Chapter 10 Two Brothers and a Girl

It was early the next morning when the JONAS tour reached Camden for their next performance. Everyone headed out to the lobby of the Courtyard by Marriott, where they would be staying. Nick and Macy didn't have time to continue their conversation from last night but Macy hesitantly kept checking her phone just in case her mom called again.

"Joe and Kevin, you guys will be sharing a room," their father announced as he read off a list. "Frankie and Nick, you'll also share one. And Damien and Warren are in one and…"

And their dad continued reading off his clipboard as he announced the rooms for the rest of the guys while Mrs. Lucas did the same thing for the girls.

"Julie and Tamara will have one room. Jessica and Susie will be together…and last but not least, Gabby and Macy will share a room," Mrs. Lucas finished reading off her list. "Now everyone pair up and I'll give you your keys."

"HEY ROOMIE!" Gabby greeted Macy happily.

"Hi, Gabby," Macy said cheerfully. The dancer was always so full of energy and she thought she was hyper. "What's up?"

"Well, we didn't get to have any girl bonding time last night since you disappeared on me. I hope you're not avoiding me," Gabby said with a slight frown.

"Oh no! Not at all!" Macy assured her. "I told you I just wanted some fresh air. But I'm glad we'll be roomies again."

"Me too! I really want to be friends," Gabby said excitedly. "And when you have time you can tell me the whole story about how you and Nick got together. Of course if I ask Nick he'll just say it's none of my business."

Macy laughed and nodded her head in agreement, "That's definitely something Nick would say."

"HAHAHAHA! He really doesn't say much, does he?"

But Macy hesitated a bit because Gabby was right. Nick never said much to anyone he wasn't that close to but she knew a different side of Nick that no one else besides her knew—the funny and very affectionate side of Mr. Nick Lucas.

"Gabby! Macy! Here's your key," Mrs. Lucas said while handing them the card-key to their room and when she turned around she accidentally dropped her cell phone, unbeknownst to her but Macy saw it.

"Macy, let's go check out our room!" said Gabby, who also didn't notice the cell phone on the ground since she was too busy gathering her stuff.

"Oh…um…you go on ahead of me," Macy said hesitantly as she eyed the phone that no one seemed to have noticed. "I-um- want to talk to Nick before I-uh-go."

Gabby laughed and rolled her eyes.

"Oh gosh! Separation anxiety much? You guys are so in love. Gag!" she cried out and then continued laughing. "I'm just kidding! It's really cute! Fine, I'll meet you upstairs."

And when she was gone, Macy quickly and discretely picked up Mrs. Lucas' phone. She knew the right thing to do was to return the phone but something deep inside of her compelled her to put it in her pocket instead. She saw Nick from across the lobby talking to some of the other guys in the band.

Walking up to him, Macy lightly tapped him on the shoulder.

"Nick, can I talk to you?" she asked quietly while nervously looking at everyone, who was now staring at her curiously.

"Yeah, okay sure, Mace," Nick said and he was about to leave with her when one of his band-mates called out to him.

"HEY NICK! Aren't you going to introduce us to your lady friend!" yelled a jovial looking man.

Nick pursed his lips because he really didn't want everyone making it such a big deal that he brought Macy on tour with them. However, everyone was quite shocked that Nick, out of all people, invited a girl to go on tour with them because he never did that before. Thus, everyone speculated that the petite brunette girl had to be someone really special to the youngest member of JONAS to get such special treatment.

"Macy, meet the rest of the band. This is John, Greg, Jack, and Ryan," Nick introduced them as each of them waved at her. "And guys this is Macy. She's –uh- a really good friend."

Macy knew why he said that but it was still a bit shocking for her to hear him introduce her like that.

"A really good friend?" John repeated what Nick said with a clearly skeptical look on his face. "I don't believe you guys are just 'good friends'. Isn't that right, Macy?"

This time Macy felt a blush come across her cheeks and just shrugged her shoulders and said, "Nick and I are –uh- just really good friends."

