Chapter Eighteen - The Beginning Of You and Me

[ Caraline Narrating ]

I feel almost weird. I can’t really explain it, but there’s this weird feeling that has came over me the past few days. There is really no way to explain it, except, whoa. Whoa, is the only way that you can explain it.

I never expected Nick to follow me here, to hunt me down and come and find me. I never expected to actually tell him my secret, that I had never told anybody in my life. I never expected to make love to him the way that I did, and I never expected to actually go to Tim and Faith and tell them about my feelings or anything else.

I never expected any of it.

I don’t know what to expect when people find out too. I’ve heard crazy stories about his fans and his family. My mom reads the National Enquirer so you can only imagine what’s been said there. Then there’s my family. My two older brothers are very protective, especially Scott, who is the single one, but it’s a long story there. My mom sort of doesn’t get a long with him so he thinks he has to protect me. My other brother, and sister are married and off with their own families, but I’m sure Faith has called my sister and told her by now. I’m waiting for a call from my mother.

I wonder how they will react to it?

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Caraline stepped off of the elevator that night. She had spent most of the day working with Tim and him and the band were rehearsing the set, and her job was done for the day. All she had to do was a few more things tomorrow, before the concert actually starts and her and Nick will be off to New York for a few days. She smiled, walking down the hallway to her hotel room, thinking about it when she heard someone calling her name.

”Caraline,” Faith said as Caraline turned around, seeing Faith looking out of her suite door, “Come here for a second,”

”Okay,” Caraline said as she walked up to the door. Faith opened the door more so that Caraline could walk in and then shut the door behind her, “What’s up? Tim will be back soon, they were in the middle of the set when I left,”

”Oh I just wanted to talk to you,” Faith said as she smiled. Caraline rolled her eyes, looking away and laughed a little, “So, what’s really going on with Nick?”

”I really like him,” Caraline whispered as she looked back at her and scratched her nose, smiling even more, “I don’t know. I mean, yeah I try to fight things and push things away because I’m so focused on things, but I guess when he actually came after me, you know, it showed me he really did like me, and that he was serious about me and just things happened and was said and just one thing lead to another and I couldn’t fight it anymore,”

”You -“

”Oh yeah,”

”Oh really?”

”Oh yeah,”

”Is he?”

”Oh god yes,” Caraline whispered as Faith put her hand over her mouth so she wouldn’t laugh and wake the kids up, “It was like the most intense, sensual, loving thing I’ve ever experienced before in my life,” she said as she turned around, walking towards the window, looking through the sheer curtains. “We didn’t even have to talk. It’s like we could look into one another’s eyes and know exactly what the other was thinking,”

”Which is?” Faith asked as Caraline turned around, smiling, “What?”

”I think we’re falling in love with one another and I know it’s soon and it’s just -“ Caraline started to say as Faith interrupted her by holding her hand up, “What?”

”I understand. You don’t have to explain it to me,” Faith said as she laughed, “That’s why I kept telling you to go out with him. I saw how he looked at you that day in the hotel when we arrived in New York. That’s why I didn’t say much then, because I knew that look. It’s the same look Tim used to give me,”

”Really?” Caraline asked as Faith nodded her head yes, “I just, it’s all of a sudden, but I really do think I’m falling in love with him,”

”Where is he now?”

”He came back to my room a few hours ago to make some phone calls and stuff. He was tired because he didn’t sleep any the night before, the night that we left that is. Then he didn’t really sleep any last night, so he was going to take a nap too,”

”Well just promise me one thing,” Faith said as Caraline crossed her arms across her chest, looking at her, “Have fun. I’m not going to tell you to be careful or to take it slow, but just don’t rush into it so fast that you can’t cherish all of the moments, but have fun. That’s the important thing,”

”Thanks,” Caraline said as she walked up to Faith, giving her a hug, “I mean I’m sure my mother will tell me all that be careful junk when I talk to her,”

”Oh I’m sure,” Faith said as Caraline moved away from her and laughed, “Now go to your room,”

”Yes ma’am,” Caraline said as she smiled, walking over to the door. She opened the door, smiling back at Faith as she walked out, shutting the door behind her and practically ran down to her room. She took the key out of her pocket, opening the door up slowly and peeked in. Nick layed there on the bed, laying on his side, facing the door asleep and she smiled. He looked too damn cute. She walked inside, sitting her backpack down on the floor and shut the door softly, trying not to make any noise. She smiled, slipping out of her shoes, and walked over to the bed, pushing his hair off of his forehead a little and he started to move, “Nick,”

”Hmm?”

”I’m back,”

”Hey,” Nick whispered in a dry, deep voice as he blinked his eyes a little, looking at her, “Did you just get back?”

”Yeah,” Caraline said as she tucked her hair behind her ears, smiling at him. He smiled back, grabbing her arm and pulling her on top of him as she started to laugh hysterically, “Nick, what are you doing?”

