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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 7, 2011 21:35:04 GMT -5
Chapter THIRTEEN
Ryan and Nico held hands while Mac held them together. The second he let them go they pulled away from each other like they were scorched. Ryan did not need a relationship and that’s why he pulled away. Nico pulled back because she had her own issues.
NICO’S Flashback
Her break up from her three year relationship with Alexander Jackson was bitter and hurtful as he was caught cheating with her best friend. The only one in her whole family was George who threatened to beat him to a pulp if he even LOOKED at Nico again. She packed her things and moved out of his place and Alex begged her for another chance. She said, “If you cheat on me, I will not be around you again. I am worth more than that and you should have known it!” She and George got her stuff, leaving him with the couch, a potted plant, one cup one bowl and one set of silverware as she left.
Her former best friend tried to explain how this all happened. Nico was sick and in the hospital getting her appendix out and it ‘just happened’., she told her.
“Beth, you do not let it ‘just happen’. You wanted it to happen or he would not have had a green light! We are through! I don’t need a cheater in my life!”
“But you are my best friend….” Beth tried.
“If I were your best friend, you would not have hurt me like you did. Get out.” Nico said in her quiet angry voice.
From that day three months ago, Nicola Donaldson vowed that the next man she fell in love with would be a real man who did not need her to validate his life for him. She was a strong independent woman. She had her degree in Accounting. She was certified to do any job in her field. She was smart. And she had her own money. She was a catch, her family told her so. But, at 32, she knew, if she wanted a family of her own, she had to make something happen with someone. She had a huge list of things a man should be and hadn’t found anyone who could tick off all the boxes on her list yet.
END of Flashback
Nico looked at George and said, “Can I talk to you for a minute?”
“Guys, we’re going to ride in the crew bus to the hotel. See you there.”
George sat in the galley on the crew bus and said, “Nico. You should give Ryan a chance. He is a good guy. Solid and honest to a fault. He could be a guy you could depend on and maybe even….”
Nico cut him off, “Don’t you dare say I could love him. With the exception of you and Carrie, I have yet to see a marriage work for the long haul. No real men exist in this world anymore. Can we just drop it please?”
“Alex tried to contact you on you cell phone while you were locked in the bathroom with Ryan, huh?”
“Yes, he begged me to take him back. Funny thing is, Beth texted me to tell me she is pregnant with Alex’s baby and he broke up with her. THAT’S a guy I should take back, huh, George? Right.” she sighed. “I am on this tour to do a job-watch Ryan’s son. I love that little guy so it will be easy. I am not in this to find a new man for me. Mac needs me. That’s all.” She looked out the window with tears stinging in her eyes.
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 7, 2011 22:22:36 GMT -5
Chapter FOURTEEN
When they got to the hotel, Mac walked up to Nico and said, “Nico, can you hold my hand? Ryan B. says I should not be out on the road with out someone holding my hand.”
She held his hand and walked into the hotel with him. Ryan watched her walk in with Mac and asked George, “Um, George, was she crying? Honestly, I did not do anything to hurt her, I swear it.”
“No, lad she is fine. I know you didn’t hurt her I trust you.”
Nico found out she had her own room. She went in with Mac and said, “Wow, this is a great room! Two beds. OK, watch this Mac!” She ran at the bed and threw herself on top of it and said, “Oh, that was fun!”
Mac asked her to put him on the bed. When she did, he held her hands and jumped up and down on top of it and laughed and made her laugh with him as he bounced. Just then, there was a knock on the door. They stopped jumping but couldn’t stop laughing as she opened the door. Ryan walked in and said, “Say goodnight to Nico and let’s get ready for bed, Mac.”
“Aw, can’t I stay here a little longer, Ryan Bunny? Please?’ He used his puppy dog eyes on his father. Ryan caved, “Only if Nico says it is OK, Little Man.”
“OK ten minutes and then you have to go to bed. I am tired. We traveled to a new place and I need to sleep. You have to stay with me all day tomorrow while your daddy goes and talks to a bunch of people on TV for his tour, OK?”
“OK, Nico. Ten minutes.”
Nico went out to the balcony of her suite and stared out into the city. Ryan sat Mac on the bed and put cartoons on for his to watch and said, “Sit here, OK?” He walked out to the balcony and said, “I spoke to George. He told me….”
“He TOLD you??? He had no right to tell you about my breakup with Alex! Oh, I am gonna kill him tomorrow.”
Ryan said, “If you had let me finish, I was going to say he told me I was not the perosn who made you cry when we got here. Who is Alex? Why would he hurt you? You are so nice to Mac and you were nice to me when we were trapped and all. Even though it was my fault and you should have been mad at me.”
“I was mad at you but, I could yell at you in that small space. It would have been too loud and I don’t yell when I am angry. I’m not mad at you now, though. George didn’t tell you about Alex? I just did, huh?” Ryan nodded.
They came back in the room to find that Mac was asleep under the blankets in the middle of the bed he was jumping on only twenty minutes earlier. “Um, we can’t wake him can we? He just dropped from exhaustion.”
“Well, I can stay here till he wakes up. You can go stay in my room-oh wait, I am rooming with Keith and Mac. Well, I guess I can stay here with him if that is OK with you for the one night. I’ll just go tell Keith what happened and be right back.”
Ryan walked back to his room. He changed into his pajamas and grabbed his room key. Keith asked, “What’s up?” Ryan told him and he smiled to himself, ‘That kid is GOOD at matchmaking.”
Ryan went back to Nico’s room and knocked gently on the door. She was also in her jammies and let him in. He went and climbed into the bed with Mac and said, “Good night, Nico.”
She climbed into her own bed and said, “Good night, Ryan.” as she rolled over and tried to sleep. She could not believe Mac did this to her. Ryan was wearing blue plaid jammie pants and a white tee shirt and he looked incredible and all she had was a pair of grey jammie pants and a Glagowbury tee shirt on. He thought she looked pretty. She thought she looked like the cat dragged her in.
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 8, 2011 9:07:13 GMT -5
Chapter FIFTEEN
In the middle of the night both Mac and Nico had nightmares crying. Ryan was up most of the night comforting each of them by singing them to sleep. He sang Damian’s song ‘A Bird Without Wings’ until they both calmed down and settled back to sleep. Mac was unsettled by the flight and the fact that Ryan was away from him for the last five hours of the flight.