And to show them that Nick was telling them the "truth" she gave him a playful punch on the arm to show how "chummy" they were. But the fact that they were both blushing was already a dead give away that they were both lying.

"If you guys are just friends, then you wouldn't mind if I take Macy out to lunch," Greg said as he went over to the brunette girl and put an arm around her shoulder. "I know this really good place down here—

But the dashing young man couldn't finish chatting up Macy because Nick suddenly yanked her away from him and said, "OKAY! You got me. Macy's my girlfriend. And we've been together for a year. So back off, please."

Macy smiled at Nick and took his hand in hers.

"We knew it all along," Greg said as the rest of the band nodded their heads in agreement. "I was just joking around. We all know she's out of bounds. No hard feelings, bro?"

Greg offered his hand to show his sincerity because he really wasn't going to take Macy out on a date. He was just waiting for Nick to crack and admit his true relationship towards the pretty girl. When they finished shaking hands, John, the jokester of the group said, "So you're the girl that stole our beloved Nick's heart?"

"Um…I guess so," Macy said sheepishly.

"So you must be the most perfect girl in the world or something because Nick is very picky with everything," John pointed out. "You know it takes him over an hour to finish a hamburger because he eats around the edges so that it always remains a perfect circle. This boy is a true perfectionist at heart."

"That's not true!" Nick retorted as he could feel a blush growing in his cheeks. "I don't take over an hour. Maybe thirty minutes tops."

"Whatever Nick," Ryan now butted in. "You still are a perfectionist."

"Yeah," agreed Jack.

"But it's good that you're with Nick, Macy," John butted in and joked. "It's going to be fun to see Nick show some actual emotions for once. He's always so stoic."

"Am not!" Nick protested but Macy was laughing because it was a change of pace to see Nick getting picked on. It was really amusing.

"Look at him! He's as red as a tomato," John laughed as he put an around his shoulder and gave him a noogie. "Don't be so embarrassed loverboy."

"Okay, you guys stop it!" Nick yelled as he slipped away from John's grasp. "Macy needs to talk to me. So if you don't mind leaving us alone."

"Whatever you say your highness," Greg said as he gave him an exaggerated bow. "Your lowly servants are dismissed."

"Guys, stop it," Nick said as he rolled his eyes. But Macy was busy laughing her head off because his four band-mates were really funny.

When they left, Macy said, "I like them. They're fun."

"They're just being really silly," Nick said as he shook his head. "Anyway, what did you want to talk about?"

Looking around to make sure his mother wasn't within hearing range, she whispered, "I-uh- took your mom's phone."

"What? Why did you do that?" Nick asked her a bit surprised.

"Well, it fell and I was about to give it back to her but then I got nervous because what if my mom calls her," Macy pointed out as she handed him his mom's phone. "She can spill the beans and then we'll both be in deep trouble. Maybe we should keep it away from her?"

Nick thought about this while pursing his lips. That was a very risky plan.

"No, we can't do that," Nick finally said. "Let me think."

Macy looked at him hopefully because she really didn't want to get him in trouble. But just at that moment Nick spotted his answer.

"Don't worry, Macy," Nick said as he gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "I got this. I know what to do."

"Okay…?" Macy said hesitantly as he ran off in a distance. He seemed determined. Whatever it was he had planned, she trusted him.

"FRANKIE! My main man! How are you doing, buddy?" Nick called out to him as he helped him with his bags into the elevator.

"Fine," Frankie said a bit shocked that Nick was so nice to him when yesterday he threatened to burn his most prized comic books.

"Here let me get the door," Nick said as he sped up ahead to hold the door open for him.

But Frankie was a smart little boy and knew something was up so he paused before entering the room and asked point blank, "Okay spill it. What do you want?"

There was no fooling him at all.

"Well, I was wondering if you can-um- do me a favor…"

"A favor?" Frankie repeated with raised eyebrows because Nick never asked him for his help before.

