~*~*~THE NEXT DAY~*~*~
“Ready Lindsey?”
“Yeah, Nick, I’m coming.” Nick and I were making an unannounced trip to his family’s house. “I’m nervous,” I confessed as we drove down the highway.
“Don’t be, they’ll love you just as much as I do.”
“Even after the fight?”
Nick hesitated a little before answering. “Well, they kinda sided with you from the begining.”
“What?”
“Well, I didn’t tell you this, but they thought the whole thing was my fault...which it was.”
“Oh. Wanna know something I didn’t tell you?”
“Yes, very much!”
“Ok,” I replied as I lifted my shirt a little.
“What the-” he stared at my navel ring.
“Nick, hun, keep your eyes on the road.”
“Oh,” he returned his attention to the road. “When did you do that?”
“A little less than 2 hours after our fight. AJ took me. I thought going through a different kind of pain would take away the pain of thinking you hated me. But I was so wrong.”
“Well, I love it. It’s cute!”
“I hope so. It hurts like hell!”
“Well, here we are,” he stated parking the car.
“God Nick! It’s huge!” I stared in awe.
“Lets go in,” he took my hand and walked in the house. “Mom! Dad!” he called out.
“Back so soon?” Jane emerged from the kitchen. “Oh, hi,” she said sweetly, “you must be Lindsey.”
“Yeah, hi.”
“It’s nice to meet you. Come meet the family, we’re all in the kitchen.”
Nck and I followed her into the kitchen and I looked around. “This is my dad, Bob, Angel, Aaron, Leslie, and.....where’s BJ?” Nick asked.
“In her room.”
“Oh, ok.”
“Hi,” everyone greeted me.
“Hello.”
“We heard that you’ll be touring with Aaron,” Bob said.
“Yes, I am. I can’t wait.”
“Congratulations.”
“Thank you.”
“Lets go see BJ.” Nick took me up to BJ’s bedroom.
“BJ?” Nick knocked on her door. “Can I come in?”
“Sure,” she opened the door. Her eyes were watery and red.
“Beej? Have you been crying?” she didn’t answer. She just turned around and walked to her bed and sat down. I signalled for Nick to leave so I could talk to her. He silently turned and walked away. I entered her room and closed the door. As I walked over and sat on her bed I said, “Hi!! I’m Lindsey.”
“Hi.”
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“I went to a party last night and saw my boyfriend kissing my best friend.”
“You can do so much better than that jerk. He’s not a good boyfriend if he’s gonna cheat on you. You’ll meet someone better.”
“You really think so?”
“Yeah, of course. In fact I have an idea.”
“Really?” she cracked a little smile.
“How old are you again?”
“17.”
“My sister Jessica is 17. She could hook you up with one of her guy friends.”
“You think she’d do that?”
“Of course!”
“Thanks.”
“In fact, you could move to Orlando until we all leave for the tour. You could stay with me.”
“Really?”
“Definately. Go ask your parents.” She ran off as Nick came in the room.
“I heard all of that.”
“You did?”
“Yeah. You did really well.”
“Thanks.”
“So, I take it you’re moving back into the condo?”
“Yep! Do you think your parents will let her come?”
“Yeah, probably.”
“Good.” I smiled.
“LINDSEY!!” BJ came bouncing back into the room. “They said yes!!”
“That’s great!!”
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“Nick, you keep good watch over her,” his mom warned.
“Ok, I will.”
“Love you, bye!”
“Bye!” We all walked out and drove back towards Orlando.