Beautiful Nightmare

Chapter 16

Right before I could step in my dad's car, I saw the police handcuffing those prostitutes I saw earlier, and put them in the back seat. "Young lady", my dad began to say, "you are in serious trouble. May I ask what the hell you were at a nightclub on your birthday while you were supposed to be with Rosalie?"

I said nothing to him. All I did was look at my shoes. "Well? I'm waiting for an answer Nicole." "Well. Um....I was um....well-" "cut the crap Nicole. Answer the question." "I thought it would be fun. I just wanted to expand my life experience."

He gave me the guilt stare and shook his head. "I'm very disappointed in you. Get in." He opened the door for me and I climbed into the front.

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As soon as he pulled up in front of the house, I rushed out of the car and unlocked the door to my house. I ran towards my room and slammed the door as hard as I could. I was filled with anger. I picked up glass of water and threw it at my wall, and watched the shattered pieces fall to the floor.

I then threw myself on my bed and began to cry. What the hell the wrong with me?! What was I thinking?! I should've gone with Rosalie! I should've listened to her! She was right. He was a total dick. He's the reason that I got into this mess. It's all his fault! My life was perfect before he showed up! Everything was fine until he became a part if my life!

I looked at my clock and it was midnight. Should I text Rosalie? Maybe I should. I picked up my phone and texted her saying: "Rosalie. Code red. Come over. Now." Usefully when we text each other "code red", we show up at each other's houses by climbing up towards the window and coming into our rooms.

15 minutes later, I heard my window clattering and I saw Rosalie outside of it, struggling to open it. I walked towards her and I unlocked it, so she could have access inside. She came climbing through the window and said, "what do you want? Oh wait! Let me guess: Austin ditched you, and now you're stuck with the bitch known as me."

She gave me the guilt stare and I tried to avoid her. "That's not exactly what happened. Sit." I tapped my bed with the palm of my hand and she sat. "Alright Nikki. Spill".

I told her everything that happened tonight and once I finished, she looked at me with her mouth wide open. "You smoked pot?! How was it?!" I rolled my eyes and she realized that she missed the point. "Holy shit Nikki. You had one hell of a night. I'm so sorry. Come here." She opened her arms and embraced me in a long hug. I started to cry on her and she comforted me.

"Things happen for a reason. Maybe G-d put Austin in your life to teach you a lesson about being careful with who you hang around with. It's okay. I'm here for you."

This is why I loved Rose. She would always understand me and listen to my problems, understand me, and not be judgey about it. I was sobbing on her and she just continued to embrace me in her hug.

"You know what?", I began to say while sitting up, "I'm over Austin. I don't give a shit about him anymore. He's worth nothing to me anymore. I'm just going to move on. You're right. All he did was give me trouble."

She smiled at me and said, "I'm glad you decides to do the right thing. He was never good for you. Speaking of him, why are you still wearing that stupid bracelet he gave you?" I immediately took it off and threw it in the garbage by my bed as if it meant nothing to me at all.

"Thanks so much for everything Rosalie." "Don't worry about it Nikki. I'm going home now. Sleep well. Don't let Austin get to you. Remember, you're free now." I waved her goodbye as she climbed out my window. As soon as she jumped off the tree and began walking home. I locked it.

As soon as she was out of sight, I ran towards my garbage can and took out the bracelet Austin gave me. I lied. I lied about everything I said about the fact that I moved on from him. He's like a dream that left footprints in my sand. I could never let him go. He just meant so much to me. But at the same time, I wasn't going to give into him that easy.

Tomorrow when he looks for me at school, I'm going to pretend to be mad at him for a while, to teach him a lesson. I'm going to play hard to get. That should teach him not to act like a total dick.