"Yeah, but let's talk inside," Nick said as he ushered his little brother inside their room. "Anyway I was wondering if you can reprogram a cell-phone so that it won't dial or receive any phone calls or any texts from one particular number."

"Of course I can do that," Frankie said a bit offended that Nick would think he wasn't capable of doing that. He was a computer whiz after all. "That's like child-work. It will take me 2 minutes tops."

"Great!" Nick said as he took out their mom's phone from his back pocket. "I knew I can count on you, bro. I need you to block Macy's mom from calling mom's phone."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on there, Nick," Frankie stopped him. "My expertise always come with a price. I don't just give gifts away even if you are my brother."

Nick gave a loud sigh. It was just like Frankie to make a negotiation. During times like this, it was hard to believe that he was only eight-years-old.

"Okay, name it," Nick said in an annoyed tone. "What do you want?"

"I want you to break up with Macy," he simply replied.

"WHAAAAAT? Are you crazy? I'm not doing that!" Nick said appalled.

"Then I'm not doing it," Frankie said stubbornly. "Besides why do you want me to block her mom's number?"

"Because if she calls mom, she's going to make Macy go back home. You don't want that to happen, now do you?"

"No…"

But Nick noticed that he still wouldn't budge. He needed to think up of something fast to convince Frankie that he needed to do this, otherwise, he would have to say good-bye to Macy and he didn't want that to happen.

"If you do this, Macy will be eternally grateful to you," Nick said enticingly. "She'll be really impressed that you care about her that much."

"She would be, wouldn't she?" Frankie said as he now carefully weighed in Nick's proposition. "Hm...Macy'll be impressed that I went out of my way to do this for her even if it meant that I could get in trouble with mom…And then she'll see that I'm the right guy for her!"

"WHOA! Hold on there, Frankie," Nick said loudly. "You don't want to get carried away, now."

"Fine, I'll do it," Frankie said confidently because he still believed that his words rang true. He had a different look in his eyes because he knew doing this for Macy would definitely make her see that he was the right Lucas brother for her.

"Okay great!" Nick said surprised by his sudden change of heart. But he would soon find out what the little boy was up to.

It first started off when Frankie returned the cell phone back to his mom and he went up to Macy and told her of his good deed he did for her resulting in the brunette girl to not only kiss him on the cheek but also hug him for what Nick thought was an unnecessary length of time. And at first, Nick didn't mind that much. Because they never heard from Macy's mom again and both Nick and Macy were relieved that any chance of her talking to his mom was impossible, thanks to Frankie.

But there was a price to pay because for the three days that they were to perform in the Garden State, Nick found himself spending less and less time with Macy. And it wasn't because he was that busy with rehearsals or anything like that. It was because Macy was spending more and more time with another Lucas brother.

For one of their shows, Nick made a long heartfelt speech about Macy, of course without giving her identity away, before he sang 'Your Biggest Fan'. But he was so disappointed to find out that Macy didn't even hear his performance because she was too tired after spending the whole day with Frankie in the Camden aquarium. Thus at the end of the concert, Nick found his girlfriend sleeping on the couch next to Frankie, who was also asleep with a grin on his face. Cursing under his breath, Nick dragged Frankie away from her.

"OW! Nick! Lemme go!" the young boy protested as Nick led him into one of the back rooms to question him.

"What are you doing?" Nick asked Frankie sternly after taking him aside so that no one could hear them.

"I don't know what you are talking about?" Frankie said innocently.

"WHY ARE YOU NAPPING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND?" Nick cried out angrily. He hated fighting with his younger brother because they were so much a like but Frankie crossed the line this time.

"We were tired because we spent the whole day in the aquarium. Plus, she didn't mind taking a nap with me. She was the one to suggest we rest for a bit."

"BUT I MIND," Nick said loudly as he felt tempted to shake some sense into the young boy. "Frankie, you need to get over this stupid crush you have on her. She'll never take you seriously as boyfriend material. Believe me."

