“thank you” I said as Nick set me down in the living room.
“no problem” he smiled “umm do you have any idea where AJ Eliese
and Amanda went? They were with us but left”
“they probably went to the blazer. Its Elieses favorite club.
They’ll be back later on. Im going to take a shower I’ll be down in a few
minutes”
“ok” he said as I walked up the stairs to the bathroom.
~at the club~
“Eliese, umm I was just…I mean…Amanda and I we were…” AJ stumbled
over his words, looking for something to say.
“forget it AJ, I don’t care anymore” she said turning around and
walking away.
AJ put his head down on the table and sighed.
“AJ are you ok?” Amanda asked
“how could I do that to her?” he asked
“what?”
“I was just kissing you when I came up here to see her and to be
with her”
“but you arent going out or anything”
“I know but…Amanda, her mom died this morning. I really liked
her, and I know she liked me. I blew
it” AJ said getting up and walking out.
Amanda was mad. she liked AJ. She didn’t give a flying pigs foot
about Eliese. She wanted AJ and she wanted him now. And she was going to get
him.
~back at the house~
I laid in bed trying to fall asleep. I was thinking too much. It
had been a long day. A REALLY long day. I sighed and turned over trying to
clear my mind and fall asleep.
Nick stared at the ceiling not being able to sleep with all the
noises in the room. It seemed like someone was walking around, with the
creaking floorboards and the cold feeling he got.
He watched the curtins flutter although the window was shut. And
then the rocking chair started to rock, back and fourth, back and fourth. He
pulled his feet up close to his body and looked at the door.
It wasn’t that far from the bed. Maybe if he just got up and
slowly walked out nothing would get him.
And he did that he got up and walked quickly down the hall to
Briannas room. The door was closed. He stood there with his hand on the knob
thinking about what he was about to do.
He was a 20 year old guy about to run into a 16 year old girls
room cause he thinks theres ghosts in his room? What was he a baby?
Yes. He decided that he would look in, if she was awake he would
go in, if she was asleep he would go sleep downstairs.
He quietly opened the door and peaked in. He saw all the lights
off and her sound asleep in the bed. He went to shut the door but was stopped.
“Nick?” I asked seeing the hallway light spilling into my room.
“yeah…sorry I woke you” he said quietly.
“no I wasn’t asleep. I cant sleep. Come here” I sat up and
turned on the light. He walked in and looked at me. “whats up?”
“well I know this sounds really really stupid and childish but I
think theres monsters in my room”
I laughed and got up I went to the door and closed it. I took
the key and locked it from the inside and set the key on the desk.
“your right, sorta”
“huh?” he asked
“well my grandmother, she died in that room you were in. And she
still lives there. she wont hurt you but its scary. She wont come in here. Shes
not a monster either”
“oh…” he looked a little confused still.
“nevermind” I laughed getting back into bed. “come on” I held up
the covers.
He walked over and stood at the side for a second.
“umm are you sure” he asked
“yep come on im tired” I said, he climbed in and we laid facing
eachother.
“thanks”
“for what?”
“letting me stay in here, I mean I’ve never actually been scared
of ghosts before”
“ok, but uhhhh don’t hang your feet off the bed, you know. Cause
of the gremlins” I said turning off the light and flipping over so my back was
to him now.
“hey…that’s not true im not afraid of them”
“ok, sure I belive you” I laughed
“don’t think your going to get away with dissing me you fool” he
said getting up and crawling over to me on the king sized bed.
“did you just call me a fool?” I asked getting up and turning on
the light. I sat up on my knees facing him.
“umm yeah” he said with a smirk, “I suppose you wanna fight me
now”
I jumped on him and we started to roll around on the bed.
“im gonna get you Nicky” I said punching him in the stomach.
“I don’t think so Brianna, im gonna get away”
“ahhh” I said when he tackled me onto the bed and pinned my
hands above my head.
“gotcha” he grinned
“awww man” I said sarcasicly
“your trapped now”
“yay” I said un the same tone.
“don’t be fresh to me”
“ok im sorry Nicky”
“hey don’t you call me Nicky”
“I’ll do what I want, thanks” I smiled
he laughed “alright enough of this” he stared down at me some
more and then his smile started to fade. I looked up at him and bit my bottom
lip a little bit.
He started to lean down, I could feel my heart pounding against
my chest and could hear it pounding it in my head. He stopped and looked at me
again, I just looked back at him. he kept his eyes locked with mine as he
started to lean down again.
“Brianna!!” I heard Eliese yell from downstairs. Nick jumped off
of me and I jumped up.
“what??” I screamed opening the door.
