﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>JONASroxsox's Xanga</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from JONASroxsox</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox</link></image><item><title>MOVED!</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/662218581/moved.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/662218581/moved.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:18:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P align=center&gt;Hey everyone! I have a new site.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.xanga.com/dreaming_out_loud19" target=_new&gt;http://www.xanga.com/dreaming_out_loud19&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;I got pretty bored with my story, so i started a new one. I have the first chapter done, but i need your help to post it! I would love it if i could have all or most subscribers back. So feel free to check out the new site asap so i can get this new story started. Thank you for all the support! Love -Nicole&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/662218581/moved.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chapter Twenty One- The End</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/663058903/chapter-twenty-one--the-end.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/663058903/chapter-twenty-one--the-end.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:22:45 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;This is the official end to Cadence&amp;#8217;s story. Hope you enjoy! As soon as I get back, probably this Sunday I&amp;#8217;ll be adding the first chapter of my new story on xanga.com/dreaming_out_loud19! If you loved this story you&amp;#8217;re sure to love this next one. Thanks so much everyone! Love &amp;#8211;Nicole&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;Since that day, saying goodbye to the Jonas&amp;#8217; was the last time I saw Joe for the next year.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;It looks like he&amp;#8217;s moved on to bigger and better people anyways dating AJ and whatnot. I could care less though, he&amp;#8217;s a big superstar and I&amp;#8217;m not&amp;#8230; I could&amp;#8217;ve been, but I like my life without acting a whole lot better. I&amp;#8217;m not saying that I don&amp;#8217;t like Joe because I do, but I don&amp;#8217;t think he feels the same way anymore. It&amp;#8217;s not even like he formally broke up with me, he just stopped answering any calls, texts, or e-mails I sent him. That, now that hurt and I never want that to happen again. Tory and Nick on the other hand are still together and communicating. No matter what you hear about him dating Miley, all of it&amp;#8217;s not true. Everyone just thinks that because they&amp;#8217;re the same age and on tour together they&amp;#8217;re dating. Nick, actually all three brothers are pretty annoyed with her right now anyways.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;My mom and I get along so much better now without acting and that&amp;#8217;s probably the best thing out of quitting. Abby, Tory, and I are still best friends. Life right now is pretty good besides seeing Joe and AJ together in every single magazine. Part of me misses Joe, but part of me wants to slap across the face. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade! Come on! We&amp;#8217;re going to the beach!&amp;#8221; Tory yelled, slamming my front door shut behind her and Abby. I loved how we rarely rang each other&amp;#8217;s doorbells anymore, we just walked in. We were like one huge family.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Coming!&amp;#8221; I yelled throwing a white sweater on over my pink striped bikini and putting my white-rimmed sunglasses on my head. Before I ran out of my room, I looked on my desk at the picture of the Jonas&amp;#8217; and us sitting on the beach, that last day they were here was when that picture was taken.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Then, I quickly looked down at my wrist and touched the charm bracelet Joe had given me. I sent a sharp pain right to my heart. Right at that moment I wanted to rip it off and throw it out the window, but I stopped, I couldn&amp;#8217;t do it, I made a promise to never take it off, and I would not ever break it. &amp;#8220;Mom, I&amp;#8217;m going to the beach!&amp;#8221; I yelled down the hallway, stopping one more time to look in my room and then sprinting down the stairs.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Okay hunny, don&amp;#8217;t forget sunscreen!&amp;#8221; She yelled.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;I won&amp;#8217;t&amp;#8221;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;So what called for this emergency beach trip at nine in the morning in the beginning of July?&amp;#8221; I asked, watching my feet as I shuffled through the sand and to our usual spot, laying out my towel and setting down my beach bag which contained my sunscreen, hat, and money.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, you&amp;#8217;ll see soon enough, but I&amp;#8217;m ready for a swim. It&amp;#8217;s already like ninety degrees outside.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;It&amp;#8217;s definitely going to be a scorcher.&amp;#8221; Abby laughed. I rolled my eyes and followed her out to the water. I stopped dead in my tracks and let the water brush up against my feet. I loved the smell of the salt water and the heat of the sun basking down on a day like this, the beach is the place to be. I was just about to walk a little deeper into the water when a boy, late teenage years, ran backwards into me, tripping over my foot causing me to tumble back onto him.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, sorry, I&amp;#8217;m so sorry. I wasn&amp;#8217;t watching were I was going. I got the football though!&amp;#8221;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;He laughed, trying to lighten things up. I smiled and shook my head as I stood up. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s okay, I&amp;#8217;m fine. Are you okay?&amp;#8221; I asked as I turned to look at Abby who was looking from me to the boy and back again a few times with an expression that was hard to read, kind of surprised. Then, I turned around. &amp;#8220;Oh my god&amp;#8221; I whispered.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m fine. I&amp;#8217;m really sorry about that though.&amp;#8221; He stood up and dusted of his bathing suit. Then he looked up at me. &amp;#8220;Oh, wow Cadence?&amp;#8221; Joe asked. His expression changed from sympathetic to shocked.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah. I better be going now.&amp;#8221; I said, quickly trying to run away. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Wait!&amp;#8221; He said grabbing my arm. &amp;#8220;Don&amp;#8217;t you want to talk a little while? I haven&amp;#8217;t seen you guys in forever.&amp;#8221; He asked. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Just say no Cadence&amp;#8221; I said to myself, remembering how bad I felt when I never got a phone call back. I watched him walk away, the sun reflecting off of his back showing off his muscles. &amp;#8220;JOE WAIT!&amp;#8221; I shouted. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;He turned around with a grin on his face, motioning for Kevin and Nick to follow.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Abby came in from swimming and we all walked back to where Tory had been seated.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Tory&amp;#8221; Nick whispered. She looked up from the magazine she&amp;#8217;d been reading and smiled. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Nick!&amp;#8221; She practically screaming. She stood up, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. &amp;#8220;I missed you&amp;#8221; She said resting her head on his shoulder and he held her tight.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;I felt Joe&amp;#8217;s eyes on me, stinging my back. I knew he had something to say.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade, we need to talk&amp;#8221; I heard him say as he grabbed my arm and lead me over to a shady area by the pier. &amp;#8220;I know you hate me&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;You got that part right.&amp;#8221; I said without thinking, putting my hand over my mouth.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;Joe laughed and then continued. &amp;#8220;I never answered your phone calls and I started dating AJ, who I broke up with just before I came here. Do you want to know why?&amp;#8221; He asked, but I just watched him. I wanted to get up and leave right then, but I stayed and listened contently. &amp;#8220;Because I was missing something, and that something was you Cade. The reason why I didn&amp;#8217;t answer your calls was because I was afraid that If we kept things going long distance, that I would miss you too much and have to go back. I was afraid of missing you and becoming too attached. When I broke up with AJ I told her the whole story, that i&amp;#8217;d only dated her to take my mind off you and when I held her in my arms it was really you. That&amp;#8217;s the whole story, not leaving out any part. That&amp;#8217;s all I have to say, I love you Cadence Rayne.&amp;#8221; He said, his eyes were shiny, and I could feel his nervousness and shame.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;All I could do was stand up and walk away. I was in too much of a shock to say anything.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;If that wasn&amp;#8217;t good enough for you, I don&amp;#8217;t know what is! You're still wearing that charm bracelet aren't you?&amp;#8221; Joe yelled after me. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;After hearing that I stopped. I turned around to see Joe standing up in the same spot he had just been sitting in. I looked at him and he looked at me, I felt my eyes welling up with tear and I ran. I ran right to him and wrapped my arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder. At first he was in shock, but then he wrapped his arms around my waist and rubbed my back.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade, it&amp;#8217;s alright.&amp;#8221; He whispered.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;I know, that&amp;#8217;s why I&amp;#8217;m crying, but Joe, I just need you to promise me one thing.&amp;#8221; I told him.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;You&amp;#8217;ll never think of something that ridiculous again.&amp;#8221; I laughed, tears still streaming down my cheeks. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;#8220;Promise&amp;#8221; He said holding my head in his hands and wiping away my tears with his hand, he kissed my forehead protectively and then held my hand as we stood up. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;"I love you Joseph Adam" I said smiling at him. He smiled back as we&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;nbsp;walked the rest of the way back to the beach blanket where everyone else was in silence, taking in each other&amp;#8217;s presence because we knew this wasn&amp;#8217;t the end. They&amp;#8217;ve gotten so much more famous, there&amp;#8217;s bound to be more drama, but part of us knew we&amp;#8217;d find a way to get through it.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/663058903/chapter-twenty-one--the-end.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chapter twenty: Part Two</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/661757501/chapter-twenty-part-two.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/661757501/chapter-twenty-part-two.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:09:22 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Sorry for the long wait once again! This week is finals so that might mean more chapters in less time! Sorry for any mistakes! Enjoy! -Nicole&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Who wants ice cream?&amp;#8221; Joe mimicked, watching me as I giggled. &amp;#8220;Ice cream and Starbucks, that&amp;#8217;s all that boy ever thinks about.&amp;#8221; Joe said sounding almost like he was the older brother.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Actually Joe, I think that&amp;#8217;s the only thing you ever think about&amp;#8230; minus the Starbucks.