"How do you know that? She said I was mature for my age and she had fun hanging out with me."

"Macy has fun with almost everybody! She's just being nice because that's how she is," Nick said calmly. "Frankie, she's twice your age. She doesn't like you in that way. Besides, she's with me. I'm dating her and you're not. So please get that straight in your head."

"Well, bro, for your information, age is nothing but a number," the youngest Lucas boy argued. "And from what I can see, you're just jealous because you know she's going to fall for me and leave you."

Nick narrowed his eyes at him and he was about to tell him off but at that moment the person they were talking about walked in on their conversation.

"Oh, hey Nick!" Macy greeted him. "I'm so sorry that I missed the concert. But I know you guys blew the crowd away."

"It's okay, Mace. Frankie was telling me all about your fun day in the aquarium," Nick lied as he forced himself to put his arm around the young boy in a brotherly fashion.

"Yeah. We had quite a day, didn't we, Frankie?" Macy said as she playfully ruffled his hair.

"Y-yeah," Frankie said shyly as he felt a blush come across his cheeks. "I always have fun when I'm with you, Macy."

"Aww! You're such a sweet boy! You should learn a thing or two from him, Nick," Macy teased her boyfriend.

But this time Nick, denying any form of jealousy to himself, did something he knew would make Frankie upset. So he took Macy in his arms and placed a very steamy kiss on her lips, which made her weak in the knees.

When they broke apart, Macy looked at him surprised that he would kiss her in front of his brother and whispered, "What are you doing?"

"I missed you," Nick said. "That's all."

"Aww, I miss you, too," she replied back. She could tell that Nick didn't want to let her go any time soon.

Nick made a quick glance at Frankie who was now fuming with great anger. He was loving every minute of this because he wanted to show him how seriously in love they were with each other.

"Frankie, go away," Nick said as he kissed Macy lightly on the lips. "We want to be alone."

"But—

"Frankie—

"But Macy promised to take me out shopping tonight!" the young boy exclaimed. "Remember, Macy, we found that comic-book store around the corner?"

However, Nick thought this was a feeble attempt to take Macy away from him but boy was he surprised when she pried herself away from Nick's embrace and said, "I did promise him and I hate breaking promises especially for such a sweet boy like Frankie."

"Are you serious, Macy?" Nick asked her incredulously. Was she really going to ditch him for his eight-year-old brother?

"Oh come on, Nick. Look at him? Can I honestly break his heart when he's been nothing but nice to me?" Macy said with a weak smile hoping that he would understand.

"Come on, Macy! We should leave now before the store closes!" Frankie said as he grabbed her hand.

"Okay, kiddo," she replied as the young boy practically dragged her away. She quickly waved good-bye to Nick. And when they turned the corner, Frankie stuck his tongue out at his brother. If this was a match, Frankie clearly won this round. Nick punched the wall because he hated to lose.

And throughout their stay in Camden, he didn't get too spend any quality time whatsoever with Macy at all, which greatly aggravated the Lucas boy. And before he knew it, they were on the road again heading south to the next show.

Back on the bus, Macy was exhausted and she was about to go to bed when she noticed a small piece of paper on her pillow.

The note was brief: Mace, meet me in the living room once everyone is asleep. –Nick

Macy wondered what this was about but she was excited because for the past few days on tour she wasn't able to spend any time with Nick at all so to call her out at night was almost like a little rendezvous Nick planned for both of them. Because Nick gave Macy his bunk, which was near his brothers, she was able to hear when Kevin and Joe were sleeping by the sounds of their snores. So she quietly crept out of her bed and tip-toed to the living room where Nick currently slept on the couch. It was dark when she reached there. She didn't know where the light switch was, so she whispered, "Nick? Where are you?"

But instead of hearing a response, she found herself becoming engulfed in a warm embrace. She knew who it was immediately as the attacker brought his face down to hers and kissed her hungrily on the lips.

