Right For Me

By: Kristy

Nick Carter opened the glass door and stepped into the diner. He scanned the faces and found the one he was looking for. He met his friend's eye and side stepped a patron exiting the diner as he made his way to his buddy. Nick sat down, picking up the sticky menu. "What's good, anything?" he asked.

"Eh, the pie looks eatable," Justin Timberlake, replied.

The two friends were on a cross country road trip, during their winter break from college. Since they were poor frat boys, they weren't in a comfortable car. They pooled their money and planned a nice trip by the bus. As luck would have it, the bus broke down and the passengers stayed in the motel, right off the expressway. For Justin, it was a night spent flipping channels. He couldn't sleep. For one thing, he was in a strange bed. Lord only knows who or what had been in those sheets before he got the room. For another thing, the gaudy, blinking signs outside his window kept sleep from coming to him. The too thin curtains didn't help him any.

Justin sipped his coffee as he observed Nick. Nick looked rested. Satisfied even. Justin put down the mug. "You got laid," he accused, with a smirk.

Nick bent his head over the menu, hiding his grin. "Oh man!" Justin laughed, smacking the table, "How do you do it, man?!"

"Well, bro, I stick my..."

"No, dude!" Justin said, putting his hand up to stop Nick from saying another word, "How do you always get the chicks?"

"It's not that hard, just smile and look deep into her eyes," Nick shrugged, "Tell her what she wants to hear."

"I'm not like you, Nick. I can't read girls the way you do," Justin confessed.

The waitress found her way to them and they ordered a hot breakfast. She brought Nick his coffee. Justin waited while he doctored the brew to his liking. "So, who was it?" Justin inquired.

"Julie," Nick answered.

Justin raised his eyebrows in a questioning look.

"One of the girls from the bus," Nick replied to Justin's unspoken request, "The one with the brown hair with blond chunks. The one with the laugh."

"Oh! She seemed like lots of fun," Justin said, wiggling his brows.

Nick laughed. "She's more than fun. She's amazing." Justin could only watch as Nick got the far away look in his blue eyes. Nick's mind left the diner and returned to the room where the magic happened. Julie wasn't like other girls he had hooked up with. She was the one to pin him down. She told him she just went after what she wanted. It was refreshing to have the girl take control. She rode him like there was no tomorrow. They went at it many times and Nick came a record four times last night.

The waitress returned with their orders. The smell of greasy bacon and slightly burnt toast brought Nick back to the present. The guys gobbled their food, conversation taking a backseat. When their immediate hunger was satisfied, Justin ventured, "So, bro, details, man...."

Nick laughed. "Well, Julie knocked on my door AFTER I had eaten half my garlic pizza."

"Oh, dawg, your breath had to be kickin'!" Justin crowed, sitting back in the booth.

"I was breathing fire like a dragon!" Nick agreed, "She waltzed into my room, with ice cream though, so that took the edge off. I'll leave the rest to your flithy imagination."

"Don't want to spill the dirty details?" Justin asked, disappointed. It had been awhile for him. He'd live through his friend if he had to.

Nick shook his head. "Nah, this lady's special. She seems right for me, like we were made for each other."

Justin and Nick's eyes met and that unspoken thing that guys share when one falls in love passed between them. Nick finally found his match and Justin was happy for him. The moment passed and the diner door's bells rang, signaling a new customer. Justin's eyes shifted and he smiled, tilting his head to the door. "That her?"

Nick turned around. Justin could see the grin. "Yeah and that's her friend, too." He turned to Justin and wiggled his eyebrows in a meaningful innuendo. Nick waved Julie and her friend over. Julie introduced her friend as Kristy as she slid in next to Nick. Justin moved over to make room for Kristy, his eyes glued to her.

The four young people ate and talked until it was announced that the bus was ready to depart. Everyone got their belongings and filed onto the vehicle. Nick and Julie took a seat together as did Justin and Kristy.

Could this be his one? Only time will tell. 'But she seems right for me,' Justin thought, stretching his arm out across the seat, behind Kristy. She turned and smiled at him. He smiled back, looking into her eyes. 'No, she is right for me,' Justin corrected his thinking. Then without thinking, he bent down and kissed her softly. Suddenly, the road trip got a lot more interesting.

The End

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