I woke up the next morning to my radio going off. I jumped up, hit the alarm, and jumped in the shower. This was the first time in a long time that I was excited to go to work. I couldn’t wait to see Kevin again.
After the song last night, we laid and watched the stars a little bit longer, but once it got too cold we decided to head home. He gave me his jacket to wear while we walked back to the car. I remember him opening the door for me, and when I turned to face him to thank him; he kissed my cheek before I could say anything. We sat in the car listening to music that was on the radio while he drove me back to my apartment. 

Once we arrived at my apartment, Kevin got out of the car and walked me to my door. He told me I could keep his jacket, which I was excited about because it smelt like him. Before I walked into the house he gave me one last kiss on the cheek. I loved how he respected me enough not to kiss my lips on the first date.
Finally, I was ready to head to work. I walked out to my car to find a rose with a letter attached to it. I couldn’t believe this. It couldn’t be from Kevin, could it? 

I opened up the letter to read it: 

“Good morning, M’lady,
I hope you had a wonderful time last night, because I sure did. I can’t wait to see you again, and I hope you will do me the pleasure of another date soon. Anyways, I hope you have a great morning and hopefully I’ll see you soon.
Love,
Your Prince Charming” 

Oh my goodness!! I cannot believe he did that. The whole way to work I had a smile on my face. I couldn’t wait to see Kevin and thank him for the sweet letter and rose. 

When I got to work, I hurried to my locker to put my things away. I was finally ready to start my shift when I heard someone call my name. 

“Alana,” I turned around to see Cindy with a stern look on her face. “Yes, Cindy?” I asked. I was getting a little worried; she never got mad at anyone. “Didn’t I tell you not to bother the “special guests” that we have here?” She must be referring to Nick, Kevin, and Joe. 

“Um, I don’t think I bothered them,” I told her in a quiet voice. When I get nervous I lose the volume in my voice. “But if I did, I’m really sorry. They didn’t tell me that I was bothering them,” I was trying to defend myself. Then, all of a sudden, she started laughing. 

“I’m just kidding,” She told me with a smile. “I know you and Kevin went on a date last night. How did it go?” I couldn’t hold in my excitement. “He is the sweetest guy. We went ice skating, then we had a picnic, and he played his guitar for me,” I told her while a hint of red started showing on my cheeks. She laughed and gave me a hug. 

“It’s nice to see that smile again,” Cindy told me. I just looked down at the ground. She also had ideas about my past and why I do not trust men any more. “But, anyways! Go start your shift; you’re going to be late!!” Cindy shooed me off, which I was grateful for. 

I was heading to room 205 when I felt a little tug at my shirt. I looked behind me to see Colt holding on to my shirt. I smiled. “Hey little man, what’s going on?” He just opened his arms for me. Colt never really talked much. That’s why he and Holly made such great friends. Colt was the quiet one, while Holly would never stop talking. I picked him up and placed him on my side. “Where’s Holly?” I asked him. He shrugged his shoulders. “I haven’t seen her all morning,” he told me in a quiet voice. “Hm, well how about this? I have someone who I need to check on first, but once I’m done, I’ll come back and you and I will look for Holly. Sound good?” I asked him. He nodded, so I placed him back on the ground. “I’ll be right back, little man,” and with a pat on his head I was back on my way to check on Nick. 

When I reached Nick’s room, I knocked on the door. There was no answer. I slowly opened the door to see that the room was still dark. Little by little I crept into his room. I noticed that the only person in the room was Nick. This was weird, because usually he had someone in his room with him at all times. So either, the family took a break, or this was Joe’s shift. I smiled to myself. Joe WOULD be the one to ditch his brother to go get some food. 

I wasn’t sure if Nick would want me to wake him up or not, but he did need the nutrition of a good breakfast so I decided to wake him. I walked over to his window and opened the curtains. I looked over at Nick to see him squint and open his eyes a little. “Wakey, Wakey…Eggs and Bakey,” I sang to Nick. I heard him groan, while I walked over to his bedside. “Good morning, sunshine,” I told him with a smile. Much to my surprise, he smiled back. 

