Nothing compares 2 you

[Nixa]

Well.... as here's only one fic, I thought I'm gonna help a little by submitting my own....
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So here we go:

Chapter 1

Juliet McCarthy was sitting in a studio, listening to her just recorded songs, when her mobile rang.
“McCarthy”, she answered the call. “Hey, it’s me, Barry!” a familiar voice said.
Barry, her manager! She frowned. What the hell could he want now? She just recorded all the songs she needed.
“Listen, Julie”, he continued. “Want to record a song with Westlife? They’re looking for someone they can sing a duet with. There’s a kind of audition tomorrow!”<br>“Sounds great! But I don’t know the guys from Westlife. I mean, I know their music, but not the guys”, she answered, now in a much better mood because of the thought singing with 5 guys.
“Doesn’t matter.”, he replied. “Ok then, where do I have to go?”, she asked enthusiastically.
“It’s in a studio in Dublin. You can take the flight tomorrow morning at 6am. The casting will be at 3pm. I’ll call there and tell them your coming. So get yourself a few clothes and I’ll see ya tomorrow morning”, Barry said, then hanging up the phone.
“Well then,” Juliet thought, “maybe I’m going to sing a duet with Westlife, the most famous band in UK!”<br>
Next day, Dublin 2pm.

Juliet arrived in Dublin much earlier than she needed to be there. She went in a café for a while, having some coffee. Later, at about 12.30pm, she decided to walk around a bit and maybe do a little bit of shopping. Well, a little bit was played down!
At about 2.15pm she was just leaving a shop with 5 bags full with new clothes, reading the bill, when she crashed into a young man with sunglasses and a cap.
All her bags fell down to the floor into a puddle, and so did she.

“Can’t you watch out where you’re going??”, she cursed while standing up again with the help of the young man.
“Well, you could, too!”, he replied cheekily.
“Wanna say it was my fault??” Juliet got really angry. “Wanna say it was my fault that you were rushing down the street like crazy without looking where you were going??? Wanna say that??”<br>“Woa, woa, woa, calm down little girl. Just wanted to say, you should open your eyes when leaving a shop, not reading any letters or so.”, he said calmly.
“ I was NOT reading any letters! And I’m NOT a little girl, so don’t treat me like one ! And don’t EVER dare calling me little girl again!” she said in a rude way.
“Well then, little girl, I’m sorry for flooding your new clothes.”, he teased her. “But I unfortunately haven’t got the time for talking to you. I’m in a hurry!”, he said and rushed off without saying another word.
“d**n idiot”, Juliet thought and took a look at her watch. 2.30pm!!! And she still had to go through half the town for getting to this d**n studio!
She stopped a taxi , still cursing about this stupid accident and hoped she would get there in time…<br>
Chapter 2

At exactly 3pm she stood in front of the studio. “Well, let’s hope I’ll get it!” she thought and entered. The first thing she noticed was that she wasn’t alone. There were about 4 other women, singers she thought, who were waiting. She sat down near the door to the studio, watching the other women. Most of them seemed to be older than her; she even had to be the youngest. So she really had competition. A few minutes later the studio door opened and another woman came out. Then she saw a man’s head appear in the door and saying: “We want to listen to Juliet McCarthy next, is she here?”<br>Juliet raised her hand as if she were in school, feeling insecure and said with a thin voice: “That’s me.” “Well then, come on in!”, the man said and Juliet followed him.
She was impressed. She stood in a huge dance studio with 6 men in it, sitting at a long table. She stepped forward to them and introduced herself: “Juliet McCarthy”. The first man shook her hand: “Louis Walsh, manager of Westlife.”, She made her way along the table getting to know Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Bryan McFadden and Shane Filan. She didn’t really dare looking up, because she felt so insecure. But when she shook the last hand and heard a voice say “Nicky Byrne”, she looked up. She recognised this voice immediately. “You!”, she said loudly. “Oh no!!” Nicky moaned.
“You know her?” a curious voice, belonging to Shane, asked.
“Oh yeah, I do! I told you about just when I arrived!”, he replied.
“You mean, she is the rude little girl you rushed into?”, Shane asked, nearly laughing. “Yes, exactly. She’s that little girl.”<br>“Little Girl??” Juliet was up in arms. She turned around and walked towards the door, ready to leave. She really wasn’t in the mood for singing in front of these idiots.
But just when she walked out the door, she felt a hand grip her arm. “Please stay.”, a friendly voice, belonging to Kian, said. “You know, Nicky’s always teasing. You shouldn’t take it personal… Don’t go now. Show him that you’re not the little girl he thinks you are.”<br>“Yes, you’re right.”, she said reluctantly after a short pause. “If you guys still want me to sing then…“
“Of course we want to hear you!”, Kian interrupted her. “And now, come on! Let’s go back in and show us how good you are!”<br>When they got back into the studio she whispered: “Thanks.” Kian smiled at her.

After having talked to Kian, Juliet was more confident. She sang her song and thought she was really good. When she had finished, she was told to wait outside. They still had to listen to 4 other singers. Juliet sat down in the waiting room. She was really excited. Would she sing with Westlife??

At about an hour later, she was told to come back in. When she arrived in front of the door, the first thing she heard was Nicky: “I don’t want her! She’s too young! She’s just a chick!” Juliet knew immediately he was talking ‘bout her. “But she was the best, you really have to admit that!”, she heard another voice that had to belong to Bryan. “Maybe, but she still is too young! Do you know if she can stand all the tour and promoting stuff?”<br>
Slowly she opened the door. She felt terrible. When Nicky noticed the door opening he stopped talking. “You wanted to talk to me?”, she asked.
“Yes.” Louis Walsh answered. “You’re the one they want to sing the duet with. Well, most of them.”, he added with an angry glance at Nicky. “So would you like to sing this duet?” he finally asked.
Juliet wasn’t sure. Should she sing this duet although she had to face Nicky for several days and maybe even nights?
After thinking for a few seconds she answered: “Yes! I really would like to sing this duet!” Nicky could tease her, but she still had her pride. She wouldn’t say no just because of Nicky. “Well then, see you in a week!”, Louis said. “I still think she’s just a chick! It won’t work!”, Nicky whispered into Shane’s ear.

[katrien]

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[Nixa]

Well.. as you seem to like it here's some more:

Chapter 3

The week before the recording, she got to know the lads better. She connected very well with Shane and Kian but also with Mark and Bryan. Nicky was the only one she couldn’t get along with. He didn’t talk to her and when he did he was just teasing her by calling her ‘little girl’ or ‘chick’.

The day of the recording she woke up at 7am. She suddenly sat up in her bed. 7am?? She panicked. She had to be in the studio at about half an hour and she wasn’t even dressed!

