My best friends are coming back to New Jersey tomorrow! I haven’t seen them for about three years. They are coming back from their tour. I know what you’re thinking, is it the Jonas Brothers? Well yes, it is, but I have been friends with them ever since I have been about five or so. Nick was five, Joe was eight, and Kevin was ten. My family and I moved next door to then when I turned five. It was the first day of summer, so I wasn’t able to get to know then by school, so I finally got the courage and went over and asked if they could play outside with me. I still remember like it was yesterday. As I was walking next door to their house, I was shaking. I was afraid that I was going to make a bad impression. After I rang the doorbell, a little boy answered the door, he was about my height, and he had curly hair with dark brown eyes. I introduced myself and I felt a connection with him.
Then came another boy running towards the door, he was way taller than me, he had straight black hair, brown eyes, and a surprisingly straight smile for a little kid. There was another boy that came to the door, but he walked, so I was guessing he was a bit older. He had hazel eyes and straight/curly hair. I just stood there, afraid to do anything else. Then out of the blue I just flat out said, “Will you come outside and play with me?” and they approved. I can’t believe I still remember this! Now, back to reality. I have never felt this way before, I felt like I needed to “pretty” myself up just to see them, like I said, it’s been about three years. They had to move out into L.A so they could pursue their career. Luckily, they have about a month off from their latest tour so we could hang out and catch up in everythingI counted down the days until they were coming. Practically every ten minutes, I was constantly thinking, ‘they are almost here, they are almost here!’ and thank goodness, as soon as I wake up tomorrow, I get to see them. They called a week before and told me they would be here around lunch time.
It is about 10:00PM at this point, and I have to get my beauty rest! I have to wake up at 8:00AM so I can get ready; I have to make sure every single detail is perfection. I woke up the next morning, 8:00AM sharp. I had a hard time sleeping last night, I was so excited. Thank goodness today is the day! I got up and took a nice, long, hot, steamy shower. I bought this expensive body wash that smelt like vanilla; my favorite scent. I haven’t even used it yet! I got out and ran right into my walk-in-closet to pick out my outfit. I got out my most comfortable jeans with small holes, a dark blue tee-shirt, my adidas jacket, and my all time favorite shoes; my black converse. I laid everything out onto my bed and quickly ran into my bathroom to start on my make-up. I don’t usually pay attention to the important parts, like my nose, forehead, and cheeks, but this time, I paid extra attention to them. I thought I looked really good compared to what the movie stars look like.
I never really compare myself to them, but this time it was definitely necessary. It was 11:30AM and it was lunch time. I was WAY to nervous to eat, so I just went to my room and got dressed. I successfully finished off my look with my With Love by Hilary Duff perfume. I took one last look in the mirror and I was completely satisfied. I can’t believe that it took me more than three hours to get ready! Hey it was worth it! The doorbell suddenly ran, “I’ll get it!” I yelled from upstairs. I quickly ran to the front door. I opened it gracefully and I was completely disappointed. It was our next door neighbor Michaela. She was the most annoying kid you will ever meet. She has light brown hair, with the raspiest voice, and with nasty teeth. I think it was Halloween that did that to her. She was selling cookies, but I turned her away I wasn’t in the mood to deal with that brat. I quickly ran to the couch and lay down.
“What’s wrong with you?” asked my sister Destiny.
“None of your business.” She gave me a dirty look, but continued to watch Spongebob. The doorbell rang once again.
“WE DON’T WANT ANY COOKIES!” I yelled through the door. I opened it and there was standing the Jonas family.
“Well, we weren’t selling anything, but I’m starving!” Joe, what a crazy kid. He opened his arms for a hug, I practically trampled him. All he did was laugh. We released and he walked right in to see my parents and my sister. Next, was my littlest best friend Frankie.
“Stephanie! I am so happy to see you!” he screeched while hugging me.
“Hey, Frank the Tank! Long time no see! Have you grown? You seem way taller?!” I asked with a smile. He nodded and laughed. He ran right in and went to be with my sister. I stood up and saw Kevin right in front of me.
“Hi Steph!” he said while holding his arms out. I quickly jumped and tackled him with a hug. We both were cracking up. He let go and went to see my parents. Then Denise and Paul were in front of me.
“How are you doing Mr. and Mrs. Jonas?” I asked. They hate it when I call them that. They have told me it made them feel like they were really old a couple years ago. They gave me a ‘don’t-call-me-by-my-last-name’ look and I finally remembered.
“I mean how is Papa and Mama J doing?” I asked once again acting gangster. They smiled and laughed. You have no idea how happy I am to see my, well what I call them, ‘my second family’. We always treated each other like family.
“We are doing fine Steph.” They chuckled. I love it when they call me by my nickname. It makes me feel so happy inside. Next was Nick, my best friend in the whole world. We have gotten close since day one. He walked towards me very slowly. He knows how I hate it when people walk slowly, so I ran at time and gave him a super big hug. We were losing our balance after practically trampling him, but me, I am very coordinated, but my feet aren’t. We released and went into the living room with everyone else. We were watching my sister and Frankie play bowling on the Nintendo Wii. Everyone was laughing at their so-called tricks they were trying to pull off.
I walked up to my parents and asked if I could take everyone to the playground down the street. Knowing them, they can’t say no to their first born. So I got everyone but the parents to go to the playground. Destiny and Frankie quickly ran to the swings while Nick, Kevin, Joe, and I went to one of the picnic tables to catch up. I remembered my very first experience here, it was pretty funny to me, but unfortunately Kevin didn’t think so. It was about six years ago when I was nine, and Kevin was fourteen, we had our annual “Park Games”, Kevin and I were partners in the tree climbing contest. Kevin had climbed the tree and he had to put his foot on my two joined hands to help him up. For my age, I was very strong.
He accidentally slipped and his foot went a weird way and my hand went the other way causing one of the tiny bones to partially break. I don’t remember what it was called; I didn’t pay much attention in science the year before. Kevin felt so guilty and he could never forgive himself. Luckily he forgot all about it. After talking so much, I took a quick glance at my watch and it was about 6:30PM, by this time, it was starting to get dark. My sister and Frankie were still on the swings.
“Ok guys, we have to go now.” I said. They gave me pouty faces so I gave in. If you saw two six year olds giving you that look, you can’t just say no.
“Fine guys, I will do an underdog for the both of you then we have to go.” They smiled and nodded. I got Destiny’s swing and started to swing her forward and backward. I finally got her to the perfect heights and ran right under her. It was her favorite. Now, it was Frankie’s turn. I got a good grasp on his swing and after about a minute or so; I got him high enough and ran under him. He always screamed when he was having so much fun, and he did plenty of it. I got them off the swings and we started to walk back to the house. Frankie and Destiny were about ten feet ahead of Nick, Joe, Kevin, and I, so we just started to talk more.
“Man, today has been so much fun Steph.” Kevin said.
“I totally agree!” I smiled, “Today has been one of the best days of my life.” There was an awkward silence.
