~Nick 5:20pm

Nick could hear sirens, but he wasn't sure what was going on. All he knew was that he had just watched four cars wreck right in front of him, but he wasn't really sure what had happened. All he knew was that he had to find Kelcey. Nick drove a ways down the road and then parked his car. He knew Kelcey should be coming by soon, so he walked back to the intersection. That was when he realized that a truck just like his was involved in the accident. He hoped that he would be able to find Kelcey before she could see too much of what happened.

About five minutes later he saw Kelcey turn right to get off the road, but he also saw that she hesitated for a long time before she finally turned. He ran across the intersection and tried to see where she was going, he was glad she was stopping. He ran over and tapped on her window.

Nick couldn't tell if the look on her face was of shock or relief, maybe a mix between the two. He opened her door and she practically jumped out and threw her arms around him. Nick responded the same way.

"Nick," Kelcey said after a few seconds.

"It's okay Kel," Nick said holding her tightly. "I'm fine. Are you okay?"

"No," Kelcey said and Nick thought that he heard her crying, but he didn't try to see, he just let her cry.

~Kelcey 5:30pm

When Kelcey looked up and saw Nick she couldn't believe it at first. She was sure that that was his truck. She didn't even care what Nick thought when she hugged him, she was so happy he was okay. She said his name, almost like she was making sure it was really him, ans not her mind playing tricks on her.

"Are you okay?" Nick asked her.

"No," Kelcey said, and immediately started crying. She felt so stupid, but she couldn't help it. She was glad Nick didn't try to make her feel better, it was enough for him to be hugging her. A few seconds later she slowly moved away from Nick, but he didn't seem so eager to let her go.

"Are you going to be okay?" Nick asked looking at Kelcey.

"I think so. Sorry for crying."

"Don't be sorry." He grabbed her hands. "Let's get out of here."

Kelcey nodded. And slowly got into her car. Nick told her that he would meet her back in the band hall.

"I have to talk to the police. Everything happened right in front of me."

"Okay. I'll see you later then."

Kelcey cautiously drove back to the university, taking as many side streets as possible. It took her ten minutes longer to get to the university than if she would have stayed on the main road, but she wasn't taking any chances. She got out of her car and walked to the band hall. She sat down and started shaking, realizing that Nick could have been in that mess if it happened right in front of him. She laid down on the chairs and tried not to cry again. She closed her eyes and thought about how lucky Nick was.

~Nick 6:00pm

Nick walked down the hall half expecting Kelcey to have left already, but he saw her sleeping on the chairs at the end of the hall. He quietly walked down to where she was and sat down by her.

"Kel," he whispered. She didn't even move. "Kel," he said a little louder. She opened her eyes and blinked a few times.

"Nick!" Kelcey said sitting up. "What time is it?"

Nick looked at his watch. "It's 6:00. Why?"

"I was supposed to be home at six, but I don't think I even want to think about driving. I need to call my parents."

Nick pulled out his cell phone and handed it to Kelcey. She took it and called her parents, after she said hello she walked down the hall and away from Nick. Nick waited for her to come back, wondering how much he should tell her about the wreck. If he wouldn't have been changing the stations he would probably be in the hospital right now, if not something worse. Kelcey came back down the hall and handed Nick his cell phone, then sat down next to him.

"So," Kelcey said looking down at the floor. "What happened?"

"I honestly don't know. I stopped at the light and looked down the change the station on my radio. Then people were honking so I looked up and noticed the light was green. I started to go, then slammed on my breaks when I realized that the guy in the suv was going to run the light." Nick decided to tell her everything, since it wouldn't do any good to lie to her.

"It was so scary to see that truck. I really thought it was you."

"I know," Nick said putting his arm around Kelcey, she leaned against him. The sat in silence for about five minutes. "Are you sure you'll be okay?"

"Yeah, I will. Especially since you're okay." Kelcey rested her head on Nick's shoulder and Nick put his other arm around Kelcey. "I don't know what I would have done if that was you're truck."

Nick didn't say anything. He wasn't sure what to say, but he knew that he would have felt the same if he was in her place.

"When do you need to be home?" Nick said trying to change the topic.

"Whenever. My parents weren't even home. I left a message on the answering machine."

"Oh. So do you still want to get dinner?"

"As long as we don't have to drive anywhere."

"Do you want to walk to get something?" Kelcey nodded and sat up.

