[Karie]

Five days later and my mind is still fuzzy from the news that Nick told me. Sure, we’ve talked about it more and other things, but when I’m sitting alone in my office or sitting next to him on the sofa watching television, out to eat with him and one of the other guys or lying in bed with his arms around me. It’s constantly going on in the back of my mind… he could be having a baby.

I know that makes me a horrible person for always thinking about it but I know deep down he thinks about it a lot too.

“As long as it’s not you that’s pregnant, then go for it.” Yeah, that’s what my Mom said when we had lunch two days ago and I told her about it. She said that she could tell after having dinner with Nick and I the night before that we had moved well past the dating stage although I’m not sure what she meant by that.

Sure, he’s moved in with me basically, or at least while he’s here in Nashville and we’ve told one another that we love each other but.. that’s it really. We haven’t had sex or did anything sexual besides kiss since that night in Orlando. We almost did the other night but Scarlett kept meowing at the door, wanting to get on the bed and go to sleep so… it was pretty much ruined by a cat.

The last few nights, I’ve gotten off of work early once, at 9:30 p.m. and we had dinner with my Mom. Any other time, he’s at the studio late and we’ll end up falling asleep while watching television, kissing, or talking.

We’re like an old married couple.

Unfortunately Nick’s leaving tomorrow with AJ to go to Los Angeles for the weekend. I, on the other hand, have to stay in town to cover the opening night of Kenny Chesney’s summer tour. While he’s there, he’s packing up some of his stuff to ship here, meeting with some producers for the guys’ new album, and oh yeah, getting the paternity test.

“I’ll be there at two tomorrow,” I said, talking to Kenny Chesney’s publicist on the phone as I sat at work that Friday afternoon. “Tell Kenny to be prepared.” I laughed, having known his publicist since the moment I stepped foot in Nashville. I said goodbye and hung up the phone.

It was almost five in the afternoon and my story had to be sent to copyediting in thirty minutes. Of course, it was nothing too big, just a preview for the concert the next day and and interviews with his opening acts, Sugarland and Sara Evans. I interviewed Sugarland the day before and Sara earlier in the day, so the article was almost done.

“Karie,” I heard Betty, the secretary say as I looked up from my computer monitor. “You have a delivery,” she said as I stood up and tall man walked in a vase full of red and pink roses.

“Me?” I asked, wanting to laugh as I told the delivery man to hold on so that I could tip him. He told me it was taken care of and to enjoy the flowers.

“Who are they from?” Betty asked as I took the card from the flowers and smiled, recognizing Nick’s handwriting. “The new boyfriend?”

“Yeah,” I smiled, looking back at he card.

Hey babe, just wanted to remind you that I love you. See you tonight.

- Nick

I smiled, putting the card back in its small envelope and looked back at Betty. She giggled slightly, walking out of my office.

I needed to finish this article… and finish it now.

[/Karie]

[Nick]

“Yeah, I’m leaving to go there tomorrow,” I said, walking up the stairs to Karie’s apartment. It was going on 11 o’clock at night and my flight to LA left Nashville at nine the next morning. “Yeah, Dad, I know.”

God bless my Dad. He was a nervous wreck when I told him the news that he might be a grandfather. Of course he was happy when I told him that Brian, Howie, and AJ had already smacked me upside the head. He told that if I liked Karie or felt the way that I said I felt about her, that I would include her in everything surrounding this ordeal. I wish she could come to LA with me but I understand she has work to do. It’s just going to kill me being away from her.

But I guess I should get used to it, especially if this kid is mine.

If the baby is mine, I have a feeling that we are never going to be like we were in Orlando again. I think we’ll stay friends and love one another, but I have a feeling that a relationship is never going to work. She’s adamant about not having a kid or being around them. My dad said that my Mom was like that when they married since I have an older half-sister who I never see.

Then again, bless her, she isn’t the Mother of the Year either.

“Alright Dad, I’ll call you over the weekend,” I said, telling him goodbye as I reached the apartment door. I sighed, putting my phone in my pocket and started to unlock the door. As I opened the door slowly, I noticed that the lights were off.

Shit, is she even home yet?

I looked over to see some light coming from the bedroom and noticed that Scarlett and Prue were asleep on their cat house toy thing. I sat my laptop bag down in one of the chairs and kicked my sneakers off.

“Karie?” I asked, walking up to the door and smiled, seeing the flicker of candle light through the crack in the door.

I pushed the door open slightly to see her sitting up on the bed, in a mesh see-through black cami with pink looking colors around the top. I looked down to see that she had a little pair of black panties on and nothing else. Her hair was down, parted to the side and flowing down on her shoulders. I stood there in shock because this was the last thing I expected before I flew to California, especially with the way we had been acting lately.

“Surprise,” she smiled, tucking her hair behind her ears.

“For me?” I asked, walking into the room and shutting the door.

“No, another boy band singer,” she snickered, crooking her finger, motioning for me to come closer to her.

“I don’t know,” I said, taking my shirt off and tossing it on the small chair in her room. I walked slowly around the bed, looking at her and smiled. “I wouldn’t want to take what’s rightfully his.”

“Maybe I want you to,” she said. I couldn’t help but grin. I began walking around the bed again, slowly unzipping my jeans, letting them fall to the floor. I kicked myself out of them and took my socks off, leaving me in my boxers.

“But what would he say?” I asked as she leaned over, on all fours and smiled at me. She licked her lips, wiggling her eyebrows and I couldn’t hold back any longer.

“Don’t really care what he says because he’s not the one I want to fuck right now,” she said as I climbed onto the bed, grabbing her hands so that she was sitting up on her knees, facing me. “I miss you.”

“I’ve been right here.”

