Just One Look

Weekend Alone Pt 2

Artemi's POV:
I was having great dream about Nicole and I's future. I was dreaming about marriage, having baby, and staying with her for rest of our lives. I have only been with her only a month, but I couldn't see her being out of my life. All of sudden in middle of my good dream and I hear Nicole crying in her sleep and she keeps moving.

"No stop, stop,stop. Please quit hitting me Henri." Nicole cries loudly in her sleep. Who the hell is Henri? It is never ok for guy to hit a woman in any situation. Especially my Nicole, I never will dare lay a hand on her. It makes me angry when a man does that to a girl. You always respect your girl.

"Shhh Nicole, I'm here. No one hurting you anymore. You're safe with me. It's ok baby." I whisper in her ear while wiping the tears away from her eyes and kissing her on the top of the head. I hate seeing Nicole like this.

"I'm sorry for waking you up Artemi?" Nicole says with a sigh

"It's ok baby. I'm here, don't worry." I say kissing her on shoulder.

"I love you. I'm really sorry for waking you up." Nicole says giving my arm a squeeze.

"Пусть всегда будет солнце,
Пусть всегда будет небо." I sing softly to Nicole to help her sleep. It is a Russian lullaby my mom used to sing to me when I was little. I just want her to feel safe whenever she's around me. I wonder what happened. She'll tell me she is ready.

"I love you Nicole." I say then realize she is fast asleep.

Nicole's POV:
I had another frightening dream about Henri last night. Also, I feel so bad for waking Artemi out of a deep sleep.

I'm going to tell him about my relationship with Henri. I feel like I can trust him and I feel safe and sound whenever he is around. I finally wake up still in Artemi's arms and see him softly snoozing away next to me. He looks absolutely peaceful. I quickly move to get my iPhone and snap a quick picture of him. As soon as I snap the picture, he starts to stir and he opens those beautiful eyes and smiles at me. God he's perfect.

"Morning baby." Artemi says giving me a tender peck on the lips.

"Morning Artemi. Can I talk to you about something?" I ask

"Baby you can talk to me about everything." Artemi says staring me straight into the eyes

"Well my dream last night had to do with a terrible relationship I had previous to us dating." I say starting to feel terrified again.

"You can tell me anything, Nicole. I'm here for you baby." Artemi says giving my hand a squeeze.

"Well, a couple years ago during my junior year high school, I met this boy named Henri who was a foreign exchange student who was from Norway. We fell in "love" and started dating not long afterwards. The relationship started out loving but soon turned violent. He had a horrible temper, and if I said something he didn't like, he would hit me or do worse things. Well, after a violent fight one night about six months we got together, he convinced me to have sex with him. I caved in and slept with him that night. Two and half months later, I found out I was pregnant with our child. I waited to tell him, I as excited about it even though I was 17 years old. I felt like by having a baby might change his ways but, a change never came. When I told him that I was pregnant, he got angrier than I have seen him get. He started yelling and cussing all these profanities to me. He proceeded to punch me in the face multiple times and then punched me in my growing baby bump until I started to bleed and then everything went black. The next thing I remember is I woke up in the hospital. I lost my daughter due to that piece of shit. He took my light and world away. Her name was supposed to be Indie Rose. Anyway, he got deported back to Norway. To this day I'm scared to be in a relationship and put my heart out on a line for guys." I say while sobbing uncontrollably. I look up and see Artemi crying his eyes out.

"Nicole, baby I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for everything and for making you bring it up." Artemi says engulfing me in a massive hug and he sniffles.

"It's ok, I needed it to get it off my chest." I say wiping Artemi's tears away.

"Baby, listen to me. I will never dare lay a hand on you ever. I will honor and protect you at every moment. I promise to never hurt you. I love you so much baby, it hurts. Your the light of my life and I never want to extinguish that light. And someday, I promise I will make you a mother again." Artemi says kissing me on the cheek and lets me cry all over his chest.

"Artemi, you are so perfect. Please can we just stay in bed and talk all day?" I ask while drying my eyes.

"Your wish is my command princess. I don't have practice today." Artemi says kissing the top of my head. I love him so much, I'd stop the world to melt with him.