*Kissable And Quiet* Nick Jonas

*Chapter Twelve*

Nick

            I was furious with Brittany. I wanted to hang out with Abby today. But it seems like when I make plans with her-some how, Brittany manages to screw them up. I'm beginning to think she's planning it.

            The three of them continued walking as I went to the very top level to just relax. I was hoping to see Abby, but I didn't.

            After a while I figured I'd better get out of the sun so I headed downstairs. I reached the main hall and saw Abby with Kevin, Joe and Ashley. Kevin saw me and nudged Abby. She looked up, saw me and went back to talking to them. That's not good. I headed over and everyone stopped talking. For the first time in my life I felt uncomfortable in Abby's presence. I hated it. I had two choices-I could run and hide which I wanted to do; or I could fix it, which I had to do.

            I looked at Kevin and Joe. They sighed and led Ashley away. Abby looked at me.

            "Abby-" I started but she held up her hand.

            "Save it, Nick."

            "No-I really wanted to spend today with you." I said and she looked at me doubtfully.

            "You know what your problem it?" She asked after a minute. I looked at her, waiting. "You try to please everyone." I looked at her. "Try telling people no once in a while-you're allowed to." She said. Her words hit me. They were like a smack in the face.

            "I don't know what to say." I muttered.

            "Don't say anything, just do it." She said and started to walk away. I followed as we headed to our level. We passed an activities booth and I tugged her back to it.

            "Let's do something tomorrow." I said. "Just me and you." I said, hoping she'd agree. She looked at me and nodded. I could tell she didn't believe me. "Let's sign up for something." I said, leading her over to see what we could do.

            "What do you want to do?" She asked, looking at me.

            "I don't care-as long as I'm with you-I'm good." I said and her cheeks reddened slightly.

            "Well, we have to pick something, silly." She said and I nudged her arm.

            "Ok-how about we go scuba diving tomorrow and the day after we can go walk around on the island?" I suggested and she nodded. We filled out the cards to sign up and continued to our floor. We went into her room to hang out. We sat on her bed and we were just talking. I hand my hands face up, resting my arms on my knees and she was hitting them lightly.

            The door opened and Emma walked in looking very upset.

            "Baby-what's wrong?" Abby asked. She looked at us.

            "Joe is crazy." She said quietly, flopping face down on her bed.

            "Why?" I asked.

            "He likes a crazy psycho." She muttered.

            "What'd she do?" Abby asked.

            "She's flirting with this guy who is just…… ugh!" Abby got up and went to sit next to her, gently rubbing her back. "She doesn't deserve him." She said and I heard a break in her voice.

            "I know, baby." Abby said comfortingly, looking at me for help.

            "Emma, he'll realize that the best thing to ever happen to him was sitting right in front of him the whole time." I said and Abby gave me a funny look. I'm not sure what she meant by it, but Emma looked up at me.