That Thing That I Needed [Nick Austin]

CHAPTER 9

"Scarlett! Oh my God! You had us worried." Avani hugged me with the others at her back.
"I'm sorry." I apologized.
"Don't just disappear like that!" Chase scolded me.
"I know... I was out of mind."
"You clearly were..." Addison said.
"Okay... So what happened?" Charli asked.
"She was tired and dizzy so she went home." Nick said beside me. I gave him a reassuring look.
"C'mon. Let's eat already." Tony said. We all laughed and went to our table to eat.
"So uhm... Should I go to the Hype House this weekend?" I asked.
"Actually, some of us aren't coming home to the Hype House for a while..." Chase said sadly.
"What? Why?" I asked confused.
"We had a problem. But don't worry about." Nick told me.
"But I thought some of you practically lives there. Like you Tony. And your brother, and Chase. Where are you gonna go to?" I asked.
"We are going to stay. Dixie and Charli will be going home to their parents until we resolved this. Avani is going to her apartment. Addison is also going back to her parents house. Daisy is going back to her house. She says for good but I hope she doesn't mean that." Tony explained.
"For good? What does she mean by that? What exactly is the problem?" I asked.
"It's not something to worry about." Nick told me again.
They didn't bring up the topic again.

When it was dismissal, we all went out.
"We should go Scarlett..." Nick told me.
"Uh, yea—"
"Scarlett, can I talk to you about something?" Addison asked, smiling.
"S-sure..." I said.
"I'll wait for you at the car." Nick told me before he went to the car.
"What's up?" I asked Addison.

"So... Is he courting you?" She suddenly asked that made me gagged.
"W-What?! H-how—" I stopped myself from talking.
"He's been talking to me about you for days. He admitted to me that he likes you and asked me if he should court you." My eyes widen at her confession.
"And what did you say?" I asked.
"I told him to go for it!" She said giggling.
"So, is he courting you?" She asked again.
"Well, y-yes." I stuttered. This is embarrassing to talk to.
"Alright. Well, you shouldn't keep Nick waiting for too long." She said.
"Ah... Y-yeah.." I said and went inside Nick's car.
"What did Addison told you?" Nick asked as he started the car and drove.
"S-some nonsense... Well since some of you aren't at the house this weekend, I'll go to Griff and Nessa. I think I owe all of them an apology." I said, changing the topic.
"Fair enough... Can I come?"
"What?"
"Can I come? I can't let you go alone after what happened." He said.
"Well Jaden and Anthony are there." I told him.
"I'm gonna be fine." I said.
"The last time you went there, you got home a mess."
"We were drunk. I mean they were drunk. It's not their fault."
"I'm still coming. And who's Jaden?" He suddenly asked.
"He's a friend of mine." I told him. He just nodded and kept on driving.

That's how Nick ended up going with me Saturday morning. I wasn't staying in for the night there. I promised Natalie to go eat dinner with her somewhere.
"Kio, Griffin, Bryce, Nessa and Anthony are the only people I know there." Nick told me as he drove.
"You know Bryce?" I asked.
"Yeah. Everyone does. He's Addison's ex."
"What?!! I do not know that..." I said surprised. He chuckled.

When we arrived, I saw Nessa and Madison came out of the sorry and hugged me as soon as me and Nick went out of the car.
"Scarlett! We're so worried about you." Madison said.
"I'm sorry. And don't worry, I'm fine." I reassured her.
"And you are?" Madison asked as she noticed Nick.
"Nick." He simply said.
"He wanted to come with me to keep an eye for me." I laughed.
"C'mon in." Nessa said. We all went inside and saw some of the boys at the living room.
"Scarlett!!" Griffin said and hugged me really tight.
"I can't breathe." I told him. He laughed and let go of me.
"Don't scare us like that! We almost went out of our mind wondering where'd you go." Kio said.
"I'm sorry." I apologized.
"You know, Nessa and Madison were going crazy!" Bryce started.
"And then Jaden was like; 'Where did she go?! Oh no, I should have kept my eye on her if I wasn't tipsy' and then he was like—"
"Dude, stop. It's embarrassing." Jaden appeared at the living room.
"Jaden. Thought you wouldn't come out of your room again." I said and grinned.
"Are you crazy? You got me worried. You got all of us worried." He said glaring at me playfully.
"I'm really sorry."