“AWKWARD!” yelled Joe. I gave him a funny look.
“What’s so awkward?” I asked playfully.
“I was just kidding! It has been one of the best days of our lives.” He emphasized the word ‘has’. They all smiled and laughed because it was true. Nick seemed kind of quiet since he’s been here. I had the ability to know what’s up, but this time I didn’t. Like what Joe said… AWKWARD! We finally got to the house and we found our parents playing pool in the game room.
“You boys ready to leave?” Mr. Jonas asked.
“NO! I DON’T WANNA LEAVE!” Frankie yelled. Everyone started to laugh.
“Honey, we will be back tomorrow morning for breakfast.” Mrs. Jonas said. They started to get their things together; I can’t believe that today has been so much fun, plus I got to see my best friends. Every time I was near Nick, it felt like I had the major butterflies. It was always small butterflies, but this was very weird. Everyone got their stuff together and started to file out of the house. Everyone said their goodbyes and started to leave. I gave them a hug and told them I’d see them tomorrow. As soon as they left, my parents went upstairs to get ready for bed.
I sat in my room watching a movie called, “Ice Age the Meltdown”, and it never gets old! The movie was almost over when my cell phone rang. It was my best friend Sally. We have been best friends ever since we were born. It was before I moved to New Jersey. I lived in Pennsylvania since I was born; we had to move so my dad could be near his new job. Sally and I still kept in touch all these years. I told her that I saw the Jonas Brothers today and how I was feeling about Nick.
“Are you serious? You like Nick even more?” she asked enthused.
“Geez keep it down will ya? I’m trying to keep this on the DL.” I retorted.
“Oh yeah, sorry. How long are they staying in New Jersey? She asked.
“Oh, they are off tour for a month.” I felt very excited hearing those words come out of my mouth.
“Well I guess you might find out if he really likes you.” I can’t believe she said that! Now, that’s what’s going to be on my mind forever!
“Yeah I guess so… Hold on, someone’s on the other line.”
“Ok just tell me all the deets’!” she said. There was an awkward silence.
“Don’t ever say that again! Hold on.” I laughed and answered the other line; my heart practically stopped.
“Hello?”
“Hey Steph, its Nick. What’s up?” Oh my gosh, he has never called me at this time, by the way, it is about 10:30PM.
“Not much, just chillin… LIKE A VILLIAN!” there was a quick pause.
“Ha ha nice! I guess Joe’s sayings are immune to you.” I laughed because it was true.
“Yeah, I guess so. So why’d you call?” I asked, maybe that was kind of rude.
“Uhhh, I mean…” how am I going to fix this?
“Ok, it’s ok; I know what you mean. I called because I wanted to play you a song that I just wrote, it’s for you. I wrote it when we were on our way back to New Jersey. Do you want to hear it?” he asked. He sounded kind of frazzle. Maybe he should play it for me in person, I mean; I want to see him again anyway.
“Ummm… Maybe you should play it for me when you come over.”
“Well, can I come over now?” he asked. He seemed pretty anxious, I wouldn’t mind if he does, and I really want to spend quality time with him.
“Sure you can come over. I’ll unlock the door and you can come up. Sounds good?” Oh my gosh, he’s coming over just to play a song… FOR ME!
“Ok, bye!” he sounded pretty enthused, I’m so excited! I went back to the other line.
“Hello?” I said.
“Yeah, who was on the other line? Was it your lover?” she asked.
“Oh gosh, shut up! And yeah it was.” I laughed. I quickly ran downstairs and unlocked the door and ran back up.
“So…” she cooed.
“So what?” I asked.
“What did he say you dork?”
“How rude! Ha ha! He is coming over to play me a song that he wrote… FORE ME!” I practically yelled.
“Really? When is he coming over?” There was a light knock at my door.
“Right now! I’ll call you later. Bye.” I said in a whisper.
“Bye you love bird!” she hung up. I started to get the major butterflies again. Nick came in, closing the door behind him. He brought his acoustic guitar, it was one of my favorite guitars out of… well the electric guitar. He sat down next to me on my couch.
“Wanna hear it?” he asked. I couldn’t help but smile.
“Yeah go for it!” I nudged his arm. I was pretty ecstatic at this point. He started to play, it sounded so beautiful on the acoustic; plus his voice made it even more beautiful.
“Take my hand tonight
We can run so far
We can change the world to anything you want
We can talk for hours just staring at the stars
They shine down to show us
That you know when the sun forgets to shine
I’ll be there to hold you through the night
And we’ll be running so fast we can fly tonight
And even when were miles and miles apart
You’re still holding all of my heart
I promise it will never be dark
I know… were inseparable
We could run forever if you wanted to
And I would not get tired
Because I’d be with you
I keep singing this song until the very end
We have done all these things
You know when the sun forgets to shine
I’ll be there to hold you through the night
We’ll be runnin’ so fast we can fly tonight
And even when were miles and miles apart
You’ll still be holding all of my heart
I promise it will never be dark
I know… we’re inseparable
I would give it all
To never let you fall
Cause you know we’re inseparable
I would give it all
Just to show you I’m in love
Yeah you know we’re inseparable
You know when the sun forgets to shine
I’ll be there to hold you through the night
We’ll be running so fast we can fly tonight
And even when we’re miles and miles apart
You’ll still be holding all of my heart
I promise it will never be dark
I know… we’re inseparable”
It was so beautiful, I started to tear up. He put his guitar down and quickly hugged me. I started to cry on his shoulder. My goodness, it was about me. I didn’t know he felt this way about me, but I felt the same way. I looked back at him.
“Wow Nick, that was beautiful! Is it really about me?” I asked.
“Well yeah, I couldn’t find a way to tell you how I felt about you, so I just wrote this song and I guess you got the message that I was trying to send you.” He replied while looking down to the ground.
“Well Mr. Song-Writer, you sure do know how to write a song.” I kissed him on the cheek. He brought his head up and looked into my eyes.
“Do you want to watch Ice Age the Meltdown?” I asked.
“Sure, I have wanted to see it for such a long time!” I put the movie back in and sat back on the couch with Nick. He put his arm around me, and I put my head on his shoulder. We ended falling asleep that way. We both woke up around 1:00AM.
“Oh crap! I got to get home! Bye Steph.” He gave me a kiss on the cheek. He left the room in a rush. I was rubbing my cheek right where he kissed me.
“Bye Nick.” I replied back after he left my room. Man, I wanted to call Sally back, but I can’t, its 1:00AM for goodness sake! I just decided to go to bed; they are coming back over for breakfast anyway, so I will see what’s going to happen. I finally fell asleep and woke up at 6:00AM so I could be ready in time. As I finished getting ready, the doorbell rang. It was the Jonas family, they were pretty early, most people don’t have breakfast around 9:00AM, and it was 8:00AM. I got out my dark washed skinny jeans and my American Eagle sweatshirt with my royal blue converse. I came downstairs and the unthinkable happened. As I walked to the living room, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas sat me down.
