Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick. Nick.
I�m so happy.
And giggly.
And�and damn, he smells good.
I wrapped my arms tighter around his neck when I felt him take a deep breath, breathing in the scent of my hair.
I love when he does that.
�Uh, Kara� Let the man breathe.�
I giggled again, hesitantly letting go and pulling away so we were face to face.
�Hi.�
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I love you.
I don�t know much about you, but I�m so madly in love with you I�d be happy to stay here on my knees with your arms around my neck and your smile lighting up the entire room for the rest of my life.
But you really don�t say that to a girl you�ve met once and haven�t seen for six months, now do you Carter?
But would it be completely wrong to kiss her?
�Hey.�
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My heart needs to slow down.
Everything is okay.
Nick! Yea!
�Kara� can I talk to you for a second?�
No, Xander, you can�t. I plan on staying with this gorgeous man for the rest of my life.
The way he was looking at me - like I was the most amazing thing he�d ever laid eyes on - just made me melt. It was almost like he could see straight through me, and for once, I didn�t care if that was true or not.
�Kar!�
Aah! Leave me alone!
Nick brushed his knuckle against my cheek.
�Go. I�ll still be here when you get back.�
I nodded, hesitantly pulling away from his arms. One of his hands fell from my hips and brushed against the bare flesh of my thigh peeking from underneath my skirt. Even after six months, all he has to do is barely touch me and chills run down my spine.
Would it be completely wrong if I mauled him right now?
Standing up, I looked down at him pulling himself from the floor onto the couch. His reassuring smile made my heart skip a beat.
God he�s beautiful.
He made a motion with his hand towards Xander.
�I�ll still be here when you come back. Promise.�
I nodded and smiled at him. Forget school. I�m going to start following him around the world as long as he�ll look at me like that.
�Kara!�
I jumped as Xandy pulled my arm, leading me away. As we walked, I watched Marc, Ryan, and Trevor hover closer around Nick. Toby followed us into the sound booth.
�What?!�
I glared at Xander, remembering his previous verbal digressions. I really don�t want to deal with him right now.
�Jeez� calm down hellfire. I just wanted to make arrangements before you ran off with the boy toy. Who, by the way��
Xander whistled low, while Toby groaned at him.
��looks very fuckable all scrubbed out. So yeah, if you don�t, I will.�
I felt my cheeks flame and I stared down at the sound equipment. Shut up!
The soundboard showed the connection to one of the microphones was still connected. What�s with that?
�Leave her alone. She�s all happy to see him again and� if she sleeps with him, she sleeps with him.�
Uh, thanks Toby� I think.
�How are you feeling anyway?�
I hesitated. I feel� like my head is in the clouds and I�d rather be in the other room latched on to the hottie who� had searched me out?
�I�m alright. It�s weird. I felt fine physically and then - bam. I couldn�t see straight and my head was spinning, but I feel alright now. I�d feel even better if I wasn�t wasting time better spent with Nick than with you guys.�
Both boys laughed.
�Just one thing. I�ll be at your house at six thirty. If you�re not there, I�ll assume you�re going to meet me at the show after you finish with your man� and if Nick doesn�t show up for the show, I�ll assume you have him tied up naked on a bed somewhere. So yeah� be ready at six so we�ll get there in time to buy me some new BSB shirts to renovate.�
Silly boy.
I glanced back down at the soundboard, where the decibel lights for one of the mikes kept lighting up. Who has a mike on still?
�It disturbs me that you don�t deny that Nick might end up tied up and naked on a bed somewhere.�
Well, he might.
�Who still has a mike on?�
Both boys turned to me, then turned towards the light board. Xander, ever the gossiper, dived towards the headphones that were connected to all the sound equipment.
�Um, Kara, you might want to save your boy from this interrogation. Unless you�d rather listen in �cause, even though you have to sorta strain to hear what Nick is sayin� ha! This sounds like it�s about to� oh my god! He did not just ask him that!�
Xander threw the other pair of headphones at me.
�Listen!�
Panic. No, they can�t run him off. No no no!
I turned to Toby, hoping for either an answer or a way to stop� whatever was happening.
�Marc was playing stage manager today.�
�Shit!�
I hate running in boots. And I hate running in platforms. So why in hell am I wearing these shoes?
Turning a corner too fast, I had to grab hold of the doorframe of the dressing room to not fall over. Red faced, I glared at the guys, my friends immediately looking up guilty and Nick looking relieved.
Walking over to Marc, I grabbed the headset that hung around his neck and pulled him towards me, choking him in the process. With the microphone near my mouth, I stared Marc in the eyes and yelled.
�Turn off the goddamn sound equipment Xander!�
All the boys jumped as a girlish scream sounded from the hallway.
�Shit woman! Those were my ears!�
That was the point goober.
I glared at each of my boys, daring them to say anything. Ryan jumped from his perched on the arm of the couch next to Nick and came to kiss my cheek.
�Thanks for all your help today Kara. I should probably start packing up my equipment and get out of here.�
As he rushed out of the room, Trevor and Marc bounded out of their seats and called after him.
�We�ll help.�
And now we�re alone.
For the first time really.
Wonder if we could break the couch�
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