after 5 long months i present to you chapter ummm 22? i hope this is chapter 22

Clementine stood there with her mouth and wide open, she couldn't believe Nick's mom was sitting in her living room. As she stood there speechless Lee arched his eyebrow. "Clem why don't you have a seat and talk with Cathy, Carley and I are going to go into the kitchen and clean up." Lee stood up walking past Clementine. Carely followed behind him stopping just beside Clementine, she turned her head speaking soflty into Clementine's ear.

"any and everything you need to know she can tell you. she is prepared and will answer to the best of her ability, feel free to ask whatever is on your mind. it's better to leave with all questions answered than to leave with a head full of what ifs and unanswered questions." Carley reached out to softly touch Clementine's shoulder giving it a gently squeeze, she proceeded towards the kitchen where Lee was. Clementine closed her eyes and took a deep breath closing her mouth that still was wide open and headed into the living room As she was walking toward a seat she stopped as Cathy spoke up.

"Clementine. please sit beside me." Cathy patted the soft cushion on the couch beside her. Clementine bit down on the inside of her lip nervously before she walked over to the couch taking a seat turning her body at an angle so she faced Cathy. "there is no need for you to be nervous sweetheart. I know you have never met me in person and I have never met you, but I know a lot about you, I mean when Nick was still attending school here he would always come talk to me about the new girl who made school fun, and eventually this new girl became popular by standing up to Jane and helping him." Cathy leaned over hugging Clementine softly. "I just want to thank you personally for everything you did for my son. Thank you for getting him out of that terrible relationship and thank you for helping him reach his dream. You have helped him and because of that he has been able to help me and that is all thanks to you."

"your welcome." Clementine said to her as she reached up to hug onto Nick's mom, her eyes closed. "but really Mrs. Randall. I was only doing what was right." Clementine's eyes opened back up as she sat back in her seat crossing her arms to her chest. "Jane was using Nick. and the best way to get him to go along with it was by targeting something that mattered to him the most and the only thing that truly matters to Nick is you. I just happened to show up at the right time and help steer him onto the right path." Clementine watched Cathy smile agree with her by slowly nodding her head.

"Clem, may i call you clem?"

"yes you may."

"I chatted with Carley and Lee for a few hours tonight and i was told that you want to know about Nick, where he is what he is doing why he hasn't called, you have so many questions, comments and concerns. I am going to answer them to the best of my ability so please ask away." Cathy smiled reaching out to pick up her glass of tea lifting it to her lips taking a sip. Clementine thought for a brief moment.

"right, i just want to know what happened to him? we used to text and talk often, but he vanished. Do you know where he is? is he ok? did something happen?." Clementine noticed she sounded too concerned and stopped talking leaning against the cushion behind her.

"Nick has been busy, i have spoken to him recently, he is fine health wise he said he is tired and has been working hard and working on something else that he didn't want to go into details about. He told me he got into a fight during practice, and dropped his phone and broke it so he lost everyone's contact information, but since i am his mother he knows my number by heart. my number has been the same for over 15 years." Cathy chuckled lightly and coughed a few times. "Nick did ask about everyone you, Carley, Lee his friends. He wanted to know when you where leaving how you where doing and he asked me to deliver a message to you." Cathy reached down to pick up her purse. While she looked through it Clementine felt her cheeks start to light up she grabbed a pillow hugging onto it to hide her face keeping her eyes visible. Cathy sat up and glanced at Clementine. "what's the matter?"

"huh? oh nothing I'm just blushing behind this pillow don't mind me keep on talking i will just listen." she said to Cathy.

"alright, the message is here somewhere in my phone. ah here it is." Cathy started to read. Clementine felt her heart thump and her stomach twist. "mom, please tell Clementine that I am sorry for keeping out of touch with her. I know she is moving all the way on the other half of the country, and i am not there to say goodbye to her, but i will think of a way to make sure she leaves with a smile. Tell her i do miss talking to her and i need her number so i can call her." Cathy smiled as Clementine gave her the number and lowered the pillow from her face.