What scared Ryan was the trouble Nico had when she woke up crying. She was saying, “Don’t take Ryan away from me! Nooooo!”
He woke her up and then settled her down by singing her and Mac back to sleep. He of course, stayed awake all night to keep watch on them and missed out on his sleep.
The next morning, Ryan was up and showered and dressed and back in Nico’s room before 7AM and, he ordered a huge pot of coffee and a pancake breakfast for the three of them to share. When it arrived, Mac was awake and hungry so Ryan fed him and then Keith came around and took him to their room to get ready for the day, leaving Ryan alone with a sleeping Nico.
Keith asked, “When you climbed into that bed were you faking sleep?” Mac nodded and Keith said, “You little matchmaker, you! High five, Mac!” They slapped hands and walked into their room. Mac said, “She should be with Ryan Bunny. She likes him, I can tell.”
Ryan was sitting on the bed watching her sleep. He was tired. As she was laying there, he laid back on the bed and, five minutes later, he too was fast asleep. Half hour later, she woke up and, not seeing Mac anywhere in the room, panicked and jumped out of bed. She dove on Ryan and asked him, “Where is Mac? He’s not here!”
He woke up with a start and said, “He is with Keith in our room. He ate breakfast here and went with Keith to get ready for the day. I was supposed to stay awake to tell you but, I fell asleep. I am sorry I worried you, Nico. I ordered breakfast for you, too. Do you forgive me?” He smiled his best morning smile and hoped it would charm her a little.
It worked. She sighed and said, “I forgive you. What did you order for breakfast? Pancakes? My favorite. Thank you.” He went to the tray and got her a stack of warm pancakes and bacon with juice and coffee and brought it to her on the bed where he was sleeping. She said, “I have never had breakfast in bed before. Thank you, Ryan. You are a nice guy.”
He sat next to her with his own plate and said, “Thanks. Um, would you like it if I took my lunch break with you and Mac today? I can show you around for two hours in between my interviews. It would be my way of thanking you for helping my little boy feel special.”
She smiled again and said, “I think Mac would love it. I would like a tour guide I guess. Sure, we can have lunch together.”
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 8, 2011 17:49:28 GMT -5
Chapter SIXTEEN
At 12:15, Ryan walked back into the hotel and found his son and Nico in the lobby watching the people go by. He listened from behind a pillar as Nico gave commentary:
“See that man, Ryan? He is not happy because he lost his cell phone and can’t get along without it!” she smiled.
Mac, “Why doesn’t he get a new one?”
Nico, “Cuz he lost his wallet and his I.D. card, too.”
Mac, “You mean he doesn’t know who he is?”
Nico, “Do you know who you are?”
Ryan perked up at this. He wanted to know what his son’s answer was to this so, he leaned in to hear. “My name is Ryan Edward McCallister-Kelly but you guys call me Mac for short. I like being called Ryan by you, Nico. You make me feel special. I love you!”
Ryan’s heart tightened when he heard, “I love you too, Ryan Kelly. You are one special man to me. You are too little to hurt me so I can love you just fine.”
“So, Ryan when do you think your dad will come? I am starving!”
Mac sniffed the air and the whispered in Nico’s ear, “He’s here. He’s hiding. I can smell his shower smell.”
Nico sniffed the air and could now smell his cologne as well. She whispered back, “There is a shadow behind that pillar that looks like your daddy. Let’s get him, OK?”
“OK, Nico!” he said, coming around the pillar and saying, “Gotcha!” he shouted as he tackled Ryan from one side and Nico got him from the other. They all ended up laughing on the couch and then Mac said the one thing Ryan wished he would say, “Daddy, let’s go to lunch! I’m starving!”
Nico looked at Mac and then at Ryan and she saw the tears welling up in his eyes. She quickly gave him her tissue from her purse and said, “Mac, your daddy has something in his eye. Why don’t we go out in the sun and wait for him till he gets it and come to us, OK?”
He came out a couple minutes later and mouthed, “Thanks.” to Nico as he said, “OK, Mac! Where do you want to eat?”
“Chinese, Daddy. I want Chinese!”
Every time Ryan heard his son call him ‘daddy’ it made his heart burst all over again. Three months to the day he adopted him and this was the first time he had heard that word from his son. “Did you get something else in your eye, Daddy? You look like you are crying again.” Mac said holding Ryan’s big hand in his small one.
“Yeah, I did but, I am happy. I’m OK, son.”
They went to a great little Chinese restaurant and had a great time at lunch chatting and just being together. Nico kept stealing looks at Ryan who looked great in his faded blue jeans, black sneakers and grey Irish knit sweater. She looked him over and smiled. ‘Ryan is one well put together guy. Oh yeah..’
Ryan, for his part was stealing looks at Nico. ‘She is so pretty.’ She was wearing faded blue jeans, a white tee shirt and a long blue sweater that hugged her hips in the right way. Her hair was up in a twist with black lacquer Chinese sticks in it. She looked good. ‘But, they all LOOK good.’ he thought to himself. ‘Then they hurt you. Typical woman.’
Mac was watching the both of them and he thought to himself, ‘She would make a great mummy.”
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 8, 2011 22:16:50 GMT -5
Chapter SEVENTEEN
As the week ended, Nico saw on the calendar that Mac’s third birthday was that Friday and she decided to throw him a birthday party. She called the guys to her room and said, “Mac’s birthday is coming up. We need to give him a great party and make him feel really loved. Any ideas?”
‘Well, there is always the amusement park, Coney Island.” Damian said, hopefully.
‘Nope. Too far away and I am not taking any chances with Little Ryan.” Nico said.
“What about the Hershey Candy Shop in Manhattan, then? And there is a Disney Store there too. We can make it a Kid’s Choice Day for him and let him choose every place we go.” Keith suggested, looking at a map of New York on his laptop.
“That sounds great, Keith. You really love Ryan, huh?” Nico said, as she held him in her arms and stroked his little ear as he slept.
“Why are you calling him Ryan all of a sudden?” Keith asked, curiously.
“Well, he told me he likes it better, that’s why.”
Ryan came to the meeting late. He overheard the following:
Emmet, “So you love your Ryan?”
Nico, “I love my Ryan so very much! He is the most adorable sweet guy. Could not ask for a better one ever!”
“What do you think of Ryan?”-Keith.
“Ryan is the cutest! I love spending time with him and have you seen his muscles? He is so strong!”