~Kelcey 6:45pm

As they were walking to get food Kelcey kept wondering what Nick was thinking. Kelcey wasn't sure if Nick thought that she wanted sympathy or to be around him. She hoped he though it was the last part. They were both being so quiet Kelcey didn't want to say anything and interrupt whatever Nick was thinking, good or bad.

They finally got to the pizza place and saw a few other people from band there. They ordered their pizza and went over to sit with everyone else. Kelcey was glad the Tiffany was among those at the table. Tyler was there too, and so was Josh and Ashley, who was Josh's sister. Nick and Kelcey ended sitting next to each other, but neither one said much, which was unusual for Nick.

"Hey are you two okay?" Tyler asked looking at Nick.

"Yeah. I guess." Nick said and looked over at Kelcey.

"Yeah," Kelcey said. "We're fine."

While everyone was waiting for their pizza Nick suddenly started taking. Kelcey looked at him wondering what got him in the mood to talk all of the sudden.

"So, how are you guys liking marching band so far?" Nick asked looking around the table.

"It stinks, Ashley said glaring at Josh, then Tyler.

"Okay," Nick said slowly. "Why?"

"Because it messes up my hair and I have to deal with my brother every other day now."

"What about you Josh?" Nick asked turning to Josh.

Josh looked around the table and stopped at Kelcey. "It's alright I guess. I'm enjoying it so far."

"That's good." Nick looked at Kelcey. "What about you Kel?"

"Well," Kelcey started. She wasn't really in the mood to talk to anyone. "It's alright. It's not quite the same as last year though. I kind of miss the friendly competition we had."

"Oh, we'll still have competition, don't worry about that."

"Okay, then I'm really enjoying it. I can't wait until the first game."

"Me either," Tyler said taking over the conversation. "It's going to be so much better now that I don't have to deal with the cocky trumpet section." (A/N: I really don't hate the trumpet section and I'll explain this comment later in the story.)

"Don't forget you were one of those cocky trumpet players last year," Tiffany said.

"Whatever. You don't know what you're talking about."

"I know exactly what I'm taking about. I had to live with you as a cocky trumpet player. Actually I think I liked you better as the cocky trumpet player." Everyone laughed and Tyler looked like he wasn't sure what to say.

When the pizza finally cam Kelcey was able to forget about what had happened earlier, at least for a while. And at one point in time she actually joined the sing along to the radio. By the time she and Nick left they were both laughing. They waked almost all the way back to the university laughing.

"So," Nick said as they waked into the band room. "Are you going to be okay driving home?"

"Yeah. I'll be fine. Will you be okay?" Nick nodded. "Okay. Then I guess I'll see you tomorrow?"

Nic nodded and said good bye to Kelcey. Kelcey watched him walk out the door then grabbed her sticks and music and went out to her car.

~Nick 11:30pm

Nick had a hard time falling asleep as soon as he would close his eyes he would see the accident. Then he would see Kelcey crying. He woke up from a nightmare where it was Kelcey that got into the wreck. He sat up and tried to forget about what had happened. He looked over at his clock and saw that it was almost two in the morning. He hoped Kelcey was able to sleep. He closed his eyes and tried to think of something happy, like last night at the pizza place with Kelcey laughing and them both forgetting what had happened. Nick wasn't even sure why he brought it up as they were leaving. He wished he could have just left it alone.

~Kelcey 4:00am

Kelcey woke up with a start, she tried to forget the nightmare where Nick was the one in the truck. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock. It was going to be a long day. She tried to go back to sleep, but kept seeing Nick in the accident.

~Kelcey 7:00am

Kelcey had never been so happy to see sunlight in her life. She was glad that she could escape from the nightmares. She quickly got out of bed and tried to get excited about going to band camp. She got in the shower and when she got out she knew she was going to be later getting to the university. She hoped Tyler wouldn't be too mad as she started her car and pulled out of the drive way.

~Nick 7:15am

Nick looked over at what was making the terrible beeping noise and found out it was his alarm clock. He waved his arm in the general direction of the clock and knocked in on the floor where it finally stopped beeping. Nick rolled over and covered his face with pillow and went back to bed. When he looked at the clock again it was almost eight. He jumped out of bed and threw on some clothes. He splashed some water on his face, hoping it would wake him up. He grabbed his keys and ran out the door, hoping he wouldn't be too late.

~Kelcey 815am

"Tyler," Kelcey said walking over to Tyler. "Do you know where Nick is?"

"No," Tyler said. "I call his house earlier but no one answered."

"Okay, thanks." Kelcey walked away from Tyler thinking the worst. She went to find Tiffany she had to tell someone about what happened yesterday.