A few weeks later
Since I wasn't strong enough to walk on my own, or with crutches yet, I was in a wheelchair. Nick walked behind me pushing my wheelchair into the court room. My parents sat in the front, my mother, sober, wearing her dress pants, standing next to a very nasty looking lawyer. My father wore his best suit. On the other side were Kevin and AJ. Brian was walking with Nick and me. Steph, Gina and Mrs. Pratchet were sitting in the back of the room. Nick pushed the chair up to the edge of the table. The bailiff came out and said "All rise for the honorable Judge MacIntosh." I glanced around and sat up straighter. That was as close to standing as I could get. The judge came in and started the hearing."
Later in the hearing
"But Your honor! You can't send her back to them!" Brian argued. "Mr. Littrell. Order! She is their child, and it is MY decision, not yours. Mr. Schwartz, In light of this statement, I should tell you that the restraining order against these gentlemen has been granted." I looked up at the judge, Then at Nick, then at my parents, then back at the judge and screamed "NO!! You can't keep me from seeing them! If I can't see them, then I won't go with my parents. You can't make me!" "Yes I can, young lady. Court is ajourned." My father came up behind me and started pulling me away from the table. "No!!! Nick, stop him!!" I twisted around in the chair and slapped my fathers hands. "Stop! I don't want to go with you." Then I turned back to the group of guys with sad faces and said "Stop him! Nick? Brian? AJ? Kevin? Howie? Someone stop him!" They didn't move. I glanced up at the judge and stated "My blood will be on your hands," as we left the room.
Nick's P.O.V.
The judge turned to me and said "What did she mean by that?" I looked at him with a look of pure hate. "You IDIOT! You just fed her to the wolves! They're gonna kill her! Why do you think she ran away?" "I was informed by her parents that she and you were going to elope." "Elope? I hadn't seen her for 4 years! I hadn't heard from her for a year. We picked her up hitch-hiking on the highway! She practically had a hole in her head!" "There was no evidance of abuse." "YOU DIDN'T EVEN LET HER TESTIFY!!!" "When her parents saw her condition, they thought that it would be better for her if she didn't testify." "SHE WAS YOUR ONLY CHANCE OF HAVING TRUE EVIDENCE!!!! Her parents lied the whole time. She only went to one audition with me! Did you even talk to her doctor??? How do you think she broke those bones? And don't you dare say she fell down the stairs or got in a car accident." "I thought she... Good God. What have I done?" "You just signed her death warrent. Are you going to do anything about it?" The judge went into his office and I sat down on the bench. The rest of the guys had left. My cell phone rang. "Hello?" "Nickolai? Why haven't you called me?" "Sam?" "Duh. What other girlfriend would be calling you?" "Why should I expect you to call me? You dumped me, remember?" "Oh, I was just angry baby. You hadn't been spending any time with me. I've been leaving messages on your answering machine, and you havn't answered. I was just gonna ask you to my beach house when you have some time off." "Beach house.... Calling for help... father.... beach... Katie...SHIT!!! Sam, I gotta go." Then I hung up the phone and ran into the judges office. "No one lives there anymore. I called them. The line was disconnected." "I coulda told you that." THen a voice from in the courtroom said "Hello? Is anyone here? Help?" I ran out and saw Katie leaning on a bench.
Katie's P.O.V.
Nick ran up to me and gave me a bear hug. "Ouch! Broken ribs!" Nick dropped me and I fell on my ass. "Ow." "Ohmigod! get off the floor! Sit on the bench! You're going to make yourself worse!" "Nick, SHUT UP." "Ok. How did you get out??????" "Well, just as they were pulling out, I jumped out of the back trunk door, and rolled into the woods. They don't even know I'm gone, probably." "Ohmygod. Are you ok?" "I'm fine. really. Just get my wheelchair from the creek." Nick got up and ran out the door. I started laughing as I pulled myself onto the bench. The Judge came in and said, "You know, I really am sorry, I just burned the papers I was to send to your parents." "But you still sent me with them. You didn't listen to me. That has to be against the law." "I appologize. You'll never go back to your parents." "Nice of you to consider it." Then Nick walked into the room, dripping wet up to his knees, wheeling in my wheel chair. "I got it!"
