Katie ran to the hotel! She didn’t know what to do or think! She knew that
Nick wouldn’t leave her on purpose! She ran to the elevator. It was all the way
at the top floor and Katie didn’t have the patience to wait for it so she headed
for the stairs. When she got to her floor she already had her key out and ready.
She ran into the room!
“NICK ARE YOU IN HERE?!?” she yelled. No one was in
there. The beds hadn’t even been slept in. They were nicely made and it was too
early for the maids to make them. The only thing that was going through Katie’s
head at that moment was that something bad had happened to him or that her mom
took him. Katie looked around for a note or something, but nothing was there.
Then she ran down the hall to Howie and AJ’s room. She banged on the door as
loud and as hard as she could.
“Hold on I’m coming,” Katie heard Howie say.
She was crying really bad then and she was out of breath. “What do you wa…”
began Howie but then he saw that Katie was crying. “OMG Katie what’s wrong?” he
asked. Katie could hardly speak.
“Nick…we…” uttered Katie.
“What did you
guys get in a fight or something?” asked Howie.
“No...He is missing!!”
exclaimed Katie. She settled herself down enough to talk. “We went for a walk on
the beach after dinner and we sat down and feel asleep and when I woke up this
morning he was gone!” she said and started to cry harder again. While she was
saying all of that Howie let her in the room. AJ was still sleeping.
“Did
you check your room?” asked Howie.
“Yes. That was the first place I looked,”
said Katie.
“Did you try calling him on his cell?”
“NO! Can I use your
phone?”
“Yeah sure go ahead!!” Katie walked over to the phone and AJ woke
up.
“OMG! Katie! What are you doing here?” he asked but Katie had already
dialed the number so she couldn’t talk.
“Here I’ll tell ya,” said Howie. AJ
got up and walked over to Howie and told him what was going on. Katie was
sitting on Howie’s bed and shaking. **RING** **RING** **RING** **RING** **RING**
**RING** Katie slammed the phone down. Then she called their house. She didn’t
know why he would be there but she just thought that he might. **RING** **RING**
**RING** Then their answering machine picked up.
Katie heard Nick saying the
message. “Hey, this is Nick and Katie. We aren’t here right now so leave you
name and we probably already know your number and we’ll call ya back later. See
ya!” **BEEP** Katie started crying hearing his voice. AJ was now sitting on his
bed across from Katie looking at her really worried. Katie hung up the phone not
leaving a message. She looked up at AJ.”
“He wasn’t there or at home. What
is the number to Brian’s room?” she asked.
“Ummm…362,” said AJ. Katie picked
up the phone and dialed the number.
“Hello?” said Brian. Katie could tell
that she just woke him up. She was crying really hard and was really scared. She
was shaking so badly that she could hardly hold the phone.
“Brian? Is Nick
there?” asked Katie.
“No! Are you ok? What’s wrong?” asked Brian alert.
Katie could tell that he was fully awake now after hearing her voice. She told
him the whole story. “Where are you?” asked Brian.
“I am in AJ and Howie’s
room,” replied Katie.
“Ok me and Leighanne will be right there. I will call
Kevin. Just calm down we will find him and everything will be fine,” said Brian.
“I hope your right, Brian,” said Katie. She hung up with him and just lay
down on the bed crying. She didn’t know what she was going to do! About 5
minutes later Brian, Leighanne, Kristin, and Kevin came in the room. Katie was
still crying. AJ and Howie got dressed and tried to calm her down but it wasn’t
working. Katie and the girls and Brian all went to her room while AJ, Howie, and
Kevin all got in different cars to look for Nick.
“Katie! Stop shaking you
are scaring me! We are going to find him don’t worry everything will be fine! I
got my phone if you hear anything. I want you to stay here if he comes back.
Ok?” asked Brian. Katie couldn’t speak, she only nodded her head ‘yes.’ “Ok,”
said Brian.
“Be careful. We’ll take care of her,” said Leighanne and gave
him a hug. Then Brian walked over to Katie and gave her a really big hug to try
to reassure her. Then he left. Katie was lying on the bed crying. Kristin was
talking to her about different stuff to try and get her mind off of things.
Leighanne turned on the TV about a half an hour later. All Katie heard was ‘We
will have more on the fatal accident after these commercial.’ She got a sinking
feeling in her stomach and felt like the commercials were lasting forever. Katie
sat up to watch the TV.
“Good afternoon. I am Grace Trayhan. This is the
latest news on the fatal accident on Highway 41. Teen idol, pop star, Nick
Carter, was in a crash this morning. The police are not releasing any
information at this time because they have not contacted all family about this
tragedy. Now for other news…” said the newscaster. Katie ran to the phone and
called Jane.
