Amy slowly opened her eyes and rolled over. She saw Nick laying next to her, peacefully sleeping. It took her a second to realize where she was. Nicks blonde hair had fallen over his eyes and he looked like a little child. She slowly climbed out of bed and grabbed her bed, being quiet so she didn't disturb Nick. She went into his bathroom and began to take a shower.
As the hot water pelted her sholders, she leaned against the tiles on the wall, and closed her eyes. She could perfectly remember the kiss that she and Nick had shared the night before. She smiled to herself.
After the shower she changed into a pair of baggy beige pants and a white tank top. She brushed her hair, then left it down so it could try. After brushing her teeth and putting on some lip gloss, she went back into the bedroom to find Nick just waking up.
"Good Morning," she smiled.
"Morning," he mumbled and sat up straight. "How was your sleep?"
"Pretty good, I like your bed." She sat down next to him.
"What do you want to do today?" he asked.
Today was her 18th birthday, so she felt like buying a pack of cigarettes just for the fun of it, even thought she didn't smoke. "Well, today is Chrissy's birthday. So I wanna goto the mall with Thorin to get her something I guess." She didn't want to tell him it was hers too.
"Really?"
Then the phone rang. "Hold on," he said, then picked up the phone.
*On The Phone*
"Hello?"
"Yo, Nick. Did you know that today is Amy's birthday?" Howie asked.
"No, it's Chrissy's birthday today."
"I know, but it's Amy's birthday today too. Listen up because I made plans for tonight."
Nick listened carefully. "Ok, sounds great."
"See ya then." Howie hung up.
Amy had left the room when the phone rang. She went into the kitchen and got a glass of water. Nick soon walked in and she noticed his grin. "Whats with you?" she asked.
"Oh nothing," he said like a greedy little kid with a secret.
"Um, ok. You know what I just relized?" she asked.
"What?"
"I haven't met that AJ dude yet."
"That AJ dude?" he laughed. "Thats because his girlfriend lives in California and she is going to stay with him for Spring Break, so he went up there so he could be on the plane with her."
"Aww, thats sweet."
"But I think he's gonna be home today, so you can meet him."
She nodded and took a sip of water. "Cool."
"So...you wanna go back to the other house?" he asked.
"Aight."
"Ok, let me go get dressed."
"What, you don't want to wear your boxers in public?" she teased.
He grinned then went back to his room, leaving Amy alone. She plopped down on the couch and started flipping through channels. She stopped and smiled. It was the Backstreet Boys video for All I Have To Give. She had never seen the video, or heard the song, but she already liked it from what she saw. Nick looked good. Really good.
Nick walked out of his room wearing a green Fubu football jersey and baggy black shorts that looked like they would fall off when he breathed. "Ready?" he asked.
"Uh huh." She grabbed her stuff and followed Nick down the stairs of the apartment bulding and into the parking lot. Nick roared the engine of his black BMW and blasted "Nann" by Trick Daddy on his CD player.
Amy laughed. "I love this song!"
Nick looked over at her. The air conditioner that was on full blast was blowing her hair and she looked beautiful.
Soon they arrived at the house. They went inside to find Kevin and Howie watching TV. "Where is everyone?" Nick asked.
"Brian is still sleeping, and Chrissy and Thorin are up in their room....I think." Kevin said.
"Ok, I'm gonna go talk to Thorin. I'll be back in a little while." With that, Amy went up the stairs and into her room for the couple weeks they were in Orlando. The door was slightly open, so she pushed it open and stepped inside. Chrissy was near the closet hanging clothes. Amy rolled her eyes at her and walked over to Thorin's bed where she was sleeping. She sat down next to her and whispered in her ear. "Hey!"
Thorin rolled over and rubbed her eyes. "Hmmmm," she mumbled. "You have fun last night?"
"Not really," Amy laughed. "I fell asleep when I got there."
"Whats with you two?" Thorin asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Amy was confuzed.
"Are you a couple yet?"
"A couple?" Amy almost screamed. "Me and Nick are ONLY friends. Nick does not like me more then a friend."
"Yes he does. Why else would he want you to stay the night at his house?"
"Because he......because he..." Amy couldn't think of an answer. "Nick does not like me. Why would he? He could have just about any girl he wanted. Why would he want me?"
"He likes you alot. Have you even noticed the way he staires at you? And he probaly likes your sweet, funny, and beautiful." Thorin said, now fully awake.
"Yeah, okay," Amy said sarcasticly. "Maybe in my dreams. But anyway, what happened yesterday with you and Brian?"
