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NINE: A Lesson For Amateurs "I never thought I'd be this happy to see two people in my life" Nick cried loudly as he embraced Caitlyn in a hug and pulled June in for one, only to have her give him a high -five instead. Brian nudged Howie knowingly, and laughed as they read Nick's puzzled expression. "This boy has been like a jack in the box all day, waiting for you two to show " AJ groaned "Every time his cell rang, he jumped up pulling all the cords out of the Nintendo" he explained rolling his eyes in exasperation. "Thanks so much for reprieving him to his normal state" he greeted sarcastically before he walked back to his room. "Don't worry about him; he's just in a bad mood 'cos of his nicotine deprivation" Nick explained hurriedly as he noticed worry cross the girls faces. "Uhh...can we use the bathroom?" Caitlyn asked, suddenly self-conscious. "It's the second door next to the entrance" Kevin indicated kindly, pointing.</P> <P>"Thanks" June answered as her friend clutched her wrist and pulled her into the bathroom. As soon as the girls disappeared into the overly elaborate bathroom, Howie, Brian and Kevin burst out laughing loudly. "What?" Nick asked perplexed. "What the hell-" "I don't know, perhaps you should ask Mr I- Can-Get-Any-Girl-I-Want Carter" to diagnose it for you" Howie suggested, winking. "Huh?" Nick sounded, as confusion painted his face like the measles. "Not following" "He means that the Ice Maiden has changed her tact and decided to become the Candy Princess - all soft and gewy and totally chewable" Brian smirked knowingly. "I still don't follow" Nick complained as he checked the bathroom door nervously for the girls. "He means that June has come off her pedestal to rejoin earth for a particular 'someone' " Kevin explained still incomprehensible. Nick looked at the three in disbelief for a moment. "You know what I just heard from your mouths?" Nick asked rhetorically. "Blah, blah blah, blah" he answered in comical accents. ''Man, you are so lost" Kevin muttered as Nick glared menacingly. Howie interrupted, mediating the increasing tension in the room. "What Kevin means, to put it bluntly is.." "June has fallen hard for you, my man" Brian finished off bluntly. "Just like you prophesised three months ago" he continued oblivious to Nick's draining expression. "Congrats" he applauded patting the younger blonde on the back. "Nuh uh...no way..." Nick shook his head in disbelief as he chuckled quietly. He looked up into the eyes of his now unsmiling friends. "You're serious?" he glowered as the broad smile slid off his face, like ice on a play slide. " But didn't you guys notice how she just pulled away when I tried to hug her?" he asked, looking slightly conflicted. "Nick, here's your first lesson in girls" Brian interjected patronisingly. "When she shrugs away affection, it means one of either two things..." he paused as a mischievous twinkle lingered in his eyes. "One she's got some exotic disease or..." he resumed as Nick looked at him suspiciously. "She's sweet on you" Howie finished up grinning heart-stoppingly. Nick only had time to sound in disbelief once more as the girls finally emerged from the bathroom, this time in a change of clothes and a brilliantly blinding smile replacing just 'the smile' they walked in with. "Should we eat?" Brian asked as soon as he saw the girls. "How about pizza?" he began to dial, without waiting for a response. Nick shot them a weary smile and glanced at June quizzically, looking for clues. He felt relief pass over him like a cool breeze in the middle of summer when June didn't notice his obvious investigation. "Thank god" he said under his breath as he fell into an engrossing conversation with Caitlyn about the little boy on the plane who cried non-stop for the whole flight. June turned back ever so slightly and sighed as she watched Nick's blue eyes roam around her friend's curvy figure, seemingly entranced. He has no idea she thought sadly as she flopped onto the leather couch.
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