| On one sunny, nice but cool day, the boys were all at a resort for a nice, relaxing vacation. They loved being there with no hassles, no work just fresh air and lots of cool and fun things to do. Brian and Kevin had gone out for the day and played a game of tennis, while AJ and Howie headed over to the golf course. Nick and his girlfriend Brie had gone out on a romantic lunch date filled with a picnic and horseback riding. The sun was shining brightly overhead as the horses carrying Nick and Brie were slowly trodding along the path. When they reached their destination, they spread out the blanket and sat on the blanket in each other�s arms. �What�s on the menu today? Mr. Carter� �hmmm� let�s see� how about ham sandwiches with pretzels and strawberries.� �Ooh, strawberries. my favorite�you just know how to make a girl melt, don�t yaw?� �You bet.. but I will be there you lick you up..� �Stop�� and I push him and say �Nick we were going to eat..� He laughs and says, �I know, I�m sorry baby�� We converse in more civilized talk and then lay back and I feed him strawberries as he is laying on the blanket. Later after we have finished and cleaned up we go horseback riding. We are talking trails, talking, giggling and having a great time. Then the most odd thing happens. The horses rear up and we try to calm them down but his horse runs off with him and mine rears up again, scaring me to death. I scream and fall off, hitting the ground with a hard thud and everything going black. Nick hears me scream as his horse races out of control into the wooded wilderness with no way off stopping it. As his horse was galloping away, He screams out my name. Finally after what seems like miles after miles, the horse throws Nick off, goes a little ways away and settles down and starts eating grass. Nick gets up and brushes himself off and tries to gather his surroundings. �Where the hell am I?� and starts looking around and he sees the horse. �Damn horse��he sighs and then thinks a minute. �Horse�Oh shit! Oh God. Brie! I gotta.. I gotta find her!� He calmly and cautiously went over to the horse andsoothed it and finally gets back on the horse and turned it around and started looking. Meanwhile, I am starting to come to. I hurt all over. I try to sit up but I�m so dizzy. I touch my forehead and find blood all over my fingertips. �Oh God. This is bad. Nick?� Nick?� Where are you?� All I got was the silence that still remained. I started to get scared and panicky. I was all alone and it was getting dark. I didn�t know where I was, how I got there and I didn�t know where to go. Nick, meanwhile, is still on horseback riding through the woods searching for me and shouting my name. He knew it was getting dark and hoped to God he would find me before it got dark and cold. Things and ideas flooded through his mind. �Is she hurt? Did she find her way back?� Worry and sorrow filled his heart, hoping God would lead him to me. Back at the cabin� Brian and the rest of the guys are starting to worry. Brian paces the room. �Where could they be? They should have been back hours ago.� �I know that we are all worried but hey, you know, they probably were having a great time and just forgot about he time, that�s all.� AJ said calmly. �Damnit Nick, why didn�t you take your phone.� Then Kevin walks over to Brian and lays a hand on his shoulder and says, �They wanted a quiet, peaceful, romantic time together. They didn�t want to be bothered.� Howie pops in saying �All we can do now is wait.� A while later� It is dark now, the moon is out and Nick is still out looking for me. He realizes that he is not going to find me without help or a flashlight and turns to go back to the cabin. He finally reaches a clearing and the moon is shining overhead, leading him back. �Hey, this has got to be where we were before..before we spilt up. Come on Nick, think..which way did we come?� He shivers and realizes that the temperature has dropped dramatically and goes down the path back to the cabin. Back at the cabin, the boys are waiting anxiously fora call or for them to come right through the door anyminute like nothing was wrong. �Where could they be? Brian said as he stroked his hand through his dirty-blonde hair. AJ walk over to him, trying to stay calm and says, �I don�t know, but at least they are together. I�m sure they�ll be back any minute.� �Any minute? It�s been hours AJ.� Kevin interrupts �Hey, let�s not start a fight. We�re all worried and fighting doesn�t help. Maybe they�ll just walk through that door together and everything will be alright.� A minute later Kevin said that, Nick barges through the door coughing and nearly falls to the floor says �Got to find Brie..� but Brian and Kevin jump up in time to catch him. �Nick�Are you okay? Where have you been? Where�s Brie? We�ve been worried sick!� Brian asks in a quick and rapid manner. They sit Nick down by the fire and cover him with a blanket and give him some hot cocoa. Nick finally answers after a little bit. �I�m fine guys� We have to find Brie.� And he gets up but falls back down in the chair. |