Chapter 49- Goodbye
Demi
Mia was growing everyday, and because I was dreading Nicko leaving those two months seemed to fly by. It seemed that it was only week until we were at his last day before he boarded his plane to Paris. We were sitting on the couch, watching a movie with Mia in his arms. I noticed she was fast asleep so I stood up, reaching for her.
"I'll put her down." Nicko handed her to me and I went up to her room, laying her on her back in the crib after kissing her forehead.
I went downstairs and saw Nicko's eyes trained on the movie again. I was still upset about him leaving, so I curled up on the other end, folding my legs underneath me.
"Hey." I turned to see him looking at me with his eyebrows raised, "Come here." I sighed and got up, walking over to sit next to him. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me onto his lap, lowering his head so he was leaning against my chest. "I'm gonna miss you."
I let my hand fall to play with the hair on the back of his neck, "I'm gonna miss you too..."
Nicko raised his head and searched my eyes, "Will you? You've been freezing me out all week. Last night was the only night we had sex and I know you didn't enjoy yourself."
I shook my head, "I did too."
He cocked his head, "Demi, I know when you're faking it. Now we can go for round two tonight, but you need to tell me what's wrong?"
I sighed and leaned back, "I'm just scared. I don't know how this much time away from each other is going to impact our relationship. Where you're going there's a lot of alcohol and women and paparazzi. It's a recipe for disaster."
Nicko clicked his tongue, "That's not going to tempt me. I'm going to be very focused on my two girls back home."
I forced a smile, "Okay."
He groaned and leaned his head back on the couch, "Demi I don't want to fight with you on my last night home."
I raised an eyebrow, "Well we're not having sex that's for sure."
Nicko flinched, "Alright then..."
I shook my head and curled up on his lap, pushing my face into his neck so my lips were at his ear, "The thing i'm going to miss most isn't having sex with you. I'm gonna miss you holding me and sleeping next to you and listening to you breathe and hearing your morning voice when we wake up. I'm going to miss sleepy cuddles and morning snuggles with Mia and laying in bed for a few minutes in our own little bubble before we have to pop it and face the world together. That's what i'll miss the most. Not, us having sex."
Nicko flipped us over so he was hovering over me and goofily snuggled as close to me as possible, "Then let's snuggle alllllll night long."
I giggled loudly and he covered my mouth with a kiss, "We're gonna be fine, love. Don't stress yourself out. I have my head on straight and everytime I'm asked to go out or to drink I'll think of you and Mia waiting for me here."
I sighed and let my fingertips glide over his scruffy jawline, "It's not that I don't want you to have fun. It's going to be amazing for you baby, all these different countries? I'm happy for you."
Nicko smiled and kissed my cheek, "I love you."
I pulled his face to mine, "I love you too."
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I woke up in the middle of the night to Nicko yelling out, "NO!" and sitting up straight in bed, making me fall off of his chest.
"Are you okay?" I rasped, sitting up quickly and putting out a hand to rub his back. .
