*********Next Morning*********
I wake up, and the clock says 7. I turn around and notice Nick's not there. I wonder where he went, and get out of bed. I look on the bottom bunk, thinking he would have gotten fed up with the small sleeping space, and climbed over me, considering I sleep like a log. Sure enough, there he is. "Now who got the top bunk?" I said to myself. I went downstairs, and find My mom, Mrs. Carter, and AJ making breakfast.
"Morning sleepyhead." my mom says.
"G'morning mom, g'morning Mrs. Carter, g'morning Mrs. AJ, I mean, AJ. Dang I must be tired. Sorry AJ." and he said
"That's ok hon." and kissed me on the cheek.
"That gives me an idea....." and i whispered soemthing in AJ's ear, and he got the same devilish grin i had on my face, and we went upstairs to Louie's room.
"Nick! Wake up!! Out of bed!!" AJ shouted and shook Nick. He just rolled over and muttered something. "I'm just gonna have to make you then," and AJ stepped back, and I stepped in and went to kiss Nick on his cheek.....but he turned his head, cuped his hands over my face, and I kissed him on his lips. We kinda kissed for a minute, and I pulled away and AJ said
"Wow nick, I didn't know you felt that way about me." I just looked surprised, and Nick looked at me with mysterious eyes.
"Why'd you do that??" I asked, still surprised.
"To get you back for taking me away from my nintendo yesterday."
"Getting back? This.....this was not a bad thing....." Then he just smiled, shrugged, and walked downstairs. Then AJ starting singing
"Nick and Krystle, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, fir---"
"Shut up!" I interrupted, and pushed him out of the doorway, my face beat red. I was reluctant to go downstairs where Nick was, and AJ has just gone, but i did anyways.
"Krystle.....go wake Howie and Kevin, will ya hon?" my mom asked
"Muahaha...Howie's mine....." AJ snickered, and went into the livingroom.
"Mmk," I said, hoping poor Howie'd be able to get up after what AJ had planned for him. I didn't even want to think about it. i grabbed a piece of toast before I went to wake them up, and noticed Nick wasnt around anywhere downstairs. I shrugged it off, and walked upstairs. I opened my door a crack, just to make sure Kevin wasn't like naked or sumpthing (hehe, what would have been the fun in knocking? I would have woken him up....but thats what i was going to do.....I'm gonna shut up now and get back to the story, okies?) Since he wasn't, I opened it fully to find Nick and Brian sitting on my bed, talking, while Kevin still looked asleep on the cot. Nick and Bri looked at me, and I turned red again. Nick said he wanted to go eat, and Brian said the same, so they darted past me, and downstairs. I shook my head, and sat on the edge of the cot.
"Wake up Kevi-Kev..." I said, trying to wake him gently, and shook him a little bit. He still looked asleep, so i did it again, and i looked the other way for a sec, and turned around to find him sitting up fully awake. I was so surprised, I tried to stand up, but ended up falling into his lap. Thank the lord he wore boxers to sleep that night.
"I-I, didn't know u were awake.......sorry." I said, kind of embarassed.
"It's ok," he said with a bit of a laugh. "Nick seems to have quite a crush on you, I dunno what he'll think if he comes in here and sees us like this...." I smacked his arm (muscle, big muscle) and muttered to myself.
"Ahh, you like him too, doncha?" I hit him again.
"How'd u know?"
"I know all..."
"Seriously....how'd u know??"
"It shows.....ever since u 2 first met on the bus yesterday...."
"Yeah, we just clicked."
"Yup, and u two on the swing last night..."
"How'd u know about that???
"I told you......I know all. Plus theres that window to the backyard in your room that I happened to look out of when I was setting up the cot. " I put my head on his shoulder in embarassment. "And to top it all off, Nick was just in here talking to Brian about it."
"What'd he say??"
"That is top secret information. If I told you, I'd have to kill you."
"Awe, c'mon!!"
"Nope. I already told you he likes you.....I shouldn't have even done that. But I know you won't say anything...."
"I promise, I won't." He winked and smiled, and I half smiled back, and got up. Then we heard a scream (not really a scream, rather very loud curing) downstairs.
"What was that?? We should go see if everyone's alright." Kevin exclaimed, lookng worried.
"Oh don't worry about it. AJ volunteered to wake Howie up. I think he's awake now." We both let out a little chuckle.
"Poor Howie," and he shook his head. ".....wait for me, let me just get dressed. We'll go to breakfast together, since I can tell u don't very much want to go down there and face Nicky." He hit it right on the nose. So I pulled the door shut behind me and waited. He came out, and I hugged him. He took my hand as we walked downstairs. (By this time, it was about 7:45). We grabbed some food, Kev said good morning to everyone, and we sat down. We talked to Brian and Howie while we ate. AJ and Nick sat with Aaron in the living room, watching cartoons. Howie refused to sit with AJ, (don't worry, Howie later gave AJ a jelly donut. But he had replaced the jelly with tobasco sauce, and they made up :). and I wasn't really up for sitting with Nick at that moment. So we finished eating, and I said I was gonna go for a walk.
"Would you like me to come with you?" Howie asked.
"It's ok....I think I'd rather just be alone for a little while. Thanks though." I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
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