"Well, you were right. Brian was great company. He asked me to go steady with him too!" she squealed.
"Really!?! Thats great!" she hugged her.
Chrissy left the room without saying anything to Amy. Thorin looked at her confuzed. "Whats her problem?"
Amy sighed. "Last night her and Howie were evesdropping on me and Nick and they heard him ask me to sleep at his place and she got all mad saying that she didn't trust us."
"So what happened?" Thorin asked.
"Well, I told her to mind her own business and that she has no right telling me what to do. Can you believe her!?!"
"I have to admit, Amy. Last night when Brian and I got back and I found out where you were, I got mad. I mean, your young and I don't want you to do anything you might regret."
"Thats exactly what Chrissy said." Amy said.
"It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that we care about you alot and we don't want anythiing to happen to you."
"Yeah....I know. I was just mad. I guess I owe her an apoligy?"
"Uh huh," Thorin nodded.
Amy loved talking to Thorin. She was her bestfriend and she could tell her anything.
"So....." Thorin started grinning non-stop. "Did you guys....you know?"
"What!" Amy threw a pillow at her. "Are you crazy! I haven't even known him a week!"
Thorin shrugged. " I was just curious!"
"But he kissed me! I mean, a REAL kiss!"Amy said.
Thorin laughed. "You go girl! Oh, guess what!"
"What?"
"Brian is going to try to get me a record deal!" Thorin said excidedly.
"Get out of here! That's wonderful!"
"Can you imagine?" Thorin started. "Traveling the world, being filthy rich and being invited to fancy parties!?!"
Amy laughed. "Not really, but I know you can!" She got up. "Come on, get ready."
"For what?" Thorin asked.
"Brian is waiting!" Amy laughed.
"Wait......Amy."
"Huh?" she asked.
"Happy Birthday." Thorin smiled.
"Thanks," Amy left the room and Thorin started to get dressed.
Amy walked down the hallway just as someone opened the bathroom door. Out stepped Brian wearing nothing but a towel. "Congrats!" she patted him on the back.
"Huh?" he asked.
"You and Thorin," She reminded him.
"Oh yeah! I didn't know what you were talking about for a second. Thanks." Brian said.
"She's a great girl and if you hurt her I'll kill you!" she threatend playfully.
Brian laughed. "Don't worry, I won't. Congradulations yourself!"
"What?"
"You and Nick!" he said.
"Huh?" Amy was still confuzed.
"Aren't you and Nick going out?"
"Um...not that I know of!" she laughed.
"Really? He told me he was going to ask you."
"No way. Nick does not like me and I don't know why everyone thinks he does."
"Why wouldn't he?" Brian asked.
During their conversation they had walked into Brians room so he could change. Amy sat on his bed and looked out the window while he put on some pants. She saw a perfect view of the beach. The waves crashed upon the sand and she saw a couple, a man and woman probaly in their late 70's walking hand and hand along the shoreline. She smiled. It was so sweet.
He continued. "He probaly likes you because your a great girl, fun to be around, and very pretty."
Amy looked down and blushed.
"I'm not even supposed to say anything about Nick likeing you. He's not very good with the lines, but I'm sure that something is going to happen with you two."
Amy sighed. "I hope your right!" She got up and left the room. She passed Kevin, Howie and Nick sitting in the same spot on the couch, their eyes glued on a basketball game. Nick looked up and watched her walk from behind. A small grin appeard on his face. She continued until she was in the kitchen and she saw Chrissy eating a bowl of cerial. She sat on the stool across from her.
"Chris, I'm sorry about what happened last night." Amy started.
"No, don't be. I'm the one who overacted. I should trust you. Your eighteen now!"
"So we're cool now?" Amy asked.
"Of course!" she leaned over and gave her a quick hug. "You know what? I think that the guys are planning something for our birthday."
"How do they know that today is our birthday?" Amy asked.
"I kinda told Howie last night. I guess he told Kevin and Nick, and so on." Chrissy said.
"I don't want anything big."
"Me either." Chrissy agreed.
"Hurry up, because I wanna go shopping."
"Ok," Chrissy laughed.
Amy walked into the living room where everyone else was, including Brian and Thorin. "Anyone want to go shopping?"
"I do!" Thorin said.
"I have to pick AJ and Laura up from the airport soon." Kevin apoligized.
"No thanks!" Brian chimed in.
"No, thats ok. You guys go have fun."
All the pressure was on Nick. "Shopping is for girlies. And I don't feel like bring mobbed by fans today."
