Carolina's POV
Tony and I ran all the way to the store down the street, which was a few more miles. I was dehydrated again, I didn't have my purse or my wallet with me, but Tony had his wallet with him, thank God. So I bought a few bottles of water and decided to buy some clothes. He looked a little confused.
“So, who was that in the park?” he asked.
I started gulping down the water before I asked Tony to buy it.
“That was my mom, the worst person in the world,” I replied.
Tony looked down, like he was thinking about something.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Nothing.” He replied.
“Okay, hey can you do me a favor and buy me these clothes and water?” I asked.
“Sure.” He said. “Why do you need these?” He asked.
“Is it bad that I want to stay with you?” I asked.
He smiled a warm smile, “No, it's not bad, I just hope the guys don't have a problem with it.” He replied.
I bought all the clothes I would have at home, underwear, tops, jeans, bras, and it was pretty embarrassing that Tony had to see all that.
“Sorry you had to buy all that, Tony.” I said.
“Oh no, it's okay really, it gave me a taste of what it's like to-” he stopped, and his cheeks turned a bright red.
“What? Tell me.” I said.
“What it's like to have a girlfriend.” He said.
I was touched, was I the first girlfriend he'd have in a long time? I was pretty happy. Since I met Tony, I hadn't once thought of cutting. Tony called a taxi and while we waited for them to come we got a snow cone. Tony's was green apple and mine was blue raspberry. The taxi finally came and I got all my clothes and the water bottles and Tony told the driver where to go.
“So are you guys staying at a hotel or something?” I asked.
“Right now we're staying at a hotel and we go back home in a few days.” He replied.
“Oh,” I said softly.
We both had pretty sad faces. We rode up to the hotel and I got all my bags, and Tony and I went into the lobby, and Tony got me a key to their suite. We went up to the fourth floor where they were staying and Tony showed me their room.
“Whoa, this is nice.” I said.
“Well it's not us, it's housekeeping,” Tony said. I laughed. I saw Jaime, Vic and Mike walk in the room and look shocked, Jaime smiled a little and looked at Tony.
“Who's this?” Vic asked.
“This is Carolina.” Tony replied.
“What's she doing here?” Vic asked Tony.
Jaime interrupted, “So, Carolina, do you like video games?” he asked.
“Depends on what it is,” I said.
“We've got almost everything,” he replied.
“I like ninja games, do you have any of those?” I asked.
“Sure do,” Jaime said with excitement. “Mind going against each other?” he asked.
“If you're up for a challenge, then fine.” I replied.
Jaime laughed. I had no idea what Tony and Vic were doing but Jaime and I were having fun playing this video game and I was shocked that I won the game.
“Dang, good game.” Jaime said.
“Thanks.” I replied as Jaime and I shook hands.
It was getting late so Jaime went to bed, but I was hungry.
“Mike?” I said, because he was the only one in the room.
“Yeah.” He replied.
“Where's Tony?” I asked.
“Last I saw he was with Vic in that back room right there.” He said pointing to a room.
I walked up to the room and I could hear Vic lecturing Tony. I knocked on the door and Vic opened it, and Tony was sitting on the bed.
“Sorry to bother you, but I'm sort of hungry.” I said.
“I'll get you something.” Tony said, getting up from the bed and going into the kitchen.
“So what do you feel like?” He asked.
“Do you have ice cream?” I asked.
“Yeah, we only have Gold Medal Ribbon, is that okay?” he said.
“Yes, it's my favorite!” I replied.
“Let's watch a movie,” Tony suggested.
“Okay.” I replied, we ended up watching Marley and Me. I was crying as Marley was put to sleep, and I was on my second carton of ice cream. I saw Vic walk in and look at me eating and crying then he went back into his room. Vic and Mike had one room, Jaime had his room, and Tony had his. I guess I was going to stay on the couch. The movie ended and I told Tony goodnight.
“Aren't you coming to bed?” Tony asked.
I was sort of shocked.
“Oh, yeah, I guess.” I said. I got some pajamas out of the bags and changed in the bathroom, and went to Tony's room. Everything was great, until I got cramps.