&amp;#8221; I laughed. He smiled and we continued walking.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey, but ice cream&amp;#8217;s a lot better than Starbucks so you can&amp;#8217;t blame me for having it on my mind all the time.&amp;#8221; He laughed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;So you want to tell me why were walking?&amp;#8221; I finally asked when we&amp;#8217;d made it to the sand. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Right, I was getting there.&amp;#8221; He said, looking down at the ground before back up at me. I had a slight feeling of nervousness, but I brushed the thought away. &amp;#8220;There&amp;#8217;s another thing on my mind all the time too.&amp;#8221; He said. He looked into my eyes and just that was enough to make me weak. I looked down and then back up at him.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;What could that be?&amp;#8221; I asked him with a smile on my face.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, there&amp;#8217;s this girl and her name starts with a C and I&amp;#8217;m going to miss her on this next tour.&amp;#8221; He said with a soft smile across his face.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I think she&amp;#8217;s going to miss you too.&amp;#8221; I whispered. We stopped and sat down, watching as the cool water brushed up against our feet. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;That&amp;#8217;s good because I have something for her&amp;#8230; something that always makes me think of her.&amp;#8221; He pulled something out of his back pocket. &amp;#8220;It might be weird, but your name means melody&amp;#8230; or to fall, but we just won&amp;#8217;t go there&amp;#8230; it&amp;#8217;s fitting for you though.&amp;#8221; He laughed, talking so fast I couldn&amp;#8217;t help not to laugh.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Way to ruin the moment there Joe, with your falling comment.&amp;#8221; I said, still laughing. &amp;#8220;You would know too because you&amp;#8217;re the one I fell on top of.&amp;#8221;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Twice!&amp;#8221; He added. He opened up the box and inside was a beautiful silver chained bracelet with a few small, silver charms dangling off of it, a heart, a sun, a rose, a musical note, and a star. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe&amp;#8230; it&amp;#8217;s beautiful!&amp;#8221; I smiled, holding my wrist out so that he could fasten it on. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;I leaned in and kissed him sending a shiver up my spine, as I pulled away he wrapped his arm around my waist as we watched the waves.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;We should get back, I&amp;#8217;m sure Kevin is dying in there waiting for his ice cream.&amp;#8221; I laughed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah&amp;#8221; He said, almost in a disappointed tone.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe, is everything okay?&amp;#8221; I asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh Yeah! I&amp;#8217;m fine!&amp;#8221; he smiled, grabbing my hand as we ran through the sand back to the caf&amp;#233;. I laughed as he dragged me along.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Ice Cream time?&amp;#8221; Kevin asked as soon as Joe and I walked through the door.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah Kev, Let&amp;#8217;s go!&amp;#8221; Tory said enthusiastically. Kevin stood up and practically ran out the door. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;What am I even doing hanging out with you teenagers?&amp;#8221; Kevin asked himself.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;We don&amp;#8217;t know Kevin&amp;#8221; Abby answered. Kevin laughed as we walked along the boardwalk together for the last time until their tour is over. For the next half a year there won&amp;#8217;t be anymore weird looks directed toward us as we made fools of ourselves in a long line on the board walk. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You&amp;#8217;re just using us for Ice Cream Kev.&amp;#8221; Nick laughed. Everyone stared at him not finding it as funny he did. &amp;#8220;What? ... I thought it was a good one.&amp;#8221; Nick said, pulling himself together and taking Tory&amp;#8217;s hand as we continued walking to find the Pinkberry down the board walk.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Excuse me Nick, but I believe it&amp;#8217;s called a bien uno&amp;#8230; not a good one.&amp;#8221; I said correcting him, in a sarcastic tone remembering the time when Tory said something funny and instead of saying &amp;#8220;Good one&amp;#8221; I showed off my Spanish 2 skills and said bien uno.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, my bad&amp;#8221; He said sarcastically back at me.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hi everyone, I&amp;#8217;m Jackie and I&amp;#8217;ll be your server. What can I get you all tonight?&amp;#8221; Jackie asked after we&amp;#8217;d all been seated in a booth at Pinkberry. She had a slim figure and her reddish brown hair pulled up into a pony-tail. She was wearing a pair of tan Bermuda shorts and her uniformed pinkberry T-shirt.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You guys order, I&amp;#8217;ll go last.&amp;#8221; Joe said holding the menu up way to close to his face. We all laughed shaking our heads. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I guess I&amp;#8217;ll go first then. I&amp;#8217;ll have the original with chocolate chips and strawberries.&amp;#8221; I said putting the menu down and starting a pile for them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Okay&amp;#8221; She smiled. &amp;#8220;What can I get you?&amp;#8221; She asked, biting her lip and smiling at Kevin. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ll get the coffee with chocolate chips.&amp;#8221; He said, blushing and handing his menu forward. Nick ordered shaved ice and Tory and Abby got originals with cookies and cream for a topping. Joe got the original with fruity pebbles. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey, do any of you guys know where I can get one of those awesome shirts?&amp;#8221; Joe said pointing excitedly to Jackie&amp;#8217;s uniform. Everyone laughed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe you really are in love with this place.&amp;#8221; Nick laughed. &amp;#8220;Almost like Kevin and Starbucks&amp;#8230; scary&amp;#8221; Nick added.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Soon I&amp;#8217;ll be able to smell Pinkberry from 250,000 miles away!&amp;#8221; Joe said excitedly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Uhh, don&amp;#8217;t mean to bring you down, but I don&amp;#8217;t think that&amp;#8217;s possible, I mean I can&amp;#8217;t even do that.&amp;#8221; Kevin said, trying really hard not to laugh. By now everyone was bursting out into laughter, we were so into the conversation that nobody noticed Jackie standing there with our ice cream. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;What! Then I&amp;#8217;ll never be anything &amp;#8230; oh, sorry&amp;#8221; Joe said, stopping mid-sentence noticing Jackie there watching us. Everyone stopped laughing, ready to get their ice cream.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;How much of that conversation did you catch?&amp;#8221; Kevin asked Jackie.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, I now know that it&amp;#8217;s not possible to smell Starbucks from 250,000 miles away&amp;#8230; that&amp;#8217;s too bad because I was pretty sure I was getting close.&amp;#8221; She laughed, about to walk away.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Wait! You like Starbucks too?&amp;#8221; Kevin asked excitedly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Who doesn&amp;#8217;t love Starbucks?&amp;#8221; She asked, walking away.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Wow Kev, aren&amp;#8217;t you two a match made in heaven?&amp;#8221; Abby asked sarcastically.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;She likes Starbucks!&amp;#8221; Kevin shouted.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;We Know!&amp;#8221; We all shouted back.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I think Kevin&amp;#8217;s got himself a little crush.&amp;#8221; Joe said, eyeing him suspiciously.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;No guys! Stop it! I think she&amp;#8217;s cute, but&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; He started being cut off by Jackie coming back to check on us.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You think who&amp;#8217;s cute?&amp;#8221; She asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I think that uhh&amp;#8230; our new puppy is cute!&amp;#8221; Kevin shouted.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Nice cover&amp;#8221; Joe said nudging him. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, here&amp;#8217;s the check. Have a great day guys! Maybe I&amp;#8217;ll see you around?&amp;#8221; She said, plopping the check down on the table and turning away for the last time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Jackie!&amp;#8221; Kevin shouted once she had turned around.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;mhm&amp;#8221; she said, stopping dead in her tracks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Do you want to come to bumper cars with us when your shift ends?&amp;#8221; He asked her, looking around at all of us to make sure it was okay too. We all nodded our heads and he looked back at her.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Shift ends in five, so I&amp;#8217;ll meet you guys out front?&amp;#8221; She asked excitedly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Sure&amp;#8221; Kevin said, hopping out of the booth and out the door. We waited five minutes and sure enough Jackie came out except this time she was wearing a pink v-neck tank instead of her Pinkberry&amp;#8217;s shirt which Joe so desperately wanted. We all walked over to bumper cars, with our luck, the line was out the door. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh fantastic, what now?&amp;#8221; Kevin said, disappointed that we would have to wait so long for his favorite ride.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, we could always play laser tag while we wait&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; Tory suggested.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Let&amp;#8217;s do it!&amp;#8221; I shouted.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Girls versus guys?&amp;#8221; Nick asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Most definitely!&amp;#8221; Abby answered. &amp;#8220;Big Rob can be on your team so it&amp;#8217;s even!&amp;#8221; Abby suggested.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;d beat you so bad if he was on our team though.&amp;#8221; Nick said, shaking his head sarcastically. &amp;#8220;We only want to beat you by a little bit.&amp;#8221; Nick said competitively. Everyone laughed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Bring it on Nick J!&amp;#8221; Tory laughed as we walked into the dark room. We all looked funny in our glowing vests and weirdly shaped laser guns. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Everybody charge up your guns!&amp;#8221; The instructor shouted. We all frantically ran around looking for the charging stations. &amp;#8220;Okay we&amp;#8217;re starting in 5,4,3,2,1!&amp;#8221; He yelled. I did a James Bond roll out from behind one of the walls, I saw Abby across from me who peaked her head out from behind a wall, shoot at Nick who had began running out towards me and then crouch down back behind it again. I laughed and did a cartwheel out into the open which wasn&amp;#8217;t a good idea because Kevin, Nick, and Joe all shot at me. I laughed and walked over to the charging station again. I heard an angry sigh and Tory showed up next to me.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;What happened to you?&amp;#8221; I asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Abby forgot that she shouldn&amp;#8217;t shoot at the people on her own team.&amp;#8221; She said, bursting out into laughter. &amp;#8220;I guess I jumped out a little too quickly for her and she thought I was one of them attacking her.