Chapter 6"so far how am I doing" nick whispered lightly in
alexia's ear "well..., you have a nice
approach, you invite your friends and mine so it wont
be anything formal but yet you still
manage to flirt constantly with me. and you move your
chair once in a while closer to mine
so in a scale of 1 to 10 I would say you have a 7"
alexia smiled mischivieouly knowing
that would that comment would mess with his head "a
mediocre seven, I at least deserve
an eight I mean I know I for got the flowers, but I
showed you the best sunset you have
ever seen earlier, right and I have a nice resteraunt
thing going on and I have three more
things" with this comment nick made alexia laugh
"you're the sensitive kind aren't ya" she
said as she caressed his jaw line carefully with her
finger, making him smile "so tell me
what is the other thing you have planned for tonight,
besides the dancing and the walk on
the beach" she smiled knowing that was any guy'sroutine "who told you about the
dancing" he pouted lightly "it is obvious, your a guy,
a famous celebrity, and I also read
magazine articles" she smiled "what???" nick asked
very confused "your idle date would
be with a pretty girl, a beach, and where there night
takes you, right" she said as she took
a sip of her margarita "how do you know that" nick
said as he once again pulled his chair
closer to alexia "well, for starters I had to keep
myself busily the other day so I dough up
all of you guys bios, I even went to some fan sites
and read pretty interesting stuff" she
laughed as nick's face went pail "and, I also was once
15" she whispered lightly in his ear
"so you were a die hard fan" he grinned "no, just a
fan, funny where life takes you once a
fan now a member" alexia paused as she saw the figure
of a slouched and very sadden man
"Brian, wha....what's wrong" she said as she got up
from her chair and walked towards
him, nick flowed her "man, what happened" nick asked
getting a gut felling it was over
leigh "we broke up" he answered dimly "oh, b I am
sorry, do you want to talk about it"
alexia said as she hugged him "she used me, she never
cared" he said as he held her tighter
"wow I should break up with my girlfriends more often"
he joked trying to kill the hurtful
feeling "brian" she said as she punched him lightly
"OK, OK I am sorry, lets eat I am
hungry" Brian said as he put his hand around alexia'swaist making nick a little
uncomfortable.-at a table-
"so what you think of those two" Aj asked cat pointing
at nick and alexia who where
dancing very close to a ballad "well, for some reason
ale is not taking her times which
means one of two things" she answered taping her nails
on the table "ad that would be"Brian asked sounding interested "well alexia is a
snail usually inn the dating race but for
some reason she isn't taking her time" "two weeks
isn't slow" Brian asked "well it usually
takes about four to five weeks for her to say yes to
the first date, she like to make sure
they want to date her for her not for alexia, but any
ways reason one is she isn't that
interested and she wants nick to realize it is not
going to work but still keep him as a
friend or she really does like him and doesn't care
about the being used issue" she said
looking at alexia who looked like she was having a
great time "I just hope she knows
what she is doing" cat sighed "why do you worry about
her so much, I know your friends
and all " Aj asked "she just been hurt to many times
and she does not deserve it, I mean
she gave up a guy for someone, she was really in love
with, she is just to nice for the
Hollywood world yet she always finds a way to make
her self happy later on, but still it
kills me to see her in pain, she pushed me to do the
unthinkable become independent,
survey and , well I just want to be there for her,
cause she would definitely be there for
me" "she means that much to you" Brian asked, Ajsmiled knowing the answer to the
question "she showed me what true friendship is and
was there for me when I needed her
so now its my turn" she smiled back at Brian who was
now looking at the image of his
perfect woman alexia 'god, how I wish it would have
been me' he thought to himself .
"so I seen that not only are you smart, beautiful,
witty, funny, can run like the wind and
make millions of dollars you can also dance" nick said
slightly raising his voice "what"alexia yelled back joking "I said...""no, I was
kidding, why is it that every five minutes you
compliment me" she yelled back "I don't compliment I
speak the truth" he smiled "yeah
right" she said "can I kiss you" he said in a normal
tone of voice "what" alexia asked not
hearing him this time. with no hesitation nick got
closer to alexia grabbing her gently and
moving his face closer to her so that he could kiss
her. alexia immediately moved back
feeling embraced and uncomfortable "alexia I .... am
sorry" nick said looking at the floor
"no I am sorry I mean, you have been nothing but nice
to me and I.... just I cant I am sorry
I cant trust guys just yet " with this said alexia
walked towards the exit "alexia wait" nickyelled as he ran behind her.
"god why cant I just be happy for once" alexia said
out loud as she started crying "alexia"
nick said faintly as he tried to catch his breath
"nick, please I need to be alone, I have to
think about what I want" she said as she walked away
"alexia, life isn't perfect, there are
good and bad times but that makes life a little more
exciting, I try god knows I tried, I just
don't understand you your cold one minuet than hot thenext WHAT THE HELL DO
YOU WANT " he yelled as she turned away "you" she
whispered to her self "I want you
too" he said as he pulled her close suprizing her.