“Aren’t we happy this morning,” Nick commented with a grin on his face. I smiled back at him. “I’m happy every morning!” He shook his head. “No, I think you’re happier today because someone shared a romantic night out with a certain brother of mine,” he winked at me. I blushed. “If I were you, I wouldn’t be teasing the girl who is going to get your breakfast,” I winked back at Nick. This sobered him up a little. “Ok, ok! Don’t do anything hasty now,” his statement made me laugh, causing me to lose the threatening tone in my voice.
“What would you like to eat this morning?” I asked him, while cleaning up the room a little. He shrugged. “I dunno, anything sounds good,” he told me. “Alright. Are you going to be okay here by yourself?” I asked.
“Yeah, people are going to be here later, it’s just we’re supposed to be taking a break, but it’s hard for everyone else because they’re waiting on me hand and foot. I told them to sleep in this morning and not worry about me. I’ll be fine for a couple of hours, and besides, I still have your iPod,” he held it up to show me. “You have a lot of good music in here.” 

I smiled, “Thanks. Glad it’s keeping you entertained, but is there anything else I could get you? I would be bored staying in bed this whole time.” He thought for a minute. “Uh…you don’t happen to have a guitar do you?” he asked with a hopeful look on his face. I laughed. “Are you serious?” I questioned him. As soon as those words came out of my mouth, his face fell. 

Oh no. I can’t stand to see someone like this. I sighed. “Nick, I will find you a guitar. Give me 2 hours, at most,” I told him with a smile. Automatically his face lit up. “…and if it’s not too much trouble, could I have a notepad, or some kind of paper?” Nick asked. 

“It’s no trouble at all,” I told him, “I’ll be ASAP with food, for sure…if I bring back the rest it will be by luck,” Nick just laughed at me. “Thank you so much, Alana,” he told me sincerely. I nodded and headed out the door. 

On my way to get Nick some food, I stopped back in the play room to check up on Colt. I noticed that Holly was in there with Colt attached at the hip. I walked in. “Hey Colt, I see you found miss Holly Dolly,” she loved when I called her that. She busted into giggles. “Well, I just wanted to check in. I got some stuff I need to do but I’ll try to come back later,” and with that I gave them both a quick hug. Before leaving, I noticed a guitar over on one of the shelves. The workers left if there for sing-a-long time. I went to get it. “Hey Holly, if someone is looking for this later tell them that Alana got it and if they have any questions just to talk to Cindy,” Holly just nodded. 

I strapped the guitar around me, and was off to the café again. Aw crap. I just remembered I have a notebook in my purse. I’ll come back and get it after I get Nick his food. Finally, I got Nick’s food and was on my way back to his room. 

When I reached his room, I knocked on the door again. “Come in!” I heard Nick yell. He smiled when I opened the door and I noticed he was still by himself. I sighed, kinda wishing Kevin would be the one to open the door. Oh well, I’ll see him later. 

I sat the tray down on Nick’s lap, and then took off the guitar. I saw his face light up. “You found a guitar!!” he exclaimed excitedly. “And I have a notebook in my purse, I just have to go down to the lockers to get it.”
When I left, Nick was happily stuffing his face. I’m so glad I leave stuff in my purse all the time or else I wouldn’t have my book. I got down to the lockers, got my book, and headed out real fast. On my way I made another pit stop in the play area. This time, much to my surprise I found two older boys playing hide-and-go-seek with a couple of the younger children. When I took a closer look, I noticed that it was Joe and Kevin. They were looking for a place to hide, while Colt was counting. 

