“Well what do you wanna know?”
“well...age? do you go to school? if so where? just who you are I guess, about your family....”he paused ”boyfriend status?” he smiled
“Well, I’m Amanda Elizabeth Pirolo, 19 years old. I am going to be attending Juliards college for performing arts.” she paused “and no boyfriend”
Nick smiled “your going to Juliards? isn’t that really hard to get into?”
“yeah, You have to audition, I got a full scholarship there. Kim tried out as well, she made first cuts but unfortunately didn’t make second”
“aw, that’s too bad, what are you going there for?” he asked
“well, dance, singing, and acting”
“wow, your going for the whole thing huh? you parents must be so proud”
Amanda’s face dropped “well I cant be sure if they are, but I like to think they are”
“can I ask why you cant be sure?” tears starting building up in Amanda’s eyes. She told him the heart wrenching story of how her mother and father went out with an old friend of theirs, as they were coming home they were killed by a drunk driver. Within that same week, her sisters were murdered. She was almost killed herself but fortunately got out of danger. When she had no where to turn Kim’s family took her in. It turned out, that her parents friend, Max, was the one who killed not only her parents but her sisters. Max and her father use to work together, and when Amanda’s dad hit it big, Max was left behind. Since her parents were so close with Max at the time, they put him in their will, but first came their daughters, so he decided to get rid of the competition. Amanda has inherited all of her families stuff, and she knows Max will be after her too. As she told the story she cried. She couldn’t help but let the tears come down her face. Nick pulled the car over.
“Oh man, Amanda, I am so sorry, I really shouldn’t have brought it up”
“No, its ok, I mean when ever I tell someone the story, It makes me remember how great my family really was, don’t be sorry, It’s been 7 and a half months and I never got to actually tell anyone about it” She said trying to wipe away her tears.
“You are by far, one of the bravest people I have ever met” he said tucking some of her hair that was in her eyes behind her ears, then leaning in to hug her. As they pulled away from the hug, he kissed her gently on the lips, as they pulled away from the kiss, as familiar voice came about
“Yeah Nick!!!! whoooo yeah nick yeah nicky” AJ yelled, Nick and Amanda forgot that the rest of the boys were following them. Kim saw Amanda crying and was concerned
“Amanda you ok?” Kim asked
“Um yeah, I’m fine, we’ll meet you at the restaurant”
“you sure?”
“yeah, I’ll talk to you at the restaurant” Just as they said that AJ slammed on the pedal as Kim just laughed.
“Thank you” Amanda said turning to Nick, then kissing him back
“No problem” They then sat silently as Nick drove, every once in a while giving each other flirtatious looks.
“So, you know about me” Amanda paused “tell me about yourself”
“well what do you want to know?”
“well...age? do you go to school? if so where? just who you are I guess, about your family....”she paused ”girlfriend status?” they both laughed remembering that’s what Nick originally asked
“Well, I’m Nickolas Gene Carter, I’m 19 years old. I don’t go to school because I travel, but I did graduate from high school. My little brother Aaron is also in the singing business. My mom and dad often travel with him. I also have 3 sisters, Bobbie Jean, we call her BJ, Leslie, and then Angel, she’s Aaron’s twin...” he paused “and no, no girlfriend” they both smiled
“so you did graduate? that must have been hard keeping up with school and work?”
“well it was pretty cool, I was at the places that I was learning about in my books, so it was pretty cool”
“yeah, you parents must be proud” she said with a smile, as the wind was blowing in her hair. Nick leaned in and kissed her ,
“they are, but not as proud as I know your parents are” Nick smiled, something about his smile made Amanda melt, it was so innocent, so sweet, when ever she saw it she felt like everything was going to be alright. They headed towards the restaurant. So many things went through Amanda’s head as she was sitting there, she was thinking of her parents, of her sisters, about Kim, and most of all about Nick. She knew she couldn’t fall in love with him because she knew Kim loved him, but she couldn’t help herself. Amanda was falling in love, and as much as didn’t want to admit it she knew deep down inside she was. She felt bad for Kim’s sake. Kim must be hurting so badly inside, and that’s why Amanda didn’t want to get too involved with Nick, but she felt she had to, she felt her and Nick were meant to be, and she’s never felt that way before.