”Nothing, I’m innocent,” Nick said as he leaned up, kissing her on the lips slowly. She gave him a quick kiss back and sat down on the bed beside him, crawling over so that her feet were touching the floor and began to take her earrings off, “Done for the night?”

”Yep, all I really have to do is get him ready for the show tomorrow night and I’m done for a few days,” Caraline whispered as she looked over her shoulder at him and smiled, “And then I’m all yours for like three whole days,”

”Three glorious days,” Nick whispered as he sat up on the bed, looking over her shoulder to see that she was taking her charm bracelet off, “Do you really wanna go back to New York?”

”Well you’ve got stuff to do right? And I was going to do some ‘research’ or whatever you wanna call it while you were doing that,” Caraline said as she put her charm bracelet and her earrings on the nightstand beside the bed, “Why, what are you thinking?”

”Well.. the studio is booked already and I can’t get in until next week, so I figured that we could go somewhere for a few days, we could come back on the tour with Tim here or wherever they’ll be, and then you can come back with me to New York then,” Nick said as Caraline turned around, looking at him, “I mean, wouldn’t it be cool if we went somewhere alone for a few days?”

”Yeah, I would really like that but -“

”Don’t go buttin’ me. I already called Faith and asked would it be okay if you didn’t go to New York exactly and she said it was fine,” Nick said as he smiled, “See, I’m a good little planner aren’t I?”

”Where are we going to go then?” Caraline asked as Nick winked at her, “Oh come on, don’t wink at me, where?”

”It’s a surprise,” Nick said as he layed back on the bed, putting his hands behind his head and sighed, “When you’re good, you’re god and as they always said, Nick Carter is damn good,”

”Are we talking about surprised, or sex?” Caraline asked, looking back at him as he gave her a look, “What? I’m serious,”

”Both,” Nick said with a grin. Caraline rolled her eyes, looking over at the phone and then back at Nick, “So did you make your phone calls?”

”Yeah, I called my dad and told him I had a girlfriend now,”

”What did he say?”

”Thinks I’m insane and that I should stay single like he is now basically and live it up,” Nick said as Caraline rolled her eyes, “Then I called my mom and she starts asking me are you a money hungry whore and so I basically hung up on her. Then I called your mom -“

”Shit,” Caraline muttered as she put her hands over her face, “I fucking forgot you already talked to my mom,” she said as she looked back at him again, “What did you tell my mother?”

”Oh she wanted to know if I had found you and everything and then she started talking to me about your ex boyfriends and everything and that’s when I told her that we were together now. That’s when she started saying how you never call her and tell her anything about your life anymore and what’s going on and so I think you should give your mother a call,” Nick said as Caraline put her hands on her face, falling over onto the bed. “What man? Come on, your mom seems really southern,” he said as he cracked up laughing, “She has a accent worse than yours. It’s like Steal Magnolias or some shit man,”

”That movie was filmed around there,” Caraline said as she rolled over on the bed and looked at him, “So where are we going to go?”

”Somewhere, where it’s only you and me,” Nick said as he crawled over and hovered over her, looking down into her eyes, “Doesn’t that sound nice?”

”No, because I might get tired of you,” Caraline whispered as Nick smiled. He leaned down, taking her mouth into his gradually, as he licked his tongue across her lips, and slipping it into her mouth, massaging hers with it. Caraline moved her arms up around his neck, running her fingers through his hair on the back of his neck. He moved his lips away from hers, sucking on her bottom lip as they both smiled and opened their eyes, looking at one another, “I might not get so tired of you if things are like that during this surprise,”

”Trust me, things are going to be like that,” Nick whispered as he leaned over, kissing her neck lightly with little butterfly kisses as she giggled.

”A lot?”

”Oh yeah,” Nick whispered as Caraline smiled, leaning up to give him a quick kiss on the lips, pushing him off of her slightly, “What?”

”I’m hot and sweaty -“

”Oh just how I like ‘em,”

”Yeah, well you’ve already had a shower and I’m dirty,” Caraline said as she started to move off of the bed, and looked back at Nick who was giving her puppy dog eyes, “I’m going to go take a shower, and I’ll be right back. Just be cool until then,” she said as Nick gave her a cheesy grin. She shook her head at him and walked over to the bathroom, turning the light on and shut the door, looking into the mirror.

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What I told Faith was right, I really do think I’m starting to fall in love with him. I guess I just can’t hold back anymore. But do you want to know what is really sad?

I’ve had these feelings for a long time, ever since that night over two years ago. Yes, I was drunk and he was drunk, but there was some connection with us. I can’t explain what it was expect drunken sexual lust, but something was there. I just because so aggravated with guys that lead the whole ‘celebrity’ lifestyle with groupies and drugs and all of that other stuff.

I just wish tomorrow would hurry up and go away so that I could go on this little ‘surprise’ trip that he has planned. Where the hell is going to take me? Obviously it’s not to meet his family and I sure hope to hell he isn’t taking me home. I have no idea really. Maybe he’s taking me to Las Vegas so we can elope?

Yeah right.