&amp;#8221;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;By this time we were in hysterics. &amp;#8220;Do you know where Jackie is?&amp;#8221; I asked, not seeing her on our side of the laser tag room.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Nope&amp;#8221; Tory said shooting at the charger and walking away. All of a sudden there were three screams followed by three angry sighs. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes!&amp;#8221; Jackie shouted running over to us. &amp;#8220;I got all three of them!&amp;#8221; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;How?&amp;#8221; Abby asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I snuck onto their side!&amp;#8221; She shouted. We all looked at each other and then back at her.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh&amp;#8221; I said, walking behind a different wall. Abby and Tory followed. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Show off&amp;#8221; Abby said, glaring at Jackie who was running around giggling as the guys shot at her. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Tell me about it&amp;#8221; I sighed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Let&amp;#8217;s just try and have a good time tonight&amp;#8230; it is the guys last day here for a while.&amp;#8221; Tory said trying to lighten things up a little bit.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, look who won!&amp;#8221; Tory shouted at the end of the game. We had beaten the boys by ten points.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, go figure. Maybe if the teams were even!&amp;#8221; Nick shouted&amp;#8230; he heated losing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Excuses, excuses&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; Tory sighed sarcastically, putting her hand in Nick&amp;#8217;s as we walked to bumper cars, but it was already closed and it was getting late. We decided to walk to the beach for a few minutes before I had to get home.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;We all lay down in the sand looking up at the clear night sky. All the stars were out, shining brighter than I&amp;#8217;d ever seen them before. We chose a star like we always do, but this time something felt different, more magical.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hi, uhm this is your friend calling you to say helloooo&amp;#8221; My phone screamed. I frantically answered it. &amp;#8220;Way to ruin the moment Cadence&amp;#8221; I said to myself.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You should be heading home now Cade.&amp;#8221; My mom said. I sighed and stood up.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yup, I&amp;#8217;m almost home now.&amp;#8221; I lied. &amp;#8220;Okay mom&amp;#8221;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221;Of course&amp;#8221;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; Buh-bye&amp;#8221; &amp;#8230; &amp;#8220;Love you too&amp;#8221; I said answering a few more questions before hanging up the phone. Everyone else had gotten the memo and began walking to the Jonas&amp;#8217; car. Joe stood there at the edge of the beach waiting for me. I walked over to him and stood facing him; he laced his fingers through mine, bent down, and kissed me. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m going to miss you&amp;#8221; I whispered to him.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m going to miss you too Cade&amp;#8230; I&amp;#8217;m really going to miss you.&amp;#8221; &lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/661757501/chapter-twenty-part-two.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chapter Twenty: Part One</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/660283149/chapter-twenty-part-one.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/660283149/chapter-twenty-part-one.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:54:44 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;This took forever to finish! Sorry about that! Don&amp;#8217;t worry though, during the summer they&amp;#8217;ll come pretty regularly. It&amp;#8217;s the end of the year and finals are really time consuming. Thanks so much!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Love &amp;#8211; Nicole&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Cadence&amp;#8217;s P.O.V.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Did you ever once think about what I wanted? Mom you can&amp;#8217;t just go around making decisions for other people like that!&amp;#8221; I shouted. Kate and my dad sat in their chairs watching as my mom and I battled it out.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence you love acting!&amp;#8221; She shouted back from across the breakfast nook. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;No mom&amp;#8230; &lt;I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;you&lt;/I&gt; love acting.&amp;#8221; I whispered, trying to make it hurt her, grabbing my cell phone and purse and running out the front door. I slammed the door behind me and sat down on the steps for a second. &amp;#8220;I QUIT BY THE WAY!&amp;#8221; I shouted, opening the front door back up and slamming it again, stumbling down the front steps. I was going home, I didn&amp;#8217;t know how, but I had a credit card with me and I was going to that airport, I couldn&amp;#8217;t stand being here one more minute. I started running, getting as far away from the house as I could. I was still in my pajama&amp;#8217;s which consisted of old gray sweatpants I had ripped into shorts and white tank top with a green zip-up hoodie. The laces of my black converse bounced against my shoe as I ran. I didn&amp;#8217;t stop until I&amp;#8217;d made it to the airport which was about five minutes away in a car. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe?&amp;#8221; I said answering my phone once I&amp;#8217;d gotten inside of the airport. I stood in the corner of the lobby as by a tall white pole covering my other ear from all the noise. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey! I&amp;#8217;m missing you. We&amp;#8217;re packing&amp;#8230; getting ready to leave tomorrow. I just wanted to know how things are going for you.&amp;#8221; He said. His voice itself was soothing to hear.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You always have perfect timing don&amp;#8217;t you Joseph.&amp;#8221; I laughed lightly. &amp;#8220;To tell you the truth things are going pretty bad right now, but I QUIT!&amp;#8221; I shouted somewhat excitedly almost forgetting everything that had just happened.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You&amp;#8230;you what?&amp;#8221; He asked slightly caught off guard.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I quit, my mom&amp;#8230; she&amp;#8217;s just&amp;#8230; she brought me here to accept a part in a Disney channel show that I had got. She sent in an audition tape for and so the house that we were supposedly staying in for the week is actually our house and Joe&amp;#8230; I just, I just didn&amp;#8217;t know what to do. I completely froze listening to her and yelled &amp;#8220;I quit&amp;#8221; and ran out the door. I&amp;#8217;m standing in The Los Angeles International Airport right now and everyone&amp;#8217;s staring at me because I&amp;#8217;m still in my pajamas, but I could really care-less.&amp;#8221; I said talking so fast I could barely comprehend what I&amp;#8217;d just said let-alone Joe. &amp;#8220;Did you get any of that?&amp;#8221; I asked after there was no response from his end of the line.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, I got it all Cade. Wow&amp;#8230; I just, I guess I&amp;#8217;m kind of in shock right now. Are you coming home?&amp;#8221; He asked, I could hear him running his fingers through his hair and I knew he felt stressed from everything I&amp;#8217;d just told him.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, there&amp;#8217;s no way I&amp;#8217;m staying here.&amp;#8221; I said shaking my head, making my way towards the ticket booth.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m not going to make you do anything, but maybe you should talk it out with your mom? Maybe she fills a little sorry by now?&amp;#8221; he asked, not really sure what to tell me. I could tell he was a little worried about me flying all the way home without anyone knowing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;If I know my mom, by now she&amp;#8217;s probably in a float, tanning at the pool in our backyard by now.&amp;#8221; I replied hastily.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hmm, well, if you want to come home, by all means by yourself a ticket and come. I had nothing to do with it though, I tried to stop you.&amp;#8221; He laughed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Alright Joe, you had nothing to do with it.&amp;#8221; I giggled. &amp;#8220;What if&amp;#8230; what if I have to live here Joe? What if I have to leave everyone back home to live here?&amp;#8221; I asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade, if you don&amp;#8217;t even know how to answer that there&amp;#8217;s no way I do. I have a feeling that you won&amp;#8217;t have to move there. If that makes you feel any better, but if you do, you&amp;#8217;ll have a lot of depressed friends and family back home.&amp;#8221; He said, trying to cheer me up, but doing exactly the opposite.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Thanks? I think I&amp;#8217;d better call Tory and Abby now though&amp;#8230; they&amp;#8217;ll want to know.&amp;#8221; I said, feeling my throat tightening, just the thought of being moving away from everyone for good, brought me to tears. I think it would bring anyone to tears.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;If you need anything, call me okay? I love you Cade.&amp;#8221; He said, about to hang up the phone.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8230; love&amp;#8230;you&amp;#8230; too&amp;#8221; I finally choked out. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;As soon as I pulled myself together I called the girls since I knew they were together.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hello?&amp;#8221; Came Tory&amp;#8217;s cheerful voice. It was seven in the morning over there and I couldn&amp;#8217;t believe they were actually awake&amp;#8230; and functioning.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence? What&amp;#8217;s going on?&amp;#8221; Abby yelled into the phone.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m on speaker phone right?&amp;#8221; I asked before spilling the story on them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yup you are, is everything alright? There&amp;#8217;s a lot of background noise.&amp;#8221; Abby asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;No, everything&amp;#8217;s not alright. Here&amp;#8217;s the thing, the house that we&amp;#8217;re staying in is really our house. My parents bought it and the only way that they got me here was saying it was vacation. What this trip really was supposed to be was me accepting the role I got in a TV show that my mom auditioned me for, I got the lead role for it and it&amp;#8217;s a Disney channel show&amp;#8230; that&amp;#8217;s big. Now I&amp;#8217;m in an airport after freaking out, I just bought an airplane ticket home, and so I just&amp;#8230;don&amp;#8217;t know what to do and I&amp;#8217;m hoping for some support. Maybe a little?&amp;#8221; I laughed, trying to cover-up for the complete confusion going on inside me.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade, wow&amp;#8230; I don&amp;#8217;t know what to say. Do you still have your house here?&amp;#8221; Tory asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I d&amp;#8230;don&amp;#8217;t know.&amp;#8221; I said, tears running down my cheeks by now as I choked out the words.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade, is there anything we can do?&amp;#8221; Abby asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Not right now. Thanks guys&amp;#8230; for listening. I&amp;#8217;ve got to go, my plane&amp;#8217;s boarding soon.&amp;#8221; I lied, really just needing to get off of the phone and think for a while. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Okay, well&amp;#8230; call us when you get home.