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Chapter 2
"Don't forget me." I said looking through my teary eyes at Nick.
"Never." He said looking directly back at me. "Remember, I'll fly you to meet us in California next weekend." He looked me in the eye, his hands running up and down my arms keeping the chilly early morning breezes from effecting me.
That day at the doctors office my life had flipped around completely. I decided to go to college here in Florida, I'm going to stay in Nick's house, mine and AJ's house is still "not a place for me to be alone" according to him and Nick, and well, the rest of the guys too. I'm going to major in teaching (younger kids, you know pre-school or something like that) and we'll see how things turn out after that. Nick and I will alternate flying out to see each other every once and a while when our schedules allow and when I get my school breaks I'll fly out to tour with them.
"Nick!" Kevin called from the bus.
"Coming!" Nick yelled back at him. "Baby, I have to go." I nodded in response, not trusting my voice to do that much. "I'll miss you." He said extremely sincerely.
"I'll miss you too." I said back, my tears now flowing freely.
"I love you." Nick said gently wiping my tears away with his thumb.
"Love you too." He looked at me then the bus and then back at me.
"I guess I could always stay, I mean, the fans won't miss me THAT much right?" He asked a small grin playing on his lips.
I laughed despite my feelings. "Naw, they'll only come and hunt me down!!" I look up at him, stood on my toes (mind you I'm only about 4'9) and placed a gentle kiss on his waiting lips.
"Gosh, you really don't know how much I'm gonna miss that do you?" He said looking at me with that famous twinkle in his eye.
"I wish I could say I didn't, but the truth is I do." I said standing on my toes and leaning up for one more sweet kiss…
"Yo Juliet!" Yelled AJ from the bus. "Could ya plllleeeaazzzeee send Romeo up…We're kinda runnin' late here!" I laughed and looked at my "Romeo", no, my Nick, my sweet, wonderful caring Nick and smiled.
"GO! And call me when ya'll get there." I said, a small twang still evident in my voice after almost 3 years of not living in Tennessee.
"I promise I will." He answered me. "Love you." He looked down at me.
"I love you too, with all my heart soul and mind."
"Forever…" he said, starting to recite our favorite phrase.
"And always…" I answered. He then leaned down and ever so softly kissed my lips, then turned around not looking back, knowing that if he did, the Backstreet Boys would be a member short this tour.
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