"Hey there.  What's happening?" I asked and sat on the couch.

"Just talking." Nick said. "Ready to eat?"

"Yea I'm starving." I said and we all went into the kitchen and sat down. On the table was spaghetti and meatballs. Mike and I started to eat trying not to gobble it all down. We ate slowly. Nicks step mom didn't say anything to us during dinner she just looked and us disapprovingly.

"Mom would you quit looking at them like that. They are my friends." Nick said getting angry.

"Nickolas, they aren't like us. They shouldn't be here." She stated.

"Aren't like us?! Do you hear what you are saying! Rachel and I were in the same orphanage! Me and her are alike!" Nick said now yelling.

"Don't talk to me like that!! When these people leave you and I need to talk!" She yelled back. She got up and left the room.

"I'm sorry about that guys." Nick said sadly and looked at his plate.

"It is ok Nick. Maybe we should find somewhere else to go." Mike said.

"Tell you what, let me make a call." Nick said and went to the phone. Mike and I looked at each other and shrugged. We tried not to listen but couldn't help it.

"Hey Bri, can you come over for a little while..... please....it is important....thanks rok!" We heard Nick hang up. "My friend Brian is coming over. He is in the group with me." He said and sat down.

"How old is he?" I asked.

"22 but he is really cool." Nick said. "He is one of my best friends." I nodded and the three of us finished eating. He told us what he was going to ask Brian. Mike and I weren't sure but if Nick trusted this guy then I knew I could. And about 30 minutes later there was a knock on the door. Nick answered it and came back with another man a little bit shorter then him self.

"This is Brian. Brian this is Rachel and Mike." Nick said introducing us.

"Oh so this is the Rachel I have been hearing about!" Brian said in a southern accent.

"You know about me?" I asked

"Nick has been telling me about you since we met 4 years ago." Brian said and sat down. I blushed a little bit. "So Nick what do you need bro?"

"Well, I need a favor." Nick said.

"What's that?" Brian asked.

"Well Rachel and Mike don't have a place to stay and you know how my step mom is.." Nick said before Brian interrupted him.

"Sure they can stay with me!" He said with a big smile. "Any friend of yours is a friend of mine." He said with his, I thought very cute, accent.

"You don't mind?" Mike asked unsure.

"Nah! Ya'll need help and I have no problem helping!" He said with a big smile.

"Well I can work to earn our stay there." Mike said not wanting to freeload. Brian laughed.

"I don't know if there is much for you to do but what ever I can do to help you get on your feet, I'll be glad to do!" I was amazed by Brian's kindness. I wasn't used to this and neither was Mike. "Nick you want to stay at my place tonight?" Brian asked knowing that Nick was just reunited with me.

"Let me go ask." He said and ran off. He came back with a bag. "Lets go!" he smiled and we grabbed our stuff and piled in to Brian's car.

"Rachel, are you wearing one of Nick's shirts?" Brian asked and I smiled.

"Yea, Mike and I needed clean clothes so he lent us some." I said. Nick looked back at me from the front.

"Nah you guys can keep them. I have to many clothes." He laughed.

"I'll pay you back Nick when I get the money." Mike stated.

"Nah, those don't fit me anyway. I'm too tall. You keep 'em." He said.

"Thank you." Mike said looking at me. He was still a bit weary of them since they were being so nice to us. 'It's ok' I mouthed to him and smiled.

"Tomorrow you can meet the other 3 guys in the group. You will love 'em!" Nick said getting all excited. I laughed. He didn't change much. We pulled into Brian's place and got out. We walked in and Brian showed us where we could sleep and Mike and I had a long day and I knew Mike was still hurting from the incident that morning so we decided to call it a night and went to bed hoping for a new start in the morning.