&amp;#8221; Abby said before hanging up the phone.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Bye&amp;#8221; I said before hanging up my phone, but they&amp;#8217;d already hung up. I sighed and put the phone in my pocket. I sat down in one of the blue chairs and stared out the window. A few minutes later I heard my name being called. I turned around to see my mom standing there in the middle of a huge crowd of people in line for a plane ticket frantically calling my name. She looked over-tired and sadder than I&amp;#8217;d ever seen her, her eyes were puffy and red and she was still in her sweatpants as well, which was odd because she&amp;#8217;d never be caught dead in public with that on.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Mom&amp;#8230; I&amp;#8217;m right here.&amp;#8221; I whispered pulling her from the crowd, somewhat embarrassed by her. &amp;#8220;How&amp;#8217;d you know I&amp;#8217;d come here?&amp;#8221; I asked her.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Sit down&amp;#8221; She said somewhat relieved, leading me back towards the blue chairs. &amp;#8220;Believe it or not, I was a teenager once and if my mom ever did that to me then I know the airport would be the first place I&amp;#8217;d go.&amp;#8221; She said, forcing a smile to her face.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Why&amp;#8217;d you do it then?&amp;#8221; I asked, I twisted my feet inwards and looked down at the converse I had on. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I did it because I was stupid. I&amp;#8217;d always wanted what you had as a child and I thought that you wanted it too. It never crossed my mind, through all the signs that you gave me that you wanted to stop this, that you could seriously not want this life. Well, it was hard to believe that you wouldn&amp;#8217;t want this, but I guess we all have different dreams as kids and this one just wasn&amp;#8217;t yours. I&amp;#8217;m sorry Cadence&amp;#8230; for pushing you to do something you don&amp;#8217;t want and for doing. You made taught me something Cadence, now I&amp;#8217;m going to try and fix this. Sound good?&amp;#8221; she asked. I smiled and she smiled back. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I think that sounds pretty swell.&amp;#8221; I laughed. &amp;#8220;As long as I can go back to &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;Jersey now because I paid for this ticket and my flight just got called.&amp;#8221; I said.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;She thought about it for a minute and then smiled. &amp;#8220;Go. We still own our house. Have fun, just don&amp;#8217;t do anything dumb.&amp;#8221; She laughed standing up. I stood up and grabbed my purse before hugging her. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m so sorry Cade.&amp;#8221; She whispered, finally letting me go. She wiped tears from her eyes and smiled at me. I smiled back lightly, feeling my eyes start to well up.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s okay&amp;#8221; I replied, waving as I handed my ticket to the lady collecting them and walked onto the plane. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;The ride home was long and the whole time I looked out the window and thought, about everything going on. I was glad my mom and I had made up, but there was something inside of me that told me that everything wasn&amp;#8217;t all better. I shook that thought from my mind though and popped my ear-phones in beginning to blast music from them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;When the plane finally landed it was around six at night and I pulled out my cell phone. When I walked into the lobby I saw a familiar face smiling back at me. It was none other than Joe Jonas. I ran over and hugged him. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;How&amp;#8217;d you know I was going to be here?&amp;#8221; I asked, smiling and looking into his beautiful deep brown eyes.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Mom&amp;#8217;s and cell phone&amp;#8217;s are beautiful things.&amp;#8221; He laughed, pulling me close.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;So she called you I&amp;#8217;m guessing?&amp;#8221; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes she did. She told me I&amp;#8217;m in charge and you&amp;#8217;ve got to do whatever I say.&amp;#8221; He said, holding back a smile, in a not so serious, but attempting to be serious voice. I laughed and laced my fingers in his as we walked down the hallway to luggage. Once we&amp;#8217;d picked that up he led me out the sliding double doors and into the parking lot where Kevin was waiting in the car. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;So&amp;#8230; where are we off to boys?&amp;#8221; I asked, leaning on one foot and then balancing myself out again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;We are off too&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; Joe said, pausing to think about where we were actually going. &amp;#8220;&amp;#8230;somewhere special!&amp;#8221; He said enthusiastically as he turned up the radio so loud I covered up my ears.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;The whole rest of the ride to &amp;#8220;somewhere special&amp;#8221; went by quickly. Joe was playing around with the radio stations and volume while we all screamed along to the words of. &amp;#8220;Over My Head (Cable Car)&amp;#8221; by the Fray which was on the radio at the moment. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Is anyone else completely sick of this song?&amp;#8221; I screamed over the radio. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Joe turned around to face me &amp;#8220;YES&amp;#8221; He shouted while nodding up and down to the beat. I laughed at his hyper mood as he turned back around and opened up the window so all the cars around us on the interstate could hear the music and us as well. The next thing I knew we pulled into the small caf&amp;#233; that we went to when we were just getting to know each other. I giggled when I saw it. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Here? This is the somewhere special that you&amp;#8217;re taking me?&amp;#8221; I asked sarcastically. Joe stared me down, then smiled and grabbed my wrist, pulling me in the caf&amp;#233;. When we got in Tory, Nick, and Abby were all waiting with a pizza and our favorite ice teas that we always get when we come here now. I almost immediately say down next to Abby and grabbed a piece of pizza. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Uhh, Hi Cade?&amp;#8221; Nick said, laughing at how I hadn&amp;#8217;t even thought of saying hi to anyone.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, sorry guys! Hi! I missed you!... for the day I was gone.&amp;#8221; I said enthusiastically. Nick looked so much better than he did a few months ago. He still had to watch what he ate, but he gained back a little weight so he wasn&amp;#8217;t exactly a stick anymore. He definitely could beat Joe and Kevin in and arm wrestle. Things with he and Tory were going really good. Everyone laughed and then helped themselves to a piece of pizza.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;The whole time we didn&amp;#8217;t stop laughing. None of us ended up doing karaoke this time, but other people from around town decided too. Probably the most hilarious thing we&amp;#8217;d ever seen especially since my fifty year old neighbor happened to be there and he just happened to be singing &amp;#8220;Sexyback&amp;#8221; by Justin Timberlake. Talk about a Joe Jonas &amp;#8220;Awk-Ward&amp;#8221; right there. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade. Do you want to maybe go for a walk?&amp;#8221; He asked. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Sure Joe&amp;#8221; I answered curiously. I picked up my light, white sweater and stood about following him out the door. I quickly waved to everyone else and walked out the door.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;When they come back, who wants ice cream?&amp;#8221; Kevin asked excitedly. Everyone laughed including Joe and I. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Boy, did I love my friends. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/660283149/chapter-twenty-part-one.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chapter Nineteen</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/658639720/chapter-nineteen.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/658639720/chapter-nineteen.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 02:06:15 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Pretty short chapter for today, but don't worry a longer one should be heading your way. That's all i'm going to say. I hope you enjoy! Thanks so much! Love -Nicole&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re experiencing some turbulence so we ask that you all buckle up. It&amp;#8217;s going to be a bumpy ride.&amp;#8221; The JetBlue flight attendant said, talking to us like we were kindergartener&amp;#8217;s. I rolled my eyes and smiled at her as she walked by to make sure we&amp;#8217;d all obeyed. I threw my head back on the thin-foam pillow they gave to me, it was covered in a blue &amp;#8220;pillow-case&amp;#8221; which felt like a piece of itchy paper, and looked out the window at all the different states we were flying through, it all looked tan with blue lines and patches across it, everyone was so amazed by it, but to me all that was nothing special. It only amused me because I loved to just think. Sometimes on the bus, I&amp;#8217;d just look out the window on the way home when no one else was there and take time and think about everything and anything. I noticed my thoughts drifting to Joe&amp;#8230; not just a little bit either. I couldn&amp;#8217;t wait until Tuesday when he had a free day and we were going to head to the beach and hang out all day. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;A few hours later it was almost 11:30pm and I decided to watch some TV. The chair I was sitting in was fairly comfortable, a tan colored leather, and there were TV&amp;#8217;s on every seat. I placed my thin headphones on and turned the TV on revealing the movie page, where you could pick from a certain selection of movies the plane had and slide your credit card on the side of the screen to pay and watch the movie. I debated between watching the new Pirates of the &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;Caribbean: Dead Man&amp;#8217;s Chest and Little Miss Sunshine before finally settling on Little Miss Sunshine. Everyone around me was sleeping, not to mention snoring pretty loudly. My dad was sleeping next to me and he was probably the loudest snorer you&amp;#8217;d ever hear, my mom was seated in front of him and she was a little quieter, my sister, well, the only thing she&amp;#8217;d do which is probably the worst is start yelling things in her sleep. One time, when she was in my room and I was about ten years old she started yelling &amp;#8220;HELP ME&amp;#8221; and it was pretty scary.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Throughout the movie I had to keep adjusting my headphones so that I would actually be able to hear it because of all the snoring going on around me. About halfway through it I drifted off to sleep, but not too long after that I woke up again to Paul Dano screaming the F- word because he just found out that he wasn&amp;#8217;t going to be able to become a pilot because he was color blind. At first I jumped, but then started laughing. I finished watching the rest of the movie at around 1:30am and my eyes stung from forcing them open. Finally, I drifted off. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Baby Cade? Time to get up&amp;#8230; we&amp;#8217;re in California.&amp;#8221; My dad said, gently shaking me. I nodded my head to let him know that I had heard him and then sat up and rubbed my eyes. I held my hands and pushed upwards to stretch out my back letting out a little yawn. When I stood up I straightened out my white T-Shirt with a little soccer logo on it and my black soccer shorts, following everyone out of the plane and into the humid California air. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;So this is what it&amp;#8217;s like in California in the middle of February. Ninety degree weather&amp;#8230; I seriously do NOT know how these Californians do it. Lucky I only have to endure it for a week.