"Hey Katie. C'mon. My car's just around the corner." AJ helped me bring my stuff over and put it in the flat bed of his truck. I thought I saw someone in the car when we first went over, but I disregarded it. But when I opened the passenger door, there was Nick, sitting looking at me with a dissappoined look on his face.
"Why didn't you call me?" Then he slid over and let me get in. Nick didnt look mad, but I could feel an 'I hate you' vibe.
"Nick, I-" "Katie, I dont want to know. You felt like you needed to call AJ before you called me and I want to know why." "I didn't want you to feel like you had to take care of me." "I don't feel like I have to." "Thats good." "I want to. I don't know why. After what you did I feel like I should hate you but I dont. I want to wrap my arms around you and never let you feel any hurt again." "You should hate me." "But I don't. I want you to come home with me." "I lived with you for how long?" "Does it matter?" "do you want me to come back?" "More than anything." "Why? You dont deserve me. You deserve much better." "I know I dont, but you know what, I've never gone for things I deserve. If I did, I wouldn't have stayed this into you for so long. And I definitely wouldn't be here right now with you and AJ... Where's AJ?"
AJ wasn't in the car. He left us in the car. Then I saw him comming around the corner with 3 cups of coffee. "Katie, before AJ gets here, will you come back with me? Please?" "I will if you want me to and you promise to kick me out if you dont want me there." "Deal. But that wont ever happen."
(AN: OK, You people are probably thinking, "WHY the HELL would Nick take that bitch back?" Thats exactly what I was thinking right now while I was re-reading it. I'll tell you that its the only way I could keep this story from ending abruptly, and still fitting in some ideas that I have)
~2 Months Later~
"G'morning Nickers." I said placing a tray of pancakes, orange juice, and a cup of coffee on his bed side table. I flipped on the light and opened the window curtains. "Rise and shine."
Nick looked at the clock. "Katie, Its 11:45!!!" "And you have a lunch date in 2 hours in the city. And theres a lot of traffic." "LET ME SLEEP!" "NO! Howie called and told me to get you up." I pulled the blankets off his bed.
Nick and I had revised our agreement, so now I lived out back in the guest house, and , since he had his own house and didn't know a thing about cleaning, I'd clean for him. And DAMN, could his house use some cleaning.
"How'd he get your number?" "I was already here, dimwit. Get up." "I'm getting up. Ughhhh! I gotta take a shower." Nick paused to think a moment. "Wanna join me?" "Cool your pants, Nicky, You, need to get moving, not to get off." "OK, I'm going, I'm going." He got up and staggered into the bathroom. I pulled the sheets off the bed and threw them down the laundry shoot. Then I picked up nicks clothes from an entire previous week and put them down the laundry shoot. Then I pulled out a pair of dress pants and a white button down shirt and placed them on the empty bed. Then I left the room and went downstairs to work on the kitchen. In one night, Nick really could make a mess.
When I finally finished cleaning, I crashed on the couch. I didn't even notice I'd falled asleep until, well, I had. When I woke up, there was a blanket over me and it was dark. I glanced at my watch and realized I'd been asleep for 6 hours. It was 9:30. I could hear the faint beeping of a video game in the game room, so I walked quietly down the hall to the large room.
I walked up behind Nick, who was sitting in a beanbag chair, and wrapped my arms around his neck. He immediately paused the game. "Hey Nicky." "Have a nice sleep?" "Yea I did." I undid my arms from around his neck and sat next to him. "I was gonna wake you up, but you looked so peaceful." "You should have woken me up." "But I didn't. Wanna play?" "No I'll just watch." Nick started the game up again, and I watched him play till he beat the game.
I looked at the clock. 12:00. "Hey, Nick, before you start another game, I'm going to sleep. G'night." I walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "G'night Katie."
*~*The Next Morning*~*
*ring, ring* "Hello?" I asked in a groggy voice. "You are such a bitch! I can not believe you did that!!!" "Steph?" "How could you do that? That is so wrong!" "Steph, its.... 7AM." "I really dont give what time it is. I can not believe you!" "What did I do?" "We are not friends anymore. Don't call me, don't e-mail me, don't ever mention me again. You are worthless!" "What did I-*click* do?" I hung up the phone and went back to sleep. What did I care?
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