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Chapter TEN. Sigh. Lol, I hope you like it a lot!

"Lilly." Nick sat up and almost hit his head on the top of his bunk. He was relieved and freaking out at the same time. Breathe, was what he kept repeating in his head.

"Nick." He could hear the smile in her voice. Well, that was good, wasn't it? "I got your letter."

There. She knew. All he had to do now was see how she'd react. He took a deep breath. In and out, he thought.

"Do you hate me?" Nick finally asked.

"No! Of course not!" Lilly nearly yelled into the phone. "I don't think I could ever hate you." She added quietly.

"Why? I lied to you, Lilly. And that's not right."

"You never lied to me. You just didn't tell me the straight up truth. And that was probably a good idea because if you'd told me earlier I probably wouldn't have believed you and we would never have been friends." Lilly said it all matter-of-factly. Nick wasn't sure he was hearing her correctly. She wasn't screaming at him. She wasn't angry. She wasn't freaking out.

"You're not screaming." Nick barely noticed he'd said that out loud.

"No…. Do you want me to scream?" Lilly sounded a bit confused.

"No!" Nick almost yelled. "I mean, no, it's okay. You don't have to scream." He smiled. Lilly could always do that to him.

"Okay." The smile was back in Lilly's voice, too.

"So, Lilly, I'm really sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I was just scared." Nick confessed.

"I know. It's okay."

"Good." Nick was just about glowing, and his face was stretched into a huge smile. How could Lilly stand being so amazing? "I'm glad I told you the whole truth. Or wrote it, or whatever."

Lilly laughed. "I'm glad I know whose voice yours reminds me of now!"

Her laugh was intoxicating. Nick laughed with her.

"Hey. I wanna hang out tonight. Are you free?" Nick asked suddenly. He was leaving soon, and he wanted to spend as much time with her as possible. Especially now that she'd understand why he was traveling all over the place.

"Yeah! That's a good idea. But…. Are you going to be in disguise again?"

"Ummmm…" Nick hadn't really thought about that. "Well, would your mom let you come to the beach at like…. nine so it wouldn't be so crowded? If you can do that I could come as myself."

"Yeah. All she wants me to do this summer is get out of the house so I'm sure that's fine."

"Well that's awesome!"

"I know, right!?" Lilly giggled.

Nick punched the air and smiled.

"Okay, Lilly. I guess I'll see you at nine then."

"Okay. Nine. See ya, Nick."

"Bye. Oh, and Lilly?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you."

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Lilly took a seat at the cabana. Jackson was there, but he was just leaving.

"Hey, Lilly? Why are you so dressed up? Hot date?" He asked. She looked down at her clothes. She was definitely not dressed up. Converse, jeans, and a t-shirt…

"I'm not-" Oh. He was joking.

"But yeah, I kind of have a date…."

Jackson wiggled his eyebrows at her. "What's his name?"

"Nick."

"Nick who?"

"Me." Nick said as he walked up. He gave a little wave to Jackson.

Jackson's mouth was wide open. He looked at Lilly incredulously. "You have a date with Nick Jonas?!"

Lilly shrugged.

"Wait till Miley hears about this…"

Lilly shook her head. "I have a feeling she already knows." Jackson shook his head and walked off.

"What?" Nick asked.

"Oh, nothing." Lilly smiled at him. "Hi." Wow, he really was Nick Jonas. And he was smiling straight at her. And this time, she knew he was the person she'd been writing to all summer.

"Hey." Nick took a seat next to Lilly. "So, you don't hate me, you aren't screaming at me, and you think it was a good idea that I didn't tell you about this" He pointed at his face, "sooner?"

Lilly nodded. "Yep."

Nick smiled. "I'm so glad I have you as a friend, Lilly."

Friends. Just friends. Nick wished he hadn't said that. The friends part anyway. They were friends, but he wanted to be more.

Lilly smiled again, but there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

"Me, too." She said. She really meant it. But, she was longing for even more than that.

Nick looked at her for a moment longer, and then realized he might be staring. But who wouldn't? Lilly was probably the most amazing and beautiful person Nick had ever meant.

"I'm leaving for tour again Monday. I just want you to know. We can still call and write and stuff. But I'll make sure to visit every time we're here. Or near here. I'll visit as much as I can."

Lilly nodded. "That sounds good." But she really didn't want him to go.

"I'm sorry about that part. Traveling all the time. It's fun, but sometimes it just sucks."

"Yeah, but you'll have an awesome time."

Neither of them said anything for a minute. Nick took her hand.

"Enough of this sad stuff, though. Let's go for a walk."

So yeah, there it is. Sorry it's so short, but it needs to be. I hope you understand. Haha... I hope you like it!!

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