Chap-2 A Fateful Goodbye
Flashback 3 and a half years ago.
"Hey Nick, what's up?" Cullen asked as he basically toppled Nick over. It was a daily routine, after school, Cullen would run up behind Nick, and jump on him, trying to knock him over, only rarely succeeding.
"Not much, and I win today!" Nick said with a laugh, as Cullen jumped off of his back and started walking beside him, brushing out the gel in his short hair with a few short swipes. Nick rolled his eyes, "Do you put gel in your hair, just to do that?"
Cullen smiled and stopped. "Nahh...I do it for all teh ladies man." Winking at Nick as he said it. "But hey....I have some news....I got today." he said, suddenly serious, his smile turning to a frown.
Nick looked at Cullen, they had been like brothers for years, and he had rarely heard Cullen talk like that, so it was with worry that he looked at Cullen. "What?" he asked, almost not wanting to hear the answer, knowing it couldn't be good.
Cullen took a deep breath and looked at his feet. "I'm moving...in a few weeks." he mumbled, almost too softly for Nick to hear him. "I don't know why, but my dad called the school and told them today...", he looked up at Nick, his eye's swimming with tears, understandable since Cullen had lived here for a while, and had awesome friends, was fairly popular, and then he had his adopted family, Nick, Joe, Kevin, Frankie, and Mr. and Mrs. Jonas.
Nick looked at Cullen, shaking his head, trying not to think about what Cullen had just told him. They had done almost everything together for years, and now Cullen was moving? He must have been paler than he thought because he heard Kevin's voice ahead of them.
"Hey, you two okay? Nick you look like you've seen a ghos-- Cullen what's wrong?" He asked, seeing Cullen's eyes. "Something up with your mom or something? Christian?" he was stumped when Cullen shook his head.
Cullen slowly opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by Nick, "Cullen's moving, in a few weeks." he said, his voice hoarse. Watching Cullen wipe his tears on his sleeve.
Joe, Kevin, and Nick enfolded him in a big hug, telling him everything was going to be all right...somehow.
2 weeks later
Cullen and Joe were sitting on the Jonas' living room couch talking in whispers, Cullen's face pale. Cullen whispered across to Joe "Do you think I should tell him or something before I leave...it's not like I'll have the chance again." he said, with a humorless laugh.
Joe seemed to think for a moment, more serious today than he had ever been before in his life. "Yeah, but I can't think of how. He might freak...unless wait! I have the perfect idea. I'll keep him here, at the house when you leave for the airport. Tell him before that."
Cullen nodded his head and checked his watch. It was 1:30, and his plane left at three. He stood up and smiled at Joe faintly. "Wish me luck," he said, his voice breaking. He walked up the stairs, to Nick's room, where he heard Nick playing the guitar. Knocking on the door softly before opening it.
Nick looked up when his door opened, and smiled when he saw Cullen. "Hey, come to say good-bye at last? You were always a horrible procrastinator." he said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood.
Cullen looked at Nick, his eyes swimming, his thoughts racing. "Yeah, I came to say good-bye, among other things. I don't think I'll be seeing you again for a long time. I composed a nice little speech for this in my head, but here goes-" and he leaned in, kissing Nick softly on the lips before drawing back, and seeing Nick's face.
Nick was repulsed by what Cullen had done, and horrified. He looked at Cullen wildly, as if he were sick and mad, in shock and not knowing what to do.
Cullen fled out the door, tears streaming down his face, and that was the last time he saw Nick Jonas.
