"I'm feeling better and I know it is because of Nick." she sighed. She set up Nick's Nintendo and began to play so
as to pass time. Then there came a knock on the door. "Must be the room service," she stood up.
The silver tray was pushed in loaded with breakfast. She gave the woman a twenty dollar tip. She thanked Cari and left.
Remebering the Nintendo, she put it off since she knew Nick was sensitive about people using it. She decided to wake the two
other occupants of the suite. She smiled devilishly.
Climbing Nick's bed, she jumped up and down screaming on top her lungs. "Wake up, wake up!!"
Thinking there was something going on Nick woke up in panic. "Why you little squirt!" he clasped Cari's waist and began
wrestling with each other.
"What the hell is going in here?" Brooke said.
Nick and Cari began laughing uncontrollably when they saw Brooke.
"What?" Brooke said coming towards them.
"Your...face," Cari said gasping for breath.
Brooke remembered about the mask she was wearing and then ran towards her room with Cari and Nick's laughter following her.
Nick then hugged Cari, "You okay now baby?"
She nodded, "Yeah, thanks to you." she said shyly.
"Don't I get a thank you kiss?" Nick said pouting.
Cari then placed her lips against Nick's. Nick groaned when he felt Cari's soft lips.
"AAAHHHHRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!"
Nick and Cari jumped apart when they heard Brooke screaming. "Works everytime," she said with a smile, the mask on her face
removed.
"Brooke!" Nick and Cari said together.
"Don't you guys even think about morning breath? Disgusting!" Brooke said, pretending to gag.
"So that was why there was a something different about your kiss," Cari said laughingly.
"Hahaha!" Nick said, "Is there food? I'm starving." He stood up and helped Cari up.
"Yeah I ordered some before I jumped on you," Cari said with a twinkle on her eye.
Nick ran outside to get food, leaving the two girls behind.
"So how are you feeling?" Brooke asked Cari as they both went ouside to join Nick.
"A lot better," Cari said.
"So being with Nick makes you feel better? Is he directly involved in your recovery?"
"Who wouldn't recover if she has to endure Nick's obnoxious chatter for the whole day? He did that to me yesterday!" Cari
complained, rolling her eyes.
Brooke laughed, "So are you going back to work tomorrow? I had to fill in for you for two days and it had been hell!"
"Yeah, so now you don't think that clicking the button of the camera is hard?"
"I regret what I said!" they both laughed.
"C'mon knowing Nick, by the time we get there, the food will be gone," Cari said with a groan, "Why did I get to be stuck
with a pig of guy?"
"Well, you like that pig of a guy," Brooke said with a laugh.
When they went to the kitchen, Nick was chowing down on the food. He looked up and grinned at both of them. Cari rolled her
eyes and Brooke laughed.
"Yeah, sure," Nick said as he went to the living room.
Brooke groaned when she heard this. "Oh, this is good. I'm going to the agency to work and you two will go shopping,"
"Don't worry Brooke, I'll buy you a present." Cari said hugging her best friend.
"Well, I guess it can't be that bad. I'll go change now."
"WHO PLAYED WITH MY NINTENDO?!" Nick yelled from the living room.
Cari went into the living room with a guilty smile, "Uh, me? How did you know someone touched it?"
Nick came towards Cari with a predatory look on his eye. "I just know it..." he began circling the sofa. It then started a
full-fledge game of tag. Cari was squealing while Nick ran after her. Finally he tackled her. "Oh you don't want to do that
Nick." Cari said with a twinkle in her eye.
Puzzled, he asked, "Why nooooott?"
"This is why," she said sweetly. Cari's hands hit Nick squarely on the shoulders, cathching him by surprise. Nick was sent
flying backwards into the sofa. Nick got up and lunged into Cari but was sorely disappointed into tackling her. Cari suddenly
twisted, tangling her leg around the back of his knee, jerking hard and up, and the next thing Nick knew, he was toppling
backwards like a wounded goose. Cari's laughter pealed in the air.
Brooke was watching the whole scene, she laughed with Cari, "Because she's a judo expert, that's why," Brooke explained and
helped Nick up.
"That wasn't fair!" Nick said childishly.
"Your ego hurt, baby?" Cari asked coming towards a pouting Nick.
"Sorely hurt, I was tackled by a squirt of a girl!" Nick complained.
"If it will make you feel better, Brooke and I won't tell anybody that I tackled you. Will that make you feel better?"
"That and a kiss?" Nick said hopefully.
"Uh-huh," Cari kissed him on th lips.
"Oh brother, I'm outta here," Brooke went out of the suite, smiling, feeling happy for her best friend.
Cari came out of the fitting room dressed in a silk black dress with a plunging neckline. Nick's eyes went wide.
"You like it?" Cari said.
"C'mon Cari. You know my thing about silk, I don't want to do anything here!" he said already gritting his teeth for
self-control. Cari gave a small laugh.
"I'll take it," Cari said to the saleslady.
After a few minutes they went out of the store. "Oohhh, there's Prada, let's go and check it out." she said teasing Nick, who
was alrady cross because of his starving state.
"FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! I need FOOD!" he yelled. People walking near them turned to look. "Sorry," Nick mumbled.
"I was just joking, c'mon let's get something to eat." Cari said.
"Mickey D's, please?" Nick said pleadingly. "I haven't eaten McDonald's in a week."
"Okay, let's go."
At McDonald's Nick wore his sunglasses and a fisherman's hat which covered some of his blond hair. Nick ordered a Big Mac,
a supersize fench fries, large coke, and two apple pies. Cari ordered a quarter pounder with cheese, and a regular Sprite.
"My, my, my, someone's hungry," she teased Nick as they got a secluded table in the restaurant.
"Well, I someone didn't drag me to seven stores the whole morning, I would have eaten less," he made a face at her.
In the middle of their meal, someone in the restaurant yelled, "OH MY GOD! IT'S NICK CARTER!!!" Nick's face turned white.
Girls went to their table to get autographs, most of them using the napkins the fastfood gave. Cari gave Nick a funny look.
One girl asked Cari, "Are you Nick's new girlfriend?"
Cari's face turned red, "Uh, you'd better ask him," she said mortified.
After a few minutes, the crowd didn't lessen so their bodyguards had to pull them out.
Inside the car, "God, that was close," Nick said, his fisherman's hat now gone.
"It could have been worse, you know," then there was an uncomfortable silence in the car.
"Uh Cari, why didn't you tell the truth to that girl?" he asked looking at Cari.
Cari averted her eyes, "I didn't tell her anything, I told her to ask you. I honestly didn't know what to answer her, since
you haven't ask me to be you girlfriend," Cari sighed.
"I'm sorry, I just assumed that you were my girl since the first time we kissed, and after all that we've been through
these past few days..." he said quietly.
Cari bit her lip, "I really don't like assuming people, you know,"
Nick held Cari's hand, "I'm not really good at this," he paused, " so, uh, will you be my girlfriend?" he looked intently at
her eyes.
"Yes, I'd love to be your girlfriend, Nick." Cari answered shakily.
"I love you Cari," Nick thought as he kissed her.
Next Morning...
Cari woke up and looked up and saw Nick sleeping beside her. She
smiled and got up quietly so as to not to wake Nick. She called for room service and ordered food for the three of them.
"Hey Nick, want to go shopping?" Cari asked him after finishing breakfast.
"C'mon Cari, it's already two o'clock and I'm starving! Let's go," Nick complained. He was carrying
five bags whick were already full of Cari's enormous purchases. They were now at Gucci and Nick was feeling really impatient.
