Katie and Nick went home and they changed their clothes and got in bed.
“Are you ok?” asked Nick.
“Yeah, I’m feeling better now. I don’t know
what was wrong with me,” replied Katie.
“Ok well I am going to take a
shower, and then I will be in bed.”
“Ok.”
Nick walked into the bathroom.
He sat down on a stool in there and pulled a black velvet box out of his jacket.
He opened it up and looked at it.
“I love her so much,” he said quietly
sighing. Then his cell phone rang. Katie heard it ring and thought that Nick was
in the shower so she went to go answer it. When she got to the door she heard
Nick’s voice.
“Hello?” said Nick.
“Hey Nick. How’s Katie?” asked Brian.
“She’s fine. She went to bed so I think she is asleep right now…Bri, what is
wrong with me. I love her so much!! I am so afraid that if I ask her she will
say ‘no’,” exclaimed Nick.
“You are just worrying too much. When Leigh,
Katie, and me were all outside she only talked about how much she loved you. You
have nothing to worry about!” assured Brian.
Katie heard everything that
Nick said. She couldn’t believe it. In her head she was yelling, “I’ll say YES!!
I’ll say YES!!” but on the outside she was keeping her cool. To calm herself
down she went downstairs to get some water.
“Yeah, she is the one for me I
know it. But I don’t want to lose her,” continued Nick.
“Don’t worry!! She
loves you a lot. And tell her that I hope she feels better. I got to go,” said
Brian. Then Leighanne got on the phone.
“Nick, me and Katie have become
really good friends and trust me, I know that she would say yes if you would
just ask her,” she said.
“How do you know?” asked Nick.
“Because you can
always tell when a girl is in love. Plus… Well I got to go,” replied Leighanne.
“OK. Umm tell Bri that I will see him later. Talk to ya later, Leigh,” said
Nick slightly confused.
“Bye!” said Leighanne. Then Nick hung up the phone.
He looked at his watch and decided that it was too late to take a shower so he
just put on a pair of boxers and a wife-beater. He walked out of the bathroom
and looked at the bed and saw that Katie wasn’t there. He walked out of the
bedroom and looked over the banister.
“Katie? You down here?” he called out.
“Yeah I’m in the kitchen,” yelled back Katie. Nick went down stairs. Katie
walked over to him and gave him a long passionate kiss. Then he pulled away.
“What was that for?” asked Nick.
“Just because I love you. If you don’t
like me kissing you I won’t do it anymore,” said Katie jokingly.
“Aww I love
you too. Don’t worry I like it,” said Nick grinning. Then he leaned in for
another kiss. This time it lasted a lot longer. They slowly made their way
upstairs and to their guys’ bed. And then lets just say that Katie made him a
happy man for the night.
Then next morning Katie woke up at noon. Nick was
in the shower. She went down stairs and got a bowl of cereal. Nick came down
stairs and gave her a kiss on the cheek since she had cereal in her mouth.
“I have a surprise for you tonight, Katie,” said Nick.
“What is it?!?”
“Can’t tell but make sure you wear something that you can dance in. We are
leaving at 4:30.”
Katie and Nick chilled together until 3:30. Katie went and
took a shower and started to get ready. When she was done getting ready she went
down stairs. She was wearing tight black leather pants and a tight white
Abercrombie and Fitch tank top.
“You look great!” complemented Nick.
“Thanks.” They walked out to Nick’s Durango. They drove for 3 and a half
hours. Then Katie realized where they were. Nick turned into Tony’s Pizza Plaza.
“What are we doing here? I haven’t been here since the party,” said Katie.
“I thought Sue would like to see you again,” replied Nick smiling. Katie
walked in and saw all of her old friends that lived down in Naples. Then Sue
went on stage and introduced the girls. They went up on stage and the first song
that they sang was ‘Larger Than Life.’ Katie watched Nick the whole time. She
was getting ready to sing ‘I Need You Tonight’ when Nick walked up on the stage.
All of the girls got off the stage so it was just Katie and Nick.
“Stand up
and close your eyes,” instructed Nick. Katie did what he said. He took a deep
breath and got down on one knee. “Ok you can open your eyes,” said Nick. Katie
saw him on one knee and started to cry. NICK- “Kathryn Alise Corey, I love you
more than anything in the world. And I can’t imagine my life without you. Will
you marry me?” proposed Nick. Katie was still crying because she was so happy.
She couldn’t speak so all she did was just nod her head. Nick had a big smile on
his face. “Really?!?” he exclaimed. Katie somehow managed to say yes. Nick put
the ring on her finger and then got up and gave her a nice long kiss and then a
hug. The rest of the night Katie stayed with Nick. About 3 hours later they
decided to leave. It was really late and neither Katie or Nick or any of the
boys wanted to drive home so they all stayed at a hotel. When they got to the
hotel it was 12:00. The hotel was a really nice hotel on the beach. Katie and
Nick decided to go for a walk.
“I’m really glad that you said yes. I have
had the ring for like two months. I didn’t know when to ask you or if you were
even ready for me to ask you,” admitted Nick.
“Why would you think that?”
asked Katie.
