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Am I right side up or upside down?
To each other we’ll be facing
By love we’ll beat back the pain we’ve found
You know, I mean to tell you all the things I’ve been thinking
Deep inside my friend
With each moment the more I love you.
-Crush, Dave Matthews Band

Chapter 8

Part 1


    I stepped out of Angie’s small car in front of the Ritz Carlton in Dearborn, Michigan.  It was nice to breath the cold night air, but it was just that...cold.  So I headed inside, doing what I always did, trying my hardest to escape my heart, escape the massive dancing of my head. 

    I went to the room and changed into a pair of sport pants and a tommy hilfiger t-shirt.  I threw on a sweater and sat on the bed suddenly very aware that I was alone. The girls had gone to the Grand to meet up with AJ and Howie.  Why do you always do this to yourself, Kel?  Punish yourself with the worst possible torture.  Being alone.  It echoed through my soul.  Alone.  Even though I wasn’t, I still felt it.   Alone.  Alone.  The room was quiet.  The hallways were quiet.  I got up, looked outside the window and the outside was quiet.  Alone.

    I could not remain still.  I took my keys, grabbed my book (It, by Stephen King) and headed out the door, toward the lobby on the tenth floor.  At least, then, people would perhaps be passing.  I wouldn’t feel completely by myself.  Why didn’t you go with them?  Wallowing in your own sorrow again, aren’t you Kelly?  My head ached as I stepped onto the elevator.  The same elevator that only a little over a day ago had housed both me and the unattainable man of my dreams. 

    The elevator went quickly to the tenth floor.  Not long at all.  Not like the day before.  I stepped off.  The small lobby was only dimly lit from the elevator entrances.  In essence, it was a bunch of seats in the dark.  I planted myself near the window.  I set It in front of me on a finely set table and sipped on a glass of wine that I had poured that had been left out from dinner’s hor’devours.  I did not read the book, but only glanced out the window.  I went to a place far away. 

    I was thinking about my first love.  I was somewhere else, with him. 

    We were on the cliffs.  The same cliffs from the dream earlier that night.  We were sitting there on the ground, side by side, just touching, looking at the crashing waves.  He was telling me that he was the only one who understood me, that I was the only one who understood him.  When his hand gently touched my arm, I knew he was right.  Despite all the pain we had experienced.  Despite how different we were.  Despite how much he hurt me and used me time and time again.  I thought I could never love a person more.  I thought that this was all there was for me.  A young confused man from a home more broken than an edsel, more crooked than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a young man who understood nothing about himself, much less about me.  I laid my head down on the crook of his neck as I rubbed his soft hair, something he endlessly requested of me.  This was real. 

    But not as real as the day our love smashed into a tree.  Not more real than the day I realized he loved his painkillers more than me.  No more real than the day he left andnever came back, at least not psychologically or mentally.  It seemed like I cried forever. And even though I was completely over it, the scar that bled now and then would cause the tears to run down my cheeks involuntarily.  They did at that moment. 

    The quiet was stirred by the elevators beep.  I wiped quickly at my tears.  I knew whoever came off the elevator would be thinking look at that crazy crying teenybopping Backstreet Boys fan.

      Static. 

    Every time he enters a room it is like that.    I felt him instantaneously.

    I looked up.  He was wearing running pants, a backwards hat, and a long T-shirt. It looked like he was ready for bed.  Breathtaking in my eyes.  I gasped slightly, not enough though that he could hear me.  There were still tears in my eyes, but the sight of him at once formed a knot in my stomach.  I loved this person.  There was absolutely no doubt in my mind.  I had loved once before.  I knew how it felt, I knew how wonderful it was, I knew how much it hurt. 

    His eyes were piercing.  The color was inexplicable.  They looked right at me.  No longer shy, no longer confused.  He just looked.  He was waiting for something.  So was I.  Tears welled up once again and I looked down.  He stood for a few more moments. All I could see were his sneaker clad feet.  I looked up just as he rolled his eyes, quite exasperated, and walked toward the tenth floor rooms. 

*****

    I just sat there.  Scared.  Alone.  How the hell was I supposed to know what to do?  Why was his happening?

    I love him.  My heart almost pounded the words. I love him.  Boom boom boom.  I love him.     The tears burnt now, perhaps from mixing with my mascara.   

Static.

