The next morning before Nick left, he decided to call Becky to see how she was. "’Ello?" she answered. "Morning Beck" Nick replied. "Nick?" Becky asked, rubbing her eyes. "Yea" he said. "Oh, morning. Sorry I’m still half asleep" she apologized. "Oh I’m sorry did I wake you?" he asked, feeling guilty for disturbing her. "No, I was just laying in bed…" she told him. "Oh, I wanted to see how you were doing…" Nick said. "I’m better…" she began, "…and I think having a friend like you helped a lot" she said, smiling to herself. "Anything to help" Nick replied. "Too sweet Nick, you’re too sweet" Becky told him. "Thanks. Listen, I know I probably should say this in person, but I want to tell you now, and I have to go meet Brian in a couple minutes, so the phone will have to do…" he began, "I love you" Nick admitted. "I love ya too" Becky said. "No, I love you Becky, more than anything" Nick said. "I do love you Nick…but…I’m not sure that I’m ready for a relationship quite yet…" she replied. "I understand. But do you think maybe we can do something sometime, as friends?" Nick asked shyly. "Yea, um…how about tomorrow night…Would that be good with you?" she asked. "Yea, tomorrow sounds great. Could I call you later on?" Nick asked. "Yea, I’d like that" Becky replied. "Alright, I gotta go now, talk to ya later" Nick said. "Bye Nick"
A few minutes after Becky hung up the phone with Nick, there was a knock at her door. "Who is it?" Becky called on her way over to the door. There was no answer. Before she opened the door, she noticed a folded up paper that had been slid under her door. She picked it up and read it.
Becky,
I’m really sorry about last night. Will you ever forgive me? I love you. I don’t know what happened to me. I didn’t mean to hurt you. We need to talk. I’ll call you later today, maybe we can get together sometime soon, like tomorrow or something. Well I’ll call…so please pick up.
Love always,
Justin
‘How could he even…’ Becky said to herself as the anger built up inside her. It was close to ten and Becky was meeting Gabrielle for lunch at 11:30 so she decided to get ready. She left her dorm around quarter after eleven wearing a pair of blue jeans and a tank top. "Hey Beck!" Gaby called as Becky walked into the café. "Hey Gab" she responded, as she walked over to the table Gabrielle was sitting at. "How’s it going?" Gaby asked. "Good…and not good" Becky replied. "What’s up?" Gaby asked, with a confused look on her face. "Nick called me…and he told me he loved me…it felt so good to hear that" she said, smiling. "Yea…I know what you mean" Gaby responded, "So what’s the bad news?" "Justin, he left a note under my door this morning…" Becky said. Just then Nick and a few of his friends came in and sat at the booth next to Gaby and Becky, not knowing that they were there. "…he told me that he loved me, and that he’d call later today. I can’t believe he’d even think that I’d go out with him. He’s such a…a…I don’t know…" Becky said. "What else did he say?" Gaby asked. "That he wants to get together…what should I do Gab?" Becky asked. "I don’t know…just ignore him" Gaby suggested.
