Part
18
"Why are we going to the airport if we're all
taking your tour bus?" Alex asked.
"New talent," Drew said.
"Supposedly new talent," Jeff corrected
Drew.
"Plus," Justin remarked, "Our road
manager hates the bus. So we see him to the airport."
"Oh I was wondering." The limo pulled up
in front of the airport.
"Were you afraid I was just gonna send you off
somewhere?" Nick asked.
"Yeah, kinda," Alex admitted, moving to
get out after everyone else. Nick grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"I wouldn't just ship you off to some unknown
destination so other guys could have you," Nick whispered, pressing a kiss
against her neck.
"You wouldn't?" Alex whispered back.
"Never."
"Never?"
"Never ever," Nick said kissing her
lightly then more passionately as the kiss deepened. They parted when Jeff hit
the top of the limo.
"Okay lovebirds! Not in the limo!" Nick
smiled and Alex blushed at Jeff's comment. Alex climbed out of the limo and
blushed when she saw the smiles Drew, Justin, and Jeff were giving her.
"What?" Nick asked. "We're
engaged!" he said, taking her hand and extending it so they could all see
the ring he'd bought the night before. Just before going up to the room, he'd
left, went to a
jeweler who was closing shop and begged him to let
him by a ring.
"So? That doesn't mean we have to listen to it
or watch it!" Justin said good-naturedly.
"No one was making you, you know!" Nick
pointed out as they walked into the airport. Alex eased her hand into Nicks,
their fingers entwining. She smiled at him and looked around. A man was walking
toward them, followed by a young woman with long blonde hair.
"Guys, this is Jessica Simpson. Jessica, this
is Jeff, Justin, and Drew. That's Nick and his fiancé, Alex."
"Nice to meet you," she said looking only
at Nick.
"Jessica, you're going to be touring with the
guys, right?" Alex asked. Jessica looked at Alex as if noticing her for
the first time.
"Yeah."
"Well, I'm going to be with them for a while.
Until Nick and I get married."
"Which will be very soon," Nick said,
pulling Alex closer to kiss her, not even paying attention to Jessica as she
started talking.
"We'll have to get to know each other,"
Alex said.
"Yeah. Maybe."
Later that night, Nick had managed to snag the
`private bus'. Their manager had rewarded them with a bigger, better tour bus.
He said one person could use it at a time, as a reward as long as they took
turns.
They sat in the middle of the king size bed. They
were snuggled up watching Armageddon, when the phone rang.
"Hello?" Nick answered his cell phone.
"Man, we thought you'd be going at it!"
Jeff exclaimed from the other end.
"Not yet."
"Good luck man!" Jeff said as he hung up.
"Not yet what?"
"Nothing. Just watch Ben."
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I was just thinking, when do you
want to get married?"
"When do you want to get married?" Alex
asked him.
"Soon," he kissed her.
"Definitely."
The tour was long and Alex was getting tired of
living out of a bus. They were 5 minutes from Minneapolis.
"Nick, when we get to Minneapolis, I'm gonna
go see Tom. `Kay?"
"Tom? Sure, go ahead."
"Don't be mad."
"I'm not mad!" Nick said angrily.
"Yes you are!"
"Go see your Tom!" he said. The bus
stopped and Alex jumped out and started walking. She didn't stop until she got
to Tom's apartment.