    “So what was that all about this afternoon?” the familiar voice, so much more serious than I ever remembered.  I didn’t answer, only looked at him.  I had no answer, I wasn’t sure what he was talking about.  “I mean, you make a scene, in front of, like EVERYONE.  Criticizing the person who PROTECTS me, claiming that all you want is to treat me like a human.  Claiming that all you want is to talk to me.  Well...here’s your chance?  And what do you say?  Nothing.  You say nothing.  So?  What do you wanna say?  Here’s your chance.  Say it.”  There was a pause.  I did not know this person.  Why was he so bitter?  What had I done to him? 

    I found my voice.  For the second time that day, I dug deep down and said exactly what I felt.  “What do you expect me to say?  After you just walked by like I wasn’t human earlier.  Do you think I’d actually think you wanted me to talk to you? I know what you think.  You think I’m like all the rest.  That I don’t know you.  That I don’t understand.  And you’re right about that.  But I do know that there is nothing in this world like you.  I do know what I feel.  Don’t assume that what I feel isn’t real.  Don’t assume that you have any idea about me, cause the truth is that you know NOTHING about the people who care most about you...you...you.”

    “Don’t assume you know ME at all.  You know nothing about me.  Nothing.” Nick retorted.  I was suffocating.  His eyes were distant.  “You have no idea how I feel. You have no idea at all.”  With that, he turned. 

    “I guess we’re a bunch of ignorant people than.”  I replied simply.  I tried to level my head.  I tried not to run up to him and grab him.  Feel his soft skin and touch his face. I wanted to tell him how much I WANTED to know him.  And suddenly, I found myself saying it.  “I guess that’s the difference between you and I.  I actually WANT to know you, and you could give a shit about me.”  My voice broke as I stood up and pressed the elevator button.  He just watched. 

    As I stepped on, I turned and looked at him.  He stared at the carpet.  But then, very lightly, I heard him.  “Like I said, you have no idea.”  The elevator doors shut and he was gone.

Part 2

Give me just one night with you
Every day of your life
One kiss every morning after a hundred kisses each night
Gimme just one night with you
Every day for all time
It would be so right every day to have just one night with you.
-One Night With You, CNOTE


    I was running down the hallway to my room.  My head was spinning from the encounter.  Why had he done that to me?  Me, who had always, simply and without question just loved him?  My world was crashing down around me.  It was more difficult having the fantasy end than having something real end.  Tears soaked my cheeks and would not stop gushing from my burning eyes.  Why?  Why?  Why?  My mind raced, my heart felt like it would explode from pounding in my tight chest.  I felt nauseous again.  Why isn’t this damn card thing working? I slammed it in and out of the door.  C’mon, c’mon, c’mon.  The light turned red over and over again.  Finally, I just placed my head against the cool door.  And I wept.  Wept like a child who had had her favorite toy stolen from her.  Why did I feel this way?  Why did this even matter?  Why couldn’t I just escape?

    “Here.”  his voice was light, almost distant.  But it was right in my ear, warmed by his breath.  He was standing close, right behind me.  I faintly felt his hair brush against my cheek.  He was looking down again when I turned my head slightly to look at him.  He raised his eyes and saw my tear stained face.  “Here, let me do it.”  Nick took the card key from me, slipped it in the door gently and when he removed it, the green light flashed steadily.  Still behind me, but with one arm crossed to open the door, he turned the knob and pushed it open.  Where did he come from? I thought.  What is he doing?  Nick motioned for me to go in by a small pat on my side.  I obeyed like a child. 

    When we entered my suite at the Ritz, I brushed my cheeks with the inside of my wrist and sniffed.  I gazed at him. 

    “This room isn’t too bad.”  he said matter of factly as he walked around. I suddenly was aware of the mess.  There were clothes strewn all over, empty and open alcohol bottles and an array of other items.  He approached one of the beds like he did this every day.  Before he sat down, he cleared a pair of nylons and a bra.  He grimaced and moved them over. 

    “Uh..well..uh...I guess it shouldn’t be for the price.”  I peeped out. 

    “A lot?”  he questioned.  I guess he didn’t know what the going rate was.

    “For me, yeah.”  I answered. 

    “Mmmm.”  he looked around the room some more.  I had no idea what to do. What is he doing here? I was so confused.  He obviously was, too.  Hadn’t he just basically told me to go to hell?  So, I just began straightening the room up.

