*** DANIEL ***
Later on when we were at home I was spending my night listening to Selena rant on about what had happened earlier. “I can’t believe she ruined my wedding!!!” Selena kept screaming over and over again. “Babe just calm down we’ll just reschedule.” I said, hoping she would just calm down, but of course she didn’t as she screamed “No! She fucked everything up!” I leaned my head back and groaned. I put my hands over my face wishing I could disappear.
BEEP! BEEP!! BEEP!!! “DANIEL” I heard my name being screamed. I got up and peered out of the window and saw Nicole. “Who’s that?” Selena asked me. “It’s Nicole…” I quietly mumbled. “Oh it is? I’m going to give her a piece of my mind!” Selena told me, heading towards the front door. I jumped in from of her and held her back and said “Babe, no you can’t just…” I paused and continued but spoke more calmly, “Just let me talk to her.” She nodded her head and spoke, “Okay, but tell her she needs to get over you; you don’t love her. You love ME and you’re going to marry ME.” I shook my head and kissed her forehead. Then I walked out the door. As I began to approach Nicole, her scent was drenched in alcohol. She greeted me with a slur, “so did you marry princess.” I looked down and back up at her trying to think of what to tell her. “Nicole have you been drinking?” I said, trying to change the subject. She scoffed and rolled her eyes at me. “Nicole, please let me just take you home” I said, while I reached for her hand, but she took a step back. Her demeanor suddenly changed as she spoke, “I don’t need your help. I can take care of myself” she mumbled. She looked at the ground and again back at me, “I don’t even know why I even came back here.” She started to walk back to her car “No, Nicole let me take you home!” I followed her as she was halfway in her car. By the time I reached her she had already gotten in her car. I tried to open her door, but like earlier today it was too late she locked it. I kept attempting to open the door hoping she would unlock it and let me in. I watched as the tears began to roll down her cheek. She started the engine and started to back out of the driveway. “NICOLE!” I screamed and banged on her window. I didn’t want her to be driving drunk and then on top of that, being an emotional wreck. I kept following her as she backed out of my driveway screaming for her to stop and stay. I tried to keep up with her car, chasing her down a few streets. As she turned down the next street she took off faster than a jet. I watched as she quickly disappeared from my eyes like she did once before.
As I began my walk back to my house, I kept thinking about what happened today. Why did she wait til now to tell me she still loved me? It’s been over ten years since we broke up. I thought she’d be over us about now, or even moved on. I wonder how long she’s had these feelings. All these thoughts ran through my mind. I felt like I was on a roller coaster that I couldn’t get off. When I finally reached the house, Selena was waiting for me on the sofa. “What did she say??” she said as she crossed her arms. “Don’t worry about it, let’s just go to bed.” I said heading towards her “NO! Daniel I wanna know what she said!!!” I just looked at her and didn’t say anything. She stormed off into the bedroom and locked the door behind her. I threw myself on the sofa and closed my eyes. I didn’t even notice I was dozing off and then later on fell asleep. In the middle of the night I got a text message form Nicole that read, “Hey idk where my car is. Can u pick me up?” I was so happy to know she was okay, but I was wondering how she was feeling. I replied “yeah, but where are you?” As I read the address she sent, I ran out the house and hopped into Selena’s car and took off.
When I finally found the place I parked across the street and got off. As I approached the house it had the heaviest scent of beer and other horrible odors. The whole house was trashed from the outside. I was wondering if the inside of the house was even worst. When I went to the front door it was wide open; no need for me to knock. I was right, the inside was terrible. There was so many people passed out everywhere. On the floors, stairs, chairs, sofas, hallways, tables, the list could go on. They just laid there like dead bodies. I called out Nicole’s name and waited and listened for a reply. “I’m here”, I heard as she stumbled out of one of the rooms. She giggled as she knocked into about everything in her path. I went over to her and put her arm over my shoulder and helped her walk out. I walked her to the passenger side and sat her in the car; I buckled her seat belt and got into the car.
