Three Years A Nick Jonas Story (Book One)

Chapter 2

A couple of days passed by and I'm finally out of the hospital. Good thing since Joe started getting on my nerves by asking where I'm taking Desiree on our first date. I honestly would've been fine asking her to be my girlfriend after our kiss, but it didn't seem to realistic. So we pretended that never happened and just start off slow. But how could you forget a kiss like that? If there's an award for best kisser she would've won it. With me as runner up of course. I haven't had one girl tell me they didn't enjoy a kiss from Nick Jonas.

Desiree and I walked down a street until we reached a dirt path running into a forest. I grabbed her hand and continued to make small talk as we walked down.

"So, I have a joke for you," I said smirking.

"Oh really? Let's hear it," she smirked back.

"So I'm used to girls falling on me tha-" She cut me off by saying,

"We already heard that joke from Joe. You're a little late Jonas," she smirked.

"Hey, it's not my fault I was gone for three years," I sarcastically said. I looked down at her and I've never seen a face change from joy to miserable so fast in my life. I figured I said something wrong so I guided her to a rock by the river. As we took our places to sit I grabbed her hands and brought them up to my lips. We didn't say anything. She stared out into the water looking as if she's about a fall apart.

"You know Nick, it was hard watching all of what happened while you were gone. You didn't see the news report saying you're not going to make it. You didn't experience the pain and frustration all your fans went through. Let alone what your family went through. You didn't feel the anxiety not knowing when you're going to wake up. The depression once you realized you may never. The past three years were nothing but a guessing game. Your brothers were hanging by a thread. They never left your side. I thought for sure I was never going to see Joe smile again. Kevin tried to be the strong one, but I heard his breakdowns throughout the nights. We were all so worried that the light you would see wouldn't be the sun. It'll be the white light taking you away from us."

After her speech I closed my eyes to blink away the tears. I hadn't realized the amount of pain I put everyone through while I was away in that nightmare. I turned her face towards me.

"But I'm here now. I know it's to soon to joke about what happened and I'm sorry. Reality is coming at me so fast that it's hard to process all that has happened. I don't want to think about that past. I'm awake now and want to live my life as if I never left." She finally looked at me with a slight smile on her face. I grabbed her by the waist and sat her on top of my lap as we watched the river. I sighed,

"Life is like a river. You never know where it's going to take you." I heard a faint laughed followed by,

"Isn't that a little old?" I could tell by her voice she was smirking at me.

"That's the only thing I could think of to say," I said interlocking our fingers across her chest.

"I guess I'll let that one slide." She kissed the back of my ear which sent tingles through my body. I slowly started rocking back and forth while singing "Stay" in her ears. God seems to work in strange ways. I now know I have someone special. And never again will I make the bad jokes. I'll leave that up to Joe.

The rest of the evening went splendid. We sat on the rock for hours. I didn't care where I was. As long as I'm with her, I'm good as gold. She ended up telling me the stories that I've missed. Some were sad and hard to take in. Others filled me up with Joy. One made me laugh so hard, I slipped off the rock and landed in the freezing water. Let me just say, Joe and bottles of perfume don't mixed. He tried to open one until it exploded in his face.

So Desiree and my freezing wet self started to walk back to her apartment. The night moon lit up our way as we continued to walk. I started feeling the numbness in my legs as I dragged them on the ground. The tip of my shoe got caught in the tiniest crack that I fell once again. To my surprise it didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would. I then realized I fell on Desiree. If looks could kill I would be dead.

"Okay Nick I get it, you're falling for me," she said rolling her eyes. I laughed out loud,

"That's no fun, I don't get to do this very often."

She smirked as I helped her up. She felt the wetness of my shirt and almost squeal.

"My god you must be freezing. Let's get you inside and warm you up," she said grabbing my hand. I probably will regret saying this one.

"Or we could just chill out here." I was expecting to hear a laugh but instead heard a smack. I really need to stop these jokes. She ignored my response and we headed up the stairs to her apartment. I wouldn't blame her. I'll ignore myself if I could sometimes.

Such a wonderful day has came and gone. We fell asleep on the couch together. I woke up that morning feeling as if I just started living again.