Sorry again for the long wait! I've just been out of it. I don't know why... Yeah, I'm pretty happy with this chapter. :) I hope you are too!!
Lilly scratched the side of her nose and sighed. She slyly looked at her phone. Calling Nick again so soon wouldn't hurt…. And then, just like she was phsycic, the phone rang.
But it was True Friend- Miley's ringtone- not Nick's. Lilly was excited but almost disappointed. She hit her head with her palm lightly. What was wrong with her?
"Miley!?" She squealed into the phone.
"Hey, Lilly!! What's up in Malibu? How was the concert? Huh? Huh? Huh?"
"I LOVED IT!! AND I LOVE YOU FOR GETTING ME THE TICKETS AND THE PASS!! You are so awesome! The Jonas Brothers are AMAZING!! They were all so sweet! Nick especially…." Lilly trailed off.
"Ooooooooo, you got a little crush, Lils?" Miley prompted.
"Just a little one, but it's not very realistic, is it?"
"Oh, I think anything's possible…." Miley was enjoying this.
"Really?"
"Yeah. But anyway…. What have you been doing all summer?!" Miley was looking forward to Lilly's story of the letter writing.
"Well…. I've been writing to this guy…"
"Yes….?"
"We're pen pals and he's traveling all over this summer and he was in California so I sent him the other ticket but he couldn't come but he said he was sorry and really wanted to meet me AND THEN the other day, since I gave him my phone number he called and we talked for A LONG TIME and it is just SO COOL!" Lilly had said all of this with one breath and was now breathing heavily.
"Wow, Lilly! So what's this guy like?"
"Well… um, he's really sweet, and he has a bunch of brothers, he's homeschooled, he's in a band with his two older brothers, and he has this voice…. Like….. it's familiar and mysterious at the same time. It's driving me INSANE!"
"What's his name, Lilly?"
"Nick…"
"Does Nick have a last name? Cause I mean, you told him your last name so I just don't think it's fair that he knows your last name and you don't know his."
"Oh, well…. I don't know if he- hey! How do you know I told him my last name?!"
Miley closed her eyes and sighed. She was horrible at this.
"Miley?" Lilly tried again.
"Hey, Lilly I'm so glad I got to talk to you but I have to go now, miss you, love you, bye!"
Lilly took the phone from her ear and stared at it open mouthed. What was up with this?! She sighed. Things were getting uber crazy around here.
Nick stared up at the ceiling of his bunk. He was very bored at the moment and thinking about calling or writing to Lilly. He had just sat up when he heard Kevin's voice calling a bit loudly from the "hallway".
"Hey, Nick?!"
"Yeah, Kev?" Nick stuck his head out of his bunk and waved at his brother.
"Oh, hey." Kevin said, realizing he didn't have to yell. "Hey, so we're going to Malibu for a long weekend to shoot a commercial. Lilly lives up there, right? Maybe you could work something out…."
Nick groaned. "Work something- like what out? Tell her I'm Nick Jonas and watch her forget all about me, Nick? Watch her scream at me and run away?! Watch the paparazzi hide in weird places and take pictures of us so she ends up on the front page of some popular magazine with an awful title?! I can't just "work something out"! It's much more complicated than that!"
Nick had begun yelling and was now uncomfortably close to Kevin's face. When he saw the scared-looking expression Kevin was wearing he backed up and sighed.
"Ugh. Sorry, Kev. I didn't mean to go off on you like that, but really- I don't think this will work out."
Kevin shook his head. "Nick, we've always said you were wise beyond your years, but I saw the look on your face when you first met that girl. I've seen how excited you get when you get a letter from her. I saw how happy you were talking to her on the phone the other day. And I really think she'll be worth it. I can't believe you don't."
Nick's face was blank, and he was silent.
"Come on, take a chance. Meet up with Lilly and show her who you really are. All of you. I think she'll understand." Kevin ended.
Nick's face smoothed out, and his mouth turned up at the corners just the slightest bit. "Thanks for the pep talk, bro." He smiled mockingly at Kevin and added, "Seriously. Thanks. I'll try."
...
"Oh my gosh, guys! Really- how are we going to do this?!" Nick groaned a few hours later and sank down into the couch as he looked at his older brothers' faces. The three of them had congregated into the "Living room" to come up with ways Lilly and Nick could meet, without the risk of being spotted by Jonas fans.
Joe smiled widely and rubbed his hands together. "Wear a ski mask and sneak up on Lilly. She'll be all," Joe made his voice squeaky and quiet, "'Nick?' And you'll be all," Now Joe deepened his voice dramatically, "'Yes. But I'm not the Nick you think I am!' And then you rip off the ski mask and kiss her. Then you'll live happily ever after." Joe smiled, obviously please with himself.
Nick chuckled a little bit and rolled his eyes. "Yeah. I don't think that will go over so well…"
"Hey!" Kevin's head whipped up and he snapped his fingers. "Lilly lives next to a beach, right?"
Nick stared at Kevin and nodded.
"Well, find out what beach that is, then meet her there sometime at night. Not many people I know go to the beach at night…"
"Kevin! That's a great idea!" Nick yelled, his eyes lighting up.
"I thought so…" Kevin said.
"You'll have to call her." Joe told Nick.
Nick's smiled widened.
...
"Hey, Nick!" Lilly answered her phone. Nick's heart seemed to flutter at the sound of her voice.
"Lilly! Hey, I have some news…"
"What kind of news?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure it's good news." Nick tried to sound convincing, but he was beginning to get scared again.
"Yeah? Tell me about it!"
"Well…" Nick took a deep breath- away from the phone, so Lilly couldn't pick up on his mood. " I'm going to be in Malibu again over the weekend, and I would love to meet you in person."
"You have time this time?!" Lilly almost squealed.
Nick laughed. "Yeah. But… it kind of has to be a secret."
"A secret? What?"
"Well…It has to be a secret because…" Nick looked frantically at Joe- who mouthed a few things from his earlier suggestion at him.
"Because… I'm not the Nick you think I am!" Nick blurted. Nick's face changed from an expression of fear to horror as he realized what he had just said.
"I mean…Uh… Aren't mysterious secrets more fun?" Nick finally recovered. He tried to shoot a killer glance at Joe, but he had just shot out of his chair and run to some room near the back of the bus.
Lilly giggled. "Yeah, they are. A secret it is. Where and when should we meet?"
"Well… there's a beach right next to your house, right? Is it possible you could tell me where that is and we could meet up there sometime when not many people are there?"
"Yeah… I think-"
"Oh, Lilly I probably sound like a serial killer like this…. But…" Nick sighed. He really didn't want to scare Lilly. He just didn't want that much attention. He heard a loud thump coming from wherever Joe had disappeared to and added, "I'm not a serial killer, by the way. Or anything creepy like that." Joe emerged from the back with a large cardboard box marked "Halloween accessories", a huge smile on his face, and his arm in the air, celebrating something. Nick's brow furrowed in confusion. Joe held up a wig with short, straight brown hair and a little bottle. Nick's eyes widened as he understood.
"Nick?" Came Lilly's voice.
"Um, never mind, Lilly. I was being a freak when I said it should be mysterious. Just meeting up at your beach is fine. Are you doing anything on Friday night at 4:00?"
"Now I am." Nick could almost hear Lilly smile.
"Oh, and just to warn you, I won't really be looking like myself… I'll explain when I see you."
"Okaaaay… But how will we know that it's…. us?"
"Bring your phone. I'll call you."
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This chapter is for Asha, since she just came back home a few days ago and got me telling her about this story- which gave me some more ideas. So thanks Asha! :)
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