~*~ Chapter 11~*~
"Hello, Dr. Kline. We came as fast as we could! Is Nick going to be OK?" Ali asked.
"Yes, he'll be fine, but they'll be only one visitor allowed in at a time." the doctor said.
Everyone breathed a big sigh of relief - Nick was going to be OK.
"Can you tell us what happened to Nick?" Lisa asked impatiently.
"Apparently, Nick cut his arm up pretty badly. We're still trying to figure out how it happened." the doctor explained.
Ali was the first one to visit Nick. The second she walked in, he opened his eyes.
"Have I gone to heaven? I must have, because there's an angel standing in front of me."
Usually Ali would fall for Nick's sappy comments, but she was still really angry at him so she rolled her eyes at his comment.
"How are you feeling?" Ali asked quietly.
"I'm fine now," he smiled up at her.
"Has Mandy been in to see you yet?" she frowned. "Ya know she called me today."
"Did she? What did she say?" Nick asked.
"She told me that you're great in bed, which is something I wouldn't know. It's something we never shared, but I guess she was special enough to share it with!" Ali felt tears well up in her eyes.
"Aww Ali. You never even gave me the chance to explain!" Nick whined.
"Yeah well go ahead and explain." Ali said impatiently.
"OK, well Mandy is my ex girlfriend. She came into town a few days before you dumped me. Well the kiss you saw was a friendly kiss because I haven't seen her in 2 years. Well it was a surprise visit and she kept makin moves on me. And every time she kissed me, I wasn't kissing her back, I was thinking of you. And i didn't sleep with her. She only wishes." Nick said.
"That's total bull, Nick, and you know it!!! And it doesn't matter if you felt nothing for her, you cheated on me!!"
"Well technically, I wasn't because we had broken up." Nick commented.
"Gosh, Nick, I meant it to be a short break in our relationship, not like we're done being together, forever. If i would've known you'd run off with that blond slut....!!" Ali yelled.
"Excuse me Ali!! Mandy is NOT a slut. You can't even say that when you don't even know her! And besides, YOU dumped ME, remember?" Nick yelled at her.
Ali turned her back to Nick and faced the opposite wall. She stood there for a while.
"Here is the gift and note I was going to give you the day I saw you kiss Mandy!" Ali cried as she tossed the box on Nick's hospital bed and ran from the room.
Nick looked down at the box and opened it. Inside was a ring with "Ali and Nick Forever" engraved in tiny lttle diamonds. He read the note which said:
"I realized I can't live without you and I want you to know that I need you more than you'll ever know. Love Ali"
Nick ran his fingers through his soft, silky blond hair.
Aw man, I really messed up this time. he thought to himself as he held the ring in the palm of his hand.