| Lily had been to camp every year for the past five years, since she was eight years old. This year was going to be her last year there. The minute she got to her cabin, she threw her stuff on her usual bed, and headed for the pool to take a swim. When she got back an hour later, she found a blond guy sitting on a chair, listening to his discman, reading a comic book. Her cabin was the only co-ed cabin, and it had been occupied by the same four people, herself, Natalie, Chris and Alex. But Alex had informed her that he couldn't go that year, so she assumed that the guy making himself confortable on her favorite chair was the new guy. She tapped him on the shoulder and introduced herself as he took off his headphones. "Hi, I'm Lily. You must be the new guy." "Yeah, that's me, I guess," he said shyly, standing up and shaking her hand. "I'm Nick." "Cool. Hey, I was gonna go play some basketball, you wanna join me?" "Sure, I love basketball," he said as he shut off his discman. He followed her out the door, and started one of the best friendships that they both had ever had. Through the summer, Nick and Lily became best friends. They did everything together, they were hardly ever seperated. Then the end of the season came and they had to go back home. "I'm gonna miss you, Little Flower," Nick said, calling Lily by his nickname for her. "I'm gonna miss you too Nicky Boy." Just then, a voice came from behind the two, yelling, "Nick! Come on, we gotta go now! We're gonna be so late for the plane!" "The plane?" Lily inquired. "Uhh, I'm gonna go on a vacation to Europe with my family, yeah, a vacation, that's it. Well, I gotta go. I'll miss you. Bye," he said, kissing her on the cheek and walking away. "Ohh, looks like Nicky got himself a girlfriend while he was away at camp!" a guy that was maybe eighteen yelled, embarassing the hell out of Nick. "Shut up Bri! She's not my girlfriend, she's just a friend, Lily, remember I wrote you about her?" "Oh yeah. Hey Lily, I'm Bri!" "And you're also late, so let's get going!" yelled a latin guy with short curly hair. "Hey Bri. Have fun on your vacation!" "Vacation?" he asked as Nick pulled him into the car. "Bye Lily, keep in touch!" he yelled out the window as the car pulled away. That's funny, Lily thought, I thought he told me he didn't have any older brothers. ~*~*~ "I want Dominic's!" Lily yelled to her four friends as she walked in the mall, four years later. "You only want Dominic's because of that guy working there," Natalie scoffed. "Hey, I want Dominic's too because of the guy that works there, is there a problem with that?" Kat said, taking Lily's side. "Well I want Chinese," Leigh said, with Sami agreeing. "Yuck, how could you eat that stuff?" "Easily, and with a fork" Sami said, getting in line behind Leigh. Twenty minutes later, the little crew, named the Silver Star Sistahs, found themselves wandering around in Waldenbooks. Nat had walked over to the music section and began flipping through a book about the Backstreet Boys. She wasn't too fond of their music, but she gave it a try, and was curious to see if the guys that sang it were cute. She was shocked when she remembered the blond one in the group as Nick from summer camp. "Hey, Lily, is this that same guy you had a crush on at summer camp?" Nat asked, handing the book over to Lily. "Oh my goodness, it is him! Nicky Boy, what have you been doing with your life?" she asked herself as she flipped through the pages. "Looks like I became that singer that I wanted to be," a voice said from behind her. "Nicky Boy?" Lily asked him, stunned. "Little Flower, I missed you. You promised you'd write, where's my letters?" he demanded playfully as he pulled her into a hug. "They're all at home, under my bed, where I told you I'd probably put them when I got bored with writing. So, tell me what you've been doing for the past few years." "That could take a while." "I have all the time you need." |
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