I walked to the bus station, my one bag, a large backpack, was
stuffed to the brim. I had only brought the essentials plus a lot of money
so I could buy some other stuff on the road.
I got to the door of Nick's room and heard the other guys talking on
the other side.
"Nick, I swear, every time we're getting ready to get on the road,
you take the longest." I heard Kevin say.
"That's because he has to clean up this big ol' mess." Teased Brian.
It seemed that Nick ignored him.
"Hey, Nick, when's she gonna come?" said AJ, "If she doesn't get here
soon we'll have to leave her behind."
"Shut up," Nick replied, "And "SHE" has a name. Lucy'll be here soon.
I know she will." I put my ear to the door and listened.
"So do you like her, man?" Brian asked.
"Yeah, I think so." Nick said.
"Oh, shit." AJ sounded very serious. "Look at him. he's got that look
on his face."
"What look? What are you talking about?" Nick asked, sounding very
paranoid.
"Oh my god he does." said Howie.
"What!?!" Nick exclaimed.
"Nick, do you love her?" Brian asked quietly.
"Geez, I don't know!" Nick exclaimed, "Maybe."
"Nick, listen," Brian said, "there's no such thing as 'I don't know'
or 'maybe' when it comes to this kind of thing. Either you do or you don't,
and you know it. If someone says they're not sure it means they're not
telling the truth. Either that, or they're in denial."
"Okay, you want the truth? Fine then," Nick's voice was getting
louder. "I'll tell you the truth! Okay? I DO love her! I love her more than
anything and I would have died had she not been able to come with us! Are
you happy now? Because if you don'y have any more questons to ask me,
leave me alone!"
.......Silence.......
I leaned against the wall and, in shock, I slid down to the floor. I
couldn't believe he'd said he loved me. The whole time I was in love with
him and I thought he only liked me. It was just too good to be true. I'd
never thought anyone would love me, and noone had before Nick. I had always
worried I'd end up dying alone. I thought I was ugly. I thought I was a
horrible person. Maybe I was wrong.
"I decided to finally go in the room, see how Nick was doing, give
him a hug. I opened the door to see Nick packing by himself and the others
chatting together.