    “Uh...do you have anything to drink in here?” he questioned, fixing a glance on me.  I motioned toward the mini-bar.     

“Take your pic.” 

    “Do you mind if I order room service?” he asked. 

    “Uh...do whatever you want.”  I answered.  What the hell is this?

    “Want anything?” he added as he picked up the receiver. 

    I suddenly realized I was hungry.  “French fries, I guess.” I requested. 

    While we were waiting for room service, Nick flicked on the TV.  “Do you mind?” he asked.  He was so polite, so informal, like we had hung out a million times before. 

    “That’s fine.” I snapped.  He set his lips together, got up and turned to a football game.  It seemed like the food took forever.  There was a cheeseburger, two orders of fries, four cokes, and two pieces of cheesecake.  Nick asked if it was ok to eat it on the couch and I gave him an affirmative once again.  I sat at the table and nibbled on my fries.  Nick was done in a matter of minutes.  He wiped his face off and politely excused himself to the bathroom.  As he shut the door the phone rang and I walked toward the receiver and picked it up.   

“Kel?” Angie’s voice came over the line. 

    “Hey Ang.”  I was hesitant.  “What’s up?  Where are you?”

    “We’re at the Grand.  I was just calling to make sure you were alright....are you uh, are you alright?”  she was always so concerned.  It was comforting. 

    I answered her honestly.  “I don’t really know.  Actually, uh, Nick is in our bathroom right now.”

    “Excuse me?” Angie sounded surprised, as I knew she would be. 

    “Yep...and uh, we kinda got into a fight, and man, I have no idea what he’s doing here.”

    “Oh my damn.  Nik!  Nick is in our bathroom.”  I heard Angie talking to Nikki through the thick crowd at the casino.

    “Oh shit, my bra is on the bed!” Nikki gasped. 

    I heard the door opening.  “OK, I gotta go now.” I said, and didn’t wait for a reply as I slammed down the receiver.

*****

    The casino was loud and crowded.  The guys had gone to get drinks and to find a good craps table while Angie and Nikki called me.  After I hung up, Angie half wanted to call me back, but figured that she didn’t want to interrupt.  She turned her head and looked for AJ, Howie, Marcus, Mark, and Dave from EYC. 

    “I’m gonna win me some money tonight.”  Nikki said, looking around as well, but more taking in the scene than scouting for the men.

    “I’m gonna find out why I woke up on AJ’s couch.”  said Angie, looking concerned. 

    “I’m sure you just passed out there or something.”  Nikki affirmed.

    “No, it was something else.”  Angie answered and Nikki looked at her quizzically.

    What’s going through her head?  Nikki thought as she watched her friend. Nikki hated it when Angie kept things from her. 

    Just then, Nikki spotted AJ’s red hair through the crowd as the guys approached. “We found something baby.”  he said to Nikki as he walked up, and grabbed her arm lightly.  It felt nice, Nikki thought, but she was wishing he was someone else.  Already, she was wishing he was someone else.  *You could never have him* Nikki thought of Brian as they pushed their way through the crowd, wondering what he was doing at the moment.  She looked at AJ.  He was really nice.  He was treating them so good.  She did not find him attractive in the least anymore.  Well, maybe a little attractive, but not like Brian.  He was nowhere near that perfection.  Her mind suddenly wandered toward Kelly as they took their place at the craps table.  Nikki hoped her best friend was OK.

Part 3

I had no right
Bringing you here
Knowing what I know and feeling the way I feel
I had no right being so uncontent baby
Being so confused...Being so not for you.
-Being So Not For You, PM Dawn

   Nick had resumed his place on the bed and watched the rerun football game until the end.  I could think of nothing else but to sit on the other bed and stare between him and the television.  When it was over, he sauntered up to the TV, switched it off and walked over to the table.  He picked up the small photo album and walked back to the bed, plopped down and opened it up.  I, suddenly aware of what he was doing, jumped up and approached him, almost afraid that I would be pushed away.

    “Um...those are, um, those are all my pictures of when I’ve seen you guys.”  I explained trying to make it sound innocent.  Like we weren’t stalking them.

    “Where have you seen us, Kelly?” he questioned.  He looked at the first pictures of Howie and Kevin in Orlando.  “Where’s this?” he pointed to a picture of the girls and Kevin. 

