“Oh, what an angel.” Colby said as Alex handed him a sack of fast food and turned to hand another one to Nick.
Colby took a bite of the cheeseburger and continued the story, “Alex told me out on the mound that she knew who the stalker was. I thought she was crazy and old her to get on with the game. Afterwards I head off to the locker room to talk to her and I see Amy come out of the locker room and I’m thinking, ‘that chic is only trouble’. So I go to open the door and I hear Alex say, ‘you were the guy with Randy’. I stop and then I hear Bobby say something about it was bout time. So, I’m mad right, so I go get my bat and he comes walking out the door and I let him have it right in the stomach. I turned to Alex to see if she was all right and then she screamed at me and I feel shear pain right thru my back. I open my eyes to see Bobby standing over me and yelling for me to get up. I didn’t move and he starts bringing the bat down hard. Then I hear Alex tell him to stop or she will shoot.” Colby stopped to take a drink, “and then I hear the gun go off and then Alex is crying all over me. She pulled me up against the wall and runs off to call 911. Right after she left Bobby got up and started to grab for the bat. I shot him, and well…you can figure out the rest.”
Nick looked at Colby and then at Alex, “This is unbelievable. Did they catch Amy?”
Alex nodded, “In her dorm watching, what else, A Night Out with the Backstreet Boys.” She looked at Colby and watched him devour the rest of the hamburger, “I’m glad you were their Colby.”
He grinned at her, “All in a days work.”
Nick pulled Alex down in his lap, “I’m glad you’re alright.”
“Okay, no mushy crap in front of the wounded guy PLEASE!”
Alex laughed, “My knight in shining bandages.”
Just then an officer came in to get Colby’s statement and Alex and Nick walked out into the hall. Nick put his arm around her waist as they walked down the hall to the waiting room where they sat down, “Nick, with all that has happened, I’ve been thinking.”
“About what?” He asked
“About the wedding date.”
He looked at her, “You don’t want to…?”
“Oh no!” She assured him, “I just thought that maybe we should wait until next year. You know, when things have settled down, and everything is normal. Besides, I think we are a little young. Next year we will both be 21 and and you know…it would just be better.”
Nick looked at her thoughtful for a minute, “If you wanted the moon, I would find someway to get it for you.”
Alex looked at him funny, “Is that a yes or a no.”
Nick laughed, “It’s a ‘whatever you want to do as long as you marry me before I die.”
Alex laughed and kissed him, “Okay then June 21, 2001 I will be Mrs. Alexis Carter.” She scrunched up her nose, “That’s sounds awful.”
Nick laughed and kissed her, “Believe me, it doesn’t.”