Amy and Thorin laughed at their pathetic excuses. Amy knew that they were definantly planning something.
"You need a car?" Kevin asked.
"No, I planned on hitch hiking." Amy said sarcasticly.
Kevin tossed a pair of keys at her. "Be careful," he warned.
She laughed and caught them. "Duh!"
The three girls hopped into the gold Lexas.
"Wow, this is nice," Chrissy said.
Amy started the car. "Anyone know where a mall is?"
"I think I saw one near the exit of the turnpike." Thorin gave her the directions.
A few minutes later Amy stopped at a red light and looked left out her window. It was the Orlando cemetary. "Hey daddy," she whispered, but wasn't heard over the loud music. Thorin saw her, but didn't say anything. She knew how she felt. Her dad was buried just a few hours away in a look a like cemetary.
Soon they found a mall. It was small, but they didn't want to look much further and maybe get lost. The shopped for a couple hours, then left.
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Kevin looked at his watch. "1:30" he said aloud. "The planes comes at 2:00 so I guess I should go down there."
"It comes at two? Damn! Your never gonna make it!" Nick said.
"And the girls have your car." Brian explained.
"So? I'm just gonna use yours!" Kevin said.
Before Brian could say no, Kevin had already gotten up and left.
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"You know anything about tonight?" Chrissy asked Thorin.
"Nope," she lied.
Chrissy and Amy exchanged glances. They knew she was lieing.
For the rest of the afternoon everyone just hung around the house. Amy was listening to her new Ginuwine CD and Thorin was singing to Brian. Chrissy and Howie were out in the pool again. It was now their favorite place. And Chrissy always said, "I need a tan." Which she didn't.
Nick layed on Amy's bed resting his head on her lap. She ran her fingers through his silky blonde hair. "So whats it like?"
"Whats what like?"
"Being famous, having millions of girls drool you, traveling, the money, everything."
Nick sat up. He noticed she had a dissapointing, excited, yet wishful tone in her voice. "Well, the music is what I love. I love getting to sing, dance and be with my best friends always. I couldn't pick a better job. Fame and the drooling girls..." he paused for a second. "Only came with it. I'll only be happy on a stage," he smiled.
"Wow, I never knew it. Thats the way Thorin is. She just sings all the time, no matter how bad things are, she sings." Amy explained.
Nick put his hand on her soft face. "Theres only one more place that I am happy...."
Amy smiled. "Where's that?" she asked.
"With you," he answerd.
She sat speechless. Her smile faded and her only express was pure passion and lust as she looked into his eyes. At that moment nothing else in the world mattered to her....except him. e leaned over and kissed her softly.
Brian and Thorin looked over. "Awww!" Thorin busted out.
"Shhh," he put his hand over her mouth and pulled her face towards him.
She couldn't hold what she wanted to say any longer. "I wanna do that too!" she whinned playfully.
"Well..." he sat sat waiting, then leaned over and kissed her for the one of the first times he had ever had anything so passionate.
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"You know what?" Amy pulled away from Nick's soft lips.
"What?" he kissed her again.
She pulled back. "I'm gonna mish you when we leave." She grabbed his hand.
"I know. I think about it all the time," Nick's voice lowered.
"But I've figured out something. Even is we wanted to....go out, it wouldn't work."
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because it takes two to tango and I'm the only one dancing." she said.
"Well I was just gonna ask if you'd dance with me, because I've noticed the way you dance from afar...so may I have this dance?" Nick held out his hand.
"I don't know. Can you dance?" Amy asked.
"Can I dance?" he stood up. "I'm a Backstreet Boy. We dance!"
"Then I'd supposed....no wait....I'd love to!" she was still siting and he leaned down and kissed her once more.
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Brian and Thorin had left them to be alone. They went into Brian's room. He guided her arms around his neck. His arms went around her waist and he softly kissed her. Kissing her even harder, they layed down on the bed. The broke apart. Brian looked down into her soft hazel eyes. She smiled up at him. Thorin grabbed his face and pulled his mouth to hers.
She sighed once they pulled apart. "Amy's right. It's going to be so hard to leave you guys."
"Yeah, but don't worry. We'll be together forever in our hearts."
It was one of the sweetest things she had ever heard. Brian layed down next to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She rested her head on his chest. "Forever" she whisperd, then fell asleep.
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"Ahhh!!!" Chrissy screamed while Howie threw her into the pool. She surfaced and gave him an evil eye. "Your gonna pay!" she squealed. She pulled herself out of the pool and started chasing him until he was on the ground. He relaxed and laughed. "What are you gonna do little girl?"
