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“Nick, hey buddy come on are you gonna sleep all day?”
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Nick rolled away from the voice and pulled the covers up
over his head. He ignored the laugh he heard coming from
behind him.
<br><br>
“Typical teenager!” The voice with a distinctive southern
drawl laughed.
<br><br>
Nick opened his eyes and stared at the wall for a moment. It
took a full minute for him to get his bearings and realize
that he was on the bus.
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“Where are we?” Nick asked without turning away from the
wall.
<br><br>
“Toronto Canada, you’ve been sleeping since Indianapolis,”
the voice replied.
<br><br>
“Is Jess up yet?”
<br><br>
“Jess?” The voice starting laughing. “Nick! Wake up, would
ya?”
<br><br>
Nick rolled over quickly and came face to face with deep
blue eyes.
<br><br>
Nick blinked a few times and then rubbed his eyes. “Brian?”
Nick immediately jumped out of the bunk and wrapped his arms
around Brian and squeezed him tightly, causing Brian to
cough.
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“Hey, how come you’re so glad to see me?”
<br><br>
“You were dead!”
<br><br>
“Huh?”
<br><br>
“Oh, man, I had the wildest dream, we were at this concert
and I fell off the stage and you went to rescue me and then
you fell off the stage and AJ and then you died,” Nick
recalled the events quickly.
<br><br>
“Wow, some dream. You were sick when we left Indiana, gosh,
you must have really been sick,” Brian replied and put his
hand on Nick’s forehead. “I think you’re running a temp.”
<br><br>
“Probably,” Nick replied, then his face grew serious. “There
was this girl in my dreams though. God, Brian she was the
most amazing girl.”
<br><br>
Nick told Brian about the dream he had up to the point where
he was woken up. Brian just smiled as he listened to Nick.
<br><br>
“Sounds like you have found the ideal girl, too bad she’s
only in your dreams Nick,” Brian chuckled.
<br><br>
“Ha, oh really funny!” Nick sputtered.
<br><br>
“Get dressed we have sound check in an hour,” Brian called
out over his shoulder as he walked away.
<br><br>
Nick got dressed as his thoughts were still on the dream he
had just had. He was relieved that it was a dream, that
Brian didn’t die, but in the same instance, Nick was
disappointed it was a dream because Jessica seemed so real
to him and was so perfect for him.
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Grabbing his duffel bag, Nick followed AJ and Kevin towards
the auditorium for sound check. After waiting a few minutes
for the band to warm up, Nick decided to go check out the
auditorium and stood up.
<br><br>
“Where you going?” AJ questioned.
<br><br>
“For a walk,” Nick replied.
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Brian looked at Nick, concerned. “Don’t go off too far, you
still look a little pale to me.”
<br><br>
“Okay Dad,” Nick smiled.
<br><br>
Nick walked towards the back of the stage, checking out all
of the props that were being stored against walls, making
the hallway a narrow path. Coming upon a swinging door, Nick
pushed it lightly and found there was some resistance on the
other side. He gave it a hard shove and heard a female’s
voice cry out and then a thud.
<br><br>
This time Nick slowly pushed the door open and found a girl
sitting on the floor, papers strewn about her.
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“Oh, god, I’m so sorry, are you alright?” Nick asked as he
bent down to help gather the papers.
<br><br>
The girl kept picking the papers up, not stopping to look at
Nick. “Yeah, I’m okay, I’m just gonna be late for my
appointment.”
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“I’m really sorry, I guess I wasn’t paying attention to what
I was doing,” Nick replied.
<br><br>
The girl stood up and then finally looked at Nick as she
took the last of the papers from his hands.
<br><br>
Nick’s heart immediately started pounding and his mouth
dropped open.
<br><br>
“Is something wrong?” she asked when she looked at Nick.
<br><br>
“Um, have we met before?” Nick asked hesitantly.
<br><br>
The girl laughed. “No.”
<br><br>
“Are you sure? You look familiar,” Nick asked again.
<br><br>
“Postive. I think I would remember if I met Nick Carter
before.”
<br><br>
Nick took a deep breath in, and plunged into his next
question. “I’m sorry, what is your name?”
<br><br>
“It’s Jessica, but I prefer Jess,” Jess replied, smiling and
held her hand out for Nick to shake.
<br><br>
<i>“Oh my god,”</i> Nick thought to himself,<i> “it’s her, she’s the
one I was dreaming about.”</i> He decided he had to get to know
her at any all all costs.
<br><br>
“Could I make it up to you for knocking you down?”
<br><br>
Jess laughed. “I said I was fine, don’t worry about it. I
really have to go, I’m gonna be late!”
<br><br>
As she turned to leave, Nick followed her.
<br><br>
“Can we have coffee?” Nick asked.
<br><br>
“I’m really late!” Jess replied without stopping her steady
pace down the hall.
<br><br>
“Please?” Nick pleaded.
<br><br>
Jess stopped and turned to look at Nick. “This must really
mean a lot to you for some reason,” Jess replied. She
glanced at her watch. “Okay, there’s a cafe across the
street, I suppose I could take my lunch now.”
<br><br>
Nick smiled. “Thanks, you won’t regret this, in fact, this
may change the course of your life!”
<br><br>
Jess looked at Nick as if he had completely lost his mind.
<br><br>
“Ah, okay, if you say so.”
<br><br>
“Trust me,” Nick replied, grinning.
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The End