Nick unlocked the the door to his house, which was surrounded and filled with pitch blackness. He crept the door open and shut it silently behind him, locking it before retreating up the stairs. The house was incredibly silent, for once, which gave him a strange feeling since his house was never that silent, and usually, Tara always waited up for him.
He turned on the light to their bedroom room, noticing that the room was empty, and the bed unslept in. He turned around to look in the bathroom, no sign of Tara. He walked out of the room to head downstairs, when he heard Brian call out to him.
"NICK, Bro, is that you?"
"yeah, its me... Frick, where's Tara?"
"Thats what I have to talk to you about.. man... Im soo disapointed in you!" Brian said angrily.
"Me? why? and where's Tara!!!!" Nick stammered. Brian sat in his chair, the stood up infront of Nick.
"Shes gone, but dont ask me where because I dont know. And as for why Im mad at you, is for the same reason Tara is mad at you also" Brian said angrily.
"What? I didnt do anything!" Nick defended himself.
"Tell that to Tara.. Nick we all saw you at the club tonight. We were there! You were with some blonde chick, dancing pretty close might I add. Tara saw her touching you. Did you stop her? No! THen, you went outside with her... we followed you, God Nick, you KISSED that girl!! How could you? Then you went up to her room!! We heard her ask you!"
"I didnt go up, man, I swear! I told her no! I told her I have a fiance! I didnt sleep with the girl" Nick defended right away.
"Tell it to Tara, Nick. Shes the one feeling most hurt right now!" Brian screamed back "I dont get how you could do taht to her! After all you two have been through! God, its been a great year for you two, engaged, and now shes pregnant.. with TWINS might I add... and you go and do this to her... Im realy disappointed in you Nick"
"Save the speech Brian, I didnt cheat on Tara! After that girl asked me to go up to her room, I said NO! Obviously you didnt see that part!" Nick screamed back.
"You must have mumbled that during your long hard kiss, Nick!" Brian said.
"I DIDNT cheat on Tara.. i SWEAR IT!" Nick replied back. Brian looked at Nick and didnt say anything. He shook his head, then walked past Nick down the stairs.
Nick followed Brian down the stairs, and grabbed his car keys.
"Where are you going, Nick?"
"To look for Tara... I have to tell her the truth.." Nick answered. He ran out the door to his car.
"Karine...I'm really sorry, I know its late and all, but is Tara here?"
"No... sorry.. shes not, why?" Karine asked, half awake.
"Shes mad at me.. long story... have you talked to her?"
"No... sorry, I havent.."
"Alright thanks... if you hear from her, let me know.." Nick said. He ran back to his truck, driving off to the next place.
"Kevin? Bro.. have you seen Tara?"
"Nick, what are you doing here.. its 3am!"
"Im sorry, man, but this is really important.. Tara took off, I cant find her.." Nick said. Kevin wiped his eyes and opened them wide.
"Why did she leave?"
"Shes kind of mad at me, long story... if you hear from her, let me know okay?? I gotta go.." Nick said, running out to his truck.
Tara woke up the next morning and looked out the window. Earlier that morning, at about 3am, she had pulled over at the beach to sleep in her car, feeling very tired. She sat up in her seat and looked in the mirror.
"You are such an idiot, Tara.." she said to herself. She raised her hand to fix her hair, and stared at the large engagement ring that was on her hand.
She took the ring off with her other hand, and put it in her wallet inside of her purse.
"Now where do I go? I cant go home.." Tara said. She looked around for a sign to see where she was. Looking around, she noticed that she had driven to Orlando, which was about 2 or 3 hours away from Tampa.
Tara opened up her purse to grab a map, when a business card fell out that had Justin's phone number on it. She looked at the business card, the address, Orlando.
She grabbed her cell phone and dialed the number that was scribbled on the back.
"Hello?" a groggy Justin answered the phone. Oh yeah, she forgot, Justin was not a morning person.
"Justin, is that you?"
"Yes this is him, Tara, is that you?" Justin asked, waking up.
"Yeah, its me.. are you busy right now?" Tara asked.
"No.. unless you call sleeping busy.." Justin replied with a laugh "where are you?"
"Im in Orlando.." Tara replied.
"Orlando? What are you doing here?"
"Long story, can I come over?" Tara asked "I really need a place to crash right now.."
"Sure, you know you're always welcome to come over... do you know how to get here?"
"I'll find it, I have my map here... I'll be over real soon" Tara said. She hung up the phone and started up her car.