At 7.40am she arrived hard breathing at the studio. “Sorry guys, I’m late!”, she said between gasping. “Didn’t I tell you?? A little girl and chick that can’t be punctual!”, Nicky said. “Oh come on, Nix, stop it!”, a tired Kian said. “You’re getting on my nerves!”<br>It was enough for Juliet. “Didn’t I tell you I’m sorry??” she yelled at Nicky.
“What’s your problem? Oh, I guess little Mr. Perfect is never ever late, right?”<br>Nicky looked at her quite impressed and didn’t know what to say. He wasn’t prepared for this sort of answer. “Well, I….”<br>“So what?? Don’t try to tell me, you never ever were late! I think you are even the one who is late most times, isn’t he, guys?”, Juliet interrupted him.
Shane and Kian tried hard not to burst out in laughter. But they didn’t succeed in. “Yeah guys, great fun, isn’t it?” Nicky asked sarcastically before rushing off the room.
“Julie, you are great. No girl ever dared talking to Nix like that. I think that drives him insane!!”, Shane said while trying not to laugh. But a second later he and Kian were laughing again. They didn’t even notice Mark and Bryan entering the room. “What did you do with Nicky? He’s in much worse mood as usual at this time. Didn’t he get his sleep? And why the hell are you laughing like crazy??”, Bryan wanted to know.
“Well, …” Kian started and burst out in laughter again. “Julie..” Shane continued, “ …she didn’t put up with his teasing and replied to him very… let’s say…cheekily!!! You should have seen his face!!” Then he laughed again.
The door opened. The producer looked round the corner. “Guys, we wanna start now. Come on.”<br>
The recording went well. After all of them had sung their parts, they listened very content to the result. It sounded great!
A few minutes after finishing the recording, Mark’s mobile rang. “Yeah?”, he answered it. “It’s me, Louis. We have the video shoot for tomorrow. You have to be there at 8am, punctual! Would you please tell the others?” “All right, bye then”, Mark replied and hung up the phone.
“So lads. We have the video shoot for tomorrow and we should be at the set at 8am, punctual!”<br>
Next day, Set of <How does it feel>, London, 7.58am

At almost 8am, 6 very tired looking people arrived at the set. Everybody was yawning. “Why at this inhuman time??”, Shane complained.
They sat around a table listening to the director, Thomas Scott. “..the plan is: We have you performing, but we also have scenes of a couple in-between. And that’s why I wanted to talk to you. We hadn’t got the time for searching a couple for it. So we thought it would be nice if we could have Juliet together with one of you guys as a couple.. What do you think?”, he finally asked.
“Well, no problem for me. What about you guys?”, she asked the 5 boys. “Oh, and who were thinking of as my partner?” she turned to the director.
“Actually we thought that you and… Nicky would give a great couple. The scenes would show you lying on a bed, just looking into each other’s eyes. He would have wrapped his arms around you and then there would be….”<br>“Would be a what??” Nicky asked impatiently. “..a kiss.”<br>“Nooooooo!! Never ever!!! Choose Shane or Kian or one of the others but not me. I won’t do this!!”, Nicky nearly screamed. “I won’t do this!!”<br>




Chapter 4

“Well, Nicky, I think you have to do this. Because I already planned all the other sections. I didn’t expect it to be a problem for you…” Thomas finally said. “And no discussions any more!”<br>“That’s not fair, why me???”, Nicky protested one last time. “Then I think we sorted that out. Another one problems with it?”, Thomas asked. Everybody said ‘no’ although Juliet would have liked to protest. “Then let’s start. We should have done so half an hour ago!”<br>At about 15pm all of them had most of their solo parts shot. They only had to do the group performance and…yes, the ‘love scene’. Nicky’s mood had got better through the day but now it went worse again. “I don’t want to do this!” he muttered. “Neither do I.” Juliet remarked. “Who asked you?”, he snapped.
“Come on, Juliet, Nicky. We wanna shoot this scene now. And no fights!”, Thomas added.

It all got really exhausting: Neither Nicky nor Juliet wanted to lie in each other’s arms, so they really had a problem. “Can’t you two just forget about your antipathy for a few minutes and act professional?”, Thomas asked unfriendly. This situation was really getting on his nerves. “You’re acting like little children.”, he added. That was the point Juliet was ready to do this scene. She didn’t want to act like a child. She didn’t want Nicky to start this ‘little girl-stuff’ again. “Well then, I’m ready. What about you?”, she asked Nicky without looking at him. “So am I.”, he replied. Thomas sighed in relief. “Then let’s go!”<br>After 15 minutes the scene was shot. But it didn’t look real, it all looked faked, especially the kiss. Well, actually it was. It looked like a bad film kiss.
Thomas gave up. “Guys, we gonna do the rest in two days in a studio, see you then.”, he said as a goodbye. “What do you think about partying??”, Kian asked. Everyone immediately agreed.

Same evening, 10pm, a club in London

When they entered the club, Mark was the first who saw an empty table for them. He quickly went to save it while the others got themselves something to drink. Bryan also got something for Mark. But before reaching the table, Juliet suddenly passed her drink to Shane and went onto the dance floor towards two good-looking guys.
She gave one of them a hug and a kiss on the cheek, while the other one got a big hug and a kiss on the mouth. The lads could see that she was really happy to see the last guy. “Does anybody know who he is?”, Kian asked with interest. ‘No’ was the simple answer he got from everybody. While Bryan and Mark were chatting with some cute girls, Nicky was looking very interested at his, in the meantime, third drink, and Shane and Kian were watching Juliet and the two guys. They acted very intimate and one of the guys was kissing her cheek from time to time.
A few minutes later, Juliet came to the table for the first time. “Wow, missy has got time for us! Lately playing slag?? One guy isn’t enough, right??”, Nicky asked sarcastically. That was enough for Juliet. She had been so happy when she was on the dance floor and now she tried hard not to burst out in tears, but without success. She turned away with tears in her eyes and ran off. Shane immediately ran after her, pulling Nicky with him. “”Julie, please stop.” Shane gripped her arm, turned her around and made her look into his face. She didn’t want to look up, still crying silently. Her body was shaking. He pulled her into his arms, trying to comfort her. “Hush, baby…” he whispered again and again. When she had calmed down a bit, he turned around to Nicky. “And now you, I think you’ve got something to say, haven’t you?” Then he went a few steps away and left them alone. Juliet was still trying hard not to cry again. “ I….I really want to apologize, Juliet. I’m sorry, I am drunk and I was really pissed off.” Nicky said repentantly. He REALLY felt sorry. He didn’t mean to hurt her like this. But Juliet couldn’t stand it, she started to cry again. Nicky tried to calm her by taking her in his arms but she tried to push him away. But he was stronger and so she broke down crying in his arms. “Hey, I’m really sorry, please, you have to believe me..”<br>He didn’t know what to say anymore. Slowly she started to calm down. “And…you…., would you promise not to hurt me like that never ever again?” she asked with a shaking voice. Shane watched them talking and couldn’t hold back a smile. He went back in. ”Yes, I promise!”, Nicky said, lucky that she wasn’t crying anymore and took her in his arms again. And this time she didn’t push him away….

