Chapter 14
Nick walked into the house, “Yo, Bri?,” he
hollered, while closing the door behind him.
Bri?, he asked again. No answer
sounded after him. Nick walked into the
kitchen and saw a note on the fridge, and slowly pulled it off.
Dear, Nick
We’ll
I’ve been around for awhile with ya now, but God has some other things he needs
me to get done, so I’ll be checkin up on ya after a little while, ill be back,
don’t think I’ve forgotten ya, ill see ya in a few weeks, maybe sooner, if ya
really need me!
Love,
Brian.
Nick shook his head, why did he have to leave
right now, things were changing between him and Casey, but Brian wasn’t even
there to be told.
Nick shook his head, he never knew Brian
would just up and leave, I mean he said he’d be back but still, it sucked quiet
frankly he was just getting use to havin him around. He ran up the stairs and
into the shower, When the phone suddenly
rang. Hello Nick asked exasperatly, all
he wanted to do was get into the shower with no disturbances.
“Hey,” came the cheery voice of, Aaron.
“Hey,” Nick said back, perking up a little.
“I was just calling to tell ya my flight is
for tomorrow, and I’ll be arriving at like 1:00, ok?”
“Alright, well I’ll pick ya up then.”
“Alright, later bro.”
“Later.”
Nick woke up around ten in the morning the
next day, to find that it was pouring down rain outside. Nick got out of bed and walked to the
kitchen, and then fumbled with the light switch. He was still slightly tired.
Around 11:30 Nick heard his cell phone go
off. “Hello?,” he answered.
“Uhh, Nick?, Hi…it’s me, Casey.”
“Oh, whats up?”
“Well this is kinda embarrassing but my
freaking piece of crap of a car broke down, about 10 minuets away from your
house and I kinda have no way to get home.”
“Oh, I see, well I’m about to be leaving to
go pick up my little brother from the airport, but if you don’t have anything important
to do you can just come with me,” he said.
“Oh, sure, if you don’t mind, neither do I,
casey said,” just happy she wouldn’t have to walk home in the rain, all her
friends were in their classes, no chance of getting ahold of them.
“Alright well, I’ll see ya in about 10, k?”
“Alright, see ya soon Nick.”
“Later.”
Beep, beep.
Casey’s head jolted up from the steering wheel, and she turned around to
see if that was Nick behind her beeping the horn. Yep, it was Nick. She got her purse, and locking the doors, got
out and ran to Nicks car, hopping in as fast as she could.
“Hey Nick”
“Hey, Case, how’s it goin?”
“Ugh, she moaned, I’ve been better. You?”
“I’m doin alright,” he said, as he put the
car in drive and headed towards the airport.
The ride there was pretty much silent. Until…
“Nick?, where does what happened last night,
leave us?,” Casey’s words seem to cut through the air, breaking the awqward
silence.
“I really don’t,” Nick sighed.
“Are we still just friends?, I mean,” Casey
cleared up, for some reason feeling like she had to.
“Well, Nick started off, I guess that’s sorta
up to you,” he answered.
“Oh, Casey said sounding quiet surprised, how
so?”
“Well, I mean, I wanna be with you, but what
about you do you wanna be with me?”
“Can you handle my busy, and hectic
schedule?”
Casey looked up at him, “Honestly, I think me
and you can find a way to make it work.”
“We wont be seeing too much of each other
though, cause you’ll be doin’ more and more school work and once I start touring…”
Casey cut him off, “Nick I know ,and I think
we can make it work, you may not have been touring when we met, but your life will always be
hectic, And we’ve still managed a friendship,” she said.
Nick sighed, “I know, I know.”
Nick parked the car and ran inside the crowed
airport with casey right beside him.
Nick found a seat and him and casey sat there
talking, and waiting for his little brother to show up.
“Nick is that little blonde boy your
brother?,” Casey asked, causing Nick to
follow her gaze to a blonde haired boy, who had all of his long hair cut short.
“That
would be him,” Nick clarified. He and
Casey stood up, and began walking up to Aaron, but Aaron was quicker and when
he spotted the couple, he immediately ran up to them and hugged Nick, with
every force of his body.
“Hey lil bro,” Nick said, excepting his hug
and huggin the kid back.
“Hey Nick, what’s up?,” he asked finally
unwrapping his arms from the older mans waist.
“Nothing much, this here, he said pinting to
Casey, is my girlfriend,” Nick said some what hesitantly, eyeing Casey for
approval as to pronouce her as that. She
nodded her head slightly, and shook the boys hand.
“Hi,” she said.
Aaron smiled lightly, and dropped her
hand. “So, do you have any siblings?,”
He asked.
“Well I have a little brother,” she answered
casually, quiet fascinated as to why he asked such a question, before anything
else.
“Oh, he said looking down, but then up again,
quickly. But no little sisters?,” he
asked hopefully.
“No,” she said, blushing slightly, finally
catching on to what he had meant, by the question.
Aaron just smiled, “Aww Man,” he declared.
Nick looked down at his lil bro and smiled, “Alright
well I think we can head on out to the car now,” he said, and so the trio took
off in search of Nicks car.
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