tonight by looking at this crowd.” The girl coming from the right-hand stage said.

“I know. Man it looks like an *NSYNC crowd if you ask me.” Said the girl named Liz.

“Well let’s see if we’re at the right concert.”

“Okay.”

“If you’re here to see the BSB make some noise!”

The arena erupted in noise. “Nope looks like it’s a BSB concert after all Liz.”

“I guess you’re right.” She answered.

All of a sudden the screen behind the stage came on. The crowd was going wild so I looked up only to find Kevin on it.

“Girls! You’re supposed to be in your places not talking about the crowd.”

“Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.” The dark haired one said as she looked at the screen. “We’re going.”

Kevin shot her an ‘Yeah right’ look and vanished.

“Man, what a party pooper.” The one named Liz said.

“Well let’s go.” The dark haired one said as she did a couple of back flips to the front center stage.

“Right behind you.” Liz said as she did a back flip to my right.

All of a sudden the lights went black. The intro to ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ came on right as the lights came up. They were doing the ballroom dance from the video. I got a clear shot of AJ and his dancer. “HEY! THAT’S CHRISSY!”

When they broke and were dancing facing the audience she looked at me. “I’m gonna kill you!” I yelled knowing very well she read my lips if not that I know she heard me. She giggled and continued dancing.

I looked over at Madison who was about to fall out of his seat because he was laughing so hard. “You knew about this didn’t you?” I punched is arm. “Punk!”

“Yeah, but hey, the look on your face was worth it.”

I sighed and began taking pictures. I had to admit Chrissy looked happier now then I could last remember. I took lots of pictures while the guys performed ‘Quit Playing Games’ and ‘All I Have To Give’.

I had to change rolls of film while they performed ‘As Long As You Love Me’. After my film was changed they were already starting ‘We’ve Got It Going On’. After that they did ‘I’ll Go Anywhere For You’.

“Hey you guys out there!” Brian screamed. “We’re breaking for solos now. Have fun listening.” With that he ran off while AJ walked out for his solo.

The rest of the concert was a breeze and all I remember was watching Howie and the rest of the guys and taking plenty of pictures. I watched Chrissy a lot too. She was awesome up there. I sighed when the concert was over. I looked at Madison and we both decided we’d head back after the venue was almost cleared out. After about five minutes we got up and headed back. I was so ready to give Chrissy a piece of my mind for not telling me though personally I wasn’t the least bit mad.