Chapter 5

At about 3am, Juliet was the last to leave. She had been talking to Nicky the rest of the evening, yes, they were really talking. Without any teasing and screaming. The others had been quite shocked. “What happened out there?”, Bryan had asked Shane curiously. “I don’t know exactly. But I think they concluded peace…”, Shane had said kind of content. At 2am, Kian, Shane, Bryan and Mark left. Shane and Mark for the hotel, Kian and Bryan for another party.
Nicky and Juliet were talking all evening and Nicky got to know the two guys: Juliet’s elder brother, who wasn’t happy to see his little sister together with Nicky, and his friend. As Juliet still wanted to talk to them for a while, Nicky left alone.

[Nixa]

When Nicky had left, Alex, her brother, looked at her. “What’s there between you and this Nicky?”, he wanted to know. “There’s nothing. He’s just a friend.”, Julie told him. “Really? It didn’t look so…”, Alex remarked. “Believe me, we’re just friends!”, Julie said again, then changing the subject.

When Juliet arrived in the lobby of the hotel, she found a tired looking Nicky standing in front of the lift. He had been sitting in the lobby for half an hour, considering if he should take the lift alone or waiting for someone he knew. Just when he decided to take the lift alone, Juliet arrived. He felt relieved. He wouldn’t have to face the lift alone! “What are you still doing here?”, she asked curiously. “Why aren’t you in bed?” “I was just going for a little walk!”, he lied. “Oh, I see.” The lift came. They both entered and the doors closed. “Which’s your floor?”, Nicky asked to hide his nervousness. “11.” “Same as mine.” He pushed the button. Halfway, the lift began to shake. “Oh my God!” Nicky screamed and went back against the wall of the lift. But the lift went on without problems. “Hey, everything’s alright!”, Juliet said in a, how she hoped, calming voice while taking nearly immediately his hand. “Nothing happened.” “I’m sorry! I’m scared to death in this d**n lifts!” he whispered. “I should be able to control it!” “Hey, you can’t help, can you? Everybody is scared of something. I, for example, am scared of spiders.” Juliet said. Then suddenly the lift shook again. Nicky tightened his grip and clasped Juliet’s hand. She gasped because of the unexpected hard grip but she didn’t say something.

When the doors opened, Nicky rushed off the lift, pulling Juliet with him. “f**king lifts!”, he cursed with a last glance at it. He was still holding Juliet’s hand, not that tight anymore, but nevertheless it wasn’t his intention to let it go. Nicky came with her to her room. They stopped in front of the door. “It was a great evening. With some exceptions….”, Nicky said while looking at her. Juliet didn’t dare looking up. She knew exactly what she would see: Nicky standing in front of her, looking at her and having this simply irresistible impish grin on his lips. And she knew she was right! “Yes, it really was.”, she said, still not looking up. “Nicky, I….” “Ssssh!”, he interrupted her, then lifting her chin up with his forefinger. They looked each other deep into the eyes. Their lips came closer till they finally met. Juliet’s hands slid slowly to Nicky’s neck. They stood there kissing for a few minutes. They both didn’t know what made them kissing each other, but it just felt right. When they finally parted for breath, Juliet gently pushed him away. “Good night.”, she said, then giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. She opened the door to her room and smiled at him. “Night… Jules”, he said, then going down the hall, leaving an astonished Julie in her open room’s door. He had never called her by a nickname; he hadn’t even called her by her real name! With a smile she went into her room and closed the door.

Chapter 6

Next day, 7am, Nicky’s room

Nicky woke up to the ringing of his mobile phone and at the same time to the knocking on his door. He decided first to answer the phone. “Byrne”, he said sleepily. “Nicky, why the hell aren’t you opening your door??”, he heard an angry voice, obviously belonging to Louis. “I’m on my way.”, Nicky muttered and hung up. When he opened the door, he saw an angry-looking Louis, impatiently tapping his feet. “God, Nicky get dressed!”, Louis said as he saw the nearly naked Nicky. “And: In 15 minutes in my room! It’s important.”, he added friendly, but Nicky knew it was an order.

A few minutes later it was the same with Juliet. Her mobile rang, someone was knocking hard on her door, but she still was asleep. Shane, who had the room next to her, opened his door and looked at Louis. “What are you doing here at this time???”, he asked, not trying to hide the fact that he was pissed off because of this noise. “You see, I try to wake her up!”, Louis answered, then knocking on the door again. “Give me a try. I think that’s better.”, Shane said then going back into his room and coming out with a magnet card again. He opened Julie’s door with it. “May I sleep in peace now again???”, he asked sarcastically. “Why are you having….Ooh, I don’t want to know! Thanks, Shane.”, Louis said as an answer. Then he went into Julie’s room, ready to wake her up. But just as he wanted to, Julie opened her eyes and said in a sleepy voice: “What is going on here? It’s..” She looked at her alarm clock. “…7am!” “Come on, get up, get dressed. In 15 minutes in my room.” Louis replied, then leaving.

15 minutes later

“Morning.”, Julie muttered as she arrived in front of Louis’ room. “What are you doing here?”, she added a bit surprised as she noticed it was Nicky who was standing there. “Same way round: What are you doing here?”, he replied. “I don’t know. I just got the order to be here now.”, she said. “Do you know what Louis…” “No, he doesn’t know.”, Louis interrupted her, coming out of his room. “Now, come on in!”<br>
When Juliet and Nicky had sat down in front of Louis’ desk, he started:
“I’ve found these this morning in the post.” He gave them some photos. They showed the two of them, Julie in Nicky’s arms. They were from the evening before, after their fight. “You know how old she is, don’t you?” “Yes, I know how old she is. She’s 17.” “Right Nicky! 17!! She is under age!” “Hello?”, Julie asked. “I’m here. You don’t have to talk about me as ‘she’!”, she complained.
But the two didn’t listen to her. “I do know that she’s under age! But there’s NOTHING between us. We had a fight, she ran off, I ran after her and I tried to comfort her. That’s all!! Ask Shane!” “Juliet?”, Louis asked. “That’s right. We really had a fight, I rushed off, Shane ran after me, pulling Nicky with him and when these photos were shot, Nicky just tried to comfort me. And stop talkin’ ‘bout me as ‘she’. d**n, I’m here!”, she said unfriendly.
“That’s the Julie I know!”, Nicky remarked. Julie boxed him between his rips.
“Hey, you’re not here for fun.”, Louis spoiled it all. “I think, I should ask Shane about it, right? Who of you want to go and wake him up?” Nicky and Juliet looked at each other. Waking up Shane?? It wouldn’t matter who woke him up, he would be pissed off and very angry. “I’m going!”, Julie finally said. “Brave girl!”, Nicky joked.

