Chapter 21: Coming on too strong

I woke up an hour later to the sound of Nick's voice, "Megan, we're back." I got up and we walked into the Jonas' New Jersey home. We assumed that everyone else was asleep. Nick and I walked up to his room. He went into the bathroom and changed into his pajamas and I changed in his room. Nick came back, "This is Frankie's bed," he said pointing to the lower bunk. I got under the covers and Nick sat on the corner of my bed. "Did you really have fun today?"

"Yes, you have no idea," I said, sitting up.

He pulled me into another kiss. This one was slower. I put my arm around his neck and started to play with the hairs on the back of his head. He slowly pulled away. "Goodnight," he whispered.

"Goodnight."

We heard whispering from outside Nick's room, "I think he kissed her."

"I think he did too," we heard someone whisper back. Nick let go of me and walked over to the door and opened it.

"We can hear you idiots," he said.

"Sorry," Joe said. "Sorry, Megan!" he said a little louder.

"It's OK," I said.

"No, it's not. Out…now!" Nick said., scooting them out of the room.

"Sorry about that," he said, climbing up to his bunk.

"It's OK."

"Good night, Nick."

"Good night."

I woke up the next morning with lots of energy. Yesterday was so much fun. I slowly sat up in bed and got my laptop out. Joe was online.

DJdanjAA911:Sorry about last night.

Jonaslvr13: It's OK

DJdanjAA911: I promise, I'll never do it again.

Jonaslvr13: Joe, it's OK. I forgive you.

DJdanjAA911: So, is Nick a good kisser?
Jonaslvr13: JOE!!

DJdanjAA911: Sorry! I was just curious.

Guitarhero917 has entered the chat room.

Guitarhero917:Megan, I am SO sorry about last night!
Jonaslvr13: Really, it's OK.

DJdanjAA911: Why it's Kevin, my partner in crime.

Guitarhero917: Whatever, Joe.

Studmuffin216has entered the chat room.

Studmuffin216: You 2 are so annoying.

Guitarhero917: What?

Studmuffin216: Megan and I had a really good time last night and you 2 had to ruin it.

DJdanjAA911: Sorry, dude.

Studmuffin216: Did you apologize to Megan?

Jonaslvr13: Yes, numerous times.

"Megan, I didn't know you were up!" Nick said aloud. He hopped off the top bunk and sat down by me. "How long have you been up?"

"Just about 5 minutes, you?"

"Same." I closed my computer

n-n-now-th-that don't kill me

Can only make me stronger

I need you to hurry up now

Cause I can't wait much longer

"Hello?"

"MEGAN!"

"Hey, Katherine."

"Are you going to ask Nick to Spring Fling? It's on Friday!"

"Friday, I don't think I'll be back by then."

"Megan, you have to, it's the first dance that freshman can go to!"

"I know, I'll ask Mr. Jonas what time we get back to my house."

"Ask now!"

"Hold on," I put the phone down and looked at Nick. "Do you know what time we get to my house on Friday?"

"Pretty early, I think. Maybe like noonish. Why?"

"Just wondering," I brought the phone back up to my mouth. "We should be back around noon. I should be back by then."

"YAY! I'm taking James. This is going to be so much fun! Ask Nick now!"

"OK, OK. Bye." I hung up the phone.

"I was wondering," I said to Nick. "There's a dance at my high school on Friday night, would you like to come with me?"

"Sure! I've never been to a high school dance before. I'll have to make sure we're not doing anything that night though."

"OK. I've never been to a high school dance either," I said. "Where's the bathroom, I want to take a shower."

"We all share one. I don't think anyone's in there so if you want hot water I would hurry up."

"You all shared a shower?"

"Ya, it was crazy."

"I imagine it would be. My entire life I've only had to share with Amy."

"Lucky!"

"I guess I was." There was a knock on the door and Nick went to go answer it.

"I didn't interrupt anything, did I?" Joe asked.

"No," Nick said, glaring at his brother.

"We have to be back on the road at noon. Kevin, Frankie and I are going to take a shower out in the bus."

"OK, bye." Nick closed the door. "You can go take your shower now. Just save hot water for me." I took my shower, got back and went back to Nick's room. Nick took his shower. It was about 11 when Mr. Jonas called us downstairs.