“Steph, we have something to tell you.” Mrs. Jonas said.
“What is it?” I questioned her. She sat in silence for a while. Joe, Kevin, and Nick looked so anxious.
“Your parents, Denise, and I are letting you; Nick, Joe, and Kevin go to the beach together, just the four of you.” I sat there motionless.
“That is sooooooo cool!” I said enthusiastic, I was practically bouncing on the couch from so much excitement. Everyone was smiling and we got ready for breakfast. We had eggs, bacon, sausage, and toast. I was pretty hungry; I didn’t eat much the night before. It was a delightful breakfast for so many reasons. One; Kevin, Joe, Nick, and I are going to the beach. Two; I get to spend tons of quality time with Nick. And three; breakfast was really yummy.
But OH MY GOSH! I’m going to the beach with my best friends! Its about two hours away from Wyckoff, so after breakfast, Kevin, Joe, and Nick went home to pack their stuff so we can head to the beach. As I packed my stuff, I was in my room and Good Charlotte was flowing very softly in my room. I was head-over-heels the while time. My cell phone rang, the caller ID said, “Nick J”. I answered it.
“Hello?” I asked. I knew it was Nick, I don’t know why I can’t just say, ‘Waz up Nick?’ or ‘Hey Nick’, but I guess I’m more of a courteous person when it comes to answering a phone.
“Hey Steph, are you ready yet?” I love talking to him, even if it’s about nothing, which it never is.
“Yeah, I just have to get a few more things. Be out in… five minutes or so.” He’s so amazing, I’m so glad that we are going to the beach; it’s going to be so romantic. We can have quality time just the two of us.
“Ok, see you then. Bye!”
“Bye.” I answered back and hung up. I am so excited! The beach for two days. I finally got everything that I needed for the trip and I was on my way outside. As I walked outside I was in major shock. I dropped everything that was in my hands, which was my gigantic duffle D&B bag, make-up carrier, and my purse. A royal blue convertible was in the street between my house and the Jonas house. I quickly started to gather my stuff when Kevin ran over to help me. As we were putting things in the trunk of the car we started to get in to go. But retarded me forgot the most important things in the world; my cross necklace and Nick’s present. I bought him a necklace that looked like a dog-tag. I got it before they came back to New Jersey, it was personally made.
“Wait! I forgot something! Be right back.” I said frantically. I jumped out of the car, right over Nick, who was sitting right next to me. I quickly ran into the house, up the stairs, and into the bathroom. I retrieved my cross necklace, it means the world to me because I feel it keeps me close to God. Then I ran into my room and dug through my desk. In the middle of a tiny shelf, was the little dark medium sized box that held the necklace. As I got it, I put it in my pocket and walked out of my room, down the stairs, and out the door. I walked gracefully to the car and hopped right back in, and once again, I jumped right over Nick.
“What did you forget?” Joe asked me with a questionable face.
“Oh just my necklace and…” I said hazily.
“What’s the other thing?” asked Kevin with a smirk on his face.
“Oh, nothing important.” I said with a small unnoticeable smile. They didn’t say anything else, thank goodness too. Kevin started the car and drove right out of the development and down the highway. This is fantastilistic! Yes, I still say Joe’s sayings, they are just so funny! I can’t believe that my best friends and I are on the open road going to the beach. After about an hour, we stopped at Burger King and got something to eat. We got in and ordered our food and sat at a booth near the back. We did not want screaming fans coming over, even though it was 8:00PM. We talked and ate, we had a good time. When we finished, some people came over for some autographs and pictures. Then more and more people came over. They sadly had to refuse to do more autographs and picture because we were going somewhere. We frantically got to the car and sped right out of the Burger King parking lot.
We got back on the road; we were about forty-five minutes away from the hotel. Joe begged and begged to drive. He still doesn’t have his drivers’ license, so Kevin pulled over and started to let him drive and teach him some tips on the road. There were a few pity arguments on Joe’s driving, but the tension quickly went away. In the back seat, Nick and I were very close to each other because it was so cold. We ended up falling asleep for about forty minutes. I woke up first and I found that there was a jacket on Nick and I; it was Joe’s. Then I noticed that Nick was holding my hand while sleeping. My head was still on his shoulder so I brought my other hand onto Nick’s hand. He moved and brought his other hand on mine. He opened his eyes and softly stared into my eyes. This was a great feeling; I felt like everything was falling into place.
“You guys.” Kevin said looking at us. He spoke to us in a soft tone.
“Yeah Kev?” I said without taking my eyes off of Nick.
“We’re here, so can you guys help get the stuff up in the room? It’s room 118.” He said directly.
“Ok Kev, be there in a bit.” Nick replied. Kevin agreed and got out of the car and popped the trunk to get his stuff. He walked into the lobby with Joe and took the elevator. Nick hopped out of the car and opened the door for me.
“Thanks Nick.” I said smiling. I reached in the trunk to get Nick’s stuff and my stuff. He noticed that my front pocket was bulky. I grabbed my purse and let it hang on my arm.
“What is that in your pocket?” he asked so politely.
“Oh, it’s my phone.” All of a sudden my phone rang, and the sound was coming from my purse, he put his ear against it.
“Your phone is in your purse.” He gave me a worried look. Man, he caught me! I was saving the surprise until we were at the beach. I quickly dug in my purse and saw it was Sally; I let it ring. I would call her later anyway.
“Ummm… Uhhh… Ok, you caught me; it’s something that I got for you.” I pulled out the box and held it out in my hand.
“I was saving it until we would be alone at the beach.” I got everything out of the truck and closed it. I quickly sat on the car still holding the box. He sat right next to me and looked me in my eyes; he gave me a confused look. I grabbed his hand opening it, placing the box into his hand. He looked at me then at the box. He hesitated while opening it. He looked right at it, and took out the necklace. It had Nicholas Jonas engraved on the front, and on the back had the quote, “Live like you’re at the bottom, even if you’re at the top,” in small cursive writing. He put it on and started at it. He let go of it letting it hand down his chest. He looked into my eyes and slowly grew closer to me.
We leaned in and kissed passionately. This is what I have been waiting for ever since a few years ago. It felt so right being with him. I’m just so happy that he is all mine and no one can break us apart. I came out of the kiss and felt like we were being watched. I leaned my head to the side and found Joe and Kevin looking out from the lobby doors. Nick turned and looked in the same direction as me and signaled then to go, they quickly ran into the elevator. I got off the car and got my stuff, Nick got his and we headed up to the hotel room. As we got in the elevator, we couldn’t do anything, but smile at each other.
The doors opened; Kevin and Joe were at our room waiting for us. We walked in and found four beds. I placed my stuff on the couch and brought my purse to my bed and put my make-up carrier in the bathroom.
