“Didn’t take you long to move on,” I heard from behind me. Nick and I were walking down the beach, hand-in-hand. We had just had dinner at romantic Italian restaurant on the beach.
I turned around to see who was talking and saw Will standing there, an angry look plastered on his face.
“Oh, and its that Nick guy,” he said.
“Will, I didnt even know Nick when you made those accusations,” I snapped and felt my heart begin to pound. I couldnt stand to even look at Will, not after what he did.
Nick was now looking at Will, trying to figure out who it was.
“Yeah, and you expect me to believe that?” he asked.
“Will! You broke up with me,” I said dropping Nick’s hand, simply because my hands were beginning to sweat and I didnt want Nick to get grossed out.
I walked off down the opposite way of the beach. What was he still doing here? Shouldnt he be back in Georgia or something?
“Miranda, are you ok?” Nick said jogging up to me.
“No,” I said and kept walking.
“Miranda,” Nick said and grabbed my arm, causing me to swing around.
“What?” I asked.
Nick looked hurt for a moment, but then quickly his face softened.
“Come here,” he said pulling me into his arms. He held me close and I eventually gave up fighting back and wrapped my arms around his waist.
Nick pulled away after a moment and lifted my face by placing his index finger under my chin. I looked up at him and smiled.
“You’re stubborn, you know that?” he asked.
“Yeah,” I laughed.
He kissed he tip of my nose and looked into my eyes.
“Is that the one about the beliefs?” he asked.
“Yeah,” I nodded.
“Well, come on, I dont want our evening to be ruined,” he said looking into my eyes.
“Ok,” I mumbled and smiled.
He took my hand and we began to walk down the beach again.
“Where did Will go?” I questioned, wondering where exactly he went.
“I told him to get over you because you dont belong to him,” he told me.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
“Did you want to maybe go watch some old movies, sit around on the couch and make ourselves sick on popcorn?” Nick asked smiling.
“Sure,” I laughed.
“Your place or mine?” he asked.
“Um, mine is right around here, we could go to mine,” I suggested.
“Ok, sounds good to me,” he said.
“Let’s go,” Nick and I walked to my apartment, since we had walked to the restaurant. When we got to my apartment, we went in and immediately went to the movie cabinet.
“Ok, I vote Dirty Dancing,” Nick winked at me. I laughed and grabbed my favorite, Little Shop of Horrors.
“Ok, we’ve got two picked out. We’ll come back for more later,” Nick said and walked towards the couch.
“What should we watch first?” I asked sitting next to him.
“What’s this?” Nick said standing up and picking up a jewelry box.
“I dont know, what is it?” I asked taking it from him and opening it. It was a beautiful ring.
“Where did that come from?” I asked, not necessarily to Nick, more like to myself.
I looked up at Nick and he sat dumbfounded.
“I wonder if...” I said to myself, thinking of Will.
I walked to the counter and set the ring on it. I walked back to Nick.
“Ok, so what was first?” I asked sitting next to him.
He looked at me and shrugged, “Dirty Dancing?” he asked.
“Ok,” I said and put the movie in the VCR and sat back down. Half way through the movie I looked over and saw Nick with his head leaning on the back of the couch. I smiled and shut off the tv and walked past him. Suddenly, I felt arms wrap around my waist and I was being pulled down. I shrieked in shock and then giggled as Nick held me in his lap. He buried his head in my neck and kissed it gently.
“You know what Miranda?” he asked.
“What?” I asked.
“You’re a very beautiful woman,” he said and kissed my ear.
“Thank you,” I smiled. I looked into his eyes and leaned in and kissed him.
“You’re not so bad yourself,” I winked.
“I dont want you to take this the wrong way, but can I ask you something?” he asked.
“Sure,” I nodded.
“Can I sleep with you tonight?” he asked. I looked at him, searching his eyes for the meaning of the question.
“I just want to hold you,” he assured me.
“Ok,” I said.
We both got up and walked back to my room.
“Im going to change,” I told him and grabbed my pajamas and walked to the bathroom.
I changed into my red satin pajamas and brushed out my hair. When I walked back in the room, Nick was folding his jeans into a pile on a chair in the corner. He was wearing nothing but his boxers and it was definitely a sight for sore eyes.
I smiled and crawled into bed, Nick crawling in next to me.
