Nick was ready for today. He was just going to tell Macy he liked her once he reached the top and that he would do anything for her and it would all be okay for him.
"Joe, are you ready yet?!" Nick yelled out from the bottom of the staircase. "You're taking forever!"
The middle brother ran down the stairs trying to put his shoes on at the same time. Joe glared at Nick with mean eyes, "I would have been ready earlier if you told me Stella was going right away. So don't rush me!"
"Well, hurry, because I just want to get this over with." Nick grabbed the car keys and headed out of the firehouse. "Meet you in the car."
"Yeah." Joe replied not even looking at Nick. He was just about to take a step down from the stairs but a thought came to his mind. "I need to get my comb.." He turned around when the front door flew open.
"Don't even think about it, Joe." Nick said with his always-serious tone and waited for Joe to come to the door.
"Fine." The two walked out and headed off to meet up with Stella and Macy.
"It's just weird seeing you all pumped up for physical activity, that's all!" Macy giggled as she stretched her arms over her torso. Stella cocked her eyebrows at Macy. Yes, it was true, Stella hated anything that had to do with sweating, but she could be sporty if she wanted!
"Yeah, but I do look good in this type of clothing, don't I?" She twirled around, showing Macy her fashionable running shorts. The two of them laughed while Nick and Joe walked in.
"Stella actually wanted to come rock climbing? That's not unusual at all." Joe watched as she and Macy put on their harnesses. Once they both were given their harnesses, they walked up to the two girls.
"Hey you two." Stella smiled lightly, looking at Nick, who was smiling at Macy, who was still trying to put her harness on.
"Uhm, Stella, I know you're still mad at me, but I just want to say I'm sorr-" Stella faced Joe, still smiling.
"It's fine, Joe. You can have your own opinion. Let's just get this climbing rocks thing over with, yes? Okay." She walked over to the wall touching it, trying to figure out what to do. "Yeah, I don't know how to start." She threw her hands up in the air.
"Here, why don't I go first." Macy smiled at Stella as she walked past her to the wall.
Joe stepped to the wall as well, "Yeah, Stel, I'll show you how it's done." He said while putting up his muscles.
Stella stood by Nick, who watched as Macy and Joe started making their climb. He was impressed at how she was able to get up the wall without any trouble, and he was impressed by how fast she was; she was even beating Joe by about five feet. Macy made her way to the top, looking down at Joe, then looking further down at Stella and Nick. She smiled her biggest smile and waved at the two before slapping her hand against the buzzer at the top. Everyone clapped and after her few seconds of applause, she started kicking off the wall and headed back to the ground.
"That was great Macy!" Stella squealed, amazed that a girl could actually do something like that. Stella moved her eyes onto Joe, who was still on the wall, about halfway through to the top.
"Are you okay, Joe?" Macy yelled out to him, as he was having a hard time grabbing a certain rock.
"Yeah! I'm fine! I just can't, can't reach this!" He stretched his arm out and grunted a little trying to grab a hold of it.
"If you can't do it, you can just head back down, man!" One of the workers yelled out.
"I can do it! I just need to push.. off a little.. harder!" Joe pushed off one of the rocks, but as hard as he tried, he couldn't do it. "Yep, I'm coming back down!" He exclaimed back to the three on the ground. Once he reached the floor, he put his head down in shame. "I should have stretched first, you know.." Stella giggled as the employee started to attach her harness onto the rope.
"You can do it Stella!" Joe said. Nick made his way to the wall as well, but before reaching it, he looked back at Macy and smiled. He thought of how he would tell her about his feelings for her and he thought why on earth did he choose rock climbing to tell her how he felt?!
Just as Stella and Nick were about to start, Stella's phone started ringing from her pocket. "Oh! I have to take this!" She quickly released the latch from her belt and made her way outside. She was relieved that the call intercepted her at that moment, even if it was really nothing.
"I guess it's just me then." Nick raised his eyebrows at Macy and Joe, then started to grab hold of the wall. Macy looked at Nick, and the way he looked at her, she knew that Matthew wasn't lying when he said he liked her. She smiled at the thought, then came back to reality as she watched Nick start to make his way up.
About a minute passed, and Joe, as always, wondered what Stella was doing. "I'll go check up on Stella, okay?" Macy nodded at Joe, then returned her eyes on Nick, who was making good progress up the wall.
Nick knew he could do this, he could do almost anything, he was Nick of JONAS for crying out loud! He smiled at himself, encouraging himself to keep going. He figured he would yell it out that he liked Macy once he got to the top. Although this was his first time rock climbing, he knew he was doing a good job, and decided to take a look down at Macy. Which was a bad idea..
Once he laid his eyes on her smiling face waving at him, he looked beside her and saw the ground. And how high he was. Then it hit him. Nick of JONAS was over twenty feet off the ground! And now, Nick of JONAS was completely and utterly afraid of heights. He started to panic and one hand let go of a rock.
"Nick!" Macy yelled out as she cupped her mouth with her hands.
"I'm o-okay, Macy!" But he was lying. He was terrified. He kept thinking of how above the ground he was and how he never knew he was this afraid of heights before. All of a sudden, one of his feet slipped off of a rock, then his whole body came off the wall. He closed his eyes shut as he could hear Macy gasp from all the way at the bottom. He expected his body to hit the floor pretty hard, but when he opened his eyes, his body was dangling there as if he were trying to fly. So not the way he planned it to be..
He closed his eyes back shut so he wouldn't be looking at how high off the ground he was. Why did he have to be afraid of heights, and why did he barely have to realize it now?! He could feel his body start to lower down to the ground.
"You're alright, man! We'll get you down!" One of the employees shouted out to him. Once Nick was within two feet of the ground, he quickly unlatched his harness from his belt and walked outside through the back, not even taking one look at Macy.