Tony's POV
Carolina and I ran pretty far, we ran all the way to this store with some cool clothes, and we were pretty tired, but Carolina was dehydrated again, so she got some bottles of water, and actually started drinking one before she bought it. I saw her grab some clothes and I asked her who that woman was in the park, turns out it was her mother. I bet I made a great first impression. Then again, she seemed like a pretty strict mom. Carolina did call her 'the worst person in the world'. Then I remembered, the security guy, he knew Carolina's mom, I didn't know how he knew her, but I had a bad feeling that if I told Carolina she'd be upset. She suspected something and I told her it was nothing, I felt horrible for lying, but I did plan to tell her, the security guy could just be a friend of her mom's. Carolina asked if I could buy the water and clothes for her, I was more than happy to, I'm sure she left her wallet and purse at her house. I asked why she needed all this.
“Is it bad that I want to stay with you?” she asked.
I was pretty shocked, but happy at the same time. I smiled and said it wasn't bad, but I hoped the rest of the guys would approve. She bought some, stuff I wasn't used to, like girl stuff. But I sort of liked it, not in the kind of way like I want to get some, but the kind of way a guy buys something for a girl and she likes it. As we were walking out of the store, Carolina apologized for me having to buy all that.
“Oh no, it's okay really, it gave me a taste of what it's like to-” I stopped, I didn't want Carolina to know I hadn't had a girlfriend in over three years. I could feel my cheeks burn, so I knew I was blushing.
“What? Tell me.” She said.
“What it's like to have a girlfriend.” I replied.
I was pretty embarrassed, I'd have to tell her she was my first girlfriend in forever. But things were going pretty good between us. I called a taxi and while we were waiting Carolina and I got a snow cone. Mine was green apple, and hers was blue raspberry, so our tongues were blue and green. After we finished our snow cones the taxi came and Carolina grabbed her bags and we got in.
“So are you guys staying in a hotel or something?” She asked.
“Right now we're staying at a hotel and we go back home in a few days.” I replied. It hurt to tell the truth. To know I'd be leaving such a wonderful girl here without me, I really did get attached to her. When we got up to the hotel Carolina grabbed her bags and we went into the lobby and I got her a key to the suite we were staying in on the fourth floor. When we entered the room she was in awe, it's like she'd never seen a room as fancy as this.
“Whoa, this is nice.” She said.
“Well it's not us, it's housekeeping,” I replied. She laughed. I was glad I made her laugh. Then the guys walked in. Jaime was smiling at me, and I couldn't help but smile a little back, because we knew she was a nice girl, and a good fit for me. In mine and Jaime's non-verbal language, Jaime's saying, “I'm happy for you, man.” and I'm saying, “Well, thanks.”
“Who's this?” Vic asked. Absolutely ruining everything. I knew he knew who she was, he was testing me.
“This is Carolina.” I replied.
“What's she doing here?” Vic asked.
Jaime was nice enough to interrupt the conversation, asking Carolina if she liked video games. I smiled as Jaime took Carolina over to the couch and showed her our selection of video games. I looked back at Vic, and he pointed back to my room. I knew it was time for the biggest lecture of my life, as I started walking to my room, I saw Mike mouth 'Good luck' to me, and I nodded. An hour and a half of hearing Vic say 'We said we were never going to get attached to a fan, a what do you do? She needs help.' Well what do you think I'm trying to do Vic?
“She's just a fan, Tony.” Said Vic.
“That's not true, she's an extraordinary girl who has potential, and to impress you is too damn hard.” I replied.
We heard a knock on the door, Vic opened it, it was Carolina.
“Sorry to bother you, but I'm sort of hungry.” She said.
“I'll get you something.” I replied.
I got up from the bed and went into the kitchen and asked Carolina what she wanted. She asked for some ice cream, all we had was Gold Medal Ribbon, she said that was her favorite so it's a good thing that worked out. I suggested we watch a movie, so we ended up watch Marley and Me, I'd rather watch Star Wars, but Carolina wanted to watch Marley and Me. She was in tears when they put Marley to sleep, I almost cried too. She also at another carton of ice cream, she must really like that ice cream. After the movie ended she started telling me goodnight, I was confused, did she think she was going to sleep on the couch?

“Aren't you coming to bed?” I asked. It was a little forward of me to ask now that I think of it, but she didn't say no. She changed into her pajamas I just bought her and got into bed with me and we went straight to sleep.

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