I heard the click of someone unlocking the door to the dark room. I still had tears on my face and I wasn't exactly ready to face anyone yet. Nick turned on the lamp next to the bed and saw me sitting in the chair stairing out the window. He stepped closer and saw the glimer of the tears that were slowly rolling down my cheeks.
"Baby, what's wrong?" He said wrapping me in his comforting arms, craddeling me like a little baby.
"Oh, God Nick! If you only knew!" I cried on his shoulder.
"Don't worry sweetie, it'll be okay." I paused and looked up at him for a second.
"What the hell did you just call me?" I asked standing up.
"What? Sweetie?" He questioned.
"Yes! Don't ever call me that! I hate that name! I hate it!" I screamed. "I hate it."
"What's wrong? Why don't you want me to call you sweetie?" He asked coming closer.
"Cause that's what that stupid basturd of a so-called father used to call me!" I screamed. "He always called me that when I was scared." I quivered at the thought.
"What do you mean 'so-called' father?" He started to step closer but I just kept backing away.
"I mean, I'm adopted, Nick. I'm adopted." The tears that had stopped for a moments time, began to fall again.
"How did you find this out?" I silently walked over to the lap top and showed him the page. I walked back over to my seat by the window and watched the cars and the few people wander the streets.
"I can't believe something like this happened. The thought never crossed my mind."
"I never thought a nightmare could come true. That eveything I never thought was real, is turning into everything I've ever feared. I'm going to end up losing everyone and everything one by one." I said in a daze. "There's no way I'm going to be able to handel this all. No way."
"Babydoll, look at me, we'll make it through this. You have all the guys here for support and you have Mandy. There's nothing to be afraid of."
"But you saw how I almost lost you today! It's as easy as one, two, three! Once you hit the third step, it's over and out."
"As long as we're honest with each other and don't hide anything, we'll be fine."
"But-"
"Will you stop with the buts! We can do this. We'll find out all this stuff with your father and we'll live like we should."
"Promise?" I asked putting my hand over his heart.
"Promise." He laid his hand over mine and after a few seconds he took my hand and led me over to the bed.
"Now, I think you need some rest." He lifted the covers and I laid on his bed. I had just realized I was still in my clothes.
"Before I goto sleep, let me go change real quick." I said as I got up again. I walked quickly back to my room and found the door open.
"Mandy?" I walked into the room and didn't see anyone in there. I checked the whole room and didn't see her anywhere. "Mandy? Where are you?" I shouted creeping around the room. She never did answer. I sat on the bed tring to figuar out what to do. I fell back and laid there with my eyes closed.
'It's been a long day.' I thought to myself.
"Marrisa! What are you doing here? Nick's looking for you." Mandy scared me walking into the room.
"Where have you been?" I asked standing up.
"Ice!" She said with a smug smile and shook the bucket.
"Jesus girl! You had me so scared!" I said laughing a bit.
"Awww, nice to know you care!" I laughed at the baby face she made at me.
"Funny." I smirked. "Anyways, I'm going to get a change of clothes and sleep in Nick's room. Hope you won't miss me too much!" I smiled.
"Yea, I think I might die without you here. Please don't go." She said blandly. I got my pj's and another change of clothes for tomarrow.
"Sheesh, love you too!" I laughed and walked out of the room.
"I know, everyone dose!" She shouted out the door.
"Okay, girl! You just keep telling yourself that!" I shouted back as I opened the door to Nick's room. I walking in the room laughing and Nick gave me a funny look.
"Don't try." I said walking in the bathroom. I changed in to a pair of dark green silk pj's that were made up of shorts and a tank top. I walked out of the bathroom and found Nick laying in bed. He had a book over his stomach and his eyes were closed; I asummed he was asleep. I quitely pranced over to the bed and pounced on him. Unfourtinaitly, on my part, he wasn't asleep and knew I was coming. He rolled over and layed his arm out, making me land my stomach on his arm, which might I add, didn't feel all that good.
"OW! Pain! Geez nick! Your much softer, why couldn't I have landed on you?" I cried rolling over.
"Cause that would have hurt ME." He said laughing.
"Not funny. Gosh, that hurt." I closed my eyes, and kept on with my acting.
"Oh come here you big baby!"
"I would, but I think you broke one of my ribs." I said softly.
"Tell me you kidding!" He crawled over to me and looked at me. I always was good with poker faces! "Your not are you?"
"I might be better if you'd kiss me." I whispered softly.
"You little monster!" He laughed and started to tickle me. "But that's why I love you so much." He kissed me and rolled on top of me, this time I let him. I wasn't going to let it get out of hand, but he understood me now.
Eventually we stopped and started to fall asleep in each others arms. I couldn't sleep though. Something was at the tip of my mind and was bugging me. It finally reached 2 am and I hopped out of bed and went to Kevin's room. I knocked on his door for a few minutes and he didn't answer. I finally decided to go downstairs and check out what was going on.