&amp;#8221; I sighed walking into the slightly cooler airport. My mom smiled, not really having a response to my last comment.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s not ninety degrees here and there&amp;#8217;s always AC Cade.&amp;#8221; My sister said in a &amp;#8220;Duh&amp;#8221; voice. My mom elbowed her and then looked back at me. I was confused and a little bit afraid about what was going on. Nothing could come to mind that was even supposed to be going on here, just a vacation. I mean, we do always take a small trip during February Vacation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;We all picked up our luggage and did all the other normal things when you&amp;#8217;re coming off an airplane. Including a quick stop in the bathroom because, as my dad always says &amp;#8220;You girls have to go to the bathroom every hour.&amp;#8221; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;We picked up our rental car, which was a golden Ford Focus with tan leather interior. Kate and I hopped into the car to call our sides of the car. I beat her, of course, to the left side of the car. For some reason we always fought over the seat behind the drivers one. It was quite stupid actually, but, hey, it was definitely something we always fight about. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;We finally got to the house about five minutes later at around 6:30am and Kate and I ran in. My mom showed us to our rooms and we both hopped into bed and fell asleep. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;*Nora&amp;#8217;s (Cadence&amp;#8217;s mom) P.O.V.*&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Nora, do you really think Cadence will be alright with this. I still think she should&amp;#8217;ve known before we left Jersey. I know this is a big thing for her, but&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; Ben (cadence&amp;#8217;s dad) said, tapping the black granite counter top with the tips of his fingers.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Ben, come on, she&amp;#8217;ll be ecstatic when we tell her, she loves what she does and mother always knows best. I would never do something like this unless I was absolutely sure.&amp;#8221; I answered defensively. I knew Cadence wouldn&amp;#8217;t be mad, she couldn&amp;#8217;t be. I&amp;#8217;ve worked so hard to get her this far and now she&amp;#8217;s here and there&amp;#8217;s no turning back. Flashpoint&amp;#8217;s over and it&amp;#8217;s time to move on to bigger and better things. There was just no way I made the wrong decision.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;As long as you&amp;#8217;re sure Nora, you know, we can always go back to New Jersey if we have to.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I&amp;#8217;m not saying that we&amp;#8217;ll have to, but I think you should tell her as soon as she wakes up.&amp;#8221; Ben said, sitting down at the counter and taking a bite of the bagel and cream cheese Nora had prepared. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Fine, I&amp;#8217;ll go get the envelope right now.&amp;#8221; I said. I walked over to the living room with the brand new furniture we had spent a fortune on and picked through my carry-on bag until I pulled out the large orange confidential folder Cadence had asked me about a few months ago. She was finally going to find out what she&amp;#8217;d been dying to know. I heard some rustling from upstairs and braced myself for Cadence&amp;#8217;s sleepy face to appear in the door to the nook. I made chocolate chip pancakes which were her favorites. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey mom&amp;#8230; pancakes? You never cook.&amp;#8221; Kate said walking in and grabbing one of the plates. I sighed, the tension was building up inside of me and the more I thought about what I&amp;#8217;d done the more wrong it sounded. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, you&amp;#8217;re going to break the news to Cadence?&amp;#8221; Kate asked, sipping the glass of fruit juice in front of her. I heard the stair squeak and I practically jumped backward into the counter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Break what news?&amp;#8221; Cadence asked walking into the kitchen with an unsure smile. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Nothing&amp;#8230; nothing. I made pancakes!&amp;#8221; I smiled placing the plate and glass of milk in front of her. She took the plate and glass cautiously. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Okay, something&amp;#8217;s seriously going on and if you don&amp;#8217;t tell me know&amp;#8230; I don&amp;#8217;t know, but I&amp;#8217;m getting sick of wondering. It&amp;#8217;s February, I tagged along on this trip&amp;#8230; please just tell me.&amp;#8221; She said getting a little louder and serious.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, Cadence&amp;#8230; do you remember the envelope?&amp;#8221; I asked her, holding it out. My arm was shaking as I held it out and she grabbed it forcefully.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, what about it?&amp;#8221; She asked looking at it and then finally opening it up. She looked at the papers inside and said nothing. Her smile faded and she stood up. The look she had on her face was one a parent never wanted to get. Her lip was trembling and I could tell she was angrier than she&amp;#8217;d ever been. &amp;#8220;I get it, you dragged me here to just have me audition again&amp;#8230; no vacation you tricked me into auditioning for some stupid show&amp;#8230; what&amp;#8217;s it called? &amp;#8230; OH! IT&amp;#8217;S UNTITLED!&amp;#8221; She shouted.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence, this is our house. We moved here so that you could do this show. You&amp;#8217;ve go the lead role in it and if you don&amp;#8217;t take it some girl named&amp;#8230; I don&amp;#8217;t know Miley will get it. It&amp;#8217;s a new Disney Channel show&amp;#8230; DISNEY CADENCE! You can&amp;#8217;t turn this down. We already paid for all this new furniture and new house. This is an opportunity of a lifetime!&amp;#8221; I said, trying to cheer her up a little bit. Cadence stood there with the same look on her face.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I can&amp;#8217;t believe you&amp;#8221; She whispered. The tone of her voice made me shiver and I knew nothing I said could change how she felt, but there was nothing she can do about this. I couldn&amp;#8217;t believe what I&amp;#8217;d done.&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/658639720/chapter-nineteen.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Don't miss this!</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/658048650/dont-miss-this.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/658048650/dont-miss-this.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 22:46:29 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P align=center&gt;... The Jonas boys are going to be on &lt;U&gt;American Idol &lt;/U&gt;TONIGHT! Starting at 8pm! Don't miss them! They'll be performing S.O.S... I'm sure exactly what time, but i'm guessing later in the show. The finale ends at 10 so watch for them! If you can't catch it you can always youtube it because i'm sure a couple hundred girls will have it posted an hour after the show ends! Just incase you aren't a regular viewer American Idol is on the Fox station! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;Love,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;Nicole&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/658048650/dont-miss-this.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chapter Eighteen</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/657900724/chapter-eighteen.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/657900724/chapter-eighteen.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:22:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;Hey everyone! This chapter I&amp;#8217;m skipping ahead to February 18&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt;. It&amp;#8217;s the day before Cadence and her family supposedly goes on vacation to &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;California. You&amp;#8217;ve got to think back to the earlier chapter with the confidential envelope&amp;#8230; Hope you love! Sorry for any mistakes, i really wanted to get this one posted asap for you guys!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;Thanks so much! -Nicole&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&lt;U&gt;Chapter Eighteen&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Pink or blue?&amp;#8221; I asked referring to the dresses I had laid out on my bed. I was debating between a dark and light pink striped, V-neck dress and a navy blue tank dress from American eagle. My mom told me to pack something nice to wear along with a skirt and some other vacationing clothes, like, of course, a bathing suit!&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Tory and Abby were over helping me pack and hanging out before the big trip. For some reason this trip was really important. Joe and the boys were also coming over to hang out tonight because they took a little detour from their tour with Jessie McCartney to see us. Well, not only us, but their family too, of course. Frankie should be heading over too, but the good thing is the boys are going back to California after this too and we might meet up somewhere there!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;d definitely go pink&amp;#8221; Abby said. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;d have to agree, I mean, pink is so California.&amp;#8221; Tory added, holding the pink dress in front of me. &amp;#8220;Definitely&amp;#8221; she smiled. I smiled back and threw the dress along with the pink, brown, and yellow striped tankini I had sprawled out on my bed. I grabbed my white shorts and a pair of soccer shorts and stuffed them into the bulging &amp;#8220;body bag&amp;#8221; as Ashley and Tory called it. It was really just a huge pink, rolling, duffle bag that I used for, well, everything. Tory said that I could&amp;#8217;ve taken her to Mertile Beach when I went last year in it. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Uhm, can you&amp;#8230; HELP!&amp;#8221; I screamed, tugging at the zipper to the bag as hard as I could. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;This is the biggest size bag in L.L. Bean and still, for a one week vacation, you can&amp;#8217;t fit all of your clothes in it. Cade, I&amp;#8217;m sorry, but that is just bad.&amp;#8221; Abby laughed, grabbing onto the zipper and pulling until her face was almost purple. &amp;#8220;Yeah, I give up&amp;#8221; She said walking away almost stumbling over the bag.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Tory? Do you maybe want to try?&amp;#8221; I asked innocently.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Why not?&amp;#8221; She smiled. She hopped onto and then over my bed and walked over to the duffle bag and began pulling. She pulled for about two minutes before stopping and tipping over to the side. &amp;#8220;Yeah Cade, I don&amp;#8217;t think anyone&amp;#8217;s going to be able to get this thing zipped.&amp;#8221; She laughed. Abby and I looked at each other and then burst out into laughter watching Tory, on her side on the floor, tugging ever so gently on the zipper.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh HELP SOMEONE!&amp;#8221; I yelled with a little laugh, starting to get a little frustrated with the bag.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Did someone say &amp;#8216;Oh, HELP SOMEONE!?&amp;#8217;&amp;#8221; We heard a voice imitate mine sounding scarily like Joe&amp;#8217;s.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah and they&amp;#8217;re in this room.&amp;#8221; I said quietly when I heard the door to my sister&amp;#8217;s room creak open. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;JOE! WE&amp;#8217;RE IN HERE!&amp;#8221; Abby screamed. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Aha!&amp;#8221; Joe shouted opening the door with his superman cape on. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joseph&amp;#8230; What am I going to do with you?&amp;#8221; I asked, shaking my head. