Missy's View

The next morning I woke up in Nick's bed with him smiling over me. I couldn't remember what happened last night. As soon as I sat up, I had a pounding headache.
"Please say for the love of god you have aspirin."
"A little hung over huh? Let me get you some," Nick said as he leaned over and kissed me.
It all came back to me. All of a sudden I felt sick to my stomach. "What did I do?" I kept thinking. Nick came back in with a glass of water and two aspirin.
"Nick, about last night...we need to talk about that."
"Don't worry. I'll help you explain to JC that you guys are over. I'll be there for you so nothing happens."
"Yeah, I have to talk to JC. I almost forgot about that." My head starting spinning at the thought of talking to JC. What do I tell him? Better yet, what am I going to do now?
"I won't let anything happen to you. You can stay here with me while you're in Florida, that way you don't have to stay in a hotel. I'm so happy you are here with me now. I've wanted this for awhile. I love you."
"Uh, Nick, I think I need to go back to the hotel to change. I mean, I'm in the same clothes from last night. If I run into someone they might know that something happened."
"Yeah, I can take you there and help you get your things."
"No, I think I better get them myself. That way I can talk to JC. I don't think your being there would be a good idea."
The ride to the hotel was very quiet Nick barely spoke a word to me. I didn't know what to say to him, he was so happy about last night but I was torn. I really liked Nick, but I'm engaged to JC. When I got to the hotel, Nick leaned over to give me a kiss goodbye and of course I leaned in and kissed him back. I couldn't help it – I was strongly attracted to him and couldn't resist.

When I walked into my hotel room, JC was there waiting for me. "Nice of you to come back," he said looking as if he hadn't slept all night.
"I got a little drunk last night and passed out. Were you here all night waiting?" I couldn't look at him the same anymore. I had this huge guilty feeling take over my body. I was just trying to tell myself it was a hangover but I knew I was about to break someone's heart. I just didn't know whose.

Rhonda View

"Hey Rhon, Missy's on the phone," Howie said as he tried handing me the phone. I finished wiping down the countertop and took the phone.
"It's about time you called me! It's 4 o'clock in the afternoon!!"
"Don't yell so loud," she whispered.
"Still hung-over are we? Where are you anyway? I tried calling your hotel this morning but you weren't there."
"Um, yeah...JC and I went out for awhile but he had to leave so I went back to sleep. I guess I didn't hear the phone ring."
"So what are you going doing while you're down here?"
"I'm not sure yet. I figured we could have a few girls only days."
"Humm," I said, "I think I could get rid of Howie for a couple of days."
"I heard that!" he shouted across the bar. "Who says I'm going to let you off of work?"
"I'll give Amber a call and pull her away from AJ. Maybe we could take off to the Keys or something."
"Okay," Missy said, "I'm going to go jump in the shower and head over to Howie's club. I'll see you guys in awhile."

Amber's View

"How the hell do people know when to interrupt us?" AJ asked me.
I laughed at him, "Bone, I think they just know you."
"Hello?" AJ answered the phone highly annoyed. "Yeah, she's right here."
"Hey Rhon," I said.
"How did you know it was me?"
"You just have that timing lately," I laughed. Rhonda told me the idea of taking a few days off to visit the Keys. "I don't know if he's going to let me out of his sight for that long."
"Give me 15 minutes and you can go anywhere you want to," AJ whispered into my ear.
"Rhonda – I'll call you back." I hung up the phone. "15 huh…we might need longer than that," I said kissing AJ's neck. "Now where were we?"
"Fuck!" AJ said as the phone rang again.
"Rhon, I said I'll call you back," I yelled into the phone.
"Uhhh, this is Nick…" I heard on the other end.
"Nick, what do you want?!" I was highly annoyed now with all the interruptions.
"Have you seen Missy? I tried to call her but she wasn't in."
"Nick, why the hell would I know where she is? She's probably with JC."
"Give me the phone," AJ said taking the phone from me. I handed him the phone and he hung it up. "There now we can get back to more important things!" he said lying on top of me.
"Wait a minute," I said getting out of bed.
"What?!!!"
"This…" I said as I unplugged the phone cord from the wall.