Juliet stood in front of Shane’s door and knocked. “Go away.”, she heard from the inside. “Come on, Shane. It’s me, Julie. Louis wants to talk to you.”, she said with a pleading voice. “Why now? Haven’t it got time till noon?”, Shane appeared in the now open door. “You’re awake now, aren’t you? So please, come with me!”, Julie pleaded. “Okay, I get dressed. I’m gonna be there in a few minutes.”, he finally said
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5 minutes later they both were in Louis’ room. “Shane, tell me: What did happen yesterday evening?”, Louis asked. “What do you mean? We were partying. Nothing else. Oh, and Nicky and Julie had an argument.”, Shane said. “Tell me more about this argument!” “Well, they had this fight, Julie began to cry, ran off. I ran after her, pulling Nicky with me, so that he could apologize. First I tried to comfort her, then Nicky.” Louis gave him the photos. “Like this?”, he asked. “Yes, exactly! Who made these?”, Shane asked surprised. “I don’t know! I found them this morning in my post. But that was just point one. Two: Juliet, you are under age. You are not allowed to go to these clubs and you are not allowed to drink most of the drinks I think you have drunk.” “My elder brother was with me.”, she said calmly. “Really? Can anybody tell me, that he really was?” “Nicky can and the other guys saw him, too!” “Did we?”, Shane asked. “Yes, you did. Remember this guy on the dance floor?” “That was your brother? Why didn’t you tell us?” “Doesn’t matter now. Louis, you see, I wasn’t alone! And I’m allowed to go there if anybody of my family over 20 is with me. So we sorted that out, right?”, she finished. “Well, you can go now.”, Louis said.
When Juliet was out of the room and Nicky on his way, he said: “Nicky, wait a minute.” Nicky stopped and turned around. “She nevertheless is under age. I don’t want you to start something. Got it? Never ever!” Nicky frowned and turned away. “Nicky, got it?” Louis asked insisting. “Yes, got it!”, Nicky muttered, then leaving.

[katrien]

Your writing is so good!
Thanx for showing it here.

I hope that more people will read your fantastic fics!

[Nixa]

Thank you soooo much! I really do appreciate feedback (of any kind)..... My 2nd one's getting much better, but it's not finished yet. Don't know if you want me to post it here though as it's partly slash and it can't be rated universal. Well, let's talk about that later...
So here we go again

Chapter 7

“Hey Jules! Please wait for me!”, Nicky shouted through half the lobby. Julie turned around. “What do you want? There’s NOTHING between us, right?”, she asked sarcastically, then going towards the lift. “But somehow Louis is right. I AM under age.”, she thought. The lift came. Julie entered, Nicky ran after her, also entering the lift. “No, I mean, I didn’t want to hurt you but I just couldn’t tell Louis the whole story about yesterday.” Nicky tried to explain. “By the way, if it’s so important to you, you could have told him, too!”, he added. “Well, but then you would be a liar.”, she remarked “And…”
But before she could finish her sentence, she felt Nicky’s lips on hers again. He kissed her soft and tender but nevertheless passionate. Just when his tongue carefully slid into her mouth, starting to explore it, the lift stopped. They quickly parted, trying to pretend that nothing had happened. Kian appeared in the lift door. “Hey you two! Already awake at this time?” He was in a good mood, smiling all over his face. Nicky and Julie left the lift, while Kian entered. “Why is he in such a good mood? He must have come home later than I did!”, Julie asked Nicky surprised. “I don’t know. And to be honest: I don’t want to know!, he answered. “Now, Jules, what about us?”, he asked, looking deep into her eyes. “I don’t know!”, she answered insecure. Nicky tried to kiss her, but she gently pushed him away. “Nicky, maybe Louis is right. You know, I am under age. And it’s too dangerous. You see, the thing with Kian. He could have noticed and..” “But he didn’t!”, Nicky interrupted her. “But he could have! And you know it’s against the law if we…” She didn’t finish the sentence. “See, it’s my birthday in 2 months, then I’m 18.” “But what about these 2 months? Should I pretend that I don’t like you? d**n, Jules I need you!” Yes, he thought, I really need her. It was the first time he realized it. “Nicky, I know, I need you, too. But it’s just two months. Don’t you think we could do this?” “Sure, we can! But I don’t want to. I just found you and now I should pretend that I’m not in love with you?” Julie looked at him with wide eyes. She wasn’t prepared for this kind of conversation. “Nicky, if you really are in love with me you can wait, can’t you?”, she asked a little shy. Nicky saw that he couldn’t convince her. “Ok, we’ll wait till your 18, right?” he finally said. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a quick kiss. “Thanks.”, she whispered before leaving him alone and going to her room.

Next day,once again video shoot for <How does it feel>

“So, we have the group performance shot now.”, Thomas Scott said relieved. “But we still have to shoot the ‘love scene’. Witout any problems this time, I hope.”, he added with a glance at Nicky and Julie. “So, the rest of you can leave and the two of you please stay here.” When the other guys had left, he continued: “We gonna do it in a studio this time, on a real bed. You know how it should work, don’t you?”, he asked. They both nodded. “Well, then let’s start.” ‘And please let it look good’, he muttered. Nicky grinned. He knew it would look good this time!
When the music started and Nicky and Julie started their ‘acting’, Thomas was surprised. It looked really good! He waited for the kiss, because he didn’t think it would be different. They could act well, but a kiss?? It was the greatest surprise! The kiss looked so real, well, actually it was, just nobody knew! Thomas didn’t know what to say. “That…that was awesome!”, he finally said. “I think, we got it the best way it could be, now.” Thomas was very content.

The next week, Julie and the guys had to go on promo tour in Westlife’s tourbus. They all sat together on the couches in the bus, listening to their tour manager Anto. When he had finished, everybody went into different ways, only Julie stayed there. Shane noticed her. “Hey Julie, what’s wrong? You behave so ….weird since the talking with Louis. And Nicky does, too. So what’s the matter? I thought you sorted all out.” “Shane, really, there’s nothing, you don’t have to worry. I’m just tired!”, she told him, but he didn’t really believe her. “Come on. Tired? Since 4 days?” “Shay, it’s nothing. If I wanna talk I’ll come to you, ok?” Julie tried to convince him. “Ok, but you really do?” “Yes! d**n, you act like my brother!” “Well then , little sister, if everything’s all right….” “Yes, everything’s all right! I’m going to sleep a bit and then I’m fine!” With that she lay down on the couch and closed her eyes. “Sleep well!”, Shane whispered and gave her a kiss on the forehead. “I will!”, she mumbled,then slowly falling asleep.

Chapter 8

So the weeks went by. The six were touring through England and Ireland, promoting their single. Nicky and Julie tried to avoid each other, most times with success. But they couldn’t avoid looking at each other, smiling. Shane and Kian got worried. They never had seen Nicky so quiet. “Nix, what’s wrong with you? You are so quiet over the last 5 ½ weeks.”, Kian finally asked him. “It’s nothing, Ki! Everything’s alright!”, he answered and then quickly left, before Kian or Shane could ask more questions he didn’t like to answer. “Something’s wrong with him, you can’t tell me, it’s not!”, Ki said to Shane who nodded. He had a suspicion….

