Ella and Nick talked for a while. Nick was trying to get himself to ask for her number.
"Um…so…..I was wondering if I could get your number …," he stuttered, holding out his cell phone, "You know because….well I really like talking to you and-"
Ella cut him of by grabbing his cell phone, punching in her number and taking a picture of herself.
"There…" she said," Listen, I have to go to this party to night for my dad's country club, so I better get going." she added quietly.
"Oh, well bye, it was nice meeting you. I'll call you." He said with a small grin.
She blushed, said goodbye to everyone and left.
Nick watched her leave, and then joined Kevin and the other boys. Kevin left the group when his cell phone rang and when he returned he said;
"Guys, we have to leave. Apparently, Disney made arrangements for us to appear at some country club party tonight. We have to go get ready. The party starts at 9."
Nick looked at his watch. 7:15.
Everyone hugged, shook hands and exchanged numbers. As they piled into Kevin's car, a thought struck Nick. Country club? Didn't Ella say she was going to her dad's country club tonight for a party?! Nick got notably happier. And when Alyson leaned over to him to ask him why he was smiling, he simply replied it was nice night for a party.
The girls got ready at their house, since it was a long drive to their houses'. Nick had been standing in front of the mirror for 10 minutes, debating if he looked good enough, or if looked like he was trying to impress someone, or if he looked too-
His thoughts were interrupted by a scream from Demi.
"NICK! Hurry Up! You actually are taking longer than Joe! I didn't even think that was possible…."
"Hey! Demi, don't be jealous because you don't look this good!"
"Yeah right! Why would I be jealous of you?-"
"Guys! I'm ready. Let's go!" Nick came down the stairs, interrupting Demi's and Joe's bickering.
"Well, doesn't someone look spiffy!" Joe said smirking," Trying to impress someone?"
Nick blushed. "No. Who would I be trying to impress?"
Nick sat beside Joe and Demi while they talked to some extremely snobby rich kids. He wasn't really listening. He was watching Ella. She hadn't noticed his presence at the party yet. The party, over all, was actually quite nice. It was outside, and the night had a warm breeze. Everyone one here was dressed in the finest designer labels, which was to be expected at L.A country club. But some of these girls were over the top. They came over flirting with him and his brothers, asking if they, were in fact, the Jonas Brothers? The gushed and squealed over Demi and Alyson, and bragged about their tights, which they had bought from Chanel. Designer pantyhose! Come on!
Ella looked extremely bored, sitting at the bar twirling her straw in her drink, water of course. She had on a blue halter dress that hugged her perfectly and she had her hair down, but pulled back from her face. A large, muscular boy came over to her and started to shamelessly flirt with her. As he ran his hand through his hair, tried to subtly flex his arms, and flashed smile, Ella just smiled politely and added a few comments here and there. It was when the boy leaned in and whispered in her ear and started to rub her leg that she tensed up. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her up, she looked like she didn't know what to do. Nick stood up, and nearly flew across the room.
"Is there a problem?" he said grabbing Ella's hand, pulling her away from the large boy, while glaring at him.
Ella looked down, while the other boy just stuttered out, "No problem, sorry, didn't know you had a boyfriend…"he added looking at Ella.
Nick expected her to correct him, telling him that Nick wasn't her boyfriend, but all she said was "It's alright."
The boy stalked off. Nick turned to look at her.
"I'm your boyfriend now?" he said smirking slightly. Ella blushed but didn't say anything.
"Hey, do you want to go talk somewhere?
When she looked at him hesitantly , he added "Just talking, I am not going to rape you or anything." Ella laughed a bit, and Nick tugged her hand to the front yard of the club.
They talked for about 15 minutes, before Nick suggested they play 20 questions, ask 20 questions about the other person, which they have to answer honestly, so that they can get to know each other better.
10 minutes and 17 questions later, Nick had learned that Ella's parents divorced when she was one, she wasn't close to her mom, they didn't fight or anything they just weren't close, she loved her dad a lot, she had just turned 15, her favorite food was Hawaiian pizza, she loved musicals, she was an only child, she had a dog named Amigo, and much more. He also had learned, not from the questions though, that when she relaxed around a person, she smiled and laughed a lot more.
"So, question number 18, hmmm…" he teased while sitting in front of her on the grass," oh here's a good one! Who was your first kiss?"
She blushed and mumbled something Nick couldn't hear. "What was that?", He said smiling a bit.
She looked at him, rolled her eyes jokingly. "I said, I haven't had my first kiss."
"Um……not wanting to seem nosy here…but why?"
"Well…I've had boyfriends before…I'm not a totally dork! It's just I thought your first kiss should be special, you know, with someone you really care about."
"Oh…well good for you! I wish I had thought about that…my first kiss wasn't all that amazing."
For a while, they talked about embarrassing stories with past significant others, and at one point they were both laughing so hard they didn't notice someone approach them.
"Hey guys!"
They both looked up to see Joe standing there. "Hey Joe, how are you?" said Ella quietly, while Nick just stared at him.
"Oh you know, better now." He said winking. Ella looked down and blushed.
"Anyway, Nick, we're leaving now. I came to get you."
Nick and Ella stood up. Nick stood their awkwardly not knowing if he should hug Ella good bye or not. She answered his question by giving him a quick hug and whispering goodbye in his ear. She turned to Joe. "Hopefully see you soon, Joe."
"Me too!" he replied grabbing her hand and kissing it lightly. She just blushed and walked off. Both boys watched her leave.
"So, Nick, have fun?"
"Yeah, lots actually."
Joe smiled at him and led the way. For some reason Nick wasn't mad that Joe and been flirty with Ella for 1 minute. He had got to spend the whole night with her. He followed Joe with a big smile on his face.
A/N-Okay! Chapter 2! Thank you to 0Sally0 for reviewing! Much Appreciated! Also I hope MaryMacdonald found my new story. So any Ideas? Nick or Joe??Hmmm
Thanks, 17Forever