Chapter 12: I’ve Got My Eyes On You
“Hey you guys,” I replied happily as I walked
into the house with my new puppy.
Tyk who had sniffed Curly, and found her acceptable, went off to play. I put my jacket down.
“So where’s my Brian?” I asked Kevin, who was sitting down watching some TV with his girlfriend Kristin, who was now asleep on his lap.
“I honestly don’t know, Ash.. but wherever he is, I’m sure he’s fine.” Kevin reassured me.
“Kev, he’s with Leighanne isn’t he?” I asked him. Kevin looked away.
“It’s okay, I saw him with her at the theme park.” I told him sighing.
“Well, I’m sure it’s nothing that’s so wrong.” Kevin pointed out.
“You’re right, but I mean, with your tour coming up
so soon, he’s going to Europe, and I won’t
be able to see, him and the last moments I do get to, he’s
with his ex-girlfriend.” I replied sadly, as I walked up to
my room.
“Don’t worry, Ash. Brian’s fully 100% committed to you.” Kevin replied.
“Then, why isn’t he here to tell me that?” I replied at the top of the stairs before closing my door.
I slept all through out the night, and I woke up to find Nick’s crystal baby blue eyes facing me.
“Nick?” I asked startled still half asleep.
“I decided to keep you company until Brok came back,” Nick said.
“He isn’t home yet?” I asked worried.
“Ashley, you’re 18. Loosen up. Have fun, when I was 18, I wasn’t worried about where my girlfriend was, 24/7” Nick told me.
“Tomorrow, if you’re not busy with Justin, I’ll take you out for some fun,” Nick said smiling.
“Why wait? Come on...” I said grabbing my heels, leather jacket, and sunglasses.
“Ok, cool.” Nick said. He walked me to the car.
“So, where to?” I asked him.
“How about dancing?” he asked me.
“Nick, you hate to dance..” I replied to him.
“I know, but I’m sure you could teach me a couple of things, after all we got on tour in a couple of weeks.” Nick replied.
“Really is it that soon?” I asked him.
“Yeah, you know June is almost coming up..” Nick said.
“I still haven’t spent any time with Bri..” I replied.
“Remember fun?” Nick said.
“Okay, Okay.. I hope it’s fun for you.. I mean you don’t like dancing.. “ I warned him.
“I’ll worry about me, Ok?” Nick asked shooting a sideways glance at me.
I’ll tell you one thing, Nick had a killer smile. But I remembered Brok.
“Okay, we’re here,” Nick said. He and I got right through the lines, and he showed him his id. and we went right in.
“Wow, that was quick,” I commented.
“yeah, well, they know me and the guys around here,” Nick replied modestly. I narrowed my eyes.
“Okay, they know the rest of the guys,” Nick replied sheepishly. I heard a great remix song by Mandy Moore called
“Candy”. I rushed Nick onto the dance floor.
“Come on, Nicky,” I yelled over the loud music.
“I’m comin, I’m comin,” Nick replied.
And, to tell you the truth, Nick and I danced great together! Surprise, Surprise! I mean, I loved dancing with him, we laughed and smiled and danced through three songs.
“Are you having fun,” I asked him, we were incredibly close to one another as we danced. His legs laced through mine.
“Yeah, actually I am,” Nick replied happily.
Finally a slow song, which was amazingly, “Music Of My Heart” by my fellow ex-boyfriend and the gang, Nsync.
“Even though, it’s Nsync, can we still dance?” I asked him smiling.
“Yeah,” Nick replied looking into my eyes. Nick wrapped his arms around my waist, and I laid my head down on his shoulders, and sighed peacefully, as the song played.
“So, really Ash, are you having fun?” Nick asked me patting my head ever so gently. I looked up at those baby blue eyes, killer smile, and replied softly.
“Yeah, I am. Thanks for everything.” I told Nick still making full eye contact.
“Come on, let’s go..” Nick said grabbing my hand, and held it as we walked out of the club hand in hand.
We had to remove the sunglasses, and in 5 minutes, pictures had been shot. Nick guided me to the car, and he and I decided to be silly and pose for the pictures. One of me and him hugging, me and Nick playfully kissing,(I mean playfully.) and another where he was picking me up. We drove home that night laughing and joking around as ever. He drove me to my house but by the time he got there, I was sleep. He rang the doorbell, but no one answered. So he drove me to his house.
“Was that the doorbell?” Kristin asked sleepily.
“No babe, it was just your imagination,” Kevin replied sleepily.
Kristin shrugged her shoulders and went back to lay in the arms of her boyfriend. Meanwhile upstairs, Brian waited patiently until soon, he fell asleep on the chair, that was facing the door anxiously awaiting my return.
It was about 1:30 a.m. in the morning. I looked around, the room looked vaguely familiar, and when I saw a blond head right next to me, I knew whose it was. Nick being the gentleman he was, wrapped me inside of the covers, while he lay on the outside. I looked around, and shook my head for approval of his room, it wasn’t very messy. I lightly woke up Nick.
“Nicky,” I replied.
“Hmm? What?” he replied sleepily.
“No one was at the house?” I replied turning over to look at him.
But he was already asleep. I grabbed 2 blankets, that were in his linen closet, and wrapped them around him. I looked at his angelic face, sighed, and went back to sleep.
About 1 to 3 am in the morning, I heard a noise, and then I felt someone give me a gentle kiss right on the cheek. I smiled, and went back to sleep.
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