"wow.. that message pretty much answered most of my questions."

"do you have more? if so please ask them."

"well.. is he ever going to come back to town?" she asked.

"you know what? during our entire conversation i never thought about mentioning him coming back."

"oh..." Clementine frowned without even knowing she was frowning, her soft amber eyes looked from Cathy to the floor.

"any more questions?" she asked

"um.. no i think that covers everything." Clementine responded, she did have one question but didn't think it was appropriate to ask she wanted to to know if Nick had a number 2 even if he said he missed her she could have easily been bumped down to 3. Cathy studied Clementine's face

"you know Clementine parents have a special detection radar we can read our children's facial expressions and their body language. from the looks of it you do have something you want to ask me I can see it all over your face. "if you are curious about Nick's relationship he is still very single." Cathy said which made Clementine gasp

"wha how did you-"

"parents know, especially if they care about their children and pay attention. I do not have a daughter, but i used to be like you before i met Nicks' father. Now that your questions have been asked its time for me to ask you a few questions and i have a request if you don't mind."

" ask whatever you want and request whatever you want."

"good first let me speak my request, will you skate for me? i want to see you perform in person. tomorrow, Carley and Lee told me you picked a flight in the evening so you could spend more time here before you had to depart. i would love to take you and your family out to Nick's favorite restaurant and afterword I would love to see you perform."

"of course Cathy spending the day with you Carley and Lee wounds amazing. and performing one last time here also sounds amazing." Clementine smiled once again. "and what about your questions?"

"what I want to know is why haven't you confessed your feelings to Nick?" she asked as she watched Clementine's facial expression go serious. she sat up in her seat giving an immediate response.

"for many reasons, one of them being i didn't want t get in the way of his dream. plus he needs to do this in order to support you, so you can get your medicine. however, when he got on the plane i did regret it. Nick wanted a reason to stay here but all i could think about was you and his dreams coming true, why should I stop him so I sent him on his marry way. and ever since he left all I can think about its the day he left and how much pain I was in."

"alright, and why didn't you tell him over the phone when you two talked?"

"the answer to that is simple Cathy." Clementine stood up stretching her arms. "the distance between us and his busy schedule might have ruined everything, and to top it all off I am now going to be moving even further away. I will also be just as busy as him. please excuse me i need to grab something to drink." she said to Cathy and slowly made her way toward the kitchen arching an eyebrow as she saw Carley and Lee doing the dishes.

"hey, are you all done talking to Cathy?" Lee asked as Clementine sighed shrugging her shoulders.

"yes and no, however I guess I should call it a night and head to bed. I am feeling a bit tired." Clementine grabbed a bottle of water from the refrigerator and left the room to wrap up her conversation with Cathy. Carley watched Clementine walk away.

"so i'm guessing Cathy didn't tell her about the-" before Carley could finish her sentence Clementine started to head towards them again she had a small smile on her face that faded upon her shielding her mouth to yawn. once she started to head up the staircase Lee folded his arms to his chest.

"I guess she didn't talk about it, though I think she is waiting to tell her sometime tomorrow." Lee and Carley left the kitchen area to continue t talk to Cathy. Clementine made it to her room she walked over to her bed crawling onto it she reached into her pocket to see a message on her phone from Nick. she quickly rolled onto her back opening the message reading it softly to herself.

"Clementine? hey, its me Nick. I really want to talk to you but i have something i have to do so i promise i will speak to you tomorrow before you take off." Clementine squealed happily and smiled she rolled onto her stomach responding to Nick and locked her screen hugging onto her pillow. I finally get to hear his voice again after so many months of silence! i cannot wait!" After spending sometime thinking about Nick Clementine fell asleep.

-end of chapter 22

yaaay progress! i hope you all enjoyed chapter 22 i have no idea when the next chapter will be posted. i am going to be busy with work for the rest of the month.