CHAPTER 13
*Adam's P.O.V.
I pulled away from Nicole. "Um... Nic?" She looked at me. "We probably shouldn't have done that."
"I know." Nicole replied, quietly. We stood in silence until someone knocked on the locker room door.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Trish and Amy." I opened the door and they walked in. "Nic, um... we have some good news." Trish said, smiling. Amy just looked at me weird.
"What kind of news?" Nicole asked.
Amy smiled. "Well, we talked to Steve and Eric and they said, if you were willing, then they would love to sign you."
"What? But, I..."
"You don't have to, it's just a thought." Trish explained.
"Ok, I'll think about it. Unfortunately, I have to leave soon. But, I'll get back to you guys in, a week?" Nicole smiled. Amy and Trish nodded and hugged her.
"Girl, we'll call you whenever we can." Amy told her. Trish nodded and they left the room.
"Nic before you go, I just want to apologize again for getting so jealous of you and Chris. It was none of my business and I shouldn't have acted like I did." I apologized. She smiled.
"Adam, I forgive you. I couldn't stay mad at you."
"I'm glad because, you're with Chris and your happy and that's all I want." I replied. She looked down.
"I wouldn't be so sure." She mumbled.
"Wouldn't be so sure about what?" I asked.
"Look Adam, honestly my feelings have been kind of mixed up lately. That's why I kissed you. I'm trying to straighten things out." She confessed.
"Ok, well I hope it helped." I said, smiling.
"I'll figure everything out." She assured. She softly kissed me on the cheek and left the room.
"Maybe there's hope for us after all." I said aloud. "Wait, what the hell's my problem? She's with Chris and he's my friend. I can't be doing this."
*Nicole's P.O.V.
After I left Adam's locker room, I heard someone calling me. I turned and saw Chris coming up to me. "Hey Nic, what were doing in Adam's room?" He asked curiously.
"Just saying goodbye." I lied. I hadn't even said goodbye to Adam.
"Ok, well since your leaving soon, I want you to come here for a sec." He smiled and grabbed my hand, leading me into his locker room.
I sat down on the couch and waited while he went through his bag. He took something out and put it behind his back. He walked over to me and sat down. I smiled. "Um... Chris, what do you have?" I asked.
He showed me what he had in his hand. It was a long box. He opened it to reveal a necklace. The necklace was silver and it had a heart on it. On the heart was mine and Chris's initials. 'Look how sweet he is, I can't tell him that I might be in love with his best friend.'
"Do you like it?" he questioned.
"It's beautiful." I replied. "I love it, but Chris why would you spend all this money on me?"
"Because I love you." He answered, kissing me. I kissed him back, then pulled away, ignoring his questioning look. He was about to say something when there was a knock on the door.
I opened it and said hey to Billy. He told me we were going to leave in an hour. I nodded and he left. I turned back to Chris, who looked upset and confused.
"Nic are you okay?" He asked. I nodded. "Ok, because you seem like something, or someone is bothering you."
"No." I replied. "What would be bothering me?"
"Adam." He answered. I gasped.
"Why would Adam be bothering me?"
"I don't know, but you came out of his locker room and you seemed upset. Did something happen in there?" He asked, his blue eyes questioning.
I looked down. 'I can't tell him. It would crush him. I can't do that.' "No." I replied looking up.
"I don't believe you." He answered. "Look me in the eyes." I looked up at him and met his eyes. I could tell that he had an idea of what had happened.
"Chris, I don't know what your talking about. Nothing happened. Why, what do you think happened?" I looked him in his eyes.
"I honestly don't know, but you always act different around Adam. And, I know he had and probably still does have feelings for you." He took a deep breath. "And I know you had feelings for him before, maybe you do now."
I could hear the sadness in his voice. As much as I wanted to tell him the truth, I didn't think I could. "Chris..." I started. He raised his hand and cut me off.
"Nic, as much as I love you, I'm not stupid. I know how Adam feels about you and it's obvious you feel the same." He stood up and ran his hands through his hair. "I can't do this."
"Do what?" I questioned, already knowing the answer.
"This, us. I can't be with you when your in love with him. I know you care about me, but you don't love me. You love Adam." I looked up at him, tears in my eyes.
"Chris, I... I'm sorry." I stood up and wiped my eyes. I hugged Chris and kissed him softly on the lips. " I hope you don't hate me."
"Never." He replied. "I hope you and Adam are happy together."
"Thank you, Chris. But, I don't think I'm going to jump to him. I need to go home and straighten my thoughts out." I smiled at him and picked up my things. I gave him one more hug and left. I turned around. "I really do love you Chris." He nodded and smiled.
Bily saw me walking towards him. He stood up and looked around. "Where's Chris?"
"Long story, I'll explain it later." He nodded and we packed up the car and left.
A/N: Ok, so how's that? The Adam fanz should be happy, lol. I have a couple more chapz left and then I think I'm gonna end it. I hope you guys liked it so far and I hope you continue liking it. R&R PLEEZE! :) Nicole***