“I’m going to take a shower. Be out in a few.” I said. Before locking myself in the bathroom, I grabbed my pajamas. They there was a white tank top with cool vintage lines on it showing about half an inch of my stomach and capri bottoms with orange, pink, blue, green, and purple lines going down. I quickly jumped in the steaming shower. When I finished, I hopped out and put on my clothes. I walked out with my dirty clothes in a bundle under my arm while brushing my hair. I put my clothes in my bag and sat on my bed. Nick came over and sat right next to me while I was still brushing my hair. He put his arm around my waist, so I had to move my hair so his shirt wouldn’t get wet.
“Does anyone want a snack while I’m going to the snack machine?” I asked. Nick and Kevin shook their heads, but Joe decided to come along. We left Kevin and Nick in the room watching a movie on TNT. Joe and I walked side by side towards the candy machine that was at the end of the hall. We bumped into each other on purpose.
“I saw what you got for Nick. That was really sweet.” He said calmingly.
“Thanks, its just he means so much to me.” He looked at me and gave me a pouty face.
“Oh, you and Kevin too!” I said smiling. He laughed. We got our M&M’s and Starbursts. We gave each other a look and we quickly raced back to the room, of course Joe won because he is was faster than me. Apparently Nick fell asleep he wasn’t in the sheets, he was laying with is head on the pillow and the other on his side. He looked so cute. I thought it was the right time to go to bed so everyone got in bed. I walked over to Nick and sat next to him, I moved his hair out of his eyes. His eyes started to flutter open and stared at me softly.
“Nick, were going to bed.” I said sweetly. He sat up and kissed me goodnight and I went to my bed. All the lights were turned off and there was silence.
“G’night guys.” I said quietly.
“Night Steph.” Everyone said in unison. We all started to laugh. I quickly fell asleep after that.
The next morning I was the first one to wake up. I decided to lay in bed relaxing while listening to my favorite song called Here I Stand by Madina Lake, waiting for someone to wake up. I turned towards Nick’s bed waiting until he wakes up. He looked so cute and peaceful while sleeping. I was tempted to go over there and lay in bed right next to him. He finally woke up after about ten minutes and stared at me softly.
“Morning sleepy head.” I said to Nick. He smiled.
“Morning.” He said while stretching. He sat up.
“Do you want to get breakfast down in the lobby?” he asked.
“Sure, let me get my slippers and my phone then we can go.” I got up, grabbed my phone that was on the table and searched for my blue fuzzy slippers. I found them and put them on. Nick wrote a note telling Kevin and Joe where we would be. He got the room key and we left the room quietly. As we were walking towards the elevator, Nick held out his hand in front of me. I grasp his hand and walked into the elevator. As we got to the breakfast room, we found a table and grabbed some bagels and cream cheese. We sat and started to talk about what we would do at the beach. After about ten minutes, Joe and Kevin walked into the breakfast room and grabbed some cereal and plain bagels. They dragged two other chairs and joined us.
“So how did you guys sleep?” I asked. Some hotels are kind of uncomfortable, but I thought this one wasn’t
“I slept pretty well, I woke up a few times from Nick’s snoring, but I still slept well.” Joe said with a wide grin on his face. Nick glared at him but burst out laughing at the cheesy smile Joe gave him.
“Yeah, I slept pretty good too.” Kevin replied. He sounded kind of tired, but I guess it’s because he just woke up. But as soon as we get to the beach, he will be wide awake. Plus, he would buy a RedBull, it’s the best energy drink ever made!
“Ha! Maybe some RedBull will wake you up!” I laughed. I know how much he loves RedBull.
“True, True!” he replied while laughing.
“So when are we going to the beach?” Nick asked.
“Could we go after lunch?” Joe asked Kevin.
“Sure, we should start getting ready right now, because Joe and Steph take to long to get ready.” Kevin laughed.
“Hey!” Joe and I said in unison. We laughed though because it was true. We quickly finished our breakfasts and started to get ready. I got out of the shower; Joe took one before me, because I know how much time he takes to get ready. I started on my make-up and Nick was on his bed watching me. I glanced up a few times smiling.
“Is it amusing to see me putting my make-up on?” I said jokingly while applying my brown eyeliner.
“Kind of, it’s just you don’t need it. You have natural beauty that I love.” I couldn’t help but blush, so I lightened the amount of make-up, just to make it more natural. I quickly put my hair in a messy ponytail. Joe finally finished ten minutes after I was done getting ready. I swear, he is just as worse as me. We got our things together and headed to the beach. It was pretty windy, but it was a beautiful day. As soon as I got out of the car, I rolled up my jeans and walked to the tide letting the wave’s crash into my feet. It wasn’t cold; it was actually kind of warm. Nick took of his shirt off and ran into the water. I took off my sweatshirt revealing my baby blue bikini top.
I took off my jeans and my basketball shorts moved the same direction as the wind. I ran in after him and started to swim. I couldn’t find Nick, so I searched around for him. He came up behind me and picked me up. Knowing me, I screamed and laughed. He let me down and started to swim with me. After an unknown amount of time, he grasped my hand and started to come out of the watch. Joe and Kevin were talking to girls that they met. Nick and I sat on Joe’s towel, even though he was using it too.
“Hey! Get your own towel!” Joe said throwing sand at our legs kidding around; we laughed. Joe went back talking to a girl he met and Kevin walked to the food stand with a girl. Nick and I were holding hands and staring at the waves. It was about 5:00PM and it started to get pretty cold so we started to pack up the stuff and head back to the hotel.
As we got out of the car, girls came over and asked for autographs and pictures. When they finished we quickly ran into the hotel so they won’t have to spend a lot of time signing and taking pictures. We got up to our room and started to gather all of our things. After we packed our stuff into the car, we set out to go home then we stopped at Red Robin to get some dinner. We all had bacon and cheese burgers with coke. We finished eating and headed out to Wyckoff. This time Kevin drove all the way home instead of Joe, so he won’t have to slam on the breaks every five seconds. Nick and I sat in the back again. It was about 8:00PM so I was getting pretty tired from the beach.
“Joe?” I said.
“Yeah Steph?” he answered back.
“Can I use your coat?” I asked. He gave me a funny look and replied.
“What for?”
“I’m getting cold.” I said while shivering.
“Sure thing girl friend!” he said in a girly voice, all we could do was laugh. He tossed me his jacket and it hit me in the face.
“OW!!!” I yelled.
“Thowrry.” Joe said in a lisp. Everyone was busting up laughing. I took the coat and threw it over me and Nick. It felt like it was about forty-five degrees. Nick and I were cuddling and trying to keep each other warm. We both fell asleep for the whole ride home.
“Awwww isn’t that the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?” said Kevin while looking at his rear view mirror. Joe turned around.
“Yeah, ADORABLE!” Joe said in a high pitch voice. I started to wake up.
“What are you guys talking about?” I asked curiously while stretching my legs.
“Well Curious George, we were talking about you and Nick… CUTE!” Joe screeched.
“Ha ha, well are we home yet?”
“Yeah we just pulled up.” Kevin said. Nick started to wake up.
“Are we home yet?” Nick asked while yawning.
