Katie woke up the next morning really early. She went to take a shower. Her
and the other girls called Jackie and invited her to go to the mall with them.
Katie told her everything about her and Nick, and explained to her that she was
looking for something to wear. Her and the other girls met Jackie at the mall.
They went straight to American Eagle and Gap because every dress Katie had was
from either one of those places. She picked out like five dresses and went into
the dressing room while the other girls waited for her to put them on. Katie
tried on four of the dresses but the girls didn’t like them. Katie was about to
give up hope when she put on the last dress. It was black and very tight. It was
velvet. She looked at herself and she didn’t know if she liked it or not. She
walked out of the dressing room to show the girls. They were speechless and
their eyes widened.
“Katie you look GREAT!! You have to buy it,” said
Jackie.
“Yeah, that is sooo you!!” agreed Jessie. All the girls agreed and
Katie went back to change into her regular clothes. She paid for her dress and
then went to look for bracelets, a necklace, and shoes. The girls were at the
mall till 5:00. Katie looked down at her watch.
“OMG, you guys it is 5:00. I
have to get home and get ready,” she exclaimed.
“Do you want us to come and
help you?” asked Erin.
“Yeah that would be great!! I need all the help that
I can get!” said Katie gratefully.
“No you don’t. If you went with Nick
right now he would think that you were hot,” said Becky.
“Whatever,” said
Katie. They all went to Katie’s house to help her get ready. At 7:00 Becky left
for work and all the other girls left too. Katie heard a knock on the door. She
took her time, trying to not act anxious. She opened the door and saw Nick
holding a single red rose.
“Hey,” said Katie.
“This is for you. You look
beautiful tonight,” complemented Nick.
“Thanks you look great too,” said
Katie.
“Are you ready to go?” asked Nick.
“Yeah just let me put this in
a vase,” replied Katie.
“Okay,” said Nick. Katie went to put the rose in a
vase in her room and then she went outside. There was a black limo and she got
in.
“So where are we going anyway?” she asked.
“It is a surprise,” said
Nick mysteriously. It was a short ride when she noticed that the limo had
stopped. They were at an airport. Nick showed Katie his jet. She was totally
scared of flying and whenever she got real scared she began shaking. Nick was
holding Katie’s hand and felt her shaking.
“What’s wrong? Are you ok?” asked
Nick. They were already on the plane and it was moving.
“I am really scared
of flying. My best friend from Indiana died in a plane crash and I have been
scared ever since,” replied Katie. The seats were benches and Nick was leaning
on the wall of the plane and he put his hands around Katie and she just leaned
back on his chest. He held her the whole time. She felt so safe in his arms. She
knew that nothing was going to happen from then on. They arrived an hour later.
They got off the plane and Katie saw another limo. They drove for another hour.
The whole time Katie and Nick just talked about stuff.
“Where are we going?”
asked Katie.
“I can’t tell you, it is a surprise,” said Nick. They finally
got there and it was really cold. Katie only had on a spaghetti strap dress.
Nick could tell that she was cold and he took off his jacket and put it around
her shoulders.
“Don’t you need this?” asked Katie.
“No I brought two
because I knew that I was going to forget when I picked you up to tell you to
get one,” answered Nick.
“Oh,” said Katie. Then Nick blindfolded her and
took her waist and took her to her surprise.
“Wait here,” said Nick. Katie
stood there for about a minute and then Nick grabbed her hand and told her that
there was a big step. She stepped down and he took off her blindfold. She was on
a boat. Katie sat down and Nick drove the boat. He drove for about 20 minutes
and then he stopped and threw out the anchor.
“Where are we?” asked Katie.
“On the Atlantic Ocean just off of North Carolina,” replied Nick. It was
just them and the fish out there. There were no other boats or anything. Nick
came and sat next to Katie and put his hands around her.
“This is so
romantic!” said Katie looking at Nick. He was smiling and then they started
kissing. When they were done Nick turned on the radio, and sat back next to
Katie. Just then the song ‘But I Do Love You’ came on.
