Nick runs to find me. He looked down every hall. Finally, he comes to a hall with the exit door.
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Meanwhile, I am so upset and mad at Nick for the awful things he said about me. I had to get out of there. My eyes were filled with tears that fell from an unseemingly, neverending well. I just couldn't believe that he said what he did.
"How dare he! Why is he doing this, especially after all I did for him?" I thought.
All these questions flooded my mind. Finally, I decided that I wanted out and to never talk to him again. I dried my tears and headed to the door.
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As I was pushing on the door, a hand grabbed my wrist. I turned with my tear filled eyes and saw Nick standing there.
"Wait"
"Why? So you can hurt me again? I never want to talk to you."
" What? No, Just hear me out ok?", dropping my wrist.
"Fine, not that I want to."
"Listen Brie, I'm sorry that you had to hear what I said earlier. I didn't know that you were there."
I started to open my mouth but he continued on..
" The things that I said were not nice and were not really true, I realize that. I just..I was just really angry and upset and I had to blame someone. I'm sorry that someone was you."
I started to open my mouth again to say something but I immediately closed it again.
"I didn't mean what I said. I'm so sorry. Will you ever forgive me?"
The tears began to fall. A minute later, I regained composure.
"It hurt me a lot when you thought that this was all my fault, especially after all I did."
"I know."
"When something bad happens, you can't just go ground and blame anyone or anything. People have feelings...I have feelings, damn it."
"Yeah, I know, I never meant to hurt your feelings. I'm sorry. Can you ever forgive me?"
"I don't know"
Then, I turned and looked into his deep blue eyes that were filled with hurt, sorrow and sincerity. I knew then that he was telling the truth and that he meant it.
" I forgive you Nick,” I said after some time.
"Oh, thank you Brie. I am so sorry that this happened and I promise, cross my heart and hope to die, that I will never do it ever again."
"Ok" and we walked back together.
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Later on that night, Nick wanted to talk to me and could not find me. He thought I'd left, since I was still mad at him. He asked the others if they had seen me. They all started to look for me. They looked in the most obvious places for me but didn't find me. Then Nick entered the second little waiting room nearby and found me lying asleep on the couch. He walked over and covered me with a blanket he found and told me goodnight. While he was putting a blanket over me, the rest of the guys arrived and were looking in. Nick saw them when he turned to leave and put a finger to his lips, telling them to be quiet.
When they got out of there, Nick looked back at me.
" She looks so damn beautiful when she's sleeping."
The guys just smiled and chuckled. They left and went around the corner and down the hall to where they were staying.
"So I guess that's where she's been hiding for a while."
" Well, since she's been up since we started filming early yesterday morning til tonight, I'd say she needs and deserves it." Kevin chimed in a sarcastic/irritated voice.
"Besides, she has put up with a lot since Brian's accident." They all agreed.
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