The next morning Stacey went over to A.J.'s room. She knocked on his door and to her surprise he answered it. A.J. said,
"Hi. I was hoping that was you. I just want to talk now."
"Good, cause that's what I'm here to do." said Stacey walking in his room. Before A.J. could start talking Stacey yelled,
"Why the hell did you punch Nick?!? He's my boyfriend, what were you thinking, we've only been..."
"Just calm down I don't want to fight. Now just sit down and take a deep breath." said A.J. interrupting Stacey's rambling.
"I flipped out because I didn't know what to do. I saw one of my best friends laying on a bed next to my sister kissing her and I just, well, you'd do the same thing in my situation. I didn't know what to think." said A.J. putting his arm around his little sister.
"We weren't gonna do anything we just wanted to be together. I love him and he loves me. Why can't you accept that?" said Stacey
"Okay." A.J. said standing up.
"What?"
"Okay, you guys can go out. I don't have a problem with it." A.J. said again.
"Oh! Thank you A.J. You're the best brother in the world!" Stacey said hugging him.
"Yeah, yeah, I know."
"One thing though," said Stacey "can you apologize to Nick for hitting him?"
"Fine." Stacey and A.J. went back to her room and A.J. stood out in the hall while her and Nick talked.
"Hey Nick, I've got some news! We can go out!"
"That's great!" yelled Nick and scooped her up in his arms.
"I talked to A.J. and he said he was fine with it. And he has something to tell you. A.J.?!" yelled Stacey to A.J. for him to come in the room.
"Hey Nick." said A.J. "Yo um, sorry about the, ya know."
"Yeah, it's cool. I would have done the same thing." Nick said still hugging Stacey. A.J. put his arms out for a hug and said "Hey, wanna hug it out?"
"No I'm cool." said Nick just giving him five. Then there was a knock at the door. A.J. answered it and it was a bellboy, he said,
"I have a letter for a Ms. Stacey McLean." A.J. handed Stacey the letter. She opened it and it said,
To my dearest Stacey,
You are the most beautiful woman in the world. Your long brown hair, your big beautiful brown eyes, and your gorgeous smile. You have taken my breath away. I've fallen madly in love with you. I think about you before I go to bed so I have wonderful dreams. Last night was amazing when A.J. hit Nick. He deserved it. I'm the only man for you.
See you soon!
All my love.
Stacey looked up. At first she thought the letter was from Nick. But why would he say he deserved the punch from A.J.?
"Who sent this? It's not very funny." she asked beginning to get scared.
"I don't know. Let me see." said Nick "The only ones who were here last night were me, you, and A.J."
"I know this doesn't make any sense." said Stacey A.J., Nick and Stacey went and showed their body guards and the had the slightest clue about it, but said not to worry. They all spent their day as usual. The next morning Stacey came into Nick and Brian's hotel room and said,
"Hey Bri, where's Nick?"
"Oh, he's um in the bathroom frigin' around or somethin'. I don't know, he says he's shavin' but he has no hair on his face." said Brian trying to beats Nick's old score on a video game.
"And it keeps it that way!" yelled Nick from the bathroom with the door shut. They couldn't here him that well because he had the shower on getting ready to go in.
"Okay. Um, can you tell him that I came by? Me and A.J. have some photo shoot for People and Teen People magazine." As Stacey was walking out Nick opened the door and pulled her in. He had nothing but a towel on.
"What are you doing?" she asked as he kissed her neck.
"I just wanted to see you." he said holding her close. They started kissing until Stacey broke it and said,
"I'm sorry I have to go and do this thing with A.J. You know how much I would love to stay."
"Ohhhh, please stay. Can't you do that another day?" said Nick whining. Stacey said rapping her arms around his neck,
"Yes, I have to go. When is Brian here?"
"When ever I want him here. Why?" answered Nick
"Well, I was thinking that maybe when I get back go see a movie then have dinner. And maybe come back here for um, dessert?"
"That would be nice." Nick said.
"I have to go." said Stacey giving Nick one last kiss, giggling in his mouth. She opened the door still kissing him only to see A.J. He looked at her raising one eyebrow and said,
"You ready?" The walked down to his car and went to the photo shoot. While they were gone Nick and Brian went down to the gym. They talked and stuff. Mostly about girls and Nick's relationship.
"So Bri, do you think you can stay in Kev or Howie's room tonight?" asked Nick
"Yeah why?" asked Brian
"Well, Stacey and I are going out for dinner tonight and she said she wants to come back to my room for dessert." Nick said excitedly
"Ohhhhhhh, I know what dessert means. Are you sure you guys are ready for the S.E.X?" asked Brian spelling out the word sex.
"I'm ready, I just want her to be ready. That's all that matters. Scientific proof shows that women find sex more emotional than men." said Nick.
"Neat, Professor Carter." said Brian making fun of Nick. Brian and Nick walked into their room and Stacey was sitting on the bed watching t.v.