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Where&amp;#8217;s this Joseph boy that you speak of?&amp;#8221; He asked. A smile spread across my face as I watched him. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Right, I met superman. Well, I have this pink duffle bag and it just won&amp;#8217;t zip up.&amp;#8221; I told him dramatically.&lt;BR&gt;&amp;#8220;Superman to the rescue!&amp;#8221; He shouted. Abby, Tory, and I burst out into laughter as he frantically pulled at the zipper. After a few minutes of tugging Nick and Kevin came tumbling threw my bedroom door.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;There you guys are!&amp;#8221; Nick shouted as Tory got up and ran over to him, giving him a kiss. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Shhh&amp;#8230; superman&amp;#8217;s at work&amp;#8221; Joe aka superman said. He had gotten the zipper about halfway around the bag. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Right, sorry sir&amp;#8221; Kevin laughed. Joe nodded his head in approval and continued pulling.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe, you&amp;#8217;re making a fool out of yourself&amp;#8230; wait&amp;#8230; no you&amp;#8217;re just a fool.&amp;#8221; Nick stated. Watching him and shaking his head. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You know what Nicholas, I don&amp;#8217;t see you trying.&amp;#8221; Joe shot at him.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Okay, then&amp;#8230; maybe I will.&amp;#8221; Nick said challenging him.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Fine, it&amp;#8217;s all yours&amp;#8221; Joe said, standing up and walking over next to me. Nick started pulling and about two minutes later he had the bag completely zipped up. Joe watched in awe. Everyone clapped for Nick, except him.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;See Joe, I&amp;#8217;m just way more muscular than you are.&amp;#8221; Nick joked, flexing his muscles.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m not Joe, that Joe boy is way more muscular than you are.&amp;#8221; He said in a cocky voice.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh really? I thought you were Joe because I&amp;#8217;m looking for him and I miss that boy. I haven&amp;#8217;t seen him since Christmas when he gave me this beautiful bracelet that I wear everyday with my friendship bracelet. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, I think I saw him in the hallway, I&amp;#8217;ll get him right now.&amp;#8221; Superman aka Joe said sprinting out of the room and into the hallway. We heard some Velcro coming undone and then Joe ran into the room.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe?&amp;#8221; I asked being sarcastically surprised.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes, it is I&amp;#8221; He said joking. I walked over and wrapped my arms around his neck giving him a kiss. I felt so safe in his arms. Every hug was always comforting and every kiss gave me butterflies in my stomach. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;We all hung out in my room for another hour catching up on each other and talking about basically everything. The boys said that every concert brings more people there to see them. I was so proud of them. We couldn&amp;#8217;t believe everything that had happened. There were girls madly in love with them already&amp;#8230; not including us. The next thing we new we heard the doorbell ring and saw a small brown-haired boy waiting.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;FRANK J&amp;#8221; Tory screamed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Franklin&amp;#8217;s here!&amp;#8221; Kevin yelled.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Let&amp;#8217;s have a YAY for Frank J!&amp;#8221; Abby shouted sprinting down the stairs. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yay&amp;#8221; Everyone shouted back and we saw a huge smile spread across Frankie&amp;#8217;s face. He was surprised at how much attention he was getting. Abby, Tory, and I ran over and hugged him. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Frankie did you miss your three favorite girls?&amp;#8221; Nick asked. Frankie nodded his head and we all looked at each other and awwwwed. &amp;#8220;A few weeks ago he asked when he was going to be able to see his girls again. So we asked him who they were and he was like Abby, Tory, and Cade.&amp;#8221; Nick told us. Frankie smiled and nodded. Frankie was definitely the man&amp;#8230; the cutest little brother anyone could have anyways. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Sledding time?&amp;#8221; Joe asked. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Ohh yeah. It&amp;#8217;s on&amp;#8221; Abby said, jumping up and down to pump herself up. We all ran into the garage after getting all of out gear on and grabbed a huge 20 year old sled we had a saucer and two huge blow-up tubes. Then, we started running up the hill in my neighbors backyard, but Frankie slowed us down a little bit jumping on Joe&amp;#8217;s back six times and knocking him over. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;First, Abby, Kevin, Frankie, and Tory went down. Followed by Frankie, Joe, Nick, and Kevin. I went down with Abby and Tory afterward. When we came back up the guys had disappeared. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe? Nick? Kevin? FRANKIE?&amp;#8221; Tory yelled. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Guys, this isn&amp;#8217;t funny&amp;#8221; I shouted. We started walking down the backside of the hill into my neighbors yard to see Nick and Kevin standing there making a snowman, so the three of us ran over to help them. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Where&amp;#8217;s Joe and Frankie?&amp;#8221; Abby asked one we had put the head on the snowman.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;That&amp;#8217;s a good question because we have no clue. RIGHT NICK?&amp;#8221; Kevin asked him. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;RIGHT KEVIN&amp;#8221; Nick answered suspiciously.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;What&amp;#8217;s goin- AHHH GUYS!&amp;#8221; Tory started, but she got cut off by Joe and Frankie hopping out of the bushes and throwing snowballs and her. We all ran screaming being chased by all four boys.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I can&amp;#8217;t believe you!&amp;#8221; I screamed picking up a chunk of snow while running and trying to form it into somewhat of a ball and tossing it behind me, apparently hitting someone because I heard a faint &amp;#8220;oooooh cold cold cold cold&amp;#8221; by one of them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;The snowball fight ended abruptly when my mom called us in for pizza. All of us piled in and sat around the table. Frankie was so smart for his age and fit in so well with us. He talked like he was part of the group just a little smaller. After we finished pizza we ran downceller and played some American idol, our new favorite game, which Nick always won. This time, it was down to Frankie and Nick. Nick and Frankie started singing the Paula Abdul song, &amp;#8220;Straight Up,&amp;#8221; we had picked for them. Nick missed a few notes, but Frankie was on every note perfectly humming them all. When the song ended the scores popped up and Frankie had won. &lt;BR&gt;&amp;#8220;That&amp;#8217;s not fair! He hummed! I sang!&amp;#8221; Nick argued.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;What a sore loser&amp;#8221; Joe joked, getting smacked on the arm by Nick. Who laughed and ran up the stairs behind us all. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Boys! Your parents are here!&amp;#8221; My mom yelled. It was already nine o&amp;#8217;clock. I guess a game of American Idol with seven people takes a while since we had finished eating two hours ago. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas walked in and got distracted by conversation with mine, so we all snuck outside and started to make snow angels. We ended up laying in the snow looking up at the stars having random conversations about our favorite desserts and how we could never try to write left-handed, which brought us to when we were little we really wanted to break our leg to get the crutches. We had fun together, no matter what was going on. That&amp;#8217;s why they were my friends and I wouldn&amp;#8217;t trade them for the world. I felt like the luckiest person in the world for having such good friends like that. A few minutes later Mr. and Mrs. Jonas opened the slider door and watched us as we joined hands and wished on a star, which we thought, would maybe have some luck. I kissed Joe goodbye and Tory did the same with Nick and they left. Another hour later Abby and Tory left and I was sent to my room to get some sleep before the big day.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;The next morning I woke up to my dad flicking on my light. &amp;#8220;Good morning Cadence.&amp;#8221; He said quietly. I stood up, put on gray sweatpants, a T-Shirt, and my favorite clogs. I walked out of the garage door and into the car where my pillow was waiting for me. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;I watched out the window at the passing trees on the highway as we made our way to the airport. For some reason I had a bad feeling about today, it wasn&amp;#8217;t the fact that it was snowing uncontrollably right now, or the fact that I hated long plane rides because you had to sit down for hours at a time with no getting up unless you had to go to the bathroom. It was something else and I was going to figure it out. Whatever it was could change my life, I just haven&amp;#8217;t figured it out yet.&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/657900724/chapter-eighteen.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chapter Seventeen</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/657410337/chapter-seventeen.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/657410337/chapter-seventeen.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 20:03:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;Sorry for such a long wait, I'm trying to keep them coming regularly, but I got a little behind this week. Hope you enjoy! This is a pretty short one... Thanks so much for the support, I seriously can not express how happy I am that people actually want to read what I write. aha. Love -Nicole&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence, Audrey&amp;#8230; you&amp;#8217;re on&amp;#8221; The set manager squealed at us. She was about five feet tall and slender. For such a small lady she definitely had a powerful voice. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;I looked at Audrey and she looked at me. &amp;#8220;Cadence, let&amp;#8217;s just make this go smoothly. I don&amp;#8217;t want any bad publicity.&amp;#8221; She said, pursing her lips and then smiling, walking out onto the stage. I rolled my eyes while smiling and quirked my head to the side, straightened it back out and walked onto the stage after her. The lights were blinding and for just a small morning news show, the audience was far from empty. All the people watching made my stomach lurch, but I took a deep breath and pushed the thought from my mind. I definitely wasn&amp;#8217;t used to this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;***************&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence, you totally messed the whole thing up, since when is it all about you?&amp;#8221; Audrey asked in a snobby tone when we finally walked off the stage Audrey.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Um&amp;#8230; I don&amp;#8217;t know Audrey because as far as I know everything else is about you. It&amp;#8217;s about time you realize it&amp;#8217;s not. Oh and before I forget, you should learn how to treat people because apparently you don&amp;#8217;t know how to do that either, maybe that&amp;#8217;s why you get a new hair stylist everyday.&amp;#8221; I shot back. I was stunned at what I had said. She glared at me, her deep brown eyes stung. The next thing I knew, she was walking away angrily and somewhat sadly into the dressing room. I had, had enough with her, but something inside of me knew, even though she&amp;#8217;s done plenty of things to me, exploding on her wasn&amp;#8217;t right. