Ours For The Taking

chapter 26: the other woman

(NEXT DAY, PARIS, NICKI'S POV)

"Nicki I love you. My life used to revolve around you, and I liked it that way."

"I love you too."

I wish I was there.." Safaree says.

The call got cut off, and I sighed. "I wish you were here too.."

I let the tears in my eyes fall, and I walked downstairs and into our huge hotel/penthouse kitchen. Sherika was standing there looking at me while I cried.. "Babe.." She hugged me and I cried on her shoulder.

"I let him slip away like it was nothing..."

"Just go to sleep, babe. It's 4 AM. You have rehearsal in the morning."

(NEXT DAY)

I was woken up by a familiar voice. "Bae wake up.."

My eyes popped open at the sound of his voice. I gasped and pulled him down on the bed with me. "Meek!!!!" I squealed. I kissed his cheeks and hugged him. "How did you get here?? Oh my god!" I hugged him again.

"I got a pass from my parole officer. I was happy as fuck!"

"I'm happy too! I missed you bae!"

"Knock knock." Sherika yelled and walked in. "I see you've found the bed already. Damn that was quick. Anyway, Nic we gotta go to rehearsal."

"Okay, okay. I'm comin. Gimme a minute. Bae is here..." I smiled and kissed Meek. "Ugh. I'll be downstairs. We're waiting."

She walked out. "Come on bae we gotta get ready for rehearsal." He says. We got up from the bed, and I got dressed in sweatpants and a tee shirt.

(AT REHEARSAL)

I was laughing at meek because he was actin out on stage. "You can't be doin that at the real show." I laughed in the microphone. "Trust me imma embarrass yo ass."

"Okay be serious we gotta get this right." I smiled, and Big Daddy started playing.

After rehersal, we hung out downstairs in my hotel room for a while. "When do you have to leave?" I ask. "In 3 days. But we'll see eachother in LA next week or whatever for that Tidal thing."

"Yea.." I sigh. "The European tour will go by before you know it.." He squeezed my thigh and kissed my cheek. "I hope."

"It's late, and we have a show tomarrow. We should go to sleep."

We both got up from the couch. I got on his back and he carried me upstairs. "You're heavy as fuck." He grunted. I smiled. He threw me on the bed and I got under the covers. I picked up my phone from the night stand and got on twitter. Meek plopped down on the bed next to me and rolled over. "Goodnight." He says, without a hug or even a kiss. "Night." I mummbled. I stayed up until about 4, which would be like 11 PM in New York.

(TWO DAYS LATER, LONDON, UK)

I was laying in bed on my phone. Meek was downstairs watching TV.

"Nicki, someone is here for you." My body gaurd walked into my bedroom. "Send them in please."

I looked back at my phone, and saw someone walk in from the corner of my eye. "Hey Safaree." I looked up. "I came all the way to London and all I get is 'Hey Safaree'?"

I smiled, and jumped up. I hugged him and kissed his cheek. He hugged back. "I missed you girl." He says. I giggled, "I missed you too."

"What do you want?" I laughed. "Nothing. I wanted to see you."

"Oh?"

"Yea. Come here." He kissed my lips and I smiled. "You know we can't be doin this.." I wrapped my arms around his neck and looked up at him. "Oh well..."

Sherika walked in and narrowed her eyes. "Nicki."

"What?"

"Meek is downstairs."

I let go of Safaree and looked down. "Okay. You're right." I sighed. Sherika rolled her eyes at Safaree and walked out. "You know I don't like her." He say.

"She doesn't like you."

"That's fine."

"She knows we have an okay relationship now. Why does she always think it's something else?"

"I don't know. I'll talk to her."

"Look at you Nic.." He put him hands on my lower back and moved them down further. "Faree.." I breathed, and he chuckled.

I went downstairs the next morning and Meek was laying on the couch. I know he knows what happened between Safaree and I last night. Safaree left this morning. "So, how was it?" He asks. "What?"

"Safaree."

"You...heard?"

"Everybody in fucking Europe heard it, Nic. You think you can get away with shit like that?!" He yelled. "Okay stop yelling."

"No! You cheated on me!"

"Meek it's not that serious."

"So if I go fuck my baby mama, it's not that serious? What happened to you being loyal?"

Sherika walked in. "What's going on?"

I looked at Meek and walked out of the room. He followed me. "Answer my question!" He yelled. "It depends, which baby mama?"

"Whatever Nic."

He went back to the living room and I met Sherika in my bedroom. "Did Safaree leave?"

"Yea."
"How was he?"
"He uh...has a new girlfriend. So that's cool."

She have me a half smile out out pity. "What's her name?"

"I didn't ask."

She hugged me an I closed my eyes. "It's fine." She says. "What happens when I want to get back with him and he already moved on?"

"He won't move on. Not fully."

"I won't either. I'm so sorry for what I did. I shouldn't have treated him like that...but I can't do anything to fix it."

"So..does that make you the other woman?"

I giggled. "They aren't married. If anything, she would be the mistress. Safaree and I are still legally married."

"No, because she doesn't know y'all are married. She's the other woman." She says, causing me to smile.
"I guess so..."
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I edited this on my mothers phone in the car. 💀🌚 Enjoy.