As we began to head to Nicole’s house I asked her “Nicole, are you okay?” she was half asleep as she mumbled “Mhm.” I kept driving until we reached a red light and I turned to her and asked her, “How do you feel about me marrying Selena?” I could see her eyes start to open a little bit as she said “I don’t know.” I sighed and replied, “Nicole just tell me.” She didn’t respond and closed her eyes. “Nicole?” I called to her. No response, I guess she finally crashed or maybe she was pretending just to ignore the question. I guess I’ll just let her slide. When the light turned green I took off and thought about whether I should spend the night with Nicole or just leave her and go back home. I didn’t want to just leave her because she’s been drinking and I don’t know what kind of trouble she could get into when she’s on her own, when she’s totally wasted. I looked over to her and took a glimpse of Nicole and thought “Nicole, what am I going to do with you.”
When we finally reached Nicole’s house, I put the car in park and sat there for a few minutes to think. Man, I never liked it when Nicole drank. I remembered when she first started drinking; it was a few months before we were gonna graduate. She started to get really nervous about graduating. The stress really got to her, so she thought drinking would be the best solution. I tried to convince her that it wouldn’t help, but of course she didn’t want to hear it. She just need some solution that would help her stay calm and loose. I think about after a month or two of drinking she became addicted and began to drink every night. I sighed to myself and looked over at Nicole passed out. God Nicole, why did you do this to yourself? Well I better get her into her house. I took my spare key off of my key chain. That’s another bad thing that happens when Nicole drinks; she always loses her keys.
Once I unlocked the door I went back to the car to get Nicole. I open the passenger side door and looked at her. She looks so peaceful asleep. I picked her up in my arms and carried her to the house. I went into her bedroom and carried her lifeless body to her bed. As I laid her down, she took me down with her. “Nicole” I said as I tried to pull her hands off of me. “No” she giggled and pulled me on top of her. I felt her legs wrap around my waist trying to pull my body closer to hers. “Nicole stop it” I commanded her. “No” she smirked and began to kiss me on my neck. Her lips were so warm and soft; I couldn’t help but give out a slight moan at the incredible feeling. I felt her hands rub on my chest. I don’t know why I couldn’t just pull away from her. She sat her hand on my cheek and pulled me into a long, soft, romantic kiss. When she pulled away she whispered in my ear “I love you” and began to kiss me again. Selena never kissed me like Nicole did. I guess the moment took over and I found myself kissing Nicole back. Even though I knew what I was doing was wrong; I couldn’t stop.
Once I was finally strong enough to pull away from her she groaned “What? I thought you liked it?” I sat up and held my head in my hands. I felt her move next to me. I didn’t bother to look up at her. I could feel her hands moving up and down my chest, feeling me. She started to kiss my neck from behind and somehow she was able to get my shirt off without me knowing. She moved herself in front of me and sat on my lap, facing me and kissing my neck. She pushed me with all her strength back down onto the bed. Her sweet lips kissed mine and I kissed them back. She started to kiss me lower. She went from my neck to my chest. I could feel her trying to unbutton my pants, that’s when I stopped her. “Nicole don’t” I warned her. She threw herself next to me and groaned. “Why do you keep stopping? I know you like it.”
I turned to her and said “Go to sleep Nicole.” I got up and covered her with a blanket and headed out her bedroom. I was about to close the door when I heard Nicole say “Daniel, Can you sleep with me?” I looked at her “Nicole…” she cut me off to say “I promise I won’t do anything. I… I just don’t want to be alone.” I looked at her and said “Okay, but please don’t tell Selena.” I could see a smile come upon her face. I closed the door and walked over to her bed. She moved over and I slowly lay next to her. She wrapped both of us in the blanket and cuddled next to me. “Nicole”, I warned her. “I’m not doing anything” she said, as she wrapped her arm around me and laid her head on my chest. I sighed not knowing if this was okay or if I should tell Nicole anything. Well I guess it wouldn’t hurt just for one night.
I woke up the next afternoon to the delicious smell of pancakes. I looked to my side and notice that Nicole wasn’t laying next to me. I reached for my phone and noticed the time was 3:49 PM; I put my phone in my pocket and got up and headed into the kitchen to see Nicole setting pancakes on the table. When she noticed me she said “Good morning I made you something to eat.” I went and sat down and stuffed my face with pancakes. She at the table and watched me eat. Why is she staring at me like that?
