I Love You (A Prodigy Story)

Chapter 18 - Deuces

Chapter 18

(Nicky/Nicks)

"It's now time for everyone's favourite band to do their thing. Ladies and Gentleman put your hands together for Mindless Behavior!" LL Cool J's voice boomed through the Staples Centre. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat whilst the audience screamed and clapped as the lights came up.

"She like the way I lean!" They sung. Out of all the songs they could have chosen, they decided to perform the one song I'd given a bad review. I couldn't have felt any more awkward than I already did.

"Ladies and Gentleman, we would like to welcome our bro Ray Ray to the stage!" Prince shouted. Ray popped out of nowhere and joined in with the choreography. I didn't think they'd reunite as quickly as they did considering Ray and Prod nearly came to blows.

An usher came to my seat and escorted me backstage - I was about to present the next award.

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"To present the next award, we welcome music critic Nicky B and Pop sensation Justin Bieber to the stage" the voice over introduced myself and Justin. I sashayed my way to the podium with Justin on my arm.

"Within the past year we've seen the revival of traditional R&B" Justin opened.

"Yes, through the likes of Miguel and Elle Varner as well as amazing come backs from Justin Timberlake and Destiny's Child" I continued with a smile.

"Here are the nominees for Best R&B Performance" upon hearing Justin's words, my smile slightly faded. Mindless Behavior was nominated for this award and it had finally dawned on me that I was going to have to give them their award if they won.

The Voice over announced the nominees.

"And the winner is..." I fumbled to open the envelope. I was struggling to open it. Justin came to my aid and helped. My eyes widened as I saw their names imprinted in black font as the winner of the category.

"Mindless Behavior!" Justin said. The arena erupted with applause and all beings rose to their feet to give Mindless Behavior the appreciation they deserved for their song 'You're the One'.

They came running from backstage, as they had just performed. Their faces were beaming with joy as they shook hands and hugged Justin. My turn had come to congratulate them. Prince was the first to hug me, a hug that I accepted graciously. Roc then did the same and I shook hands with Ray. The time came for me to congratulate Prodigy. We both hesitated for a few seconds. I decided to go in for a hug but he stepped back and gave me a hand shake instead. Correction, this was the most awkward moment of the night. I swear, within those few seconds of hesitation between Prod and I, I felt the whole arena stare at us. Eagerly waiting to see what we would do. The result? Me looking like a fool going in for a hug but receiving a hand shake. Well done Nicky, you've just made yourself look like an idiot.

Justin and I stepped back allowing the boys to say their acknowledgements and to express their joy of winning their very first Grammy. Once they had finished, we all made our way backstage in order to get back into our seats.

"Whoo! We won!" Prince seemed the most excited about winning. Ray and Roc conversed about the euphoria of winning their first Grammy whilst Prodigy just lingered about.

"Well done guys!" Justin dapped each of the boys.

"Urm yeah, congratulations and it's nice to see you back in the band Ray" I nodded my head.

"Thanks Nicky and it's good to be back" Ray smiled.

A heavy silence hung in the air.

"So..." Prince began to say.

"Prod, can we talk? In private?" I asked. Prod raised his eyebrows and cleared his throat.

"Yeah, sure"

We walked over to the side.

"What do you wanna talk about?" He asked showing little concern.

"Us." I said simply.

"Us? There is no us." All hope I had of ever rekindling what we were building left my body. Slapping him at The Superbowl was something I truly regretted.

"Nicky, don't look so hurt. You were the one who ended it officially." He continued in a nonchalant tone. This was true - I was the one who ended it. I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Yeah, I was. I guess you're right. But we can still be fr-" I was cut off by a tall, slender, caramel skinned women.

"Hey baby, well done!" She kissed Prod on the cheek. I was baffled. Prod and I ended our relationship about a week ago and he had already moved on to the next one. I had never taken him for that sort of guy. She moved from his cheek and switched to his lips giving him a deep kiss which lacked passion. I turned to look at Prince. He could see the look on my face and he simply nodded to confirm my thoughts. Prodigy and his new so-called girlfriend broke away from each other.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there" the Paula Patton wannabe said with the fakest smile ever. She did it on purpose. She obviously saw Prod and I engaged in a conversation and chose to come and endure in a make-out fest right before my eyes with the goal of irking me to the max. She had succeeded.

"Of course you didn't!" I scoffed in a sarcastic manner.

"Craigy-bear introduce us!" she playfully hit his arm. I gagged. Craigy-bear?Really? He ran his hand through his hair - he was nervous.

"Nicky, this is Gabrielle, my... girlfriend" it almost looked as if it pained him to call her that. I turned to look at Prince again. He just shrugged.

"Oh my god! It's really you! Nicky B 'The Critic' I can't believe it! It's great to meet you! Maybe one day, you'll be reviewing my songs" she said enthusiastically. I would have said it was nice to meet her too but that would have been a lie so I simply nodded and smiled. I looked at my watch on my left wrist.

"Oh well, look at the time! I have to go - early flight to catch tomorrow morning. Bye and again, congratulations on your award" I flashed a quick smile and turned to leave.

"Aren't you coming to the after party? Or are you too stuck up and miserable to have a little fun and let loose?" Gabrielle called from behind me. She sniggered. She had only known me for two seconds and she was already trying to start something. I turned to face her.

"Unlike you, Miss Paula-Patton-Wannabe, I have a business to run, bills to pay. I am responsible for thousands of jobs so I simply do not have the time to 'have fun' and 'let loose'" I continued walking.

"Are you going to let her talk to me like that, babe?!" she asked Prod in utter shock.

"No." Prod replied.

"Aye, Nicky!" he called.

"What?" I stopped in my tracks.

"Don't talk to my girl like that!" I whipped my head around and laughed.

"Oh Prod, you failed terribly at replacing me. This is what happens when you're too quick to move onto the next one. You end up with talentless air-heads such as Gabby here" I looked to my left to see Justin, Prince, Roc and Ray hold in their laughter.

"Your boys seem to agree with me Craigy-bear" I put my hand on his shoulder.

"Stand-by as she drops her pants at the click of any man's fingers" I said with a smirk. By now, Justin, Prince, Roc and Ray had let out their suppressed giggles and had collapsed into a fit of laughter. I looked at Prodigy's face. He was fuming. Score one for Nicky.

"Deuces." I chucked to up and turned on my heel to carry on walking. Head held high with a smile on my face

"Dang, that felt good" I said to myself as I exited the arena into the car waiting for me.

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