Chapter 25
Nick's POV
"We're home!" Kevin called as him and Gwen walked into our house. Great, she was here too. Why couldn't Kevin just tell us whether or not she said yes. I could tell Joe was thinking the same thing. Joe rolled his eyes. "Hi!" Mom said as she stood up from sitting on the couch, Dad following. They were supposed to act like 'they had no idea Kevin was going to ask'. "Guess what" Gwen said, a huge smile on her face. "What?" Mom asked. Gwen held out her hand. That stupid ring was on her stupid hand. Ugh. I was watching from over the couch, turned around, along with Joe. Frankie was already in bed. I rolled my eyes, and sat forward again and continued watching CSI. Joe turned around too, and looked at me with a disappointed face. We both wished that she'd say no, but we both knew she wouldn't. Mom and Dad went into the whole congratulations speak and the hugs and kisses that followed. Joe and I both knew that we'd have to tell them congrats soon, but tried to put it off as long as possible. "Maybe if we're really, really quiet, they'll forget we're here and we won't have to say anything" Joe whispered to me. I laughed quietly. "Maybe. Let's try" I whispered back. Didn't work. "Hey guys, come here" Kevin yelled into the family room. I groaned, and Joe and I made our way into the kitchen where they were standing. "Look" Gwen said, holding out her perfectly manicured hand. "Congratulations" Joe said, and gave Gwen a hug, and then Kevin. "Yeah, congrats" I sighed, and gave Gwen a short, brief hug, and Kevin one too. "Please at least try to act excited" Mom whispered to me. "I'll try, but let me tell ya, it's not gonna work. I'm not fooling anyone, except maybe Gwen, but that's because she's blonde" I whispered back, and Mom gave me the 'stop it or you'll be grounded for another week' look. Maybe, if I acted somewhat nice, Gwen would change a little, hopefully. Probably not, but a kid can dream. "Where's Frankie?" Gwen asked. "In bed, he was really tired. He had soccer practice this afternoon" Mom said. "Aw. I'll have to catch him tomorrow I guess" Gwen said, trying to sound disappointed. I rolled my eyes, and mom had obviously seen, cause she elbowed me hard. "OUCH!" I yelled. "What happened?" Kevin asked. "Um, nothing" I lied. "Oh, Gwen, guess what Nick did today" Kevin started. "What?" she asked, looking at me. "He wrote a new song, and it's about this girl that he really likes. And it's totally awesome" Kevin said. I couldn't help but smile. "Thanks" I said. "It's true. It's like amazing. His best yet" Joe said. "You're just saying that" I said. "No, it's true. He'll have to play it" Kevin said. "No, I couldn't. Really" I stuttered. "Oh yes you can. Mom and Dad haven't heard it yet, and Gwen should hear it too. And I want to hear it again" Joe said. "Ok, fine' I caved. "Is it about that girl you went on the date with the other night, Manda right?" Gwen asked. "How'd you-" I started to say. "Kevin told me" she said before I could finish. I eyed him like 'what did you do?' He mouthed. "I didn't tell her about Manda being the president's daughter" I nodded. "So, you gonna play it?" Gwen asked me. "Uh, yeah, sure" I said, and went upstairs to grab my guitar. I came back down before I'd gotten even halfway, "Hey Joe, give me a hand real quick, you may be able to help me sing, like, you could back me up. But I need you to grab a guitar too" I said. "Oh, uh, sure" Joe said and followed me upstairs.
"What is she doing?" I asked as we got to my room. "I don't know. She usually hates everything we write, unless Kevin writes it or has like a huge say in it. Or she pretends like she likes it" Joe said. "I know. She's usually totally bored with it. She must be SUPER happy" I said. "Seriously" Joe replied. We grabbed 2 guitars, even though Joe following me upstairs was just an excuse so I could talk to him a minute, we couldn't come down with only one. Even if Joe didn't end up playing. I'd put my lyrics onto my Mac, so I grabbed it instead of my Sidekick, even though I'd already memorized the song. Joe hadn't though, and if he was going to back me up, he had to know the words.
"Ok, well, here it is. Yeah, it's about Manda, and like, I'm pretty sure it's going to be called Inseparable." I said, and started playing my guitar.
Take my hand tonight
We
can run so far
We can change the world to anything you want
We
can talk for hours just staring at the stars
They shine down to
show us
Even when the sun forgets to shine
I'll be
there to hold you through the night
And we'll be running so fast
we can fly tonight
And even when we're miles and miles apart
You're still holding all of my heart
I promise it will
never be dark
I know. we're inseparable
We could run
forever if you want
And I would not get tired
Because I'd
be with you
I can tell you're listening until the very end
We
have done all these things
I know ya'll know the rest of this song
"Wow, that was really good" Gwen complimented. "Thanks" I blushed. "Yeah honey, that was amazing" Mom said. "Thanks mommy" I said, and gave her a hug. I'd give Gwen one, but she was sitting too far away. Or would I have… "That was really good" Dad complimented. "Thanks dad" I said. "Manda's a lucky girl" Joe said in a singy-song voice. "Shut up" I said, pushing him playfully. "It's true" Kevin said. "Thanks" I replied. She was pretty lucky, and so was I.