Chapter 1

   "OH MY JONAS! I HAVE TO WIN THIS!" I was so completely excited and couldn't hold it in any longer! The one and only, JONAS BROTHERS, were having the most amazing contest ever! The winner would get to ride with these amazing boys on their tour coming up for a month! Every girl with any common sense was entering so chances were slim, but I was determined to win! "I know! This is amazing!" My bff ashley loves the jobros, too. I mean who wouldn't?! We walked out of school, caught the bus, and entered the contest by sending a letter to the contest people as soon as we got to our house!
One week later...
   "And the winner of our contest is..." The JoBros were announcing the winner on live TV! The moment I've been waiting for! My eyes were glued to the screen. "Sydney (last name) from (city, state)!" "AHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed! "I WON!!! I WON!!!" I was screaming while  jumping up and down with Ashley! She was really happy for me. "Oh boy..." my parents groaned. I had dragged them over to watch it, and they were getting a little annoyed with my obbsesiveness (even though I'm not obsessed...I'm in love!), but they were still happy for me. BACK TO THE TV..."We have mailed you a letter, concert tickets, AND backstage passes to our show in your area on January 26! That's when we will pick you up and get to hang out with you for the next month! See ya soon!" Then Nick said "Love ya, bye!" That made me smile even bigger and I screamed again! This was definetly the best day of my life...so far! 

Chapter 2

The next day...
   "Omigosh guys, guess what?!" I practically screamed to my non-Jonas loving friends! "Calm down, calm down! What is it?" said Katie. "You guys didn't watch my loves on TV did you?! "Nope, we didn't." "Well........I won the contest!!!!!!" "What was the prize again?" "And I call YOU guys my friends?! Gosh, it's spending a whole month with the Jonas Brothers on tour AND missing school! Awesome, right?!" "Wow! That's great!" They gave me a hug. "So when are you leaving?" Grayson (my guy friend) asked. "The 26th, and all you guys can go with me! Except one person....you probably don't wanna go, Grayson, do you?" I asked. "It can be you girls' thing. I'll stay here," "Oki doki, then! OH MY NICK JONAS!" "What?!" "I get to meet the Jonas Brothers in TWO days! AHHHH!" "Man, you're slow!" "Sorry it's a lot to take in! Well I got to get to class! See ya guys later!"
Two days later...
   "It's time, it's time, it's time!!!! Oh, what am I supposed to wear?!" I was freaking out! I needed to look perfect for them, the loves of my life! "Well anything really since you're gonna have to pick out a cute outfit EVERY day!" Ash said. "Oh crap! You're right! What am I gonna do?!" "We're SO goin' shopping!" Ash dragged me to the mall. I picked out the CUTEST outfits! I was so ready for this! Then it was time for the concert....
   We all got there early, so we could go backstage before the concert started. Me and Ash were the most excited! We could barely keep our cool! We went backstage and I saw them up close for the first time! "Hey, Syd! I can call you Syd, right?!" Nick asked me. I couldn't say anything. I was speechless. Ash talked for me, "Oh my gosh! We love you guys! And yeah, you can call her Syd. That's what I call her." "Does she talk?!" Nick said jokingly" "Yeah, I talk." I said laughing a little. I felt like I was going to pass out! This was like a dream! We then talked for awhile and got to know each other. Nick gave me his number and I gave him mine. We were talking the whole time. Then, he and his bros had to do sound check, so we sat in our first row seats and watched them. During "Please Be Mine" (which is like my favorite song), Nick was staring right at me, and I was looking right at him. I couldn't stop looking at his eyes. Then it finished and I got out of my trance.
   The concert was about to begin, and when it started me and my friends were having the best time! The others actually started liking JB! It was great! After the concert and the meet and greet, I went backstage alone and my friends stayed back. I walked up to them. "How'd you like it?!" Joe asked me. "I loved it!!" I gave them all a hug and held on to Nick the longest. I was so happy to be with them! "So, you ready to go?!" Nick asked me. "Yeah!" We got my stuff, went to the tour, and loaded it all in. I went to say goodbye to my friends. I was gonna miss them tons! But of course, they would call. So I got in with Nick, Joe, and Kev and was on my way!

Chapter 3

   We all got settled in and got to know each other better. Then, we went to watch a movie, Finding Neveland. It was really good, but I fell asleep on Nick's lap before the movie ended. Since we were on the sofa, Nick just crashed there, too, holding me the whole time...
The next morning, Joe and Kevin came in quietly. Kev tried to hold back Joe cause he had such a devious look on his face, but Joe was too quick. He jumped on the sofa making me and Nick fall off on to the floor. What a nice "good morning" that was! I was still realy sleepy since I barely slept the night before, so they let me sleep a little longer.
   When I finaly got up, I saw that they were having lunch (I had obviously been asleep for awhile). "Hey, sleepy head! You have a good sleep?!" Joe said laughing at me. "Don't make fun of me! I like didn't sleep last night!" I replied also laughing. "Why didn't you sleep?" Nick asked me. "Well.....no reason." I didn't want to tell them the truth- that I was wayyy too excited to see them ...IN PERSON! Nick gave me his little confused face. It was just so cute that I had to give in! "Ok, so I was too nervous about meeting you guys. Happy now?!" I was staring right at Nick, and he was staring at me. "Awwwww!" Joe and Kevin said at the same time. "What?" Nick and I knew what they were talking about, but we weren't going to admit it. "Oh, nothing......" Joe said laughing a little. "So, you play cards?" Kev was trying to change the subject so Nick and I wouldn't get too embarassed. We ended up playing all these different card games for hours. Then we snacked on popcorn and chips and all that junkfood.
   This time I actualy slept in a bunk in the bedroom when it was time to go to bed. Kevin was on the top and Nick was on the bottom bunk on the right side, and Joe was on the top bunk of the other side. Kev asked me if I wanted the top bunk, but Joe heard. "NEVER! I WILL NOT GIVE UP THE TOP BUNK!" He screamed jumping up to the top not even using the ladder! "Ok, then I'll sleep on the bottom one!" I said while cracking up! I got in bed and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, I got really hungry so I got up to get something to eat. I walked a couple steps and just totally colapsed. Nick heard a thump on the ground and looked around to see what happened. When he saw me on the ground, he got up and ran over to me. "Sydney! Sydney..." Everything got really blury, and then I could barely hear him. Then everything turned black.

Chapter 4

   Nick kept calling my name, but I wouldn't answer. He looked around to see if Kevin and Joe were awake, but they weren't. He picked me up and carried me out of the room on to the sofa. He brushed the hair out of my face and said, "Sydney, Sydney...please wake up." Nick didn't know what to do, and he was scared. He just held me in his lap and prayed for me to wake up.
   What seemed like an hour later, Nick knew I was up. "Nick.." I said with hardly any breath. "Sydney! Are you okay?! What happened?!" Nick said really fast. "Huh?!" "Are you okay?!" he repeated. "Yeah, I'm fine," I lied. "What happened?! Why'd you get up?!" Nick asked. "I was hungry." "Then why'd you like...colapse?!" Nick really wanted an answer. "Um...I'm tired. Can I go back to sleep?" "Seriously, Sydney. What happened?!" Nick was really worried and said it calmly trying to get me to give in and tell him. "Uh, can we talk in the morning or something? I'm really tired." I layed my head on his chest. He waited a while until I fell back asleep and then said "K. Goodnight," and kissed me on the top of my head.

Chapter 5

   "Ok, I know you guys went to sleep in actual beds last night! Why are you both back on the sofa AGAIN?!" Joe was confused. "Oh, I don't know, Joe. Are you sure we didn't go to sleep here last night? Maybe you're just going crazy." I said calmly trying not to smile (Author's note: I'm really bad at lying! lol). Joe looked really confused now, and I started laughing at him. "Man, who knew you were that gullable! You really are going crazy," Nick said laughing as he got up from the couch to get some breakfast. "Hey! I'm not gullable!" Joe surprise-tackled Nick to the ground from behind, and they started wrestling! Since they insisted on wrestling until somebody won, me and Kevin just ate breakfast without them. "So why did you guys move to the sofa?" Kev asked me while biting into some juicy bacon. "Well, I didn't actually choose to sleep over there. I just.....nevermind." Now Kevin looked confused, too. "So when's your next concert?" I said changing the subject. "Well, tomorrow in Fort Wayne, Indiana. So today we can do whatever we want," he replied. "Fort Wayne! Indy! I was born there!" "Really?! Cool." "I haven't been there since I was like three so I don't remember it at all." "Well, now you'll get to see it again!" "Awesome!"
   Nick and Joe finally stopped fighting and came over to eat breakfast with us. Nick sat next to me, and Joe sat next to Kev. "I won," Joe said woth pride in his voice. "You did not! Prove it!" Nick wasn't gonna let him get away with it! "Well...Syd, Kev, you guys were watching right?!" Joe insisted. "Nope," Kev and I said laughing. "Oh, well then. Be that way!" Joe said acting like a little kid.
   Nick took one of the napkins and wrote something on it. Then he nudged me and handed it to me under the table. It said: Tell me?! You said you would. I looked at him and then wrote Later. I gave it to Nick and he replied with his sad face. "What the heck is goin' on?!" Joe said. "Nothing," I said while writing on the napkin which I then handed back to Nick. If I tell you, I'm gonna tell you alone. He replied, Ok. I can make sure we're alone. "Hey Kevin, Joe. Go to the grocery store. We need more gummy worms." "Why us?!" Joe didn't want to be bossed around. "Because...just go!" "Fine, fine, fine. If you lovebirds want to be alone..." Joe was teasing us. "GO!" Nick said playfully. They left.
"Now we're alone."

Chapter 6

   "Ok." I said walking over to the sofa. "Ok, so tell me!" "I said if." "Oh c'mon! You have to tell me!" Nick obviously wasn't gonna let me get away with it. "It's not even that big of a deal. Just some crazy things have happening lately." "Like what?!" he asked. "First of all, I'm thirsty. Can I have some water?" I asked. I was getting really dehydrated. "Another one?! You already had like 20 bottles yesterday and 3 today, and you just woke up!" "I'm just thirsty! Thanks." I took a drink. "Ok," Nick said, "Go on. "Well..." My head started to spin and I felt dizzy. Nick could tell and just held me. "Are you okay?!" "Yeah, I'm fine." I said trying to hide my true feeling. I layed back against the sofa and closed my eyes. I couldn't help but let out a whimper. "Sydney..." I wanted to answer but I couldn't. "Sydney, please talk to me!"
   Joe and Kevin walked on to the tour bus that very second. "I got gummy worms!" They saw me. "Woa, what happened?! She alright?!" They walked over. "I don't know." I could hear everything they were saying. I just couldn't talk back to them. I moved my hand and put it on Nick's. "Well, she's still alive!" Nick said jokingly. "SHE'S ALIVE!" Joe yelled. "Joe! Be quiet!" Kevin yelled back at him. "Yeah, Joe. Shut up!" Nick said while looking at me. "Well, sorry! I say one thing...." Joe pouted off and then came right back. "What should we do?" Kevin asked Nick. "It's okay. She'll be fine." Nick reassured. "How do you know?!" "Cause....the same thing happened last night except worse. So I think she'll be okay." "Wait, what?! Why didn't you tell us?! Why didn't you wake us up when it happened?!" "I don't know! I'm only one person! Gosh, stop interrogating me!" Nick was getting irritated but only cause deep down he was worried if I was going to be okay. "So that's how you guys got on the sofa last night!" Joe said like he was playing detective. "Stop kidding around, Joe!" Nick screamed. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Geez." "Sydney..."
   "Yeah," I said in a whisper. "Are you okay?!" they asked me. "Yeah." "Joe, Kevin, go back out somewhere." Nick ordered. "Why?" "Please," he pleaded. "Yeah, okay. C'mon, Joe." They left again.
   "Now you ready to tell me?!" "Nick, I don't really feel good. Please..." Nick cut me off. "Sydney, please! You have to tell me!" "Nick..." "Sydney!" I layed against his chest and closed my eyes. "No, tell me! I don't wanna sound mean, but you have to. And you know it!" "Okay, but you can't tell anyone. K?" "I won't. I promise." Ok, so I've been drinking a lot lately and eating a lot lately, but I've still been really thirsty and hungry. And I keep getting skinnier and losing a lot of weight. And I've had a bad attitude and been mean to everybody. And as you can tell I've been fainting and getting dehydrated and stuff." "Syd, this is serious! That's sounds like..like..." Nick was stuttering to say it. "Diabetes, I know." "Then, why don't you tell somebody?! Why don't you go to the doctor or, in your case, the hospital?!" "Cause it's hard to admit...it's hard to say!" "Well, I'm gonna take you, whether you like it or not!" "You can't," I stopped him. "Why not?!" "Number one, you can't drive. Number two, you promised you wouldn't tell." "But this is serious. I can break a promise for this!" "NO, YOU CAN'T!!" I screamed, "YOU PROMISED!!" "But you could die!!" That set me off! I got up, ran into the bedroom, and slammed the door behind me. I sat on a bunk and cried. "Syd..."
Nick walked up to the closed door. He didn't want to make me madder, so he waited. "Can I please come in? I'm sorry." He said calmly. He eventually came in and sat down next to me on his bed. "I'm sorry." I cried in his lap and even though it was only around 2:00 in the afternoon, I fell asleep in his lap.

