Chapter 1 Ice Cream Cone
"I can't study anymore," Nick complained as he rubbed one side of his head. If there was one thing that Nick couldn't do it was memorizing countless geometric formulas for Mr. Peterson's class.
"Come on, Nick," Macy said encouragingly. "We just need to do ten more and then we can have plenty of free time to enjoy after."
They were both studying in his room with their text books in front of them while sitting on his bed. It was really quiet at the Lucas household because everyone was out enjoying the beautiful Saturday afternoon. Joe took Stella on a movie date. Kevin was out doing Kevin-like stuff. And Mr. and Mrs. Lucas were at the ballpark watching and cheering on Frankie at his little league game. Meanwhile, Nick was stuck at home with Macy studying for their geometry midterm on Monday.
"Why can't we take a break?" Nick complained because he was getting frustrated that he had trouble memorizing the values of sine and cosine. "We can have free time now."
Macy glared at him because every time the two of them got together to study, she and Nick never really studied but always skipped straight to free time and Macy wasn't going to have any of it. No way is she going to cave in.
"Nick, we need to focus," Macy said sternly as she tried to ignore his puppy-dog eyes that he was now giving her. "Because of you, I'm averaging a B minus in Mr. Peterson's class."
"Yeah, so what? That's still higher than what I'm getting," Nick pointed out as he scooted a little closer to Macy. "Besides, we have the whole house to ourselves right now. Later on, everyone is going to come back and then we won't be able to have any free time for ourselves."
He did have a point. But she really needed to ace her exam if she wanted to get an A in his class. It didn't help that Nick was now putting his arm around her waist.
"Nick," she said in a reprimanding manner.
"What?" he asked innocently but she could see the devilish look in his eyes. "Is it wrong that I just want to be close to you? Besides your text book looks like it's easier to understand."
"We have the SAME textbook!" Macy exclaimed and she tried to scoot away from him because Nick was being way too flirty for her liking.
When he realized that Macy was not going to give in to temptation, he let her go.
"Fine," Nick said disappointedly. "I wasn't really going to do anything anyway, except give you these."
He placed the two tickets that were in his front pocket on the spot of the bed in front of her. They were tickets to the amusement park that Macy had been dying to go to.
"Nick," she said now clearly touched by his gesture. "How did you know I wanted to go there?"
"Oh geez. I don't know," he said as he laid down on his bed with his arms behind his head. "It was really hard to guess where you wanted to go for our three month anniversary since you gave me such subtle hints."
Macy had to laugh because her hints were not subtle at all since she kept discretely putting into every conversation she had with him that she wished to go to the amusement park and share a romantic moment with Nick at the top of the ferris wheel on their three month anniversary which will take place two weeks from now.
"You shouldn't have," Macy lied as she took the tickets into her hands and looked at them lovingly. Then she looked at Nick who was still quite miffed that she rejected his moves so she hesitated a bit and then made up her mind. Screw geometry. She wanted some free time now. She threw her books to the floor and attacked Nick. She was on top of him as she took his face into her hands and began kissing him passionately. Nick was surprised at first by her suddenness but then gladly returned the favor when he kissed her back with equal enthusiasm. They continued making out on his bed and they really went at it. Nick scooped her up and pinned her on his bed so now that he was on top. She kissed him and he kissed her back. He moved to kiss her jaw line and then her neck. Macy felt like she was becoming undone with every touch he made. She felt him now sucking hard on her neck and as much as she wanted him to continue she had to push him away.
"No, Nick," she said breathlessly.
"Oh yeah. I forgot," he said as he too was trying to catch his breath.
Macy had to stop him from staying on her neck because she had a hard time explaining to her mom that the mark she had last week was an infected mosquito bite and not the hickey that it really was. If Mrs. Misa knew what was really going on in her study sessions with Nick Lucas she knew that she would be grounded for eternity and probably be forbidden from seeing Nick again. She couldn't risk that and she was glad Nick understood. So any other territory was free for his access and so Nick continued kissing her exposed skin- her collarbone and jaw and nibbled her ear. She felt his hands creeping underneath her shirt as she too lifted his shirt so that she could run her fingers on his bare back. Of course, they both knew their limits. Macy respected and admired Nick's pledge to stay pure before marriage so they did almost everything they could to be intimate with each other without violating his promise. She kissed him now fiercely as she felt Nick slowly unzipping her pants and she was about to give him access until…their free time was interrupted.
"We're home!" yelled Mrs. Lucas.
Both Nick and Macy groaned in frustration. They quickly got off each other and straightened out their clothes so that no one would suspect anything.
They could hear someone hurriedly coming up the stairs.
"NICK! Guess what? I made a homerun!" yelled a boisterous boy but upon seeing who his brother was with he said shyly. "Oh, hi…Macy."
"Hi Frankie!" Macy said happily. It was nice to see Nick's younger brother in such good spirits.
"What were you saying, bro?" Nick asked him as he sat up now so that he could pay better attention to him.
