""Hey Nick, I'm leaving early today. Can you put on security before you leave?"
Nick kept his eyes glued to the paper work in front of him, his mind too caught up in his own thoughts to fully hear the request.
"yea... sure..."
The man gave a quick nod and then he was gone. Nick sighed loudly closing his eyes, and leaned his head back. What's wrong with me? He thought to himself, he'd been off lately. He felt constantly agitated and ready to blow up at any moment.
His hands balled into fists as he thought of the people who had mistakingly tried to boss him around today; the lady at the front desk, his office nabo- No, he couldn't do this... He couldn't blame his anger on someone when it wasn't... wasn't their fault. He knew what was wrong with him now, and he slowly unclenched his fists thinking about the burdened memory that would always be there. He saw her, her beautiful face, and the worst decision he had ever made in his life.
That heart, he would give is own life for.
He shuddered just thinking about her. It had been almost two years since he had last talked to her. He had been so close to going to her and asking for forgiveness when he heard about him. The one person that changed it all, Preston Winters.
They were happy together. This one fact made Nick re-think his entire existence. Maybe he wasn't so perfect for her after all, or maybe he was, and he was just to much of a coward and had let her go too easily. He smiled slightly thinking about they had met...
flashback:
It was summer break before his senor year. Nick and his family had decided to visit Miami over the break. It was a Friday night so he went out to a new club his friend Grant had told him to try called, The Express.
It was a pretty cool club with all the new techno music and colorful drinks at the bar. After a couple of the more manly looking drinks and a few rounds of the dance floor he was just about ready to leave. That's when he saw her. His eyes caught a glimpse of a dark haired girl making her way out onto the streets.
Nick smirked as he stood up to follow her. Grant would be proud, this girl was obviously very attractive. He followed her for a few yards before she turned around raising one of her eyebrows.
"Are you following me?" she asked.
He took another sly step towards her, "maybe, maybe not".
These dumb girls are so easy to impress, he thought to himself, they always go for the mysterious type.
But his comment hadn't seem to phase her at all.
She gave him a kind of bemused look and took a step closer, filling in part of the gap between them. She has no idea what I'm capable of doing, he thought.
Little did he know, at that moment the exact same thought was running through her head as well.
She smirked before saying, "might wanna be more careful. One of these days your going to get lost following someone... and you just might not find your way back".
He was intrigued. He stepped forwards, this time completely closing in the gap between them. "Well I've got a great sense of direction."
Never breaking contact with his eyes she said "There are some of the best navigators in the world who can't find their way to what's worth while, even if it's right in front of them".
After a second of confusion he swiftly recovered, straightening up and asking with a crooked smile, "can i buy you a drink?"
Her eyes narrowed in disbelief before taking a step away saying, "no thanks, I have better things to with my time... but thanks for the interest, whatever your name is". She turned to go, but before she took another step he grabbed her arm stating,
"Ben"
She turned around to face him once again. "What?"
"My name... It's Ben."
She scoffed quietly, "Yeah, and my names Mariah Carrey. Seriously, whats your name?"
He was slightly shocked that she could tell through his lie. He smiled, this girl just keeps getting more interesting.
"Nick" He said at last, "Nick (last name?)"
She nodded and hesitated slightly before replying, "Macey... McHenry".
He shook his head slightly "You're different then what they say you are".
She shrugged her shoulders becoming obviously more comfortable, "And who is they?"
"My sources."
"Get new sources."
He laughed, "I will". He started moving away from her and ended up sitting on a patch of grass nearby. She looked at him questionably, "What are you doing?" "Well, you said I couldn't buy you a drink because it's a waste of time. I was thinking that maybe this is a better use of your time. "
This boy is impossible, she thought. They ended up laying on the grass looking into the night sky talking and laughing for hours. She looked at her phone for the time and cursed under her breath. "what?" he asked. She looked at him " its almost four in the morning. I have to go."
He sighed "oh"
She looked into his eyes " so now what?"
" Now, you give me your number so i can see you again tommorow, and then i get to go home and tell my friends i met this awesome girl named Macey McHenry."
" Don't" she said. Her voice dry but slightly wet with were very close to each other now. She was sitting back on her hands and Nick was up on his knees.
" why? is it a secret?"
He slowly made his way closer to her and put his hand behind her head, waiting for what he hoped to come.
When their lips touched it was bliss. Every feeling of anger or regret they had ever had was wiped away. His hand found her waist as both of her arms clasped around his neck.
When they pulled away she had a slight smile on her lips.
"everyone has a secret."