Whatever You Say [Nick Jonas]

Chapter 7: A Kardashian Encounter

"Ariana! You look fantastic! I love the hair!" Danielle wrapped me in a huge hug as soon as I walked through their front door.

I was wearing a floor length one shoulder maroon dress and my long auburn hair was curled and swept over to one side and fastened there with a large jeweled clip near the base of my head.

Danielle looked stunning as usual in a long navy dress that hugged her curves perfectly, you would never be able to guess that she had a baby a year ago.

Damn Pilates.

"Danielle are you sure Alena can't come with us I'm sure-" I turned when I heard Nick walk into the front hallway carrying Alena.

He stopped mid sentence as soon as he saw me. We met eyes and for some reason everything went quiet. It felt like we were standing there for minutes, when in reality it was probably only a second or two.

Alena reached for me and it seemed to break the trance as Nick handed her over reluctantly.

"Hey Ari! How have you been? Are you excited for tonight?" Nick had his hands in his pockets and was rocking back and forth on his heels.

Kevin and Danielle were talking over in the corner, but I could see Danielle watching us.

"I'm great. How are you? I'm excited! This is my first party with famous people, Danielle has tried to drag me along countless times over the years, but this is the first time I gave in. I've never been in a limo before so this should be interesting." I laughed nervously. I would much rather be at home in my sweats watching Netflix, but there was no sense arguing with Danielle when she made up her mind.

"Oh boy she hasn't told you yet has she? We're not taking a limo." Nick asked while trying to hold back a laugh.

"Oh good! I've always thought they were too obnoxious!" I was relieved. I didn't want to draw unnecessary attention to myself by getting out of a limo with two of the Jonas Brothers.

"Haha well then I'm sure you'll love the fact that we're taking a jet. The party is in LA." Nick was having way too much fun mocking me.

"Are you serious? I can't just fly to LA for the night! I have work on Monday. Danielle! How could you not tell me the party is in LA!" I was freaking out. Not only was I getting dragged to a party I didn't want to go to, but it was across the country.

"I didn't tell you because I knew you would back out. I packed you a bag with everything you'll need for the weekend and your parents know and are really excited for you! Can you please calm down and try to stay open minded about this?" Danielle pleaded with me.

Nick and Kevin were still laughing at my reaction. Jerks.

Danielle's parents were watching Alena for the weekend while Danielle and Kevin switched into their celebrity couple world.

As we approached the jet I was still warming up to this whole crazy idea.

Nick offered me his hand as I climbed up the steps.

"I forgot to tell you earlier, but you look gorgeous." Nick gave me a sweet smile as he followed me down the aisle of the plane toward these huge comfy seats in the back.

"Thank you. I like your suit by the way." I accepted a glass of champagne from a butler. A butler really? I didn't understand why that was necessary, wasn't a private jet enough?

"Ughh I hate this monkey suit. I tried to wear jeans, but Danielle yelled at me as usual. I swear sometimes she thinks she's my sister instead of sister-in-law" Nick wasn't fooling me. I knew he loved Dani like a sister whether he admitted it or not.

"I heard that" Danielle shouted from the other end of the plane. Nick and I fell over we were laughing so hard.

We spent the rest of the flight talking about our favorite tv shows. Turns out Nick had a huge celebrity crush on Mila Kunis just like every other guy on the planet. It never crossed my mind that celebrities got just as excited about meeting other celebrities as regular people.

Around 8 o'clock we walked into a huge mansion. I was immediately overwhelmed with how many people were there and how loud the music was.

Danielle dragged me around introducing me to people. I was starting to get really annoyed at how rude some of these people were. Even if they were someone's understudy they would still ignore me and only talk to Danielle, as if I was some nobody.

Alright so maybe I was a nobody, but that didn't make being treated like one any easier.

I made the mistake of getting stuck in a conversation with one of the Kardashian bimbos. I was bored out of my mind and she kept droning on and on, but all the little wannabes around her were hanging on her every word.

Every time I tried to slip away some of her posse would send me death glares.

I felt myself falling asleep standing up when my phone rang. Finally! I excused myself to go answer it.

I didn't recognize the number.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Meet me out on the balcony" A voice said.

"Who is this?" I asked suspiciously. I wasn't about to go meet some stranger in some isolated area. I saw the movies and was not about to be the dumb girl who got herself kidnapped.

"Your hero. You could always go back to that stimulating conversation with Ms. Kardashian" he chuckled. I still couldn't recognize the voice over the phone.

I hesitated. My gut was telling me this was not a good idea.

"It's safe Ari, I promise." The voice assured me before hanging up. There was only one person who called me Ari.

Sure enough when I found the balcony I also found Nick was standing there leaning on the railing staring out at the huge lake in the backyard.

"I believe a thank you is in order" Nick grinned cockily without even looking up to see if it was actually me.

He knew I would come.

"Thank you for saving me from that, I can't stand the Kardashians, but you didn't have to be so sketchy about it." I leaned onto the railing next to him.

"Sketchy is less boring. Trust me I know how annoying the Kardashians are. They're famous because of their ability to cry on command and spend money like its a career path. Yet they flaunt it like they're Beyonce or something!" Nick ranted.

He was putting into words all of my issues with celebrities. The ironic part was he was famous himself, shouldn't I have all these feelings toward him?

And more importantly, why was I starting to enjoy these talks with Nick?