The hotel room felt empty without my brothers here. Then again it felt too crowded here with them. I had this huge room to myself and nothing to bother me. All I had to stress about was Claire and my dances. Thinking of my dances reminded me that I needed rehearse. I put my headphones on and let the music play. Halfway through my dance I spun around to see hands on the balcony. I let out a shriek. A face popped up for me to discover that it was Nick. He had a pizza box in his mouth with a bottle balanced on top. I swung open the balcony doors, grabbing the bottle and pizza box.
"Thank you," Nick smiled. He finally climbed over the balcony and got to a stable stance.
"What are you doing here," I quickly asked.
Nick shrugged with the pizza in one hand and bottle in the other. "I wanted to talk to your brother. I feel as though him and I got off on the wrong foot."
I grabbed the door handle tightly." They aren't here. The three of them went home." Nick nodded then put the pizza a little my way." Can you and I eat together then? We never got around to it earlier," he offered politely. I was nervous to be around some guy I barely knew. Something told me to let him in and I did.
After eating together for about forty-five minutes we found out a lot about each other. For example, Nick was extremely funny. The majority of the conversation I was laughing at what he said. Even though I didn't have much to tell him, Nick still listened.
I laughed with him as he fired pizza crumbs into the empty box." Can I ask you something? I want an answer," Nick asked.
I began to get nervous. He could ask me anything in the world and I wouldn't lie to him. It's obvious I've never done anything but Nick has the perfect chance to get to me.
Without me answering Nick went," How come you never go around people? You're one of the nicest people ever. I'm sure they'd all love you." My eyes dashed around the room for a minute then down to my long legs. " Growing up I was homeschooled. My parents never really put me into other social settings. Also I have eight older brothers so I'm just really protected from the world. They don't want to ever see me hurt."
"But aren't they hurting you by keeping you in the house? They can't protect you forever."
My eyes teared up because he was right. All I managed out was a weak," Yeah, I guess." The tears slid down my cheeks. Nick got on his knees, putting my hands in his so I was standing the same. He wiped my tears with his thumbs . Next thing I felt were Nick's lips on mine.
