Ely woke up that morning to a bed full of water and herself drenched.

"Nicholas Gene Carter!!!!!" she screamed jumping out of her bed and grabbing the squirt gun out of his hand. She took it, put it over her knee, breaking it in half.

"Ahh Ely no!" he said dropping to the floor and picking up the broken pieces.

"That's it, you asked for it!"he replied and got up, Ely noticed the look he had and screamed as she ran to the door. Nick grabbed her around the waist and threw her back on the bed then jumping on top of her. She wrestled him until she was nearly out of breathe.

He struggled to keep her down until they fell to the floor. Just as she hit, he came tumbling after, there lips met for a near second and she pulled back.

"Whoa, sorry about that!"she laughed.

Nick looked at her blankly.

"What??"she asked. "Stop looking at me like that!"

"What, huh, oh, sorry!"

"You liked it didn't you Nicky!"she teased.

"What, no!"

"Yeah you did, I can tell!"she grinned.

"God El, I didn't, just leave it alone!"he replied and stormed out of the room. Ely sat there in shock. "Gosh, I was just joking" she thought. Ely got up and ran out of her room.

"Nick, I was only joking babe, don't leave."

Nick glanced back. He gave her a half smile and walked into the kitchen.

"Damn El, if you keep on like this, I wont have any place to eat!"

"Oh poor baby, you would actually have to go to the grocery store, we wouldn't want that, now would we."

Nick smiled, even her sarcastic type jokes were cute. He walked over to her and put an arm around her, "have I ever told you how good looken you are to me?" He smiled.

Ely raised an eyebrow and scrunched her nose.

"Nick you were never good at that mushy stuff, so don't even joke about it." she laughed.

Nick frowned, "what are you talking about? I'm Mr. Romance" he smiled.

"Uhuh, whatever,"she replied and turned around to walk out. Nick grabbed her hand and pulled her back into his arms.

"Oh El, but I love you!" he said and kissed her hand.

"Hahahahaha,"Ely was literally cracking up by now. "Carter, give it up!"

Nick embraced her and lead her into a long kiss. One he only meant as a joke, but felt like so much more. Nick pulled away and looked at Ely, she seemed to be lost in a world of her own. He quickly turned around and walked strait out of the house. Leaving Ely standing there confused out of her mind.

"God Carter, I HATE when you do things like that!!" she moaned and poured herself a bowl of cereal.

Nick plopped himself down on his couch, trying to gather his thoughts. He only meant the kiss as a joke but knew it felt way more then that. He couldn't help but wonder what was going on threw his best friends mind, did she feel the same? He knew he messed up big time and should have left it alone.

"Nick forget about it, she's your best friend man!"he said silently.

Around 5:00 that evening Nick drove around a parking lot trying to figure out just which building was the one he needed to be in. He looked down at the piece of paper he scrawled the address on and looked up. "Come one......3243" he whispered.

"Aww there it is," he said and quickly parked next to a guy that looked a little firmilar

Nick swung his door opened and hopped out.

"Hey there!" Brian greeted.

"Hey, are you here for the band meeting?" he asked, as the two walked into the building.

"Yep, you?"

"Yeah, thank god there's someone I know, between me and you, I was a little nervous."

"Haha, same here."

After a little while the guys were all introduced to one another and were chatting a way. The manager's knew they had a hit once he heard them sing raw. There voices would soon be the next thing to hit the radio stations.

"Hey, aren't you that guy I saw in Spencer's the other day?"Brian asked.

"Yeah, I thought you looked firmilar but I wasn't sure, so are you and Anna together or something?"

"No, were just good friends, why you interested?"he laughed.

"Maybe..."

Later that night Nick went home to find Ely sitting on his porch.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"he asked glancing down at her.

"We need to talk Nick."

"I know,"he whispered back.

"Nick there are some thing's that I have been wanting to tell you for a long time but I just haven't had the courage. But it's gotten out of hands lately and it's really starting to hurt me."

"Ely I....."

"No Nick, let me finish,...This probably wont mean anything to you but it does to me so please listen, Nicholas Gene, I've loved from the first time I met you, as my brother and friend but lately I have felt more to it then that. I know you don't feel the same and that's ok, But please I need you to stop playing with me like that what happened earlier this morning, your just messing with my emotions and it hurts."

Nick sat there, he did feel the same but he couldn't tell her. After all they were best friends and he wouldn't know what to do if things changed. He did like her and want more out of there relationship but he couldn't possibly let it happen.

"El....I'm sorry," he said getting up and leaving her there with tears filling her eyes.