Chapter 7

   "We're back...AGAIN!" Joe said laughing, "Where are you guys?" They walked to the back and saw us asleep on Nick's bed. "You guys, you guys...WAKE UP!" Joe shouted. Nick and I fell off and I screamed. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Well, actually I did." Joe said laughing even more. "It's okay, Joe." I said glaring at him acting like I was mad but of course, I wasn't. How could you get mad at him?! "Why are you guys always sleeping?" Kevin said laughing also (obviously they were in a good mood). "I don't know. We were tired." Nick said sleepily. "Oh, that reminds me. I don't know how, but it does. Are you okay, Sydney?" "Yeah, I'm good. I'm gonna go take a shower." I left. "K," Nick said.
   After awhile of silence, Kevin asked "What happened, and why did you want us to leave again?" "She needed to tell me something," Nick responded. "Ooooooooh! Secretsssssss! Tell me! Tell mee! Please! I love secrets!" Joe obviously likes secrets! (Authors note: lol!) "Well..." Nick started. At the moment I came out of the bathroom and realized what Nick was doing. "Nick," I said to get his attention. He looked at me with a guilty look on his face. I gave him the look. "Sorry," he said. I could tell he really was. He looked actually sad. "It's okay," I said cheerfully giving him a hug. "So what you guys wanna do?" I asked. "Let's go get something to eat," Kev said. "Yeah, and let's take the car," Nick said. Joe and Kevin jumped in the front, and me and Nick sat together in the back.

Chapter 8

   "So what restaurants are around here?" I asked. "I don't know. You should know, not us." Kev said. "I should? Why me?" I was confused. "We're in Indiana....Fort Wayne actually." "Seriously?! That's so cool!" I screamed. I stuck my head out the sunroof. "I'M BACK, INDY!!!!!!" I yelled out to everyone. I came back down and everyone just started laughing including me. "Haha. Yeah, I know I'm weird!" I said still cracking up. "OH MY GOSH!" I had just realized something. "What?" Nick said with his cute little laugh. "It's snowing!!!!" I yelled. "Oh yeah, you live in Georgia. Well, here's SNOW!" Joe shouted. "Haha. I love snow. It reminds me of Indy and Philly. I moved there afterwards. Man, after we eat can we just like play in the snow?!" I was so excited (obviously.lol) "Yeah, sure! That'll be fun!" "SWEET!!" I yelled, "Haha! I'm done now."
   I layed my head on Nick's shoulder, and he layed his head on mine. "Haha you're funny!" he said. "Thank you!" "Man, you're shaking. You want my jacket or somethin'?" he said taking off his jacket. "Thanks," I said as he put his jacket on me. Then I layed back against him. "Aw, it's the two lovebirds again!" Joe said. "Shut up," I said pretending like I was going to throw something at him. He ducked. I started laughing. Then I stopped. Nick looked at me. My eyes were closed. "You were so hyper a second ago, and now you're like sleeping!" Nick said laughing at me. I didn't respond or even smile. "Sydney..." he said shaking me trying to get me to get up. He noticed I was really really cold. "Syd....answer me.." "You guys! Is there a doctor..no, a hospital around here?!" "Yeah, it's just a little up the road. Wait...Why?!" Kevin said worried. "It's Sydney. She's not moving. She's hardly breathing. She's so cold like..like..she's gonna die!" Nick said with a tear down his face. "What happened?!" "Just get to a doctor! Fast!" "Ok, ok. I'll go as fast I can, there's a cop in front of me. Oh, who cares! I'll just speed. Mom's gonna kill me..." Kevin said as he sped right past the police car.
   Nick just held me as tight as he could trying to fight back the tears. I knew he was there yet I couldn't think. I could feel him there yet I couldn't. His grip was tight yet gentle. I felt safe yet vulnerable. I felt free yet I was closed in. I could do anything I wanted to, yet I couldn't move. Everything was contradicting itself. It was confusing yet it made sense. I felt alive yet dead. Everything was black yet there was one welcoming bright light....

Chapter 9

   Kevin drove right past the cop. Of course, he immediately came right after us, but nobody cared. We finally made it to the hospital. Even before Kevin fully stopped, Nick had already jumped out of the car, grabbed me, and ran inside. Joe followed him. Kevin unfortunatley had to deal with the police. "Look, I had to hurry. My friend needed to get to the hospital as soon as possible!" Kevin tried to explain. "Well, you could have gotten a lot more people hurt by what you just did." the policeman replied. "But..." Kevin started. They argued for awhile, but guess who won? "Well I'm sorry, but I have to give you this ticket. I hope your friend gets better," the cop said. "Yeah, thanks," Kev said sarcastically holding the ticket. He ran into the hospital.
   "Can I see uh...Sydney?" he started, but then he saw Joe against the wall waiting for him. "C'mon!" he said in a whisper. Kevin caught up with him. "Why are we whispering?" "I don't know!" Joe chuckled still whispering. They walked into the room. "Here she is!" Joe said.
Nick was laying down next to me on the bed. He had his arms around me. "She still..hasn't...gotten...gotten up," Nick said between tears. "It's okay, Nick. She's gonna be okay," Joe reassured him. The doc (Doctor Williams) came in, and said she had to take me in for some tests. A guy came in and picked me up. Nick saw how helpless I was as I dangled from his arms. That made him cry even more. They just sat in there for about an hour and then saw me come back in. She layed me back on the bed. "Um, can I talk to you for a minute?" she said to Nick. "Yeah," he said even though he wanted to stay. "Um, your friend," she started. Nick got a worried look on his face. "She..she has diabetes." Another tear fell down his cheek but he wasn't surprised. "And..." Nick cut her off, "There's more!" "Yes, well she might not make it through the night." Nick bit his lower lip but couldn't move other for that. Doctor Williams went to go help another doctor leaving Nick standing there.
   Joe and Kevin came out. "Nick, are you okay?" they said waving their hands in front of his face. He didn't move. They had to carry him back into the room. He layed back next to me. Nick looked at me. "Sydney..." He started cying hard. "What happened?!" He was too busy crying to speak. "Seriously, what happened?!" Joe was getting impatient. "She..she has...diabetes...and she...might not...make it..through...the..night." He finally said. Joe and Kevin stayed where they were shocked. Nick looked back down at me.

Chapter 10

   Not to long after that, I opened my eyes. "Sydney...Sydney!!!" Nick yelled. "Sydney!" He hugged me. "Hi," I said out of breath. "Sydney, I'm so glad you're up!" "Wait, what happened?! Where I am?!" "It's okay, calm down. You're in a hospital. You..you...you sort of.. I dunno really. You like passed out in the car and you were like...dying. So we brought you here." Nick said nice and kindly. "You guys saved me?! Aw, I love you guys!" I said giving them all a big hug. "Well, don't look at me!" Joe said, "It was Nick who told us to go to the hospital and raced you in like life depended on it! Well, actually it did...anyways, Kevin was the one who drove you here like a wild person and even got in a fight with a cop." "Aw, you did that for me?! I love you guys sooooooo much!"
   "Ummm," Nick said, "there's more." "Huh?!" "Ummm," Nick looked at Joe and Kevin and they left the room for a minute. "The doc took some tests and you have...you have diabetes. I'm sorry. But it's gonna be okay." I started crying and layed my head on his chest. "It's okay..." he said again holding me. He wasn't sure about telling me the other part but knew he had, too. "Sydney..." he said when I calmed down. "Sydney, Doctor Williams also said something else. Umm, you might...not...make it...though the....night." He said that last sentence really slowly. I didn't move. I was scared. I didn't want to go. He just kept helding me and I layed on him. "I won't leave," I finally said, "I won't." I hope not, Nick thought, I hope not.

Chapter 11

   It was about 5 or 6 now. Nick, Kevin, Joe, and I hung out the whole time. We sat on the bed talking about the most random things. It was actually really fun. We even talked 'bout Miley for a bit! (Author's note: I don't like Miley very much, but I can't judge cause I've never met her) It was about 11 after we were done. Nick wanted to stay up longer and keep me up knowing that he might not see me in the morning, but I was really tired and the doc said visiting time was over. She wanted me to get some rest. "Goodnight!" I said to everyone looking right at Nick. "Goodnight," he said completely calmly. He gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek then left. "Bye, Nick. I'll miss you," I said after he was gone. Then I closed my eyes.
   Nick headed toward the exit of the hospital. "Where are you going?!" Joe and Kevin shouted while running up to him. "Somewhere. I want to be alone," Nick said leaving. "Nick...C'mon, let's go," Kevin and Joe walked back to the waiting room. Nick was outside now wandering aimlessly. He went up to a lamp post. He ran his fingers on it as he went around it. Then he just sat down leaning against it.
   A boy about 13 came up. "Hey, dude you're like Nick Jonas, right?" he asked. "Yeah," Nick said very softly. "Man, dude. You're pathetic! And you're sitting here leaning against a pole in the middle of the night outside of a hospital! Oh, you scared?! You miss your mommy and daddy?!" He said sarcastically. Obviously, he was a hater of the Jonas Brothers. Nick stood up. "Dude, what's your problem?!" he yelled. He was already mad enough, and looked like he was about to punch him right in the face, but Joe and Kevin came out and held him back. "Joe, Kevin! Get off of me!" He said trying to squirm his way free. "Oh, so now you're brothers are here for back up! I'm soooo scared!" the boy said laughing, "Why you waitin' outside of a hospital 'big boy'?" "My friend is in there...dying! She might not make it through the night!!" Nick yelled at him wanting to punch him right in the gut. "Well, you know what?" the boy started, "I hope your friend doesn't make it through the night. You'd be really sad about that, huh, 'Mr. Heartthrob'?!" Nick punched him right in the face. He went down. "Well, you know what?" Nick started looking down on that hater, "She's more than a friend to me. I love her!" he shouted. Then he said something under his breath that nobody could hear.
   He ran inside the hospital and straight towards my room. Dr. Williams was sanding there, "What are you doing? Visiting hours are over. I'm sorry." Nick ran right in anyways. "Sydney, Sydney!" he said shaking me. "Huh? What? Nick?" I said waking up. "I should have told you earlier, but I won't let you go without me telling you that...that...I love you!" Nick said. A tear fell down his face and landed on my cheek. I was wide awake now. He kissed me like the kisses you see in the movies. It lasted a long time. When he pulled back, I just smiled and he kissed me again.
   Doctor Williams was watching., "Ok, ok. I let you have your time together. Now you need to go. You'll see each other in the..." she stopped. She couldn't say the rest knowing it might not be true. Kevin and Joe were in the doorway and saw everything. "C'mon, Nick. Let's go," Joe said sadly. Nick was holding me now crying. He wouldn't let go. The eventually had to pry him off of me and grab him. He went right back to me though. "Bye, Sydney." Then he whispered, "I love you." and then he kissed me on the forehead. "I love you, too." How Nick walked out of there was the saddest thing I had ever seen. I started to cry. After she saw how hard I was crying, Doctor Williams caught up with Nick and his brothers. She put her hand on Nick's shoulder. "Nick, go ahead. You can stay with her for the night." Nick ran back as fast as he could. He practically jumped on the bed. The bounce scared me, and I looked up from crying. "Nick!" I held him and he held me. We eventually fell asleep a few minutes later. It was one in the morning. Then Nick woke up. It was 9 in the morning. He looked at me...

