An hour later we were all getting tired from the hard game of volleyball, in which mine and Ally's team won thank you very much. I went back to the lounge chair and picked up my watch and saw that it was one o'clock, and that meant lunch time.

"Ally I’m hungry, so am going to go and get something to eat, so do you want something too?" I said picking up my towel and wrapping it around my waist.

"Sure, am hungry too. So the question is where are we going to go and eat?" Ally said as she too picked up her towel and wrapping it around her waist.

'Damn there goes my idea in trying to find Nick and trying to be with him.' I thought to myself.

We walked into the hotel, and got to the elevator and had to wait for it to come back down. The bell rang to let us know that it was here, as the door opened and the people that were on it got off I saw that they were only two people and they were the same girls that came in here with Nick and his friend. They came off whispering and giggling as they walked by me.

We go on and I pushed the button of our floor that our room was on.

"I got an idea for lunch, why don't we just go down and eat at the restaurant here in the hotel?" Ally said as the elevator stopped at our floor, the doors opened and we stepped off the elevator and headed down the hallway to our room.

I saw that the door next to our room was opened, as I walked passed and waited for Ally to find the key and unlock the door, I had stopped in front of the door only to see a shirt on the floor, a messy bed and what I saw next sent me to heaven and not many girls get to see, Nick's back was to the door. He was on the phone as he sat down on the bed. I did hear him say AJ's name so I’m guessing that's who he was talking to. Well anyway he was sitting there with no shirt on, yes you heard right no shirt, and his hair was all messy too so you can guess what he was doing up here for an hour. Nick looked up and saw me standing there looking at him, and all he did was smile at me. I smiled back just before I heard Ally tell me to come on. I turned away from his door and went into my room.

"Ok before we go down to the restaurant I do believe we should get cleaned up first. And once we are downstairs we can think of something else to do before we have to get ready for the party tonight ok?" I said as we got inside the room.

"That sounds like a great idea to me," Ally said going thru her suitcase looking for something to wear.

I got my light peach color sundress and a towel and headed for the bathroom.

An hour later we were sitting at a table in the restaurant and also trying to figure out what to eat. Our waiter came and took our order. I sat there looking around the restaurant but not seeing anyone that I knew. Ten minutes later or waiter comes back with our order. "So what are we going to do tomorrow before we leave here?" I said as I was pouring more syrup on my pancakes. Yes I know am eating pancakes for lunch but hey I am craving them so why not.

"Well I was thinking maybe we could go to one of the malls and look around you know," Ally said as she was taking a bite out of her blueberry pancakes.

"You know that sounds like a great idea. You know we have a couple of hours to kill before we have to be home and its only a three hour drive any way so why not," I said as I took a bite out of my bacon.

"So what time is the party and where is it again?" asked Ally.

"Um...lets see, um...it's at the nightclub called Club Mirage, and its on Washington Ave. Oh and the fun starts at 9 pm and last until 2 to 3 am or when every the club closes," I said.

"Ok, well if it starts at 9 pm tonight and that gives us about four hours before we have to be there right?" Ally said with this evil grin on her face.

"Yeah and so? Ok what do you have in mind now I know that grin and why do I have this feeling that we are going somewhere," I said looking at her before drinking some of my milk.

"Well I was thinking that maybe we should go to the mall and find us something more hotter outfits if you know what I mean," she said.

"You know what that doesn’t sound like a bad idea. I really don't like what I brought to wear for tonight anyway so am up for some shopping." I said finishing the last of my orange juice too. Yes I did have a breakfast and milk along with orange juice. So hey I like having both with my breakfast.

"Ok no so let's go. I’m ready," Ally said standing up and waiting for me to get up. We left the restaurant and went shopping for new clothes for the party tonight. Got into the car and headed for the closest mall near the hotel. As we walked out we didn't notice the two guys that had been watching us this whole time.

"Yo Nick is that the girl you told me about an hour or so ago?" AJ said as he watched the two girls from the table where he was sitting at in the restaurant.
,br> "Yeah, that's her. Man I haven't seen her in a long time. I wonder if she still remembers me," Nick said as he was looking across the table to AJ, for he too had been watching the two girls also.

"You know you'll never know, if you don't go over there and say hi or something you know bro." AJ said as he picked up his coffee cup and began to take a sip of it.

"I know but man I’m scared that she might get mad at me or something." Nick said as he picked up his napkin and wiped his hands that were very sweaty now.

"Now why would you say that bro, Ok Carter what the hell did you do this time!" AJ said as he began to laugh when he saw the look on Nick's face.

"Well we were both nine years old at the time and she was spending the night with BJ. And well I..." He stopped and knocked over the salt shaker as he went to grab his glass of coke.

"Damn it Nick!" AJ said as the salt fell onto his pizza.

"Sorry about that Bone!" Nick said as he picked up the shaker.

"It's ok Nick. So what did you do to her that would make you so jumpy around her?" AJ asked as he knocked off the salt and began to eat his pizza.

"Oh yeah, um…well she was staying the night at my house and when her and BeeJee were downstairs making brownies. I snuck into the bedroom and put a rubber snake in her sleeping bag. Just as a joke. How was I to know that she had a weak heart like Brian and that she almost had a heart attack right there? So when every thing clamed down BJ had beaten the shit out of me," he said as he sat there and watched the two girls.

"You mean to say that was all. You just sat here and told me that you let your sister beat the shit out of you Nick?" AJ began to laugh over that.

"No not really. What really happened was BJ held me and it was really Nessie who had beaten the shit out of me. And I can tell you this, she is one girl you don't want pissed at you. Who knows what she might kill you and that am not joking either," Nick said as he sat there rubbing his jaw as he was remembering that night he got a very bad bruised jaw from a punch that Nessie gave him. Nick was still in his other world and didn't notice that the two girls had gotten up from their table and was starting to leave. The only thing that brought him back to the real world was, when he heard them laughing as they walked passed his table as they went out the door.

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