“Yeah, we are. I just asked that too.” I said laughing. He laughed and got out of the car. Once again, he held the door open for me. He held it like one of those limousine drivers.
“Thanks Nick.” I said. I kissed him on the cheek and opened the trunk. I got out my stuff, then Joe’s, then Kevin’s. Nick got his out before I got to. I opened my front door and threw my stuff inside so I can walk to the Jonas household and say goodnight. I ran back to Nick, Kevin, and Joe and started to walk them to their house. Even though they live next door, I knew it was the polite thing to do. Joe and Kevin went in and took their stuff upstairs. They yelled bye from the top of the stairs. Nick just threw his stuff inside by the front door. He closed it behind him. It was just him and I on their front porch.
“So, did you have a fun time?” he asked.
“Heck yes! It was so much fun! Plus, I got to hang out with you, Kevin and Joe.” I replied. He took my hand and led me to their porch swing and sat down. He put his arms around me and I had my arms around his waist with my head on his shoulder close to the middle of his chest. We talked for about twenty minutes, and my mom yelled outside for me to come in.
“Stephanie! Time to come inside!” my mom yelled. I looked up at Nick.
“I guess I got to go before my mom flips.” I said worried.
“Ok, see you tomorrow, I have a surprise for you.” He said sounding excited.
“What’s the surprise?” I asked.
“If I tell you it won’t be a surprise now would it?!” he retorted with a smirk on his face.
“Ok, well see you tomorrow.” I got up, waved, and started to walk down his steps.
“Wait!” he came to me and took both of my hands. He was inching closer to me; I felt his breath graze across my face and kissed me passionately. I kissed him back and left with a smile on my face. As soon as I walked in my house, I took my bags upstairs and started to unpack. I got my BlackBerry Pearl out and started to text Sally while unpacking.
Sally: Did you have fun at the beach?
Steph: Yes! I had so much fun. I got to spend quality time with Nick
Sally: OOOOO… what did you guys do at the beach?
Steph: Oh just swam and talked. And I gave him his present.
Sally: what did he do?
Steph: umm… he kissed me.
Sally: OMG! He did? How was it?
Steph: amazing! It was the best and only kiss I have ever had.
Sally: wow! Well Steph, I think that you guys would look cute together anyway!
Steph: Yeah he is just so amazing.
Sally: sweet! Oh, I have a surprise for you.
Steph: OMG! That is so cool; you and Nick have a surprise for me! How weird! What is it?
Sally: I can’t tell you :X
Steph: Why not?
Sally: you will just have to wait and see. I g2g, don’t call me 2morrow I will call you k?
Steph: k well TTYL! Goodnight & Goodbye!
Sally: bye! =]
As soon as she sent her last message, I turned off my phone and got ready for bed. It was 10:00PM and I was exhausted. I got under the covers, prayed, and turned of the lights. I am so excited to see what Nick and Sally’s surprise is. As soon as I closed my eyes, I fell asleep. The next morning, I woke up around 11:00AM. It’s the latest time I have ever slept in. I checked my phone and there was a missed call. I didn’t bother to see who called. My stomach started to growl, so I went down stairs to get some cereal. When I reached the living room, I flipped out! It was something that practically brought me to my knees.
I found a girl on the couch making out with Nick, MY NICK! I started to walk backwards and tripped on the bottom stair. They both looked at my tear-stained face. The girl was Miley Cyrus, this has crossed the line. I started to run to my room, failing to get inside and locking myself in my closet. My closet was the space that I went to when I needed to get away and let my feelings out. All of my energy was drained out of me and I collapsed right in front of my bedroom door. I felt a warm hug around me; I opened my eyes and saw Nick hugging me. I was wrestling out of the hug, but he wouldn’t let go of me. I had only one choice, so I kicked him on the back of his knee making him fall to the side. I crawled to my closet and quickly locking it. I could hear Nick yelling and screaming at me, to come out.
“Steph! It’s not what it looked like.” Nick said.
“Really? Well I thought it took two people to kiss.” I replied while sobbing. I slowly went to the corner of the closet and brought my knees to my chest holding on to them tightly.
“Please! You have to believe me Steph!” he yelled.
“Just… Just… Leave me alone Nick.” I said with no tone in my voice. Nick was still trying to get me out of the closet, but he finally gave up and left. I could hear his sad footsteps going down the stairs and out the door. I slowly opened the door and crawled out. I made it to the foot of my bed and broke down. My side table started to vibrate and I saw that someone was calling me. The caller ID said: Sally. I calmed myself down a bit so I was able to answer the phone.
“Hel… Hello?”
“Hey Steph… What’s wrong?” she asked, she sounded so concerned and I’m very grateful to have such a wonderful friend like her.
“It’s Nick, I found… found him kiss… kissing Miley in my liv… living room.” I said trying to keep in my sobs.
“Oh, I’m sooooooo sorry Steph, just let it out, it’s bad to keep your sadness inside. I just need you to let it out, you will fell much better afterwards.” She replied. I did so, and I sat on my bed, Indian style, hugging a pillow letting out all of my feelings.
“He hurt me so bad Sal, I’m actually in love with this boy.” I replied. The doorbell rang.
“Hold on.” I sat the phone down on my bed and slowly walked down the stairs watching my every step making sure I don’t fall from exhaustion again. I looked in the peep hole and saw it was Kevin. I slowly opened the door and Kevin walked in locking an embrace with me. He was rocking back-and-forth and started humming Please Be Mine from their first album. Kevin always had his ways to calm me down.
“Nick told me what happened.” He said leaning out of the hug, but still had his arms around me.
“I don’t want to talk about him at the moment.” I said. I had silent tears falling down my face. He placed his hand on my cheek and started to wipe away the tears. The thought of Nick cheating on me is making every feeling out in the open once again. I dug my face into his chest trying to keep the tears inside. He just stood there and rubbed my back, and kissed the top of my head. Everything came out again and I started to cry more.
He guided me to the couch and he sat down, letting me lay on the couch, having my head resting on his lap. I was facing up, but I was hiding my eyes with a small decorative pillow. He was stroking my hair and playing with the ends. I had to sit up because I was getting very light headed.
“You know you have to face him sooner or later.” He said. I was looking down hugging the pillow, trying to figure out what I was going to say, then I looked up at him.
“Well, I chose later.” I put my head back down.
“You know you’re really stubborn.” He replied laughing. I punched him in the arm and started to laugh.
“Ow! I wish that you would hit like a girl.” He said smiling. I looked at him and chuckled.
“Well, that’s to bad.” I smiled. I sighed and rested my head on his shoulder. He took his soft hand and lifted my chin delicately so I would look at him.
“You are to pretty to be crying.” He replied. I closed my eyes which caused several tears fall, but then he slowly rubbed the bottom of my chin with his thumb. I looked back at him and he looked into my eyes and started to lean down slowly asking for a sweet kiss without saying any sweet or thoughtful words. I was so caught up in the moment to think about the rights and wrongs, so I kissed him. I slowly pulled away, which made the kiss linger.
