You Know, We're Inseperable (Nick Jonas) Prologue

I twitched uncomfortably, feeling the intensity of Claire's gaze. She stared at me with a small smile playing at her lips. I moved - she moved. i sighed, and she sighed. Finally I threw my cards down and screeched, "Stop it! My gosh!You win, you win!"
She smiled and set her cards down, then let out a gusty sigh. "How long has it been?"
"Two days," I replied automatically. I knew what she was asking - How long had it been since Nick got back. She was extremely curious, maybe even more so than me. Not that I wasn't curious. Because I was. It was just...oh never mind. I wanted to talk to him.
I stared moodily out across the street, more out of boredom than annoyance, really. It was nearing the end of summer, gosh darn it. I stood up and stretched lazily, and started walking down the street, not knowing where I was going. In a few minutes I realized i was heading towards the general direction of the ice cream stand. Claire drifted along behind me, chattering on her phone the whole while. I shook my head and continued on, checking my pockets for money. Mercifully, I had a few dollars left over. Enough for a sundae.
It didn't take that long to get there - only a few more minutes of hot blistering humidity. Then i was protected by the cool air from the open window, and the shade of the over hang. I ducked underneath it gratefully, and quickly ordered my sundae. I rested against the wall and watched Claire sit down and start talking to yet another guy. Wow, did that girl have a lot of guys on her speed dial or what. Ha.
I closed my eyes and let the sun warm my face and my arms.
"Faith?"
I opened them and I swear I went to heaven. Nick stood in front of me, hair as curly and soft as ever, and eyes looking deep, deep brown.
"Nick!"
Forgetting that I had literally talked to him once face to face, I jumped into him and hugged him tightly. He laughed and hugged me back. I released him and backed away, blushing. Joe and Kevin stood behind him, smirking at each other in a knowing way. Turning brighter red, I muttered a quick hello to them and accepted their hugs. i took my ice cream from the lady and payed, then turned back to the Jonas brothers. Claire had now joined us, and was talking excitedly to Joe. I bit back my laugh as Joe looked at me with a slightly weirded out expression. I laughed freely, and turned back to Nick, who was smiling, actually showing his teeth. People were stoping and openly staring, mouths wide open and all. Many had cell phones out and were taking pictures. Jeeze. Looks like we would be the headlining news...again. Oh well. Nick is here.
"Hey Faith, how've you been?" Joe yelled, wrapping an arm around my shoulders. I blushed as he attracted many more people and many, MANY more cell phones. Oh shoot me now. Joe noticed my red face and grinned at the nearest camera. "Smile!"
"Joe," Nick and I muttered in tandem. I rolled my eyes and Nick bit his lip.
I shifted my weight, and Nick gently took my elbow.
"Perhaps we should go someplace...less public?"
"Sure," I nodded, just about to suggest a nearby coffee shop, when Claire burst in, "Okay, to Faith's house we go!"
My jaw dropped, and Kevin and Joe snickered, though Nick hardly seemed to notice. Wearily, I walked behind Claire, who was leading the way straight to my house, and to my room, which, was, by the way, a complete DISASTER zone.Joe and Kevin immediately sat down on the floor, while Claire took the desk and Nick and I sat on the bed. Silence settled over us as I stared at my melting ice cream, and the boys examined my room. Thank goodness I didn't have any embarrassing pictures on my corkboard. Well, maybe I had one or two, but maybe Joe and Nick wouldn't notice...
"OMG! Who is THAT?!"
I cringed as Joe leaned into a picture of me and my best guy friend, Xavier. In the picture we did look like a couple, I was leaning into him, and he had his arm around my waist and was grinning, pulling me closer. It was just one of those pictures.
"My friend Xavier," I muttered, blushing for the millionth time that day. "Jeeze Joe. You're overreacting. He's just my best guy friend."
Claire rolled her eyes. "Oh please. He's had a crush on you since who knows when. You're the only one who doesn't know it."
I glared at her. Oh yes, let's bring up guys i know while the JONAS Brothers are here. Oh yes, that's BRILLIANT. Bloody BRILLIANT!
Nick just laughed, thank goodness. He checked his watch and sighed, standing up. I stood too.
"We had better get going. Faith, do you want to hang out tonight?"
I smiled. "I'd love to."
"Great. I'll pick you up around 9."
9? Wow. Night owl, I guess. "Sure."
He hugged me, waved good bye to Claire, who was still texting, then walked out the door. Joe and Kevin followed, waving to me, and giving each other "Looks". Yay.
Once I was sure they were out of listening distance, I turned to Claire, my smile breaking out into a full out beam. She was grinning wildly too.
"My gosh, Faith! He asked you OUT!"
I sighed happily. "I know."
I love life.

I'm not sure if the picture came through....if it did, that's basically what Faith looks like.