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Nick was walking through the hallway gloomily when he caught sight of Macy sitting in the atrium, her face tilted up towards the sky. He stopped where he was going and turned towards the atrium; something about the way she looked at the sky had him worried. He and Macy didn't usually converse on a regular basis, she was much closer to Kevin and Stella, but he wanted to know what was wrong as she was still his friend.

"Hey, Macy." He said, closing the door to the atrium behind him. The minute she turned to him she gave him a huge grin.

"Hey Nick." She said before her face softened a bit. "How are you doing?" she asked gently. Nick sighed and took a seat next to her, thinking about what had him so gloomy to begin with.

"I'll be fine." He said with a small frown. "Sadly, I am pretty used to by now."

"Hey," said Macy, playfully elbowing him. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure one day you will find a girl thrilled to have you fall fast and hard for her."

"Yeah, instead of just telling me they don't feel that way, which seems to be what happens every time. You would think that since I am a rock star I wouldn't have such a hard time having a girl return my feelings." replied Nick.

"Ah, the catch 22." Replied Macy knowingly, nodding her head.

"The what?" asked Nick in confusion?

"Catch 22. Basically it means you're in a lose lose situation. You see, you want to find someone who falls for you and not the you of JONAS, so that makes the "rock star" status void, which makes it hard for someone as reserved as you to find someone who will fall for the real you. Especially since JONAS is such a huge part of you. I mean, you can't date someone that hates JONAS, but they have to accept JONAS as part of your life." Nick creased his brow in though.

"Okay, that does kind of make sense. Anyways, as much as I would love to talk about my failures concerning relationships, it is kind of depressing." stated Nick.

"Maybe we should just give up on love." stated Macy out of the blue. Nick didn't know if that was a question or statement so he didn't say anything, just watched as she looked up at the sky. "I mean why go through the heart break repeatedly knowing that nothing is going to change. Why go through the depressing realization everyday that the one you want is the one you can't have?"

"You can't give up on finding your one true love because they are the ones that make you whole." answered Nick passionately.

"Oh I don't mean give up on it forever. I'm just talking about high school love. For something that probably won't last a year after graduation, what's the point of letting it destroy your high school years?" asked Macy.

"Well I guess that's true. Well true for me, but you said 'we'. Why would you want to give up on 'high school love'?" asked Nick, while putting air quotes on the high school making Macy grin.

"Well you see Nick; I'm going to tell you a secret that not even Stella knows. But you have to promise not to tell anyone, not your brother or parents or Stella." Nick creased his brows in a frown but nodded his head anyways.

"You see, I am head over heels in love with someone and have hoped day after day that he would realize that he felt the same way about me." here Macy paused and looked at her lap before sighing and continuing. "But today I finally admitted to myself that the way he looks at me now is how he is always going to look at me."

Nick was quiet as he thought about this. Other than the Randolph incident, Macy had never really dated anyone since he had known her. Obviously the whole double date with Joe, Stella and Van Dyke didn't count. It kind of surprised him that she had such strong feelings for someone and no one had noticed. Hiding emotions wouldn't be something that Nick would think Macy was capable of; she was such an open person.

"Why don't you tell him how you feel?" asked Nick, thinking that was the simplest solution. Macy just laughed at the question though.

"Come on Nick, you especially know how much it sucks to get rejected."

"True, but if you feel this strongly for him isn't it worth the risk. What if he likes you back just hasn't realized it?"

"Oh, I don't want pity love." said Macy simply.

"'Pity love'?" asked Nick in confusion. For someone who writes countless songs about love, apparently there were a lot of different kinds of love that he didn't know about. First 'high school love' and now 'pity love'."

"Yeah, pity love. It's when a person finds out someone like them and thinks 'hey, I might be able to like them back.' I don't want him to start liking me just because I like him. I want them to realize 'hey, Macy is really special and I really like her' all by himself. Does that make sense?" asked Macy, turning to Nick. Nick gave a little half smile.

"Actually that makes perfect sense." Macy smiled a bright smile, happy that he understood. "So…" continued Nick. "About that whole 'giving up on his school love' thing…you still up for it?" Macy grinned broadly.

"Sure am! Are you ready to be lonely through high school together?" asked Macy cheekily.

"If you're there along the way, I think I can manage."

"Aw, that is so sweet." said Macy, giving Nick a hug.

"Hey Macy?" asked Nick into the hug.

"Yeah?" she asked, not pulling away.

"Would you mind telling me who the guy is…that you're in love with?" he asked. Macy pulled away slowly.

"I don't think so Nick. I think it would be best to keep it to myself right now." Nick nodded his head in understanding. "But when I am ready, you will be the first to know." she told him happily.

"Ok." said Nick before an idea came into his head. "Macy, it's not me is it?"

"On, no!" assure Macy quickly. "I mean you're a great guy and any girl will be lucky to have you, but not me. I mean, I would be lucky to have you, I just don't feel that way…"

"Macy, Macy…it's okay. I understand. I feel the same way about you." said Nick. "I just wanted to make sure; you know that this didn't turn into some 80's John Hughes movie." Macy laughed at that.

"I don't think we have anything to worry about." she answered. "You know, this is the longest conversation we had with just the two of us."

"Yeah it is. I kind of like it." Macy gave a small smile.

"Me too." said Nick before looking down at his watch. "Well I guess we should get ready for our next class. The bell should ring in about five minutes. I'll walk you to your locker." Macy nodded and they both stood up and headed towards their locker.

"So does this mean I have permanent date to all the dances?" asked Nick, thinking about their agreement.

"Sure. It will be fun going as friends instead of trying to find a date." answered Macy. Nick gave her a smile.

"Well I will talk to you later. I gotta run to my locker." said Nick with a wave.

"Alright. Bye Nick. Thanks for the talk." said Macy.

"Anytime." said Nick walking away a lot happier than he was before.

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