Ryan made a noise and cleared his throat. The group said at the same time, “Oh, hi Ryan!”
“So how is Mac doing?” ‘I can’t believe she loves me! How am I supposed to deal with this woman now as she adores my son?!’ he thought to himself, feeling confused about his own feelings for Nico.
“Little Ryan is doing great. He is the best little boy. Ryan you should be so proud of him.” Nico said as she ruffled his hair in her lap.
Keith said, “We were just talking about him. Why, mate?”
Ryan sighed a long sigh. “So you weren’t talking about me just now?”
Nico flamed bright red as she said, “As if! Your son is my only focus on this tour.” She got up, cradled Mac in her arms and said, “I’m gonna put him down for a nap. We know what we’re doing for his birthday, right? OK, see you guys later.” She walked to the door of the bedroom and put him on the bed. She said, “Hey, Ryan. Nico loves you so much! You have good dreams now, ok?” as she kissed him. She sat in a chair in the room and watched TV while he slept.
She got bored with the TV so she put on her IPOD and was listening to Duran Duran’s CD called Astronaut and the song called “Reach Up For The Sunrise” and, singing and dancing her way into her own world she never saw the six heads poke their way into the room to watch her doing it. She was dancing around the bedroom chair while she was singing
‘Reach up for the sunrise Put your hands to the big sky You can touch touch the sunrise Feel a new day enter your life’
The guys went back into the main part of the suite and Emmet said, “That girl can SING, Ryan. Think she would want to sing with us on tour?”
“Oh, sure, Emmet. Once you get past her incredible stage fright-you saw her on the plane-heck-we got locked in the bloody bathroom for FIVE HOURS because of her stage fright. You tell her how great we think she is and see what she does to you!” Ryan smiled at his memory of being locked up with Nico.
Keith poked his head in the room to check on Mac and said, “She’s still dancing and singing away in there.” What he did was walk in there and give her a piece of paper. She stopped short and read it ;We are talking to Ryan about you. Shush and listen in if you want to…..’ “So, what do you think of her? She is very pretty. George, would you mind if I asked her out?”
Ryan snapped full around on Keith. “I can just bet she would say no, Keith. She would sooner go out with Damian or ME for that matter, than date any of us.”
“Oh, and what do you think of my cousin, Ryan?” George asked, arching his eyebrow at him.
Ryan thought about it for a minute and then he said softly, “I think she is amazing. George, if I thought for one minute she would notice me, I would ask her out to dinner myself. Go ahead, Keith. Ask her out. Bet you 20 bucks she says no.“
Nico, overhearing this, blushed when she heard what Ryan had said and how sad he sounded when she knew he wouldn’t ask her out for fear of being rejected. This pushed her to want to see if he was the man George said he was so, when Keith asked her to dinner and a movie, she said, “Yeah. I’d love to go out with you, Keith! It could be fun.”
Ryan saw his hand flip open behind him so, he slid 20 bucks into it and said in his ear, “Be good and go easy on her, mate. If she comes back crying, I’ll….”
Mac woke up to hear that she was going out to a movie and dinner with his Uncle Keith and said, “Why isn’t Daddy taking Nico out on a date? She likes him better!”
All Ryan could do was smile and think to himself, ‘Out of the mouths of babes….'
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 8, 2011 22:18:40 GMT -5
Sorry this was such a long chapter but I could not see where to split this one up!
*fades out sheepishly*
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 9, 2011 10:09:20 GMT -5
Chapter EIGHTEEN
Keith took Nico out to an early movie and then to dinner. At dinner, Keith asked, “Hey, I know you only went out with me because I sort of dared you. I need to know-do you like Ryan as more than your boss?”
“Keith, I-”
“I would love to help you if you would let me. You need someone to confide in who can be an objective person. I would love to be that objective person for you, if you would let me.” Keith said in a kind, soft voice.
“OK, let me tell you why I am alone at my age.” When she had told Keith about Alex, Keith wanted to find the little idiot who had broken her heart and break some things on him to get even! When he told Nico that, she laughed and said, “Um, you can’t go out and fight my battles for me even thought you fighting them would be entertaining for me to watch. I am happy you care but, I can handle what happens with Alex and Beth. They are their own soap drama.”
“Would you want to go out with Ryan? He is the best guy I know. He would love to date a nice stable, sweet woman like you.’ Keith said smiling.
‘I am not ready to move on with someone new. No, I am not hung up on Alex it’s just that Ryan is my boss and I want to do my job. I love Little Ryan so much-I would hate it if something happened and a relationship with Ryan did not work out and I had to leave him behind. The only real relationships I have ever seen work for the long haul were my parents and George’s. It seems that real men have disappeared from my life, you know?”
“What am I, chopped liver?” Keith asked, taking her hand in his.
“No, of course not. You are just unfortunately too young for me to date seriously.” she said, patting his hand gently.
“But, we can go out again, right?” he asked hopefully.
She laughed, “Sure we can. I had fun tonight, Keith. And, yeah, it feels good to talk to you about my life and my feelings because you are objective. Thank you for being a good friend.”
When they got home from their date, Ryan was in the ice room getting ice. He saw Keith kiss Nico on the cheek and leave her at her room. He walked back to the room and caught Keith at their door. “So, how was she at dinner?”
“I think she is a very beautiful woman, Ryan. I would love to date her but, she has feelings for someone else already. Oh, and we made plans to go out one more time while we are here in New York City before we start the tour. She wants to go ice skating in Rockefeller Center and I said yes.”
‘When are you going?” Ryan asked, softly.
“Sunday afternoon, why?”
“Oh, no reason.” Ryan said again, softly.
Realization hit Keith like a ton of bricks. “Oh, my gosh! You’re jealous!” When Ryan glared and blushed at him he said, “You ARE jealous! She needs a friend. I am her friend. Besides she likes someone else, silly! I am too young for her. For that matter so is Damo and Emmet. And George is her cousin, you numpty! Who does that leave?”
“Neil.” Ryan said, simply. “Oh, ok, she likes Neil. Well, that’s um, nice.”
‘How thick can he get?’ Keith thought to himself, shaking his head. “You are such a numpty, Ryan. She likes YOU! Now, what are you going to do about it?”