“Hello?” said Jane, Katie could tell that she had been crying.
“Hello? Jane,” said Katie.
“Katie is that you?”
“Yeah! What hospital
is Nick in?”
“What they haven’t called you yet?”
“No! None of us.
Leighanne, Kristin, and I all just heard it on the news!”
“He is at
Community South East. I will be flying in on the next plane.”
“Ok. Do you
want me to pick you up?”
“No you just stay with Nick I will find my own way
there.”
“Ok bye. I’ll see ya soon.”
“Bye honey, take care of my son!”
“I will!” promised Katie. Then she hung up and Kristin drove her to the
hospital. In the car Katie was crying the whole time just hoping that he was ok.
Leighanne called all of the other guys and told them what hospital. When they
arrived there Katie ran into the front desk.
“Where is Nick Carter’s
room?!?” she yelled. The lady at the desk looked at her weirdly.
“I’m sorry
honey but no fans are allowed in,” said the lady.
“I am not a fan I am his
fiancée! See here is Brian and Kevin’s wives!” exclaimed Katie.
“I’m sorry
but you can’t go back there! NO FANS!! You are the 20th person coming in here to
claim that they are Nick’s girlfriend! My daughter is a HUGE fan and she said
that Nick only has a girlfriend and that he isn’t engaged!” The lady was yelling
at Katie and Leighanne and Kristin were yelling at her trying to tell her that
Katie was his fiancée. Then Brian walked in.
“Katie! Why aren’t you in with
Nick?” he asked.
“She wont let me in she says that I am a fan!” said Katie
pointing at the lady.
“We were trying to tell her that she isn’t a fan,”
said Kristin.
“We even showed her a ring!” added Leighanne.
“This is
Nick’s fiancée, but please don’t say anything. They are going to announce it
later,” said Brian calmly. The lady was shocked that she didn’t believe Katie.
“Ugh..ugh..533,” she stuttered.
“Thank you,” said Brian. Katie had
already started running for Nick’s room when the lady said it. She was looking
for the room. When she found it she was getting ready to turn in a doctor
stopped her.
“Please I need to see him,” begged Katie.
“Who are you?”
asked the doctor.
“I am his fiancée!” exclaimed Katie.
“Are you Katie?”
“Yes!”
“You can go in for 30 minutes. He has been calling for you.”
“Thank you!”
Katie ran in, next to Nick. She looked at his face. He had
cuts and scratches all over it. She was sitting next to him crying. He was
sleeping and she didn’t want to wake him because she had been in that place
before with her mom, and she knew that the more sleep that he got meant the
faster that he gets out. Katie was just sitting there and all of the memories of
being in the same place with her aunt come back to her. She started crying even
more. Then Nick started tossing and turning really badly.
“Nick! Nick! Wake
Up!” said Katie. When he finally woke up he saw her and started to smile.
“What took you so long to get here?” he asked.
“No one called me and the
guys,” replied Katie through tears. She was crying because she was so happy that
he was awake.
“Oh when did you get here?” asked Nick.
“About 20 minutes
ago.”
“Why didn’t you wake me up?” asked Nick.
“Because you needed your
rest and you looked so cute.”
“Aww.”
Katie couldn’t stand to see Nick
this way. Nick could tell that she was really worried about him.
“I will be
fine! Quit worrying,” he assured her.
“Yeah I know. I am just so happy to
see you. I was so worried about you. When I woke up and you weren’t there I went
crazy. I looked everywhere. Where did you go anyway?”
“I wanted to surprise
you and bring you breakfast on the beach because it was so beautiful outside.”
“You didn’t have to do that.”
“Yeah I know but I wanted to.”
“Your
mom is coming.”
“When?” asked Nick.
“I don’t know. She just told me that
she was going to come in on the next plane. I asked her if she wanted me to pick
her up at the airport, but she told me to stay with you,” replied Katie.
“Well good then you can stay here until she comes and then I can have my two
favorite ladies next to me.”
“Actually no. I can’t you are only allowed to
have one guest at a time, and the other guys what to see you. Plus, I am only
allowed to be in her for a half an hour,” said Katie. Just then the doctor came
in.
“Katie your time is up,” he said.
“No. I just woke up and we haven’t
really gotten a chance to talk. Please,” begged Nick.
“Well the other guys
are waiting and wanting to see you,” said the doctor.
“Just give me one more
minute,” said Katie.
“Ok but only one minute. I’ll be back to get you,” said
the doctor.