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;My mom walked backstage just as Audrey flew past her and through the dressing room door, slamming it behind her. My mom new she had an attitude so she held up her hands as if to ask me what her problem was. I shrugged my shoulders in response and we made our way out of the studio and into the parking lot.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You two did a great job today for one of your first interviews, you know, you&amp;#8217;re probably going to be doing a lot more soon.&amp;#8221; My mom smiled as she opened the car door and slid in. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Really?&amp;#8221; I asked, raising my eyebrows. &amp;#8220;And may I ask why that is?&amp;#8221; I said trying to cover up that that was the last thing I wanted&amp;#8230; it was only something she did. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You&amp;#8217;ll find out soon enough, but your show is getting bigger too.&amp;#8221; She smiled, pulling out of the parking lot. I smiled back trying to hide that I definitely did not want that to happen either, it was only another thing she did. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Everything&amp;#8217;s so secretive lately. I can only wonder what&amp;#8217;s going on.&amp;#8221; I sighed, raising my eyebrows. I was dying to know what was going on. With my mom, there&amp;#8217;s no point in even trying to guess because the chances you&amp;#8217;re right are so slim.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Too bad, you have to wait.&amp;#8221; She said in the same why I had just. I shrugged my shoulders and decided it&amp;#8217;s just better to forget about it. I knew she wouldn&amp;#8217;t spill.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Plain Lay&amp;#8217;s or cheddar and sour cream?&amp;#8221; My mom asked a little while later at the grocery store. We decided we&amp;#8217;d better stop and do some grocery shopping since we&amp;#8217;ve been living off of Spaghetti O&amp;#8217;s and meatballs and Salad for the past three days. I kept getting awkward stares from people shopping, I forgot about all the make-up and expensive clothes I was wearing. I felt misplaced.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ll have to go with plain&amp;#8221; She said, answering her own question, since I was too slow, and tossing the bag of chips into the cart. I threw in a box of cheerios and followed her down the rest of the isle. I wanted so badly to tell her how I felt about the whole acting thing, but I couldn&amp;#8217;t find it in myself too. I would just have to wait for the right timing. A few minutes later my phone was buzzing in my pocket, I jumped a little and then carefully worked it out of my pocket. I saw Joe&amp;#8217;s picture flashing at me and smiled. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Figures&amp;#8230; perfect timing Joseph&amp;#8221; I sighed and then finally answered the phone. &amp;#8220;Hello&amp;#8221; I said in a sort of sing-song way.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey, so tell me how the interview went?&amp;#8221; He asked like I knew it was coming.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, I guess you could say that it went good, but they had some difficult questions. One of them was do I really like acting. You can imagine the agonizing pain of not being able to say no.&amp;#8221; I sighed. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Why couldn&amp;#8217;t you? You&amp;#8217;ve got to let someone know sometime. You can&amp;#8217;t let it get any worse.&amp;#8221; he asked. He was so laid back and care-free and I couldn&amp;#8217;t understand how he could even suggest saying no.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe I&amp;#8217;m not like that. I can&amp;#8217;t just say no in front of 50,000 people. It&amp;#8217;s not that easy for me. You can imagine how my mom would feel if I did that to her.&amp;#8221; I told him, making sure my mom was out of ear-shot.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence that&amp;#8217;s exactly it, it&amp;#8217;s all about what you&amp;#8217;re mom would think. All I want to know and all the world wants to know is what does Cadence think?&amp;#8221; He asked. At this point I was getting a little frustrated, but I knew Joe was right. This is what made me fall in love with Joe, not only the fact that he&amp;#8217;s funny, but the fact that he&amp;#8217;s always there for you when you need him and he always knows, well, most of the time, what to do. For some reason he&amp;#8217;s almost always right about it. He has his faults, but he is a true gentleman. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence thinks that she&amp;#8217;ll wait until she finishes taping this season and then she&amp;#8217;ll talk to her mom. She doesn&amp;#8217;t think her mom will be too happy about it though.&amp;#8221; I told him. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe thinks that&amp;#8217;s a good plan, but he doesn&amp;#8217;t think that Cadence&amp;#8217;s mom will be mad because...&amp;#8221; he paused. &amp;#8220;Oh this is too hard, can we just talk normal?&amp;#8221; He asked. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah Joe, talk however you want too.&amp;#8221; I laughed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;&amp;#8230;because she loves you and she&amp;#8217;ll respect what you want.&amp;#8221; He finished. I smiled and bit my bottom lip.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You really think so?&amp;#8221; I asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;I know so, you promise that you&amp;#8217;ll do this because I just want you to be happy Cade, I really do, I hate seeing a beautiful girl like you sad 40 percent of the time.&amp;#8221; He said, getting a little quieter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, Shut up Joe, you&amp;#8217;re such a suck up&amp;#8221; I laughed. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;He started laughing too. &amp;#8220;I know&amp;#8221; He said shyly. &amp;#8220;But I can&amp;#8217;t help it if it&amp;#8217;s true, so do you promise?&amp;#8221; He asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;I laughed. &amp;#8220;I promise you.&amp;#8221; I answered.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;No, don&amp;#8217;t promise me, promise yourself.&amp;#8221; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Fine, I promise myself. better?&amp;#8221; I sighed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Much better&amp;#8221;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You&amp;#8217;re distracting me from my grocery shopping. Love you Joe. Thanks for that by the way&amp;#8230; sometimes, I think I don&amp;#8217;t even deserve you, you always fix my problems.&amp;#8221; I sighed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Don&amp;#8217;t ever think that.&amp;#8221; He said calmly. &amp;#8220;I love you too&amp;#8221; He whispered, hanging up the phone. I smiled and then flipped my phone shut and shoved it back into my pocket, walking down every isle until I found my mom again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Who was that on the phone, oh wait, let me guess&amp;#8230; Joe?&amp;#8221; she asked, sighing sarcastically.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, it was him. You&amp;#8217;re just jealous because&amp;#8230; because my boyfriend always calls me?&amp;#8221; I shot back questioning myself.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;You know when I was your age I had that too. What were you two talking about? I heard something about the show.&amp;#8221; She asked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh, yeah just about how the show went and how they put me on the spot and everything.&amp;#8221; I lied, looking away from her as we began unloading the cart at the cash register.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;When we finally got home I ran right upstairs to take a shower, I wanted so badly to get the make-up off and to attempt to get the rest of the blue stain out of my skin. I definitely learned my lesson, wash before you wear.&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/657410337/chapter-seventeen.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Wednesday, May 14, 2008</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/656862224/item.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/656862224/item.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:38:22 GMT</pubDate><description>Sorry for such a long wait! Life's been pretty hectic lately! I'm working on Chapter Seventeen and you should expect it later this week! Again, Thanks so much for your support! I'm glad you guys like it! Love -Nicole</description><comments>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/656862224/item.html#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Chapter Sixteen</title><link>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/655434101/chapter-sixteen.html</link><guid>http://www.xanga.com/JONASroxsox/655434101/chapter-sixteen.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:20:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P align=center&gt;Well, here's Chapter Sixteen. Hope you like it. If there's any mistakes I apologize because I just wanted to get this posted asap for you guys! Thanks so much! -Nicole&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence? Are you okay?&amp;#8221; My mom asked, sitting down on my feet since I had stretched all the way out on the couch. I woke up forgetting where I was, I never had really sleep on the couch before. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;I paused for a while before answering. &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m fine, just got in a little late that&amp;#8217;s all. We&amp;#8217;re going to the hospital again in the morning at seven if that&amp;#8217;s alright with you. Abby&amp;#8217;s mom said she&amp;#8217;d drive us over.&amp;#8221; I told her, propping myself up on a pillow.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Hospital? Who&amp;#8217;s in the hospital that I don&amp;#8217;t know about?&amp;#8221; She asked, a small amount of concern in her voice, but it was two o&amp;#8217;clock in the morning, what do you expect?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Nick, Nick Jonas. He was emitted yesterday afternoon and after they ran a few tests they found out he had Type One Diabetes. Mom, I&amp;#8217;m really afraid for him, the doctors say he&amp;#8217;ll be okay, but once you have diabetes you have it for life and even though he&amp;#8217;s okay now something could happen later on and it could be worse. The Jonas&amp;#8217; decided on the Omni- Pod which was probably the best way to go for Nick, being on the road all the time and everything.&amp;#8221; I whispered telling her everything I knew. She just sat there, with a sad expression on her face, rubbing my back for a few minutes while I looked out the window and tried not to cry, but I knew that I would. Whenever someone tries to comfort me, I know they&amp;#8217;re always trying to make me feel better, but I end up crying and it doesn&amp;#8217;t matter what the situation is either; whether it&amp;#8217;s my grandpa died or if it&amp;#8217;s a silly fight with my sister, I always cry.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Sweetie, if the doctors say he&amp;#8217;s going to be alright, he&amp;#8217;s going to be alright. Don&amp;#8217;t worry about it right now, you&amp;#8217;ve got a lot of other things that you should be concentrating on like finishing up this season of your show and bringing up your sinking science grade.&amp;#8221; She said simply, standing up and hugging her bathrobe tighter to her. I paused for a second, trying to keep my cool, but I couldn&amp;#8217;t.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;That&amp;#8217;s all you have to say mom? That&amp;#8217;s it? That work and school is more important than one of my boyfriend&amp;#8217;s brothers not to mention one of my best friends, and my best friend&amp;#8217;s boyfriend?&amp;#8221; I asked, yelling. She stood there; I could tell she was searching for words.