After Hayley and I made it back to our room, Jordie started telling us about her date with Shane. "It was absolutely amazing. He had a limo come pick us up to bring us to the restaurant. The paps were following us, but we really didn't care. We completely ignored them! The food was AMAZING! We had escargots au gratin for an entrée... It was absolutely HILARIOUS to watch him try and figure out how to eat them. And when he figured out that they were SNAILS! Oh My Goodness, I couldn't stop laughing! Then, I had the boeuf bourguinion and Shane and the navarin. I was absolutely blown away by how amazing everything tasted! It was like being in France again!" She said, almost too quick for me to understand. "And all through dinner, he was looking at me kind of weird. So, I asked him why he was looking at me like that, and he told me that it was because he couldn't believe how lucky he was to have fallen in love with the most amazing girl to have ever existed!" I laughed quietly at how excited she was getting.
"And then, he and I walked to the park... miraculously no paps were following us, and we just laid on the grass, looking at the stars and talking. And then he pulled something out of his pocket, and asked me if I remembered the day that you took the picture of him that I had in my wallet. Then he gave me what he had in his pocket... it was the cutest picture of me and him! 'To my # 1 fan, I love you forever, Shane.' That's what he wrote on it! And then, he and I started kissing, and we somehow ended up here." Jordie mused as she held the picture to her heart. "Sounds like you had a good night, Jord. What about you, Hales? Anything special happen between you and Nate tonight?" I asked. My comment made Hayley blush. "Oh, what happened? Tell me, Tell me." Jordie gushed. "Well..."
Flash back to earlier in the evening....
I was sitting on the couch, organizing some of the pictures for Trish into photo albums. Trish was busy working on making Jordie look fabulous for her date, which was something she deserved. Jordie was always the one who was making everyone else look beautiful, so it was about time someone did the same for her. I was almost done when I suddenly came across a picture of all three of us, Jordie, Trisha and me, goofing off. Our hair was pulled up into high pigtails and we were each wearing Connect 3 T-shirts, holding up signs with 'I love' and the names of our respective boyfriends... Boyfriends. It was surreal, knowing that I was dating one third of the hottest guy group alive. I quickly looked around the room, making sure that no one was watching, and quickly pocketed the picture. It was something I knew I would keep forever.
As I continued organizing, I came across a picture that made me stop. It was a picture of Nate and me, judging by the outfit he was in, that was taken during the outfit change between 'Paranoid', their newest single, and 'When You Look Me In The Eyes.' His right hand was resting on my chin, our eyes were locked on each other, and there was about an inch of space between our faces. I tried to figure out during which show it was taken, but I couldn't remember.
"What cha looking at?" I heard Nate ask from behind me. I jumped up and fell off the couch, making Nate laugh. "Not funny." I mumbled. Nate stopped laughing, but still smiled as he wrapped his arms around me.
"I'm sorry. You're just too adorable for your own good." Nate said. I rolled my eyes. "So, you didn't answer my question. What are you looking at?" He asked again. I handed him the picture that I had been looking at. He looked at him, and his jaw dropped. "When was this taken?" He asked. "I honestly do not know. You'll have to ask Trish, she took the picture." "Remind me to thank Trish." He said as he pressed his lips to my temple. "Hey, I wrote something for you." Now, I was curious. "Oh? For me?"
"No, for the abominable snowman. Of course I mean you! And I was thinking, maybe afterwards, we could have a little movie night." He offered. I smiled and nodded. A movie night did sound fun. "Yeah, I'd like that. Hold on a sec. I'll leave a note for Trish, so that she knows that it was me who had sorted through all of the pictures." I said, pulling out a piece of paper from the notepad that Trish always keeps with her photo stuff. I jotted down a quick note and then smiled at Nate.
"So, you wrote me something?" I asked. Nate nodded and blushed. "It's not perfected yet... But I think it gets the point across." He said. "Well, show me already!" I whined. Nate smiled and walked towards the exit. "You're actually going to have to wait a little bit longer. My acoustic is already at the hotel. Rob brought it there for me." "Well, then, let's go!" I grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the green room and toward the back door of the arena.
