Welcome To New York #Wattys2016 (Book 1)

Chapter #11 "Stone Cold" (Bonus)

Since I am in New York again I decide to go where I know I can be free. I walk into a recording studio as I had left the airport in a discreet fashion considering I didn't want to confront Joe at the moment for lying to me about Nick wanting to see me. I was so infuriated with all of the shit that had been going down between the five people that are involved in this "Love Pentagon" but I wasn't as mad at myself more than I was mad at Jasmine, Charlie, Nick, and A.J. I was really just mad at the guys and Jasmine, to be honest, and it was because of what they told me... Nick, with telling me I was just a replacement for Olivia, A.J. for getting me pregnant on the first shot and Jasmine lying to me about not screwing with Nick because now I don't know where my life will be headed or if I can ever trust my best friend again.

It was like if God was telling me to screw the fuck up in person. He was definitely testing my patience and I wasn't liking it. I slid my fingers in between the switches that were on the soundboard as I then hear a woman voice say "You know they actually work better when the sound booth is in use." I snort at their smart ass comment and wanted to so badly pop their jaw or break it, whichever came first. "I know how the sound board works thank you very much, my boyfriend is a recording artist," I tell them sarcastically. Wait, why am I referring to Nick as my boyfriend? I should be mad at him at the moment.

"Oh really, maybe I know him," the woman then says with glee in her voice as I just shake my head why is this woman trying to converse with me? Who does she think she is? "I highly doubt it," I then tell her.

"Try me," she says with an equal tone of glee in her voice. This bitch was really ticking me off with her perkiness. Couldn't she tell I wanted to be alone?

I sighed as I shut my eyes regretting going to tell her this. "It's Nick Jonas," I say as I can now feel my heart beating a mile a minute. The woman now chuckles and says "Ah yes, I remember him. Actually, he and I still talk a great deal," she says chuckling. "It's nice to finally meet you, Abigail Carter," she says, but how she knew my name was kind of odd to me as now it has become very clear to me that this chick is now a complete stalker. I turn around the best way that I can to now face the person... AND MY MOUTH LITERALLY DROPS to the floor I mean I was baffled. as this woman now says "Actually, we've been talking since June 20th of 2008, and we're best friends, so yeah." People I could not believe who I was face to face with. As I try to keep my composure I then say "I'm so sorry Miss Lovato, I didn't know it was you." I immediately regret all of the negative stuff my brain just told me. She laughs a little "Please Demi is perfectly fine," she tells me as I then ask her "You really know who I am?"

"Of course, I know who you are, I was the one who helped Nick come up with whole bachelor scene at your dorm room when he took you dancing, he tells me you guys had an experience together that evening," she explains to me as I am now blushing my cheeks bright pink. My what a night that was good and bad if I do say so myself.

"Anyways, do you want to give it a shot," she asks me with that wide smile she always has across her face. I nod as she then asks me "What song were you thinking of doing," as I place my crutches by a corner where they wouldn't fall over.

I thought about this moment for quite a while and finally got the courage to do the song that represented all of the situations that Nick and A.J. had put me through, oh and also Jasmine as I tell her to put on her song "Stone Cold" as she smiles that bright wide smile again as I am assuming she's honored that it would be her song out of any other.

As it plays in the background. And I hear the piano I am quickly reminiscing my 2nd best friend Ana and me fangirling over this woman's sick vocals especially at the end of the song. When the song gets to the very high note at the end I have to literally scream that part so that way I can get it, but as soon as I do Demi then stops it and looks at me with a concerning look on her face and asks "Hey, are you okay?"

My body is shaking as I am now balling my eyes out as I drop to the floor. Demi is now hugging me and trying to tell me to tell her what's going on in my head. "Okay, well," I start telling her about how what Nick told me about being Liv's replacement and how he was then screwing my best friend and also with the whole "baby inside of myself" situation. She then says "Wow, that's a lot to take in."

"No kidding, so what do I do," I asked her.

"I would say to give Nick the benefit of the doubt maybe there was a reason he said and did all of that stuff."

"Yeah to piss me the heck off," I say in annoyance.

Demi looks at me with concern and says "I don't think that would be the reason, SweetHeart."

"Oh, really," I say snorting at her, which I would never do to a favorite of mine. What about the fact that my best friends Ashley and Tae say he doesn't want to see me. Meanwhile, Joe is over here saying that he does and I'm confused what do I even say to him," I asked her.

"Just tell him how you feel," Demi tells me. Has she met her best friend? It's like talking to cement when it finishes being molded into a cinder block or part of the sidewalk. "With all due respect Demi, he's not the easiest person to talk to," I say toying with my hair. "I don't even know what he would say if he found out what I plan to do with the baby if it's not his." Quite frankly, I really didn't care who's it was at this point the damage was done and I was already taking the medication to abort it. There was nothing she nor anyone else can say to change my mind because it was happening.

"Wait, hold on a minute, you said Joe told you Nick wanted to see you," she asked me I guess just for clarification.

"Yes," I tell her.

"I say you hear Nick's out if this was his idea, try to see what he wanted to talk about, however, if it was Joe's idea and Nick doesn't know you're here I say you slap Joe in the face first and then if you give Nick and your best friend a chance, because you're a nice person then give them the time and opportunity to say what they need to say to get themselves out of this jam. Knowing Joe though he probably didn't tell Nick, so just go with the flow of things he probably just doing it as a concerned brother," she says again. Damn, Demi you sure do contradict yourself a lot. "Or my other advice is to just slap them both," she then says bursting out her laughing. I honestly love her laugh.

I chuckle a little as well as I then tell her "Thank You for listening to my madness and for being such a big inspiration to me." as I walk out of the studio and know exactly what I'm going to do as I head back to the airport hoping that someone is still there, because I have a great angry little person in me just wanting to get out.