Sorry it took me so long to get to this chapter, this past week I have been crazy busy with school and meetings and and this week will be even worse! But I have been looking forward to reading this as my little reward. Yay to the blurry Brian mention. Ugh he makes me so mad, especially when I think back to that time period. I'm trying not to be angry at AJ, but I still am. I feel like they aren't on board or supportive of this Nick & Knight thing either. Not that I shou,d talk lol but I'm not one of his best friends. I loved the supportive Howie scene as well. God, I really love Howie. He's all kinds of awesome. Great job, Rose! I'm sad it seems like this story is coming to an end. :(

Author's Response: It's okay. I got horrible about replying for the same reason! Stupid real life getting in the way LOL. Aww this being your reward gives me warm fuzzies. It really sucked going back and taking a good look at this time. Mainly because you really can't blame Nick for feeling alone, because two of them were jerks LOL. I love Howie! It's funny cause I wrote this before watching the first epi of I Heart Carter, with Howie being Nick's go to. I'm loving Howie more and more as time goes on. As for ending...well, we're past the halfway point, definitely.