EPILOGUE

"Nick, you are such a cutie patootie!" Rosie O’ Donnell cried to the five boys, as they sat on the set of her show, beaming proudly, "how old are you? Like 18?!"

"Yes Rosie, that’s correct," Nick answered, flashing the camera a big smile.

The crowd cheered and the girls screamed. "What a fucking ham, huh?!" Brian said, from his spot on the couch in AJ’s living room. The five guys, plus Lauren, were gathered in his house to watch their first appearance on the Rosie O’ Donnell show, which had been previously recorded. It had been quite exciting.

The five giggled, and Nick just ignored them all. "Oh, shut up!" he answered, his eyes fixated on the TV. "So, you’re 18 years old, and you’re married?!" Rosie continued to ponder, "I saw this on the news last night! I thought, there was no way that you were married! You’re a baby!"

Nick linked his fingers with Lauren’s and kissed the top of her hand. Lauren smiled. "She couldn’t believe it," he said, "even after the show, she kept asking me questions!"

She giggled and snuck a quick kiss from him. The two had gotten married after only two months of Lauren living in Orlando, and it had been a snap decision to go ahead with the marriage. It was a small wedding: only close friends and relatives were invited, but it had felt right from the get go.

"And now," Rosie continued, "today I hear from certain sources that you’re having a baby! Is this true, Nick Carter? Does your mother know about this?!"

Nick laughed and looked at the other guys nervously. "Yes, Rosie, it’s true....this is the first official confirmation of the rumor....me and my lovely wife, Lauren, are expecting a baby sometime at the end of June," Nick said, facing the audience, as gasps and cheers came from within.

"Oh my God!" Rosie exclaimed, "can you believe this?!"

Nick blinked a couple times at the TV and looked at Lauren again. Little tears had formed in the corners of her eyes as she smiled happily. "I can’t believe you actually admitted that on national television," she said, cuddling closer to him, "that was so sweet!"

Nick kissed her and patted her stomach, which was only beginning to show. "I love you so much," he answered.

"AWWW!" said the other four boys in unison, making their forgotten presence quite clear. "Man, Nick, you are turning into such a woman!" exclaimed Kevin, laughing.

"Fuck you, man!" he retorted, tossing a pillow in his direction.

"Man, I still can’t believe this," mused AJ, getting up from his seat in a chair and sitting beside Lauren on her other side, "I can’t believe you two are actually gonna have a baby!"

Nick and Lauren had only announced the news to the boys a couple days before the show had been recorded, and it had been quite a shock for everyone. "You know what that means, right?" asked Nick, smiling slyly.

"What?" asked AJ.

"That means you’re gonna be an uncle."

AJ sunk back into the cushions. "Hey, ya know, you’re right....I never even thought of that!" he said, a smile spreading across his face, "I’m gonna be an uncle!"

Lauren smiled and kissed AJ on the top of his head. "You’re gonna be the best damn uncle this baby will ever see," she said, ruffling his hair.

"Ha," burst Howie, "just look at him! He’ll probably teach the kid how to get tatoos when he’s five!"

"Shut the fuck up, man!" AJ answered, shooting Howie a dirty look, and Lauren laughed. But it was at that very moment that she realized just how good her life had turned out. She had a husband that cared so much for her, a child on the way, three great friends who she could always count on, and a brother who would always be there for her. ‘How lucky am I?’ she thought, ‘that I found my brother? Without him, I would have nothing.’

And as she looked around the room at the people around her, she knew it was true.

"...I wish I may, I wish I might, be that certain someone you wish for every night, if you knew what I knew you wouldn't say what you said, if you knew what I knew we be together instead of you breaking my heart over things that aren't true, my lady, if you knew what I knew....."

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