alexia was more supriezed that he had
heard her "alexia, I cant play this game I just cant,
I am here with my heart in my hand
hoping you will take it and take care of it not play
catch with it throw it away some time
and other keep it" "I am sorry, but I just don't know"
"let me take you home" he said as hegave the vale his ticket
during the car drive no one said a word. alexia just
taped her nails on the car door looking
out the window, while nick was looking at the road
ahead, once in a while he would look
at her but immediately turn back to the road. as they
arrived to the entrance alexia's mind
was spinning 'I like him, but what if it all turns out
to be a game, or like matt, and then
there is ' alexia's thought was interrupted by the
door opening "goodnight miss" the valet
man said as he put out his hand. "so you still want to
have that walk" alexia said looking
back at nick. he smiled and quickly got out of the car
"so when I told my parents I wanted to be an actress
they smiled, when I packed my bags
they laughed, when I walked out the door they looked
confused, when I got into the cab
they disowned me, but when I won my first Oscar they
cheered, they never thought Icould make it and when I did they were the proudest
people in that ceremony hall" alexia
said as she walked down the darkened beach with her
shoes in one hand. there was a full
moon and that was the only light outside "you showed
them" nick said smiling at her "the
thing was they always believed in me but never thought
I could make it, they didn't know
how much I wanted it, I guess they wanted to spare me
from the disappointment" she said
as she sat on the damp cold sand "ale, can I ask you
something personal, I mean really
personal" he said as he took a seat next to her "sure"
she said almost whispering afraid of
what might happen "you said earlier in the club that
you couldn't trust guys, why? what
happened so that you lost the faith in man kind" he
said looking at the side of her face she
was going to say something but hesitated she took a
deep breath and started "nick, all my
life I have been looking for someone who will hold my
hand, kiss my pains and fears away,
to hold me, take care of me and love me, but overtime
I find them something happens" she
looked strait at the ocean and then back at nick "Jean
Franco was my first boyfriend, I fell
in love with him and thought that I would always be
with him, but when I moved to new
York we broke up, it killed him I had moved on but I
still cared, then there was dean the
man of my dreams he could make any wrong seem rightand one day so psycho fan
decided that the only place for me and him be together
was in heaven so he tried to kill me
and dean got in the way to protect me, he died for me,
when he died I lost control of guilt"
"guilt?" nick interrupted "I had doubted his love for
me, and mine for him but then I
turned out that he loved me so much he died for me,
people called it the most romantic
thing ever done, but what good did it make for him to
die" a tear fell down her cheek "I
figured out later on that I did love him, but not
enough, then there where a series of jerks,
some treated me right but I, just couldn't fall in
love, then came matt" "Damon?" nick
asked again "yeah, I was not interested at the
beginning but little by little he won me over,
about two months before we broke up I knew I had
stopped loving him, I tried to love him
but I couldn't, and little bye little another man won
me over, so I took a deep breath and
broke up with matt, I took no pity on him I belched it
all out with out even thinking twice,
I killed him, I didn't even try to sound nice, that
night I went to his apartment to apologize
to find 10 bottles on the floor and unlocked apartment
both empty so I walked through thestreets of new York alone and when I got to my
apartment I found him sitting on the door
step so I took him inside and......." "shhh, its all
right ale " "he started swearing at me, how
could of used him, cheated on him, and then he slapped
me so hard throwing me to the
floor then he jumped on me and tried to......... so I
hit him with the first thing I found, a
book on the coffee table and after that I left new
York, left him, and decided I needed a
doce of reality" she said as she looked in the
opposite direction of nick "I am sorry, but I
would never do that no matter what, I am falling in
love with the most incredible person I
have ever met and I would never hurt you, I promise"
"how can you say your falling inlove with me if you have only known me for three
weeks, you don't know me" she said as
she looked him strait in the eye "I cant explain love,
but I know it is happening, why cause
your the greatest person I have ever met, and I have
more in common with you than with
any of the guys, I love movies you love movies, I love
sports you love sports, I love music
you love music, I love pizza you love it, you like
video games, you bite your nails I bite
mine, we both have been burnt in love, we have friends
that would do anything for us and
vices versa we want people to like us for who we are
not what we represent, the only
difference is your much more mature than I am, and you
can cook" he said taking her
hands in his "how do you know all that " alexia asked
looking into his deep blue eyes
"Brian is my best friend remember" he smiled as hekissed her cheek lightly.
"so are you going to tell me what the consiagrege gave
you or am I going to have towrestle you for this one" alexia said trying to look
behind nicks back "not yet you just
have to wait a little more" he smirk "fine" alexia
pouted as the elevator stopped and the
door opened "so" "so aren't you getting out " alexia
smiled at nick "ladies first" was all
that came out of his mouth as he extended his left
hand pointing at the door. alexia rolled
her eyes and walked out of the elevator. she started
walking to her room, noticing that
nick was not behind her but the elevator door was
still open "nick, you know you are
making a camp in the wrong elevator" she yelled back
laughing at her lame joke. as she
got to the door she heard someone yell "wait " nick
ran out of the elevator with his jacketoff "oh, so now not only I cant see what
you...."alexia paused looking at him strangely
noticing his two hand were covered by his jacket "had
behind your back, now I have to
wait for your lazy ass" she smirked "I have to ask you
something before you go in" he said
getting very close to alexia, so close he could see
every little face mark, and a small scar
'god, please help me not to kiss him' alexia thought
as she looked for the strength to
control herself "and that would be" she answered as
she noticed her voice trembling. nick
let his jacket fall to the floor revealing two roses
one red and the other white. "red means
you'll be my official girlfriend, even if we take
things very slow. and white means you want
nothing with me but a friendship, and I can understand
that" he said looking at her dead in
the eyes. alexia was going to say something but
hesitated. she looked at both flowers then
back at nick , her face expression didn't change
making nick feel uneasy. alexia reached for
the flowers and took the white one, making nick wipe
the smile off his face "I took the
white " she paused looked at him and then reached forthe red "because every good
relationship should always start with a friendship,
and the red because even if I don't want
to admit it I want something more than a friendship"
alexia smiled and cradled his facewith her hand making him look up at her he was
blushing, and as he looked up, he cradled
her face with both of his hands and kissed her lightly
"I have been wanting to do that since
the day I met you" nick said as they both pulled away
from the kiss, alexia smiled but said
nothing. she turned and opened the door "oh god" was
all that came out of her mouth
when she came into her room and found one side full of
red roses and the other of white
"thank god I said yes" alexia turned around and kissedhim again.