After the quick ride from the arena to the hotel, we went up to his room and I sat on the bed. Nate grabbed his guitar and sat on the opposite bed, facing me. "I have actually had this written for awhile, I was just waiting for a good time to sing it to you. Actually, I wrote this after our first date, at that little coffee shop, you remember?" "How can I forget?" I responded. Nate took a deep breath and started strumming.
I
think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you I think that
possibly, maybe I'm falling for you
Yes, there's a
chance that I've fallen quite hard for you.
I've seen the paths
that your eyes wander down
I want to come to
No one understands me quite
like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me
I
never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for
you Because, oh, because If I didn't know you, I'd rather not know I never knew just
what it was about this old coffee shop All of the while , all of the while
I love so
much
All of the while I never knew
I never knew just what it
was about this old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while
I never knew
Yes there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard on for
you.
I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine
Now I'm
shining too
I've fallen quite hard
over over you
If
I couldn't have you, I'd rather be alone
I love so much
All of
the while i never knew
I never knew just what it was about this
old coffee shop
I love so much
All of the while, I never
knew
He finished and he put his guitar down. He, then, brought his hand up to my face and brushed just under my eyes. When he pulled away, I saw that his hand was wet and covered in black. I hadn't realized that I'd been crying! "Nate... That was... There are no words." I blubbered. Nate bit his lip nervously. "You think that it's good?" He asked. I lifted my hand up and brushed my thumb against his bottom lip. "Good, fantastic, amazing, every single synonym for those words that you can find in a thesaurus and more. I loved it." I said. Nate smiled and exhaled deeply.
"I thought you wouldn't like it." He said. I tilted my head in confusion. "Why on Earth would you think that?" "You're perfect, and I want everything I do for you to be perfect. I'm a perfectionist, I strive for perfection. This... I wrote it in a half an hour tops. I didn't work on it after I'd gotten the last word down. It came straight from the heart. I didn't want to tweak it, but I knew that nothing written in so little time could be perfect."
"I don't care if it's not perfect. You wrote it for me, that's all that matters. It's beautiful." I whispered. Nate smiled and leaned his forehead against mine. "So, you really like it?" He asked. I nodded. "Yes."
End Flashback
"Awe, that was so sweet," I gushed. Hales blushed. "That has to be the cutest ever, " I continued. "Hey, what about my date?" Jordie interjected. "Well, Jord, your date was cute too." "But, not as cute as Hales'?" "Well....." "Of course it was. It was the cutest ever, right, Trish?" "NO, mine was, right, Trish?" They were both staring at me to side with one of them. Come on, Trish, find a way to end the fight! "Okay, you both have to listen to everything I have to say before you two can say anything and no reactions either, okay?" They still just stared at me. "Okay, I'll take that as a yes. Now, Jordie, your date was the cutest full fledge date." Jordie put a smug smirk on her face. "Now, Jordie, stop. I said no reactions till I was finished." Jordie's face fell from my scolding. "Now, Hales, your's was the cutest moment cause you and Nate didn't really go on a date you were just hanging out, right?" Hayley shook her head in agreement. " See now, you both had a 'cutest'. Now, can you two stop fighting so we can go to bed? We have to get up in a few hours." I asked. Jordie and Hales looked at each other, finally realizing that their fight had been pretty petty. "I'm sorry." Hayley offered first. "Me, too. Let's never fight again about anything stupid!" Jordie said as she hugged Hayley. "Awe, cutest best friend moment!" I yelled as I pulled the two into a group hug. "BFFS!" Jordie yelled. I felt my phone vibrate, so I pulled it out and laughed.
I get that ur excited, but we can hear you! We need sleep!
Shane, Jason AND Nate
"Okay, girlies. According to the guys, we should sleep." I said as I showed the the text. Hayley and Jordie pouted. "If we're gonna sleep, can we all cuddle?" Jordie asked. I rolled my eyes. "Yes, Jord, we can all cuddle." I said. And we did. We all cuddled on my bed, talking until we all fell asleep.