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 9, 2011 12:05:27 GMT -5
Chapter NINETEEN
Ryan did not know what he was going to do about his growing feelings toward Nico. He needed to show her he cared without forcing the issue of being with on her and he did not know how he was going to go about that. Saturday was Mac’s birthday party and he had gone with Keith to get his birthday cake from the bakery. His theme was Star Wars which made Ryan very happy. Everyone in the band was to dress up like someone from the movies and Ryan, of course was Han Solo. Keith was Luke Skywalker, George was Chewbacca, Damian was the tallest Ewok ever, Emmet Was C-3PO and Neil was a Stormtrooper. When he saw Nico as Princess Leia, his breath was taken away. She was wearing the flowy out fit she wore at the end of the first movie and she was a vision in white. Her hair was long enough to do the braids in her hair without the use of the wig thing that had come with the costume so she did them.
Both Ryan and Keith came up and offered her their arms when she came to their room for the party. She took both of their arms and walked in smiling. When she saw Damian she laughed out loud. He grumbled a little and said, “I look silly, don’t I? Why couldn’t I be cool? If I had to be a short character in the movie, why not Yoda? He’s cool and he gets a light saber!” Every laughed at him and Keith said, “Oh no, we do not need YOU with a light saber!” drawing a glare from Damian and laughter from everyone else! The cake was the Ewok forest and it was amazingly real. Ryan took pictures of everyone at the party and got Emmet to take a couple of shots of him and Nico and Keith with their arms around each other, then a shot of just him and Nico because, Mac said, “Han Solo ends up with Leia in the end. You should be together!” He pushed them together and when they were standing slightly apart, he pushed them together and made them hold each other tightly to keep from falling over. Keith took that shot of them.
After the party was over and everyone was in their street clothes, Ryan looked over the pictures and printed a few of them out for his photo album he was doing for Mac so he would have good memories to look back on when he got older. Keith took the picture of Ryan and Nico and had it framed and put it away for when Nico had her birthday later on. He planned to give it to her and he wanted in to be when she and Ryan had finally gotten together as a couple. ‘Fingers crossed on that.’ he thought to himself.
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 9, 2011 19:14:20 GMT -5
Chapter TWENTY
Sunday, Ryan was in his and Keith’s room with Mac and Keith was getting ready to go out to the Rink with Nico. Mac knew they were going to have fun ice skating so he asked if he could come along. Ryan said, “No little guy. Ice is hard and if you fall, you will get hurt.”
Mac’s face fell and he gave Ryan the sad puppy face. Ryan sighed and said, “Maybe we can go and meet them for lunch later on, OK, Mac?” Mac ran to his father and hugged him around the neck as Keith looked on. Mac gave Keith the ’Thumb’s Up’ signal saying that their plan to get them to the rink had worked like a charm. Now, Keith had to make sure that Nico was the only one to go to lunch with Ryan.
Nico came to the room and met Keith at the door. She kissed him on the cheek and said, “Let’s go! I can’t wait to go skating and have some fun.”
No one knew that Nico could really skate. She had her skates shipped over from Scotland to her hotel and she was itching to get them on and go for a twirl on the ice. When they go to the rink, Keith paid for his skates and she put hers on. Keith watched her take a glide on the ice and she came back and said, “Come on Keith, this is going to be a great date!’
The rink had just opened so it was fairly empty of people. They were having problems with the sound system and then the music stopped altogether. Keith got an idea. “Nico, do you have your IPOD?” When she nodded, he said, “Let the sound guy borrow it and put it over the Public Address System so we can skate to some music, OK?” He took it and gave it to the sound guy who put it in front of the PA and the music was back to the cheers of the people at the rink.
She went out and skated a couple of laps with Keith but, he was not as comfortable on ice as he was in the water surfing so, he was very slow. She wanted to go faster and fly so he said, “I’ll take it slow and you show me what you’ve got, OK?” She laughed and broke away from him skating backwards. She glided into a scratch spin and when she stopped, Keith applauded and said, “Wow! You can skate! Ooh, you have a hidden talent! They guys…”
She skidded to a halt in front of him showering him with snow and said, “Keith Harkin, if you tell ANYONE I can do this I will kill you. George is the only one other than you that knows I can skate. I want to keep it that way. I have stage fright because I was destroyed at a competition I was in and I have never performed in public since then. That’s why I could never sing in public. When Ryan asked me to sing in the show, I froze-that’s why we got trapped in the bathroom on the plane, remember?”
Suddenly one of her favorite songs came on her IPOD. ‘Irresistible’ from the CD ‘In Blue’ by The Corrs. She said, “OK it is pretty close to lunchtime so, this will be the last song I skate to till after we eat. I want to go for it. Watch me fly, Keith!” She skated around and did a couple of jumps and spins and then she tried her favorite move, a backflip on the ice. She gathered up her speed and flipped and got an enormous amount of applause from onlookers which she blushed from a lot.
Just when she was gearing up to do her flip, Ryan and Mac arrived at the Rink and watched her. When she did her flip, Ryan held his breath and only let it go when she landed safely on the ice. She finished her song and was gliding toward Keith with her arms open for a hug from his strong arms. He caught her and she kissed him on the cheek, making the crowd go “Awwww!” and Ryan jealous.
He went to the skate rental and got a pair of skates. Ryan could skate a bit but not as good as Nico judging from what he had seen. He stepped out on the ice with Mac in his little skates and slowly glided around the rink. When she saw Mac on the ice her heart filled with joy. She saw Ryan and she blushed bright red. She wanted to skate up to them fast but, she misjudged and crashed into Ryan’s arms and fell on top of him on the ice. She got up first and offered him her hand to help him up.
He got up and slipped, crushing her in his embrace before he righted himself and stood on his own skates. Their noses bumped and Mac said, “Eskimo kiss!” making them both blush bright red. She then back skated from him to where Keith had Mac and said to him, “Hey, Ryan? Wanna go for a spin with me on the ice?” She took him and glided around the ice with him on her back. She took him for a slower version of a scratch spin and he loved being with her on the ice. She smiled at her little charge and said as she set him down, “Did you have fun?”
“Yeah but, now, it’s Daddy’s turn to go around with you. Take him, Nico, please?” he pleaded with his best pouty face.
She extended her hand out to Ryan and said, “Come fly with me, Ryan.” He took her hand and she put her arms around his waist and moved him around the ice slowly and then, she let go of him to skate a circle around him, and then she built up some speed and caught him and glided around the rink with him. She saw him smile and her heart melted a little. She allowed a real hug for him when they got off the ice and he sighed in her arms. She caressed his back, just for a second, and then let him go so she could get her skates off and her street shoes on so they could go and have lunch.