"What am I gonna do, eh?" She grinned. She grabbed his ear and bent it like a little kid.
"Ouch!" he cried.
"How 'bout we go for a little swim," she teased.
"Leggo! leggo!" was all he could get out.
Chrissy laughed at him. "Just because your bigger does not mean that I can't get even with you!"
"I'm sorry! Just please, let go!" he begged.
"Hmmm.." she thought for a second.
She let go and he rubbed his ear. "Geez!" he complained.
"Aw, poor baby! Are you okay?" she sneerd.
Howie pulled her towards him and softly kissed her, the kiss became more and more passionate by the second. He pulled away. "Now I am," he grinned.
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Kevin had just got back from the airport with Aj and Laura. "I wonder where everyone is," Kevin said. He saw ripples in the pool so he headed outside. He saw Howie and Chrissy spashing around in the pool.
"Yo D!" Aj yelled.
"Hey guys!" Howie said cheerfully. He and Chrissy got out of the pool and walked over to them.
"Hey!" Chrissy said while extending her hand.
"It's nice to meet you," AJ said polietly.
"You too," Chrissy smiled.
Laura put on a fake smile then turned away. "Come on sweetie, I'm tired." She grabbed his arm.
"What?" Chrissy mouthed to Howie. She wanted to know if she did something wrong. Howie just shrugged his sholders since he didn't know either.
"Where's everyone else?" Kevin asked.
"Some where upstairs." Chrissy told him.
"Ok," Kevin laughed and walked back inside. He found Aj and Laura on the couch. "Come on, you gotta meet Amy and Throin."
"Thorin?" Laura laughed. Kevin staired at her and she stopped. In the girls room they found Amy combing Nick's hair.
"This is Amy," Kevin said to Aj.
"Sup?" She smiled at him.
"Hey, This is Laura," he introduced her.
Laura put on one of her fake and rude smiles. Amy hated her from the second she saw her. She was around 5'6 with long blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was thin, but with a strong atheletic build, perfect in everyway possible. Laura looked Amy up and down then rolled her eyes.
"Got something in your eye?" Amy asked in a mean tone.
Laura looked her up and down once more.
"What are you, gay? Stop looking at me like that!" Amy hissed.
"You better watch it, you little bitch," Laura demanded.
"Or what?" Amy asked sourly.
"I'll be your sorry ass down, thats what."
"Ha!" Amy laghed. "I'd like to see you try."
Nick took her by the arm and led her out of the room before anything else could happen. "Amy!" Nick laughed while they were in the hallway.
"What?" she said defensivly. "She has no right talking to me that way! I don't even know her and she comes in here giving me all these slut stares."
Brian and Thorin had come out when they heard all the noise. "What happened?" Brian asked.
"Let's just say Amy and Laura don't get along very well." Nick laughed.
"Ew, she's here?" Brian said quietly in disgust.
"Who's Laura?" Thorin wondered.
"Aj's girlfriend," Nick said.
"Hoe is more like it," Amy said with a sour face.
"So what happened with them?" Brian asked.
"Well, you know how Laura is," Nick started, "Well, she started giving Amy an adittude."
Amy gave her side of the dilema. "First, she comes in here likes shes the boss of everything, then she starts giving me these dirty looks when I say hi to her."
"Ohhh," Thorin growled and squeezed her fist. "I want to meet her."
Brian laughed. "Don't start anything!" he reminded her.
"Start? I'm just gonna finish," she said evily.
Brian followed her into the room. "Hi!" she said cheerfully, "I'm Thorin." She stuck her hand out.
"Thorin?" Laura just laughed as if it was one of the funniest things she had ever heard.
Aj took Thorin's hand and shook it. "It's nice to meet you."
"You too," she smiled. She looked back at Laura. "AJ, can you excuse us for a second? You too Brian!" she said, motioning for them to leave. They both nodded. As they closed the door Thorin faced Laura.
"Do you have a problem?" Thorin asked.
"No, do you?" Laura snapped.
"No, I don't. I was just wondering because if you have one, it's simple to solve. I just want you to know before you prnace in here thinking everyone's jelous of you.....YOUR WRONG!" She headed toward the door. "If you have a problem with any of my friends, then you have a problem with me."
She opened the door to see everyone scatter pretending they weren't listening. "Oh, and one more thing.....Laura? Ha! What a name, uh?" Thorin flipped her hair over her sholder as if she were as snobby as Laura. She smiled and Brian and looked at AJ. "Hey, I'm sorry....but you know."