"Oh, hi honey. Hi Nick." said Stacey pretending to call Brian honey.
"You ready to go?" asked Nick. Stacey nodded and hopped off the bed, her baby blue skirt flowing behind her. Nick and Stacey went to see a movie and had dinner. Stacey kissed Nick all the way up to the room. They had come close to having sex a couple of times but never this close. Once they got into the room Stacey pushed Nick up against the wall kissing him. He stopped.
"What's wrong?" asked Stacey
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" he asked her "Like, I mean, we've come close before but I'm just scared it's like those other times where we're gonna but some how we don't. Then you kiss me all the way up and, and,"
"It won't I'm ready this time. I just hope you are." she said looking at him lovingly
"I'm ready. Wait, why am I stalling?" said Nick as he put the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door. They started kissing and moved closer to the bed. Stacey took Nick's over shirt off so it was just his undershirt. Nick started pulling down her shirt still kissing her, then on her neck. They layed down on the bed and did what they had never done before. That night Brian stayed in Kevin's room. The next morning Nick and Stacey woke up together in the same bed in each others arms. They heard a knock on the door, and then Brian walked in without waiting for Nick to say it was okay. Stacey hid under the blankets.
"Hey Nicky, how'd it go little buddy?" Brian asked, eating a chocolate bar at eight o'clock in the morning.
"Um, I don't know." Nick said not wanting to tell Brian.
"What do you mean you don't know? So did you?" Brian asked again being more precise.
"Um.... no." said Nick thinking about his answer.
"Yo, that's okay man. Remember what you said the other day about waiting for her to be ready and that's all that mattered to you?" Stacey was touched about what Nick said. She kissed Nick on his stomach under the blankets.
"Why don't you come down for breakfast now?" asked Brian
"I will." said Nick "I'm just gonna take a shower."
"Okay then, I'll see you down there." said Brian walking out of the hotel room. Stacey came out from under the blankets. Nick said,
"That was close." and kissed her on the forehead.
"I thought that was so sweet what you said." said Stacey putting around arm around Nick and lying her head on his chest.
"I could stay like this forever." said Nick holding Stacey so tight arms. But not tight like it was hurting her.
"Me too, but, you told Brian that you were going to take a shower. And that you were coming own for breakfast." Stacey said sitting up. They both took a shower. But not together. As Brian might walk in again and catch them. When Stacey went back to her room Abigail was in there just waking up. She said,
"Hey where were ya? Ahhhh, you're still wearing the close you had on the other day."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Stacey said trying to act like nothing happened.
"No, no, you stayed with Nick didn't you. You slept with him!" yelled Abigail
"Shut up! I did. Do let anyone know." said Stacey covering Abigail's mouth.
"All right! Why don't you want me to tell anyone? Was he not good?" Abigail said
"No, he was nice. I just don't want you tell anyone cause A.J. might do the same thing as when he found out me and Nick were going out."
"Okay. I see your point. I won't tell." said Abigail Down stairs Nick met up with Brian at the buffet breakfast table.
"Hey Nick." said Brian
"Hi. Sorry I made you stay in Kevin's room the other night." Nick said pouring some cereal in a bowl.
"Hey don't worry about it. One thing though. Why didn't you tell me I could come back. This morning you said nothing happened." said Brian
"SSSSShhhhh, don't tell anyone but, she did stay. Stacey hid under the blankets this morning." said Nick
"All right buddy! So, how was it?" asked Brian
"It was really nice. It wasn't so much the sex that was good, but it was the closeness. I really love her. She's the best thing that ever happened to me." Nick said.
"That's great." said Brian, "So do you think it was her first time too? She's had boyfriends before."
"I don't know. I think it was." said Nick worried, "She didn't tell me." Stacey and Abigail came down. They walked over to see Nick and Brian.
"Hey Stace'," said Nick "Can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Yeah sure." she said
"This might sound kind of personal but I was wondering, was I your first time?" Nick asked
"Of course you were." said Stacey putting her arms around Nick's neck
"Okay, I was just wondering, cause um, you were my first time too."
"If you want, I'll tell you all the boyfriends I've had."
"Okay." said Nick sounding a little jealous.
"Um, lets see, there was, Malcolm when I was twelve, that lasted about a month. Then Reese when I was thirteen, which lasted about a year, and man, he was fine! Just kidding! You're the cutest. And then, um, I can't remember the other one. I know I've only had three. Then you." said Stacey making Nick feel better. "And I've never loved any but you."
"Okay, I've only had two girlfriends including you." said Nick holding her.
"Really? I figured because you're so absolutely amazing that you've had lots." said Stacey
"You're so sweet. Lets eat." Nick said holding her hand and walking to the table. A few months pass, and Stacey finds out that the letter she got from an unknown person is a stalker. She gets more. Everyone tells her to act like nothings wrong but in her mind she knows that someone might be watching her every move.