“I don’t know...I thought maybe you thought that you were to
young or something like that. I guess I am just afraid of rejection. I don’t
know what I was thinking,” replied Nick. Then he turned to her and gave her a
nice long hug. Then they went back to the hotel. They rented the movie ‘Scream
3’ since they never got to see it. Everytime Katie would get scared Nick would
hold her tighter. When the movie was over the two of them went to sleep.
The
next morning Katie woke up to Nick looking at her.
“What?” she asked.
“Did you know that you get more and more beautiful everyday?” asked Nick
grinning.
“AWW you’re so sweet,” said Katie grinning back. The whole day the
two of them just lay in bed. They were just laying down not saying anything,
then Nick said something.
“You know what? Your aunt was right,” he said.
“About what?” asked Katie.
“Well Becky broke up with Brad. And then
found out that he was playing on her with another girl. And she knew that we
were going to get married,” replied Nick.
“Yeah I never really thought about
that,” said Katie. Then the phone rang.
“Hello?” said Nick.
“Hey Nick
what are ya doing?” came AJ’s voice.
“I’m just laying in bed,” said Nick.
“Where’s Katie?” asked AJ.
“She is here with me. What’s up with all of
the questions?” asked Nick curiously.
“I was just wondering,” said AJ.
“Yeah sure,” said Nick and rolled his eyes.
“Whatever,” said AJ.
“So
what were you calling about?” asked Nick.
“Ummm oh yeah the guys and I were
wondering if you wanted to play some basketball with us and Leighanne and
Kristin are here wondering if Katie wants to go shopping,” said AJ.
“You
aren’t going shopping with the girls? Are you ok?” exclaimed Nick feigning
shock.
“Real funny!! Well do you want to?” asked AJ impatiently.
“I
don’t feel like playing let me ask Katie about the mall. Hold on,” said Nick and
then turned to Katie.
“Do you want to go to the mall with Leighanne and
Kristin?” he asked but was shaking his head no.
“No. Have AJ tell them that
I don’t feel good,” said Katie.
“She said no that she doesn’t really feel
good,” said Nick to AJ.
“Yeah I’m sure. You two are going to spend the whole
day alone right?” asked AJ.
“Not like that!!” exclaimed Nick.
“RRIIGGHHTT!!” said AJ laughing. Then Nick hung the phone up on AJ.
“What was that all about?” asked Katie.
“Nothing AJ was just being
himself,” replied Nick. Katie laughed. “So do you not really feel good or were
you just saying that?” asked Nick.
“Well I feel fine but I am a little
hungry,” said Katie.
“Come on I know this place on the beach,” said Nick.
They got dressed. When they left it was 5:30. So the two of them decided to walk
the walk to the restaurant. It took them an hour and a half to get there. The
whole way they just walked hand and hand talking about nothing that had any
point. It was a really nice restaurant. They ordered their dinner and the whole
time talked about the wedding. To their surprise no girls came running up to
Nick asking for his autograph. Then Katie noticed that a bunch of girls kept
looking at her. She and Nick were holding hands across the table. Nick could
tell that something was bothering her.
“Is there something wrong? If you
don’t want to do that at the wedding you don’t have to,” said Nick. Katie then
realized that she had blocked out everything that Nick said.
“What did you
say? Sorry. These girls keep looking at me like they hate me or something,”
apologized Katie.
“Who?” asked Nick. Katie told him where they sat and he
turned around and looked at them. They quickly ran over.
“Hey Nick, Can I
have your autograph?” asked one girl.
“Yeah sure. What is your name?” asked
Nick.
“Ashley,” said the girl.
“Can I have one to?” asked a second girl.
“Yeah sure.”
“Nick, can I ask you a question?” asked the third girl.
“Yeah sure.”
“Who is she?” asked the girl pointing at Katie.
“Well
umm this is my girlfriend, Katie,” replied Nick.
“Well can I ask you another
question?” asked the girl.
“Sure anything,” said Nick. The girl looked
really sad.
“What is that on her finger?” she asked. She was pointing to
Katie’s engagement ring. Katie quickly answered before Nick said what it really
was.
“It was my mom’s wedding ring. She died not to long ago,” said Katie.
She weren’t really lying because Becky gave Katie her aunt’s favorite ring. “It
was just on the other hand,” she added. Suddenly the girl got happy again.
“Oh ok sorry. Nick, can I have your autograph?” asked the girl.
“Yeah
sure,” said Nick. He looked kind of confused. When all the girls left, Nick
looked at her weirdly.
“What?” asked Katie.
“What was that all about ‘My
mom’s ring?’”
“Nick, did you see her she was sad asking the question and
when I answered she got all happy again. I think we should announce it before we
tell any fans.”
“Yeah I guess.”
Then the food came. Katie and Nick ate
quickly then paid and left. They walked for about two hours and then just lay
down in the sand. Katie snuggled with Nick. And then soon fell asleep to him
humming ‘I need you tonight.’ Then next morning she woke up...alone!!
“Nick
where are you?” said Katie. She looked around and noticed that she was the only
person on the beach. She was scared and worried. Nick wouldn’t just get up and
leave. Nick was gone. Katie started to run home and the entire time she was
thinking ‘WHERE DID HE GO?’