Chapter 12

   ...my eyes were still closed. I wasn't awake. He shook me gently. I still didn't wake up. A tear fell down his cheek. Nick was still laying next to me. He held me and took a deep breath before looking up. He looked at the heart monitor. It was a straight line. "No! Sydney!" he cried. He cried and cried never stopping.
"Got the news yesterday
But they said you had to stay
A little bit longer and they said you'd be fine..." he sang between tears.
"All this time goes by
And there's still no reason why
A little bit longer and you were supposed to be fine," he stopped. He couldn't sing anymore. He was in complete tears. (Author's note: I am in tears now!) But he found away to squeeze a few more words out.
"Waitin' on a cure
But none of them are sure
A little bit longer and you would be fine
But you don't know what it's like till it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low
And everytime you smiled or laughed, you glowed
You don't even know...you don't even know
And you'll go to kingdom come
All the highs and lows are gone
A little bit longer and you'll be fine....you'll be fine."
"And it's not goodbye!" He started to sing ETERNITY.
"Cause I will remember you
And I will see you again when I rise
Cause I know and I believe
I will see you in eternity." He finished barely breathing because of how much he was crying.
Through all of this I was in the dark with the bright light shining through. I looked closer at the light and saw someone waking toward me from it. It was my grandmother. "Grandma!" I ran up and hugged her. "Grandma, I miss you soooooo much!" "I've missed you, too. I look over you every day." she said. "Where I am?" I asked her. "Well, you see that light," "Yeah," I said. "That's Heaven," she told me. "Why am I here? Am I..." I started. "Well technically," she cut me off, "You are in between live and death. But more dead than alive. Nick is laying next to you right now. He's crying and singing his heart out. He doesn't want you to go." "Will I? Will I ever see him again?" I questioned. "If he saves you. He can save you, he just has to love you hard enough and do the right thing. He loves you more than the world itself. You'll probably go back seeing how much he cares about you." "Really?! I miss him already! He said he loved me." "Well, he's a fine boy. A great boy. You're lucky to have him," my grandma told me, "I love you, Sydney." "I love you, too!" I gave her the biggest hug I could give. She started walking towards the light. "Do I come with you?" I asked. "You'll see," she said, "Just wait." The black faded and so did the light.
Nick kissed me on the lips. At that moment he heard a little beep. He looked up and saw the monitor. From the straight line, it went up and then down. Then again. He was completely focused on the monitor. If he had looked at me, he would have seen me open my eyes again...

Chapter 13

   Joe and Kevin had been watching the entire time. Joe had his head up to the wall with his arms holding on to the wall crying. Kevin was crying in the doorway. No one knew I was still alive except for one person. Dr. Williams was there, too. She smiled, "You saved her." "Huh?!" Nick looked down and noticed I was awake. "Sydney," he whispered more to himself than to me. He held me and didn't let go. "You know," Doctor William started again, "some believe that when someone really loves someone who's in the state of being between life and death, you can save him or her by loving them hard enough and doing the right thing. You did just that. You kissed her." Nick looked back down at me. He pulled me in closer to him and held me like you would to a baby. I snuggled up to him. I was thinking of what she had just said. It sounded just like what my grandmother had said to me. I had my eyes closed and smiled.
   "We couldn't do anything else to save her. Good thing you were here," the doctor said. "Yeah, she's like our sister," Joe and Kevin said getting themselves together and sitting on the bed next to me and Nick. "We're her family." "Family...Oh my gosh!" Nick said in shock just realizing something. "What is it?!" Kevin said startled. "I just realized...we never told her mom!" Nick said. "Oh crap! You're right!" Kevin said calling my mom. Nick brought his attention back to me. He saw me open my eyes again. "Hello, beautiful," he said to me with a huge smile on his face. "Hey," I said smiling back, and then I gave him a big hug. "Hey, I want hugs, too!" Joe whined acting like a little kid who wanted something. "You get hugs, too!" I said all cheerfully giving him the biggest hug I could with the strength I had (which was not very much). I pulled myself up so that I was sitting. Nick got up from laying down and sat next to me. I yawned and leaned my head on his shoulder.
   Kevin got off the phone and came back in the room. Something was bothering him. "What?" Nick asked looking at his older brother. "Uh...nothing. Umm, Joe. Can I talk to you for a second...in private?" he said. "Yeah sure," Joe said following him. "What was that all about?" I asked. "I don't know, but he sure is acting weird," Nick replied. "Oh well! Omigosh, Nick! Guess what?!" "What?!" he said all excited. "I saw my grandmother again!" "What?" He had no idea what I was talking about. Probably thought I was crazy! "When you thought I was...gone. When you were singing.." Nick cut me off. "You heard me? That's impossible. You're heart wasn't beating. I thought you were dead!" "No, I didn't hear you. Grandma told me. When you were singing, I was in the darkness and there was a light. My grandma came out of the light and told me that the light was heaven. She said I was in between life and death. And she said you could save me if you truely loved me and did the right thing. She told me she loved me and went back towards the light. I asked if I was to come with her. She told me to wait and see. I did...and you did save me!" "Wow, really?! I just kissed you and came back. It was weird," Nick grabbed me and held me tight, "But I'm glad it worked." "Me, too"
Joe and Kevin came back. Now Joe looked really sad, too! "Ummm..."

Chapter 14

   "Ummm...Syd," Joe started. "...Kevin needs to tell you something!" he said pulling Kevin in front of him. "Yeah, thanks, Joe. Ok, Sydney we need to tell you something." "Ok, I think I got that part," I said laughing a little. "Well, we just called your mom and she wants you home as soon as possible." "What?! No! That's not fair!!" I was really angry. Nick was shocked. "We don't want you to go either, but you have to. She wants to know if you're okay." "NO!!" I said getting up for the first time in awhile. I ran out of that place as fast as I could. Doctor Williams saw me near the exit and stopped me. She grabbed me. "What are you doing?! You're still not well. You need to go back!" I shook myself free and ran. I got out of there, ran a few blocks, and collapsed in a little alley....
   I woke up later in a place I've never been before. It was little. Actually it was a closet. I groaned. I didn't feel too good. I looked down and realized I was tied to a chair. I was so confused. Then, I saw a boy in front of me with his back facing me. When he heard me, he turned around. I couldn't see exactly who it was for two reasons. Number one, everything was so blury and I didn't know why. Second, it was pretty dark except for one little light.
"Where am I?!" I demanded. "Somewhere..." the mystery man replied.
   I recognized the voice. "Grayson?!" "Yup, good guess for someone who can barely see," he said slyly. "What are you doing?! I thought you were my friend! And how do you know that I can barely see?!" "I have my reasons. You were always a jerk to me, and don't deny it! You never listened to me either!" he yelled at me. I couldn't believe he would do this to me! "I was never a jerk to you! And if I was I'm sorry, but you know I was going through a hard time! I couldn't help it! And you never answered my other question. How do you know that I can barely see?" I saw him take a big drink of something. Looking closely, I realized it was alcohol. "Because I have this!" He said after his drink. He was holding my OmniPod (which I had just gotten at the hospital).
   "Omigosh! You're drinking! Dude, you're way too young! You can't have alcohol! And you know I'll die without that! Give it...back.." The last word I said really slowly. I leaned forward. The world was spinning. I went blind for the moment. "You startin' to feel it now?!" he said sarcastically. "Give it..back...please," I was struggling with every word, but he kept yelling at me, "You know another reason why I'm doing this?!.." "Cause you're drunk.."I said under my breath. "You want me to kill you!!!!" He pulled out a steak knife. I had gotten my vision back just in time to see that. I guess I pissed him off by saying that. I was scared to death. He held it close to my throat to scare me. He scratched my arm with it. I cried out in pain. "As I was saying," he continued. I was fighting back tears. "your 'boyfriend' punched me right in the face!" Now, that I looked at him, he had a black eye. "What?! You mean Nick?! When did this happen?!" Nick never told me about any of this. "It doesn't matter." He took another big drink. "Stop drinking that!! You're gonna kill someone, like me! And you're going to regret it! I'm your friend and you know that!" He scratched me again with it, this time on the throat. "AHH!" I screamed.
   I felt like I was gonna die any second, and I probably would have if it wasn't for Nick, Joe, and Kevin slamming the door down. Nick saw me bleeding. He started to untie me, but the ropes were to tight. He went around looking for something sharp to cut through and free me. Meanwhile, Joe grabbed Grayson by the shirt and held him against the wall. Joe banged him against it a couple times while he screamed, "What is wrong with you?! What are you doing?! Why do you keep following us?!" "What do you mean following us?!" I asked barely. "He came to the hospital at like midnight and started saying how he wished you would die last night. I punched him in the face," Nick explained. Now I got what Grayson was talking about earlier. Joe continued to yell, "Yeah, Nick's right. And now I think I'm gonna punch him, too!" "NO!" I screamed, "He's my friend!" "He doesn't look like your friend! Sydney, he's trying to kill you!" Nick yelled trying to knock some sense into me. "He's drinking! He can't help...it..." I said slower and slower. "Sydney, what's wrong?! What did he do to you?!" "He took... my...Omni..." I stopped. I was unconcious now. Nick untied me with the steak knife and carried me out. "Give it back!!" Joe yelled at Grayson still holding him. "Dude, calm down!" Grayson said back. Kev snatched it from his hands. "Joe, c'mon! Let's go! I got it!" "Not without him, we aren't!" Joe said dragging Grayson with him.

Chapter 15

   Back in the car, Nick was holding me trying to get me to breathe. Then he saw Kevin run towards him. "I got it!" he yelled. Nick put it back on my arm. "Where's Joe?" he asked. Joe came dragging Grayson behind him practically throwing him in the car. "Why are you bringing him?!" Nick asked scared that he might try and hurt me. "It's okay. I got him. I'm just gonna knock some sense into this boy. Sydney said he was her friend." "Okay, just keep him away from her." "Where am I?" I had just gotten up. "Are you okay?" Nick asked me calmly. "Yeah," I replied even though I was sorta lying. The cuts hurt. "You're cuts are pretty deep. You're bleeding a lot." "I guess they were deeper then I had thought," I had trouble saying because of how much I hurt. I cried out in pain again. Nick grabbed me and held me. I didn't cry but I was in so much pain. I wanted to scream.
   We got to the tour bus. Nick carried me in and layed me on the couch. Joe and Kevin took Grayson to the back and closed the door. I could hear them yelling while Nick cleaned my cuts. It burned. "A little bit deeper and you could have died!" Nick said looking at my neck. "Ughhh!" That's all I could say as he put the cold cloth to it.
   Awile went by. "That's better," Nick said. "Where's Grayson?" I said half awake. I had been asleep. "In the bedroom," Kevin said. I got up and walked towards the back, "Where are you going?! You can't go in there!" Joe shouted. "I just want to talk to him. I'll be right back." I walked inside and shut the door behind me. "What are you doing here?" Grayson asked. He was sitting on one of the beds. "I just want to talk to you." I sat down next to him. "Okay," he said. "Why are you doing this to yourself?! Why are you drinking? Why do you hate me all of a sudden?" "I don't. I was just being weird. I know you're my friend and I'm sorry." "Okay, I'll think about forgiving you if you stop doing this...drinking thing." "Oh come on! I can if I want to. You're NOT the boss of me!" He stood up. "Woa! What's wrong? I though you were through being all crazy!" "I'm not crazy!" There was a table next to Nick's bunk. He pushed me right into it. I hit the back of my head. I blacked out.
   Nick, Joe, and Kevin heard something and practically knocked the door down. This time Kevin picked me up and put me on Nick's bed. He brushed the hair out of my face while Joe held Grayson and Nick called the police. They came and took Grayson with them. He was finally gone, and I wouldn't have to deal with him...for now. Before the cops left, they saw me and called an ambulence.