    “At Universal Studios in Orlando.  We actually just ran into them coming out.  We were there for Spring Break, you know?  And it was a total fluke, we just ran into them. We couldn’t believe our luck.”  I was racing to explain.  It looked so pathetic.

    “You don’t need to explain.  It’s alright.  I mean, I think it’s cool that you like us. Did you think I wouldn’t?” he responded defensively, but joking as well.

    “Well, yeah, actually...I thought you would think we were, well, you know,stalking you guys.”  I countered.

    “Heh..” he chuckled slightly, “You know you kinda are.  But it doesn’t bother me. I mean, until you start, you know walking around with binoculars,” my face burned thinking of the incident earlier that day, “and plotting the death of my friends and stuff.” he paused and looked at me almost pleadingly with large doe eyes.  “I love my fans, you know?  It’s incredible and indescriptable what I feel for you guys.  I don’t understand why you would think otherwise.  Everything I do, I do with you in mind.  Even the incident earlier.  You know that wasn’t a personal slight against you.  I was just protecting all the other fans.  If I took one picture with you, stopped to talk to ONLY you, then I would have had to talk to EVERYONE.  And that wasn’t possible at that moment.  I would have had to devote the equal amount of time to everyone else that was waiting around.  And there just isn’t enough time in the day when there are fifty people here.  I try my hardest, really.  And Billy?  He just does what he’s told to do...by me.”

    I didn’t respond.  Didn’t know what exactly to say at that moment.  Nick flipped some more through the book. 

    “You don’t have a lot of pictures of me...I’m kinda hurt.”  he said looking up at me with a hurt, but laughing expression. 

    “That’s cause you are too busy thinking about your fans and running through or performing magical disappearing acts...so I never get pictures of you.”  I responded sarcastically.

    “Ouch.”  Nick whined.  “Uncalled for.  You like being mean to me, don’t you?”

    “No, actually, I don’t.  I like being nice to you.  But the things you are saying...they just don’t make sense to me.  I guess it’s just that fan/star separation thing.”

    “Well...”  Nick thought for a moment.  “Let’s do something about it then, Kelly.” He looked at me sincerely and thoughtfully.  “How about you and me bridge that fan/star gap.  How about we be friends?  Cause, you know what?  I like you.  I liked you the second you smiled at me, and I still like you, even with your drama and your complaining.”  he giggled.  “Why don’t we prove EVERYONE wrong who said that fans and we...eh hem...and I use this term very very loosely...stars,” he emphasized the words with a flash of his hands, while rolling his eyes, “couldn’t be friends.  Can we do that, Kelly?” 

    His eyes were bright and dancing.  He was so strange.  That’s what was so wonderful.

    “I think that’s the best idea I’ve heard all day.”  I beamed, and felt so much better.

*****

    “Damn Baby!  You are on a winning STREAK!”  AJ yelled into Nikki’s ear. 

    “Hard Eight, Baby!  Hard Eight!”  Nikki shook the dice.  She had already won five thousand dollars.  And she was on a roll.  But it was only when she did her lucky ritual. “Baby needs a new pair of...SHOES!  Nice, shiny EXPENSIVE shoes!  Give ‘em a goodluck blow you sexy man, you!”  She put them in front of AJ’s smiling lips.  He blew gently on them and Nikki turned to Howie as AJ ordered drinks for all around the table.  “C’Mon sweet man, now you!”  Howie kissed Nikki’s cheek lightly and then blew on the dice. Every time they repeated this ritual, Nikki won.  The crowd grew quiet as Nikki prepared. She shook the dice as a lull dispensed and rolled ‘em screaming “ROKKKKKKKK!”. Everyone figured she meant “Rock” as in “Rock on”, having no idea, that the thought of Brian was what triggered her final attempt at a win. 

    “HARD EIGHT!” shouted the dude who tended the table. 

    The crowd went up in cheers as Howie and AJ both kissed a cheek.

*****

    “You’ve never been scuba diving?”  Nick looked at me surprised.  We were sitting on the same bed now, facing one another with our legs crossed. 

    “No....” I giggled, beginning to get embarassed.  I knew what the next question was going to be.     

“Why not?”  he did it.  He asked the inevitable.

    “This is so stupid.  And I don’t have many fears.  But....jeez...I’m uh, I’m afraid of fish.”  Nick burst out laughing at my confession. 

