Chapter Forty-one

The next morning, the couple on the couches were woke up by the phone call from Fatima. She informed them that the practice was canceled today due to her ankle - she twisted it last night at a club. AJ promised he would tell the other guys who were still asleep and gave his concerns to Fatima as he hang up.

"Who was it?" Angela rubbed her eyes as she appeared in the living room. Sarah had woke her up too by asking her where were the extra tooth brushes.

"Fatima, did she wake up the whole house?" AJ asked, forgetting to lower his voice.

"No, but you did." Howie entered to room with Kevin and Brian behind him.

"Sorry." AJ apologized insincerely.

"You better be." Kevin muttered.

"What time is it?" Brian yawned as he looked down at his own watch. It was almost nine.

"It's almost... 11pm." AJ joked.

"And that's why the sun is up." Howie laughed.

"11pm in China!" AJ fought back.

Shaking her head, Angela exited the room. "I'll go check on Nick." Angela suggested. "The coffee is almost ready." she added as she headed upstairs.

Angela pushed the door open quietly then sat down next to Nick's sleeping form on the bed. Her hand went to his forehead; his fever was gone. "Hey." Nick opened his eyes, startled Angela.

"Good morning, how are you feeling?"

"Really good." He said, pulling her down and kissed her neck.

"Good, then you can get up and eat breakfast." Angela pecked him on the cheek.

"But you promised that you'd kiss me all morning." Nick pouted.

"After you get dressed and something to eat."

"But me want a kiss now." Nick whined. Sighing, Angela leaned over until her lips met his. Nick reached his hand into her hair, keeping her in place as he deepened the kiss. Time seemed to fly by while Nick tasted every part of her mouth. When the kiss ended, they were both breathless.

"Let's go down stairs." Angela stood up.

"What for?" Nick asked innocently.

"Breakfast."

"But I'm already full." he smiled.

"C'mon, get you lazy butt out the bed." Angela giggled as she began to tickle Nick on the sides.

"Is that how you treat a sick person?" Nick protested, but his words were muffled by laughter. Finally, after struggling, Nick gave up and the both of them headed downstairs.

In the kitchen, Kevin and AJ were fighting over the pot of steaming coffee while Brian and Howie were fighting over who gets the first pancake. Sarah was just sitting at the table, sipping a glass of milk.

"World War 3?" Nick laughed when he entered the kitchen.

"Close enough. Hey!" AJ lost his grip on the pot and Kevin took it from him easily.

"There's always milk. It does a body good." Howie said as he did a pose which made him lose the pancakes.

"And you just lost your food." Brian shoved the pancake in his mouth.
Just when A.J and Howie were protesting, Sarah's cell phone rang and she answered it.

"Hello?" She raised a hand to signal the guys to quiet down.

"Guess who this is?" Marissa's voice came from the phone.

"What do you want?" Sarah asked defensively.

"Who is it?" AJ mouthed silently. Sarah grabbed a pen and wrote down 'Marissa' on the napkin.

"What does she want?" Nick wrote back. Sarah shook her head as a sign of 'I don't know'.

"I want to talk to you at the apartment." Marissa said.

"What time?"

"Around three." Without waiting for an answer, Marissa hang up.

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