He stopped her, "No, I understand." AJ walked into the bedroom where everyone else was. Everyone looked at each other feeling bad. Except Amy and Thorin.
AJ and Laura came out hand in hand. "Look, she's really tired...." AJ tried to explain her behavior, but she stopped him.
"No, it's not my fault Thorn Bush or whatever her name is, is a bitch!" Laura's voice grew bigger.
Thorin turned away pulling apart from Brian's hand. He quickly gripped her. "I don't play games, you think I'm a bitch....you don't know!" Brian pulled her back.
AJ stepped away from Laura. "This is your fight." He felt like watching two girls go at it.
"No, it's mine!" Amy slammed her fish into Laura's nose. Blood fell on the floor. Squeels came from everyone.
"Amy!" Nick yelled as he pulled her away before she could do ever more damage.
"Ooh, that felt good!" Amy said.
"Next time you'll know a bitch when you see one, won't you?" Thorin said in an angry tone. She felt kind of bad. She only wanted to stick up for Amy and her name.
Howie didn't like the way things were going. Laura left crying. "Why'd this happen?"
Kevin shrugged. "Why do alot of things happen?" he asked speaking of his loss.
"Look, are you all mad? I'm sorry, she just really got me mad." Amy started.
"No, we're not mad," Nick put his arms around her waist from behind.
"Speak for yourself." AJ said while running after Laura.
Amy gasped and ran after him. She stopped him at the stairs. "Let's talk, can we talk? Please!!!" she begged him.
He stopped for a second, looked her over and smiled. "Ok, I guess."
They walked into a spare room. "Look, I'm really sorry....she just..." Amy stopped. She noticed how great his body was. He was standing infront of the door holding his glass's and his shirt was open. "Wow" she said under her breath.
"What?" he began to move closer to her.
"Your really gorgeous!" She said and smiled. AJ grinned. He grabbed her hand. She had a bad feeling because of Nick. Slowly they moved closer together until their faces were inches apart. Then they kissed.
"I uh.." They both started. The both turned on their heels and quickly walked off in different directions.
Nick's legs crumpled and he fell onto the floor. He felt him heart being ripped into a hundred pieces. He had chased Amy when she went after AJ.
Amy walked back where everyone else was. "Where's Nick?"
"He went after you," Chrissy said.
Amy got wide eyed. "oh my God," she said under her breat. Throin gave her a 'what happened look'. What if he saw me and AJ? she thought. Ignoring the staires from everyone, she climbed the stairs and slammed her bedroom door. She layed on the bed and stared at the celing. "How could I do that? What if Nick saw? I am so stupid!" she scolded herself.
"Knock Knock"
She wiped away her tears and sat up. "Come in," she yelled, her voice breaking. The door slowly opened and in came Thorin.
"Hey" She sat down next to her. Noticing her tear stained cheeks she questioned her. "Whats wrong?"
Amy sighed. "I just ruined the best thing I could of ever had."
"What do you mean?" Thorin asked worriedly.(is that even a word? hehe)
"Ok, get this. When I went after AJ and caught up to him, and I told him how sorry I was for what I did to Laura, but she did deserve it. Then all of a sudden I became so attracted to him.......and then we kissed."
Thorin gasped. "Amy! How could you!!"
"I know, I know! I feel like such a horrible person." Thorin put her arm around her. She continued. "And I think Nick saw," she said between sobbs.
"Oh Amy..." Thorin stopped. "Did the kiss mean anything?"
"What do you mean?" Amy asked.
"Like did you like his kiss more then Nick's?"
"No! Not at all!" she said quickly.
Thorin jumped up. "Then don't worry!" she said cheerfully. "If you didn't feel anything then your just fine! He isn't the one for you, Nick is."
"Yeah, I guess your right." Amy said.
"I always am!" Thorin said prougly. They went down the hall and into the kitchen. Amy was suprised to see AJ and Laura still there. Laura had her head up and a towel over her nose to stop the bleeding. Once she saw Amy she got up and went outside. Amy looked down at her hands. She felt so bad for her.
She gave Chrissy a 'should I talk to her?' look. Chrissy simply nodded. She and Howie were dripping water all over the house from the pool and Kevin made them go back outside.
Amy looked around for Nick, but still couldn't find him, so she went outside to talk to Laura. She walked around the house looking for her. When she turned the corner, her heart broke at what she saw......