A Nian Story

chapter 11

Hey guys sorry for such the delay in writing. Recently started watching Glee and I AM OBSESSED so I've been kind of distracted lol. But hope you guys like the new chapter!!! OH ALSO THANK YOU FOR 1K READS AHH! When I started writing this it was as a joke but like now people are actually like reading it and commenting which is crazy! Anyways happy reading ;)))

CHAPTER 11:

---4 MONTHS LATER---

*NINA POV*

I lifted up my shirt to see the splotchy bruise that rested across my ribs. It had been 4 months since the first slap and since then it has gradually increased to shoves and the occasional rough yank by the hair. It would always start with me doing something that angered or triggered him and ended with him rushing to get me an ice pack and apology immensely. When it first started I was shocked, I couldn't imagine that a man that I love could hit me over something as simple as not telling him when I left the house to walk my dog.

I got brought out of my day dream by the slamming of the front door. A couple of weeks ago Shaun insisted that he moved in with me and had his own key to the house. In hopes of avoiding another meeting between the palm of his hand and my face I said yes and now whenever he gets home he likes to make his presence known by slamming the front door.

Ever since the first incident I've stayed in as much as possible, trying to avoid anything that could potentially be a trigger. That means not talking to a majority of my friends which, I'm not gonna lie, has been really hard for me as a social butterfly who wants to talk ALL THE TIME. One of those "friends" is of course Ian. He has tried to call me and text me asking if I could help out or anything but I always said that I was busy (then immediately deleted the text) or didn't respond. It got to the point where my phone was constantly buzzing so Shaun made me change my number. Ever since then it has been relatively quiet only a few people have the new number including my family, my manager, my team, and a couple of my closest friends.

*IAN POV*

I'm not gonna lie, the past few months have been the worst months of my entire life. After Nikki passed away I had to figure out how I was going to explain to a 3 year old that which was very very challenging to do without crying in the middle of it. But to my surprise she handled it the best way a 3 year old could possibly handle the fact that she will not grow up with a mom for the rest of her life. Of course there are still the late nights where she throws tantrums screaming and crying for her mom, but all that is expected from a 3 year old. Still the fact that she will not grow up with a mom hits me the hardest. I always expected that Nikki would be the one to comfort her when she gets her heart broken by some stupid boy, and to help her learn how to find her way in this big crazy world. Of course I would help as well but there is nothing as special as a mother daughter bond and my heartaches that she will not get to experience that like other girls get to.

After the first couple of weeks after Nikki's funeral, Nina was constantly over helping Bodhi and taking her to get ice cream while I tried to process everything. But these past 4 months she has gone radio silent and I have no idea why. This behavior is not like Nina at all; she is always talking and being friendly with everyone. I have even talked to Paul and he hasn't seen or spoken to Nina either which is weird because they are real close. Bodhi has noticed that she hasn't been around as much either and I could tell that she missed Nina. Bodhi liked having another female figure around in the house and I personally did too. Nina is no Nikki but it was nice having someone other than Paul to talk to.

---5 MONTHS LATER---

*IAN POV*

It's getting close to 1 year since Nikki passed away but the thing that is taking most of my attention, at least for today, is an email that I received from the one, the only, Ms. Julie Plec. She wrote to me to A) send her regards again, and B) ask if I was interested in returning for a reboot of The Vampire Diaries.

Hey Ian,

Hope you and Bodhi are still holding up okay, I know this past year has been pretty rough for your family. Just sending love and prayers your way! Knowing that it has been a hard year I understand if you say no but I was wondering if you are interested in reprising your role as Damon Salvatore in a reboot of The Vampire Diaries. The network has already cleared us for at least 1 season, maybe more depending on how it goes with the fans. I haven't heard back from Nina yet but Paul, Kat, and Candace are in. We still have to negotiate paychecks and all the logistics but if you are interested please have your manager contact me and the rest of the TVD team.

Once again I know how hard this year has been on you so I understand that a new project might not be what is best for you now. Take your time and get back to me as soon as you have an answer! Hope to see you in Atlanta ;)

Lots of Love,

Julie Plec

*NINA POV*

Holy fucking shit! The one email that I did not expect to receive on this rainy, gloomy day, I received. I don't know how to respond. Of course I would love to go back and do a reboot with some of my closest friends but one of those people is Ian Somerhalder. And let me tell you if I told my current boyfriend that I was going to go back to a show where I would get payed to make out half naked with my ex, who he thought was having an affair with, I would get beaten so bad that I would not look like Nina Dobrev at all. But it was worth a shot, if I play the career card there is a 10% chance that I may make this out still looking like the actress who played Elena Gilbert.

The slam of the front door notified that he had gotten home from his most recent trip to the slopes, where he was preparing for the Olympics.

"Hey babe, how was your day?" He walked right past me, into the kitchen to get food.

"Hey, why didn't you go to the store like I asked. I was out all day working my ass off and you're just sitting there like a sloth doing nothing. Don't you even work?" He yelled back

"Um actually I have a question for you."

"Bout what"

"Work" there was an awkward pause as I waited to see if he would respond. When he didn't I continued "I was offered a new project and was wondering if you would be ok with it."

"Why wouldn't I be, I mean you're a big girl you can make decisions for yourself." It sounded like he was degrading me and making me feel small which made what I was going to say even harder to say.

"Its a reboot" another awkward pause "for The Vampire Diaries" All of sudden he got all rigid and tense.

"No"

"What?"

"You heard me, no. You are going to say no."

"But this is the first job I've received in awhile. I need the money..." I was going to continue but he slapped me across the face.

"Shut up about the money we both know that you are loaded and aren't living paycheck to paycheck."

"I just want to get out of the goddamn house sometime" I whisper to myself but obviously not quiet enough because the next thing I know Shaun kicked me straight in the stomach causing me to fall to the ground. The next thing I knew I was getting slapped, kicked and dragged across the floor by my hair as Shaun yelled at me telling how ungrateful I was. I continued to apologize over and over and finally he stopped but not before saying one last thing.

"Fine, you want to do the stupid reboot fine by me but I'm not sure if their gonna hire you once they see how fat you've gotten. If I were you I would lose a couple then maybe you would look better when you go outside of the house." With that he walked into the bedroom not even getting me an ice pack for my throbbing head that felt like it would explode. I dragged my bruised and damaged body across the floor to get an ice pack and clean up the many cuts that I had. I then got into bed next to my violent boyfriend who pretended like nothing had just happened and pulled me in close. I layed there terrified for what seemed like hours until exhaustion took over I fell asleep.