Chapter 4



"Jessica?" called Mrs James from the other room. Jessica went in her mothers room.
"Hi mom."
"Did you eat dinner with Nick?"
"Yeah, Nicks mother asked me to stay. Sorry I didn't call you."
"Oh, that's okay. I didn't eat anything anyway."
"Nick's mom invited us to have Thanksgiving dinner with them."
"Who exactly is this Nick anyway?" asked Mrs James.
"Nick Carter, from the Backstreet Boys."
"Oh yes, I remember now. How did you meet him?"
"He got my note and he called me," explained Jessica.
"Well, he seems like a nice young man, I'll talk to his mother about Thanksgiving dinner."
"I'm going up to my room. Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
Jessica went upstairs and dropped down on her bed. She thought about what had happened that day. Meeting Nick Carter, having him sing to her. Having Nick comfort her through the situation of her father, and meeting Nick's family. They even invited her to have Thanksgiving dinner with them. She changed her clothes and turned off the light. She layed back down and thought about the day until she fell asleep.

Jessica woke up on Thanksgiving and got dressed. She went downstairs. Her mother was busy putting a pie in the oven to take to the Carter's for desert. Her mom and Nick's mom talked on the phone and agreed that Mrs James would bring desert.
"Good Morning," said Jessica.
"Good Morning. You sure are in a good mood."
"I'm excited about today."
"Mrs Carter sounds like a very nice person, she insisted I didn't have to bring anything else."
At about 1:00 Jessica and Mrs James drove to the Carter's. They had an early dinner of turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, plus other apetizers. Everyone wen't and sat down in the Living Room to let their food settle. After a while they went back for desert. Aaron and Angel went upstairs to play Nintendo, and Jessica and Nick went outside to talk. They sat on the front steps. They were in the middle of a conversation when all of a sudden there was a flash.
Nick jumped up. "What tha..." A girl jumped out from behind a tree and jumped over the fence. "Geez, I hate when they do that."
"Does that happen a lot?"
"Well, not a lot, the fence stops most of them. Every once in a while one gets over and sneaks a picture, or asks for an autograph. Lets go inside and watch tv or somethng." They stood up and went in the house. Aaron and Angel weren't playing Nintendo anymore, so they flipped on the tv. MTV new 1515 was on. Kurt Loder was doing an interview with 'N Sync. Nick jumped up and picked up the phone. After a second he said. "Hey A.J. turn on MTV and listen to this interview."
After a minute Kurt asked them "Who's your favorite Backstreet Boy?"
"Brian," said Jc.
"You stole my answer," said Justin. He paused. "A.J.'s cool... He's a cutie."
Nick and Jessica started laughing. "I knew you'd like that one. That's my girlfriend Jessica. Okay, hold on just a second." He held the phone out to Jessica. "A.J. wants to talk to you a minute."
Jessica tookt the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey, its A.J."
"Hi."
"So, you and Nick are dating?"
"Yeah," said Jessica.
"Have you gotten down and dirty yet?" asked A.J.
Jessica started laughing. "No."
"Let me see that." Nick took the phone back. "What did you say?" he demanded.
"Not a word," said A.J.
"Sure."
"Look, I gotta go, I'll talk to you later," he said.
"Okay, Bye." Nick hung up the phone. "What did he say?"
"Nothing, don't worry about it."
"Enough of that," said Nick as he flipped off the tv. Nick held Jessica's hand and looked into her eyes. You have the most beautiful green eyes."
"Thanks."
"Your welcome."
"You have the most beautiful voice," said Jessica, hoping he would sing something for her.
Responding to her thoughts he started to sing. "Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine, I'm leaving my life in your hands. People say I'm crazy and that I am blind, risking it all in a glance. And how you got me blind is still a mystery, I can't get you out of my head. Don't care what is written in your history, as long as your here with me. I don't care, who you are, where your from, what you did. As long as you love me. Who you are, where your from, don't care what you did, as long as you love me." Jessica melted in his stare. He had such an angelic voice. "You sing the rest."
"I'm not that good," said Jessica.
"Come on, I'll sing with your."
"Okay," she said.
They started singing together. "Every little thing that you have said and done, feels like its deep within me. Doesn't really matter if your on the run, it seems like were meant to be. I don't care who you are, where your from, what you did, as long as you love me, who you are, where your from, don't care what you did, as long as you love me."
"You can too sing," said Nick. "Pretty damn good too."
"I used to sing a lot when I was little. Me and my dad..." Jessica's eyes began to tear up at the thought of her father. Nick leaned over and held her in his arms.
"I'm sorry, lets talk about something else."
"Okay." Jessica wiped off her eyes and tried to smile.
"How about a couple of quick races," said Nick, trying to cheer her up.
"Okay," Jessica smiled and sat down next to Nick on the floor. They raced for a little while, and Jessica pushed all the bad thoughts down, where they would stay, but not for long.

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