Chapter 13
Nick and Nicki had to go through their story one more time
for the others minus Kevin who knew that day at the hospital that
she was pregnant.
Everyone was thrilled for their friends, and of course little Evan
got passed around.
Min was sitting on the arm of the sofa chair that Aj was
sitting in, everyone was of course glad to have A.j. back too." Need
anything to drink?" she asked.
" I can get it," A.j. said getting up from where he was
sitting.
Min jumped up again," Alex!" He was going to wind up
hurting himself worse and give her a heart attack at the same time.
"Min, really I'm fine," he said kissing her cheek.
"No dice Mclean," she said helping him into Nicki and Nick's
kitchen to grab a drink.
Nick was watching the two of them as Nicki was talking to
Shawn and Kevin who had Evan. " I think he likes her," he said.
"What?" Nicki said turning to her husband.
"A.j. likes Min."
Nicki laughed," Um....yeah. They've been friends for god
knows how long, you have been around the last four years haven't
you," she teased.
"No, i mean like I think he like likes her," Nick said, not
wanting to say love since he really had no idea.
"What am I going to have to do to get you trust me?" A.j.
asked her as they grabbed bottles of water and made their way to
where they were sitting.
"I do trust you Alex, I just don't want to loose you," she
said softly," I couldn't bare it if you hurt yourself worse than
before and ended up in the hospital again."
"Do I look like I'm going anywhere anytime soon?" he asked
with a grin.
"Stop Alex," she said quietly, he joked alot but it wasn't
funny. She was frowning now as she sat there looking at him.
He sighed softly," Min, don't think I wasn’t terrified because
I was. And when I heard your voice but couldn't respond it hurt like
hell. But I don't know how else to take this, I want my life
back and it's not going to happen over night. So I joke alot,
because I don't want to be sad and mopey."
" I know," she said softly," I know I probably worry too
much too, but I thought I had lost you."
"Girl, you couldn't loose me even if you tried," he said.
She playfully hit his arm and then remembered the dream that
she had while she was by his bedside," Hey Alex, I needed to ask you
something."
"Sure what?"
"Love's."
A.j. looked at her funny," Um...baby doll that's a store,
you know on main street."
"I know!" she said rolling her eyes," I'm not blonde, but i
had a dream and that's what you said to me. You said Love's."
"Oh shit!" he said remembering," Yeah I got you something,
that's where I was going that day to pick it up from Love's."
"Awww," Min said softly.
He smiled," Its not a big deal," he said with shrug," I just
wanted to give you something to remember me by before you went off
to USC and forgot about me."
"You know I could never forget about you," she said softly.
Nick and Nicki had decided to order wings, and pizzas and
breadsticks for their friends, so when there was a knock on their
door they knew it was the food," I got it," Nick said with a smile,as
he went to the door he paid the delivery guy and brought the food
back into the house.
He set it on the coffee table with a bunch of paper plates, and
plastic untensils, and napkins. Nicki had laid Evan down in his
bassinett so that she could eat with her friends.
Aj loved pizza especially Pepperoni pizza but his mind was
elsewhere tonight, he picked at the pepperoni on the plate before
him. He knew next semester would be hell on wheels with him at UCF,
and Min all the way in Cali.
He didn't want her to go, he didn't think he would be able to make
it through spring semester without her.
"Don't go," he said softly, he didn't want their friends to hear him.
Min looked at him tilting her head to one side," I'm right
here Alex, you okay?" she asked.
"No don't go to California," he said.
"Alex...."
"Please don't," he said as a couple of tears started to fall.
She didn't know what to say she had never seen him like this
before, she opened her mouth but no words came out of them.
"Shit," he said wiping away the tears, he hated to cry
especially in front of her." Forget I said anything," he said. He
didn't know what was wrong with him, but he wasn't about to sit here
and cry
like a baby just because his best friend was going to go thousands
of miles away.
Chapter End Notes:
Added 1/31/10