“That was a mistake, Kevin… A really… Big mistake.” I got up and started to walk to my room. He quickly followed me to my secret hiding place; my closet. He walked in and sat down next to me on the floor. I was balled up in the corner of the closet, facing the pants that were neatly hung above me. He put his hand on my side trying to comfort me.
“I’m sorry Steph, I… I don’t know what came over me.” He said. He moved his hand and placed it on the side of my head, stroking my hair. He suddenly stopped and leaned against the wall with his head in his hands.
“Kevin, its ok. To be honest… I… I…” I sat up and leaned against the wall next to him.
“You… What?” he asked looking at me.
“I actually kind of… liked it.” I replied looking at my knees. I just remembered that I left Sally on the phone in my bedroom. I slowly got up and made my way to the bedroom. I checked my phone and it indicated that she had hung up about five minutes ago. Kevin slowly came up and hugged me from behind. I turned around and started into his gorgeous hazel eyes. I got out of the hug and lay on my bed.
“Well I got a text from my mom and she said that I have to go home for lunch. I will be back later.” He said looking at me. I slowly sat up and nodded.
“Ok, but please come back… just you… only you.” I said with the look of begging in my eyes. He nodded and gave me a kiss on my forehead and walked out. I moved to my window and watched Kevin walk across the lawn and onto his property. After when he went inside of his house, I decided to look at all of my photo albums. I haven’t had the time to look back at the wonderful memories. I had about seven photo albums of family and friends. I had one specific one of the Jonas Family and my family together.
I flipped through page after page gaining all of those unforgettable memories all over again. A picture of Nick and I caught my attention on the eleventh page. We were on the teeter-totter from the playground down the street. I believe the picture was dated in 98’ so I guess it was about nine years ago when it this was taken. It brought back that unfortunate even from this morning. I slowly closed the book and lay down on my bed. I fell asleep from exhaustion for about an hour.
I woke up and found a note that I forgot to read on my bedside table; it was from my mother. It said that she, my dad, and my sister went to my grandparents for a couple of days in southern Pennsylvania. I have the whole house to myself; luckily I have more than half of the Jonas Family to turn to. I got up and fixed my hair by putting a couple of clips in to keep my bangs out of my eyes. I applied some black eyeliner to the corners of my eyes just to define them. I finished and I went downstairs to watch some TV. I found Kevin asleep on the floor leaning against the couch. I sat on the couch and watched him sleep peacefully.
I decided to lie down, facing the back of his head. I started to play with his hair for a while. He must have left his hair to his natural curliness; which I loved. He woke up from my gentle touch. He sat up and stretched. He turned around to see me and he smiled.
“I love it when you play with my hair.” He said. I smiled brightly. I rested my arm on his shoulder and played with his hair again.
“Do you want to get dinner later? Since you’re gunna be home alone for a couple of days.” He asked. I made a confused look.
“How’d you know I’m gunna be home alone for a couple day?” I asked.
“Well, when I came back over, I found you asleep on your bed and I found a note on your bedside table. So I took a quick glance, then I came downstairs and waited for you to wake up.” He smiled once more.
“Ok and that sounds good. I don’t feel like cooking for myself anyway.” I smiled and snatched the remote from the coffee table. I was flipping through channels when suddenly my cell phone rang from upstairs.
“Be right back.” I said and ran upstairs. I looked at the caller ID and it said unknown number, so I answered it anyway.
“Hello?”
“Steph! Don’t hang up please, you have to listen to me!” it was Nick.
“What do you want? I told you to leave me alone.” There was no reply.
“I’m hanging up.” I pressed the END button and turned off my phone and threw it on my bed. While on my way downstairs I thought I heard someone coming from the kitchen. I just thought it was Kevin. When I reached to the living room, there was Kevin on the couch, so I sat next to him.
“I’m thirsty, do you want something to drink while I’m up?” I asked Kevin.
“Nah, I’m ok.” I got up and made my way to the kitchen. When I walked in, there was Nick sitting on the kitchen counter. I stopped in my tracks and started at him. I couldn’t move; I felt like I was nailed to the floor. He looked up at me, got off of the counter and walked towards me. He stopped right in front of me gazing into my eyes, with a loss of words. I finally snapped back to reality and ran upstairs. Nick caught up to me and pulled on my arm to make me look at him. I was fighting; I didn’t want to see that cheater.
“Steph! You have to believe me, just listen to me for one second.” He said softly.
“No, get out! Let go of me and leave!” I yelled.
“Please Steph! I beg of you! Just listen!” he said raising his voice. Hearing him raise his voice to me made me cry.
“No! Let go!” I yelled louder with tears streaming down my face. Kevin came running upstairs and tried to get Nick to let go of me. He finally let go, I wasn’t watching where I was going and I fell into the corner of the door making a deep cut into the left side of my head. It knocked me out and I laid there unconscious.
“Nick! Look at what you did!” Kevin yelled. He ran to the side of me and picked me up.
“I didn’t… mean… to… I’m… sorry.” He said quietly. The guilt hit him so bad that he started crying.
“No time for apologizing, we have to get her to the hospital now!” Kevin and Nick ran to their house and got into the car. Nick was in the backseat with me, he laid me down with my head on his lap. He got a thick rag from the house before leaving and started to apply pressure to my wound so the bleeding would stop. He started to stroke my hair and continued to cry. His salty tears landed on my face, he wiped them away. He took my hand and held it in his, praying that I will be protected by God. He brought up my hand and sweetly kissed it. Kevin pulled up to the hospital parking lot and quickly parked the car.
Kevin got out and opened the back door. He got a hold of me and carried me to the emergency room. Nick was right behind him the whole time. The doctors came out with a gurdy and Kevin placed me onto it. One of the nurses told them to wait in the waiting room and that they will tell them when I will be in the ICU. Nick and Kevin made their way to the waiting room and sat down. Nick was freaking out and Kevin could tell.
“Nick, she will be alright.” Kevin said trying to calm him down.
“The thing is, nothing will be alright! I blew it big time! If Miley never would have come over, this would have never happened… You don’t understand my feelings for her, I am… in love with her.” Nick told Kevin.
“Nick, I’m such a horrible brother. I have so much guilt inside now, and you don’t even know.” He said while staring at his hands.
“What… do you mean Kev?” he pleaded.
“When you came home this morning, I went over and I was going to talk to her. She was so hurt, Nick. I don’t know what came over me and…” he trailed off.
“And… what?” he asked getting furious.
“We kissed. I didn’t mean to, but…I was caught in the moment. We are just friends and I didn’t like her that way…” he ran out of things to say.
“So that’s how you get her back for me?!” he yelled. He stood up with anger.
“Nick! This is between you and Steph; you have to talk to her. I can’t be your little messenger boy.” He quickly said.
“You see, she won’t talk to me though! I’ve tried numerous times to talk to her. She just won’t listen.” He replied.
