Isabel was walking across campus to her math class when her cell phone rang, "Hello?"
"Hey Isabel, whatcha doing?"
She smiled and stopped on the corner of one street to wait for the crosswalk to change, "Hey Kev, I'm walking to class. What are you doing?"
"Ridin' on the bus."
"Sounds like fun."
"It is..so I've heard you're coming to the VMA's with us?"
"Yep, got that right, I can't wait Kev..Kristen's going right?"
"Of course.."
"Cool..sooo..how's the tour going?"
"Well, my pants have not fallen down..YET, so it's all good."
Isabel laughed, "So, what's my man doin'?"
"He's asleep."
"He over that cold?"
"Just about I think. You know we all got it."
"Yeah..well, I'm about there, you want to call me later?"
"Sure..may be kinda late."
"Ok, I'll talk to you then. Later Kevin."
"Bye Isabel."
After her math class, Isabel was done for the day and was walking back to her apartment, when a teenage girl stopped her. "Can I ask you something?"
Isabel was a little confused but nodded, "Sure.."
"Well, I was surfing the net and I came across a picture of you and Nick Carter, so, are you his girlfriend?"
Isabel's eyes widened a little bit, she knew sooner or later people would know about her and Nick..but on the internet? She hadn't thought of that. "Umm..I don't know what you mean.."
The girl sighed, "Like I said, I came across a picture of you and Nick Carter on a website.."
"Do you remember the address by chance?"
The girl nodded and dug a peice of paper from her bag and wrote it down, "Yeah, here you go..so, are you?"
"We're just friends..," Isabel said, that was the safest answer she could come up with.
The girl nodded before smiling, "That's so cool! But, just so you know, if you two ever dated, I'd think you all made a very cute couple."
"Well..thanks..and thanks for writing this down for me, I'll definitely have to check it out."
The girl nodded, "You're welcome."
Isabel made her way up to her apartment and threw her things down, grabbing her cell phone and dialing Nick's cell number. While waiting for him or somebody to pick up, she logged onto the internet and typed in the address. "Oh great..," She mumbled as the first picture of the two of them loaded and came into view.
"Hello?"
"Nick? Are you busy by chance?"
"Nope..is it time for a weekly phone sex chat already Isabel?"
She rolled her eyes, "Okay, why do I date you when there's SO many more MATURE men out there?"
"Hey!"
She laughed, "I'm joking..but okay, now I have to get serious..some girl stopped me on my way home from class and asked if me and you were dating."
Nick was in his hotel room and walked out onto the balcony to sit down, "She did?"
"Yeah.."
"But how would anybody know..there's..no pictures..of us. Oh damn."
"Uh huh..she said she saw pictures of us on a website so I asked her if she had the address and she did, I'm looking at it right now. I told her we were just friends..I had no clue what else to say."
"What? Are you embarrassed to say you're dating me?"
"What?! Nick!"
"I'm serious Isabel, I thought we talked about this."
"We did, but aren't you being a tad bit irrational here Nick? I was just giving a safe answer..I didn't know whether you would want me to say yes, I'm dating Nick Carter, or just say no. We never talked about what would happen when it DID happen!"
"Common sense Isabel."
Isabel was getting frustrated, she thought she had been doing the right thing. "Yeah, well, common sense told me to tell the girl we were just friends until I could talk to you and see what you wanted me to say! And common sense right now is telling me to hang up on your ass before I really say something I'll regret."
"Let me be the first one to do it.," He growled before hanging up.
Isabel's jaw dropped, what had just happened??? She hung up the phone and looked back at the computer. A picture of her and Nick walking over campus that Wednesday morning, him holding her hand, stared back at her. She sighed, could anything else possibly go wrong?
Nick was feeling like a complete and total ass after he hung up on Isabel. He shouldn't of reacted like that but he was sick, tired and just felt crappy. So he took it out on Isabel. He knew that was a tired excuse too. Nick rubbed his tired face and stood up when he realized he was going to be late. He walked out of his room, seeing Kevin (of all people) come out at the same time. "Hey Nick.."
"Hey."
"What's wrong?"
"I think I pissed off Isabel."
"Oh dear..what happened?"
He sighed, "Nothing..everything..I'll tell you when I know."
"Okay.."
Isabel sent the link to Nick's e-mail address, even though she was mad at him she still wanted him to see the pictures. He had a right to, anyways.
Michelle came in, okay, barged in. "Isabel! Dude, okay, what is up with people asking me if I know you?"
"Oh great! They know MY NAME?!"
"You know?"
Isabel sighed and nodded, "A girl, today, asked me if I was dating Nick. She saw these pictures on this website..God Michelle, how did someone find me already??"
"I have no clue sweetie.."
"Nick got pissed off. I called him and told him what happened..well, I told the girl me and him were just friends..I thought that was a safe answer. It's not like I knew if the girl would jump me and beat me up or what?! So, he got pissed off and ended up hanging up on me."
Michelle took the seat next to her, "Ohhhh..well..he's still sick right?"
"I guess..but still.."
"Well..wait till later and call him later on tonight."
Isabel nodded, "Yeah..I'll have too.."
Michelle had finally convinced Isabel to go out with her that night, since Mark was busy studying for a final in his statistics class. But, Isabel had left her cell phone at home..and she hadn't talked to Nick yet.
Nick picked up the phone, it was pretty late, but Isabel stayed up late all the time, so he dialed her apartment number and was a tad surprised when the answering machine picked up. He hung up without leaving a message and dialed her cell phone. Her voice mail picked up. He hung up, once again. After waiting a few minutes, he tried the apartment again: no answer yet again. He called her cell phone again and decided to leave a voice messaage. "Isabel..hi, it's me, duh. Ummm..just call when you get back in I guess...we really need to talk. And if it's at all possible, maybe you could fly out? We...just need to sort through some things..I guess. I know I overreacted and I shouldn't have..I'm sorry I yelled and hung up on you. So..umm..just..call me back I guess. Bye."
He hung up, feeling a bit dejected. He needed to tell her something he had been debating for awhile now..well, especially since he had spent those couple of days with her. Nick was in love with Isabel.
'But..is she in love with me?,'His mind asked. That little voice in his head was making his life hell. Did she love him? Was she using him? Did he REALLY love her? Well, he knew the answer to thatquestion...but the others were eating at him. He had to talk to her..and soon.
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