Chapter 38

"Ugh!" Nick sat on my stomach to wake me up. "Get off I can't breath!" He laughed as he stood up.

"It's 5:00 aren't you going to dinner with you parents tonight?" I got up quickly and ran to the bathroom, not saying anything. "Nick!" I yelled from the bathroom. "Wake Allie up!"

"She is already back at the hotel." He opened the door and slid the curtain to the side.

"You took her back? and shut that it's cold." I smiled.

"Yup." He slid it back close. "She got up at around 4 and said she wanted to go back to the hotel, and you fell asleep so I just took her."

"Oh, okay." I peeked my head out of the shower. "Thank you." He walked closer so I could give him a kiss.

"Now hurry up, I have to leave soon too." He smiled and walked out of the bathroom. I finished up and walked into the bedroom to blow dry and straighten my hair, I threw on some skinny jeans, my Uggs, a turtle neck and a vest.I met Nick in the hall way and gave him a hug.

"I'm sorry I can't come to your game tonight." I took a deep breath in, smothering my face in his chest. He always smelled so good.

"It's okay." He laughed. "I wish I could go to dinner with you guys, you look so nice."

"Thanks, I don't dress up much but I thought tonight I should."

"Yeah, I like it." He kissed me. "At least you aren't wearing my clothes." I walked passed him and turned my head around to look at him.

"You know, you can borrow my clothes too."

"Yeah." He walked behind me and grabbed the pocket of my jeans. "Let me just try and fit into those, and then go out in public."

"I would love to see that!" I smiled and sat on one of the stools in the kitchen. Nick followed and slid his hands around my back as I wrapped my legs around his waist. For some reason I started to laugh.

"What is going on?" He looked at me and couldn't help but start laughing too. "Why are you laughing?"

"I don't know." I leaned into his neck and continued to giggle.

"Stop! why are you laughing?!" I gently smacked his chest.

"I was just picturing you trying to get into these jeans and then going to the rink and all the boys looking at you like your crazy."

"I would never even attempt to put those on."

"Yeah but the thought of it is funny." I wrapped my arms around his neck and jumped on him.
"You are so cute!" I grabbed his cheeks really hard.

"Ah." He pulled my hands off. "You are so hyper." He laughed.

"No I'm not." I said while laughing then I pinched his butt.

"Ouch, good god." I attempted to run but he grabbed me by my waist and I screamed.

"I'm dressed up don't mess up my make-up." I turned around and kissed his neck.

"I wasn't." He smiled and pulled me closer and picked me up. "I'm afraid to touch you, I might mess something up."

"I was just kidding." I scratched his back a little bit then hopped down, Nick picked up my phone as it started to ring and handed it to me.

"Thanks.....hello?"

"Hey hunny we are downstairs, we have Josh's car." My mom sounded the happiest she has been since she got here.

"Alright on my way down." I hung up the phone and gave Nick a kiss goodbye. "Good luck tonight!" I said as I opened the door.

"Thanks, bye."

I walked downstairs and got in the back of Josh's car. I leaned up to give both my parents a kiss on the cheek.

"Heya!" I was so excited to just spend a night with them.

"Wow I must say you are dressing more and more sophisticated sweetheart."

"Thanks mom, you guys look nice too."

"I am so hungry, I am ready to just stuff my stomach full." My dad started to rub his stomach. "Riley asked me to bring him a cheese steak back too."

"Is he allowed to eat stuff like that yet?" I stared out of the window.

"I'm sure he is, if not I will just sneak it in."

"Aw aren't you a good daddy." My mom rubbed his arm.

"Yup!" I yelled from the back and smiled at him.

We pulled up to the restaurant and waited about 20 minutes for a seat, not bad for D.C. My dad made sure to tell the waitress we needed a cheese steak to go when we all put in our order. She smiled and said that was fine and left to ring in our food.

"So hun, how you feeling?" My mom put her elbows on the table.

"Pretty good, I have to go down to the precinct Tuesday to talk to the cops again, but other then that everything is fine."

"So." My dad started as he twirled his straw. "When you coming home?"

"I don't really want to talk to much about it." I hung my head.

"Have you told Nicklas yet?" My dad continued.

"No I'm still deciding what I should do."

"Kate, you came out here for a reason and now you finally got accepted to CSU are you really going to throw it away on a boy?" My mom gave me those eyes only a mother knows how to do.

"He is not just a boy mom, he really cares about me. With everything that has gone on somehow he still manages to make me smile. Maybe I could go to school here or just take online courses." It was quiet for a second as the waitress dropped off our salads.

"So what happens if he doesn't stay in D.C. what will you do then, follow him around?" My mom started to shake her head. "I think you have worked to hard and you are too young to not take advantage of this opportunity."

"Your moms right." My dad chimed in. "You have wanted to go to CSU your whole life and now you finally have the chance. If Nicklas cares that much about you he will wait for you and understand."

"I don't want to talk about this." I looked down at my salad and didn't look up. We ate most of the dinner in silence. There was some conversation here and there but not nearly as much as we usually do.

"Do you want to come back to Josh's?" My dad asked as we headed to the car.

"Yeah sure." I opened the car door. "I should probably head back to Nick's when he gets home."

"Okay." My dad smiled at me.
Once I walked into Josh's house so many bad memories came back of Brian and Justin. I haven't slept there since the incident and it was just weird to see everything again. Josh walked downstairs and gave me a hug.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" I looked at Josh, and then my parents.

"Yeah, lets talk in the kitchen." He followed me and we both sat at the kitchen table.

"I don't know what to do, I'm falling in love with Nick and I don't want to leave but I also think my parents are right. This is what I have worked so hard for and I'm torn, what do I do."

"Honestly, you have been told what to do all your life, it's about time you started making your own decisions. I think you should talk to Nick about it, but really do what you think is best for you. You deserve it."

"Yeah I wish it was that easy."

"Well sleep on it, you don't have to decide now, and I got Stepbrothers yesterday and I have been waiting for you to watch it." He got up. "Shall we have some laughs?"

"Yes we should." I smiled and walk into the living room. He popped in the DVD and I made myself comfortable on the couch.