A few days later they had a photo shooting. The photographer wanted them to relax and have fun. He wanted to take the photos in moments they had fun with each other and were relaxed. He didn’t want them to pose. Everything went well: They really had fun and enjoyed themselves and in the end, they had some funny and even some beautiful pictures. When they wanted to leave, the photographer stopped Julie and Nicky. “I haven’t got ONE picture of you both!”, he complained. “Now come on, just two or three photos…” While the others left, the two of them stayed in the studio. Now that all the others had gone, they were more relaxed. They started to joke around and forgot the world outside. They had to try hard not to kiss each other, although they would’ve liked to. They didn’t even notice Shane coming back in. “I’m sorry, I…”, But when he saw Nicky and Julie joking around, hugging each other he suddenly stopped. ‘I knew it!’, he thought. But soon, Julie noticed him and told Nicky. They suddenly stopped. “I…I’m sorry. But I must have forgotten my watch! Look, there it is.” Shane pointed to a watch lying on a table next to them. “Well then, I have enough pictures now. You can all leave.”, the photographer said, breaking the silence.

[Nixa]

Two weeks before Julie’s birthday

They had finished their promo tour now and stayed in a hotel in London before they would go back to Ireland the next morning.

Someone was knocking hard on Julie’s door. She left the bathroom, just with a towel round her body and opened the door. “Nicky, what the hell are you doing here? What’s wrong?” He went towards her, wrapping his arms round her hips. “Just wanted to see you.”, he whispered into her ear. She looked at him. “Nico, you know what happened at the photo shoot and Shane’s next door. He’ll come here in a few minutes. Please, it’s just another 2 weeks to go.”, she pleaded. “I don’t want to wait another 2 weeks. I can’t stand it anymore. I need you, I want you.”, he said, slowly getting angry. “Why can’t we just show what we feel?” “You know exactly why not!”, Julie said, also with a louder voice now. “Jules, I love you. And I love you now and I wanna show you NOW!” “Nico, you know it’s just another fortnight to go.” “You don’t want to understand me, do you?”, he yelled. “Nicky,I understand you very well. I mean, I feel the same way you do, but…” “But what? Come on, if you feel the same way why can’t you just show it? How can you keep this feelings inside?” “Nico..”, she started but got interrupted by him. “No, you just don’t want it. Nobody can keep these feelings inside. You don’t want it all, do you?” With these words he rushed off, nearly into Shane. “Nico!”, Julie yelled, trying to run after him. But he was already down the stairs, she wouldn’t have had a chance. “Wow, what did I miss?”, Shane asked curiously. “Nothing, Shane, it was nothing.”, Julie said sadly, going back into her room again. “Is there a problem between you two?”, Shane wanted to know. “No, Shane, it really is nothing. Everything’s ok, right?”<br>
Bryan’s house, Julie’s birthday party, 11.30pm

“Hey Mark! Seen Nicky?” Mark was the tenth Julie has asked for Nicky now. ‘No, is he here anyway?’ was the answer she got now again. Julie’s heart sank. Why wasn’t he here? Was he still angry at her? They hadn’t talked since their fight 2 weeks ago. She was really disappointed. It could have been such a great day for them, and now he wasn’t there…<br>
29 minutes later

“Come on, why are you looking so sad? You’re 18 in a minute!” Kian tried to cheer her up. She faked a smile. “Yes, isn’t it great?”, she asked. All her guests started to count: “10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1… HAPPY BIRTHDAY!“, everyone shouted. The four Westlife boys came to hug her and wished her all the best. Afterwards all the other guests came to her to congratulate. But she didn’t feel happy. Why wasn’t Nico there? At 1 am, Julie stood in front of a couch, trying to talk to Shane, when she felt someone wrapping his arms round her hips.

Chapter 9

“Wanna come out with me a minute?”, she heard the familiar husky voice whisper into her ear, sending a shiver down her spine. She turned around and looked into Nicky’s twinkling blue eyes. And now she couldn’t hold it back anymore: She kissed him with all the passion she had hold back over the last 2 months.Nicky was surprised because of the unexpected passion, but not so surprised as Kian and even Shane who had thought he knew it, were. “Yes, wanna come out with you a minute.”, Julie tried to say between two kisses. And without saying any other word, the two left. “Right. What did I miss?”, Kian asked slowly. “I think, I can say I knew it. You could have guessed, if you’d seen them in the right moments.”, Shane told him with a big grin on his face.

A few minutes later, a young man came up. He slowly went towards Shane. “Sorry, can you tell me where Julie is?”, he asked. Somehow Shane knew his face. But from where? Then he remembered. He was the guy Julie met on the dance floor in the club in London. “Oh, you’re her brother, aren’t you? Shane Filan.”, he introduced himself. “Alex McCarthy.”, the other guy replied. “Julie went outside but she’ll be back in a minute.”, Shane told him. “Thanks, see you.” With this words Alex turned around and made his way outside.

When Nicky and Julie had went outside, Nicky started: “Julie, I’m sorry. I want to apologize. I just lost my temper, you know, that fight 2 weeks ago.”<br>“Nico, it’s alright! It doesn’t matter know!”, she said calmly, then kissing him again. They were very happy now. They stood outside underneath a sky full of stars, kissing. Just when their kisses went more passionate, Julie heard a well-known voice shouting her name and a second later she felt someone pulling her away from Nicky. “d**n, Julie! What are you doing here? Just friends, I see!” And to Nicky: “And you! If you ever touch her again, I’ll kill you! Do you know how old she is??”, Alex yelled while walking towards Nicky, shoving him again and again till Nicky fell down and Alex wanted to kick him. “Alex, stop it!”, Julie screamed, who had sat down into the grass, because she had felt dizzy. “Alex!” Alex let go of Nicky, turning to Julie: “What were you thinking?? How old is he? 22?” “Alex, it doesn’t matter now, how old he is!”, Julie yelled, suddenly getting up and running to Nicky. “Just leave now, please.”, she pleaded. “Well then, come on, we’re going!”, he said, grabbing her arm. “What are you doing?”, Julie asked while trying to part his hand from her arm. “Do you think, I’d leave you alone with this bastard?” That was enough. Julie slapped her elder brother. He let go of her arm nearly immediately, now holding his cheek. “If you wanna run into your own misfortune. But don’t think you can come running to me, when it’s over!”, Alex shouted, then rushing off. “Alex, wait!”, Julie yelled, but he didn’t react. She broke down crying. She didn’t mean to slap her brother. It was all too much for her. The next thing she remembered, was everything going dark.

