the president may or may not be there

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****Mackenzie POV****

            I wake up to Nick rustling around our room and I groan and sit up and wipe the sleep out of my eyes. Wesley is still passed out snoring despite the noise and the fact the lights on.

         "What're you doing?" I ask.

                 "Sorry babe I didn't mean to wake you. I've got a family barbecue, wanna come?"

       "I look like crap," I say and he rolls his eyes at me.

                "Bullshit you look beautiful, now c'mon," he says throwing a tshirt, shorts, and my hat at me.

         I get up and go into the bathroom across the hall and clean myself up and get dressed before going downstairs and go into the kitchen to find Nick already roasting coffee for us.

           "You're the greatest," I say pecking his lips.

     "And don't you forget it," he says winking at me.

               "So what should I expect today?" I ask taking a sip of my coffee as we walk out the door into the cool Virginia summer morning and walking towards the car.

        "The president may or may not be there, depending on if he's over the fact I accidentally pick pocketed him."

"You what?" I ask confused,"nevermind I don't ever know if you're serious or not. What's your family like?"

"Loud and chaotic but there's lots of laughs," he says.

"Sounds great."

*****

Loud and chaotic was definitely an understatement, I underestimated how many people were in his family. His oldest brother had two kids, his sister who impeached a President a few years back had two, his FBI brother had one, plus he had 4 other siblings that ranged from 15 to 23. Kids were everywhere but there were too many adults to even keep them straight. He introduced me to tons of people, some old friends from high school, some family friends, some cousins. I honestly couldn't remember any of them until I caught a glimpse of the current President across the backyard.

          "Nick that's...." I start but can't get the words out.

      He glances at where I'm glancing and when he sees it's the president he grins.

       "I told ya he might come," Nick says laughing.

                "I didn't think you were being serious!" I say trying to get over my shock.

      "C'mon I'll introduce you," Nick says guiding me over to him.

*****

          Everything goes fine for a while, until Nicks phone starts ringing over and over. Eventually he goes out front to take it, leaving me with his sister Nyla who is a year older than me.

"So how'd you meet Nick?" Nyla asks.

"This weirdo was hitting on me and in an attempt to get away I nearly fell into a bonfire and he caught me and then his shirt caught in fire."

"How.... romantic?" she says looking at me strangely,"did he ask you out then or?..."

"No we kept seeing each other thanks to mutual friends then he asked me out a couple weeks later," I say.

A while goes by and I realize Nick isn't back. I worry a bit at first but as more hours past I get more worried.

Finally I step aside from everyone I call him and he doesn't answer at first but the second time he does.

"Where are you?" I ask.

"Long story short the hospital but I'm fine," he says.

"What do you mean??" I ask.

"It's not for me it's for Roxie," he says. That hits me like a cannon ball. He left me at his families house for her.

"Well are you coming back or should I get an Uber?" I ask getting a little irritated.

"Wesley is already on his way," he says,"I didn't forget about you an emergency just came up."

"Whatever," I say hanging up.

Wesley is there a few minutes later and drives me back to the cabin without talking much.

         I walk in and everyone is looking at me like I'm the walking dead.

       "What?" I ask and Chesney gets up and stands by me.

                "Mac there's something we need to tell you..." she says.

        "What?"

               "So Nicks gone with Roxie," she says.

      "Yeah I know," I say feeling the hurt again. I can't believe he did this to me.

             "Did he tell you why he had to?" Chesney asks and I shrug.

     "Something about a hospital he didn't say much."

                "He's there because she was having complications with her pregnancy," she says,"apparently Roxie is 4 months pregnant.... and they haven't been broken up that long."

         My heart drops. My boyfriend was at the hospital with his knocked up ex-girlfriend. He was her baby daddy.

         "Chesney get me the strongest shit you have here," I mutter sitting down.

     "Do you want to talk about it?" she asks softly and I shake my head,"just get the whiskey, bottoms up til we hit the ground."

             "Or we can handle it your way," she says sliding me the bottle.

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