Brizee arrived at her best friend’s house along her other best friend, Nick. Nick was part of the group, the Backstreet Boys. Brizee and Nick grew up together in Tampa and have been best friends ever since. Brizee’s best girl friend, Hayley, married Nick’s best friend, Brent. They just had a baby three months ago and named Nick and Brizee godparents of their baby, Emma.  They walked in and saw Hayley feeding Emma and put her in the playpen.

        “Hey guys,” Hayley said.

        “Hey!” Brizee said. Brent came in and shook hands with Nick and hugged Brizee.

        “So what’s up,” Nick said.

        “Yeah, you called us and made it sound important,” Brizee said as they sat down.

        “We got together with our lawyer to have a will drawn up, just to be on the safe side in case something bad happened to either one of us,” Hayley said.

        “We wanted the will in place in case something happened to both of us, we put in the will that if something happened to both of us at the same time, that you two would raise Emma together, we trust you both with her and we know you both love her as much as we do,” Brent said.

        “You got that right,” Nick said.

        “We love her like she was our own,” Brizee said.

        “We would do anything for her,” Nick said.

        “We know that, we know we made the right choice, we talked to our folks about it and they agree that you two are the best ones for Emma,” Brent said.

Three days later, Nick and Brizee hung out on the beach. Nick threw sand on Brizee and she chased him around and tackled him and tickled him until he cried uncle. Then things went a different way when he rolled them over and she was lying on the sand. He leaned over her. He leaned down and kissed her softly. She wrapped her arms around him and deepened the kiss.

        “Be my girl?” Nick asked.

        “Yes,” Brizee said. They began kissing. They gathered their stuff and went to Brent and Hayley’s and told them that they were a couple and Brent and Hayley were happy for them and they celebrated.

Two months went by. Brizee and Nick were living together and totally in love. Nick was in New York on a promo tour with the guys. Brizee was home when the phone rang.

        “Hello, this is she, yeah, I’ll be right there,” Brizee said. She hung up and grabbed her purse and keys and went to the police station. She went to front desk.

        “Where can I find Officer Hardy?” Brizee said. She was directed to his office. She went in and sat down.

        “I’m sorry to have to tell you this, Hayley and Brent Thomas were in a car accident today, they both died at the scene,” Officer Hardy said.

        “Oh god, no,” Brizee said.

        “They have a five month old daughter, right,” Officer Hardy said.

        “Oh god, Emma, is she okay,” Brizee said.

        “She was with a babysitter at the time and is now in the care of Child Protective Services,” Officer Hardy said.

        “Can you bring her here, I’m her godmother, Hayley and Brent had a will, they wanted me and my boyfriend to have her, they told us that they want us to have Emma if something happened to both of them,” Brizee said.

        “We have to go by the book on this, there is some paperwork, and it being after hours, she’s with a foster family tonight, so it will be tomorrow before you can do anything and your boyfriend will have to be there with you before you can have her,” Officer Hardy said. Brizee nodded and covered her face with her hands and cried. She went home and dialed Nick’s cell.

        “Hey baby,” Nick said.

        “Nicky, you need to come home,” Brizee said crying.

        “Why, what’s going on,” Nick said.

        “Hayley and Brent were killed in a car accident, they won’t let us have Emma unless you are here,” Brizee said crying. She looked at a pic of her and Nick with Emma.

        “I’m on my way,” Nick said. He hung up. Brizee hung up and cried. She went home and sat on the couch and hugged a couch pillow and cried. Five hours later, Nick came in. He went to her and sat down and held her as she sobbed. He closed his eyes as tears ran down his cheeks. He held her.

        “She’s with a foster family, can’t do anything until morning,” Brizee said.

        “No matter what, we will get her, Hayley and Brent wanted her with us, it’s written in the will,” Nick said.

        “We can do it, Nicky, we have to, Emma needs us,” Brizee said. Nick kissed her softly and held her.

        “Once we get her, you and Emma are going with me to New York,” Nick said.

        “I wouldn’t have it any other way, but wait, they will probably have a child services rep meet with us to make sure we will be good parents to Emma,” Brizee said.

        “Crap,” Nick said.

        “How much longer is the promo tour,” Brizee said.

        “Two more weeks,” Nick said.

        “Let’s see what needs to be done,” Brizee said.

The next day, they met with child protective services to pick up Emma and sign some papers.

        “Now, a rep will be coming by for meetings to see how things are progressing and the first meeting will be next Monday,” the manager said. Brizee and Nick looked at each other.

        “Is there a problem,” she said.

        “I have to be in New York for two more weeks for a promo tour, Brizee and Emma were going to be there with me,” Nick said.

        “Well, we will call and we can send the rep to meet up with you there,” the manager said. A worker brought Emma in. Brizee went to her while Nick gave the manager the necessary information. He got up and went to them and he hugged Brizee and Emma to him. He kissed Emma’s forehead. They left and went home and the next day they went to court and were awarded custody and headed to New York. They walked into the hotel and saw Brian, Leighanne, AJ, and Howie.