Title: Caribbean Nights
Part: 1/15
Author: Wendy
Category: 98º
Rating: PG-13
Copyright: 1999
"Can you believe that we’re actually here?" Wendy asked her best friends, who came along with her on a trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
"Nope!" Jen laughed. "But I’m glad that we’re here. This trip is just going to be the bomb!"
"Yeah, I know! And the best part of it all is that we’re going to the 98 Degrees concert. I really can’t wait until that happens," Pamela added.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, but it’s not until tomorrow night, so we have plenty of time to go shopping!" Shopping was definitely one of the favorite things for Sarah to do.
"Okay, let’s just go get ourselves a car first," Wendy said as she walked with the girls with their luggage to the car rental agency.
"How are we going to make the room arrangements?" Pamela asked, grabbing all of her stuff out of the elevator.
"Well, why don’t we have Jen and me in a room and then you and Wendy?" Sarah suggested.
Each of us got our keys and walked toward our respective rooms.
As soon as Sarah got in her room, she dropped all of her things and jumped on the bed. "This is NICE!"
All Jen could do was laugh along with her friend. A moment later, Pamela and Wendy entered the other room. "Hey, guys. Uhh…Sarah, what are you doing?"
"Pam, this is called luxury! And I love this!" Sarah finally settled down. "Chicas, what are we planning to do for the rest of the day? I say that we should go shopping."
"Like we didn’t think you were gonna say that already!" Jen laughed at her friend. "But I guess that we should do that. I mean, we want to look good at the concert, don’t we, girls?"
"But of course!" Wendy answered in the mist of laughing. "Well, let’s go!"
All four girls grabbed their purses and headed down to their car.
"Wait, you were supposed to make a right turn there, Wendy!" Pamela yelled as she looked at the map of San Juan.
"Ya know, you can tell be BEFORE I actually missed the turn!" Wendy shook her head. She made a U-turn and headed back to the intersection and made a turn. They were driving along the road and there was nothing in sight.
"Pam, are you sure that this is right?" Sarah stuck her head to the front of the car.
Pamela tried to turn the map sideways to figure out where they were. "Oops!"
"Good job!" Jen, Wendy and Sarah all exclaimed at the same time.
"Sorry."
After another half an hour of driving along, the girls finally got to a mall. It wasn’t the one that they had planned to go to when they left their hotel, but it was a mall nonetheless.
Each girl got themselves a brand new outfit to go to the concert with. Wendy got a simple black tank top and a pair of jeans. Pamela got a blue-and-white baby T-shirt and a pair of shorts. Sarah got a pale yellow halter-top and a pair of white shorts. Jen got a forest green tank top and a pair of light khaki shorts. All of the girls decided to go back to the mall again the next day to get makeup and some hair accessories.
Driving home from the mall was again an adventure. Their hotel was actually three blocks from the mall, but they were driving around for half an hour before they got there.
They all decided to watch movies during the night in Wendy and Pamela’s room and all fell asleep there.
The four girls went to the mall as they had planned earlier and after spending most of the day at the mall, it was time for the concert.
"Oh, I’m so nervous!" Jen said.
"Nervous? I’m just hyper and happy!" Pamela said.
"Pam, you’re always hyper and happy anyway, what a surprise that is!" Wendy laughed at her friend.
"Alright, chicas, I think that we should head inside," Sarah said, pulling the tickets out of her purse.
The girls had gotten tickets in the fourth row. With cameras in their hands, they all headed to their seats, which were almost dead center and probably a perfect view of the guys.
"Here’s 98 Degrees!" the announcer declared after about 15 minutes. All of the fans jumped up and down screaming for their favorite band.
98 Degrees went through their dancing routines for a couple of songs and then slowed down to sing "Invisible Man." After that, they sang "Still," calling for four audience members.
"Row 1, seat 4," Jeff said.
"Row 7, seat 25," Nick stated.
"Row 15, seat 2," Justin announced.
"Row 4, seat 17," Drew said finally.
"Oh my gosh, that’s me!" Wendy exclaimed and looked at her ticket.
She ran down the aisle and up the stage. One of the guards checked her ticket and led her to a stool beside Drew.
"…I will still love you…" Jeff finished singing as all of the guys got down on one knee and kissed each girls’ hands.
After the song was over, the four chosen audience members were led to the backstage where they could wait and talk to the guys.
"Hi, what’s your name?" Wendy walked over to one of the girls, who had short dirty blonde hair and dark blue eyes.
"Courtney. What about you?" she answered.
"My name is Wendy. And my favorite is Drew. You?"
"My favorite is Nick. Well, I can’t really decide between him and Jeff. They’re both really awesome. They sing so well!"
"Oh, I definitely know what you mean, but there’s just something special that I like about Drew! He’s just so adorable! Are you from around here?"
"No, I’m from Florida. I’m down here for vacation."
"Same here, only I’m from New York."
Five more songs passed by until the concert was finally over. The guys ran off the stage as the applause died down. They walked over to the girls that they serenaded to earlier that evening.
"Hi, there," Drew said to Wendy.
"Hi," Wendy said shyly.
"What’s your name? I’m Drew, in case you didn’t know that already."
She laughed. "I’m Wendy. Nice to meet you."
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Pamela, Sarah and Jen near the door, but the guard wouldn’t let them in.
"Can I asked you a question?" Wendy asked after a moment of silence.
"Yeah, sure," Drew smiled.
"Can I please bring my best friends to meet you and the guys? They would really love it. Please!" Wendy begged in a childish voice.
Drew looked over at the door and replied, "Yeah, I suppose so." He walked over to the guard and told him to let the three girls in.
"Drew, this is Pam, Sarah and Jen. Girls, this is Drew," Wendy introduced.
They all greeted each other and after a little while, Nick, Jeff and Justin all walked over.
"Hey, guys," Drew said. "I want you to meet Wendy, Sarah, Jen and Pam. Ladies, here are Jeff, Nick and Justin."
They all smiled at one another and all of the girls were speechless and staring at the guys.
"Well, we have to go now, nice you meet all of you," Nick finally said to break the silence.
"Bye," the girls replied slowly and saw the guys headed towards their dressing room.
"This was so awesome!" Wendy exclaimed to her friends as soon as the guys were out of sight. "And boy oh boy, were they hot or what?"
"Uh huh…" Sarah replied with a mischievous grin on her face.
~*~*~In the dressing room~*~*~
"Those girls didn’t look too bad," Jeff said as he entered the dressing room.
"Tell me about it!"
Drew said. "Especially Wendy."
"I knew that you were gonna say that, Sprout," Nick
laughed at his little brother.
"You know me all too well, Nick. I think that concert was awesome. I just wish that we didn’t have to leave Puerto Rico tomorrow morning."
"Same here," Justin said, changing into a jersey. "But I guess that it’s okay since we’re heading back to the States."
"Yeah, I guess so," Drew replied sadly.
~*~*~Back outside at the backstage~*~*~
"Alright, I think that we should go," Pamela finally said.
"Yeah, I guess so," Wendy said. "I just don’t want the night to end!"
"Neither do I. Why don’t we go out to a club or something?" Jen suggested.
"Alright, sounds good to me," Sarah grinned.
"Oh, no!" Wendy knew what her friend was thinking about, but left anyway.
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