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Chapter 11
Lilia sat all around all day debating on how she
was going to tell everyone about her departure when
a knock came at her door. She was very tempted to
just
tell whomever it was just to go away but she decided
to answer it.
"Where were you at rehearsal today?"
Rita asked angerly.
"Oh my God!!! I must have
forgot"
"Well, come on you have to come now or else were
gonna
miss the show," Rita grabbed Lilia by the had and
dragged her out of the room before she could
respond.
When she got in the hallway, she saw Howie. "Hi,"
she said quietly, not making eye contact.
"Look I
asked Rita if I could come with her to get you
because
I wanted to apologize for last night," he sdaid as
the
walked downstairs.
"Shouldn't you apologized to
Nick?" Lilia asked.
"I will, later," Howie replied.
"Well, I have something to tell you actually I think
I
should tell both of you. Listen, could you guys
meet
at my hotel room, at like 12 or 12:30 whenever we
get
back from the concert?" Rita and Howie nodded as
bothe secretly wondered what Lilia was up too.
At the arena Lilia also told the rest of the
guys,
to me meet her after the show. She didn't tell them
it was going to be a group thing because she wanted
them all to show up. Due to the tension between
Nick
and Howie at the momment she knew that it would be
hard to get them together. However, she still felt
that it would be best if she told them together.
Chapter 12
Lilia rushed from the bus to her room so she would
be the first to arrive. Lilia paced around the room
while waiting for the others to show. Within twenty
minutes all six of her guests had arrived.
The room
was completely silent, but Lila could tell the look
on their faces that hey were not happy to be ther.
"I'm sure your wondering why I asked you guys here,
mainly I did because I wanted you guys to hear this
directly from me, for both personal and professional
reasons. The more I thought about everything the
more I decided that this isn't the place that I
should be. Fatima and I discussed the situation and
I'm leaving after the shows in North Carolina," she
said trying to hold back her tears.
Everybody sat there in silence shocked by what
Lilia had just told them. "Oh, honey, are you sure
this is what you want?" Rita asked giving her a huge
hug. As the two girls hugged Lilia began to cry she
knew she didn't really want to leave but she felt as
though she had too.
"Um, I'm sorry guys but I really want to get some
sleep. I'll talk to you all tommorrow," Lilia said
wiping the tears from her eyes.
Everybody got up
and left the room except Nick who remained lying on
her bed.
"Nicky, I am not really in the mood to talk right
now, I'm sorry."
"So what your gonna just leave like this, I mean
haven't even addressed the situation with me. I
mean if the reason your leaving is because you are
afraid of causing trouble, then I'll let Howie have
you. I just don't want to loose you as a friend."
"You know what Nick that has to be one of the most
arrongant statments I have ever heard. You can't
give me to Howie, I am not a material object and I
certainly don't belong to you. I am leaving because
I love you, Nick. I know that sounds crazy, but I
know how much this group means to you and your
carreer and I don't wanna jeopardize it. I also
know that Howie is like a brother to you and I don't
want your relationship with him to fall apart
because of me," Lilia said as she began to cry,
even harder than before.
"Come here," he said motioning for her to sit next
to him.
"I don't wanna loose you and I'm not going
to let you go. I loved you from the momment I saw
you. Sure Howie is upset right now, but believe me
this will not cause any major friction because I
won't let it. I don't care what the other guys say,
it's not your fault." Lilia looked into Nick's eyes
and somehow she started to believe what he was
telling her.
"I love you, Nick," she said softly.
The two exchanged a long and passionate kiss, only
this time Lilia did not pull away. Lilia placed her
head on the and Nick gently moved his body on top of
hers. Nick began to run his hands gently up her
legs, Lilia began to pannick and pulled away.
"Nick, love you, but I'm not ready for a sex," she
told him honestly. Nick smiled and kissed her on
the forehead assuring her that everything would be
alright.
"Will you just sleep here and hold me?"
Lilia asked, not really wanting to let him go.
"Yes, sweetie, I'll do whatever you want," he said
wrapping his arms around her. That night for the
first time in weeks Lilia slept soundly.