They were supposed to be having lunch in the restaurant ten floors up from the rink so, they were all supposed to ride in the elevator but, Keith realized they had forgotten Nico’s IPOD, so he and Mac went to get it, leaving Ryan and Nico in the elevator alone. Halfway to the restaurant, the car stopped and then an announcement came over the elevator PA saying they would be stuck there for at least three hours while they had someone coming to fix it from maintenance.
Mac and Keith were grinning when they found out about the car being stuck. Mac asked, “Unca Keith, do you think they will talk while they are stuck in there?”
Keith said, “I hope they do, Lad!” To himself he thought, ‘I hope they do more than just an Eskimo kiss too!’
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 9, 2011 22:17:21 GMT -5
Chapter TWENTY ONE
“Well, what do you know, you and me stuck in a small place again.” Nico said, sighing. She was grateful that Keith had remembered to rescue her IPOD but, now she was stuck with Ryan and no music except the Muzak from the elevator to keep them company. No distraction from his eyes for her. She could get so easily lost in his eyes but, she was not going to let that happen. ‘Not if I can help it.’ she thought to herself.
She was looking up at the ceiling counting the tiles in the roof of the elevator and all he could think to do was sit on the bench in the car and watch her. She was beautiful and he thought, ‘I would not be able to stand it if she turned me down. How do I tell he I like her and want to build a relationship with her?’
The car moved-lurched really and she fell into his arms and was shaking. He gathered her up in his arms softly and put her head against he crook in his shoulder and made comforting noises to calm her nerves. She heard an old Babys song on the Muzak and began to sing along while she was in his arms
Every Time I Think Of You By The Babys
Everytime I think of you It always turns out good Everytime I've held you I thought you understood People say a love like ours Will sure pass But I know a love like ours Will last and last And baby I was wrong Not knowing how our love should go (How our love) (How our love should go) But then I wasn't wrong In knowing how our love would grow (How our love) (How our love would grow) And everytime I think of you Everytime Everytime I think of you Every single time It always turns out good Seasons come and seasons go But our love will never die Let me hold you darling So you won't cry Cause people say that our love affair Will never last But we know a love like ours Will never pass And baby I was wrong Not knowing how our love should go (How our love) (How our love should go) But then I wasn't wrong In knowing how our love would grow (How our love) (How our love would grow) And everytime I think of you Everytime Everytime I think of you Every single time It always turns out good People say a love like ours Will surely pass But I know a love like ours Will last and last And baby I was wrong Not knowing how our love should go (How our love) (How our love should go) But I wasn't wrong In knowing how our love would grow (How our love) (How our love would grow) Everytime I think of you Everytime I think of you Everytime I think of you It always turns out good
When she was singing is his arms, she felt him relax and felt him caressing her back and shoulders and sighing when he heard her voice. She gained confidence as she sang and when the song was over, he picked her face up from his shoulder and caressed her cheek right before he kissed her lips and started her mind spinning.
When he broke the kiss, she sighed and slid her fingers in his thick black hair. She said, “Just hold me, Ryan. I am scared of heights!”
He smiled and held her in his arms. They talked about a lot of things they had been dancing around for the entire week and he asked her why she was afraid of being alone with him. She blushed and said, “I have been dreaming about you ever since the first time I met you in The Moy. I don’t want to do anything to mess up the relationship I have with your son. If we began to date and things did not work out for any reason, I would be hurt so much because I would not be able to work for you again and I would miss your little boy so much.”
“But, how do you know we aren’t meant to be together? I have felt a pull to you like nothing I have ever felt in my whole life and I can’t see us not trying to make something here. Even the Gods are trying to help us-they have locked us alone together twice already in small spaces. Please can we try?”
She sighed and said, “Just get me through this and then we can see, Ryan. I am so scared of messing this whatever we have between us up. Don’t push, OK?”
He sighed and held her in his arms and they made small talk the rest of the time they were trapped. The maintenance people got them freed two and a half hours into their time and when they were free, Mac ran into Ryan’s waiting arms and said, “Daddy! I was so scared that you were stuck in there forever! Are you OK?”
“Yes, boy-o, I am OK. I had Nico to keep me company, see?” When she came out behind Ryan, Mac, jumped into her arms and said, “I am glad my daddy has you to be with him!”
Keith was standing there and he said, “Glad to see you both safe and sound-let’s get some lunch. It’s free cuz you were stuck in the elevator on your way here!”
He took Nico’s hand and led her to the table and sat next to her the whole time. She never once let go of his hand. He could tell something happened in the elevator between the two of them but, since Ryan was not talking and neither was she, he had to wait till Nico and him were alone to find out what had happened. When lunch was over, Keith said, “Ryan, there is a duck pond over in the park and I sort of told Mac you would take him to feed the ducks. I’ll walk Nico back to the hotel, OK, mate?”
Ryan was dragged to the park by Mac. When they were out of earshot, Keith said, “You know, Nico, any other bloke who saw his best girl moved in on by his best friend may be jealous but not me-I want to see you with Ryan. Unbelt and tell me everything that happened in the elevator.”
She leaned into his embrace and told him everything as they walked back to the hotel. She got to the part where they kissed and he said, “About frelling time you did!” as she blushed furiously. She said, “He wants to date me, but I so scared of things not working out, you know?”
“Ryan will surprise you, I know he will, Nico. Just give him a chance please? Don’t you deserve the chance to be happy?” he asked her, arriving at the hotel. She turned and kissed him soundly on the cheek and said, “If I want to have a relationship with him, I will!” leaving a stunned Keith in the hotel lobby as she ran for the elevator bank to go to her room.
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 10, 2011 9:05:28 GMT -5
Chapter TWENTY TWO
That Monday started the tour for Celtic Thunder in New York City. Radio City Music Hall had been sold out for weeks. They went to the venue and did sound checks and blocking for the show. Mac got to see his daddy at work and he was impressed and awed by all the things Ryan had to do to help make the show runs perfectly.
When the show began, Mac and Nico were seated in front of monitors to watch the show. Ryan came in to see the two of them between each of his costume changes and Mac was happy he was hugging both of them each time he came in. Keith came in to see them as well and he smiled and ruffled Mac’s hair and made him laugh. About three quarters of the way through the show, Mac started to get really tired so, Nico left a note for Keith and Ryan:
Guys, Mac is tired so I took him back to the hotel. I will be in your room till you get home. I’ll give him a bath and some food so he will be asleep when you get home. Take you time and have fun tonight. All my love to you both, Nico
Sharon gave the boys the note and she said, “She loves both of you? She should make up her mind and settle on one of you, don’t you think?”