When the chair was finally dry, Nick helped me into it, and wheeled me out to his car, the green truck. Then we drove to his house. He decided I was going to stay with his family for the rest of the tour. Then we'd decide where to go from there.
*~*At Nick's House, a few weeks later*~*
"You should definitely wear this, Beej." I said, stepping out of her huge walk-in closet holding a long, midnight blue dress. She was going to audition for the Prom issue for some mag. 'She actually needed help picking out clothes?' Thats what I thought before I saw her closet. She had more clothes than I could imagine! We had became friends since I started living there. She was my age (don't forget, I skipped 2 grades) and we had been giving each other fashion advice and I double dated with her date and his brother. She was, like, my best friend now. "Are you sure? I mean, I have to get this job!" I'm positive! It'll look great on you! Trust me!" "Ok." She walked into the other room and put the dress on. It looked like it was made for her! "It looks Great!!!!" "R U Sure?" "Positive. But different shades of makeup. The pink eye-shadow and lip-stick just doesn't work with the blue. Maybe a redder lip gloss and a darker blue eye shadow. Sound good?" "Yea. Great! Thank you so much!" "I'm gonna go back in the other room, ok?" "Yeah, sure, whatever..." "Good luck... or break a leg... or... um... whatever you say to models." "Thanx." I went back to my room and put in a movie. About 15 minutes into Scream 2, Jane yelled up, "We're leaving, Katie! We'll be back around 11. Aaron, Angel, and Leslie are over friends houses." "Bye Mrs. Carter! Bye, BJ!" I heard the door slam shut.
*~* BJ's P.O.V.*~*
"Hey, mom, Why didn't you tell her Nick was comming back tonight?" "I'm sure she knows. She's been counting since he left. I left a note for him on the counter though." "oh, ok. As long as she knows..."
Katie's P.O.V.
"No! CiCi! You stupid bitch! Don't go up the stairs! He's right behind you! Don't let him catch you! Close the door! LOCK THE DOOR!!!! YOU ARE SO FRICKIN' STUPID! Now scream... scream... scream... scream... scree -splat. Ci-Ci go bye bye!"
Nick's P.O.V.
She house was dark when I walked inside. I went straight to the kitchen and saw a note on the counter.
Nick, BJ had a modeling audition. Aaron
and Angel and Leslie are at friends
houses. Katie is upstairs. There's
cold meatloaf in the fridge. Thats
The one thing I know you won't burn
the house down with. We'll be home
around 11. See you then. - Mom
I tip-toed up to Katie's door and listened. She was watching Scream 2. Hmmm... This could be fun... I took my cell phone out of my pocket and dialed the houses number. After a few rings she picked up. "Hello?" In a creepy, deep voice, I said,"Hello, Katie. What's you're favorite scary movie?" "Scream 2. Who is this?" "Your worst nightmare." "No, really. Who is this?" "Your worst nightmare." "WHere are you?" Hmm... Where could I say I am? I can't keep this up for too long.. I got it! "I can see your every move." "Holy shit. I'm not scared of you. Now Tell me where you are!" "I'm in your closet." I heard her scream and the lock in the door clicking open.
*~*Katie's P.O.V.*~*
After the creepy voice told me where he was, I ran for the door and unlocked it. Shit! This was scary! I opened the door and ran right out into a black-clad figure and screamed bloody murder. Then the figure grabbed me by the shoulders and said, "Katie, calm down. Katie! Its just me, Nick. Calm down." "Nick, there's someone in the house. We have to get out! They can see us." "Katie, shut up. That was me. I was trying to scare you.""Nick, I hate you! How could you do that? You know those movies freak me out! I can't believe you!" I said, near tears. "Oh my God. I'm sorry, Katie. Come here." he said, his arms open to hug me. "Don't ever ever ever do that to me again. Do you understand?" "Yes, mother." "Funny, Nick. Very Funny." "I'm sorry. C'mon, I'll make dinner." "Hold up. You... Cook? I don't think so. I'd be afraid for my life." "Ha ha. Funny, Katie, very funny." "Ha ha, Nick, steal my lines. Nice. You do realize thats breaking my copyright of Katie." "Huh?" "Anything I say that is funny is mine and mine only, and you have to get permission to use it." "Whatever." " You shouldn't eat alot anyway. You're butt's getting bigger with every meal." "Yo, don't go there, girlfriend." "Excuse me?" "You heard me." "Don't tell me what to do, boy." "Excuse me? I'm 19! I'm a man! You're only a kid." "Honey, you're no man. You don't act like it. You're not mature enough. You're still a boy. I'm more of an adult than you cuz I'm mature." "Why did we start this little fight?" "I have no clue. C'mon, I'll cook our dinner. Knowing you, if you used a microwave, this house would be ashes in an hour."