“come here right now” she yelled back up the stairs. I glanced
over at Nick, he was laying down on the bed with a pillow covering his face. I
ran out and down the stairs where Eliese was standing there crying.
“whats wrong Eliese? What happened?” I asked
“its Amanda and AJ! I saw them kissing at the club…they were
totally all over eachother. I mean doesn’t she know?! Doesn’t HE know?!?! How
dumb are they?” she cried
“Eliese calm down…im sure it didn’t mean anything. you know AJ
likes you, he came up here to see you didn’t he?”
“yes that was until he saw Amanda and decided he was going to be
all over her instead”
“its nothing. Why don’t you talk to him?” I asked
“why are you being like this Brianna? Your acting like nothing
happened. Do you realize how much I liked him?”
“yes I do. But being honest Eliese, if he likes Amanda, then
your gonna have to suck it up and move on cause you cant make him choose you if
he already wants Amanda.”
“you know what? Im sorry I even asked for your help. Some friend
you are” she turned around and walked out slamming the door behnind her.
I walked upstairs and back into my room, Nick looked over at me.
“whats wrong?” he asked
“oh nothing Eliese is just flipping out again” I said sitting
down on the bed.
“she alright?”
“I think she will be”
“hey I have to tell you something…” he said playing with the
edge of the pillowcase.
“yeah?” I asked smiling “well go ahead”
“well its just um…I…think…you…” he stammered
“ok I understand” I said rolling my eyes
he quickly sat up “no that wasn’t what I was going to say, it
didn’t come out the way I planned it to”
“well than say it again”
he just sat and looked at me for a second, I think hes stared at
me more tonight than he has talked to me the whole time hes been here.
I was about to tell him to get on with it or else I was going to
sleep but decided against it seeing the look on his face.
He gently took my hand in his and pulled me over so I was
sitting on his lap he put his arms around my waist.
“whats this about?” I asked quietly resting my head down on his
shoulder.
“ummm nothing really…I just wanted to be close to you”
“ok…” I said drawing circles with my finger on his arm.
He put his finger under my chin and slowly lifted my head so my
gaze locked with his. I saw him slowly lean down, like before my heart started
to beat out of my chest.
“Nick! Brianna! Are you here?” AJs voice came from downstairs. I
fell off of Nicks lap and got up. He followed me and we went downstairs.
“AJ? What do you want, some people sleep” Nick said
“have you seen Eliese?” he asked ignoring Nicks comment.
“yep” I replied walking into the kitchen I opened the fridge and
pulled out a soda.
“hello?” AJ said coming in with Nick. “where did she go?”
“I don’t know if I should tell you…I mean you did kiss Amanda” I
said sitting on the island counter.
“AJ you kissed Amanda!?” Nick asked in shock. “I thought you
liked Eliese?”
“I did…I mean I do! Don’t confuse me. Now Brianna where is she?
I need to talk to her”
“what about Amanda? What are you going to do about her. Just
pretend it didn’t happen?” I asked
“Brianna…don’t do this just please tell me” he said I got off
and walked over to him. “listen to me, I just need to talk to her”
“no you listen to me. They’re my friends. im not going to stand
around and watch you walk all over them both. So you better get it together.
They’ve both been through enough and don’t need your shit”
“don’t be a bitch to me” he yelled
“you’re the bitch AJ. Your playing silly games with them.
Especially with Eliese. You know that her mother died this morning and you have
the heart to kiss one of her best friends when you KNOW she liked you?”
“don’t start putting all her shit on me. I came up here to be a
good friend and nothing more. I don’t know why you cant accept that not
everyone is going to feel sorry for her and you too”
“you couldn’t be more wrong. Do you think we walk around looking
for sympathy? We don’t want pitty”
“sure about that? Why do you think we came up here, not cause we
liked you. Not cause we wanted to hang out. Because we heard about Eliese and
her mom through our manager and called to say hi. They paid us money to call
her. And even more to come up here. We’re getting paid to stand here and act
like we care”
I stood there wanting to say something but not knowing what.
“AJ is that true?”
I turned around and saw Amanda standing at the door.
“Amanda…” he sounded like he regreted saying anything at all.
“AJ is that true, tell me right now” she walked over to him and
got in his face.
I turned around and looked at Nick with tears in my eyes.
“its true Amanda, what do you think? you think these guys would
just come up here cause they’re nice? I don’t think so” I said
“Brianna…just hear me out for a second…” Nick started coming
towards me a little. I stepped back.
“stay away from me. Come on Amanda, if your coming, im going
home. We have a funeral to go to tomorrow.”
“thanks a lot guys. I hope you get paid extra for being
assholes” Amanda said as we walked out and got in my car.
“we have to find Eliese” I said backing out of the driveway.
“lets just hope she wants to be found”