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;What do you want me to say Cadence? Yes, it&amp;#8217;s awful that he was sent to the hospital and yes it&amp;#8217;s awful that he has diabetes, but there&amp;#8217;s nothing we can do about it. You can visit tomorrow, but I want you home earlier than last night.&amp;#8221; She said, walking down the hallway. I watched her until her shadow disappeared up the stairs. I couldn&amp;#8217;t believe that she could be so comforting one minute to so rude and careless the next. How could she even compare those things? I swear we were two totally different people, sometimes I think I&amp;#8217;m adopted, but then I look at us and we&amp;#8217;re almost identical. She said there was nothing I could do, but being the stubborn person I am, I was going to find something. There was just one problem, I didn&amp;#8217;t know what that something was&lt;I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;.&lt;/I&gt; I thought for a few minutes, but then gave up for the night and curled back up on the brown soft couch; falling asleep.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Cadence! Are you coming?&amp;#8221; Abby yelled from the hallway below the stairs. We were on the way to the hospital again, to see Nick. It was seven in the morning and I was surprised we were able to get up, but I guess if it&amp;#8217;s someone you love, you&amp;#8217;ll do anything. I&amp;#8217;ve learned a lot lately from the people I&amp;#8217;ve been around, not just the Jonas&amp;#8217;, but also my friends, and that was one thing. When Tory, Abby, and I got in that fight not too long ago I realized who my true friends were and that no matter how rough the fight is that we&amp;#8217;re in we&amp;#8217;ll always be here for each other. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, I&amp;#8217;ll be right down!&amp;#8221; I screamed at the top of my lungs from the back of my closet. I grabbed the new bright blue sweatshirt that I had gotten from Mystic when we went the other weekend and pulled it carefully over my white tank top, struggling to not mess up my neatly pulled back hair as I ran full speed down the stairs. But multi-tasking for me, wasn&amp;#8217;t easy and I did have a tendency to slip down these stairs, when I reached the fourth step from the bottom I felt my foot slip from underneath me and I slid the rest of the way down the wooden staircase on my butt. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;All I can say is&amp;#8230; SHE STICKS THE LANDING!&amp;#8221; Abby shouted, trying to hold back laughter, but after a few seconds of watching Tory in hysterics she started too. I just sat there, watching them until I finally couldn&amp;#8217;t help myself.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;NOT&amp;#8221; Tory screamed once she&amp;#8217;d settled down a little bit, but that just made us laugh even more.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Let&amp;#8217;s just go&amp;#8221; I said, standing up and walking out the door. When I got in the car there were two other familiar faces in the backseat, Ashley and Gabi. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey, I thought you hated the Jonas Brothers and you wanted them to go die.&amp;#8221; I said turning around to face them when I got in the car. They were some of my best friends, even though they hated the boys. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, well, we were just saying that so you&amp;#8217;d stop talking about them all the time. We know this is tough for you guys, so, we thought we&amp;#8217;d be here, even if we have to drag Gabi out of her house.&amp;#8221; Ashley said, giving Gabi a death glare.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Gabrielle you&amp;#8217;re awful!&amp;#8221; I shouted.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;No I&amp;#8217;m not! I&amp;#8217;m here aren&amp;#8217;t I?&amp;#8221; She whined. I laughed and turned back around. There was a huge traffic Jam this morning downtown so it was going to be awhile. Abby started fooling around with her mom&amp;#8217;s radio and then all of a sudden &amp;#8220;What I go to School For&amp;#8221; started blasting through the car. Ashley and Gabi groaned and pretended to plug there ears, but Abby, Tory, and I always knew they really liked it deep inside they just didn&amp;#8217;t want to admit it. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;I love a girl from senior class. Whoawoo. I day-dream through my freshman math while she fills out her collage aps. Show her a world where we belong, she&amp;#8217;ll have to drive us to the prom. That&amp;#8217;s what I go to school for!&amp;#8221; We sang, laughing as Ashley and Gabi yelled at us to shut up. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Okay, okay! We&amp;#8217;ll stop now&amp;#8221; Tory shouted, Crossing her arms as we pulled into the hospital for the second time in two days.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Hi Ladies&amp;#8221; Mr. Jonas said as we walked into the hospital. Mrs. Jonas smiled and waved quickly when she noticed us walking down the hallway.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Kevin and Joe are in with Nick, they only want two people at a time, at the most, but they should be coming out soon.&amp;#8221; She said, scooting over on the long, blue, cushiony bench. We all took seats and waited. A few minutes later Joe and Kevin came out and we decided to let Tory go in by herself. Kevin and Joe came out of the room with huge smiles on their faces. Kevin plopped down next to Abby where Tory was and Joe squeezed himself in between Abby and I.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Cade, Abby, what&amp;#8217;s going on?&amp;#8221; He asked in a lot better mood than the day before. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, were hanging in here.&amp;#8221; I answered, looking at him. His mocha brown eyes met mine, but there was something about his smile that was unreal. I could tell in his eyes that even though he was laughing and having fun, he was nervous. It was his little brother in there and the dark circles under his eyes showed that he was lucky to get one hour of sleep last night.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Joe is everything alright? You look like a zombie.&amp;#8221; I told him, biting my lip and watching my feet as I kicked them back and forth.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, I&amp;#8217;m fine now. Last night was hard that&amp;#8217;s all. I couldn&amp;#8217;t sleep&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; He told me.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Hmm. I couldn&amp;#8217;t sleep either because of Nick and then my mom and I just don&amp;#8217;t get along anymore, I try so hard to see her point of view, but sometimes I don&amp;#8217;t think she understands that the only reason that I&amp;#8217;m still acting is because she wants me too.&amp;#8221; I confessed, still watching my feet.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, think of it this way for now. If you weren&amp;#8217;t acting then you would&amp;#8217;ve never met me.&amp;#8221; He smiled, lifting up my chin to make sure I was okay. I laughed and swiped at his hand and then was nudged by Gabi who was on the other side of me.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes?&amp;#8221; I asked, turning around, still laughing. She nudged me again and then pointed her head towards Joe and Kevin. &amp;#8220;Oooh&amp;#8230; Joe, Kevin, these are our other friends Gabi and Ashley.&amp;#8221; I said pointing to them. Joe stood up and shook there hands and then Kevin came over and did the same. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Our brother Nick, he&amp;#8217;s in there&amp;#8221; Kevin said, pointing to the door.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, we figured.&amp;#8221; Ashley said, flashing a closed mouth smile at him. Just then Tory came out pointing at Abby and I, so that we could take our turn.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;We came because these three were like dying, so we figured we&amp;#8217;d be the awesome friends we are and drag ourselves here at Seven in the morning.&amp;#8221; Gabi bragged, smiling at Kevin.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Psht, yeah except we had to drag you out the door Gabrielle!&amp;#8221; Tory shouted, bending her knees and jogging over to an open space on the bench. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas laughed, they seemed amused by our conversations. Gabi sat there with her mouth open for a minute and then looked away in disgust.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Ready?&amp;#8221; I asked Abby as we reached the door.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;if you are&amp;#8221; she said. I remembered back from yesterday, seeing Nick&amp;#8217;s pale face lying in the white bed with iv&amp;#8217;s anywhere possible was not fun. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before finally opening the large Off-White door.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Nicholas Jerry Jonas&amp;#8221; Abby sing-songed as she carefully ran over to the side of his bed. I followed, today, his pale face gained some color, he looked so much better since yesterday.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey Abby&amp;#8230; Cadence?&amp;#8221; He said, smiling. We both smiled back and walked over to look at all the gifts people brought him. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah it&amp;#8217;s me. Feeling better?&amp;#8221; I asked him.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;I guess you could say that. I&amp;#8217;ll be on the road again in a couple days. Anything&amp;#8217;s better than being cooped up in here.&amp;#8221; He said as he turned over to try and get comfortable. I gave him a sympathetic look and then sat down next to Abby on another pattered fold-up chair. The next thing I knew I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket and my moms picture flashing across the screen.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Hello? Mom?&amp;#8221; I asked.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah, The act Good Morning America had planned for tomorrow cancelled and guess who got you and Audrey the spot? Well, you already know, so I&amp;#8217;m outside the hospital, I have some clean clothes and your make-up bag with me, so you can change and do your makeup in the car while we drive to New York. Meet me out front.&amp;#8221; She said so quickly it was hard for me to comprehend. All I got was, I was going to New York and that would mean having to leave all me friends here. I sighed and then stood up.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;I have to go&amp;#8221; I sighed.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;What? Why?&amp;#8221; Abby asked. My mom got Audrey and I a spot on Good Morning America and I guess they&amp;#8217;re taping it this afternoon to put it on tomorrow&amp;#8217;s show. I&amp;#8217;m going to New York!&amp;#8221; I exclaimed sarcastically.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;That&amp;#8217;s crazy&amp;#8221; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Tell me about it&amp;#8221; I said. &amp;#8220;Bye Nick, Sorry I had to leave so soon&amp;#8221; I told him.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s alright Cade, it&amp;#8217;s not your fault. Thanks for being here, last night and this morning even if it was for just a little while.&amp;#8221; He smiled.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;I wouldn&amp;#8217;t be able to live with myself if I didn&amp;#8217;t&amp;#8221; I told him, shutting the door behind me and then walking out into the lobby where everyone else went. I explained to everyone else and then hugged them all goodbye. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;Joe caught my arm right as I was about to leave. &amp;#8220;If you really wanted to stop acting, this is your chance to let everyone know.&amp;#8221; He told me.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;Thanks Joe, but I can&amp;#8217;t, not now anyways.&amp;#8221;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&amp;#8220;I just want you to be happy&amp;#8221; He smiled. I smiled back and wrapped my arms around him. His kissed my forehead and then I let go and quickly ran out to revolving glass door, which, let me tell you, is not easy.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 