Nick was laying awake, his eyes closed and to anyone he would appear asleep. He’d laid there for a few minutes, watching Whit as she slept, but had closed his eyes, hoping to doze off again. “You assume way too much” Nick commented, in a whisper himself.

“Huh?” Whit asked, startled as she looked up at him, never taking her head from his chest.

“You assume, a lot, who said last night was a one night stand?” Nick asked, opening his own eyes and looking at her.

“Well I don’t know if you want it to be more than one night, it was a spur of the moment thing” Whit answered.

"Well I wasn't looking at it as a one night thing..so...." Nick trailed off.

"So it wasn't a one night thing" Whit finished as she laughed to herself, they could confuse one another so easily.

"Nope, it wasn't, it's going to be more than a one night thing" Nick stated as Whit propped herself up on his chest, looking at him expectantly. She just looked at him a moment before letting her lips meet his, Nick returned the kiss and wrapped his arms tighter around her waist. Just as he started to roll lover slightly loud knocking sounded through out the hotel.

"Nick" a voice yelled through the door, echoing into the room.

Nick silently prayed it wasn't Brian before answering, "Yea" he yelled back.

"It's D, I'm going downstairs, I'm just letting you know that we are heading out at a quarter after nine so you got about a hour and a half to be on the bus" Howie replied.

"Ok, see you then" Nick stated as he looked at Whit, a small sight of relief showing in both their faces.

"You know we have to tell him" Whit said, becoming serious.

"Who?" Nick asked.

"You know who, Brian, I mean I'll tell him" Whit answered.

"No, I'll tell him, he's my best friend, if he gets pissed with anyone, it'll be me” Nick explained as he sighed and rubbed his eyes.

“He’s not going to get pissed with anyone, he knows that I’m going to do what I want to do and no matter what he says or does, he can’t change my mind. I mean he is your best friend and if you want to tell him, go ahead, it doesn’t matter to me” Whit said as she sat up in bed, pulling the sheets with her to cover herself up.

“I’ll tell him, I might go ahead down there and talk to him, it’s better there than on a crowded bus” Nick said as he searched the floor beside the bed for his boxers.

“Looking for these?” Whit asked as she picked them up from her side of the bed and held the plaid material in her hand.

“Yea, I am” Nick laughed as he took them from her and slipped them on under the sheets, then gettng up found a t-shirt and made his way out into the hall. He wouldn’t make any contact with anyone else, nobody was out of their room by now, except Howie who was always up early roaming the hotel. Breathing in deeply he raised his hand and knocked on the door to Brian’s room.

A minute later Brian was opening the door and letting Nick in, “What’s up?” he asked as the two took a seat on the couch.

“I have something to tell you, but promise me your not going to get pissed” Nick answered as he nervously ran his hands through his hair.

“Ok....I’m not going to get pissed, what is it, what happened?” Brian nervously asked, not sure of what his friend was going to say.

“Brian...I...I slept with Whit..” Nick began, he stopped to look at Brian.

“...Ok...” Brian said, his expression urging his friend to continue.

“And I promise, I didn’t take advantage of her or anything like that, she wanted to do it, I swear to god. I mean I’m just letting you know before you find out some other way. I really like her Brian, I just wanted you to know...are you pissed at me?” Nick finished.

Brian laughed at the frightened face Nick had just given him, “Na Nick, I’m not pissed, promise. But do ya’ll like go out now, or was it this one night thing?” Brian assured.

“Yea we go out, we didn’t want just a one night stand” Nick answered.

“Ok, it’s fine with me Nick, I mean if you like her, go for it. I’m not going to stop you, but you know, mess with her and I’ll kick your ass..” Brian laughed.

“I know, I ain’t stupid Rok” Nick laughed himself.

“Just letting you know, and Nick, you don’t have to give me your love life details, Ok?” Brian asked, raising his eyebrows as Nick was about to leave.

“I know....I won’t” Nick answered as he closed the door behind himself, silently thanking god before going back to his hotel room.

"...So what did he say?" Whit asked, expectantly as she flung open the door.

Nick laughed to himself, "What you said he would say" he answered. Whit just gave him a look, like she could remember what she had said, her mind was going in twenty different directions.

"Ok, then.....due to the fact that you look pretty happy, I'm guessing he said that it didn't matter to him.." Whit replied.

"You guessed right" Nick stated as he looked at her.

"Your ass...her ass...bus..NOW" AJ said, opening the door to the room, he himself was running late, so he knew they were.

"God J, calm down, we're coming" Nick said back as himself and Whit ran out of the room. Whit holding with her bookbag attached to her shoulders and holding her laptop in her hands as the various cords dragged behind her, she hadn't had time to put it up, she was in the middle of checking e-mail when AJ had made his sudden appearance. Nick had his own bookbag threw onto his shoulders and held his duffel bag on one shoulder, Whit's on the other. Whit ran between AJ and Nick who took up most of the hall, she was ready to get to the bus, the bottom of a laptop that had been running for an hour wasn't the most pleasant feel to the skin. Just as she passed through them, the cords dragging behind her, Nick's foot got caught up. "Oh shit" he yelled as his feet came from beneath his body and he lay sprawled out in the hallway.

"Damn Nick, can't you walk right, I do not feel like listening to someone gripe about up being late, like always" AJ said as he stopped to look at his friend, really wanting to laugh.

Whit was already cracking up, "Here let me help you up" she said, doing a pivot as the cords tangled around her own ankles and she herself went falling to the ground below, falling on Nick. The two lay in the floor just laughing for a good three minutes before making an attempt to move.

"Listen I'm not trying to be a jackass, but dumb and dumber, could we please go, this bag is hurting my shoulder, it is sorta heavy" AJ complained as he shifted the bag on his shoulder.

".....sor..ry....A...J......" Whit said between her fits of laughter as she rolled off of Nick and picked herself up, Nick doing the same.

"Awww such a gentleman" Brian laughed as Nick sat Whit's bag in her bunk then walked towards the sitting area, Nick just laughed as he moved a pillow and sat in the spot it had been.