Chapter 2
"Maranda! Get up, your pager is beeping and won't shut up,"
Krys
whined to my door as I walked over to my dresser and
pulled it out of my drawer.
It
read:
6425-5683-968-2255-446-669
I groaned and picked up my cordless
to make out what it said.
After 5 minutes of reading it, it said: 'Nick loves
you, call him now.'
I smiled and dialed his cell.
"Carter,"
he said as I smiled wider.
"Nickolas, why are you paging me? You could
have just
called me," I said lying back down in my covers.
"I
didn't want to make Krys mad," Nick said as I rolled
my eyes. "We
are still going out today right?"
"Yeah, where did you have in mind?"
I asked as Boomer
jumped onto my bed and walked over to me.
"I need
to get some stuff at the mall…more pizza
sounds good," Nick said as I laughed.
"You're
glad I love pizza as much as you do aren't
you?" I asked petting Boomer's
stomach.
"Definitely! I get to eat it all the time now," he said
as I sighed.
"Okay, when will you be here?" I asked.
"20
minutes," he said as I leaped up.
"20 minutes!" I whined,
"I gotta go, see ya!"
I ran into the shower and quickly bathed,
I ran out with my towel
and looked through my clothes as Nick opened my door.
"I
thought you said 20 minutes!" I whined.
"Shh! I did I was lying,"
Nick whispered as I smacked him.
"Give me a few," I said pushing
him out the door and shutting
it. I put on a navy blue tank top and khaki cargo
pants and put my
hair up in a ponytail. I put on my Nike's and opened the door,
seeing
Nick playing with Boomer on the rug in front of the t.v.
"I'm
ready," I whispered.
"Cool, let's jet," Nick said leaping up
off the floor and throwing
Boomer back his chew toy.
~*~*~*~
"Too
big," I said looking at the pants Nick tried on.
"Oh come on, they're
fly!" Nick whined.
"Nick you're not getting those, besides Krys
would yell at you for
them," I said taking another bite of my yogurt. "Next,"
I said crossing my legs.
"Man you picky," Nick said shutting the
stall.
"I'm your best friend, I have to," I said with a sigh. "When
are we
leaving for the tour?" I asked.
"Friday," he said
as I choked on my yogurt.
"Nick I have finals on Friday!" I said
catching my breath.
"I know, late night Friday, and I told you I'd help
you with your final,
right? You got nothing to worry about," Nick said
coming out. "Whatcha think?"
"Nick, it looks like you're on
a trip to the moon," I said as he looked in the mirror.
"It does…I'm
an astronaut!" Nick said posing as I laughed.
"Go try on the other
ones," I said as he shut the stall door.
"So how are you going to
help me?"
"You'll see, Thursday night," Nick said as I rolled
my eyes.
"Whatever," I said scarfing down my yogurt.
~*~*~*~
"Too
big," Nick said as I sighed.
"I know, but it's fly!" I whined
mimicking Nick.
"Go on, try the next ones," Nick said as I shut
the door.
"This is a dress, don't laugh at me when I come out,"
I said taking it off the
coat hanger.
"Why are you trying it on?
I only see you wear dresses on holidays."
"I don't know, I like
it," I said as I looked down, it was so short!
"Don't laugh, I'm coming
out."
I opened the door and looked at Nick as his mouth came
wide
open. I looked in the mirror and shook my head.
"I look gay," I
said with a sigh.
"You look beautiful Maranda," he said as I turned
to him.
"I do?"
"Mmm hmm," he said clearing his
throat.
"Thanks," I said with a grin. I shut the stall door and
smiled,
'I need to wear dresses more often,' I thought to myself.
~*~*~*~
"Why
are we buying you shoes?" Nick whined as we looked through the shoes.
"Cause
I need some for the dresses I bought, duh," I said with a
grin. "The
men's are behind us, go on I know you want to.
Shoe freak," I said with
a laugh.
"Ha ha, to prove that I'm not I'll stay with you," Nick
said as I
sighed. I looked through as Nick sat down on the
couch, waiting
for me to hurry up.
"Can I have these in a size 6 please?" I asked
as the lady nodded.
I sat down next to Nick as sighed. "I haven't been
shopping in ages."
"I go all the time!" Nick said with a 'he-he'
grin.
"Here you go mam," the lady said handing me the box.
"Damn
you have a small foot," Nick said as I smacked him.
"Nick there
are kids around stupid," I said as he covered his mouth.
"Sowwy,"
he said as I grinned. I pulled out the shoes and
tried them on. They definitely
made me taller.
"What's your opinion?" I asked Nick.
"It's
nice, can we go?" He whined.
"No, hush," I said looking in
the mirror. "I'm getting them, not
because you want to go, because they
look good."
"Whatever, let's get out of here the smell of new shoes
is getting
me high," Nick said as we laughed.
~*~*~*~
"Wow
it's late," I said looking at the clock in Nick's truck.
"So…"
he asked.
"So I have to study, I gotta go home Nick," I said with
a sigh.
"Sowwy?"
"It's otay, I got rehearsal tomorrow
morning anyways," he said as I grinned.
"Dance rehearsal?"
"Yeah
so?"
"Nick you can't dance!" I said with a laugh.
"I
can too, come tomorrow and I'll show you," Nick said stopping at
a red light.
"Yeah
right, I bet I can do circles around you Carter," I said folding my arms.
"Psh!
Talk to the hand, the driver is concentrating on the road,"
Nick said holding
his hand up to my face.
~*~*~*~
"Hey Nick," Krystal said
hugging him as we entered the apartment.
"Baby I gotta go," he said
as I cringed at the sound of his sweet
voice to her.
"Why? Baby
you just got here," she whined as I sat down on my
bed. I dumped my stuff
out on my bed and began folding and hanging.
"Maranda where did you go?"
Nick asked opening the door. "You just left me there."
"Sorry,
baby," I said with a grin.
"Oh grow up!" He said as we laughed.
"I'll pick you up at 10:30
tomorrow morning okay?"
"Yep,
see ya then Carter," I said hanging up my dresses.
"Bye," he
said shutting my door as I smiled wide. I picked up one
of my dresses and looked
at myself in the vanity mirror…
I was going to blow Nick away tomorrow.