“I love this song!”
exclaimed Katie and she started singing. But she was singing softly because she
didn’t think that her voice was as good as Nick’s.
“Sing louder,” urged
Nick.
“I don’t like to be alone at night/and I don’t like to hear I’m wrong
when I’m right/and I don’t like to have the rain on my shoes/but I do love
you/but I do love you/I don’t like to see the sky painted gray/and I don’t like
when nothings going my way/I don’t like to be the one with blues/but I do love
you/but I do love you/Love everything ‘bout the your loving me/The way you lay
your hand up on shoulder when you sleep/and I love to kiss you in the rain/I
love everything you do/oh I do/And I don’t like to turn the radio on/just to
find I missed my favorite song/and I don’t like to be the last with the news/but
I do love you/but I do love you/Love everything ‘bout the your loving me/The way
you lay your hand up on shoulder when you sleep/and I love to kiss you in the
rain/I love everything you do/oh I do/and I don’t like to be alone at night/and
I don’t like to hear I’m wrong when I’m right/and I don’t like to have the rain
on my shoes/but I do love you/but I do love you/but I do love you/but I do love
you,” sang Katie. Her singing amazed Nick.
“Wow you sing that better than
you do our songs,” he said.
“Thanks,” said Katie. Then Nick got up and when
he came back he had a picnic basket in his hand. They had dinner. When they were
done eating they went back to the dock. Then they guys got back into the limo
and headed for the airport. Katie and Nick didn’t talk a lot on the way back.
Katie could tell that Nick had something to tell her but she didn’t know what it
was.
“Katie I have something that I need to ask you,” began Nick.
“Yeah,
what is it?” asked Katie.
“Well I wanted to do it on the boat but I couldn’t
think of what to say and this will be the last time that we are going to be
alone tonight so...” said Nick.
“What is it? You can tell me,” said Katie
sincerely.
“Ok but promise you won’t hate me,” said Nick.
“I promise.”
“Ok well I talked to Jive and they want you and the girls to go on tour with
me and the boys and open up for us,” said Nick.
“OMG that is great…why would
I hate you for that?” exclaimed Katie.
“Well 1 you have to quit school. And
2 we have to leave in 2 days,” replied Nick.
“Well I will do it I don’t know
about the rest of them. But you got me,” said Katie.
“That’s great...I
didn’t think that you were going to do it,” said Nick relieved. They got to the
airport and Katie was scared about flying all over again. Nick held her the
whole time never letting her go. They talked the whole time on the plane and
Katie noticed halfway through the ride that she wasn’t scared anymore. Then she
looked into Nick’s gorgeous blue eyes.
“Tonight was so perfect! It was the
best day of my life!!” exclaimed Katie.
“Yeah…and you are the reason that it
was so perfect,” complemented Nick. He was smiling and then they kissed. They
got back to Katie’s house and all the lights were on. Katie said good night to
Nick and got a goodnight kiss.
“I’ll call you tomorrow,” said Nick.
“Ok
I will talk to the girls and tell you what they said,” said Katie.
“Oh are
you doing anything tomorrow?” asked Nick.
“Umm packing,” replied Katie.
“Oh well you want to go to the beach at sunset with me?” asked Nick.
“Yeah sure,” agreed Katie.
“Ok I’ll talk to ya tomorrow,” said Nick. He
got back into the limo as Katie walked into her house. Nick started thinking to
himself about her. He realized that he was falling in love with her.
Katie
ran inside and told Becky what happened. Even though it was three in the morning
Katie called all of them and asked them about going on tour with the Backstreet
Boys. They all accepted. Then she went to bed because she had to work at 10:00
the next morning. All she thought about was Nick and how much she liked him.
Then she realized that she was falling in love with him.
Becky walked into
the room singing “Katie’s in love with Nick, Katie’s in love with Nick.” Then
she plopped down on the bed.
“Yeah I am,” said Katie. Then she rolled over
and fell asleep.