“You know what I mean,” she said, trailing her finger from my lip to my chin and down to my chest. She looked down at her finger and back up into my eyes. “I love you and I’m scared.”

“I know you are and so am I,” I said, running my fingers through her hair slowly. I looked around the room, seeing all the candles that she had lit in the room.

“I just want to show you how much I love you in case you question it before you leave and you might be changed forever,” she said as I smiled.

“I’ve already been changed,” I said as I felt her hands move inside of my boxers, pushing them down.

“Lay back,” she said as I smiled, moving to lay down on my back. I rested my head on the pillow and watched her as she slowly pulled my boxers from my thighs, down to my feet. She tossed them on the floor and climbed over my body and straddled me. She leaned down to my lips, making her lips barely touch mine and smiled. “Don’t think about anything tonight, okay?”

I nodded. Fine by me.

“You look beautiful, by the way.”

“Don’t talk.”

“And that little top with your boobs is awesome,” I said, making her put her hand over my mouth.

“This hand is going somewhere to make you happy,” she said, causing me to crack up. “Close your eyes.”

I did as she said and suddenly felt her lips on my skin. Then I felt something cold and wet. She licked it. It was really wet and damn cold. Her tongue was working overtime, down to my stomach. I knew where she was going and I almost couldn’t contain myself.

[/Nick]

[Karie]

I smiled as I licked the water from the ice cube from his stomach. My tongue circled his belly button and I could tell that he was getting turned on. I could feel him against my breast as I moved further down. I moved the piece of ice slowly down his length and watched it as it basically stood erect right in front of me. He was wiggling and I knew I was torturing him.

I moved the ice over the tip as my tongue began licking the water off of him, wrapping my lips around his width. He let out a moan as I took him all the way in my mouth. I licked, sucked, licked, sucked, teased, massaged, licked, and massaged all over again. Nick began shifting on the bed as I licked his tip and looked up to see him looking down at me, his eyes practically begging me.

“Come here,” he muttered as I practically giggled, licking my way quickly back up his body. “Panties. Off. Now,” he whispered as I smiled, pulling at the side as they snapped off. I tossed him on the floor and his eyes grew wide.

“Velcro,” I whispered as he moved his hands to my stomach. I leaned over, grabbing a condom from the night stand and scooted back down.

“Stay there,” I whispered, opening the condom wrapped. I began massaging him with my hand, feeling him already pulsating. I slowly moved the condom over his length and crawled back over him, practically letting him barely enter me. His eyes rolled back in his head and his mouth opened as I slowly moved down, letting him fill me up.

I sat there for a minute, taking everything in until he opened his eyes, looking at me. I lifted my cami off, tossing it to the side and placed my hands on his chest as I slowly began moving on top of him. I rode him slowly at first, never letting my eyes leave his. His hands moved from my thighs to my hips to my stomach and my breast.

I began moving on top of him differently and watched his facial expressions as I did it. His hands moved to mine, entwining our fingers and I increased the pace. He was already sweating and we both were throbbing. He sat up, wrapping his arms around me and our lips met. I got lost in the kiss as he began pushing me down harder on top of him. I began moving faster, feeling his lips move to my neck, sucking on it then to my breast, doing it all again.

[/Karie]

[Nick]

I could feel her tightening around me, throbbing against me. I kissed and sucked on her chest, her breast, her neck, her face, her lips while moving her hips, keeping up a steady rock against me.

She started moaning. She wrapped her arms around my neck tightly, moaning in my ear. It was driving me over the edge. Her body started shivering her, her moaning went up an octave and I was about to explode. I couldn’t hold it anymore. I pushed her down hard on top of me one last time and felt my release. Our bodies were shivering together, sticking together from the sweat.

She slowed the pace, barely moving on top of me as she rested her head on my shoulder, sucking on my skin.

“I loved the flowers, Nick,” she said out of breath. I cracked up laughing and fell back on the bed, looking up at her. Her hair around her face was wet, her make-up smeared and for some reason, she had never looked more beautiful.

“No problem,” I smiled as she moved slowly off of me and laid down next to me. I sat up, taking care of the used condom and laid back down on my side, looking at her. “You must have been a prostitute in a former life,” I said as she cracked up laughing. “You know everything that gets me.

“So you have connections with prostitutes?” she asked as I nodded, leaning over to kiss her slowly on the lips. “Just wanted to send you off to California with good thoughts so you wouldn’t forget me when you go back to your old life.”

“Never would forget you,” I whispered, kissing her shoulder gently. “Just don’t forget me.”

“Why would I?” she asked as I shrugged.

“You know..”

“I have never felt this way with anybody else,” she said, rolling to her side to face me. “No one has ever made me feel as beautiful as you do and that sounds so cheesy.”

“No it doesn’t,” I laughed as I moved over, climbing on top so that I was hovering over her. “I’m just so scared I’m going to lose you after this weekend.”

“Nick…”

“Seriously, I’m scared that we’re never going to be this way again,” I said as she sighed, staring me in the eyes. “I can’t do this alone.”

“Do what alone?”

“If it’s mine, I can’t decide by myself, I need someone with me to help me decide and I know you don’t want to be put in that position, Karie, but I love you and I don’t want to risk losing you,” I said as she closed her eyes. I could tell that tears were welling up, trying to escape from the corners of her eyes.

“Nick….”

“I don’t want to put you in that position, but I’m with you and I want to be with you and I can’t make this decision alone.”

“Let’s just see what the results say,” she said, opening her eyes to look into mine. “Then.. if it is, we’ll decide, okay?”

“I don’t want to lose you.”

“You’re not, Nick,” she said as I leaned over to kiss her lips slowly. I smiled into the kiss and moved halfway off of her. I wrapped my arm around her, resting my head next to hers and smiled. “We’ll make the decision together.”

Together.

[/Nick]