I don't know how or why it happened, but I found myself completely taken by him. I remember the first time I saw him. It was the first day of sixth grade and I was desperate to find a friend who needed me as much as I needed them. He walked into the door of Mr. Cenci's first period homeroom and I felt a tingle go down my spine. It was truly one of the those dramatic entrances only seen in the movies. You know- Slow motion and angelic music flowing in the background. My eyes saw that. I remember looking at him and I felt my heart race. I was to young at the time to realise exactly what those feelings were, but now I am pretty sure it was the results of love at first sight.
He continued to walk into the classroom and I held my breath as he took the empty seat next to me. To my surprise he turned to me. I looked up at him and he whispered
"Hi, im Nick" , almost as if he was worried what I would think if I heard his voice. I smiled at him and introduced myself as Caitlin Phillips. I told him to call me Cait. He smiled back at me and told me that he had just moved Tampa because he was in a music group that recorded in Orlando. His family wanted to be closer so that the comute wasnt so far. We talked all day when we weren't busy with work. That day we made a pact to eat lunch together everyday. The more I learned about him the more I realized that his friendship was going to be so important to me. I realized he needed me too.
As 6th grade year went on we became inseparable. If you found one of us you usually found the other close by. Everyday after school we would walk home to his house. On the weekends we would hang out together at the recording studio. We became family. Many kids at school didn't accept the fact that we were friends. They would make fun and tease, but Nick I didn't care. We realised that they didnt understand how speacil we were to each other. But they didnt need to understand. Only Nick and I had to. My parents didnt seem to understand either. They me wanted to be friends with more kids at my school- prefrebly girls. They thought I needed more of a mix of people to hangout with, but I insisted that I just needed Nick. Nicks parents however loved the fact that we were friends. Right away Jane(Nicks mother) became like a mother to me. The kind of mom I had always wanted. The supportive kind, the one who really believed in you. I didnt get that kind of love from my own mother but i did get it from Jane. I think she saw how important I was to Nick. He had never had many friends because of his talent as a singer. He didnt have much time to be around home. But i understood. I think I kind of formed a stability in his life. He provided that comfort in my life too.
When I went with him to the studio I would spend time with his bandmates. There was Kevin, who was nice to me most of the time but I use to get so mad at him cause he would yell at Nick. He didnt have much patiance for him. If he would mess up a line, Kevin would yell saying Nick couldnt deal. Sometimes I felt like I wanted to yell back at him for making my friend hurt. Nick always use too tell me how upset he would get. It really bothered him. Then there was Howie. You couldnt help but love him. I started calling him Sweet D. The name kinda stuck. Then theres Alex. He decided one day that he wanted to be called Aj because he thought it was more tough. I laughed in his face when he told me this cause he's not tough. Theres not a tough bone in his body. I seriously thought he was kidding and I refused to call him anything but Alex. O well...im stuborn that way. And of course there was Brian. I have to admit I was kind of jealous of him. He and Nick had a speacil bond. I was afraid that Nick would forget me since he had brian. Bri had one thing over me...he was a guy. I couldnt provide the kind of advice he could. They got along so well. I asked Nick about it once and he assured me that I was his best friend and nothing would ever change that but I was still skepticle. I love brian though. He's my favorite out of all the them cause he treats my Nicky so well. After many months with them I grew to know them well. And Nick was still the most important person in my life.
And so thats were our friendship rollercoaster began. The ups and downs. Alot happened between then and now.Do you wanna hear our story? YES!? Well then sit back, relax and read the story of me and my Nicky. |