Keith smiled and said, “Sharon, she likes Ryan. She loves me as a friend. That note was more for Ryan anyway, no worries.”
When Ryan nodded, Sharon just shook her head and said, “I am your manager not your Dear Abby. I hope all works out OK and I am out of it!”
Later on, after they had had dinner with the rest of the guys, Keith and Ryan went back to their room and, when they had entered, they found Mac asleep in his bed and Nico in her Glasgowbury tee shirt and purple plaid jammie pants, fast asleep on the couch in front of the television where she had Fox Soccer on.
Keith went to the bathroom and got changed for bed. He slid into his bed and said in a sleepy voice, “Ryan you might wanna put Nico in her room, mate. She can’t stay here-Sharon would have a fit if she caught her in our room tomorrow morning. You know it.”
Ryan went in the bathroom and got changed into his jammies. He found her room key in her jacket that she wore to their room and he figured the easiest way to get everything back to her room was to tie her jacket around his waist and then pick her up and carry her back to her room. He carried her back and let them in the room. She sort of woke up and snuggled into his chest and sighed as she fell back to sleep again. He held his breath as he laid her in her bed, putting the sheets over her. Ryan was about to leave her room when she sat up in a blind panic and called out, “Ryan! Ryan! Don’t leave me! Please, I’ll do anything if you stay!”
He came back and sat on the other bed in her room and watched her. She was still calling out his name in her sleep and begging for him to tell her he was still there. He said to her, “Nico, love, I am here. I won’t leave you, I promise!”
She held her arms out and said, “Hold me. I-hold me!” He went and sat on the side of her bed and held her until she settled back onto the pillows and relaxed from whatever fear she was experiencing. He sat there with her in his arms the rest of the night and she slept. She slept peacefully the rest of the evening.
The next morning, she woke up and felt that she was not alone in her bed. She cracked an eye open and saw Ryan sleeping on top of the blankets in his white tee shirt and black silk jammie pants and her fuzzy robe over him. She tried to slide out of bed and he wrapped his arm around her waist in his sleep, trapping her there. She reached the night table and found her cell phone. She texted Keith: Ryan is in my room with me! How?? And hit SEND.
Keith heard his cell going off and looked over at the clock. 8:30 in the morning. He looked at the text sender. Nico. He woke up with a start and read the text she sent him. He replied: Nico. You fell asleep on our couch. Ryan thought you should be in your own bed. You looked so pretty in your jammies. He carried you to your bedroom and bed. Loved your tee shirt! And he hit SEND.
Nico’s phone vibrated. Keith. He read what she sent him and smiled. Then Ryan moved a little bit and his arm slid to her leg. She slid out from under his arm and tried to slide out of the blankets. When he felt her move, he reached out and draped his arm over her again. He murmured in her hair, “Don’t leave me, yet, love.” She texted Keith exactly what Ryan just said to her and hit SEND.
Keith read what she sent him and fist pumped the air! Finally. Even though Ryan was asleep, he admitted how he really felt about Nico. Now, all he had to do was get him to say it when he was awake and, a romance made! He sent to her: Do you want me to call your room and wake him yet? and hit SEND.
When she read what Keith sent her she smiled and sent back: No. He’s a runner. He’ll be up on his own soon enough. I’ll live I think and then she hit SEND.
He sent back: Did you know he has been keeping a journal Since the first night and he hit SEND,
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 10, 2011 12:02:11 GMT -5
Chapter TWENTY THREE
She sent him back: WHAT?? He has a journal? So do I, Keith. Then she hit SEND.
Keith smiled. He was thumbing through Ryan’s journal. He read all about how much he was falling in love with the long haired beauty. How Ryan relished every second he was alone with her and how every touch thrilled him to no end. Keith thought to himself, ‘If Damian every got ahold of this book it would be blackmail material for ages! He would have to keep that boy supplied in sugar from now till the end of time.’
For her part, Nico’s journal was in her nightstand drawer and she had a string over the drawer so she knew no one had touched it. Her secrets were safe in her book. She sighed heavily and it was enough to wake Ryan up. He cracked his eyes open and looked into her hazel eyes with his blues and got lost all over again. He wrapped his arms around her tighter and said, “Good morning, Sunshine. You slept through the night. Do you remember your nightmare from last night?”
Sad thing was she did remember her nightmare. It was a dream to start with of her and Ryan getting together and being happy but it turned evil and dark when they were pulled apart and he was taken away from her. No begging and pleading would save him and she was broken inside. She wondered if she talked in her sleep.
“You know you talk in your sleep.” he said softly. She took a pillow and slammed it over her flaming embarrassed face. He sighed and said, “You have no secrets when you sleep, love.”
She said, “Well, neither do you, Ryan. You talk in YOUR sleep, too, love.” He took the pillow she slammed on her face and slammed it on his own as he was now flaming bright red.
They both asked at the same time, “OK. What did I say?”
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 10, 2011 14:27:26 GMT -5
Chapter TWENTY FOUR
Nico said, “I’ll tell you what you said if you tell me what I said.” in a sing songy voice.
Ryan considered this for a couple seconds and said, “Nope. Cuz I’ll tell you what you said and you won’t tell me a thing. You just want me to embarrass myself and I won’t make your day this early in the morning, love.”
“Well, can I get up then?” she quirked an eyebrow at him and smiled, mischief playing about her eyes. She had what he said ingrained in her mind and heart.
“OK, but we can have breakfast together, please? I don’t want to leave you yet.” Ryan said softly watching her with those amazing blue eyes of his.
She went to the bathroom and quickly took care of things there. She brushed her hair and threw a quick braid into it before coming back out to her bed again. Ryan was now stretched out on the middle of it and hanging up the phone.
“OK, Keith, you told him where I was and what did he say? He was OK with it? Good. Tell him I will be back in about an hour and that I love him so much. Yes. Yes. So does Nico. She loves him, too.” He glanced up at her and smiled. “Yes, Keith! She loves you too! Adores you in fact. Can’t wait to see you! K, thanks bye!”
