Complete Harmony (Sequel to The Missing Lyric- Nemi)

Chapter 19

Demi

I was still awake when Nick came back to our bedroom & he looked surprised when he saw that I was still awake. "Sorry. I got lost in my thoughts. You didn't have to wait up." He said as he walked to our bathroom.

"I told you I don't like it when you're not in bed with me." I said, loud enough for him to hear. A few minutes later, he came out of the bathroom & I knew he'd brushed his teeth & checked his sugar, since that's what he did every night. I watched him as he climbed into bed & laid down. "No kiss?" I asked, my lower lip out, since he closed his eyes.

"Sorry." He said, giving me a slight smile as he got up on his elbow & kissed me, quickly. He laid back down & sighed, deeply.

"I love you." I said, watching his face.

He kept his eyes closed, which bothered me, a little. "I love you, too."

I switched off the light beside our bed, then laid down beside him, sliding my arm over his stomach & laying my head on his chest. He put his arm around me, which comforted me. I wanted to beg him to stay positive, but I didn't want to upset him. Instead, I just stayed quiet while I drifted off to sleep. I woke up when I heard someone rummaging through something. I opened my eyes & saw it was bright outside, then I looked around to see Nick looking through photo albums as he sat on the floor. I sat up on my elbows. "What are you doing?" I asked him & he looked up at me, his eyes wide making him seem deranged.

"I can't picture him. I don't remember who he was. I need to see what he looks like." Nick said, looking back at the books.

"Anthony?" I asked, throwing the covers off of me. Nick nodded, looking like a madman. "Here. I think he's in this one." I said as I got up & went to my shelf, pulling an album out. I sat, cross-legged on the floor & started going through the book. When I came to the pictures from my Camp Rock days, I slowed down, then saw the picture of me, Anthony & Alyson. Nick practically snatched the book from me when I pointed out Anthony. I could see him studying Anthony, carefully, his forehead wrinkling.

"I remember him. He was the one who was always drawing. He used to draw on all the girls, giving them drawn on tattoos."

"Yea. Well... the girls who weren't main characters. The ones who didn't have to wash them off because they were on camera all the time." I chuckled, but Nick didn't smile.

"She could be his." Nick said, just above a whisper.

"Stop it."

"Demi, he has dark hair & dark eyes."

I let out a slight chuckle. "So? Joe has dark hair & dark eyes. Maybe he's her dad. Anthony was Italian, Nick." I shrugged my shoulders, then stood up, as I sighed, loudly. I wasn't sure how much longer I could deal with this from Nick. "She's not Anthony's, dammit." I went to take the album from him but he gripped it & looked up at me. I let out a breath, putting my hand on his face. "Don't do this. Don't torture yourself." I tried again to take the book from him, but this time he let me. "I'm going to get dressed. I can't do this for a week or however long it takes for a DNA test to be run, Nick. You'll drive me crazy. Can you stop thinking about this please?"

Nick licked his lips & nodded, but wasn't convincing me, that he was going to stop thinking about this. I got my shower, then came out of the bathroom & Nick was sitting on the bed, waiting for me to come out. "My turn." He said, walking past me. I just finished getting dressed when Nick came out of the bathroom, in just a towel. I bit my lip as I watched him walk to his dresser & pull out some jeans. He looked so beautiful, in his towel, his body glistening. On a normal day, I'd go to him, put my arms around his waist from behind & kiss his wet back. Then he'd turn around to kiss me & I would yank the towel off of him & we'd make out or have sex, depending on how much time we had.