Kevin, Joe, Nick and I sat on the couch. Frankie sat on Mrs. Jonas' lap on the recliner. "OK," Mr. Jonas began. "We're leaving here in about an hour. Tonight and tomorrow night we have a concert. On Thursday, we're going back to our house in California to do a charity event. That's the night Megan's going to have to watch Frankie. Any questions?" The boys all shook their heads. "OK, that's all. You can all go upstairs." Nick and I turned to go back upstairs when Mr. Jonas said, "Actually, Nick, can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure, dad." I went upstairs with Kevin and Joe. Kevin and Joe went up about 3 steps and stopped.

"Guys, why aren't you going upstairs?"

"We want to hear what dad's talking to Nick about."

"You guys are so immature," I said, climbing over them to continue getting up the steps.

"No, stay," Joe said. He grabbed my hand. We all pressed our ears against the wall so we could hear better.

"Nicholas."

"Dad, whatever I did, Joe did it."

"Umm, no I'm pretty sure Joe didn't do anything."

"Sweet," Joe whispered.

Mr. Jonas continued, "This is actually about you and Megan."

"Dad…" Nick started.

Great, they were talking about me. Kevin and Joe both looked at me. I wasn't entirely sure that I wanted to hear this. I started to walk up the stairs but Joe stopped me again.

"I think your relationship is moving too fast. I heard you two last night."

"Heard us, what?" Nick asked.

"…kissing."

"Dad…" Nick started again. "I really like her."

"Nick, I know that. But still, I think you should get to know each other better before you start a physical relationship. Nick, I trust you to make the right decisions. You can go back upstairs now."

Kevin, Joe and I sprinted up the stairs. Kevin and Joe went into their room and I went into Nick's. I jumped onto the bed and got my laptop out. Nick came in and looked at me suspiciously. "You were listening, weren't you?"

"OK, I had nothing to do with that, Kevin and Joe dragged me into it."

"I had a feeling they did." Nick sat down next to me on the bed.

"Do you think we're moving too fast?" I asked him.

"I don't know," Nick said. He looked confused.

"What does your mom think?"

"No idea." Nick put his arm around me. "I really like you, though."

"I really like you too, but I don't want to do anything that we don't want to do."

"Same."

"I think, that yesterday you hit it on pretty strong. Let's tone it down a bit."

"I came on a little strong?" Nick asked. "You mean we." Nick gave me a kiss on the forehead. "We have about half an hour. What do you want to do?"

"No idea. I'm OK with anything."

"Are you all packed?" he asked.

"Pretty much."

The rest of the day was normal. Sound check…Concert…meet and greets…

At about 11:30, though, we were about to leave the theatre in our bus when Nick remembered something. "Dad, Megan's high school has a dance on Friday night, can I go?"

"Sure, I guess. Is it like a formal dance or a mixer."

"Formal," I said.

"If you want too," Mr. Jonas said.

We went to bed. The next morning the guys had a radio interview.

"Megan, do you have a dress for the dance yet?" Mrs. Jonas asked.

"No, I don't."

"Do you want to go shopping? Or does your mom like to do that with you…"

"My mom never takes me shopping. She hates it. My aunt usually takes me shopping. I'd love to go dress shopping with you, though."

When we got to the place where the boys were going to have the interview, we said goodbye to them and Mrs. Jonas, Frankie and I headed off shopping. (much to Frankie's dismay) We saw a nice looking dress shop and walked inside.

"How about this one?" Frankie asked, holding up a dress. It was black and had red guitars all over it.

"Umm, no thanks, Frankie." Frankie did have a very unusual taste in dresses. Mrs. Jonas eventually just told him to sit down and play on his Nintendo DS because he was being no help whatsoever.

After about 2 hours of looking around and eating lunch, we found another cute dress shop. We walked inside. I was looking at this pale blue dress when I heard someone come up from behind me. "Hello, beautiful," Nick said.

"Hi, how was the interview?"

"Fun! Did you find anything?"

"Nope, not yet."

"What about this one?" Joe asked, hold up a black dress that was about 10 inches above my knees.

"Joe, I'm going to a high school dance, not a stripper club," I said.

"This one's nice," Mrs. Jonas said, holding up a pink, strapless one.

"That is cute," I said, taking it off of the rack. I went and tried it on. It was amazing. It fit perfectly.

"You look beautiful," Nick said to me. I decided to buy it. Nick insisted on paying but I told him he had done enough for me this week.

After the concert that night, we got back on the bus and headed to the Jonas' California home.

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