(SPOON! SPOON! LOL LEAH)
He wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed my cheek and we both fell asleep.
*The Next Day*
I opened my eyes the next morning to the bright sun blinding me.
I blinked a few times and groaned. I felt the same arm that was around me last night, still around me. I felt Nick stir and he brought his arm from around me. I looked over at him and saw him still asleep. I crawled out of bed and walked to the bathroom. I took a shower, brushed my teeth and did my makeup. I changed into a pair of short Calvin Klein shorts and a red Calvin Klein tank top. I slipped on my sandals and when I walked out of the bathroom, Nick wasn’t in the bed any longer. I walked out to the kitchen and saw him preparing breakfast.
“Aww, thats so sweet,” I smiled walking into the kitchen.
“You took a long time, so I went downstairs to the lobby and bought a toothbrush and toothpaste. Hope you dont mind, but I used your kitchen sink,” Nick said pointing to the toothbrush and toothpaste sitting on my counter.
I laughed, “Its ok,” I said. Nick smiled and set two plates down on the table and poured some orange juice.
“Breakfast is ready,” he smiled.
I smiled and sat down across from him and began to eat the eggs and toast he had made.
“That was good,” I said when I finished.
“Thank you. I gotta be honest, but I’ve never cooked for anyone but myself before,” he said.
“Really?” I smiled.
“Yeah,” he said.
“That's sweet. So, did you want to do anything today?” I asked.
“Well, I talked to AJ and the guys are having like a barbeque over at his place. Did you want to go with me?” he asked.
“Sure,” I nodded. Nick and I dropped by his house so he could shower and changed and then we were on our way to AJ’s house.
When we arrived at AJ’s, we got out of Nick’s Durango and walked up to the front door. Nick rang the doorbell and we patiently waited for someone to answer. Nick leaned over and kissed my ear and then gently blew in it. I giggled and pushed Nick away.
“Hey Nicky boy,” AJ exclaimed opening the door. I smiled at the nickname and Nick blushed.
“Hey J,” Nick said. AJ opened the door wider and let Nick and I in.
“This is Chelsea, my girlfriend,” AJ introduced me to a beautiful red-head. She had a cute smile and bright blue eyes. She was tiny, too, she had to be at least 5’ even and 100 pounds.
“Hi, nice to meet you. Miranda, right?” she asked.
“Yeah,” I smiled shaking her hand.
After I was introduced to everyone, Nick and I were swinging on a swing in AJ’s backyard and talking. He was holding my hand and bringing it to his lips ever so often.
“Nick, psycho bitch is here,” AJ said running up to us. I looked up at AJ, curious. Who was that?
“Damnit, baby, I’ll be right back,” Nick said and got up. He bent down and kissed my cheek, “Stay here with Miranda.”
AJ sat down next to me.
“Who’s here?” I asked looking at AJ.
“His ex-girlfriend. I don’t know who tells her about our get-togethers, but she never fails to find out about them and she always shows up,” AJ sighed.
“Oh, is it his most recent girlfriend?” I asked.
“Yeah,” he replied.
“Yeah, I remember him telling me about her,” I said.
“So, you really like Nicky?” he asked.
“Yeah, he’s really sweet,” I blushed.
“Yeah, I can tell he really likes you too,” he said.
“Yeah, it’s so weird because we just met, too,” I said.
“Yeah, I know what you mean,” he nodded.
“So, have you and your girlfriend been dating long?” I asked.
“Not really, not to bad mouth anyone, because I dont like that, but she’s just someone who is there really. I dont have real feelings for her, but man, she’s good in bed,” he smirked.
I looked at him shocked, I cant believe he was telling me this, especially because we just met.
“It’s a joke,” he said, noticing my look.
“Oh,” I said relieved.
I would hate for anyone to talk about me like that.
“No, we havent been dating long, but she’s a nice girl. A little money grubbing, but...” he said and looked away.
“Are you and Nick together, like officially?” he asked, changing the subject.
“I dont know, to be honest. I think so, but I don’t know. We’ve spent like every moment together the past couple of days, and we kiss and hold hands and everything, but I dont know what that means,” I replied.
“I see,” AJ nodded.
I heard a girl yelling and AJ and I directed our attention to the area from which it was coming from. A tall, blonde girl was stalking towards AJ and I.