"Yo, Nick. What're you doing here?" Bryce asked.
"What's wrong with being here?" Nick asked.
"Anyway, we were about to hit the pool. Wanna come join us?" Griffin asked.
"Kio made chicken. It's awesome. You should try it." Nessa said.
Griffin and Bryce pulled Nick to the pool side. He looked at me apologetically. He's probably saying sorry that he can't keep his eyes on me all day. I laughed at him. Whilst Nessa and Madison pulled me to talk.
"What's Nick doing here?" Nessa asked.
"He came to see where I was going." I said honestly.
"And he told me he knows some of the guys and he haven't hang out with them for ages so I let him come."
"Why is he also with you the other night when I went to your house?" Nessa asked.
"I don't know. Probably because he's the closest house from mine." I guessed. They looked at me suspiciously.
"I'm telling the truth."

"Okay. Let's go and join the guys at the pool." Madison said.
"You go on." I told them. They both nodded and went away. I went to the living room and took my sunscreen out and went to the pool. On my way, I heard someone singing at one of the room. And boy, it sounded like an angel.
I went to one room and opened it to peek. I saw Jaden on his computer with his headphones on. He was singing and he sounded awesome.
I just stared at him, admiring his voice when he faced me and got startled.
"Scarlett! You scared me!" He said.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't helped it when I heard you on the hallway. You sounded amazing." I said which is very true.
"Thanks."
"What song was that?" I asked.
"Its a song I wrote."
"Woah, really? That's amazing." I told him.
"Do you sing?" He asked.
"Well, yeah but—"
"Great coz I could use your feedback on what you think about the song." He said and dragged me to the chair.
He put the headphone to my head and clicked play.

"Jaden, this is actually great. Are you going to release this song? This would be a big hit if you do." I honestly said as soon as the song ends.
"You really think so?" He asked. I nodded.
"Well, since you said this is awesome, I'm probably gonna release it by the end of November. And that's in a month." He said.
"Cool..."

"You two seems to be having fun." We looked at the door and saw Madison.
"Mads..." Jaden said.
"Hey Madison, Jaden made me listened to his song. It was awesome. Have you heard it?" I asked.
"No." She just said.
"Wanna come and listen?" Jaden asked.
"No.... Scarlett, we were wondering what's taking you so long." Madison said.
"Right." I said.

I went to the pool where everyone is.

"Hey. Nick's been looking at you for a while now." Nessa said.
"What?" I looked at Nick and caught him staring at me. He just smiled and went on talking with Griffin and Bryce.
"Is there something going on between you two?" Madison asked. I just shrugged my shoulder, not wanting to answer.
"Come on Scarlett, don't you dare keep a secret from me." Nessa said.
"Are you two together?"
"What? No." I said.
"Then what? Tell us. We can't just keep guessing." Nessa begged.
"Well... H-he's courting me. That's all." I said in a low tone.

Then they squealed.
"Ness! Mads!" I told them to keep quiet.
"What's going on?" Bryce asked. They were done playing in the pool. The rest of the boys were talking behind him.
"This is a girls talk." I said.
"No fair. We always share what were talking about to you." Bryce whined.
"Not our fault." Madison said giggling.
"Seriously, what's going on?" Griffin asked.
We continued to ignore them.

TIME SKIP

"Thanks for driving me home." I told Nick.
"It's always a pleasure."

"Glad you're home." Natalie said at the gate.
"Natalie." Both Nick and I said at the same time. Natalie chuckled.
"Hey Nick. Where did you two go?" Natalie asked.
"We went to her friend's house." Nick answered.
"Have you eaten yet?" Nick shakes his head. I glared at Natalie knowing where this is gonna end up.
"Do you wanna come join us? Scarlett and I were about to have dinner somewhere." Natalie said.
"I'm probably ruining your time with each other." Nick politely said.
"No, it's okay. You two wait for me here. I'm just gonna take the car out."

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