Chapter 2
MAX
I glanced at the screaming girls and then back to Nick Walker.
Making a slit second decision, I turned the doorknob and shouldered open the slightly frozen door, grabbed his wrist, and jerked him inside of my small, but warm apartment. Slamming the door shut behind me and locking it again, I successfully blocked out the girls screams.
He was at least a foot taller than me, probably 6'6" to my 5"4'. His body was muscular, that part was obvious, even through his sweatshirt I could see the well-defined abs and biceps and… never mind. Nick's black hair was shaggy, but not overly long and his bangs were flipped out of his eyes and to the left of his face. He had onyx-black eyes that made me want to melt right there in front of him, although I never would, and his naturally tan skin was just the cherry on top of his good looks.
"Thank you." Nick sighed, closing his eyes and leaning against the door to catch his breath.
I ignored this. "You're Nick Walker." I stated simply.
He chuckled deeply, eyes still closed. "So you're another fan girl." He muttered under his breath.
I laughed lightly. "No, I'm not. Well, I love your band, but I'm not going to freak out or… oh gosh never mind." I sighed, and gently shook my bouncy brow curls. "My names Max. And yes it's a boy's name. And no, I am not a boy."
He chuckled. "Well I'm F-Nick. I mean… Nick, my names Nick." He shook his head a little bit as he held out his hand.
"Nice to meet you F-Nick." I laughed, shaking his hand.
So most of you out there are probably thinking 'okay there is no way that she is being so normal around this guy if he is really as famous as she say she is.' But you know what? I wasn't freaking out one bit. For some reason, being in Nick's presence felt comfortable, natural even.
"Are they still out there?" He asked in a low voice.
I glanced out through the curtains to see at least fifteen teenage girls milling around in the middle of the street looking for Nick.
I nodded. "Yeah, it looks like they'll be looking for you a while. So would you like to tell me how this happened in the first place? Last time I checked, celebrities don't normally run down my street."
He smirked at me and ran a hand through his beautiful hair. "Well I—"
"Max? Are you home?" Nudge called, walking out into the hallway to see Nick and me standing there. I realized we'd been leaning in close to each other, his head bent down almost to my level as we'd talked, and he straightened up seeing Nudge.
And then Nudge exploded. "HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL FROM THE GODS OF ROCK AND ROLL ABOVE IT'S NICK WALKER AND HE'S IN MY APPARTMENT! I ALWAYS DREAMED THIS WOULD HAPPEN BUT I NEVER THOUGHT IT ACTUALLY WOULD AND OH MY GOD I THINK I'M GONNA PASS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS JUST SO RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME THAT—"
"NUDGE! SHUT YOUR MOUTH BEFORE I FREAKING SHUT IT FOR YOU!" I yelled above her.
Nudge's mouth slammed shut with an audible snap.
"Thank you." I breathed as Nudge made her way forward, as if in a dream.
"Nick Walker." Nudge breathed reaching out a hand dreamily, as if she was about touch him. "Is it really you?"
He nodded and she gasped, reaching out farther, her hand only inches from his face.
"Okay, Nudge." I grabbed her hands. "Honey, no touching rock stars." I patted her head.
She ignored me and looked around wildly. "Is the rest of the band here? Is James here?"
Nick laughed. "No it's just me… But do you have a little crush on James?"
Nudge blushed wildly. "No! Psh. Of course not! Just because he's such a funny, charismatic, talented, amazing, beautiful artist who is totally kissable." She stopped, eyes wide. "But… I don't have pictures of him in my room or anything. That would be insane. So you definitely shouldn't go and check because they aren't there and… Because… you know… BYE!"
And then before you know it, Nudge was dashing down the hallway and slamming the door to her room, I heard the click of her doors lock and laughed.
"That's my best friend Nudge." I jerked my thumb in the direction Nudge had taken. "We share the apartment."
Nick nodded. "She's… very enthusiastic."
I laughed. "Yeah, she is…" I realized we were still standing in the hallway. "Do you want to come in and sit down instead of awkwardly leaning against my front door?" I asked him.
He smirked. "If you insist."