We went down to the kitchen and I heated up the meatloaf and made sandwiches. When I noticed Nick had gone into another room, I took Tabasco Sauce(c) out of the fridge and dumped it all over his sandwich. Then I sprinkled Cayan pepper on the meat. A tiny bit of horse-radish didn't hurt either. I left his plate on the counter and sat down with my own. I made sure I took the rest of the milk for myself and hid the bread (cuz those things cure spicy food stuff). "Nick! C'mon! Your dinner's ready!" Nick came running into the room and took a huge bite of the sandwich. I smiled to myself. A few seconds later Nick yelled "Hot!!!" and gulped water from the sink. "Nick, you know water will only make it worse? Try milk." Nick ransacked the fridge and said "There is none!" which sounded more like "Air ih un!" Then he saw my glass and said , "Give my your drink," sounding more like "If ee oure ink!" "Not on your life buddy. Revenge is sweet." "Iv ee at ink oah eye" "No." Nick grabbed me by my wrist and I slapped his arm. He grabbed the milk and gulped it down. "HEY!" "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT????" "revenge is sweet." "Then I'm about to have a lot of fun." "What? Shit!" I got up and ran upstairs (like all the stupid people do in the scary movies...) and locked myself in his room. I leaned my forehead against the door. A few seconds later, somebody tapped me on the shoulder and I whipped around screaming. The first thing I saw was Nick, and his devilish little smile. "But how... what... where... I... you... out there... in here... but how.... How??????" "The bathroom connects to here from the hall, remember?" "Oh..." "Are you going to appologize, or do I have to torture it out of you?" "I'll die before I appologize for revenge." Nick started tickeling me. "Nick! Stop.. ha ha... it..ah ha... please... ha ha ha ha... Nickolai!" He stopped. "What did you call me?" "Nickolai." "Why?" "Cuz it suits you." "Huh?" "It does." "Sam called me that." "Oh... I'm sorry Nick." "HA! I got you to appologize!!! Yes!" "Meany" "I know and thats why you love me." "Who said I loved you?" "Uh... um...er..." "Nevermind. I'm gonna go finish the movie." "Can I join you?" "Huh?" "Can... I... Watch... The... Movie... With... You...?" "Oh... Sure. You can have the beanbag chair." "Ok." "Nick, take three steph back so I can open the door." "Oh yeah." Nick stepped back a little and We went back in to my room. Nick ploped down onto the beanbag, and I hit play and collapsed onto the bed. Nick's cell phone rang, and after he listened for a couple seconds, he said, "Where are you?....... Bri, you can't be spyin' on me!..... AJ we are not going to do that........ AJ, that is so nasty! Leave the chocolate sauce out of it! We're NOT doing that!.........Howie, please make them shut up and GO AWAY!..... Kevin! Make them shut up!..... C'mon, guys.... Shut up..... please?..... Please????... I'm hanging up and shutting off my phone. DO NOT try to call back.... Goodbye!" then he closed his phone and hit a switch on the side. "What was that about?" "Hey, Katie, pull the shades. The guys are spying on us and I'm not about to repeat what they said." "Sure... whatever... ok." I pulled the shade down and leaned back on the bed.
The movie ended just as Jane and BJ got home. Nick was asleep on the beanbag, so I met BJ in the hallway. "Hey, Beej. Ohmigod. You know the Nick and AJ wake up thingy that they do? I need to get revenge on Nick, and he's asleep on my beanbag! Wanna help?" "Oh, yeah."