    “I know, man!  Fish are REALLY scary!  Whoa...I have nightmares, that some fish is gonna come, and you know, gnaw on me with there little fishy faces.”  he puckered up as I punched his arm.  He was laughing really hard now.  He made a swimming motion with his hands as he bobbed his head toward me making fish faces.  “I’m coming to get you.  I am going to sucka-fish you to death.”  We both began reeling.  Tears streaked my face again, but this time from laughing. 

    “I’ll tell you what?  I’ll go scuba diving.  But only with YOU.”  I looked at him as he wiped tears from his own eyes.

    “That sounds like a deal.” he responded giggling softly.  “Man, I’m hungry.”

    I cracked up.  “Uh, I imagine you are famished after that meal made for Jabba the Hutt.” 

    “Whoa...mean again girl!  What’s with you?”  Nick pretended distress. 

    “Well, it’s true....heh...wanna order a pizza?”  I smiled brightly at him.

    “I’ll call the front desk for the number.”  he jumped up and grabbed the phone.

*****

    “Hey Crapper!”  AJ yelled toward the Craps dealer.  “Give this winning lady the DICE!” 

    “If I win this one, we’re getting a suite in New York city for New Years Eve!” yelled Nikki.  And at every Backstreet Boys concert on the weekend for the rest of the year she thought to herself.     

Angie was cheering holding onto one of Marcus’s arms and one of Howie’s.  The boys performed the ritual once more, Nikki rolled once more, and won once more.  Howie kissed one of Nikki’s cheeks and one of Angie’s.  She got warm as soon as his devine lips brushed her cheek.  She wanted to kiss him again...on the lips...and this time, remember it. 

*****

    “I swear to God, Neil Diamond’s lips were moving on that poster!”  Nick had been describing to me a poster that his mother had had in the TV room when he was a child.  I was holding my sides trying not to choke on my meat lovers (muhahaha) pizza. 

    “So the poster was possessed?”  I giggled.

    “I don’t know, but I ripped it down one day and blamed it on BJ.  It scared the bejesus out of me...I suppose though, it’s not as pathetic as being a grown woman scared of ...hehehe...FISHIES”.  Nick cracked up at his joke. 

    “Funny Carter, real funny!”  I smacked his arm lightly. 

*****

    “There is NOTHING like a buffet after you’ve just won thirty thousand dollars.” Nikki was incredulous. 

    “I can think of some better stuff...”  AJ joked as Nikki elbowed him.  He had practically been hanging on her since she began her winning streak.  The whole party was upstairs at the on-the-house buffet they were hosting for their evening’s largest winner. Nikki wasn’t sure she could get any higher that night.  She couldn’t believe her luck.  Here she was eating good food with two Backstreet Boys, with thirty thousand smackers in her pocket.  Life couldn’t be better.  Well, Brian could be there, but she would scout out Brian before the weekend was over.  She felt the luck.  Nothing could break it now.

*****

    “So who was your favorite New Kid?”  Nick questioned, mockingly.  I couldn’t believe that I had admitted my New Kids obsession to him. 

    “Who do you think?” I said almost flirting. 

    “Hmmm...you seem like a DONNIE type girl to me.  You like ‘em BAD.  You like ‘em burnin’ down buildings and stuff.”  Nick stood up and went to the minibar for another coke.

    “No...you’re wrong...and by the way, there was no fire involved.”  I stretched out on the bed, leaning my back against the head board.  It was already 4:30 a.m. The girls weren’t home yet, but I hardly noticed. 

    “Ahite...tell me who your favorite Backstreet Boy is and then I’ll tell you who your favorite New Kid was.”  Nick teased.

    “Who do you think it is?” I teased him right back. 

    “Well, it’s definetely not ME, cause I’m a GEEK, and I can tell that you don’t like GEEKS.  So, I am gonna guess that it’s Kevin.  Yeah, yeah, Kevin FOR SURE.  Cause he’s all sexy and intense and stuff.  And I KNOW you’re the type of girl who’s in it for the SEX.”  Nick’s thought process came out through his mouth.

    “Moi?  A sex freak?  Well, yeah, that’s right.  And I do like the sexy, smoldering type.  But I wouldn’t consider Kevin the sexiest and smolderingist of the lot.”  I responded.  I was definetely turning the flirt machine on.  He had to know it was him.

    “Smoldering, eh?  Well, then it definetely has to be BRIAN.”  Nick and I both cracked up at the same time.  “No, wait, he’s a GEEK too.”  Nick chided fun at his friend even with him not in the room.  “Uh...do you like Latin men?” 

