Chapter
Four:
“Yo
Nick!” A southern accent called out to Nick as he walked arm in arm with Jess
to Kevin’s door. Nick turned around, bringing Jess with him, to find Brian
behind them. “I thought you were bring BJ, but that doesn’t matter, who is
this lovely lady?”
“Brian,
this is Jessie. Jessie, this is Brian.” Jess smiled and shook Brian’s
outstretched hand. “Leighanne, Jessie. Jessie, Leighanne.”
Leighanne
let go of Brian’s arms. “None of that handshake for me, if you’re Nick’s
new girl, give me a hug.” Jessie smiled and hugged her.
“I’m
Nick’s for tonight. But I wish I was forever.” Jess whispered as she hugged
Leighanne. Leighanne nodded and Jess went back to Nick. “I want to
congratulate you guys on your marriage. I’m so happy for you guys.”
“That’s
the nicest thing I’ve heard today. Thank you Jessie.” Brian smiled as
Leighanne linked her arm with his again.
“Yes,
thank you Jess. And we’ll chat later to get to know each other. K?”
Leighanne said.
Jess
nodded and smiled brightly. “I would like that Leighanne.”
“Let’s
go before Kev has a fit.” Nick suggested and the two couples walked together
to the house. The door opened as they got there, to reveal AJ. AJ jumped on
Nick.
“NICKY!!!!!!”
He said in a woman’s voice.
“Alright,
who gave him caffeine before the show?” Brian laughed.
“AJ
GET OFF ME!!!!!” Nick screamed, laughing a little. AJ just laughed.
“Ooooooh,
who is this fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine lady?” AJ asked, getting smacked by Amanda.
“Ok, so this lovely lady.. Who can't beat my girl, Amanda. Not that you
aren’t fine, mystery lady.” Again, AJ got hit; this time the couple fell
over in laughter.
“AJ
what is this racket? I should..” Kevin abruptly stopped, having Kristen slam
right into him.
“God,
Kevin.” She laughed.
“Earth
to Kev.” Howie waved his hand in front of Kevin’s plaster face.
“Jessie?”
Kevin finally said.
“Kevin?
OMG it's good to see you. Haven’t seen you since.. wow.. since I was seven.”
Jess ran up to him, hugging him tightly. Someone cleared their throat.. or shall
we say someones. Jess peeled herself off of him only to see blank stares at her.
“We were best friends until I left Kentucky. I was too young to remember to
keep in touch. I moved here to Florida to live with my grandparents.” She
moved back to Nick.
“I
remember now why you moved. And I'm so sorry. We never had a chance to say
goodbye. I wasn’t even allowed to the funeral. “ Kevin said, pulling Kristen
in front of him, in his arms. “13 years. But I want to know is how you ended
up with Nicky, tonight. What happened to Beej?” Kevin asked.
“It's
a long story.. I’ll tell on the way to the awards.” The five couples left
the house together, going into a limo.
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“So..
here we are.. Going to the awards together.” Nick ended the story.
“Wow.”
Kevin said.
“Kev,
can I have a sip of your coffee?” Kristen asked.
“Yea,
it's hot so be careful.. We don’t want it on your dress.” Kevin joked,
handing her the cup.
“You
sure you don’t want food?” Nick asked Jess.
“I’m
too excited to eat.” Jess answered.
“If
you want anything.. just ask. K?” Nick said, putting his arms around her, she
leaned against his body. She played with his black pants. Pete had made them
match. He had a silver shirt on with a black jacket and black pants on. She
nodded in response as everyone else went to their own little conversations, they
were going to give the couple a few minutes together and get answers later.
Too
quickly, the limo stopped at the entrance. “Are you guys ready?” Kevin
asked. Jess began to get nervous and everyone around her just nodded like it was
an everyday event. They arrived about 6:40 for the show; Jess spotted
Destiny’s Child.
“OMG,
Nick, it's Destiny’s Child.” Nick got out of the limo, and cheers erupted.
He put out a hand for Jess, whom placed her head down to make sure she didn’t
trip on her first Hollywood appearance. She smiled as soon as she could see
Nick, and held on to him as if the fans were to attack her. He chuckled to see
her in this way.
“You
wanna go meet them?” Nick whispered as the others came out of the limo. Jess
nodded her head, then sighed.
“I’ll
make a fool out of myself.”
“No
you won’t, you kept your composure when you met me.” Nick smiled as he began
to bring her to Destiny’s Child. “Hello ladies.” He greeted them. He
kissed their cheeks as they responded with an MTV camera man taping every
moment.
“Hey
Nick. How are you doing? Who is this lovely lady?” Beyonce asked.
“This
is Jessie Faith. She’s my date tonight. She is also a huge fan of you guys.”
“Hi
guys.” Jess spoke up. “You guys are just great. You all have amazing voices
and I look up to you guys. I wish I had a contract like you do. Keep the great
singing up.” She exchanged hugs with the girls.
“Sing
for us, please.” Kelly said.
“Only
if you sing with me.” Jess asked and the girls agreed. “Say My Name?” She
asked and the girls agreed. Jess began. “Say my name say my name.. when no one
is around you say baby I love you..” The girls harmonized well and Nick was
astounded.. Sure she sounded great on the phone, but not that good. Little did
they know, everyone watching MTV was also dumbfounded.
“You
want to be the fourth Destiny girl?” Beyonce asked. “You are wonderful. Good
luck with everything, but I gotta go. So keep in touch.. ok? Nick knows how to
reach me. Bye guys.”
“Nice
meeting you and thank you.” Jess said, giving Beyonce a hug. The girls left
and Jess was thrilled. “OMG Nick I just sang with Destiny’s Child. Omg.”
“Yea,
I know. And you were great. But we gotta go back with the group.” Nick took
her hand in his and squeezed it. She squeezed back, thrilled and unspeakable.