The next day I spent getting ready for the part. Nick called me and said he could pick me up at 5 so I could meet his other friends.

5 finally came around and the doorbell rang.

"Dad, can you get it?" I yelled.

"Hi, you must be Nick," my dad greeted.

"Yes sir," Nick replied shaking his hand.

"I'm Ali's father as you probably would've guessed."

"Hey Nick," I said coming downstairs.

"Hey," he replied.

"Bye dad," I said hugging him, "Love you."

"Be home by 2, Love you," he said shutting the door.

"You look great Ali," Nick said as we walked to his greed durango.

"Thanks," I smiled and blushed as he opened the door for me. We drove to his house and there were 4 cars there.

"The guys are here," Nick said explaining the cars. He led me into his huge house.

"Nicky, is that you?" I heard a guy yell.

"Yeah, don't call me Nicky! It's Nick man," Nick yelled. Four guys came into the family room.

"Who's this lovely lady?" A guy with sunglasses on asked while kissing the back of my hand.

"Knock it off AJ she's mine," Nick said pulling me closer to him,"Ali, these are AJ, Brian, Kevin, and Howie," he introduced.

"Hi," I said shyly.

"Are you one of Nick's fuck buddies?" AJ asked.

"AJ!" Nick yelled, "Ali, I don't know what he's talking about," he assured me.

"It's okay," I shrugged, "Nicky," I added.

"Hey! I'm not Nicky," Nick defended. All the guys rolled their eyes and sat on the couch.

"Okay, if you said so Nicky," I laughed. He started tickling me and I fell to the ground laughing with Nick on top of me.

"Okay Nicky get off of her," Brian said annoyed.

He finally stopped tickling me and helped me up.

"Have you learned your lesson now Ali-SON?" he asked jokingly.

"It's Ali, okay?" I said with a fake attitude.

Soon tons of people were there.

"Hey Carter!" Chris yelled.

"Hey," Nick sighed.

"So, am I still winning the bet?" he asked.

"What bet?" I stepped in.

"Nick here is suppose to get in your pants before midnight," Chris said happily.

"What?" I asked Nick with small tears in my eyes.

"I can explain," Nick said without being able to look at me.

"How could you do this?" I yelled and slapped him. I started to runaway, but AJ stopped me.

"Lets go talk," he said leading me upstairs. I followed. We went upstairs into Nick's bedroom, "What happened?"

"He tried to use me. He bet that he could get in my pants by midnight," I cried. AJ held me in a tight embrace and I let out all my anger and sadness.

"Ever since he met up with Chris, he's been different," AJ explained.

There was a knock on the door.

"I need to talk to her," Nick said quietly and opening to door slowly. He walked in and sat next to me. AJ left us alone.

"Why did you do it?" I asked angry.

"Because I didn't know you then and I needed money. Then I got to know you and I told him it was off, but he wouldn't listen so he's been giving me a hard time because I've been spending time with you. All I can say is that I'm sorry," he explained sadly.

"When did you call it off?" I asked looking in his eyes.

"The day Lily dumped me," he replied with his striking blue eyes meeting mine. Somehow I believed him. I softly kissed him, "Do you forgive me?"

"I'll forgive you, as long as I can call you Nicky," I smiled.

"Fine," he sighed. He wiped my tears away and kissed me. We started making out until he started tickling me.

"Nicky, stop," I said in between breaths.

"Not until you say I'm sexy," Nick said smiling.

"Okay, you're sexy," I said laughing.

"Why thank you," he replied.

"So...," I sighed, "Did you love Lily?"

"Nah, she was just," he was interrupted.

"A girl to have fun with?" I questioned happily.

"A girl to make me popular," he corrected.

"You sellout," I laughed pushing him away.

"Yeah, guess so," he shrugged, "But I am very smart."

"How so?" I questioned.

"Well, the day I asked for Tiff's number, I already had it. I just wanted to talk to you," he smiled.

"Hey," I said trying to push him off the bed, but with his size compared to mine it didn't quite work.

"What can I say? I'm smooth," he said right before he kissed me.

"So, how much was I worth?" I asked happily.

"50 bucks. I could've gotten 50 bucks off of you," he said regretting it jokingly.

"Ya know what?" I asked.

"What?"

"I'm gunna go stand up to Chris," I said running out of there. I went downstairs and found Chris.

"Well, if it isn't MacLaren, so do I owe Nick money now?" he asked smugly.

"No, but um I just wanted to clear something up," I said pulling him in the bathroom alone.

"What is it?" he asked annoyed.

"Well, you always say I'm flat and everything, but um," I stuttered.

"But what?" he yelled.

I lifted up my shirt to show that I was not what he'd been calling me all those years.

"MacLaren? You're not..." he trailed off.

"Flat? Oh, I know," I said putting my shirt back down. I left happily and found Nick drinking a beer with his other friends.

"What did you do?" Nick asked slightly buzzed.

"Nothing," I said taking his beer and finishing it off.

"Nick, she's a little young for beer," Kevin said quietly.

"Oh, let her be. Maybe I'll get lucky," he said with a grin.

"I don't think so," I said shaking my head at him.

"Carter!" Chris yelled, "Could I borrow her?"

"Why? You don't like her," Nick replied.

"Yeah, but she has boobs!" he yelled again. I just giggled and went outside.

"Well, well, well," I heard Brian come out, "You let Chris see your boobs before Nicky," he laughed.

"Yeah," I smiled back at him.

"You must be something special. Normally, he woulda dumped you and had his way with someone else already," he explained sitting down by me.

"Glad to hear that," I laughed.

"I'm just glad he found someone who cares and can take the pressures of being his girlfriend," he said while rubbing my back.

"What pressures?" I asked confused.

"With his career and all," he said assuming I knew.

"Career?" I asked again.

"He didn't tell you," Brian sighed.

"Tell me what?" I asked still confused.

"Brian, I can handle this," Nick said walking out. Nick took my hand and took me for a walk.

"What's going on?" I asked worried as we sat down on the beach.

"Ali, I'm in a singing group. That's how I know AJ, Howie, Kevin, and Brian. We are really famous in Europe and I'm only here for a week more. Then I go over seas and tour. I just found out about the tour right when I came outside. I've tried to have relationships while I'm on tour and I must admit, they're not easy," he said sadly.

"Well," I started," I won't be able to take that. So its only been a day with us. Lets end it now before we get too involved," I said strongly.

"Okay," he whispered.

"It was fun while it lasted," I sighed. We went back to the party and Nick took me home. There was and empty whole in my heart, but it was for the best.