"Nick, wait-" Macy reached out to him, but he was out through the door. Stella and Joe came back inside.
"Where's Nick?" They asked in unison. Macy sighed, tilting her head to the side.
"He ran out back. He slipped off a rock and was dangling. He started to freak out." Stella sighed as well.
"I thought Nick was good at rock climbing?" Joe threw his head back, not believing that Nick would freak out from letting go off the wall.
"I'll go check on him." She smiled at the two before walking outside.
Nick sat there on the bench outside and laid his head against his palm. He officially hated this day.
Macy stood there by the door and looked at Nick, who wasn't paying attention to her. "Hey." She smiled at him as she walked in front of him. "Are you okay?" She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Uh, yeah." He ran his hand over his head. "I'm okay." He looked down at his feet feeling embarrassed and a little angry about what happened. He wanted to tell her, but not after what just happened. And in all honesty, he didn't know if he would want to tell her. She just witnessed Nick Lucas freak out and he that made him think that she wouldn't like him because of that.
"Okay, just making sure. You're not hurt or anything?" She looked down at him as he looked up at her.
"No, I'm good." He could feel his ears get hot.
She nodded and fiddled with the harness that was still wrapped around her waist. "Okay then, I'm just going to head back inside." She turned around and started to move her feet. Nick quickly stood up.
"No, I'm not okay, Macy." She 180'd to look at him and could tell he was stressed about something, and that he needed to let it out.
"What is it the-" She started to say, but he was going to let it out, even if he didn't want to. He had to let her know now, before some other guy starts to crush on her. He couldn't let that happen again!
"I'm not okay." He ran his hand again through his head. "I'm not okay because I just want to tell you that I like you, Macy, I always have! I-I just.. didn't know it, and I really regret blowing you off every time you wanted to spend some down time with me. I was such a jerk! Seeing you with another guy killed me inside, and I don't want to see you with another guy that isn't me. And this rock climbing thing? I only did it because I heard you liked stuff like this, and if you want me to do it again, I would, because I want to prove that I want to be with you." Nick paced from left to right, as Macy watched him. Her eyes grew wider and wider at every word he spoke. "I know you probably don't like me anymore, but I just had to let you know that I.." He took in a deep breath. "I've always loved you. I just didn't know it until you weren't there." Macy looked down at her feet and could feel that he meant every single word.
"I don't know what to say.." She continued to look at her feet, but she was smiling. She knew Nick would come out with it, she just didn't know he would say all of that.
"I know that there's another guy who likes you as well, and probably deserves you more than I do. I just wanted to prove to you that I really, deeply, and truly do love you, and I would have died trying. Which almost happened. So, if you want to be with that other guy, go ahead. I don't deserve you especially after the way I treated you." He stopped pacing and looked at her. She put her head up and he could see her smiling.
"Wow. I never, ever thought Nick Lucas would be telling me, Macy Misa, that he's in love with me." She shrugged, having what he said play over in her mind.
"Any guy would be lucky to have you. You're smart, pretty, athletic, and you deserve to be with that other guy. Not me." He sighed. "But I'm just glad I told you before that other guy did." He gave her a half smile, half smirk, which made her heart melt.
"Well, that other guy did tell me." Nick put his head down. Great, just great.
"He did.." This could not be happening.
"Yeah, he did. He's a great guy. Tall and athletic. He loves writing songs and making music. He would do anything for the girl he lik- I mean loves. And yes, I want to be with him too." She smiled at Nick, who looked sadder than ever.
"He sounds great." He tried to smile at her, but only a fake smile appeared.
"He's Nick of JONAS, and I'll always be his super fan, even if it annoys him." Macy bit her lip, waiting for Nick to say something.
Nick's head popped back up, "Wait, what?" She giggled a bit.
"That other guy? That's you, Nick. Always has been, and always will be. I know I was with Matthew, but he wasn't you. He even knew you were better for me than he was."
"So, I went through all of that trouble for nothing.." Nick chuckled, putting his hand to his forehead.
She nodded."I've always loved you, Nick, but I knew it." She walked closer to him, standing about two feet away. He smiled back at her, feeling a little less embarrassed. He walked up to her, grabbed her face, and kissed her. He could feel himself smiling through it, but it was okay, because he had her. Once they let go, she looked up at him.
"I'm glad you're still our super fan, Macy, and I wouldn't have it any other way." She smiled up at him.
"Good.. because I just kissed Nick of JONAS!" She squealed, and he smiled. He grabbed her hand and the two of them walked inside.
Once Stella laid her eyes on the two that just walked in, she immediately began to smile. Turns out this plan worked after all.
"So.. you're okay now, I'm guessing." Stella winked over at Nick, who grinned.
"Better than ever." He turned to Macy, giving her a huge smile, which was rare from Nick Lucas. They both dropped off their harnesses and walked out to the front, with Stella and Joe watching them go.
"Aw, isn't that sweet!" Joe looked over to Stella, who was smiling from ear to ear. "I'm so happy for Macy. And Nick! She's lucky, the boy she wants actually wants her back." She turned to Joe, and smiled at him before dropping off her harness and heading outside.
Joe knew exactly what he had to do, he had to tell her that he wanted to be with her as much as she wanted to be with him. Because, Joe and Stella have probably been in love like, forever.
AHHHH I know, the ending sucks butt. But, omg, I finished a story! And yay for Nick finally letting Macy know how he really felt! YAY! (= I love NACY stories, so if you have any ideas of what my next story (about nacy) should be about, lmk in a PM! I'd love to hear your ideas! And thank you for keeping up with this story! I love you guys! 3 peace out for now! -ablala2