Chapter 16

   "Ugh...." I just woke up. I took a look around. "I'm in a hospital again?" I said sleepily. Nick wasn't there. Joe wasn't there. Kevin wasn't there. Their mom, Denise, their dad, Paul, and their little brother, Frankie, were there instead. "Hey," Denise said to me. "Hi..." "You hit your head pretty hard. And the doctor said you have a really bad fever. Do you feel okay?" "Sydney!" Frankie yelled running up to me and jumping on the bed. "Hey, Frank the Tank!" I said grabbing Frankie and tickling him. He giggled. "Yeah, I think I'm fine. Where's Nick and...." she cut me off. "They're at the Fort Wayne concert. They wanted to stay but they had to go. Nick really wanted to stay. Joe and Kevin had to literally drag him out!" Denise told me. "Oh, okay. When will they be back?" "Soon enough. Don't worry." "Okay..." I started to fall into a feverish sleep. "Paul, get the doctor over here," she ordered to her husband. "Will she be okay," Frankie asked so innocently. "Yeah, she'll be just fine. Come on, Frankie. Over here." Frankie followed her out as the doc came in. He felt my head. "Her fever's getting worse. She'll be okay though. She just needs to stay here for at least today." I was burning up and the blanket on me didn't help. I couldn't take it off cause I couldn't move. I couldn't tell somone to either cause I couldn't talk. The room was spinning. I eventually passed out because of the heat.
   "Sydney" .................. "Can you" .................. "hear me?" ................... That's all I could here. I could tell by the voice it was Nick though. "Sydney" ................ "open" ..... "your eyes" ............ I listened. It took me forever though. I saw Nick hovering over me. Actually it looked like three of him. I was hallucinating. "Gosh, that's not good. You can hardly keep your eyes open." I closed them again. "Her fever's getting a lot worse," Nick said as he touched my forehead. His hand was warm. It made me sweat. A doctor came over trying to give me medicine, but even if I had opened my mouth, I wouldn't have been able to swallow it. They had to give me a shot of it instead. I hate shots! Oww!  I thought. Nick somehow knew how I was feelng. "Its okay...." he said, "It's okay. I'm here."

Chapter 17

   I groaned. And then I fell back asleep. I woke up two days later to-I don't know how many since I was seeing double-doctors hovering around me. Everything was blurry. Nick was there, too. He had been crying. There were tears still coming down his cheeks. My head hurt more than ever. It felt like a 1000 degrees in there. I felt like dying. The doctors were talking about something. I couldn't understand them. I could only hear Nick. "Hey, you feel better?" he said stroking my hair. I just stared at him and then closed my eyes again. Nick for some reason was very curious. He lifted my sleeve and looked at the OmniPod on it. There was a crack in it. It was broken. Nick just stared. Another doctor saw and rushed over. "Looks like this boy over here figured it out," he said. Everyone gathered around. "It's broken," he said taking the machine off of me. "Do you know what happened?" he asked turning to Nick demandingly. "No..no I...I don't," Nick struggled to say. He couldn't remember the incident with Grayson. He was to worried thinking about me. "Well, somebody clearly broke it on purpose. Look. It wasn't an accident." The doctor didn't believe Nick at all. He was very suspicious. The doc said something in what looked like a walkie-talkie.
   Two police men appeared at the door. Nick was sitting next to me, looking at me. He was startled when he felt hands picking him up. The cops were taking him away. "What..what are you doing?" he asked so innocently. "You're coming with us. Down town. We need to ask you some questions. "What? No! I need to stay with her!" Nick yelled, "Let me go! I can't leave her!" He fought trying to get away and come to me. He was crying. "Don't fight. Anything you say or do can and will be held against you," one of the police men said. "No! Sydney!" I didn't hear him.

Chapter 18

I woke up a half an hour later. I saw something on the table next to me. I reached for it and one doctor saw me. "Where'd this come from?" she said picking it up. It was an OmniPod. She checked to make sure it was working right and placed it on my arm. I looked over my shoulder to see it. NICHOLAS JONAS was printed on the side. I smiled. "Nick!" I said as loud as I could when I realized he was no longer next to me, "Where's Nick?!" I questioned demandingly turning to the doctor who had called the cops on Nick. "Down town. Being questioned by police," he reponded not even looking at me. "WHAT?! WHY?!" I was in shock. "You're OmniPod was broken. That's why you got this terrible fever and were unconcious for two days." "You think he broke it?! He didn't do anything but save me!! I promise! I know him! He wouldn't!" I started screaming at him. "I'm sorry. He's already down there." I turned and cried in my pillow. "He didn't do anything," I muttered into the pillow over and over again as I sobbed. I didn't care what happened to me. I just wanted Nick to be with me through what might be the last moments I had left. I wanted him to be okay. Because of the fever, I couldn't remember what happened either. I couldn't tell them what really happened.
DOWN TOWN....
   It was night time now. Nick was in a little gray room with a huge bright light and two policemen. "So, you're Nick Jonas. Correct?" one of them said kindly. "Yeah," Nick replied looking down at the ground. "You know what you're in here for. Correct?" "Yes," he said again still looking down. "Look at me, boy!" the other cop said angrily. Nick's head shot up. They were doing the good cop/bad cop thing. "Is it true that you have been spending all your time with this Sydney (last name)?" "Yes," Nick said. "Did you ever do anything to harm her cause let's say...you were mad?" the nice one said. "No, I would never hurt her. I love her." "Are you aware that what you did was attempted murder?!" The mean one was talking again. He shined the bright light in Nick's eyes. He had to block it with his arm. It was so blinding that he could barely see. "I'm aware that who ever did that would be attempting murder, but I didn't do it! I swear!" Nick was telling the truth. "Don't swear if you don't mean it! Now if you didn't do it, tell me who did. Prove that what you say is true!" "I do mean it and would tell you if I knew, but I don't! I would do anything to help her," Nick said. A tear rolled down his face, "but I can't...remember..." Nick got slower as he talked. He got this pain in his side. He started crying, not because of the pain but because he wanted to be out of this place. He wanted to be laying next to me. He started crying even harder. "Okay, I think that's enough for now," the good cop said. "He's only a boy," he said turning to the bad cop. "Okay, for now," the other one talked back. The interrogation was done.
   The guards outside the room opened the door, came in, and led Nick out. "In here," one said after walking for awhile. They opened up one of the cell doors. Nick walked in reluctantly. They locked it and walked away. He went to the small bed and just sat there. He put his arm on his head. If things weren't bad enough, he started to get dizzy. He started seeing double. He passed out on the bed. No one was there to help him.

Chapter 19

   Once I had calmed down. A nice doctor came up to me. "Hey, are you okay?" "Yeah," I replied wiping away my tears. "Okay, good cause I need to tell you something." "I'm listening." "Well, now that you have that," she said pointing to my arm, "you will get better. But remember this. The insulin will take a few hours to take in. That means the fever will keep growing till then. In a couple hours it will set in, but that won't get rid of the fever. And that fever can get deadly in a couple hours. So just hang in there, okay?" "Okay," I said very calmly. I didn't really care anymore. I just wanted Nick back. It was around 10 so I went to sleep.

   Nick was still out cold when breakfast came around the next day. Two guards came. "It's breakfast time!" They were really kind. I mean they didn't even have the right to be mean. Nick as of now was still innocent until proven guilty. When they realized he didn't wake up, they opened the cell door and came inside. As they walked closer, they noticed how red his face was and saw him flich. "Dude.....are you okay?" one asked. When Nick didn't respond, they picked him up and carried him to the jail doctor.
   "Hey Al," the police officer who wasn't carrying Nick said. "Yes," the doctor replied looking up. "This boy here...he won't wake up, his face is pure red, and he's flinching. "Put him on the bed. Let me take a look at him. What's his name?" Alfred (Al) asked. "Ummm. Nick... Nick Jonas, I think," one of the guards said. The doctor grabbed some papers with Nick's name on it, "Let's see. Let's see. Read this to me while I take a closer look at him." "Okay, well. 15. September 16, 1992. 5'6". Diabetic. Three brothers. Rock/Pop Star...." "W..wait. Did you say diabetic?" "Umm," the cop said looking back at the papers, "Yes." Al felt Nick's arm and then turned him around and felt his back. "No OmniPod. No insulin pump. I figured it out. Look at the papers again and tell me how bad he has it." "Ummm, bad." "Okay, carry him to my car. We have to take him to the hospital." "Okay," the cop said picking him up again.
   They got to the hospital. It happened to be the same one I was in. I woke up just in time to see Nick out cold being carried past my room. "Nick!" I screamed sitting up. The doctor pushed me gently back down. "It's okay. It's okay," she said immediately thinking I was hulucinating again. "NICK!" I yelled again frantically. "Calm down, calm down. Everything's gonna be alright," she reassured me, "Mike, come in here." The doctor who had sent Nick away came in. Now I knew his name.
   "Okay. How you feeling?" he said turning to me. I didn't reply. I just glared at him. "I have some medicine or you. It will make you sleepy. We don't want you hulucinating now, do we?" When I didn't reply again, Mike told me, "Open up." "No," I said monotonously. "It's okay just open up." "No," I said again. "Come on," he raised his voice a little. "No." "Open up now or I'll have to use this shot instead." "No." "Okay then. Shot it is." He reached towards me with the shot. Just before it toucked my skin I turned causing him to have to stop. "Stand still!" "No." He tried again but I moved again. "Stay still!!" "No." "You listen to me now! I am older than you, an adult figure, and therefore you must listen to me !" "No." He slapped me on my cheek. I turned my face. If I wasn't red enough, now it was the purest red you've ever seen. A tear fell down my face. He touched my arm with the needle but of course I moved a little cause I was hurting. The needle scratched me. "Oh gosh!" I said turning even more into my pillow. He had really hurt me now. "I'm sorry, but that wouldn't have happened if you hadn't moved," he said. "You jerk," I said under my breath, a tear felling down my cheek. There was a scratch there now. I touched the sratch but quickly pulled away cause it hurt. "Sorry." He left the room.
   I slowly got myself up. I had seen Nick pass by, and I know I wasn't hulucinating. I walked slowly and discretley, hiding behind anything so none of the doctors would see me. I lookedinto every room as I passed it until I came to the end o the hall. There was Nick laying on the bed eyes shut. "Nick..." No one was currently in there so I walked up to him and climbed in the bed. I layed down next to him. "Nick..." I layed my head on his chest. I remembered what he had givin me and reached for my arm. I took the OmniPod off and put it on his arm. He had had no OmniPod on his arm since he had givin me his and mine had been thrown away as soon as the doctors had realized it was broken. "Nick..." I looked at his shut eyes. "I gave it back. Talk to me now..please. I have nothing to help me now. I want to talk to you before anything happens. Nick..."

