The Ninth Rose Part I-- The Meeting Chapter 4

Steph came over to my place and talked with my sister and I. My sis, Bessie, didn't believe me about last night. So I just didn't talk to her about it.
"So, Steph, coming with me tonight?" I asked
"Of course! Howie invited me, too."
"Steph, that's great!" I said, "I'm so happy for you!"
"Yeah, we really hit it off," She was so happy."So, what do you think we'll do tonight?"
"I don't know," I replied "I hope it's something fun. But then it'll already be fun if it's with them, right?"
"Oh, yeah, I agree," She said. "So, you like him alot huh?"
"I guess. He kissed me last night."
"No way!" Steph exclaimed.
"It wasn't anything like a french kiss, don't get me wrong. It was just a little one on the cheek."
"But a kiss is still a kiss..."
"So, how far did you and Howie go?" I asked, changing the subject.
"He held my hand, we hugged goodbye. We really got along well. I can't wait 'till tonight."
"Neither can I." I paused a minute before saying another thing that was on my mind. "On the card on the rose he gave me, it says 'the first rose'. What do you think that means?"
"I don't know," she said, "Why don't you ask him?"
"Alright, then, I'l ask him tonight."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~That Night~

"I'm so nervous!" said Steph, as we waited in the elevator on our way to the top floor.
"Don't be," I told her, "You already know he likes you. What's there to be nervous about?"
"Maybe he doesn't like me. What if he's just being nice?" She was so worried.
"Oh, come on. I really doubt that."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I see how he looks at you. He really likes you." I tried to convince her.
"I hope so." she replied. Just then the elevator doors opened. We got out and went to the second door on the left. I double-checked the number on the card. "Is this it?" Steph asked.
"Looks like." I said. Steph took a deep breath. I knocked on the door. Nick answered it right away.
"Lucy, hi! I'm so glad you came!" He gave me a big hug.
"Thanks for inviting me." I looked at him. he was wearing khakis and a tommy shirt. "So where are you taking me?" I asked.
"There's no way I'm telling you! You'll just have to wait."
"Nick?" Steph asked.
"Oh, hi, I never even noticed you were here. Sorry."
"I feel so loved." she joked. "Which room's Howie's?"
"He's right across the hall, there."
Howie answered the door when she knocked. I couldn't tell what they were saying, but then they both went into his room and shut the door.
"I think that would be a good idea." I said and led him back into his room. "Wow!" I exclaimed when I looked in. It was huge. There were two floos, a big screen TV with an N64 game hooked up to it. The room was well furnished with expensive stuff, too. I could hardly see the expensive carpet, though. He had the messiest room I'd ever seen.
"Are you wowing the room or the mess?" Nick asked.
"Both." I replied, and laughed.
"So do you want to get going?" He asked
"Sure, are all the guys coming?"
"Yup."
We walked into the hallway to see all the guys and Steph waiting for us. We got downstairs and piled into the limo, along with a few bodyguards. On the way there I kept begging Nick to tell me where we were going, but he wouldn't say a word.
Finally we pulled up in an alley. "What's this?" I asked. The driver opened the doors and we all got out.
"Lucy, we're at a night club. We're going through the back doors one at a time so we don't get recognised. The owners and people who work here know we're coming so they set up extra security," Nick finally explained. "We'll go in first." He put on his "Dolphin's" baseball cap and we walked in.

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