Chapter 4
Nick's View
Everyone had left Brian's house awhile ago. I, however, refused to leave until Bri and Col came back. I glanced at my watch… it was 1:30 in the morning. I was starting to get a little worried. I know that they're both responsible, but you never know what could happen.
"Ha! You are so wrong Brian!" I head Col giggle, as they burst into the living room.
"No! You…"
"Where the hell have you been?" I interrupted, standing up to face them.
"Well, DAD, we were at this new club…which by the way is very cool…" Brian slurred.
"Bri… are you drunk?" I replied, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Um… yeah!" he said, giggling.
He walked over to the couch and threw himself down. As soon as he hit the sofa… he was out like a light.
"Why did you let him get like this? He hates to drink! He never drinks!" I shouted.
"First of all Nick, don't yell at me. Secondly, I didn't force him to drink! He wanted to enjoy himself! Besides, how could I force HIM to drink? I'm underage anyway."
"Oh yeah, sorry. Man, he's gonna be in some pain tomorrow." I snickered.
"Yeah I know. Well, don't bother waking him up. He'll never make it up the stairs." Col added, "You should stay over… it's not worth driving home. I'll take the spare bedroom on the right, and you take the one to the left."
"Alright." I replied, "Hey, you didn't let him drive home did you?"
"Of course not!"
As we walked upstairs, I decided to ask her why her and Brian left me out tonight.
"Col?" I mumbled, "I need to ask you something."
"Ok what?" she replied, walking into her room. I followed her in, and closed the door.
"Well I was kind of wondering why you and Bri went out tonight, and didn't bother inviting me."
"Oh Nicky… I had no idea that would bother you! I'm sorry. Brian suggested we go out alone tonight. He said something about it being like the old days back in Kentucky." She replied, running a brush through her shoulder-length light brown hair.
"No it didn't bother me exactly… it just hurt being left out."
She put her brush on her dresser, and walked over to where I was sitting on the bed. She sat down next to me, and put her hand in mine.
"Listen Nick… it's already 2 in the morning. I'm not gonna get ANY sleep. So why don't we take advantage of the big screen TV. Brian won't be waking up, no matter how loud we put it. How about it?" she smiled.
"Ok." I replied, "Race you downstairs!"
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Well, after much debate, Col and I agreed on a movie: Scream. To tell you the truth, this movie scares the crap out of me! We were sitting on the floor cause Brian had the couch. He hadn't woken up once during the course of the movie.
"Oh my God!" Col shrieked, putting her head in my shoulders.
I looked towards the screen.
"Oh shit!" I yelped, cover my eyes. Some girl was just killed. No let me re-phrase that: some girl was just stabbed, gutted, and hung from a tree.
Suddenly, she burst out laughing.
"What?" I asked curiously.
"You're supposed to be protecting me, but you were just as scared as I was!"
"No! I told you, this movie freaks me out. You promised you wouldn't laugh at me." I said, sticking out my lower lip.
"Oh yeah I did! Sorry Nicky."
"Ok I forgive you."
She smiled, laying her head back down on my shoulder. I put my arm around her, and tried not to scream when they showed the killer stab some guy.
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The movie just ended, but she's been asleep for a while. Call me strange, but I enjoy watching people sleep. They look so peaceful. Let's take Col for example: she's so beautiful and QUIET when she's sleeping… but then she wakes up and she is LOUD! She says the same thing about me though. This is what I absolutely love. Having Brian gone for awhile, even if he's drunk and sleeping on the couch. Anyway, having him gone, and me being able to spend time with her alone. I don't get that chance very often. I bet that's how Bri feels. He probably wants to spend some alone-time with her too. I guess I can't blame him. They WERE best friends for a long time. I've only known Colleen for 6 or 7 years… I've known her since BSB first started. But compared to Brian, who knew her all through junior high school and high school… I've only known her for a short time.
Oh well. I don't care. Col loves us both and that's all that matters. I don't care if she loves Brian more… she should! As I said, she's known him longer. Yeah I understand why Brian spends so much time with her! I get it now! He just wants to remain her best friend. Ok good. Now I don't have to be pissed at Brian for leaving me out.
There's plenty of room for Brian and me in Col's life. Right?
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