Chapter 20

   "Yeah," Nick said with his eyes still closed. "Nick!" I exclaimed shooting my head up. "Hey. What's up?" he said jokingly. I laughed while I cried. "Don't do that to me again!" I layed back on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. It made me feel that he was okay. "Sydney!" Nick said after awhile of silence. "What?" "It's you!" "Haha yeah, it's me! Who'd you think it was?" "I don't know. My brain just sorta registered that you were here!" I laughed again. "You're funny. Now I know how you felt when I was the one in the hospital bed," I said still crying and laughing a little. "Yeah...Omigosh! Sydney!" "What?! Don't all of a sudden yell! You're scaring me!" I said still laughing. "What are you doing here?!" He sounded really worried. "What do you mean? I'm here to be with you." "Why aren't you in your room, your bed?!" "Cause I wanted to make sure you were okay! I saw you being carried outside my door, and you were out cold! I needed to be with you!" "Sydney! I'm fine! You need to go back!" I sat up. "Why?! Do you not want me here?!" Another tear fell. "No, Sydney! I want you here! I love you! That's why you have to go back! I don't know what will happen to you if you don't!" "It's okay, it's okay, Nick. I'm fine. I only have a fever. You gave me your OmniPod, remember? Becuase of you I'm okay." Then I remembered how I gave it back. "What up with that smile? You look so guilty of something. Am I missing something here?...."
   Nick looked down. He reached for his sleeve. I hid my face in the pillow. He hesitated. "Oh no. Sydney, no. Sydney, did you do what I think you did? If you did..." Nick lifted up his sleeve and saw the OmniPod right back on him. "Sydney!" "What?! I thought I was doing a good thing!" I started to cry. "You know you need it more than I do!" Nick yelled. He was angry. "But it's yours. I had to give it back," I said so innocently with tears streaming down my face that Nick stopped yelling. "Sydney. Come here," he said in the kindest way possible. He grabbed me and held me tight.
   "Come on," Nick said standing up sorta tripping at first because he still hadn't opened his eyes yet. "Lay back down," Doctor Williams, my old doctor, said walking into the room, "You need your rest." "But..." "Nick, sit down," I whispered to him. "Oh, Sydney!" She had obviously heard me. "How are you feeling? I guess it's the other way aroud this time. This time Nick's the one in the hospital." "Not exactly," Nick started as Dr. Williams put a wet cloth on his head, "Sydney is..." He was trying to tell her that I was back in the hospital and was being treated, or supposed to be. "Shhh. Don't talk. Just relax." Nick stopped. The doctor looked at me. "What happened?! Your cheek..." Nick's eyes flew open. He looked at me. Even thought it was still blurry for him since it was the first time he had opened eyes in awhile, he could see a huge scratch on my face. "What ha..." Doctor Williams looked at him telling him not to talk, and he shut up immediately. He loooked at me with the saddest, most innocent, worried face.
   "Nothing. I'm fine," I answered. "Tell me what happened. Please." "Ummm, I don't really remember. Somebody..." "Somebody what?" she asked. "Ummm. Somebody...slapped me...somebody..." "Oh my gosh! Who?!" I touched my cheek and remembered something. "A...doctor. I think...." "A doctor?! A doctor has no right to hit a patient's visitor!" Doctor Williams expressed very strongly. "She's not a visitor..." "Shhhh." "She's not a visitor!" Nick yelled, "She is here because Grayson threw her against the table and she blacked out and she was unconcious for the two days before yesterday and she has a terrrible fever!" "What?!" She turned to me, "Is this true? Or is he just dillusional?" "I'm not dillusional!" Nick yelled in defense. "Shhh," the doctor said gently pushing him back down onto the pillow. "Ummm. I don't know." I started to get dizzy. I started swaying back and forth, and Nick held me still. Doctor Williams pushed me gently onto the pillow, too. Nick reached for his arm, grabbed what was on it, lifted my sleeve, and gently slid it on me. "Where's her...? What happened to..?" Doctor Williams stuttered. "It broke," Nick told her, then telling himself the rest, "He broke it." "Wait. Wait. If hers is broken, that must be yours?" "Yeah, but she needs..." Nick started. "No," she said, "You need it, too." She gave it back to him. "What about her?" "Don't worry. I'll try to find another one for her."

Chapter 21

   A doctor came in. I flinched. "Sydney..." Nick noticed. The doctor came closer. I started shaking violently. Dr. Williams was talking to him while Nick talked to me. "Syd, what's wrong?" "Him," I said shakily. "What about him?" "It's him," was all that came out. Mike came closer and said, "Well what have we here? You and him. I thought you were so supposed to be down the hall, and your friend down town. Now you two are suddenly here." "Get away from her," Nick said under his breath. "What did you say to me, boy?" "I said get away from her!" Nick said angrily. I put my head on his chest with tears streaming down my face. "You don't talk to me like that! I am an authority and will be treated as such!" "Keep him away from me," I whispered to Nick while crying. "Don't worry. I won't let him hurt you," he whispered back. "What's going on here?" Doctor Wiliams asked confused.
   Joe and Kevin ran in. "Oh, man. We've been looking all over for you guys! Where have you...wait. Weren't you in a different room? Nick you don't look so good. I thought Sydney was the one... I am sooo confused." Kevin finally said. "Okay, I'm gonna say this fast so listen up." Nick explained everything. "Wow! That's a lot!" Kevin said when he was finished. "All that happened in less than 24 hours.." Joe said staring at the ceiling. "Yeah, I guess," Nick said. "So are you guys okay?! And Nick why didn't you tell the cop people who broke it?!" "I don't know. I couldn't remember. Now I do but it doesn't matter cause I'm out of that place," Nick replied. "Well you know they're gonna take you right back when you're better," Mike told Nick. "Just shut up! This is our conversation not yours!" Nick yelled. Mike slapped him. "I told you. You can't talk to me like that!" "I can when you hurt my girlfriend!" Nick said touching his cheek and looking at me. Nick called me his girlfriend. "Don't touch him, you jerk!" I yelled with tears streaming down my face.
   "Doctor Holliman! You can NOT do that!" Doctor Williams said going right up to him, "You get out! Get out!" she continued to yell. Mike left and slammed the door behind him. "I am so sorry, you guys! I don't know what's wrong with him! He's usually not like this!" Doctor Williams said apologizing for his behavior. I didn't even hear what she said. "You called me your girlfriend," I said staring up at Nick smiling. He smiled, too. "Yeah. Cause I love you," Nick said back. I put my head back on his chest and fell asleep.

Chapter 22

   "Okay, now that he's gone, we need to get her some medical attention," Dr. Williams told Nick, Joe, and Kevin. "Yeah, she's burning up," Joe said touching my forehead. "I'll take her to the other room so you guys don't catch her fever." "No, it's okay. I want to be with her..." Nick started but was cut off by the doc. "This is deadly. I think it would be best if you guys stayed away until she's better." "Please. It's okay. I don't care if I get anything I just want to be with her. Please," Nick pleaded with such innocence. "Okay, okay. But be careful." Doctor Williams gave in. "I will be." Nick got up stumbling. He went to pick me up, but the doctor stopped him. "You can barely walk. I think I should get her," Joe said. He picked me up and carried me out the door. Kevin helped Nick get over there since he was still a bit dizzy and wobbly.
   Joe set me on the bed. "Okay, I got some shots for her until her new OmniPod comes in." Dr. Williams told them. "We're running short on doctors this week, so can you guys give her the shots?" "I can. I'm used to using these anyway," Nick said. "Thank you. I have a million other patients to care for so I need to go." "Okay. We'll be here." "Oh, and Nicholas." "Yes." "You need your rest, too. Do not get up from that bed." "Don't worry. I won't." She left the room. "Man, this is crazy. Why do things have to be so hard?" Nick questioned. He seemed really stressed. "It's okay, little bro. Everything's gonna be okay," Joe and Kevin said. "But why's this all happening? Why her?" "Why not her?" Joe answered. "Oh no. You can not use my own words against me!" Nick said laughing a little. "Haha. Already did!" Joe said tickin his tounge out. "Stop acting like a 7 year old!" Kevin said nidging Joe with his elbow laughing. "Hey! I'm 7!" Frankie said walking in the room. "Frank the Tank!" Joe said grabbing him. "Hey, Frankie..." I said just waking up. Nick looked down at me. "Hello beautiful." I just smiled. "Hey, Joe. Hey, Kevin. Were you guys here earlier? I mean in the other room." "Yeah. Didn't you see us?" "No, sorry." "Don't mention it. It's okay," Kevin said kindly.
   I yawned and layed back against the pillow facing Nick. Nick leaned back, too, facing me. "Are they going to sleep?" Frankie asked. "Yeah. Let's not bother them." "Together?" the little dude asked weirdly. "Yes, Frankie. C'mon. Let's go," Joe said leding him out. Joe turned around real quick. "Nick," he said. "Yeah," Nick replied lifting his head up. "Don't forget." "What?" Nick asked, "Wait. Nevermind." He got the shot from the table behind him. I saw it. "Nooo," I said sleepily. "Don't worry. It's just for a second. Okay, well it's longer than a second. It's actually probably the longest shot you've ever had, but don't worry. You'll barely feel it. Trust me," he said as sweet as possible. "Okay..." He was right, I could barely feel it. He put it behind him. He reached his arm out and pulled me closer to him to where I was right up against him. We fell asleep facing each other, my head against his chest.

Chapter 23

   We had gone to sleep early. Six actually. I guess we were really tired. Now it was 2 in the morning. I woke up. I was burning up. Nick was still asleep. He looked so cute asleep. I smiled up at him. I wanted to stay right where I was against Nick, but he was so warm and I couldn't take the heat. I pulled back slowly and was about to take off the covers when Nick felt me move. "Hey. What you doin?" he said half-asleep. "Nothing. You can go back to sleep if you want." "You okay?" "Yeah. I'm fine." He looked at me funny. I was through lying to him about how I felt. "Just a little hot. And my head hurts," I admitted. Nick looked at the clock next to him. "It's been eight hours. I guess I could give you another shot. Actually I should have awhile ago. I'm sorry I didn't wake up," he said reaching behind him. "Ughhhh," I groaned. The needle touched my skin. This time it was longer and it hurt more. I wanted him to stop the pain but I knew I had to have it.
   "Nick," I said after it was over. "Yeah." "Nick, when can I leave this place?" "I don't know. Soon. Maybe." He looked like he was lying. I gave him the same face he gave me when I was lying. "Okay. Well I don't know. It could be awhile," he spilled. He looked really sad to say it, still hiding something. "It's okay, Nick. As long as I get out of here eventually," I said reassuring him that everything was fine. Nick looked down. "Wonder if you don't?" he said softly. "What do you mean?" I looked worried cause I was. I had a pretty good idea of what he was talking about which worried me. "Wonder if...if you don't make it outta here? I mean I almost didn't make it and yours is worse than mine. Wonder if..." he said looking like he was about to cry. I looked down, too. A tear fell. "I'm sorry," Nick started, "I didn't mean to...say that." "It's okay, Nick," I said colapsing onto the pillow. "Goodnight," I said closing my eyes. I didn't say it nicely either. I just didn't want to talk anymore. "I really am sorry."
   After a minute of silence, Nick started again. "Sydney, I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I didn't mean it. I promise," he pleaded. "Nick, promise is a big word. Don't say it unless you really mean it," I responded with my eyes still shut. Nick colapsed to the pillow, too. "Goodnight," he said softly and shyly. "Night," I replied. He pulled me in closer or at least tried to, but I pulled back and turned the other way. He knew better than to bother me. After only a few minutes, I couldn't take it anymore. I turned around and cuddled up next to him. "I forgive you," I said. He put his arms around me and fell asleep.

