It was our last day in Miami and Taylor, Brian, Alana and I were hanging out down by the ocean.
"You know I'm really going to miss you." Alana said as we walked up the boardwalk to get something to drink.
"I know, I'm going to miss you too. But don't worry, I'll be back in Mora in time for my senior year."
"Well good." She said smiling.
"Say, have you and Brian talked about you're relationship?" I asked as we got our drinks. She smiled. "You have haven't you? Good news?" I asked.
"Yes we have and I think it's good news." Alana started. "We talked about it last night after the Charity Ball. And I still can't believe it. Brian wants a serious relationship with me and he wants me to stay in Florida with him for the rest of the summer. Amy, I need advice. What should I do?"
"Girl are you stupid?" I laughed. "If I were you I'd just follow my heart and instincts. Alana go for it. Give it a shot."
"Give what a shot?" Taylor asked as we returned to our spot with him and B-Rok.
"Nothing." I said as I smiled at Alana, she nodded.
"Hey where is everyone else? Weren't they supposed to be down here too?" Alana asked.
"Yeah Zac, Care, Ike, and Beth are coming but I don't know about anyone else." Tay said.
"Oh well, Nick-I know Taylor-but Nick, Howie, AJ, Kevin and Jen will be down anytime. And don't worry Taylor I talked to Nick last night about what we discussed and he understands now. He's agreed to leave Amy alone -romantically." Brian said. You could see Taylor relax but I was confused. I looked over at Alana but she seemed just as confused as me.
"What did you discuss last night?" I asked sitting down next to Taylor.
"Nothing much." He said. I gave him a look like "Come on I'm not stupid." He took my hand and said, "Don't worry you'll find out soon enough." And he lightly kissed my forehead.
"Hey guys!!!" Zac yelled as he came flying down the beach. Beth, Care, Isaac, Jen and Backstreet weren't far behind. After awhile us girls were getting ready yo go swimming when Nick approached Taylor.
"Hey, Taylor can I talk to you?" I stopped cold, I didn't want trouble so I stayed behind.
~Taylor's P.O.V.~
"Sure I guess." I said coldly. I walked away with Nick trying my hardest not to hit him.
"Listen, Brian talked to me last night, about you and Amy. I'm sorry I guess I didn't like the fact that someone had something that I wanted. Usually if I try hard enough I get what I want. I didn't realize things were so serious between you two. You are a very lucky man to have a girl like that you know that right?"
"Yeah I know."
"I hope you two stay together for a long time. I can only wish that I could find a love like that sone day. Do you forgive me?" Nick asked very truthfully. "I never meant for this to ruin our friendship."
"Yeah I forgive you. I never wanted this to hurt our friendship either. Just quite checking her out" I laughed as I hugged him.
"I think I can handle that." Nick said as he hugged me back.
~My P.O.V.~
I couldn't believe it -they were hugging. "Oh my God." I whispered.
"Yeah no doubt." Care said.
"Well I'm happy THAT'S over with. Now we can hang out without having to worry about a fight." Kevin said to Isaac.
"Tell me about it." Isaac said. We were all relieved that was over. We had a blast at the beach for about three more hours. It was great. Around two we had to get back on the road. So we said our good-byes to everyone. I told Alana that if she decides to stay with Brian that she had to call me at least twice a week. I gave her my pager number in case she couldn't reach me at home or through Tay's cell phone.
There was only about four and a half weeks left of tour and I was starting to get depressed. I didn't want to leave Taylor -or the rest of the family for that matter. I loved them all so much.
Alana decided to stay in Florida with Brian for the rest of the summer and she did call me twice a week like promised. Things were going great with her and Brian. Our dreams have come true.
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