“Just give her time. She’s really hurt. You can’t expect that she is going to come crawling back to you.” He said. Nick sat back down.
“You’re right… but what if she’ll never forgive me?” Nick asked.
“Nick, she will forgive you, you guys have been friends ever since kindergarten. She can’t just stop talking to you forever.” He said.
“Ok.” He looked at his feet for about an hour.
“I’m looking for the gentlemen that brought in,” the nurse quickly glanced at her chart. “Stephanie Whitman?”
“That’s us.” said Kevin. Nick walked next to Kevin and listened to what the nurse had to say.
“Ok, she is stable, but she is still unconscious in the ICU.” She stated. Nicks knees started to get weak and he quickly took a seat near the nurse that was standing up.
“Can we see her?” Kevin asked.
“Only one person at a time.” She boldly stated.
“Nick, do you want to go first?” Kevin asked. Nick looked up at him and nodded.
“Ok, follow me please.” said the nurse. Nick walked very slowly behind the nurse. They stopped at room 167B.
“Here we are. You may stay in here for a while. You have about a half an hour.”
“Thank you ma’am” Nick said. He slowly reached for the door handle and walked right in. He looked around and saw me in a big hospital bed with many machines hooked up. He went over by the window and grabbed a chair; he brought it to the side of my bed and slowly took my hand.
“Steph, I’m so sorry. I would never mean to hurt you. I know you probably can’t hear me, but I just want you to know that… I love you. I loved you ever since we were young, and no one, and I mean no one, can break us apart.” He said. He lightly squeezed my hand and rubbed the top of my hand with his soft thumb.
“I know that I didn’t understand love when we were younger, but now that I’m older… I now know how it feels to be with someone that you love and care about.” He once again kissed my hand and slowly left the room. He entered the waiting room and found Kevin signing a little girl’s book that she had with her.
“Kev, your turn.” Nick said.
“Ok.” He gave the little girl a hug and left the room. He walked to the room I was in and found doctors around me.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
“Stephanie woke up about a minute ago, so we have to take out the unnecessary machines. Please wait outside and we will be out shortly.” He boldly stated.
“Y-yes sir.” He stuttered.
He walked out the door and waited by the door anxiously. He waited for about five minutes or so and saw the door open and doctors filing out with the machines. Kevin looked inside before stepping in seeing me rub my wrists and neck. He walked in and took a chair, placing it next to my bed.
“Hey there sunshine.” He said quietly. I cleared my throat before speaking.
“Hey. When can I leave?” I asked.
“Your parents are coming to sign the release forms.” He said.
“Oh ok… where’s Nick.” I said with a disgusted look on my face.
“He’s in the waiting room.” He replied back.
“Don’t send him in; I don’t want to see him.” I boldly stated.
“Ummm… He already came in. He came in before me.” He said while looking in his hands.
“What? What did he do… or say?” I asked.
“He said,” he sighed, “just talk to him Steph.” He replied.
“Why do I have to talk to him? He’s the one that did this to me.” I said raising my voice.
“Steph please calm down, everything is going to be alright. But please… try to talk to him.” He pleaded. I sat up and folded my arms.
“No promises.” I said while looking out the hospital window. Kevin got up and kissed me on the cheek. I watched him walk towards the door. He opened it, turned to me and gave me a sympathetic smile and left. After about thirty minutes there was a knock at the door.
“Come in.” My parents came in with the doctor. Both of my parents went to the opposite sides of the bed and took my hands and gave me plenty of kisses.
“Ms. Whitman, you are being released. But I want you to stay in bed for a couple of weeks to recuperate. You will be having plenty of migraines so take your medication, here are your clothes and you may leave.” Replied the doctor.
“Thank you sir.” I smiled. He nodded and left.
“Hi mom, hi dad.” I said.
“Honey, are you ok? What happened?” asked my mom.
“I just fell and I hit my head on the corner of the door. Luckily Kevin and Nick were there to help me.” I said.
“Oh ok, well we are going to leave so you can get dressed. We will be in the waiting room… waiting!” my dad laughed at his joke. I smiled.
“Very funny dad. Ok, I will be out in a couple of minutes.” They nodded and left the room. I got my clothes and started to get dressed. I successfully finished and left my room and went to the waiting room to see everyone. I was greeted by Kevin with a big hug. Nick was sitting on a chair near the corner. I glanced at him and he looked at me. I looked away and told my parents I was ready to leave. We got to the cars and I stopped my parents.
“Mom, dad, you guys go back to nana and papa’s. I will be fine at home. I got the Jonas family.” I said.
“Ok honey. Kevin and Nick will take you home?” they asked looking at Kevin and Nick; they nodded. I looked at them and back at my parents. I nodded and gave them kisses. I put my hands in my pockets and walked to Kevin.
“Ready?” I asked. Kevin nodded and started to get in the car. Nick sat in the passengers’ seat and I sat in the back. I lay down because I had a headache. I later fell asleep for the whole ride home. Nick was staring out the window when Kevin noticed a small tear slide down his cheek.
“Nick,” He wiped his tear and looked at him. “Since Steph is going to be in bed for a couple of weeks, it might be a great opportunity to talk to her. Just a thought.” Kevin replied. Nick sighed and looked back out the window.
“No, I’m going to try to give her some space for a while. I don’t want to ruin it even more.”
“Ok, then. Whatever you want to do, I will support you either way.” Kevin replied.
“Thanks.” Nick gave a very small smile and rested his head on his hand that was being supported by the car door. We finally got to my house and Nick was trying to wake me up.
“Steph, wake up. We are at your house.” Nick said sweetly while nudging my arm. I slowly opened my eyes and looked at him then to my arm where he was touching me. He quickly moved his hand away and got out of the car. He opened the door for me and I just walked right into my house.
“So what do you want to do Steph?” Kevin asked.
“I want to eat. I’m starving.” I replied while holding my stomach.
“Let me make you something.” Nick insisted.
“Ok… thanks.” I replied while I plopped on the couch. He smiled and started to riffle through the cabinets. After about ten minutes I could smell tomato soup and grilled cheese, my all time favorite combination of food. He placed it on the dining room table and called for me.
“Steph its ready.” He said while poking his head out of the kitchen. I slowly walked to the table while holding my head.
“Are you ok?” asked Kevin.
“Yeah, just have a headache.” I sat down and positioned myself to eat. Nick placed a tall glass of watch and my medication by the plate.
“Thank you.” I retorted. He nodded and went to the living room with Kevin. I started to eat and it was surprisingly good. The grilled cheese was nice, cheesy, crunchy, and very tasty. The soup was juicy and at the perfect temperature. I finished eating and grabbed my dishes. Nick came right in front of me and took them to the sink.
“I got it.” He replied. I nodded and went to the living room with Kevin. He patted the cushion of the couch telling me to sit down. I leaned against him and placed my head on his shoulder. He put his arm around me and later on, I fell asleep.
