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Chapter 9: Complete Repeat

"You're avoiding Nick."

"Would you stop sneaking up on me!"

Kevin laughed as he sat next to Macy.

"Sorry, you just jump every time. It's hilarious."

"I don't get it. I have fantastic JONAS radar, yet you always seem to get by."

"I'm sneaky that way." Kevin shrugged. "Unlike you, who are completely obvious about the fact that you're avoiding Nick."

"I am not."

"You ran away when he turned the corner this morning."

Macy pouted and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Fine. I'm avoiding Nick."

"Why?"

"Nick has a hard time being patient with me on the best of days. I don't want to know what he'll be like with me when he's angry because he has writer's block."

"I'm sure he'd be really happy to—" Kevin stopped at the glare Macy gave him. "Fine. You're right. You should really avoid him."

"Thank you."

"Does your JONAS radar work with Nick?"

"Like a charm," Macy nodded. "Like right now, he's across the school from us."

"Wow," Kevin breathed.

"I also know his class schedule. That helps."

"Well, since you're avoiding him anyway, you want to help me avoid him too?"

"You? Why?"

"If you think Nick has little patience with you, you should try living with him. Trust me. He'll chew my head off way faster than he would ever think of touching you."

Macy smiled. "Well, I suppose since I'm avoiding him already I can help you as well."

"Perfect. Let's get to."

*J*B*J*B*J*B*

With Nick secluding himself from everyone for the day—probably afraid that he would blow up at them or that something terrible would happen—it was easy for Macy and Kevin to avoid him, save the few minutes Joe had pulled Kevin away to make sure that Nick was at least trying to write them a song.

After every class Kevin waited for Macy at the door of her classroom, and she was too happy with their proximity to dare wonder how it was he was getting to her from his classes before she even had time to get her books together. After all, Nick's bad mood wouldn't last forever and Kevin would eventually go back to having better things to do than follow her around.

*J*B*J*B*J*B*

"I don't see you for one day and this is what happens," Macy said as she sat down next to Kevin at the school lunch table, looking at his restricted foot.

"It's spackle."

"Okay. Do you want me to help you get it off?"

"No, it's awesome. I don't know what Nick was complaining about."

"Oh, you know Nick."

"I know Nick. That doesn't mean I understand him."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean he got his song. He apologized to Amy who obviously wants him to ask her out again. He even got back on Stella's good side by getting her some new scarf she wanted."

"So?"

"So he's still pouting. I mean, I know he's trying to hide it, but it's way obvious. He's still not happy about something and I just can't figure out what."

"That's weird."

"Yep. So you want to help me avoid him again today?"

Macy smiled. "Sure."

*J*B*J*B*J*B*

Macy didn't have any actual classes with Nick, so it was easy enough to avoid him. She did, however, have a free period at the same time as he did, and while that made stalking him easier in the days before the boys knew her name, it didn't help when she was trying to stay away from him. In all the times they had been free together, however, she never once sought him out as she did that afternoon. She knew better than to look for Nick if Nick didn't want to be found.

"Hi."

"Hey," Nick answered, looking up from his guitar.

At least he hadn't shot her his impatient glare yet, though his expression was far from happy.

"Are you okay?"

"Sure."

"Because apparently you've broken your writer's block, but still aren't happy."

Nick shrugged.

"You didn't break your writer's block, did you?"

"I wrote a song."

"And then?"

"And then I was back to stuck. It was just that one moment when it worked. I'm afraid to tell Joe and Kevin, because God only knows what they'll make me do this time."

"I heard. Sorry you have a rough day."

Nick scrunched his brow at her words.

"Yeah, I didn't see you on either of those days. Where have you been?"

"Well, on the first day Kevin and I were avoiding you because you were in a bad mood, and on the second you couldn't run into me because you hadn't the day before, so I stayed away."

"You and Kevin were avoiding me?"

"You're kind of scary at times, Nick."

He smiled his first real smile that day.

"Sorry."

Macy shrugged. "It's okay."

"So what did you and Kevin do while hiding from me?"

Macy couldn't help the smile that tugged at her lips. "Oh, you know me and Kevin. We just hung out. We talked about whatever came to mind, and watched the clouds, and he told me stories about when you guys were younger and we just..." Macy paused as she could feel Nick's stare focus more intently on her. "What?"

"Keep going."

"What?"

"Keep talking."

"Why?"

"Just do it, please."

"Okay... Well, he walked me to my classes, and we snuck under the bleachers for lunch and—"

"Thanks, Macy. I'm sorry to interrupt but I have to go before I lose this."

"Lose what?"

"The sound of you completely in love with my brother."

"What? I'm not—"

"You are. And it's perfect. You've just given me the inspiration I was missing. You can tell me the rest later, okay?"

He was running off before she could stop him.

She shook her head. Of course she wasn't in love with Kevin. She was much too reasonable for that. She just had a little crush she was slowly getting over. At least, she hoped Nick would believe so before he talked to his eldest brother.