    “Nah...actually no, not at all.”  I lifted my knees up toward my chest. 

    “Kay...so that leaves...”  Nick counted on his hands... “No one...”  he laughed.   

“Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, I like Blonds!”  I added.

    “JOE!!!!  I got it, JOE was your favorite New Kid!”  Nick screamed it out.  I high fived him.    “You got it, baby!”  I shouted. 

    “So, who’s your favorite Backstreet Boy?”  I asked him, feigning seriousness.     

“That one’s easy,”  he responded.  “DEFINITELY Howie.”

*****

    The coat room was warm.  Angie could not believe Howie had pulled her in. His hands were all over her as his warm lips pressed on her neck.  This was a beautiful man. He moaned lightly as he softly whispered, “You taste so good.”  Angie could hardly stop herself as she gently rubbed his perfectly round behind. 

    “You feel so good.”  she sighed. 

    “Spend the night with me.”  he questioned her.

    “What’s left of it?”  Angie looked into his sweet, expressive eyes. 

    “We can make it last forever Angela.”  he had called her that since the first time she introduced herself.  It made her tingle.  His Spanish accent came out when he said it.

    Forever she thought to herself, as she nodded a “yes” to Howie.  Is that what I want?  Angie and Howie stepped out of the coat room, he leading her by the hand.

*****

    Nick was planted next to me now, but lying down and looking up at me.  My heart was aching litening to what he was saying. 

    “You really love her, don’t you?”  I could see it in his eyes as he talked about everything that had happened with Mandy.

    “I don’t think I will ever not love her.  Does that make sense?  I only hope that I can love someone else too.  Even more.  And maybe she’ll love me a little too.”  He peeped these last words out, as if they could never happen.  I turned over onto my stomach and our faces were closer.  I looked into his eyes that suddenly looked hurt and longing. 

    “You have no idea Nick, do you?  There are so many people out there who could love you.  Love you the way you deserve to be loved.”  I looked at him intently.   

“Like I said, you don’t know me.  I’d turn out to just be bad for someone.  Mandy calls it ‘allconsumingness’.  That’s what I am.  Too much to deal with.  Too stupid and annoying for anyone to put up with.  She told me that after time, the sex didn’t even matter anymore.”  Nick was talking very lightly now, but still looking me in the eyes.

    “That’s the biggest load of bull I’ve ever heard.  And I’m getting to know you, and I do know A LOT about you.  And I know you are none of that, Nick.  You are so special.  Can I tell you about the first time I ever saw you sing?”  He simply nodded his head at me, still gazing deeply into my eyes.  I was becoming lost in him.  I had no idea that this was precisely the all consumingness Mandy had talked about.  “I saw this person with so much life and so much energy.  I watched the way you teased the crowd and saw how much you loved what you were doing.  And I heard your voice.  God, it’s like something that would come from an angel’s lips.  I watch you every day.  I watch the way you smile and the way you think and everything you do.  And I KNOW that I love you. And I KNOW that other people who love you, love you the same way I do, because you are just so special.  There’s no other way to describe it, but special I guess....Is any of this getting to you?”  he was looking at me the same intent way as before. 

    “I don’t think they love me the way you do, Kelly.”  he said lightly, as he reached his large hand up and brushed my hair behind my ear. 

    “You’re probably right.”  I smiled.  “I don’t think anyone loves you like I do.  But I was trying to make a point.”  We both giggled slightly.

      “I’m tired.”  he looked at me.  I could tell from his eyes what he was about to ask.  “Can I just stay here to sleep?”  he questioned, already drifting off.

      “Only on one condition.”  I answered lightly. 

    “Anything baby.”  he replied.

    “Will you hold me?”  I peeped it out very quietly. 

    “I was just gonna ask you the same thing.” he answered as he took my right arm and wrapped it around his chest.  I lied my head down just beneath his chin as he reached his long arm over to the light switch to turn it off.  He then brought his arm back over and gently caressed my arm with one hand and my hair with the other.  I thought I would never fall asleep my heart was pounding so hard.  But in actuality, I was alreadry drifting off.  As the depths of sleep grabbed me, I heard a faint humming of an unfamiliar song coming from Nick’s lips.  It was the first time I ever heard my song.

Chapter 9
Song For Kelly

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