Chapter 11
The bright shining lights of the Picaso's Night Club stung Haylie's eyes. Her grip on Brandon's hand suddenly tightened.
He decided they get dressed up and dance their (or Haylie's) problems away. Although stubborn about it she finally agreed to it.
"Come on Haylie!",Brandon shouted through the loud music,"Don't be so down! C'mon let's dance!"
The thought of dancing didn't exactly thrill Haylie,but she trusted Brandon,plus she did like the song they were playin now..'Jumpin Jumpin' by Destiny's Child.
But after dancing for about an hour stright,both Haylie and Brandon got tired,"Let's go sit down somewhere." He suggested.
He lead the way over to a small table with two chairs away from the crowd and across from the bar. As almost he knew exactly where to go.
Haylie wiped the wet perspiration on her forehead,"I'm soo thirsty! I'm getting some water! Want anything?"
Just then Brandon sprung up from his seat,"It's okay. Your tired. I'll get you some water!"
Haylie tiredly nodded,gratefully. She yawned and glanced at her watch,it was only 10:00 and she was hungry. Maybe after a few more dances and water they could go eat somewhere.
Brandon came back interrupting Haylie's scenerio of what could happen during the rest of the night,"Here ya go!" He said handing her a glass full of cold water.
Haylie shone her bright smile at him,"Thanks!" She practilly grabbed it from him though and gulped it down in almost one drink.
Brandon sat down at looked at her astonishinly for a second and then shrugged.
But the next thing she remembered was her head getting tired,and her getting dizzy,she felt unconcious and like she was about to pass out..sure enough she did.
**
Nick re-dialed Haylie's number for the 5th time. He kept trying to call her but he just got rings. No one was home. He thought for a moment,why she wouldn't be home. He looked at his watch,it was 11:00 her time..maybe she was asleep? That was it,he was stupid for calling her so late,that's what was wrong. ..But still,why didn't she answer?
He turned off the light and walked over to his bed,although tripping over his shoes he caused a loud comotion that woke his neighbor in the hotel Brian up.
Brian slowly opened Nick's door and peeked in to see him in his bed,sleeping,or so he thought.
"Brian?" He whispered from his bed.
"Yeah?"
"I'm okay,I just tripped over my shoes."
Brian softly laughed at his friend,he did the funniest things sometimes,"Did you call her?"
"Who?"
"Haylie,you toliet head!"
"Oh,yeah. She wasn't there."
"Hmm. Try tomarrow."
"Goodnight Bri."
Brian smiled to himself before he silently closed the door,"Night Nicky."
**
Haylie stirred in her sleep for a moment. She reluctantly opened her eyes. Her head hurt. As the other,mostly every body part in her did. She looked down to discover only a thin blanket covered her body. She gasped in horror.
An all too familar face appeared,"Brandon." She grumbled,"What the hell am I doing here like this?" She then shouted.
"I found you..in the corner of the club like this. I guess it's all my fault. I brought you to the club. I only had one extra sheet to cover you up with. I'm sorry." He said with an apologetic look on his face.
At first Haylie thought for a moment,then grabbed the cover hard,and tried to sit up,although unsuccessful,"Why was I like this? My parents?! They're gonna kill me!"
"I thought I should let you sleep. You told me you wanted to stay here and it was gonna be no prob."
Haylie all of a sudden felt sick to her stomach but still managed to say,"First of all I was probably drunk,second of all-" Before she could finished she got up and saw a bathroom across from where she was. She hurried to it and threw up in the toliet.
Brandon rushed to her side and softly toched her hair,"Look I'm sorry okay? I'll get you some clothes.."
She noticed she ran with only the sheet on her,"Damn it! I want to go home!"
He hurried to her a long shirt and sweat pants,"Here. After you finish getting dressed I can take you home okay?" He said handing her the clothes.
"Yeah. I'm just gonna get in deep shit that's all!" She said snitching the cloths away. She really felt sick. Although she didn't have bad hangovers she felt this wasn' a GOOD one.
He gave her a sympthetic smile before leaving the bathroom,"I'm so so sorry,can you please forgive me Haylie?"
"I'll think about it." She changed in a rush. Then looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was all over the place and she had dark rims under her chocolate brown eyes. She tried to mend her hair to make it look decent and came out the door,tired and droopy.
After Brandon dropped Haylie off without her saying a word the whole way to him. She opened the door and swayed into her house. Going stright to the kitchen.
Luckily Haylie's parents were both at work,a note was on the kitchen counter,
Haylie,
We trust you with all of out hearts. We know you'll be here when we're home. If you had a hang over and stood at Brandon's..stay home the rest of the day and be ready for some explaining,lectures and you getting grounded.
Love,
Mom&Dad
Haylie frowned,she knew she was in for it. And she wasn't exactly about to lie to her parents after pulling such a stunt the night before.
She went up to her room and practically ran to her bed and under the covers,hoping to never wake up again.**
Nick shook his head. He wondered for about the hundreth time,should he call her again or not? What if she thought he was bothering her? And then didn't like him anymore? Then what?
'Just do it Carter.' He told himself,'Just do it.'
He picked up the phone and dialed the numbers so fast he didn't have time to hang up.**
Haylie heard a loud ringing that instantly woke her up. She tried to ignore it,but it kept ringing. 'That's it! If we don't get an answering machine I'm going to revolt!' She thought to herself as she weakly got up and picked the phone up.
"Yeah?" She answered groggily,a hint of grumpiness in her voice.
Nick instantly got scared,this didn't sound like the Haylie he knew,the one he saw,"Haylie?"
She ran her cold fingers through her dark brown hair,and instantly knew who it was,"Nick." She replied softly.
"You sound sick. Are you okay?" Concern filled his voice.
The way she knew he cared about her sent chills throughout her body just as it did when she heard his voice,"Yeah. I'm sort of sick." She then softly laughed,"But I think I'll survive."
"Hey,good news!" He said trying to lighten the mood,"I'm coming home in a few days!"
Haylie's mood suddenly brightened,she sat up smiling,"Really?"
The anticipation in her voice excited him,"Yeah."
"Hey Nick," She whispered through the phone.
"Yeah?"
"I miss you." She whispered softly.
"I miss you too."
Chapter 12
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