I looked around and the place looked pretty busy. I noticed another bus outside and I sat down in the loby to watch. I noticed 5 guys walk in and I reconized them some how. I couldn't place it and it was starting to bug me. I walked towards the elevator after the guys passed by and I stepped in without looking up. I didn't realize I wasn't alone until someone spoke.
"Which floor?" I heard a voice say.
"Huh? Sorry." He smiled.
"Which floor?"
"Oh, the 10th."
"Your on the cleb floor?"
"Yea, that's kinda what you get for touring with the Backstreet Boys." I gave his a lop-sided smile and laughed a little.
"Oh, well let me inroduce myself. I'm Justin, that's Lance, JC, Joey, and Chris. We're from N'Sync."
"Hi," was passed around. They all wern't really paying attention and I could tell they were really tired.
"I knew I knew you guys from somewhere! I just couldn't place it."
"Oh...."
"Don't take it offensive or anything, I didn't know who Kevin was when I met him either!" I said as we all stepped off the elevator.
"Let me guess, you don't listen to any of our music, your just more of the alternative girls?"
"How'd you guess?"
"I donno, I'm good at reading people."
"Hmm.... cool. Well this is my stop. I might run into you later?"
"Yea, maybe! Later!" He said and opened his door. I waited until he got in his room to start tring to wake up Kevin again.
"Kevin I know you can hear me! Please get up! It's important. Please?" I slid down the door and sat down cuddleing my knees. About 5 minutes later, I heard a door open.
"Are you okay?" Justin came out I guess hearing me tring to wake Kevin up.
"Not really! I know it's late and most of the time if I need to talk, Kevin always opens the door. Now he won't and this is one of those times." I kept my head down while talking.
"C'mon girl! Up you go! You need someone to talk to and I have nothing to do since I'm not tired yet."
"Your sure you want to hear me ramble?"
"Can't be any worse than me!" I walked into his room and sat down in the chair by the window.
"Talk."
"Okay, first off, I'm the one dating Nick Carter. We'll we've been going out for a little over a month now and been doing pretty good. Earlier, we were kissing and he said he loved me. Now we had this conversation before; the whole love thing. I was kinda skeptical about him loving me and I thought he only THOUGHT it was love. But I think he's not lieing. And truthfully I haven't been able to sleep all night cause I think, and don't laugh at me when I say this either, I think I might love him too. That makes sence right?"
"Perfectly. Look, you need to talk to him about this, or someone that knows you better. Concidering we just met, I haven't seen how you act around him. But I'll let you know on a little secret. As much as they say we're rivals, we're not. Me and Nick are actually pretty good friends. I'll tell you another thing, I've seen him in love once, that was with Mandy. He's never lied to a girl about love, so just trust him.
"Well I need you to do me a favor. First off, what are you guys here for?"
"We're doing a charity event with them and a concert. Why?"
"Perfect! I don't really want to tell anyone else about this, so since I'm going to be hanging around them they whole time we could hang out and get to know each other on the way. Then you can see what we're like and you can give me your perspective."
"I donno..."
"Please?" I had one of the best baby faces to work with on this look, I had always been told I was good.
"Okay, but make sure he doesn't get the wrong idea," He pleaded.
"You are a doll! I might acutally be able to sleep now."
"Well I've been told that many of times!" He grinned. I rolled my eyes.
"Well thanks alot Justin. You've been a real help." I gave him a hug and walked to the door. How about we meet for breakfast tomarrow at 7?"
"Sure, see ya down there!"
"Bye!" I walked out the door and back to Nick's room and found him awake.
"Where have you been?"
"Nowhere, just checking out the place. I couldn't sleep."
"Oh." I got into the bed and he wraped his arms around me. and we both fell asleep peacefully.
*~*~*The Next Morning: 6:45a.m.*~*~*
"Hey how bout we catch some breakfast with the guys today?" Nick asked from the bathroom.
"Sorry hun," I said walking into the bathroom whole he brushed his teeth. "I already have plans. I'll walk down there with ya though." I swung in the bathroom and sat on the sink facing him.
"Who with?"
"Someone you know. You might get mad if I tell ya who it is."
"Who?" He questioned rinsing out his mouth.
"Justin Timberlake." I covered my face cause I was afarid to see what he'd look like. He spit out the water at and odd pace though. I waited for him to do something, but he never did. "Are you mad?"
"No, cause he knows better than to mess with my girl. I trust him."
"Good, and you should trust me too." I hopped off the sink and slipped on my baby blue sneakers to go with my sanded flairs and silver halter top. "Hurry up!" I yelled at him. He came up and put his shoes on and locked the door. We went downstairs holding hands and just playing around with each other. We reached the bottem of the stairs and parted cause I saw Justin. I gave him a quick kiss and we walked our sepeate ways.