"Yeah…uh…I scored a homerun…" Frankie said quietly. Macy noticed that he looked a bit flustered.
"Way to go, buddy!" Nick said enthusiastically.
"Oh that's really great, Frankie," Macy piped in. "Did you win the game?"
Frankie sheepishly nodded his head.
"I think that deserves a high five," Nick said as he went over to his brother.
"Okay. I –uh- got to go," Frankie said quietly as he hurried down the same way he came up.
Macy turned to Nick and looked at him quizzically.
"What was that about?" Macy asked him referring to Frankie's odd behavior.
"Oh you didn't know?" he said matter-of-factly.
"Know what?"
"Frankie has a crush on you," Nick said casually.
"WHAT?" Macy said apparently surprised by this news
"Yeah," Nick sighed. "Frankie and I got along really well before. We never fought with each other…until you came along."
"Oh really?" Macy said defensively yet playfully. "So you're saying I caused a rift between the Lucas brothers."
"Pretty much so."
"To be honest, I'm kind of flattered," Macy said. "Frankie is such a sweet boy. Hm…maybe I chose the wrong Lucas brother."
"You chose the wrong Lucas brother?" Nick repeated and was clearly offended by it. "I'll show you!"
"Wait! Nick stop! You know I'm really ticklish!" Macy protested when Nick tickled her until she took back what she said.
It was getting late and so Nick walked Macy home.
"Nick, I can't believe we didn't get to finish studying," Macy sighed.
"Mace, you're still on that?" Nick asked her. "Did you at least have fun?"
Macy looked at him and shook her head at him disappointedly.
"Maybe it's a bad idea for us to study together," Macy admitted. "I mean all we do is open up our text books and make out most of the time."
"Well, I'm sorry if I love my girlfriend so much that I just need to be with her," Nick answered back.
"Nick, it's not that. You know I love you, too," Macy assured him. "But when I told my mom about you she was worried that my studies would suffer and I want to prove her wrong."
"I'm sorry, Mace," Nick said as he took her hands into his. "I'll make it up to you. You want me to buy you ice cream? I know you love pralines and cream."
"Nick, you can't just buy me ice cream all the time," Macy pointed out.
"Fine, but I'm really sorry, Mace," Nick said as he turned towards her. "Will you forgive me?"
He was pouting his lips and giving her puppy-dog eyes. Of course, Macy couldn't resist.
"You know you're like the devil in disguise," Macy said. "You really are."
Nick couldn't help but laugh. He leaned in for a kiss, which Macy gladly returned.
It was the middle of the week and Macy couldn't help but feel upset.
"What's the matter with you?" Nick asked her as he leaned against the locker next to hers.
Macy narrowed her eyes at him.
"Didn't you get your exam back from Mr. Peterson?"
"Yeah. I got a 74," Nick replied. "I used to care more but now I've accepted that geometry and I just don't mix."
"Well, geometry used to be my best subject and now I'm averaging an 85!" Macy exclaimed.
"Don't sweat it, Mace," Nick assured her. "You'll do better next time."
Nick walked her home but stopped by the ice-cream shop and bought her a cone.
"Nick, I told you I don't need ice cream to make me feel better," Macy said. "I'll just study harder next time."
"Okay but this is not for your exam," Nick explained. "I know you get sad every time I have to leave home for a performance."
"I forgot about that," Macy said slowly. "How long will you be gone for?"
"Just this weekend," Nick answered. "Jonas has a morning performance at Central Park and we have two interviews in New York City."
"Oh…So I won't see you for two days," Macy said quietly.
"Mace, it will go by quickly. You'll see," Nick said as he wrapped an arm around her. "And next week, we'll go to the amusement park for our anniversary. So look forward to that. Okay?"
Macy nodded. Nick kissed her forehead.
"Fine. Give me the ice cream cone," Macy said gloomily.
Nick laughed and handed it to her.
As much as she gave Nick a hard time about their bad study habits, Macy really loved being with Nick. It was a Saturday night and Macy had trouble studying even when Nick wasn't there because she kept wondering what he was doing and who he was with. She wanted to call him but she knew that she shouldn't bother him, especially since he was probably doing a lot of press and publicity stuff for Jonas.
She was about to go to bed when her cell phone suddenly rang.
"Hello?"
"MACY! Oh my gosh Macy. You won't believe it… oh my god," Stella said frantically over the phone.
"What is it, Stella?" Macy asked concerned. "You need to calm down."
"Mace, it's about them…Joe, Kevin, and Nick," said Stella in between sobs.
Macy sat right up. She suddenly felt uneasy as a cold sweat came upon her.
"What about them? What happened?" she asked her urgently.
"They—they…got into an accident."
Closing Remarks:
Okay I know I said it will be awhile before I make another story but I couldn't resist starting this one! lol Of course you are going to expect more drama. What else? I kind of have an idea where I want to go with this story but since I have school almost starting, it might take me awhile to finish this. It depends if more ideas come forward. Read and Review! You know the drill! Thanks!
-Penelope36