“Be prepared,” AJ said standing up. I stood up with him, I wasnt going to just sit there.
AJ stood in front of my protectively and the blonde walked right up to us.
“Are you Nick’s girlfriend?” she shouted at me.
I looked at Nick and saw him rushing up to us, he didnt have an expression on his face. I didnt know what to say, hell, I didnt even know if I was Nick’s girlfriend.
“Answer me,” she yelled.
“Shut up Ginger, go home. You werent invited,” AJ told her.
“Im not talking to you prick, Im talking to her,” she said turning back to me.
“Yeah, what are you going to do about it?” I asked, there I answered her.
Nick grabbed ‘Ginger’ before she lunged at me. I stepped back even though AJ still stood in front of me. Nick picked her up and carried her through the backyard. She was kicking and screaming.
“She wasnt that pretty,” I shrugged. AJ laughed and put his arm around my shoulders.
“You and me are going to get along real well, Miranda,” he laughed.
I smiled up at him and sat back down on the swing.
“Do you want anything to drink?” he asked.
“No thank you,” I smiled.
“Hey Bone, maybe you could talk to Miranda about that party for Nick,” Kevin suggested walking by.
“What party?” I asked, interested.
“Oh, well, we were thinking about throwing a party for Nick,” AJ shrugged.
“What kind of party? Birthday?” I asked.
“No, his birthday is in January. Every so often the label throws one of us a party when we get something special. Like last month, Kevin was voted Sexiest Pop Star, or something like that and this month, Nick was voted number one on the Hottest Guys Under 20,” he told me.
“Oh, that’d be so cool!” I exclaimed.
“I am so sorry about that,” Nick said jogging up to us.
Later, AJ mouthed to me.
I nodded and took Nick’s hand and had him sit next to me.
“It’s ok, it wasnt your fault,” I told him.
“Yeah, but you didnt deserve to get yelled at like that,” he said.
“Its ok Nick, really,” I smiled.
“So, what did you and AJ talk about?” he asked, putting his arm around me.
“Oh, nothing,” I smiled.
“Now you have to tell me,” he laughed.
“We didnt talk about much,” I shrugged.
“Right,” he said, obviously unconvinced.
I smiled and leaned against his shoulder.
“So, did you mean what you said to Ginger?” he asked.
I looked up at him and smiled.
“Well, yeah. But I mean, I know we just met and I’ll understand if you...”
“Shh... (lol Leah), it sounds good to me,” he smiled.
“Even though we’ve known each for three days?” I asked.
“Hey, that doesnt matter. If I like you, I like you,” he shrugged.
“Yeah, I guess so,” I smiled, winking.
“Do you want anything to drink?” he asked.
“Uh, no, thanks,” I shook my head.
“Come on, come with me,” he said standing up. I stood up with Nick and our hands automatically came together and clasped.
Suddenly I heard the cell phone in my purse ring. I hurriedly picked it up, “Hello?”
“Hey, change of plans,” it was John.
“What?” I groaned.
“You dont have the weekend off. Tomorrow you have to make a guest appearance at the Nickelodeon Charity thing, so...” he said.
“Ok, thats fine,” I said.
“Ok, and Nickelodeon wants you to host the Kid’s Choice Awards, what do you say to that?” he asked.
“That sounds great,” I smiled.
“Good, ok, that’ll be on November 23, so mark your calendar,” he suggested.
“Ok, I will. Thank you John. Where should I meet you tomorrow?” I asked.
“Um, just pick me up and we’ll go over together,” he said.
“Ok, what time?” I asked.
“Pick me up at 11:30,” he said.
“Will do. See you later,” I said and hung up my cell phone.
“John?” Nick asked, pouring some soda into a cup.
“Yeah, I have a charity event tomorrow and Im hosting the Kid’s Choice Awards in November,” I said and followed him into the living room of AJ’s house.
“Thats good, we were thinking about going to a charity event tomorrow, that one for Nickelodeon,” Nick said.
“Thats the one Im going to,” I said smiling.
“Cool, maybe we could all just go together,” he said smiling.
“Ok,” I nodded.
“Hey, you guys my little theater is open if you want some privacy,” AJ said walking by.
“Wanna go up there and watch a movie?” Nick asked smiling.
“Sure,” I shrugged.
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