Two in a Million: 10 | Nicola Talk | Laura Marano |
"That's it?! You're not even going to ask about Nicola?!" Ross questions, the second I lock the hotel room door. I will admit, I've been dying to ask him, but the rest of dinner and the walk home was so awkward, I knew asking wouldn't be the right thing.
"Well, no-" He cuts me off.
"I practically forced you to tell me about your shitty family, but you don't even force me to talk about Nicola? God, if you were Nicola, you'd fucking threaten me until I'd tell you!" I absolutely hate seeing this side of Ross. He's angry, stressed out looking, and even has a vain popping out in his neck. "Gahh!" He pulls on his hair before laying stomach down on the bed and putting his arms up by his head. Sighing, I walk on over to him and lay on my stomach, putting my head almost touching his.
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His left hand gently brushes mine before he loosely wraps his fingers around all my fingers. I kiss his temple lightly before putting my head onto the bed beside him.
"You didn't force me into telling you about my family, Ross. I trusted you enough to tell you. None of my fans know about my past. And to be honest, yeah, I'm definitely curious about Nicola. But it's not like we're dating so I don't have any business knowing anything about her." I say quietly. He didn't say anything after that, just took a deep breath. "Ross, hey, I care about you. We've been talking for a little over a month, and I know it's a short while, but I do care about you."
"You're so nice." He whispers. "Nicola Peltz, she's a little older than us, but she was new to the acting world and her manager reached out to Andre. Andre introduced us and yeah, I did end up liking her. We went out for six months, friends for two before that, but it was terrible. For the first couple months of us dating, she was all sweet." He took a deep breath and I stopped him.
"Ross, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." I whisper.
"You trusted me, I trust you. It's only fair." He whispers back. "She started getting too comfortable around my family and began to invite herself over whenever she wanted, invite herself to interviews and photo shoots and became too clingy for my liking. Then, she started getting rude and aggressive, calling Rydel a bitch, calling my mom a bitch, calling my brothers a bitch, overall being a bitch herself. And in the process, hurting me." I frown a little.
"Hey, you-"
"Shhh. Let me finish." He adds. "By hurting, I don't mean beaten. Although, she did slap me a few times for hugging fans. But I meant it as she hurt me mentally. We made out, like, a lot. She even tried to get in my pants, but I always turned her down. She's drugged me before, but luckily, Riker's girlfriend dropped by because she left her laptop and she found us. Apparently, Nicola was completely naked and was unzipping my jeans by then." I shudder and the image in my head.
