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Heyy... I am getting bored with writing about the tour so I'm fast forwarding a year. It's December 22, the baby is 1 and a half years old and Nick and Natalie are 17, Madi 19, Joe 20, Sophia 18, Elaine 18, Drake one year older...Kevin 22...I think that's about right.... U missed nothing in the past year...Nothing at all... ----------- Nat's POV ---------- "Happy Holidays " --------- I smoothed out my faded jeans and adjusted my green cashmere sweater. I'd left my hair at it's natural curl, and put on a little strawberry lip gloss. My tan UGGs Madi gave me were warm on my feet and I felt nice. I'd made it through the morning...I'd struggled down breakfast, and jittered while I hung out with the other girls. Now it was time for Nick and Kevin fulfill favor (I'd snuck a replica of Joe's broken tambourine in so they didn't get busted for putting a hole in it). "Ready?" Nick asked peeking his head in. He was wearing a black jacket, dark jeans, and a blue shirt. "Yea...I think so anyway..." I said. I walked over to him and wrapped me arms around him, laying my head on his chest. "I'm kinda scared..." I confessed. "It'll be okay Nat, I promise." Nick said hugging me and lightly kissing my forehead. "Let's get this over with..." I said. We walked down stairs to see Kevin ready to go. "Which driveway?" Kevin asked as we drove down my old road. "Two more on the right." I said from the back seat where Nick and I were. Kevin pulled in the black Honda into my old driveway. I saw my mom's old station wagon resting in he driveway, but there was something different, a silver Camaro (sp?) was parked next to the beat up car my mom drove. I timidly got out of the car, eying the silver piece of metal. All three of us walked up to the door and I rang the doorbell. After a few minutes a man in his mid-forties answered the door. He was in sweat pants and a dark blue robe. "May I help you?" He asked. "Um...I'm Natalie...Is there a Claire James here?" I asked, shocked that a man was in the house. "Uh...Please come in." He said opening the door a little more. As we waiting in the front hall way Nick put his hand on my shoulder, and I held his other hand. After a few minutes my mom walked from the kitchen. She was in pink sweatpants, a white tee shirt, and her old purple robe. But something was different. She was pregnant... "Hi...Mom..." I managed. She stared at me with wide, surprised, hazel eyes. "Um...I...I just wanted to stop by...To..um see how you were..." i said, blushing and looking down. "Natalie..." She said after a while. "Yea...And this is Nick, and this is Kevin..." I said. My mom nodded. "Pop Stars...". "Yea..Kevin's married to Madison, and Nick's my boyfriend.." I said. My mom looked around. "Let's go to the living room." She said. "So Madi Ivring's a mother...I never thought I'd live to see the day that girl had a kid of her own..." My mom said grinning. "Yea, and Sophia, she's cool we met her in Seattle, she was coming to L.A to become a dancer." I said. For the past hour my mom and I had one of the first normal talks we'd ever had since I got diagnosed. "Wow...What a story.." My mom said. "Um...Mom, I've told you all about my time, But I have a question for you." "Yes?" "Who's the guy that answered the door. "Oh! Jacob...He's my um...My husband..." My mom said. Now it was her turn to blush. "Oh..." I said. Kevin's phone rang. He replied (obviously it was a text). "Um I'm sorry Mrs...." He started. "You can call me Claire." "I'm sorry Claire, but that was Madi, and she said we needed to get home." Kevin said. "Okay...Well Natalie, I'm glad to see you again..." My mom said. Something was up..."Nick I'll meet you in the car." I said. They left. And as soon as I turned around I felt the o-so farmilar sting of my Mother's hand. "I told you never to come back! I told you I never wanted to see you again. That means NEVER!" My mom cried. My eyes got wide as I felt my cheek turn red, and my eyes began to water. "I knew it...I knew I never should have come back..." I said. I walked out crying and slamming the door behind me. When I got in the car. Nick put his arm around me. "What happened?" He asked immediately. "She's still the same woman she was a year and a half ago...I never should of come back.." I said, burying my head into his side. We walked in the house, and my cheek wasn't as red, and I'd stopped crying. None of us said anything. 'What'd Madi need us here for?" Nick asked. "Oh She didn't, I was just kinda tense sitting in a room with a strange pregnant woman." Kevin said. "Oh.." Nick laughed. We walked up to Nick's room and poped in a movie, and fell asleep at 1 pm on a snowy day. ---------------------------------- Like it????? COMMENT/RATE/SUBSCRIBE Addy