When Julie woke up again, she looked around. She lay in a bed and she didn’t know where she was and what had happened. But slowly she began to remember. The fight with her elder brother bout Nico, she had hit him. “Oh my God!”, she moaned. She looked around again and tried to find out where she was. As she listened, she heard voices from the room next to the one she was in. She recognised them all. There had to be Alex, Shane, Kian, Bryan, Mark and to her surprise, Nicky. She carefully got up and made her way to the door very insecure. As she opened the door, everybody looked at her. Now she recognised the room. This was Alex’ flat! Alex immediately ran towards her and took her into his arms. “Alex, I’m sorry and..” “It’s alright. I lost my temper, I was so worried. But Nicky’s okay. Now, how are you doing?” “I don’t really know. I feel a bit weak, I think!”, Julie answered while looking carefully at Nico who had looked at her all the time. When Alex noticed, he looked into Julie’s eyes. “Come on now! Hug him! I know you want to!”, he said, grinning. Julie looked at him surprised, then gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and ran into Nicky’s open arms.
When they parted after a few minutes, he lifted up her chin so that they looked into each other’s eyes. “Love you!”, he whispered before kissing her softly. Suddenly her knees went weak again, but Nicky held her so she didn’t fall down. “Are you all right?”, he asked worried at the same time that Alex and Shane did. “Yes, don’t worry. I’m just a bit weak. Maybe I should eat something.”, she answered. But in fact she didn’t feel good. She had a terrible headache and she felt very weak. But she tried to pretend that she was alright…<br>

[Nixa]

Chapter 10

“So I’ll get dressed now and then we’re going to eat something, okay?”, Julie said, trying to sound happy. “Well, I’m sorry hun, but myself and the guys have to leave now.” Shane told her. “You’re sure, you’re alright?”, he asked one more time. “Yes, just go. I’ll make it.”, she said, trying to convince herself, but without success. “Who’s gonna stay with me? Or do I have to be alone all day?”, she asked curiously. “Sis, you know I would like to, but I have to go to work… But I thought Nicky could stay with you..”, Alex told her. “Well, actually we all have an interview. With Julie!”, Nicky said. “Oooh, yes! I remember! But can I eat something first? I’m sooo hungry!”, she pleaded. “And then I’ll go to the interview, okay?” “Then: Sweety, hurry up! We’re late anyway!”, Kian said with a glance at his watch.
After Julie had eaten and had got dressed, Kian forced her to go. “Come, on, Julie! We’re late anyway! d**n, hurry up!”, he said with a strict voice, now for the second time. Julie had eaten something but she didn’t really feel better. “I’m on my way!”, she said with a thin voice while trying to stay on her feet. She felt so weak, weaker than never before. But she tried to look strong. She pretended to be all right though feeling miserable.

After the interview they had to do another photo shooting. Julie moaned. “Nobody told me we have to do that!”, she complained. “I’m tired!”, she added before her knees went weak for the third time this day. She leaned onto the wall in front of her. Shane went towards her. “You’re really sure, you’re alright? I don’t really believe you…”, he asked in a worried voice. “Jeez, I’m alright! I’m just a bit tired!”, she answered in a harsh voice. When they finished their photo shoting and had got dressed in their normal clothes again, Julie wanted to go out. But she felt dizzy and had to sit down again. Kian looked at her very worried. “We should really take her to a doctor.”, he said to Shane and Nicky. “She doesn’t look very well…” “Hello, I’m here if you remember…”, Julie complained. “And I don’t need a doctor!”, she said, standing up very quickly.”I’m….” But before she could finish her sentence, she broke down again…<br>
Once again, Julie woke up in a room she didn’t know. It all was white so she guessed it had to be a hospital. Right in the next moment, the door opened and a doctor entered. “Miss McCarthy, how do you feel?”, the doctor asked. “Well, I don’t know exactly. I’ve got a headache and I feel weak.”, she answered. “What did happen?”, she added. “So far we know, you got dressed and when you wanted to get up, you broke down. So the guys told us, that brought you here… Did you lately have much stress?” “No, I mean, well okay, I had much stress the last time, but I’m used to it!”, Julie told the doctor. “Well, you had a breakdown and as the guys told me, not your first one. You’ll have to stay here for the next week or longer..”, the doc told her. “Oh no.”, she moaned. “I have to work!”, she protested. “You can stay here, or you can go home. But you have to stay in bed!! And somebody would have to take care of you, because you really have to stay in bed! All the time!”, the doctor warned her. “Can you let the guys in?”, she asked. “Yes, but no too long. You need rest.” “Thanks!”<br>When the lads came in and saw a pale Julie looking at them, they all started speaking: “I told you, you should go to a doctor!” “Why didn’t you tell anybody?” “How are you doing?” “Babe, why didn’t you tell me?”
“Guys, please stop talking!” They all suddenly stopped and looked at her.
“It was all my fault. I know, I should have told you, but I didn’t want to worry you. We had enough stress…”, she continued. “So, the doc told me, I have to stay here or I can go home, but have to stay in bed.”, she said. “Ooh, and somebody would have to take care of me, cause I really have to stay in bed.”, she added sarcastically. She looked at the guys. “So, what should I do now? Stay here for several weeks or stay at home with one of you?” “Well….”, Kian started, “..we won’t have so much to do next week. Actually I think you can stay home with… I guess you want Nicky, right?”, he continued. “Great.”, Julie cheered. “Can we go now? I don’t like hospitals!” Everyone started to laugh.
After Julie had spent three days at Nico’s house with a caring Nicky looking after her, Kian called her. “Julie, I’m really sorry. But I’m afraid you’ll have to stay there without Nix the next days. We have a gig.” “Did Nicky know? He told me, he’d stay here all week…” “Yes, he did know. His suitcase’s already here.” “ Okay, thanks Ki.” She put down the phone. “Nico?”, she yelled. “Babe, what’s wrong?” Nicky’s face appeared in the door. “Why didn’t you tell me you have a gig tonight?”, she asked reproachfully. “Baby, I’m sorry. I wanted to tell you but you were so tired and weak yesterday. I didn’t want to tell you then….”, he replied, looking at her with this twinkling blue eyes. She just couldn’t be angry any more. “It’s okay, but you should have told me!”, she said while looking sadly at him. “ Do I have to stay here alone?”, she asked in a quiet vioce. “No, I’ve asked my sister to stay with you. You’ll get along with her very well.”, he answered while looking deep into her eyes. He gave her a soft kiss before he went to the door. He turned around one last time and mouthed ‘Love you’. At that moment a blonde girl entered. “Hey Nix! See you later then!”, she said to Nicky after kissing his cheek. Then she came tomwards Julie and introduced herself. “Gillian Byrne.” “Juliet McCarthy.”, Julie replied, shaking her hand. “So we’ll stay here together for the next three days, right?”, Gillian asked friendly. “Looks so.”, Julie answered sadly. “Hey, I know you would like my brother better, but I guess you have to put up with me!”, Gillian joked. Julie had to smile. “I think we’ll have a great time.”, Julie finally said, now grinning all over her face.

Chapter 11

After the second day with Gillian, Julie felt much better. She got up at 7am and made her way to the kitchen. She made some toast and drank some milk before sitting down at the kitchen table. She noticed the latest newspaper lying on it and looked at it. As she read the headline she froze.
‘Nicky Byrne and his girlfriend finally married!’ She looked at the photo. It showed Nicky and his new wife kissing each other. Shivering all over her body, she glanced through the text: ‘Nicky Byrne, Georgina Ahern, married after 8 years…..’ “NO!”, she screamed before tears started to run over her face.
When Gillian, who had been woken up by the scream, arrived in the kitchen, she found a shivering, shaking Julie who looked at her with eyes full of tears. “ Honey, what’s wrong?”, Gillian asked worried while taking her into her arms. “Read this!” Julie threw the newspaper to Gillian after she had calmed down a bit. She read the article and looked at the photo. “Julie, that’s wonderful! Why are you crying?” Julie looked at Gillian quite perplexed. “What did he tell you who I am?”, she asked. “He said, you are a good friend of his. Why do you ask?” Julie’s eyes were full of tears again and without saying another word she ran off. She heard Gillian calling after her, but she didn’t react….

