Chapter One
It had always been hard for me to be on the road with Nick and the other guys. As much as I loved them and we had become a family, I still missed my family and friends back home in Hawaii. Nick knew that it was hard for me to be away from them, but he kept assuring me that things would get better. "Jen?" Nick asked, coming into our section of the tour bus one afternoon.I had been sitting on the bus for a good potion of the day, just pretty much staring out the window."Yeah?" I asked, looking at him.Nick sat down next to me on the couch."Are you okay?" Nick asked, putting his arm around me."I'm fine," I said, leaning against him, "It's just...""What is it?" asked Nick."I got an E-mail from one of my friends," I said, "There's so much going on back home that I'm missing out on.""I know there is," Nick said, "And I'm sorry you have to keep missing everything. But trust me, Jen. Things were like that for me too at first.""I know," I said, "And things will get better, but I can't help but wonder what would happen if I had decided to stay back instead of coming with you and the guys.""What would happen is that I'd miss you like crazy," said Nick, "I'd be calling you every second of the day and driving your parents crazy."I laughed."There's that smile," Nick said, giving me one of his own, "I knew I'd find it." He gave me a kiss. "Why don't you call your parents or your friends or someone," said Nick, "Maybe talking to one of them will help a little.""Okay," I said.Nick gave me another kiss and then headed to go find the other guys. I picked up my cell phone from on the table and dialed the number for my parents' house. The phone rang for a while and then the answering machine came on.Hi. You have reached the home of Francis, Lillian, Jennifer, and Timothy. We can't answer the phone right now, but if you leave your name, number, and a brief message, we'll get back to you. Thank you!I was about to hang up when I decided to leave a message. "Hi Mom. It's Jen. I guess you guys went out. Um, we're in I think around Oklahoma right now, and I just thought I'd call to talk. Call me back when you can or I'll try back later, okay? Bye." I hung up my phone and put it back on the table.Nick had always been there for me to talk to whenever I wanted to go home and I had just fallen for him even more because of it. But I knew that I shouldn't have to depend on him to come to my rescue everytime I had a problem. I knew that it was time that I faced the problem and did something about it. Even if I knew deep in my heart that I was being silly for wanting to go home all the time, I also knew that it wasn't going to go away. I had never been the type of person to be able to go away from home for long periods of time. Nick and the others had been totally supportive and everything, but I knew it was time to make a decision. I either had to go home or continue suffereing from homesickness. The choice had to be made. And no one could make it but me.Chapter TwoBack to Babylove's Stories 