Chapter 24

I was obviously super tired cause I woke up at 2 in the afternoon. "Hey, sleepy head," Joe said pulling my hair back. He was sitting right next to me on the bed. "Hey," I replied, "What time is it?" "Umm, 2. In the afternoon. Haha, you're doing what Joe does," Kevin said laughing making fun of Joe. "Hey! I do NOT sleep in that late!" "Haha, yeah you do," Kevin said cracking up. I started to giggle. "Well, you would more if you had the choice, but we usually have to be up early," Kevin finished. "No, I'm always up first!" "No way, dude! You're always up LAST!" I was watching them argue. It was actually really funny. I tried to stop myself from laughing but couldn't help it. Those two are just so funny together! "I even have to set TWO alarms at night! The first one for me! And the second one's for you!" Kevin said back laughing hysterically. I love Kevin's laugh. "Why are you guys fighting over who is harder to wake up?" I turned around. It was Nick. "Hey, baby," he said when I looked at him. "Hey, hun," I said staring into his sparkling eyes. Joe and Kevin were two busy too even say "Awwwww" which they usually would have. "See! Ha! Nick just woke up AFTER me!" Joe screamed hoping that he would win this battle. "Yeah...cause he's in a hospital, SMART ONE!!!" Kevin said in defense. I started laughing so hard I could barely breathe. "Haha. Way to go, Kev!" Nick shouted. "Yes! I got a fan!" Kevin said triumphantly. "Syd, you on my side, right?" "Ummm. I think I'm with Kev on this one!" I said still laughing. "Oh, that's not fair! You've got two on your side and I've got none!!" Joe whined.
"Stop..." I giggled, "Stop, you're making me..laugh..too hard!" I said cracking up. "Thank you. Thank you," Joe said bowing like he won something, "I should be a comedian, shouldn't I?" "Yeah, Joe, of course," Nick said laughing now, too. "Yes. But special reserved for me!" I said jokingly. "Haha," Joe said running over. He started tickling me as hard as he could. Nick joined in on the action. Then Kevin did, too. "No...no! Stop!" I begged through laughter, "Please...stop! I can't...take it! Haha! Stop! I'm begging you!...Mercy! Mercy!" After they put me through enough torture, they stopped. I was out of breath by then. Just in case they attacked again, I slid down the bed and pulled the covers over my whole body. "You tryin' to hide?" Nick said laughing. "Yes. Haha, now you can't get me!" "We'll just see about that!" Nick said ducking under the covers, too. He reached for me and I closed my eyes waiting for the tickling, but instead he grabbed me and pulled me out from under the covers. He pulled me in towards him and held me tight. Now Joe and Kevin could say it. "Awwwwwwwww," they said at the same time, "Those lovebirds!" They couldn't hold it back. I didn't mind. Neither did Nick.
I yawned. "I'm tired." "How can you be tired? You just woke up!" Kevin said still laughing. He just couldn't stop. It was so cute! I yawned again. "Don't mind what Kevin says. Just go to sleep," Joe said, then turnng to Kevin, "cause sleeping is A GOOD THING!" He shouted the last part in an I-told-you-so tone. "She has a reason, too, stupid!" Kevin said hitting Joe (not hard!) on the back of the head. "Ow!" Joe yelled. "That didn't hurt!" Kevin said, "I barely even touched you!" "Here we go again," Nick whispered to me. "Haha, yeah," I whispered back. I wrapped my arms around his arm. I closed my eyes. Joe and Kevin kept arguing. After about 10 minutes, they looked over at the bed an saw me and Nick fast asleep.

Chapter 25

   "Man, they're so cute together," Denise said coming into the room. "Hey, Mom!" Joe said. "How they doin'?" Paul asked. "They're doing good." "YAY!" Frankie yelled jumping on the bed. "AHH!" Nick yelled as he was rudely awakened. I screamed. I get scared very easily. Then Nick and I started laughing at ourselves. "Awww," Kevin and Joe said at the same time. "How long we been asleep?" Nick asked ignoring what they had said. "Five hours. It's like....7:30." "Seriously? Haha, we've only been awake for 30 minutes today," Nick said turning to me. I giggled. "I'm still tired," I said closing my eyes again. "Man, you ever gonna stay awake for more than 30 minutes at a time?!" Joe said jokingly. "You shouldn't be talking," Kevin said sarcastically. “HEY! You know what? I’m gonna be the mature one and stop arguing!” Joe said with pride. “Well, that’s a first!” Kevin fired back. “Stop, guys!” Paul commanded. “We're just kidding, Dad," Joe said, then turned to me and Nick, "Hey, you guys want to watch a movie?" "Yeah." "Okay. Funny, Drama, Scary, Sa-" We cut Kevin off. "Scary!" Nick and I yelled at the same time. "Oki doki then. I thought you might say that," Kevin said pulling The Messengers out from behind his back. "Ahh! That movie freaks me out!! Let's watch it!!" I yelled excitedly. "Woa. It freaks you out but you love it. Haha, you're funny," Joe told me. "That's why you love me!!" I replied.
   Joe layed down next to me and after Kevin put the DVD in, he layed down on the other side next to Nick. I was already clutching onto Nick by the first 20 minutes of it. I screamed and hid my head on his chest. He put his arm around me and I looked back at the screen. Half way through the movie, I was asleep in between Joe and Nick. "She's aleep," Joe whispered to Nick after the movie being sure not to wake me up. "You jsut noticed that? I knew it when the screaming stopped," Nick replied laughing. "Where's Mom, and Dad, and Frankie?" He asked. "They went to get something to eat," Kevin said.
   Thinking about food made Nick’s stomach growl. “Nick,” Kevin said worriedly. “Yeah.” “How long has it been since you ate?” “Ummmm…” “Nick, tell me!” “Uh, like…” Nick started counting on his fingers and talking more to himself than to Kev. “First day she got here...two days unconcious...same day police station...other room...today... Uh, this is the fifth day, I think.” “FIVE DAYS!” Kev screamed. “Dude, you can’t do that!!” Joe shouted. “I haven’t left her. I’m not going to now either,” Nick said. “No, we’re taking you to get something now!” “No, I’m not leaving her!” “You have to! Man, you can’t not eat for five days! This is serious!” “I’ll eat something when she wakes up.” “No, now!” “No!” “Then we’ll have to wake her up now if you’re gonna be so stubborn!” Joe said. “No, let her slee-,” Nick tried to stop them. “Sydney, Sydney. Wake up,” Joe said shaking me gently.
   "Huh? What?" I said startled. "See, Nick. She's up. Now, let's go!" "Wait-What's going on?" I asked confuzzled. "Nick hasn't eaten in five days!" Joe said turning to Nick looking really mad. "Nick!" I yelled as loud as I could. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll eat something now," he said. Nick put his hands on the bed and lifted himself up, but fell back down. "Nick?!" Kevin yelled. "Ughh," Nick groaned. "See. This is why people have to eat!" Kev said lifting him up. "Nick, are you okay?" I asked worriedly. "Yeah, I'm, uh, fine," Nick said getting to his feet swaying back and forth with his hand on his head. "Don't worry. We got ya," Joe said holding him still. They helped him towards the door. "What about Sydney?" Nick asked still dizzy. "I'm fine, Nick." Then I turned to Joe and Kevin, "Make sure he eats...a lot, or I'll have to come over there myself." "We will. Come on, Nick," Joe said guiding him out. Kevin shut the door behind him.

Chapter 26

   An hour later, they came back to see something they didn't expect. There were doctors rushing into my room. Kevin and Joe had to hold Nick back since Nick wanted to barge in and was still really weak from not eating. "What's going on?" Kevin asked a doctor standing outside the door. "Are you friends of hers?" she asked. "Yes. Can we go in?" "I'm afraid not. She's in serious condition. No one but the doctors is allowed in," she told them. "What?!" Nick yelled. He turned to Joe and Kevin, "I told you I shouldn't have left her!" He was in tears by now. "I told you!" he repeated louder. Joe pat his back, and Nick sat down in the chair next to him and put his hands over his face. "I'm sorry," Joe said sitting down next to Nick who was still crying. Kevin sat on the other side of Nick and put his arm around him like a good big brother would. "It's okay. She's gonna be fine." "I-I gotta go," Nick stuttered standing up. They let him go.
   Nick came back at around 11:30 pm, 3 hours later. No one knew where he had been and no one asked. He came back and saw Kevin and Joe crying. "Wh-what's wrong?" Nick said stuttered slowly. There was a long silence. "What's wrong!!!" Nick yelled louder. "Sh-she she," Joe tried to say. "What?!!" Nick was losing his patience. "Sh-she d-di-didn't m-make it," Kevin squeezed out. "What?" Nick asked. He couldn't really hear them through the tears. He was starting to get really worried. "S-she w-was ju-just an-announ-annouced-" "Just tell me!! I can't wait any longer!!" Nick yelled angrily. "Dead."

Chapter 27

   Nick was too shocked to do anything. He couldn't even cry. He turned around and started to walk away, but quickly turned around and ran into my room. "Sydney! Sydney! No, no, no!" he cried out holding me, eyes shut. "NO! This isn't fair! We were supposed to be together forever! I love you, and now you're GONE!" He couldn't stop crying now. Tears fell down his cheek and onto mine. "Why did you have to go?! Why not me?!" Nick screamed. Nick set me back down gently. He looked at me, laying there hopelessly, eyes closed forever more. He kissed me on the forehead. "I love you," he said and stood up. He walked out of the room. As he reached the door, he took a quick glance at me and ran.
   He stopped when he was a few blocks away walking on the snow. He took slow steps staring at the ground. He keot walking and walking, going no where. A few fans spotted him and ran up but stopped when they saw how depressed Nick was. I guess they were nice fans that actually cared about him. He stared at the snow and started having flashbacks:
"So what restaurants are around here?" I asked. "I don't know. You should know, not us." Kev said. "I should? Why me?" I was confused. "We're in Indiana....Fort Wayne actually." "Seriously?! That's so cool!" I screamed. I stuck my head out the sunroof. "I'M BACK, INDY!!!!!!" I yelled out to everyone. I came back down and everyone just started laughing including me. "Haha. Yeah, I know I'm weird!" I said still cracking up. "OH MY GOSH!" I had just realized something. "What?" Nick said with his cute little laugh. "It's snowing!!!!" I yelled. "Oh yeah, you live in Georgia. Well, here's SNOW!" Joe shouted. "Haha. I love snow. It reminds me of Indy and Philly. I moved there afterwards. Man, after we eat can we just like play in the snow?!" I was so excited (obviously.lol) "Yeah, sure! That'll be fun!" "SWEET!!" I yelled, "Haha! I'm done now."
   They were supposed to have been playing in the snow after they went to the restaurant. They didn't even make it there.
   "Haha," Joe said running over. He started tickling me as hard as he could. Nick joined in on the action. Then Kevin did, too. "No...no! Stop!" I begged through laughter, "Please...stop! I can't...take it! Haha! Stop! I'm begging you!...Mercy! Mercy!" After they put me through enough torture, they stopped. I was out of breath by then. Just in case they attacked again, I slid down the bed and pulled the covers over my whole body. "You tryin' to hide?" Nick said laughing. "Yes. Haha, now you can't get me!" "We'll just see about that!" Nick said ducking under the covers, too. He reached for me and I closed my eyes waiting for the tickling, but instead he grabbed me and pulled me out from under the covers. He pulled me in towards him and held me tight. Now Joe and Kevin could say it. "Awwwwwwwww," they said at the same time, "Those lovebirds!" They couldn't hold it back. I didn't mind. Neither did Nick.
   Nick's mind started racing. Things were all out of order, but did it matter anymore?
   "Huh? What?" I said startled. "See, Nick. She's up. Now, let's go!" "Wait. Wh-what's going on?" I asked confuzzled. "Nick hasn't eaten in five days!" Joe said turning to Nick looking really mad. "Nick!" I yelled as loud as I could. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll eat something now," he said. Nick put his hands on the bed and tried to lift himself up, but fell back down. "Nick?!" Kevin yelled. "Ughh," Nick groaned, eyes closed. "See! This is why people have to eat!" Kev said lifting him up. "Nick, are you okay?!" I asked worriedly. "Yeah, I'm, uh, fine," Nick said getting to his feet swaying back and forth with his hand on his head. "Don't worry. We got ya," Joe said holding him still. They helped him towards the door. "What about Sydney?" Nick asked still dizzy. "I'm fine, Nick." Then I turned to Joe and Kevin, "Make sure he eats... a lot, or I'll have to come over there myself." "We will. Come on, Nick," Joe said guiding him out. Kevin shut the door behind him.
   That was the last words they had heard from me. "Why did I have to leave?!!!" Nick shouted to no one. "Why?!!!!!!!"