I watched as Joe hid under a desk and Kevin behind a curtain. I decided that I wanted in on this, so I snuck over to where Colt was. “Hey Colt, can I play?” I asked him, and he just nodded. “Can I be on your team?” I whispered to him. He nodded again with a smile on his face. I could tell he was excited. We went to look for people, but I let Colt find some kids before I made my move. I crept around the desk and popped out, scaring Joe making him jump so he hit his head on the desk. I tried to hold in my laughter and soon put a finger over my lips, motioning for Joe to be quiet so I could get Kevin. 

I snuck over to where Kevin was hiding (which was pretty obvious), and pulled back the curtains. “Got you!” Colt screamed at Kevin. I was shocked. Colt was never that loud, but I loved it. He was opening up, and that made me so happy. Once the shock wore off I jumped in front of Kevin. “We got you!” I screamed then gave Colt a high five. Colt jumped on Kevin, which shocked me even more. Colt was always so shy around people, but somehow Kevin and Joe made him open up. I watched them as Kevin picked up Colt. 

“We’ve become pretty good friends, haven’t we, Colt?” Joe asked Colt. He nodded with a smile on his face. Even though Joe was talking, I couldn’t take my eyes off Colt and Kevin. Kevin was just so good with Colt and that made me tremendously happy. Suddenly I remembered that Nick was probably waiting for the notebook. 

“I’m sorry guys, I wish I could stay and play, but I need to get back to Nick,” I told them apologetically. “Nah, he’ll be fine,” Joe commented. I laughed. “I’m not sure if you know this, Joe, but I am kind of working. As in, this is a JOB,” I informed him. 

As I was walking back to Nick’s room, someone snuck up behind me and put their hands over my eyes. I had a feeling it was Kevin, so I decided to play a little joke. 

“Joe…Not while your brother’s around! He might see!” Suddenly the hands fell and I quickly turned around to see a very angry looking Kevin. “Aw Kev, I was just playin’,” as I said this Kevin started to walk away. Oh no, I must have really hurt his feelings, so I ran after him. When I reached him I put my hand on his back and gently rubbed his back. This was the first time that I touched HIM first. This caused him to stop walking away and turn around. I pouted, “I’m sorry, Kevin. It was just a joke. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. I would never want to hurt you,” I finished with a whisper. As soon as my last sentence was finished, Kevin took me in his arms and gave me a hug. 

“It’s alright,” he whispered, “I’m happy that you came after me. Means you must see something there,” he finished with a smile. This caused me to blush and look down at the floor. Then I remembered the rose this morning. 

“You know,” I started with a smile “This morning someone left me the cutest letter, along with a beautiful red rose,” I told Kevin. He glared. “I AM going to have to beat up my brother!” What??? I was so confused. Kevin didn’t leave me that letter? Tears started to well up in my eyes. I feel so stupid. Of course Kevin wouldn’t have done that for me…I just looked down at the floor. 

“Oh no!” I heard Kevin exclaim. “Alana, it was me. I guess we’re both bad with jokes,” he released an awkward chuckle. I looked up at him, and saw his face suddenly changed to horror. “I made you cry!” he pulled me into his arms, so I was resting against his chest. I could feel him gently rubbing my back. “Alana, I am so sorry. Please, please forgive me?” he pulled back to look me in the eyes. I smiled at him. The look in his eyes, it felt like something came over me, like I needed to comfort him. I placed my hand one of his cheeks and kissed the other. When I pulled back, I saw him smile and blush. 

It looked like Kevin was about to place his hand on my cheek, but before he could we heard someone clear their throat behind us. 

“Hellooooo? We have a sick brother who needs taking care of…” Joe commented. I sighed. Leave to him to ruin the moment. I turned away from Joe to give Kevin one last kiss on the cheek before I had to leave to go back to Nick’s room. Before I could walk off though, Kevin took my notebook and grabbed one of my hands. 

“A beautiful lady such as you deserves an escort, wherever she goes,” Kevin told me while we walked to his brother’s room. I just laughed, happy to have his company.

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