She was just running through Dublin. She didn’t know where to go, none of the guys were there. She took out her mobile and phoned Shane. “Yeah?”, he answered the call. “Shane, did you know?” He didn’t answer. “ Shane, did you know?”, she asked again. “Julie, I…” “Shane, answer my question, NOW!” “Yes, Julie, I did know. Everybody knew. I told him to tell you, but I guess he didn’t, right?” “No Shay, he didn’t! That’s the problem!”, she yelled.
She began to cry again. “Why did he do this to me? Why???” “Julie, where are you?” “I don’t know…. I’m in Dublin. d**n, I don’t know where I am. Here’s some kind of mall, I think.” “ Wait a minute. I’ll pass the phone to Bry, right?” After a few seconds Bryan was on the phone. “Julie, now, where are you?” “Here’s some kind of mall and a coffee shop.” “ Is there a copy shop on your left side?”, he asked. “Yes. But where should I go now?” “Come on, get yourself a taxi and then go to my house. You know the address. Kerry is at home. You can stay there.” “Thanks Bry!”, Julie said, somehow feeling relieved. “Bry?” “Yeah?” “Could you pass me to Shane again, please?” “Sure, hang on!” She heard Bryan calling for Shane. After 2 minutes Shane finally spoke to her: “Julie? Would you promise me not to do anything crazy or dangerous?”, he asked slightly worried. “Yeah, I promise. I’m going to Bry’s now….”, she told him. “Good. We’ll be back tomorrow. See you then. Bye, Julie.” With that he dropped the phone.

[Nixa]

When Julie arrived at Bryan’s house, Kerry was already waiting for her. “Come on in, Julie! How are you doing? What did happen? Bry told me, you’re not in a good state…”, Kerry asked curiously.They’ve known each other for 2 months now, since the tour and they were getting along very well, but somehow Julie didn’t want to tell her. But in the end she decided it would be best to talk about it. “Did you read the newspaper today?”, Julie asked. “Yes, Nix’ marriage! I’m so happy for them! But what’s wrong with you?” “Well, Kerry, I have… I had a thing with Nix for nearly 3 months. Actually till 2 days ago. But this morning I read the newspaper and I don’t think there’s still something between us. I didn’t know anything of this Georgina….”, Julie said and looked out of the window to hide the tears that were coming up again. “My god! You mean… you really had a relationship with Nicky?”, Kerry asked quite shocked. “I thought so….”, Julie replied bitterly. “And you really didn’t know he was engaged?” “No! It’s even worse. Everybody knew and nobody told me. I mean, I’d have never ever started something if I had known it!” Kerry didn’t know what to say. “What about sleeping?”, she proposed after a few minutes of silence. “You look very tired.” “Thank you, Kerry!”, Julie said and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Then she left for the guest room.

The next day, Julie went to the airport with Kerry to pick up the guys. When she saw Nicky coming out the plane hand in hand with this Georgina, she would have liked to run away. But at this moment, Shane arrived and gave her a big hug. “You’re alright?”, he whispered into her ear. “What do you think?”, she asked. They parted and he held her on her shoulders. He looked at her. “Everything’s gonna be alright, believe me.”, Shane told her before taking her in his arms again. When Nicky and Georgina arrived, Julie felt terrible. She looked at them and as Nicky’s eyes met hers, she had to look away. She just couldn’t stand it. As Nicky came to greet her, she left and pulled Shane with her. “Do you promise me not to leave me alone with him?”, she asked. “Julie, we’re still on tour for a month. You can’t avoid him all the time. You’ll have to face him.”, Shane told her. Julie looked at him. She knew, he was right but at the moment she just hadn’t the strength to do so. “I know, Shane, I know. I just can’t face him. Not now…..”<br>
Touring started again and so Julie hadn’t got to try so hard to avoid Nicky. He seemed to be happy, what hurt her even more. She knew she had to talk to him sooner or later but she didn’t expect it this soon……

Chapter 12

Julie had just got up when someone knocked at her door. She frowned. Who was this? It was her first day off after three months of touring and now someone was disturbing her again.
She opened the door and would have liked to close it again immediately as she saw who was standing outside. But Nicky was quicker. He held the door open with his foot. “Jules, please let me in. We have to talk.” Reluctantly she opened the door. He came in. “Nicky, there’s nothing to talk about. I’m through with it.”, Julie told him. She didn’t look up. She knew if she would do so, she couldn’t be angry anymore. “Please, let me explain…”, he started but got interrupted again. “There’s nothing to explain. You’re married. I’m the fool. And I accepted it. Nicky, we’re through.” “Julie, I love you. You have to belive me.” “Strange way to show me that you love me.” “Look, I have been engaged for nearly 2 years and I wasn’t really happy with it.” “ And you thought to marry her was the right solution to it? How ironic….” And now she looked up, straight into his eyes. “You can’t even think of how much you hurt me. You say you love me. But what kind of love is this? How much do you think does it hurt to get up in the morning and have to read your loved one got married? And to make it worse: Everyone betrayed me. Everybody knew and no one told me. Not even Shane. You hurt me so much and now you’re standing here expecting me to forget all this?” She looked at him, nearly crying. “ No, I don’t expect you to forget it, just to forgive me….” “Why should I?? Give me just one good reason!”
Nicky looked at her. He wiped away a tear from her cheek before kissing her softly. Julie wanted to push him away but she got lost in his kiss. Without wanting something to happen both of them got in on, although Julie wasn’t so sure if it was right. Nicky’s kisses went more passionately and Julie somehow knew she had to have him. And she wanted it, so they finally got undressed………<br>
When Nicky got up to get dressed again, Julie looked at him. “ Nix, can I ask you just one question?”, she asked. “Sure you can.” “Do you love her?” Nicky turned around and looked at her. “Jules, I really have to go now.” “You didn’t answer my question! Nicky, do you love her?” “d**n Jules, I don’t know if I love her. At the moment I don’t know what I feel for her!”
Someone knocked at the door. They both suddenly stopped talking. Julie stood up and went to open the door. When she had opened she didn’t know what to say. Georgina stood in front of her, looking at her friendly. “You have to be Juliet, right? Mark told me Nicky’s here….” “Yes, he’s here. But he’s intended to go now.”, Julie said. When Nicky appeared in the door, he gave Georgina a quick kiss on her mouth. “Hey sweety.”, he whispered. Julie froze. She didn’t know what to do. She felt so angry and at the same time so sad. “Bye Jules.”, Nicky said when he went down the corridor together with his wife. ‘Bye’ was the answer he got from a sad voice. “Gina, would you please wait downstairs? I forgot my jacket. I’ll be there in a minute.”, Nicky said suddenly. “Okay, but hurry up. We haven’t got so much time.”, Gina said impatiently. He ran down the corridor back to Julie’s door. She just wanted to close it, when she saw Nicky appear in her door again. “What do you want?”, she asked. “Your ‘sweety’ is waiting for you!” “Jules….” “No, d**n Nicky! What am I for you? Was I just an one night stand? An infidelity? An affair? f**k, Nix, I love you, but you’re just playing with my feelings….” “Jules, I love you, too…” “So if you love me, why don’t you tell her?”, Julie interrupted him again. “I’ve been together with Gina for nearly 8 years now. You know, I’ve loved her and in some way I still do. I can’t just break up with her.” “I see.”, Julie said, looking down so that he wouldn’t see the tears coming up. Nicky went towards her and tried to take her in his arms.To his surprise she let him, but she didn’t reciprocate the hug. He let go of her. “Julie, you have to believe me, I really love you!” “ Nix, I just can’t cope with you saying ‘I love you’ when I know a few minutes later you’ll be telling her the same.” “Jules…..” “Nix, please, go now! She’s waiting for you…”, Julie told him. “We really have to talk about it. See ya tommorow, right?” “I don’t know what you want to talk about but…” “Please Jules! See ya tomorrow.”, he interrupted her. He gave her a quick kiss and left.