Kevin saw that I fell asleep and he carried me to my room. He placed me gently on my bed and put the covers over me. He kissed me on my forehead and left the room. Kevin walked down the stairs and found Nick on the couch.
“Dude, to tell you the truth, you are trying a bit too hard.” Kevin said.
“Well, I want her to forgive me, so I’m helping her around the house.” Nick replied. He looked into the kitchen finding a lot of dishes piled up in the sink.
“I’m going to do the dishes.” He got up and headed for the kitchen. Kevin heard a big thud and decided to check on me. He quietly walked up the stairs and opened my door. He found me on the floor with half of the covers on me. He laughed and walked by me. He nudged my arm to wake me up. I brought my head up and moved my hair away from my face.
“Are you ok? And you have a bit of…” he pointed at the corner of his mouth and I realized that I was drooling.
“Oh, ha! Sorry.” I wiped it off my face and sat up, leaning on the bed trying to get up. He quickly got up and started to help me. I sat on the bed and just started to sway from side-to-side. He held on to my shoulders making sure I don’t fall again. I brought my hands to my head to regain my vision. Kevin placed his hands on top of my hands and looked me in the eyes.
“You need to get some rest. Lay down young lady and take a nap.” He smiled brightly.
“But I just realized the floor is sooooooo comfy!” I said with my signature puppy eyes. He just smiled.
“Ok, let me get some blankets on the floor and make you a bed.” He got up and took several blankets out of my closet and started to make my bed. I got my pillows and placed them neatly on the ground. I lay down and Kevin brought a blanket and pulled it over my body. He went into my closet and pulled out my guitar. I started to learn how to play when I was twelve, but I’ve been so busy that I wasn’t able to play much. He started to tune it a bit then strum random chords that soothed me. Like I said, he always has his ways to soothe me, which made me feel so much better.
After about five minutes of random strumming, I finally fell asleep. He quietly stopped playing and placed the guitar on my bed. He leaned down and kissed me on my cheek and started to stroke my hair. He felt like he was being watched so he turned around and saw Nick watching. Kevin quickly stood up and walked towards Nick. He just walked downstairs and left the house. He watched Nick run across the lawn and into their house.
Kevin turned around and then back into my room. He went to my desk and looked for a piece of paper and a pen. He started to write a note telling me that he’s going to be at their house for a while to take care of some stuff. He took the note, folded it, and left it by my pillow. He knelt by me and moved my hair out of my eyes and left the house. He walked into his house and started to search for Nick. He walked down to the game room and found Nick on the couch playing his guitar. He looked up and saw Kevin.
“What do you want?” he asked harshly.
“Dude, I don’t know what to tell you, but I want to say that I’m truly sorry. I just forgot your feelings and I made a mistake.” He retorted while fiddling with his hands and playing with his ring.
“I don’t understand. I thought brothers were suppose to help each other!” he yelled.
“Hey, chill Nick! I said I was sorry. I promise I won’t do it anymore.” He replied.
“What am I suppose to do? I want to get her back, but I just don’t know how.” Said Nick, he laid down on the couch and started to get into deep thought.
“Well one thing you can try is talking to her.” He replied.
“Have you not heard me? I am trying!” he raised his voice.
“Nick, stop. Take a breath and calm down, just try one more time. I will take one last attempt to talk to her.” He calmed down and took deep breaths.
“Please, I don’t know what I can do without her.” He pleaded.
“Wow. I-I-I didn’t know you cared about her that much.” He replied while looking at his feet.
“Well now you know.” Nick sat up and walked out of the game room with his guitar in hand. Kevin left the room also and started to walk back to my house. Kevin walked into my house and climbed the stairs to go into my room. He walked in and didn’t see me on the floor. He looked in the closet and he found me sitting in there Indian style. He slowly walked in and took a seat next to me.
“Steph, are you ok?” Kevin asked.
“No, I can’t stop thing about what happened. It’s tearing me apart.” I replied.
“Well, I think you should try talking to him. For things to get better, you have to face the problem, not run away from it.” I sighed and thought for a while. It made sense. If I run away from the problem it doesn’t solve it. It gets worse over time.
“Ok fine. I will talk to himmm,” I quickly glanced at the clock that was on the small shelf. “tomorrow, cause its late.”
“Promise?” Kevin asked while sticking his pinky in the air. I wrapped my pinky with his.
“Promise.” I replied back. We both smiled and got up. We went downstairs and into the living room.
“Well do you want me to leave for the night or are you too scared to be alone?” he asked. I looked around and sighed.
“Can you stay? I hate being alone.” I said while folding my arms showing insecurity.
“Ok, but I’m going to invite…” I stopped him before he finished.
“Not Nick. I told you I’m going to talk to him tomorrow.” I said.
“I was going to say Joe.” He replied while laughing.
“Oh, ha ha my bad. Ok then.” I said. Kevin smiled.
“So, I will go home and talk to my mom and Joe, so I will see you in about a half an hour.” He came closer to me and hugged me. I had my arms around his neck and came closer to his ear.
“Thank you so much.” I whispered in his ear. I saw goose bumps form on his neck and kissed his cheek. He smiled and left my house.
I decided to go through all of my movies and take away all of the scary ones. I quickly ran into my room and hid the movies in my closet. The door bell ran so I ran downstairs and opened the front door. Kevin and Joe came in with a big bag of stuff.
“What’s all this?” I asked.
“Well, the perfect night such as games, food, movies, and… SILLY STRING!” Joe yelled holding a can near my face. I laughed and took the bag into the living room. We sat on the floor while I pulled stuff out. Most of the stuff was out, when I pulled out a movie that scared me. I jumped and the DVD came flying out of my hand and in Kevin’s lap.
“Whaaaat? You don’t like Chucky?” Kevin laughed.
“No! You know how much scary movies… well scare me!” I said.
“Oh come on, I will be here to protect you!” Joe said while puffing out his chest acting like Superman.
“Really? Well what about Kevin?” I asked smiling. He looked at Kevin then at me.
“Well, wimpy sidekicks don’t count.” Joe kept on a straight face, but Kevin hit Joe upside the head. I couldn’t stop laughing.
“Alright children. Ha ha! Ok then. I will watch the movie, but you have to promise that you are not going to scare me in the middle of the night.” I retorted. Kevin and Joe looked at each other then at me.
“Promise!” they both yelled. I laughed at their enthusiasm. I quickly took the food into the kitchen and started to put the chips and popcorn in large bowls. Kevin was setting up the movie while Joe was walking around the house being… well, Joe. He silently came behind me when I was in the fridge and poked my sides. I let out a short scream, jumped, and hit the top of my head in the fridge. I turned around and saw Joe on the floor laughing. I jumped on him and wrestled him. He pinned me, but I quickly poked his sides causing him to fall on his back and I pinned him.
“DING DING DING!” I yelled. We both started to laugh while getting up.
“You got lucky, I was… distracted.” He said while looking around.
“Oh really? How then?” I asked with a small smile.
“I saw a