"It's been too long, Macy," Nick whispered while gently nibbling her ear-lobe. Macy moaned as she felt herself becoming very attracted to Nick.

"I know," Macy whispered back into his ear. She pulled her body closer to his as he backed her up against the wall and continued kissing her with so much intensity. Both of them grew hot with desire. Then he looked at her with a determined look on his face.

"I want you," he said lustfully when he tilted her head back and began leaving his mark on her neck.

"Then take me, Nick," Macy simply said when she felt his hands on her body. They knew what they both wanted but this was the most tricky scenario they have ever been in because his brothers were just in the room next door and his parents could walk in at any moment from the other end of the bus. There was no lock to that part of the bus but both of them prayed to God that they wouldn't be interrupted because Nick needed to feel Macy and she needed to feel him as well. Before they knew it, they found themselves on the couch with nothing on, and Macy was now loudly moaning his name.

"Oh, Nick…yes…NICK…Nicho-laasss…" Macy cried out breathlessly with each thrust.

"Macy, you need to be quiet," Nick whispered into her ear as he tried concentrating on what he was doing to her. He tried silencing her by placing his mouth over hers but because they were under the heat of passion she accidentally bit his lip causing Nick to pull away from her in pain. He didn't want to repeat what he did but he also didn't want to stop what he was doing either.

"I…can't…be…quiet," Macy moaned in between her jagged breaths. "Unless…you…stop moving…but… DON'T you dare… stop…Nick."

Of course, Nick wasn't planning to stop any time soon. He felt too good to even think about putting a halt to their current activity. But Macy's cries of pleasure were growing too loud so Nick tried again to muffle her loud moaning by kissing her passionately on the lips. They did their best to keep their noise level to a minimum and thankfully, their time spent together went without any incident. Instead of retreating back to her bed, Macy cuddled up against him and they both fell asleep.

Nick and Macy really thought their little tryst would go unnoticed but because they were so exhausted, none of them woke up early enough to cover up any evidence of their little get-together. That was why Nick felt a firm hand on his shoulder and a voice sternly telling him, "To get up."

"Wait, a little bit longer," Nick said groggily as he turned away from the person trying to wake him up.

"No, I think you need to wake up NOW," said the angry male voice.

Nick's eyes opened immediately and saw his father towering over him. He looked livid.

"Uhh…" Nick was at a loss for words as he shook Macy's shoulder for her to wake up as well.

But unfortunately for him, Macy complained and said, "Let me sleep for a little bit more. I'm so tired, Nick, especially after you wore me out last night."

"Macy…!"Nick said louder as he shook her shoulder even harder for her to wake up. He didn't want to look up and see his father's reaction after she said that.

"Nick!" Macy cried out frustratingly because she really was tired since they did it more than once last night. She turned around and was about to say that he was being inconsiderate but instead she saw Mr. Lucas staring back at them obviously furious that they were sleeping together.

"Oh shit…" Macy said under her breath as she now registered the situation that they were in but then she said in her best innocent voice. "G-good m-morning, Mr. Lucas."

Right then and there, she was very aware about how naked she was underneath the covers so she pulled the blanket away from Nick to cover more of herself leaving him to fall off the couch wearing only his boxers.

"You two better get dressed," Mr. Lucas said firmly. "I want to talk to both of you."

This was definitely not going to be good at all.

Closing Remarks:

Dun dun DUN! What's going to happen next to Nick and Macy now that they were discovered together in bed, or in this case, in the couch? Sorry for the long wait. I really want to tie up this story but as of now I think there might be at least three more chapters. I'm not sure yet. Thanks for being so patient with this story. I'm glad you're still reading it. After this gets wrapped up, I'll be sure to continue Secret Liaisons. If I get stuck with this, I might upload the next chapter for that one soon...it depends. That story will contain some intense drama while the rest of this story will contain minimal drama compared to what I usually have in my other stories.

PLEASE REVIEW! THANKS! :-)

-Penelope36