*~*~*The Next Day~*~*~
Nicole walked into Stevens bedroom where Steven was sitting in his crib playing with a stuffed bear that she had brought for him. She smiled at him, she just wished that Nick was there for him, for her, but it was her choise not to tell him and now she had to live with it. Just then Nicole realized that she had to get Steven ready because Josh was going to be there any minute.
She went over to Stevens crib and took him out and began to dress him. As time passed, she began to feel bad. Josh was going to be the first man that Steven was ever going to meet. Nicole just wanted to do what was best for Steven and she knew that having a father figure would be a great thing and Josh was willing to do that. She knew that he wasn't his father, but he would be fine for now. She must have zoned out because the next thing she remembered, her mother was calling her.
"Nicole, honey, Josh is here!"
"Coming mom," Nicole said. She looked down at Steven "he's not your daddy, but he'll do," she whispered. Nicole then headed down stairs where Josh was waiting.
"Honey, I have to go to work now ok?" her mother said.
"Alright mom," she said as she watched her mom hurry out the door.
"So this is your son?" Josh said after a moment of silence.
"Yeah, his name is Steven," she said smiling at Steven.
"Can I hold him?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said, passing Steven to Josh.
"So where is his father?" he asked looking at Steven.
"It's a long story."
"I'm not going anywhere, and I'm willing to listen," he said turning his attention to Nicole.
"Well his father is a man named Nick. He was the first person that I had ever fell in love with. I met him when I lived down in Florida. At first we were just friends, but then we started dating and fell in love," she said holding back the tears that formed at the memories of her and Nick together, "then I found out I had to move here to New York, so we spent my last night there together and thats where Steven came from."
"Why isn't he around if he loved you so much?"
"I didn't tell him about Steven. I couldn't, he is Nick Carter from the BackStreet Boys, he has a rep to maintain."
"If he really loved you, it wouldn't matter."
"Josh, I had my reasons for not telling him."
"You still should have told him about Steven so that he could have at least made his own decisions."
"It's too late now."
"Why is that?"
"I haven't talked to him in a while," Nicole lied.
"Oh," he said.
*~*~Meanwhile~*~*
As Nick woke up, he didn't completely know if last night had really happened. All he knew was that he had a really bad headache, but he wasn't sure why. His attention turned to the left side of the bed where Stacy was sleeping. That's when what happened became real again.
He and Stacy had got talking about themselfs. They shared stories about when they were little and just having fun telling crazy stories about what they had gone through. Thats when it happened, he wasn't able to hold back his desire any more. He had to have her, and he wasn't sure why.
It wasn't like he was in love with her. Yeah he thought that she was a great girl and very beautiful, but other than that, he didn't know what the attraction to her was. He didn't have the same relationship with Stacy like he did the first time he and Nicole were together.
Nick sighed, he was going to have to tell Stacy that what happened last night was a mistake, and he wasn't sure how she would take that. He got out of the bed and began to get dressed. It was still hard for Nick to believe that last night did happen.
"Stacy..." Nick said, hoping that would wake her.
"Yeah," she said looking up at him smiling, she obviously had enjoyed what happened last night.
"Last night shouldn't have happened," he said as he watched the smile fade from her face.
"What? YOU were the one that made the first move! Am I suddenly not good enough for you?" she yelled pissed off.
"Stacy, its not that. It's just I don't know you and I don't know what came over me."
"You knew me well enough last night Nick. I'm not one of your groupies that whenever you want you can get and do whatever you want to them, no I don't think so."
"Stacy, look, I like you, a lot actually, and I just don't want to mess this up with sex."
"Do you really mean that or are you just saying that so I won't be mad at you?" she questioned.
"I mean it, you can ask any of the guys, they'll tell you that I'm not that type of guy. I promise. I never move quick."
"Alright," she said getting out of the bed and began to dress, "I guess I could forget about this, but Nick I don't usually give in to guys like this. I really like you though, and I want to see you again, but I really should get going. It was nice meeting you."
"You too, and I'll call you, I promise," he said as she walked out of his room. He went back to the bed and sat down and sighed. This was definitely going to be a new experience being with Stacy, she wasn't like Nicole. Who was he kidding, he was never going to find a girl like Nicole again, but he had Stacy now and he wasn't going to break up with her just because he still had feelings for Nicole because if he did, he would never date again, he would always love Nicole.
Nicole was his first love and that alone earned her a special place in his heart. She was the only person, other than his family and the other guys that had always believed in him and stuck with him. All the people that are around now are around because hes reached a celebrity status. Girls proclaimed their love for him, not because of what kind of person he was inside, but because he was a BackStreet Boy.
Stacy wasn't the kind of person that would like someone because of an image, he could tell. She just came off like that. He was lucky to find someone that was willing to like him for who he was inside and not the BackStreet Boy outter shell. There weren't too many people willing to do that.
"I have to call Nicole," Nick said to himself as he picked up the phone and dialed in her phone number. The phone rang and rang and finally Nicole answered.
"Hello?"
"Nicole its Nick I really need to talk to you," he said his confussion about her and Stacy in his voice evident.
"Umm..... I'm busy right now," Nicole said looking over to Josh who was playing with Steven.
"Please its really important," he said practicly begging.
"Can you call back later?"
"Nicole what has gotten into you?"
"Nothing, I'm just busy, I'll call you back."
"Fine," he said after he realized that no matter how much he argued with her, he wouldn't get her to talk to him then.
"I promise I'll call you."
"Yeah bye," he said, maybe he wasn't that confussed after all. Stacy was his future and Nicole was his past.
"Bye," she said hanging up the phone.
"Who was that?" Josh asked.
"Kelly, she wanted to know what I was up to," she lied.
"Yeah, shes always in everyones bussiness," Josh laughed.
Chapter 13