Rhonda's View

"Are you really going to leave me for a couple of days?" Howie asked with sad puppy dog eyes.
"Did you really think you were going to bring a friend of mine to Florida and not have me spend some time with her?"
"Well..." he said as he pulled me closer to him, "I guess if we spend some 'quality' time together, I'll let you go away for a couple of days. But you gotta promise to call me every day."
I kissed his lips, "Quality time huh?" We looked around Howie's club and realized that no one was coming into work for at least another hour. "Okay, I think I can manage that."

The Next Day
Rhonda's View

Missy and Amber stayed at my apartment so we could leave early in the morning. Howie and AJ stopped by with some doughnuts, coffee and orange juice for the road. AJ was putting everyone's bags in the trunk of the car as Howie and I were saying goodbye.

"Come on D, I had to say a short goodbye and so do you!" AJ laughed.
Howie gave me another kiss and handed me some CD's. "I thought you might need your driving music that you left in my car...you're going to call me when you get down there right?"
"Yes dear," I laughed, "I will call you when we get there. And I won't take candy from strangers and I'll look both ways before I cross the street..."
"Very funny!" Howie laughed. "Just be careful driving and come back to me soon."
I pulled Amber out of AJ's arms and pushed her into the front seat of the car. Missy was already in the back, sipping her coffee trying to wake up. We pulled out of the parking lot and waved back to the guys as Amber threw in a Metallica CD.
"I miss him already," Amber said to me.
"I know," I sighed, "I miss Howie already too." Missy just sat in the back of the car extremely quiet.

In the Keys

We spent a few days shopping, being beach bums and checking out all of the local clubs. It was fun just spending time with the girls but I really missed Howie. I called him a few times, and I know that Amber called AJ too. I never noticed if Missy ever called JC or Nick.
"We better head back today," Amber said. "I have to get back to the gallery because Maria needs tomorrow off." I agreed that it was about time to head back to Orlando. Missy didn't seem too eager to get back.
"So Missy, what are you going to do with your last week in Florida?" I asked.
"I think I'm going to spend time with my dad, you know I haven't seen him in awhile."
"You're not going to spend time with JC or Nick?"
"Why would I spend time with Nick?" she said sheepishly.
"Um, I don't know," Amber said, "Maybe because you spent a lot of time with him at Rhonda's party. You guys seemed like you were getting a little close." Missy sat on her bed in silence.
I looked over at Amber and said, "Well, we should probably start to pack up our stuff." I looked around the hotel room. "Or maybe we should go get breakfast first." After looking around the room, Amber and Missy suddenly became hungry too.

Back in Florida
Amber's View

"Hey," I said walking into Howie's club, " have you seen Missy lately?"
"No," Rhonda answered. "I really haven't seen here since we got back…I wonder what's up with her?"
"Well AJ said he would be willing to drive her to the airport, but we need to know which flight she's taking."
"Did you try asking Nick – he might know where to find her."
I looked at Rhonda in confusion. "Why would she be with Nick? I mean they were close at the party but she's with JC isn't she?"
"Well…things sometimes have a way of changing…"
"Rhonda…do you know something I don't?" I asked trying to judge from her face what the big secret was.
"No. I'm just saying ask Nick is all."
"Fine – give me the phone." Rhonda handed me the phone and I dialed Nick's number. "Hello Nick? Is Missy there? Can I talk to her please?"
"Hey what's up Amber?" Missy said getting on the phone.
"I could ask you the same thing? What's going on?"
"Nothing Nick volunteered to show me some cool spots in Florida today and I took him up on it."
"O.k." I said deciding not to press the issue. "Look I called because AJ needs to know your flight information for tomorrow."
"Umm…do you think he'll mind if Nick comes along?"
"No – he shouldn't. Do you want Nick to just take you there?"
"No!" Missy said a little too loud. "AJ being there is fine. I'm on flight 508, it's leaving around noon."
"Kay, I'll make sure he gets you there on time."
"Good, I'll be over there later today to say goodbye to you and Rhonda."
"O.k. see you later then." I hung the phone up and looked over to where Rhonda was standing listening in on the call. "She was there."
"Yeah – I heard."