She laughed, “He hasn’t been alone with Mac much, has he? You’re worried about him? Maybe you should go-” She sat on the edge of her bed and played fully grabbed his leg. He grabbed her and pulled her up to him on the bed and kissed her soundly on the lips. Her breath caught in her heart. She wanted this so much but, she did not want to be hurt so she held back.
He felt her resistance and let go of her sighing. “I love to kiss you but, you pull away. I can feel you hesitate. Please, let me in. I think I am falling in love with you and I want to make you happy. If you let me.”
She tried to relax. Then, the knock at the door brought breakfast and a chance for Nico to gather her thoughts together. She watched him set up breakfast in bed for her and she said, “Ryan. All of my concerns from the elevator are still valid. I do not want to rush into something that may not work out and hurt Mac. I couldn’t bear it. A sob escaped her throat. “Please don’t rush me into loving you. Please go slowly with me. I like you very much. Maybe, even love you but, you have Mac to consider and I want to be in HIS life too. You are a package deal, you know.”
After they ate breakfast, he went back to his room very hopeful. Keith was taking Mac and suitcases down to the tour bus for the trip to the next venue and let him in the room. When they got back, Ryan was showered and ready with his own suitcases to go to the bus. Keith asked him, “So how did it go last night?”
“Later, mate.” he said with a tight smile on his face. Keith knew he would not say anything in front of his son so, he said, “I can wait but, not too long, OK?”
Ryan nodded and said to Mac, “I was in Nico’s room last night because she had a bad dream, mate. I’m sorry I wasn’t here for you this morning.”
“That’s OK, Daddy. I know you love her too. I love her very much. She is just like a mummy.” That tugged at his heart. Keith sighed loudly and said, “Um, Mac? I think Damo has cookies on the tour bus. What do you say we take some of them and um, eat them?”
“OK, Uncle Keith! See you on the bus, Daddy!” as they left the room. Ryan sighed and grabbed his blue velvet covered journal and wrote all about what had happened last night and what Nico had said in her sleep. He wrote: God I love her. How do I make her believe in me?
Nico had her own blue velvet covered journal and she wrote: How do I tell my boss I am in love with him and not have him leave me? I would lose it if he took my job from me. Mac has become my whole world-he led me to Ryan. I love them both so much. Keith is one amazing friend. I love and adore him terribly much. I wonder, if he knew how I felt about him, would he pursue me?
They were on the bus. Headed for Foxwoods in Connecticut about two hours north. She sat on the bus and got lost in her IPOD again. The guys were all talking. Mac looked at all of them and said, “Uncles? Shush. Nicola is singing again-listen.”
My Paradise By the Outfield John Spinks
Think I might get lucky tonight Let my hair down get a little crazy, yeah My reflection's doing alright It don't take nothing to introduce suggestion Everbody's got one thing on their mind A set of wheels and a cranked up radio In this town there might be nowhere to hide In this town there might be nowhere to go but
(chorus) On my left - to my right This is my paradise You can call it what you like - I know This is my paradise
I might get lucky again I got a deal I know won't break me yeah If I can afford what money can't buy There's nothing better than a small town lady I'm no different to the boy next door A good time's the same for everyone I don't need another chance to be sure Since the day I was born I've always felt secure 'cos
(chorus)
Reputation's got a price of its own But not too many people want to pay for it Everybody needs a place to come from Everybody needs a place where they belong
Everybody - this is my paradise
(chorus)
When they heard this coming from the back of the bus, with the music as well, no one could deny she had the talent. Keith took out his cell phone and sent: You have seven guys sitting out here listening to you singing and we love your voice! I love your voice! Would you sing with me in Glasgowbury?
Nico saw the text and she sang two more songs before looking at what it said. When she saw what it said, she called out, “Keith!! Come in here now!”
When he got to the back of the bus she threw the first thing she laid her hands on at him-her blue velvet covered journal. It hit the table where Ryan’s was and both clattered to the floor of the bus. Ryan picked them both up and handed one to her and took his and put it in his back pack. She jumped on Keith’s shoulders and said, “If you ever eavesdrop on me like that again-I swear you will be down one singer for the night boys cuz I’ll kill this one!” as she laughed softly in Keith’s ear.
The guys laughed at this but, Ryan was seated and thinking to himself, ‘What does he do for her that I can’t do? She jumps on him and I barely get a ripple of anything from her in public.’
Mac said, “That looks like fun Nicola. Can I try it too?”
“Not while the bus is moving, Mac. I don’t want you to get hurt, mate.” Keith said as Nico slid off him. They went over a huge bump in the road and she ended up slammed into Keith as he crashed onto the couch on the bus. They ended up a tangle of arms and legs and laughing hysterically. They bumped noses, prompting Mac to say, “Oh, Uncle Keith! You and Nicola Eskimo kissed!” making Ryan’s jealousy rise sky high. He took out his journal and began to thumb through the pages for a blank one and found, ‘Hey wait a minute… This is Nico’s journal. Oh, but that means she has MINE.’ Gulp!
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 10, 2011 15:08:07 GMT -5
Chapter TWENTY FIVE
She went back to the back room on the bus and took out her journal. She thumbed through the pages and saw that is was not her handwriting on the pages she was skimming. She gasped-”Keith!” she called out again. He poked his head in the room and asked, “What is it Nico darlin?”
“Ryan has my journal! Get it back for me before he reads it!”
He walked back out and saw Ryan engrossed in the book. He came back to Nico and said, “Too late love. He is reading it right now.”
She groaned and dove onto the bed in the room. He came into the room and sat on the bed. He slid his hand to her back and said, “Why is that so bad, love?”
“Because some of the things I wrote about in there are about YOU, you numtpy!”
Keith fell back on the bed and groaned at the same pitch as her own. ‘How bad can it be?’ he thought to himself.
Ryan was reading the pages with Keith’s name on them and how she described how he looked so incredibly gorgeous at the Glasgowbury Festival that past summer and how she never thought she would meet him or how she never thought he would be so amazing in real life.
He also read about how amazing he was and how gorgeous he was and how much she was afraid of falling in love with him because of not wanting to blow things with him. She even said, ‘If Ryan and I ever got together and it did not work out, I would fall apart except that I would have Keith, Damian, Emmet, Neil and George to lean on and cry on. Keith more than any of the rest of them because he gets me on a level no one else does.’
