Chapter Eighteen -- Kiss Me Soft
The music started again. Nick walked over and took my hand. As I turned to the big screen behind me, I saw a close up on our hands.
Nick:
I really need you... tonight...
Nick finished the song. Tears ran down my face. As the music stopped, Nick held me tightly in his arms. The rest of the guys came out and all of us said bye and thanks to the fans. I was still crying, I couldn't believe Nick just did that for me and fans were being so supportive. After the show, we went back to the hotel, my parents and my friends were in the room with me and Nick.
"Lori..." my mom said, "At first, your dad and I really wanna convince you not to go out with Nick because most of the artists were not serious about relationships, but I guess we were wrong." She smiled at Nick.
After they left, I sat myself down on the bed, trying to get myself to accept the stuff that had happened. Nick came out from the bathroom after taking a shower and sat down right next to me.
"Nick... I don't know what to say... did all of you guys knew about it?" I asked.
"Yes... I told them first." Nick answered.
I hugged him. "Thank you Nick... thank you so much. I never thought I would meet someone like you. But what if the fans didn't like it? What would you do?"
"Just go with it, Lori... because no matter what they do, they cannot change or affect anything between us."
Nick lied me down on the bed, covered me up with the blanket, and lied down beside me. "Come on Lori, take a rest, I bet we have lots to do tomorrow." Then he turned off the lights.
Nick was right. Reporters surrounded the hotel and it was so hard for us to get to the airport. We were scheduled for an interview on TRL, for the world premier of our new video "I Need You Tonight."
~ MTV studio, New York -- 3:30 pm ~
"Hi everyone, you're watching TRL. We're going to do the world premier of Nick and Lori's video, and have them right here sharing with us the newest admitted relationship and the most talked about today. Along with the most requested 10 videos in the country." Carson Daly said.
~ 25 minutes later ~
"Now..." Carson said as the fans were screaming, "the moment you guys are waiting for, let's welcome Nick and Lori!"
"Hi everybody, hi Carson." Nick and I said.
"Okay..." Carson started, "I heard that a really sweet thing happened yesterday in the Oakland show. Can we hear about the details?"
"Well... I just think it's time to let the fans know about the truth and to clear up all the rumors that bothers us a lot. So, I told the fans that Lori is my girlfriend, and I would really like to thank the fans, for being so supportive." Nick said.
"Lori... did you know about it?" Carson asked.
"No... when I was onstage, I have no idea what was going on... I never thought about it before either." I answered.
"So Nick, what made you made that decision?" Carson asked.
"I just wanted to be fair to Lori. She deserved to be known as my girlfriend. I mean, for some reason, I was really eager by the time to do something to protect her from all the stuff that were bothering her, so I made the decision to clear things up."
"Sweet... everyone... thanks once again for Nick and Lori and now, the world premier of their video, can you guys talk a little about it?" Carson said.
"Nick and I spent a couple of months in LA, shooting our first TV series called "Hit It Fast ~ Kiss Me Soft" This is the theme song to the series, so we've put sneak peak of the series into the video, I hope you guys will like it and watch the tv series which is coming up next month."
"Okay... thanks you guys... now, the world premier of 'I Need You Tonight'."
The video and the tv series turned to be a great success. Fans started to call Nick and I "The Stage Angels."
Time flies... in the next two years, I had a successful career with my 2 new albums. Nick and I were really stable.
I still remembered it was 2 weeks before Valentine's Day. I had a day off, Nick was on tour in Europe. While I was cleaning up the house, I started to feel sick. It continued for a few days, finally I decided to call up a friend of mine and have a check up.
<Hello. Dr. Michelle Lo's office.>
"Hi... may I speak with Dr. Lo please?"
<May I know who's calling?>
"I'm her friend, Loretta."
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