I smiled at him and motioned with my hand to come in and sit down on one of the couches.
I sat next to him on the loveseat (to all of you people out there reading this who have sick minds, wipe that smirk off of your face).
"So I still haven't gotten an answer." I raised my eyebrows at him.
He chuckled warmly. "Okay, so as you very well know I'm in the band 'The Flat Out's' and this is our third day in NYC. We've been searching for a house somewhere near the city, instead of in it because we wanted to get away from our fans sometimes. That's why we leaked the rumor we were buying an apartment here."
"Clever." I smiled, hiding my surprise at the fact that he was telling me this.
"Thank you, it was my idea." He said, and then got very serious. "Oh crap I shouldn't have told you that. You can't tell anybody this. Like honestly."
"I don't' plan on telling anybody." I assured him. "And if I do then I beg you to sue me through the nose."
"Oh I will." He winked at me with a smile. "Anyways. I may have possibly snuck out of our hotel room because I was so sick of being cooped up in there day and night whenever we weren't rehearsing in recording studios across the city. So I went for a little walk, which turned into a long walk, which turned into me being seen by a bunch of fangirls who were combing the streets for me at the time. And then before you know it I was rounding the corner onto your street and I saw you! And here we are."
I raised my eyebrows. "Cool story bro." I winked at him.
He rolled his eyes at me.
And so our conversation continued on for 2 hours.
Until Nicks phone rang.
At 2 in the freaking morning… because that's how long we were talking for.
He sighed, looked at his phone, and picked it up. "Yeah? I know. Tell Jacob that I'm fine. I was chased by some fans and this really nice girl," he winked at me, "named Max took me into her apartment. No I did not do that-! NO! DUDE c'mon have some class! I'm fine! I'll be back soon! Oh my god! Tell everybody to chill out! I'll be back to the hotel soon. Okay. I'm—I'm hanging up! YES! Good bye!"
I laughed at him as he hung up.
"I… gotta go Max." Nick sighed. "The band is kinda freaking out over me."
We both stood up.
"Well, then. I guess you should go—" I said awkwardly, not wanting to say goodbye to him forever.
But Nick cut me off. "Let's go for coffee tomorrow." He said with a smirk.
I tried to contain my gasp and instead smiled teasingly. "Is Nick Walker asking me out on a date?"
He groaned. "Please, Max. Call me Fang."
"Excuse me?" I laughed.
"Nick Walker is my stage name." Nick, I mean Fang, smirked. "We came up with them so that way nobody would know our real names."
"Yet, you tell me you're real name?" I raised my eyebrows, attempting to ignore the butterflies in my stomach.
Fang shrugged. "You're different Max. I just feel like I can be myself around you."
I nodded and breathed. "I know the feeling." I felt dazzled for several seconds and had to shake my head to clear all the fuzziness away. "Ugh. You'd better not do that all the time."
"Do what?" Fang asked, his liquid obsidian eyes gazing deep into my chocolate ones.
"Dazzle girls." I breathed.
"I dazzle you?" He murmured, leaning close.
I shook my head. "Psh, no! I mean I… you… ugh… Stop that!" I laughed, swatting his arm and looking away.
"Fine." Fang laughed. "But going back to my original statement… Let's go get coffee tomorrow."
I laughed too. "And going back to my original question. Is Nick- I mean Fang- Walker asking me out on a date?"
"Yeah… Yeah I am." He said with a twinkle in his eyes.
I smiled. "Well I think I'll take you up on that offer."
Fang grinned, his eyes lighting with some emotion that I couldn't place. "Really?"
"No. I was just lying." I said sarcastically. "Why wouldn't I want to go?!"
He laughed. "Then I'll be outside your door tomorrow morning at ten to pick you up. Are you okay with walking?"
"Please! I walk everywhere!" I grinned.
He smirked, putting a hand on the doorknob, making me realize that we'd been walking towards the door for the entire conversation. "Then I'll see you tomorrow." Fang murmured, his face centimeters from mine.
"And I'll be waiting." I whispered back breathlessly.
He winked at me one more time before opening the door and stepping back out into the cold, winter night.
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