Chapter 28

   Nick collapsed onto the snow. He didn't get up because there was no point. It would take alot of effort since he was still really weak from not eating, anyways, so he chose to lay there instead. Nick thought more.
   "Hey, Syd! I can call you Syd, right?!" Nick asked me. I couldn't say anything. I was speechless. Ash talked for me, "Oh my gosh! We love you guys! And yeah, you can call her Syd. That's what I call her." "Does she talk?!" Nick said jokingly. "Yeah, I talk." I said laughing a little. I felt like I was going to pass out! This was like a dream! We then talked for awhile and got to know each other. Nick gave me his number and I gave him mine. We were talking the whole time. Then, he and his bros had to do sound check, so we sat in our first row seats and watched them. During "Please Be Mine" (which is like my favorite song), Nick was staring right at me, and I was looking right at him. I couldn't stop looking at his eyes. Then it finished and I got out of my trance.
   What seemed like an hour later, Nick knew I was up. "Nick.." I said with hardly any breath. "Sydney! Are you okay?! What happened?!" Nick said really fast that I couldn't understand what he was saying. "Huh?!" "Are you okay?!" he repeated slower. "Yeah, I'm fine," I lied. "What happened?! Why'd you get up?!" Nick asked. "I was hungry." "Then why'd you like...collapse?!" Nick really wanted an answer. "Um...I'm tired. Can I go back to sleep?" "Seriously, Sydney. What happened?!" Nick was really worried and said it calmly trying to get me to give in and tell him. "Uh, can we talk in the morning or something? I'm really tired." I layed my head on his chest. He waited a while until I fell back asleep and then said "K. Goodnight," and kissed me on the top of my head.
   Nick was laying down next to me on the bed. He had his arms around me. "She still..hasn't...gotten...gotten up," Nick said between tears. "It's okay, Nick. She's gonna be okay," Joe reassured him. The doc (Doctor Williams) came in, and said she had to take me in for some tests. A guy came in and picked me up. Nick saw how helpless I was as I dangled from his arms. That made him cry even more. They just sat in there for about an hour and then saw me come back in. She layed me back on the bed. "Um, can I talk to you for a minute?" she said to Nick. "Yeah," he said even though he wanted to stay. "Um, your friend," she started. Nick got a worried look on his face. "She..she has diabetes." Another tear fell down his cheek but he wasn't surprised. "And..." Nick cut her off, "There's more!" "Yes, well she might not make it through the night." Nick bit his lower lip but couldn't move other for that. Doctor Williams went to go help another doctor leaving Nick standing there.
   Nick kissed me on the lips. At that moment he heard a little beep. He looked up and saw the monitor. From the straight line, it went up and then down. Then again. He was completely focused on the monitor. If he had looked at me, he would have seen me open my eyes again...
   "After all we have been through, why'd it have to end like this?" Nick asked himself. It didn't seem fair to him. He got up and walked back. It was really late now, well I guess early technically. It was 1 in the morning. Nick walked towards Kevin and Joe who were crying even harder now. Nick thought he saw them smile but they covered their faces too soon. Kevin and Joe calmed themselves down and stood up. Kevin gave Nick the biggest hug ever, and then Joe joined in. And even little Frankie. Denise was crying in the back. There was even a tear on Paul. Joe and Kevin smiled but Nick couldn't see them since they were still hugging. A hand touched Nick's shoulder. Frankie, Kevin, and Joe let go, and Nick jumped back. He hesitated but finally turned around. "OHHHHHH MYYYYY GOSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

Chapter 29

   "Hey!" someone said. "OH MY GOSH!" Nick repeated. "Hi!" the mystery person said giving Nick a huge hug. "I'm so glad you're alright! How is this even possible?!" Nick yelled squeezing the person to death. "Anything's possible, I guess," she said. "Oh, Sydney!" Nick screamed. (Yes, the mystery girl was me.) "Like you're totally okay?! You're really here?! I'm not like dreaming or anything?!" "No, Nick. You're not dreaming. Calm yourself," I told him. "Never!" He squeezed me even harder. "Don't kill me now!" I said laughing. "Oh, yeah. Sorry," Nick said putting me down and kissing my forehead. He turned to his older brothers. He hit Joe and Kevin on the head. "Ow! What was that for?!" Kevin yelled putting his hand on his head. "Why didn't you call me?! I was just laying in the cold snow waiting for nothing!" Nick yelled back, "And why didn't you tell me when I FIRST got here?! Did you just want to give me a heart attack instead?!" "We wanted it to be a surprise. She woke up about half an hour after you left," Joe said. "HALF AN HOUR!" Nick shouted, "AHH! I'm going to kill you guys!" Nick yelled.
   He got a devious look on his face. Joe and Kevin started running. Nick chased after them. I just laughed. "You guys are so funnny!" I told them when they came to a stop. "Of course! That's why we're here...at your service. To make you laugh!" Joe said. Nick tripped and almost fell. "You okay?" I asked him. "Yeah, I just need to lay down," he said not moving except swaying back and forth. "Okay," Joe and Kevin said taking him in my room. I layed down next to him. "Once again, that's why you eat!" Joe yelled at him. "You seem very hyper," Nick said ignoring his brother. "Uh huh. I don't know why, but yeah!" I said excitedly, "but I'll still lay here with you!" I put my head on his chest and listened to his heart beat. Nick put his hand on my head and fell asleep. This was the first time where Nick was more tired then I was.
   Joe and Kevin looked at me realizing that I was still up. "Aren't you tired?" Kevin asked. "A little, but I don't know. I just...I guess..." "I have no idea what you're saying," Joe cut in laughing. "I don't either," I replied also laughing. "Just get some sleep. I have a surprise for you in the morning..." Joe said using that high voice at the end that makes you wonder. He turned around and walked slowly waiting for me to stop him. "What surprise?" I asked. It had obviously worked. "Oh, you'll see." Then Joe and Kevin left the room. "Goodnight, Nick," I said as I yawned and closed my eyes.

Chapter 30

   In the middle of the night, I woke up and Nick along with me. "I'm sorry I woke you." "It's okay," Nick said. He touched my arm. "Woa! You're burning up! Here," Nick said taking the blankets off of me and himself. He held me close. He was too weak to cry out, so he couldn't get me any help. A fan of the Jonas Brothers walked by, I don't know why a fan was walking around in a hospital in the middle of the night with a camera, but... she saw me and Nick. She turned around and took a picture. The picture looked pretty bad considering I was now laying on top of him and since I was overheating so badly that Nick had to take my shirt off (I still had a really light cami on, okay?). She took a look at the picture. She got this smile on her face, and it wasn't a good one. She walked away.
   Me and Nick didn't see. We didn't even know she had been there. "You better now?" Nick asked looking up at me. "Yeah," I layed on his chest. "Open up," he said. I looked up. He had a bottle of water in his hands. I rolled off of him and sat up. I grabbed the water, but before I took a drink I said, "Do you want any?" "No, you can have it all." I took a sip. "Are you sure? Go ahead. Have some." I handed Nick the bottle. "Okay." He took a drink and gave it back to me. I drink the rest. "I love you," he said out of nowhere. "I love you, too." "I haven't officially asked yet, so... do you want to be my girlfriend?" "Hmmm, let me think about that... YES!" He laughed and so did I. Then, I put my finger on his lips. "Shhh. We don't want to wake anybody up," I said. "Okay. Goodnight." "Goodnight."

Chapter 31

   I woke up and saw Joe and Kevin still asleep in the chairs. Joe fell off and hit the ground. "Ow!" he whisper-yelled trying not to wake anybody up. I started to giggle. "Hey," he said walking towards me. He sat on the bed. "What's up?" The last part he said with a little pain in his voice as he touched his head. "You okay?" I said with a chuckle. "Yeah. Thanks for asking. What are you doing up so early?" "I don't know. Wait, it's morning! What's the surprise?!" I exclaimed. "Ohhhh, nothing." "No, you have to tell me! Or I'll be very upset with you, mister!" I loved saying 'mister' after seeing Michelle on Full House say it all the time. "Okay, okay. You can leave today." "What?!?! Seriously?!" Before he could answer I blurted out, "SWEET!" Thanks to my own stupidy, Nick and Kevin were now starting to wake up. Joe and I looked at each other. "HIDE!" we shouted to each other in a whisper. We went to the first place we could- under the bed. We crawled under.
   "Hey... where is everybody?!" Nick asked worriedly. Kevin said, "Don't worry. I'm sure they're around here somewhere." He got up and started to look around. "Okay, where are they?!" Kevin was scared now, too. Joe and I were trying to hold back the laughter. Joe hit his head on the top of the bed. "Owwwwwww," he whispered very calmly, "Why do I keep hitting my head?" I couldn't hold it back now. I let out a giggle. "I heard them!" Kevin shouted. Joe put his hand over my mouth and took me under the top of the bed where the pilliows are, the darkest place. He put his finger over his lips telling me not to talk. Kevin lifted the bed sheet up and looked under. He didn't see us and closed it. "Wait a minute..." he said and looked back under. He saw us. "He-llo!!" I said. "Nick, I found them!" Kevin shouted. Me and Joe climbed out.
   "Why'd you have to giggle?!" Joe asked. "It's your fault! You hit your head!" I yelled in defense. "Like I meant to do that!" Joe shouted back, "Oh, you are sooooooo gonna get it!" I screamed and slid back under the bed. Nick came under the bed, too. "Don't worry. I won't let him get you," he said jokingly in a deep heroic tone. "Of course, my hero!" I played along. We could see Joe's hand as he put it under the bed. He was in search of my foot so he could grab it and pull me out. Nick and I slid out the other side and hid behind a little coffee table. They took forever to find us and the rest of the time, Nick, Joe, Kevin, and I talked about everything untill it was time to go.

Chapter 32

   "Okay, you're free to go now. You need some fresh air anyways. I know you're traveling, but if you feel bad at all, go to a doctor," Doctor Williams said to me on my way out. "Will do," I said. I ran out of there and hopped onto the tour bus before anyone else. I hid. "Now, where's our little girl?" Joe and Kevin said playfully. They called me 'their little girl' now. I sat in a corner silently. "Look how lovely zee weazer iz tozay," Joe said in Dr. Cluzo's (from the Pink Panther) accent while walking toward the window. I almost started laughing. He sounded like French! "I hope it stays zis mild," he said. Then he karate chopped the curtain down to find that I wasn't there. I started laughing so hard that I didn't make any noise which was a good thing cause I wouldn't give myself away. Nick saw me. I put my finger over my lips. "Okay," he whispered. "Where is she?!" Joe asked. "I don't know!" Nick lied. "I'm gonna find her!" he yelled and looked around the room. He got so close to where I was so I mouthed to Nick, HELP! "Hey, Joe. I think I see her," Nick said distracting Joe to make him look the other way. "Where?!" When Joe turned around I got up and hit him on the head playfully. "Ow, what is this Hit-Joe's-Head Day?!" "Haha, very funny, Joe."
   I ran to the backlounge. I layed on the couch. "Ah, this feels good," I said. They came in with popcorn and sodas and chips and a bunch of other snacks. "YUM!" We sat down, watched a movie, and started eating. I stayed away from the soda but everything else was mine!!!lol All four of us fell asleep in that room, Nick and I on the sofa, Joe and Kevin on the floor. Joe's head was laying on the edge of the sofa.
   I woke up first and walked to the kitchen, careful not to wake anyone else up. I reached for a cabinet and found a bunch of medicine in it. I poured some of the pills out. I held them in my hand and stared. I reached for my mouth, and then Nick came in. I stopped. "What are you doing?!?!" he yelled. "Ummm..." I couldn't tell him. I just couldn't. He grabbed my hand hand and turned it over so all the pills fell to the floor. "Are you crazy?!" he said holding both my arms close to his face. His grip was so hard. I started crying. I fell to my knees.
   Joe and Kevin heard Nick yelling and ran in. "Nick!! What are you doing?!" Kevin yelled. They thought Nick was hurting me. Nick ignored them and knelt down next to me. "What is your problem?! What is wrong with you?!" Nick shouted. He was so mad that he wanted to slap me. He raised his hand. "Nick!!" Joe screamed and grabbed Nick's hand. Kevin reached for me but was stopped. "You, don't touch her!" Nick yelled, "I'm not finished here!" He turned to me, "Answer me!!" I started crying even harder. "Leave her alone!" Kevin yelled, "What are you doing?!" He grabbed me and pulled me away from Nick. Joe took Nick. "Why are you hurting her?!" he whisper-yelled. "I'm not! Now let me go! Kevin, don't comfort her! Get her over here! We need to talk NOW!" Nick yelled. "I don't think I will, Nick. I don't think you should get near her right now. She won't stop crying," Kevin said denying Nick's request. "NOW!" "NO!" "N-Nick d-ddidn't do anyth-thing," I said through tears. "Then what's wrong, baby girl?" Joe asked letting go of Nick. He stroked my hair. Nick came over and grabbed me out of nowhere. "I caught her trying to KILL HERSELF!!" Nick yelled pulling me into the bedroom.
   Once we got in, Nick was tempted to throw me on the bed but stopped himself. He put me down. I layed down trying to wipe away my tears but they kept falling. "Why'd you try to kill yourself?!" he said a little calmer and a little quieter. "B-because..." I cried, "You guys have done so much for me, and all I've done is ruin everything."