[Nixa]

I think I should post a bit more... unfortunately I didn't have the time to do so in the last days....

Chapter 13

When Julie arrived at the studio the next day where they had to do an interview, the first person she saw was Nicky…… kissing Georgina! She went past them quickly, entering the studio where she met Shane. “Morning honey! Had fun yesterday?”, he asked friendly. “Yeah, kind of!”, she replied. “What’s wrong with you? You’re acting strange.”, Shane remarked. She looked out of the window to Nicky, not listening to Shane. “Still Nix?”, he asked. “What?” Julie turned around and looked at Shane. “I’ve asked you what’s wrong with you because you’re acting kind of strange. But I guess it’s still Nix, isn’t it?” Shane repeated patiently. “Shay, I’m through with him! You know that!” “Don’t try to fool me. I know you’re thinking of him all the time. Even at this moment!” Julie swallowed. She looked at Shane and he saw the tears coming up. “Come on, baby.”, he said, opening his arms. Shane took her into his arms, stroking her back softly. “You’ll get over him, believe me. I won’t let him hurt you once again, I promise.”, he whispered into Julie’s ear. “Shay……we had sex yesterday.”, Julie said slowly. “How did that happen?” Shane was quite shocked. ”He came to me cause he wanted to talk about the whole thing. I shouted at him. Then he suddenly kissed me and everything went a different way…..”, Julie told him. At that moment, Nicky entered the studio. He saw Julie in tears and he felt guilty. Somehow he knew she had cried because of him. He came towards them but Shane made him stay away with an obvious gesture. “Hey Julie we’ve got only another week to go. Then you can go on tour alone again and do your own thing. Without us. And without Nix. Do you think you’ll get this interview?”, Shane tried to encourage her. “Yes, thanks Shay.”, she said and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

It was the hardest day of interviews Julie had ever had. Everybody wanted to know about Nicky’s marriage. It was topic #1. When the journalists had asked her if she felt lucky for them, she just tried to smile and told them she’d feel very happy for them. But Nicky saw how she suffered and made the journalists pay their attention to the other guys again which Julie was very grateful for. She felt relieved when they finally had got through all the interviews. “Do you come with us for a drink?”, Kian asked her. “No, I don’t think I’m in the right mood…”, Julie started but got interrupted by Mark and Bryan. “Oh come on, you have to come with us!” “We haven’t been out together for ages!” Reluctantly Julie gave in. “Okay, I’m gonna come with you but…..” “No buts!”, Kian said vigorously.

The evening was terrible for Julie. After a short time she was alone: Shane and Nicky were dancing with Gillian and Georgina and the rest of the lads was somewhere in the pub, flirting less or more with some girls. She just thought about leaving when Kian and Nicky came back to the table. “Wanna have something to drink?”, Kian asked. Julie nodded. “A Guinness.” “Nicky?” “No, thanx Ki.” And now Julie was in the situation she had been afraid of the whole day: alone with Nicky! “Jules, I’m sorry.”, Nicky started. She shook her head. She hadn’t got the intention of giving in so quick as the last time. “No Nicky. You’re not! You somehow enjoy this situation, don’t you? Having two girls wanting you…” She looked at him. “But I can’t do this, I can’t be with you when I know an hour later you’ll be f**king someone else.” “Who’s f**king someone else?”, Kian asked curiously, putting a glass down on the table in front of Julie. “Nobody.”, she said quickly. “Thanks, Ki.”<br>Not even a minute later, Georgina arrived at the table. She looked at Nicky. “Nix, Darling. Could you get me something to drink?”, she asked in a sweet vioce. “Sure, hun.”, he said with a sigh. “Anybody else something?” “Yes, another Guinness please.”, Julie said. Nicky frowned. “I think, you really had enough by now.”, he said. “Do I have to get it myself?”, Julie asked in a harsh voice. “No, it’s alright. I’ll get it for you.”, he gave in before Julie could say another word.

At about an hour later, Julie was just sitting there, staring at her now… well, she didn’t really know how many drinks she had meanwhile. But she felt miserable and alone, so somehow she had to do something. And her ‘something’ was drinking. Everybody ignored her. She thought about leaving again but she wasn’t sure if she could make it all the way to the door. She decided to try what wasn’t such a good idea as it showed…..

Halfway to the door her legs got weak. She was totally drunk and she couldn’t hold herself on her legs. Nicky who returned from the dance floor at that moment looked around, searching for Julie. He noticed her stumbling, then falling down. He quickly made his way to Julie. “You’re alright?”, he asked worried. A little too worried for Georgina who had run after Nicky cause she didn’t know where he was going. Julie looked at them. “Sure I’m alright.”, she mumbled. She tried to stand up but fell down again. “I’m gonna take you home. You’re not gonna try it alone.”, Nicky decided. Georgina looked at him quite shocked. “You wanna leave now? Can’t you just get her a taxi?”, she asked. “Can you sent Kian to me?”, he asked in a sweet voice, ignoring her question. “Sure.”, she said, frowning. When she came back with Kian she asked Nicky expectantly: “So you’re staying here?” “No! d**n, Gina, she’s a very good friend of mine and I’m gonna take her home whether you like it or not. You see she’s drunk!”, he said angrily. She looked at him astonishedly. Then she turned around and left for the dance floor without saying another word. “f**k!”, Nicky cursed but helped Julie to stand up again. “Ki, can you please help me to get her home? She’s totally drunk!”, he pleaded. Kian didn’t look too happy but finally agreed. Nicky and Kian lifted Julie up and led her out of the pub.

[katrien]

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