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He came!
Walking across the floor, avoiding couples that were getting sickly sweet to Ry�s music, humming the song under my breath, I snuck up behind him, wrapping my arms around his neck.
�Toby!�
�Baby!�
He jumped from his chair and picked me up, hugging me tightly.
*
�Found her.�
My head snapped in Marcus�s direction where I saw he was glancing at the far side of the room.
There she was.
Beautiful.
Upset.
How do I know that? I hardly know her, but yet, I can tell she�s not happy. Her smile wasn�t as� sparkly?
I took a step away from the wall we�d been standing against and had every intention of getting to her as fast as possible. Every inch of me wanted to just be near her, in her space.
In her.
Shaking my head to rid the way too tantalizing images from my mind, I felt an involuntary smile creep up my face.
And we�re back to wanting to corrupt her.
�I�ll be back.�
Before I even got another step away, Marcus pushed me back against the wall, pinning me with one large arm across my chest.
�No way. Wait until the show�s over and� she�s not surrounded by guys.�
I groaned. But she�s always surrounded by guys.
*
Things were okay. I was going to a concert tonight put on by the best group ever. One of my friends is putting on a fantastic show. I�m currently sitting between twin blonde baby-faced twenty-year-old boys.
Who needs Nick Carter?
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Oh wait.
I do.
*
�Why do I have to wait?�
Why do I start whining whenever Kara is near but not near enough to touch?
�Because� you just shouldn�t.�
I looked up at him, pleading with my eyes.
�Just wait.�
I groaned, watching her cuddle up against one of the twins - Toby, I think. That should be me right now, with my arm around her shoulders and her body right up against me� touching me.
She�s not� with him, is she?
My entire body ached watching her.
Her eyes were sad. If I had been there instead of Toby, would she look like she was on the verge of tears?
My heart actually HURTS. I need to be with her.
�This next song is really special because� well, I didn�t write it. A really awesome friend of mine wrote this after some amazing daylong �fling� she had last summer. So if you like this song, go tell that beautiful red head over there �cause it�s all her.�
My attention, for a second, left Kara�s face as the information processed. Kara wrote this song? About a �fling�?
Marcus glanced at me, communicating the same thing I was thinking.
Was it about me?
*
He said he�d debut this song today, but I�d forgotten. And after my run in this morning, I really can�t handle this right now.
��want to breathe you in, consume your soul, carry you always, never let go��
I can�t breathe.
�Excuse me.�
Pushing Toby out of the booth, I slowly jogged towards the door, ignoring all the voices that called after me while trying to push my own words wrapped in Ryan�s silky voice out of my head.
*
She�s leaving.
No.
She can�t leave.
Marcus continued to pin me down, pushing against my chest as I fought harder against him.
�Let me go. She�s leaving! Let me GO!�
He moved in front of me, placed his hands on my shoulders, and leaned over to look me in the eyes.
�Calm down, shortie. She�ll come back. I really don�t think she�d just leave her friend�s show when he�s singing one of her songs. She�ll come back, and if she doesn�t, you have connections. Half of these people know her.�
��but she�s upset. I� I��
��want to help. I know man. I�ve known you for a long time Nick. I know how you are, and you are completely hung up on this girl. I can�t believe it, but even after six months, you�re still completely hung up. If I let you go right now, you�re going to get so tongue tied and make a fool of yourself.�
Sigh.
I hate when Marcus is right.
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