When We Met: The asylum

Part 23

"Nicky?" Sam asked knocking on my door. I groaned, "What?" He laughed a bit before responding, "We gotta go get the guys and then go to Wichita." "Okay. I'll get up in a second." I said grabbing my phone from the night stand. I checked my phone for the first time in a week.

"Ugh" I threw my phone down next to me. I guess one of Colby's fans saw us holding hands and they found my socials. My following on everything tripled. I stood up out of the bed, realizing that I never changed last night. I walked out into the hall and knocked on Sams door. "Sammy? I don't have clothes with me, I left it at the Brocks." I said through the door.

"Okay. Come in." He said laughing a bit. "Take what ever you need." I said opening a drawer full of sweat pants and shorts then opened a closet with shirts. I grabbed a pair of shorts and a cropped tank top that Kat forgot. "Thank you!" I said hugging Sam.

We walked down stairs and Mrs. Golbach looks at my outfit. "Do you not have clothes?" She asked. "Not with me I must have left my bag at the Brocks." I answered. She nodded and handed me some pancakes. "Thank you" I replied. "No problem sweetie." She said with a nod.

When I sat at the table I leaned close to Sam. "I don't think she likes me much." I whispered. Sam laughed a bit and shook his head. "I don't know why." He answered. "Probably because she thinks you are cheating on Kat with me." I said still whispering. He laughed and I laughed with him. We finished breakfast and left.

"How was your night?" Mrs. Brock said answering the door. "Good. Awkward, but good." Sam answered. "Why awkward?" Jake asked. "My mom thought me and Nicky were hooking up." He laughed and I laughed with him. "Noooo!" Mrs. Brock laughed. "Yeah. Gross....No offense Sam." I said. "None taken." He laughed. "Colby is still not up." Mrs. Brock said to us. "I'll go wake him." I laughed. "She's good at it." Jake said leading me up the stairs to Colby's room.

"Colbs?" I asked opening the door. No reply. "Colby?" I asked a little louder walking up to him. I shook him lightly and called his name again. "Mmm" he hummed. "Wake up." I said shaking him a little harder. "Lay down with me." He said grabbing my arm. "Colbs, you gotta wake up." I said giggling. "Nicky. Get in bed." He commanded. "You gotta open your eyes first." I laughed. He opened his eyes for a second then closed them again.

"Okay. Now come!" He said and I just laughed. "Open your eyes longer." He opened his eyes and I made a funny face causing him to smile. "Weirdo." He laughed. I laughed with him and laid in the bed with him. "Morning" I whispered. "Good morning." He said into my neck.

"You were supposed to wake him up. Not go back to sleep." Sam laughed waking me up. "Oh my. I'm sorry." I apologized. "Colby. We fell asleep." I said shaking him. "That was the point." He said laughing a bit. I shoved him a little, "We got to get ready. Jake wants to see his family." I said standing up.

"Who's clothes are you wearing?" Colby asked sitting up and looking me up and down. "Kat's tank top and Sams basketball shorts." I said grabbing my suitcase that was next to his. "Oh." He sounded a little annoyed. I gave him a questioning look then gave Sam the same one.

Sam shrugged, "Well I'm going to go get changed." I said walking out of the room. Why was he upset? If there is one thing I can't stand is jealousy of stupid things. I walked into the bathroom and shut the door a little hard. "God!" I huffed in frustration. "You okay in there?" A guys voice asked while knocking on the door. "Uh. Yeah? Hold on a second." I responded confused.

When I walked out of the bathroom there was a guy that looked a lot like colby standing next to the door. "Hi. I'm sorry." I said walking out of the door way my hands full with the clothes I was wearing. "No need to apologize. You okay?" He asked looking deep into my eyes. "Uh. Yeah. I'm fine." I said confused.

"I'm Nicole. A friend of Colby, Sam, Jake, and Corey." I explained. He nodded. "I'm Gage, Colby's brother." "Nice to meet you." I said extending my hand for him to shake it. "Nice to meet you too." He responded shaking my hand. "You sure you are okay? You sound annoyed." He asked walking down the stairs with me. "Yeah. I'm fine. It's just the little things that I don't understand." I said being as vague as possible.

            "I know what you mean. Like why do people make mountains out of mole hills or why do people take somethings for granted?" He said as we sat on the couch. "Exactly!" I got excited, not many people think the way I do, or I just haven't met those kinds of people. "It's just when you can take a step back and watch it all happen can one truly appreciate what is going around them. People want to live in the moment, but sometimes they need to just watch." He said making me smile and nod.

"Nicky?" Colby asked walking down the stairs. "In here!" I called. He walked into the living room giving me and Gage a suspicious look. "What's up?" I asked as he just stared. "Oh. Uh. We are leaving soon." He said rubbing the back of his head. "Okay." I responded. He turned around and went to the stairs. "Wait. I'll go up with you." I called standing up. "It was nice meeting you Gage. Thanks for helping." I said extending my hand out to him. He grabbed my hand but wrapped me into a hug. "Anytime." He whispered.