Chapter 33

   Nick stopped and stared at me. "Nick?" I said after awhile. He snapped back to reality. "How could you think that?!" he yelled, "You're what's completed my life! You've only made it better, a million times better! I love you, and I thought you knew that!" He stomped angrily towards the door. "Nick, I know that. I'm sorry. I love you, too. I won't do it again. I promise," I said. Then I smiled to make him feel better. "Don't make me smile. I'm mad at you," he said turning around. "Oh, I see that little smile," I said laughing a little. He tackled me playfully on the bed. We both started laughing. "I'm sorry," I said again. "I need more than that," Nick said. "I'm sooooooooooooooo sorry?" I said. "No, more." "How about this?" I said leaning towards him. We kissed for awhile. "That's better," he said. "I thought so."
   "Everything okay in here?" Kevin asked opening the door. "Well Kev, seeing that there kissing, I think everything's alright. Unless it's an...angry....kiss...nevermind!" Joe said. We stopped and laughed at him. "Why do people always laugh at me?!" Joe asked. "Because...you're you," I told him laughing a little. "Sydney..." Kevin said. "Yeah," I perked up. "You are sooooooooooo dead!" He and Joe jumped on the bed and nailed me down. At first I thought they were kidding, but I was wrong. "What is wrong with you?!" Joe screamed. "Let me go, please!" I begged. "Are you crazy?!" Kevin asked. "Please, please, leave me alone," I said. They held me down harder. "You're hurting me!" I screamed. "Let go of her, please," Nick said calmfully. "Get out of this, Nick! You had your chance to yell, and now it's our turn!" Joe said turning to Nick.
   While he was yelling at Nick, Joe didn't realize that he had his elbow pushing down on my neck really hard. I started gasping for air. "Omigosh! I'm sorry!" Joe jumped back when he noticed what he was doing a few minutes later. I bent over and started coughing hard. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Joe said. I put my arm on my stomach, bent down further, and coughed even more. Nick and Kevin patted me on the back. I thought I was going to throw up. "I-it'-s oka-ay," I stuttered as I coughed, "I-I'm fi-ne." *COUGH COUGH* They patted me harder, and when I stopped, they layed me down. "I'm sorry!" Joe shouted. "It's okay, Joe. It's okay. I told you I'm *cough* f-fine," I said. "Don't talk," Nick told me, "Just listen." I closed my eyes ready for what they were about to say. "You know we're all mad...REALLY mad at you," he started, "And I don't know how long it will take us to fully forgive you. I don't know how you can even forgive yourself." I wanted to say something, but Kevin put his finger on my lips. "Trying to kill yourself is like telling God, 'You can't fire me. I quit!' (Author's Note: told that from a very good friend of mine) and I know you don't mean that."

Chapter 34

   I wanted to say something but decided not to since they would just get mad at me. A tear fell down my cheek. I wanted to cry but had to prove to them that their yells and words wouldn't hurt me....even though it did. "Why are you doing this to yourself? I want an answer," Nick said. "You said I couldn't talk," I said. Nick gave me a look. "Okay okay. I-" I couldn't finish. I started crying.

   When I stopped, I asked, "Hey, can we like g-go somewhere?" "Yeah," Nick said wiping my last tears away. "Where you wanna go?" "Umm the mall," I suggested. "Yeah, that sounds good," he said rubbing my back. I went to the bathroom and got dressed. Then Joe. Then Kevin, and then Nick. We told Dave, the bus driver, where to go.
   We got off and walked into the mall. "Oh gosh! Those are soooo cute!" I said running into Abercrombie and Fitch. "OMG! So cute! I just LOVE Abercrombie!!" Joe said in a girly voice. "I do not sound like that!" I said hitting him playfully. "Yes, you do!" "No, I don't!
"Oh, you soooo do!" "Just be quiet! I'm looking at clothes!!" I looked around and bought a lot of stuff like a blue and green plaid mini skirt, a white shirt that said A&F on it, some black leggings, cute earings, and lots more. "You ready now?" Kevin said looking at all my bags. "Yup!" I said. Kevin, Joe, and Nick grabbed a bag each. "Uh, why do the guys on these bags have no shirts on?" Nick asked, "Aren't they supposed to be advertising a CLOTHES store?" "I've always wondered the same thing," I said. "Whatever!" Joe said still in that bad-imitation-of-a-girl voice. "Joe, stop it!" I said hitting him with my purse. "Okay, just don't get me bruised before the concert tomorrow!"
   We walked into another store and saw a bunch of magazines. They, of course, bought them all. I picked them up one by one and saw almost the same thing on every cover: Nick J with Mystery Girl. Flip through the pages to find out more.... I looked inside and found the article about us. It had that picture from before in it. "Uh oh," I muttered under my breath. Kevin heard me, but thought I was talking about something else. "Uh oh is right. Look!" He pointed in front of him. There was a mob of girls headed straight for us. "RUN!" we all yelled. We ran as fast as we could, and Big Rob held the girls off for a few minutes. We got on the tour bus and plopped down onto the couch. "I'll be right back," I said and headed to my bunk. I started flipping through the magazines. I read the articles.
   Then, I heard a noise. I held onto the bed and looked around. It got louder and I started to fall off, but felt to strong arms lift me up. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," Nick said. "It's okay. You just gave me a heart attack!" I yelled. "We wouldn't want that, now would we?" he said and leaned in. After like 10 minutes, he pulled back form kissing me. "Are those MY magazines you're reading?" he joked. "Uhh no...." I said. "I think YES!" "Okay, yes, they are magazines, but who says they are yours?" "Well, maybe since I BOUGHT them!" Nick laughed. He grabbed them and saw the page I was looking at. His smile disappered. "WHAT THE-?" "Shhh. Nick," I said. "BUT-" he yelled. "We can't let anyone see this!" I told him. "BUT IT'S ALL OVER.....EVERYWHERE!" he whisper-yelled. "I know, Nick, I know."

Chapter 35

   "What are we going to do?!" Nick asked. "I don't know. We jut got to make sure Joe and Kevin see this....or your parents." I said. "Or your mom," he said. "Yeah. WAIT! MY MOM!! No no NO!" I yelled and started pacing around the room. "What's wrong?!" Nick stood up and grabbed me. "Remember?! She wanted me home, and I TOTALLY forgot!!" I shouted. "Oh, yeah, you're right. That's not good," he said. "Yeah, not really!" I said with a bit of sarcasm in my voice and started pacing again. "Okay, okay, ummm," I started to say to myself, "PHONE!" I grabbed my cell and opened it. "Woa! I must be loved!" I said. Nick looked over. "Woa," was all he could say. I had over 50 missed calls. "Okay, well, a lot are from my friends and a lot are from my mom," I said. "Who you gonna call first?" Nick asked. "Uh I think Ash," I said and dialed her number.
   Ashley picked up as soon as it started ringing. "OMJ! SYD! WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME?! YOU ARE WITH LIKE THE COOLEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, besides me of course, AND MY FUTURE HUSBAND, AND YOU DIDN'T CALL ME?!?!?!" she yelled so fast I could barely understand her. "Calm down, calm down, Ash, this is on speaker phone. Nick can hear everything you're saying," I said. "Oh," she blushed on the other end of the line. "Okay, I have a very good explanation for all of th-" I was cut off. "YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS?!" she yelled. "I'll let Nick, your'future husband,' explain," I teased. "Hey!!" she blushed again. "Hey, Ash!" Nick yelled taking the phone. "Hi," she said dreamily. "K, this is what happened," Nick started, "Well, we were just hangin' around, and Syd told me something. I don't even know if you know, but..." "Wait. Syd!" Ashley said. "Yeah," I said. "Did you tell me?" "Uhh, no," I admitted. "Ugh! I'm like your bestest friend in the whole wide world and you didn't tell me!!" she yelled. "You'll understand when Nick tells you, k?" "Okay....so Nick?" "Okay, right. Well..." Nick told Ashley everything.

Chapter 36

   "Woa," was all Ashley could say when Nick finished. Nick' eyes started to swell up with tears from just telling the long story, especially at the part when he thought I was dead and thought about all the times we had together. He couldn't take it anymore, sat on my bunk, burried his head in his hands, and started to cry. "Awww, Nicholas!" I said walking over, and I started to rub his back. He turned to face me and gave me a big hug. "You don't ever do that to me again," he whispered with his arms still wrapped around me and tears still falling down. "Oh, you never know," I whispered back. He pulled away, and had me the saddest, more scared face. He looked like a pre-kindergarden frightened to leave his mom on the first day of school. "I was just kidding!" I said running my hand through his beautiful, curly brown hair. I pulled him in for a hug, but Nick gave me a kiss instead. A long kiss. "Ah-he-HEM!! Still here!" I heard Ashley's voice from the phone. "Oh!" I pulled away from Nicholas (not that I wanted to), and grabbed the phone. "Hey, Ash," I said. "Hey, Sydney," she said glumly. "What's wrong?" I asked. "What do you think?! You were just kissed...him, you know," she said then whipered, "I sort of like him, too." "Oh, I'm sorry. Ashley," I said. "Yeah?" "Well, Nick and I are sort of going out now." "Oh, well, I got to go, Syd. And I'm sorry about everything that happened. I wish you the best of luck," she said. "Okay, thanks. Are you mad at me?" "No, of course not. Bye, Syd." "Bye, Ash." I closed the phone.

Chapter 37

   "Ugh, she's mad at me!" I whined sitting on Nick's bunk. "But she said she wasn't," Nick said a bit confused. "When girls say things, they don't really mean it," I replied. "You mean, when you say you love me, you don't mean it...?" Nick had his sad puppy-dog face on again, but he was doing it on purpose. He knew that I always mean that. "Nicholas Jerry Jonas!! Stop that! You know what I mean!" Nick smiled, "I know. Now, where were we...?" He leaned into finish that kiss, and I leaned in, too. Then, someone just had to walk in. "Oh, sorry to bother you."
   Kevin walked in, followed by his younger brother, Joe. "It's okay," Nick said pulling away. "PAUL! JOSEPH!" I screamed jumping up to give them a hug. "SYDNEY!!!" Joe screamed back returning the hug. "Wow, you saw us like, uh, 20 minutes ago...." Kevin said being squeezed by my vicious hug, "And it's Kevin, not Paul." "Paul Kevin...." I started "...the SECOND!" Joe finished. "Stop that!" Kevin yelled sort of laughing, "And let go of me! Your hugs are...too...strong!" I giggled.
   "Oooh! Magazines!!" Joe yelled trying to grab one. "NO!" Nick and I yelled at the same time, stepping in front of the magazines, so Joe couldn't get them. "I mean...well....uh...." Nick and I started mumbling trying to make a save. "What is you guys's problem?" Kevin said laughing. "Oh, do they have something about Nick and Sydney going out now? Then, I have to see it." Joseph said while successfully taking a magazine away from us. Then, he saw the page.