He was jealous of Keith until he realized Keith had not kissed her and HE HAD. He was in love with her-Keith was not and that was fine with him. He needed to make her see how much she meant to him before she and Keith did something rash and got together out of her fear of being with him.
He closed the book and walked to the back of the bus. He saw Keith and Nico on the bed in the back and said, “Am I interrupting anything? I came back here to return your journal-mine had a gold ribbon in it and yours has a pink ribbon-I should have noticed. Sorry. I only read the last page and it was um, very illuminating, love.” He tossed the book on the bed and walked out of the room shaking his head sadly.
Keith sat up and said, “May I read that last page, please?” When she nodded, he took the book and read the last page where it said how Keith got her and he was happy but, he knew that made Ryan jealous of his bond with Nico. He laid back down next to her and said, “Thank you for being so good to me. I adore our bond we have. Are you sure you can be happy with Ryan? Cuz, if you can’t, I would love to be someone you could turn to and be with.” He slid a piece of her hair behind her ear and kissed her cheek softly. She turned to him and caressed his cheek and then kissed him softly on the lips and sighed in his arms. ‘Holy cricket! Two men love me? NOW WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THIS?’ she thought to herself. ‘Do I go with the risky one in Ryan or the safe choice in Keith?’
She got up and came out to the galley and sat next to Ryan. She took his hand and said, “I would like to try to build something with you, Ryan. Can you trust me and trust our bond? I really like you a lot.” She turned his face to hers and, in front of all the other guys, she kissed him on the lips and deepened the kiss as he smiled and held her in his arms. She whispered in his ear, “Just don’t hurt me. I could not bear it if you hurt me.”
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Post by celticthunder1510 on May 10, 2011 15:59:32 GMT -5
Chapter TWENTY SIX
Keith was flipping through Nico’s IPOD and found ‘Astronaut’ by Duran Duran and heard lines that intrgued the heck out of him
The Beginning of ‘Reach Up For The Sunrise’ By Duran Duran
Now the time has come The music’s between us Though the night Seems young Is at an end Only change will bring You out of the darkness Is this moment Everything Is born again.
She was into alternative music. He listened to the song and a couple others from the CD and then he went through her list and found George’s CD (given) and the he found EVERY piece of music he had ever done. He was flattered. He found she was listening to a lot of POP but she also had her ALTERNATIVE and ROCK and TRADITIONAL sections full of artists-some he knew-others he did not recognize.
When they go to the venue, they all got settled into their rooms and Ryan had promised Mac he would spend the day with him at the arcade playing games with him. Damian said he would go with Ryan and Mac and everyone had something to do except Keith and Nico who said they were going to walk around the casino and would meet up with the band an hour before sound checks. Keith and Nico held hands and walked to the casinos. She had a wreckless streak and took a 50 dollar bill and said, “Wanna help me blow this baby on some slot machines?”
Keith and Nico sat down together at a nickel slot machine and gambled that 50 bucks into a remarkable 5000 dollars in the span of twenty minutes. She cashed in her slip of paper from the machine at the slot window and took the money. They went to the next level of the casino and went to a dance club and since it had just gone 11 in the morning, it was just opening up the largest jukebox Nico and Keith had ever seen. She whipped out 100 dollars and slid it in the machine and said, “Keith, help me blow a hundred bucks on this box and let’s dance!”
She programmed a variety of songs in the machine and then said, “If you see anything you want to play first, there are credits you can use to jump my list and put yours first.”
He was looking through the titles and found an old Herman’s Hermits song called ‘I’m Into Something Good’ and jumped it to the front of the list and took her by the hand and danced to it with her. She was laughing so hard but he taught her how to the stroll to this song and they laughed as they were the only ones in the club.
I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD Herman's Hermits (Gerry Goffin / Carole King)
Woke up this mornin' feelin' fine There's somethin' special on my mind Last night I met a new girl in the neighbourhood, whoa yeah Somethin' tells me I'm into something good (Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin')
She's the kind of girl who's not too shy And I can tell I'm her kind of guy She danced close to me like I hoped she would (she danced with me like I hoped she would) Somethin' tells me I'm into something good (Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin')
We only danced for a minute or two But then she stuck close to me the whole night through Can I be fallin' in love She's everthing I've been dreamin' of She's everthing I've been dreamin' of
I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could (I asked to see her and she told me I could) Somethin' tells me I'm into something good (Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin') (Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin', ahhh)
I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could (I asked to see her and she told me I could) Somethin' tells me I'm into something good (somethin' tells me I'm into somethin') Somethin' tells me I'm into something good (somethin' tells me I'm into somethin') To something good, oh yeah, something good (somethin' tells me I'm into somethin') To something good, something good something good
She was spinning on the floor and she loved the feel of Keith around her-his muscles and his scent were a heady mix that made her feel safe. She was clueless to Damian walking past the club. He heard Keith laughing and thought, ‘I wonder what he is doing in there at this hour of the day?’ Then he saw him swirling on the floor with Nico and his jaw dropped to the floor. He gasped and ran off and practically ran George over.
George asked, “What are you running from, lad?”
Damian said, “Follow me and keep quiet, no matter what, OK?” dragging him by the arm to the club. When George saw Keith dancing to a now slow song with Nico in his arms he said, “She is torn between the two-Ryan and Keith. She told me Ryan is the bigger risk of the two of them because of Mac and how much she loves that little guy-if things between them did not work out she would be crushed if she could not be around Mac any more. Keith is her safe choice because he expects nothing from her. Ryan expects her to love him. Do you get it, Damo?” When Damian nodded, he said, “I get it. I don’t like that Ryan may get hurt but, I get it.”
After four or five dances, they got sodas and lunch at the bar and listened to Nico’s list of music play through. They shared a monster plate of French Fries and,. At Nico’s begging a veggie tray with one slider of chicken strips in it to satisfy Keith’s craving for protein. They went out and danced to the rest of the songs on her play list and laughed and smiled as they began the long walk across the casino to the venue for the sound checks. They were in the elevator going from the fifth to the basement floor when Keith looked at her with his soft blue eyes and pushed the ALL STOP button on the car. He took her into his arms and lowering his head to hers, kissed her on the lips, making her toes literally curl in their shoes. He only broke the kiss when he needed to come up for air.
She pushed the RESUME button on the car and the elevator resumed to the basement. She said softly, “Oh Keith! What an amazing kisser you are. A girl could fall in love on one kiss like that!”
He smiled and said, “Do you? Love me that is?”
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