Dricki: Boyfriend For Hire

Chapter 2

                 No doubt it was an extremely awkward moment. How many people do you see throwing themselves at others and kiss them without having a single hint of alcohol in their body a day? Non.

                For a kiss of strangers it wasn't so bad either. It didn't last long but this guy had this way of kissing that I liked so I had no problem following his lead, but still, the look of total surprise and shock were present on his face.

                As wee pull away, I mouthed to him 'Just play along, please', making sure to make a pleading face. My mom and Nicole finally reached us and I snaked my arm around his waist.

"Aren't you going to introduce him to us, Nika?" My mom says adjusting her bag over her shoulder.

               "Yes, of course. Mom, I'd like you to meet my boyfriend..." I say smiling hen turn to him. The problem of introducing a stranger to your family is that you don't even know their name. Lucky for me, he got what I was mentally tell him.

               "Aubrey Drake Graham, but you can call me Drake, or Aubbie like this pretty thing here does, right wifey?" Pretty thing? Wifey?

               "I like Drake better. Aubrey sounds like a girl's name." This bit-. I do have to agree with Nicole, but I actually like Aubrey better.

                "Hush, Nicole. Anyways, it's a pleasure to finally meet you. I've heard so much about you." My mom says and holds her hand for Aubrey to shake but instead he pulls her a little and ends up giving her a kiss on the cheek.

                "It's a great pleasure to meet you, future mother-in-low." He flashes her one of those kind of enviable smiles  for toothpaste commercials.

                "Oh, you can just call me Mama Carol." My mom was smiling ear to ear. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she was already things about weeding ideas. Believe me; the woman can go crazy sometimes.

               "As you wish, Mama Carol. Now if you'll excuse me, I just came back from a trip and I'd like to talk alone with Nicki here, if you know what i mean."

               "Oh, sure, no problem. Nicole, let's go." She starts walking away.

               "You go girl bye." Nicole says rubbing my back then she goes after my mom I don't know where.

               He takes me into the lobby to a lonelier place so that stay on a low key. I know the first question he will ask is what on earth is going on. I would too. I don't know what to explain this in the first place, I acted out of panic.

               "Miss, I think you owe me an explanation." He says.

               I take deep breath before I try to explain this. "Well, it started when my mom told me about our family reunion and it slipped that I had a boyfriend. My mom was so happy to hear that, I couldn't' just take it back. I had to come here because she was having some problems with her room and when they saw us together at the balcony I kiss you and they beloved it! I can't believe I just kissed a random guy, what if you have a girlfriend, a wife, or kids? Gosh, I'm such a home wreck." I mouth was probably running at a hundred per hour. I wanted to say to much in so little.

               "Wow, calm down I didn't understand anything."

               ""But I already said everything."

               "I can see you're too nervous. Let's start this over. I'm Aubrey Graham. You're Nika, right?"

               "Onika, Onika Maraj." I hold my hand for him to shake and he does so. He takes a little time to stare attentively at me. 'You're Nicki Minaj, aren't you?"

               "Yes." I don't see the relevance of knowing that.

                He nodded his head like he was taking it in. "So, out of the blue, I'm Nicki Minaj's boyfriend?"

                "I know this may seem like a prank or something but it isn't. I really need you to pose as my boyfriend."

                "But I thought you already had a boyfriend. Aren't you dating Meek Mill?"

               "What? No, no... They're just rumours. We just did a couple of songs together and that's it."

               "So you really don't have one..." Gee, is it that hard to believe?

                "No. That's why I'm asking you for this favour."

               "What makes you think that I will agree to this?"

               "Oh... I don't know. I only know you, and my mom already knows you. And if you play along to this, I might just forget that you broke my mirror..."

               "Are you blackmailing me, wifey?"

              "No Aubbie, it's called a fair trade."

               He crossed his arms and thought for a few seconds with

               "Exactly for what would you need me? What am I supposed to do" At least he didn't say no.

               "The family reunion is this Saturday. I just need you to go with me."

               "Do I have to do all boyfriend things?" His smirk and his raised eyebrow made me realise what kind of service he means. If he thinks he's going to be slick and try something with me he's dead wrong.

               "Hold yourself in mister. There will be no flirting."

               "So you shoving your tongue down my throat doesn't count?' Oh my gosh, did he really had to mention that? I feel shy because honestly I liked kissing him, those soft plump lisps.

               "That's not gonna happen again." I say. I'm not going to feed his manly ego.

               "I don't know about that, babe. We have to make this believable." I roll my eyes, I'm gonna kill him if he keeps up with these nicknames. I look back at him for final answer.

               "So, deal?"

               "Sure, deal. "

               So relived he agrees to this crazy plan. He pulls out his phone from his pocket and hands to me so I can put y phone number.

"Oh, there's one more thing... We have to live together."

"Ok, just give me your address and I'll bring over some of my stuff." He responds naively. This is not going down well.

"No, I mean me moving in with you... And my mom."

If a pin fell, the whole hotel would hear it. The silence between us was so deep, Aubrey blinks every second like a Christmas tree before he say something.

"Well it was nice meeting Nicki, bye."

Just like that, he undoes our arrangement. I live my entire life haunted by the humiliation I was about to face in the family reunion. it wasn't pretty. Everything seems like slow motion, him trying to walk away from me with the only opportunity I have left, but I grab him by his arm before he got any further. He is not going anywhere until I win him over.

"What? You can't just leave me hanging. We have a deal."

"Yes, but that was five minutes ago when I didn't have two strangers living in my house."

"Well, technically I'm not a stranger." I giggle but he tries to break free from my tight grip. Fail. "Okay Okay, sorry. I promise you won't even notice us. I spend most of my time at the studio and my mother with her sister. Just please please, please (sniff) don't do this to me. You don't know (sniff) it is to be in my shoes. And my mom... What would my mom say? (tear) She's going to be disappointed in me. I can't let her down again. (smudges mascara)"

"Okay, okay, you can come with your mother, just please stop crying."

And scene! That my friends, is what I've mastered after watching Titanic so many times.