Justin took a quick shower and shaved, putting on some aftershave afterwards that he knew Tara liked. He searched through his clothes for a good outfit, and decided upon baggy blue jeans and a white shirt with a dark blue vest ontop, going for a preppy look.
At about 10:20am, Justin's doorbell rang. He opened the door and let Tara in.
"Hey..." Justin greeted.
"Hey... thanks for letting me come over.." Tara replied. Justin grabbed the bags from her arms, and made her sit down on the couch.
"I'll just bring these upstairs for now.. alright?"
"Sure" Tara replied. While Justin was upstairs, she looked around the living room of his house. Sports memorabilia was everywhere, so was awards from N SYNC's success.
Justin came back downstairs and sat down in the chair beside the couch, facing Tara.
"You dont look soo good... " Justin said, reaching out his hand to touch her face.
"Im not doing so good" Tara replied back. A few tears streamed down her cheek.
"God Tara, what happened to you?" Justin got out of the chair and sat beside Tara.
"Nick... he... he cheated on me.. and I saw it... I saw him... with the girl.." Tara cried. Justin took a few breathes.
"What did you see?"
"Well..." she sniffed "he was inside this club... dancing with this girl, who kept flirting with him, and he didnt stop her! And then she took him outside, and asked him to sleep with her, and then he kissed her! He kissed her like, so hard! and he told her she was beautiful.." Tara cried. Justin didnt want to hear no more. He took her into his arms and let her cry. She cried. The tears flowed from her eyes, down her cheeks, onto his vest. He rubbed ber back softly, caressing her hair softly, trying to make her feel better.
"I just dont know what to do.. Justin! Hes my fiance, the father of my unborn twins.. and now I can never trust him..." Tara cried "I cant go home"
"You can stay here for as long as you want, Tara" Justin offered.
He lifted her head up and grabbed a Kleenex. He wiped the rest of the tears from her eyes.
"I'll take care of you.." Justin assured her. He got up off the couch and went into the kitchen.
"What are you doing?" Tara asked, wiping up the rest of the tears.
"Making you a big breakfast.. you have to eat well now, you know. You have babies to take care of" Justin replied with a smile.
Nick debated whether or not he should call Tara's parents to see if they had heard from her. If he were to call, and they had not heard from her, he didnt want to worry them. It was killing him not knowing where she was. Nick slouched over the kitchen table and banged his head down into his hands.
It had been a whole week since Tara had left, and he had not heard even once from her. Karine and Mar had heard from Tara, but they wouldn't tell Nick where she was staying.
Laura and Brian walked through the door, laughing and holding hands. They shared a kiss.
"Shes four months pregnant today.." Nick said, staring at the wall.
"We know..." Brian said. Laura walked over to Nick and placed a hand on his shoulder. Nick was crying and he was trying to hide it.
"You know, you should just let it out.." Laura said "it will make you feel better"
"I have to find her, Laura.." Nick determingly said. Brians cell phone rang.
"I'll be right back, Im taking this in the other room.." Brian said. He grabbed his phone, and went into the living room.
Brian returned back into the kitchen and folded up his phone. He had a smile on his face.
"Who was that?" Nick asked, looking at the expression on Brians face.
"Not that I should be telling you, because Im still mad at you, but it was Tara.." Brian said.
Nick jumped out of his chair.
"WHAT? HOW COME YOU DIDNT GIVE IT TO ME!? IS SHE ALRIGHT? WHERE IS SHE? ARE THE BABIES ALRIGHT?"
"Whoa... hold on... Tara's alright, shes doing just fine. She just got back from her doctors appointment. The babies are growing in good time, they are healthy, heartbeats are strong. Tara is doing well also. She is staying at a friends house, but she did not say where" Brian lied. He knew where Tara was, because she had told him. He didnt want to tell Nick, though, because he respected Tara's wishes.
"What friend?" Nick asked.
"I dont know, she didnt say" Brian lied.
Nick looked over at Laura, who shrugged her shoulders.
"Nick, did you really sleep with that girl?" Laura asked out of nowhere.
"NO! Id never cheat on Tara! However, TARA does not believe that apparently.. she thinks I cheated on her. She wont even talk to me! I cant explain myself to her!"
"She just doesnt want to talk to you right now, Frack" Brian said "and she has all good reason.."
"Shes my fiance! I think we should talk this out!" Nick argued.
"Well... can you tell me anything else about her??" Nick asked.
"There's nothing else to say.. sorry.." Brian said. He grabbed Laura's hand, and led her outside to the pool. Nick sat inside the house, at the kitchen table, hoping that any minute, the phone would ring.