Nick came up behind emma and wrapped his arms around her waist, “hey princess, what are you waiting for?”

She jumped slightly, “brian. He said hes gonna ride with us in your bus cause his broke down.”

He nodded and wiped his head with the towel, “did you get some good pictures?”

She smiled, “I hope so. But for some odd reason I think the majority of them are of you.”

Nick laughed and kissed her on the cheek, “hmm, I wonder why that is.”

Emma laughed, “havent got the slightest idea.”

Brian came over to where they were standing, backpack and the two dogs in tow, “k im ready. Leigh left early cause she wasn’t feeling well so I think shes already asleep on your guys bus.”

“k, lets go,” emma said heading out to the where the busses were waiting. They headed up into the bus and nick sat down in the nearest seat pulling emma down on his lap.

“are we going right to the next city?” nick asked.

Emma nodded, “yeah and you guys will have one day off out there before the first show in that city k?”

He nodded and kissed her on the cheek, “im gonna go read through my mail k?”

She nodded and got off his lap, “I gotta go through my pics to see which ones you guys might want to use so ill be right here.”

He nodded, kissed her on the cheek, and went back to his bunk.

Emma pulled out her bag, sat down at the table, and started to flip through all the pics she had taken since the tour had started. Some would be for magazines, some would be for their book, some signed for fans.

Nick pulled all the envelopes emma had given him earlier out of his bag and laid down on his bunk. There were a few bills, a letter from aaron, and some fan mail. He read through the letter from aaron first then went through some of the fan mail. The last envelope was labeled with an address from the Donor Association of America.

His heart stopped slightly as he opened the envelope and pulled out the letter. It was written from a woman thanking him and emily for her heart and because of them she was able to have the surgery she had been waiting for for the past two years.

Nick started to cry slightly, “…bri…are you here….?”

“yeah, the bunk below yours. Whats up?”

“i…here, read this…” nick said passing the letter down to him.

Brian took the letter and read it over quickly. He got out of his bunk and went up to see nick, “you okay?”

“I dunno. I mean, im glad this girl got a chance at a new life and everything but…that was a part of emily, ya know?”

brian sighed and nodded, “she says if you want to call and talk to her, you can..”

nick sighed, “I dunno. Ill have to think about it. Can you go get emma for me?”

“sure,” brian said handing him the letter and going to find emma.

Nick stuck the letter back in the envelope and put it into the box of letters under his mattress. He quickly wiped his eyes and cleared all the other letters away.

Emma came up to his bunk and pushed the curtain back slightly, “nick?”

“yeah.”

“brian said you needed me for something.”

“yeah…can you come lay down with me…or are you still busy…?”

she could hear in his voice there was something upsetting him, “no, its not important.” She climbed up into the bunk and laid beside him.

He wrapped his arms tightly around her and buried his face in her neck, “I just want to stay like this for a while okay?”

She nodded and ran her fingers through his hair, wondering if he was going to tell her what was wrong, “yeah…that’s fine.”

“emma~~~” amanda whined knocking on the door of her hotel room.

Emma rolled her eyes and opened the door, “what?”

“can I come in?”

emma nodded and let her into the room.

“wheres blondie?”

emma sighed, “him and brian went to play ball somewhere.”

“I didn’t know this hotel had basketball courts.”

“they don’t. they went to a friends house or something,” emma said sitting back down by the window.

Amanda glanced at her and sat down on the bed across from her, “okay, whats wrong? You didn’t even tell me to be nice when I called him ‘blondie’.”

“huh? Nothing. Im just tired I guess…”

amanda shook her head, “emma…ive known you more than half of your life, this isnt tired. This is upset and worried. Is something wrong with your heart? Have you been taking your meds? Did you tell nick about the surgery?”

emma sighed, “no, yes, and not yet.”

“okay good, good, and why? Emma, you’ve been seeing him for over two months, you should tell him. He hasn’t even noticed the scar…? I mean, considering you guys like…sleep together,” she said making a face.

Emma rolled her eyes, “yes amanda, SLEEP TOGETHER. Anyways, I guess not and if he has he hasn’t said anything.”

“okay emma, listen to me alright. You know I would never lie to you and I care about you. Your like my sister. As much as I make fun of nick and everything I know that hes a good guy and he cares about you. Now, if he cant accept you after you tell him about this surgery then hes not worth the time and you can do better than that. Like chris,” she said smiling innocently.

“yeah, I know. I just don’t know when im go…”she trailed off as she realized what amanda had said. Refferring to the chris emma had gone the blind date with. She laughed and threw a pillow at her head, “shut up.”

“well hey, got ya to laugh. My life is complete.”

Emma rolled her eyes.

“look, I gotta go meet a friend for lunch but just think about what I said k?”

emma nodded and hugged her, “thanks.”