“Ok,” said Katie.
“Come here,” said Nick. Katie scooted
closer to him. He wiped a tear from her eye. “I will always love you. And I will
always be here for you no matter what happens,” he promised Nick.
“I love
you too Nick,” said Katie. Then the doctor came in and motioned for her to
leave. All of the guys got their turns with Nick. Jane came around 10:00 at
night. Nick talked to the doctor and they agreed that Katie could sleep in the
same room as Nick.
~~~Four Days Later~~~
Nick was able to go home. Jane had to go home. Nick had a broken leg and a
sprained wrist. After about 6 weeks Nick was as good as new. The scrapes on his
face were gone and you couldn’t even tell where ones were. His wrist and leg was
fine. He still had a little bit of a limp but the doctor said that it would go
away soon. He couldn’t dance quite yet. But the doctor said that in about 3 more
weeks he would be able to. The wedding was in 3 days and Katie was really
nervous. Because of Nick’s accident the boys canceled the entire tour that they
had scheduled and were going to do it when he was better. Despite what the press
might’ve said, Katie and Nick thought that it would be a perfect chance to get
married and have some private time with each other. Since Katie didn’t have a
father she asked her grandfather to give her away.
She was at her
grandfather’s house going over everything that was going on. He offered to pay
for the wedding just like a normal father would. They talked about everything.
Katie had hardly seen Nick all week because she had been so busy with the
wedding.
“Good Night Pop. I’ll call you tomorrow,” said Katie.
“Where
are you going?” asked Pop.
“To my hotel. I am really tired and I need to get
some sleep. I haven’t really had a good night sleep all week,” replied Katie.
“Oh well you aren’t staying at the hotel anymore. Call Nick and tell him to
come over here. I have a surprise for both of you,” said Pop mysteriously.
“Ok,” said Katie. She was really confused and didn’t know what was going on.
She called Nick and he was over at Jackie’s. Him and Scott have become really
good friends since Katie and him had started to date. So Jackie and Scott
offered for Nick to get ready and everything at their house.
“Hello?” said
Nick.
“Hey Nick,” said Katie.
“Hey! Waz up. I really miss you!”
“Yeah I miss you to. What are you doing?”
“Playing 64 with Scott. He
really sucks I have beat him every time!”
“Well, my grandfather wants you to
come over here at his house. He says that he has a surprise for both of us.”
“Really? Do you know what it is?”
“Nope. I have no idea.”
“Ok well I
think I need to give Scott a break so I’ll be over in 5. Ok?”
“Ok see you
soon. I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Then Katie walked back to the
dinning room where her grandfather was.
“So what is this surprise that you
are giving us?” she asked.
“Well it is from Judy and me,” replied Pop. Judy
was Katie’s grandmother. When her real grandmother died her grandfather got
remarried about 7 years later.
“Oh,” said Katie. She was trying to get clues
out of her grandfather about what it might be but she couldn’t get anything. He
was really good at keeping secrets. Then Nick knocked on the door. She walked
over and opened the door. Nick gave her a big hug and a kiss like he hadn’t seen
her in forever.
“Oh I missed you so much!!” He picked her up and spun her
around. And then sat her back down and kissed her. They were standing there
kissing when Katie’s grandfather walked over to them and tapped Katie on the
shoulder.
“Are you two lovebirds ready to go?” asked Pop. Nick started
laughing and blushed.
“Yes sir,” said Nick.
“Yeah pop,” said Katie.
“That is why I like you so much Nick, you are polite. Every guy that Becky
went out with was so rude it was unreal,” said Pop.
“Thank you sir,” said
Nick. He smiled and Katie was happy that Pop liked Nick. Poppy is very
protective of her and Becky because they are the only grandchildren that he had
and he wanted the best for them.
“Katie, why don’t you and Judy go out to
the car? I want to talk to Nick,” suggested Pop. Judy and Katie walked out to
the car.
~~~Back in the House~~~
“What is it that you would like to talk to me about, sir?” asked Nick.
“Nick, you are a very nice man, and I am glad that Katie found someone that
has made her so happy. I have never seen her this happy. Please don’t make me
regret giving her to you. Because if you hurt her then you will be dealing with
me,” replied Pop.
“You wont have to worry about that sir.”
“Please take
care of her.”
“I will,” promised Nick. He had a big smile on his face.
Katie’s grandfather could tell that he wasn’t going to do anything. Then Nick
and Poppy walked out into the car. Katie was talking to Judy. Her and Nick got
in his car and Poppy and Judy got in their car, and Katie and Nick followed them
to their surprise.