Hopeless Romantic

Should've Said No

2/14/11

Waking the next morning Miranda frowned as she sat up in an empty bed. A bed that had been empty when she arrived back in the hotel room and was still empty. Having offered no clue as to where Nick had went and Miranda herself had no clue as he hadn't texted her.

She knew he'd be back though because his things were still in the room. There was no way he'd leave for good without them but as she looked at his bags she couldn't help but get a bad feeling. Like that when he came back she wouldn't like where he had been.

Then again Miranda knew the rumors. That he had cheated on her before but she chose not to believe them since most came from the tabloids and they were known to lie.

That and Nick had been her first love. Her first everything and she stubbornly wanted to hold on even if it meant getting hurt by him.

Though she knew if he had cheated and she had it confirmed she'd leave him. She'd be done for good because she didn't do that. Had saw how her mom took it from her dad before he left for the secretary and she didn't want the same thing with her own love life.

Miranda refused to be anyone's doormat like she refused to be anyone's other woman. She just could never hurt another female. Not with how she saw her mom react to her dad.

She never wanted to put a woman through that.

Though a part of her was afraid that even with her convictions that she would wind up doing it one day. It was like her worst nightmare really and sometimes they came true.

Shaking her head to come out of her own thoughts Miranda slipped out of bed. Going to her suitcase to get a change of clothes and shower.

Hoping that when she got out of the shower that maybe Nick would be back and they could talk. They needed to sit down and talk.

Get past what happened last night if they could. If they weren't too far past being repaired or not.

She couldn't help but feel they might have been though again she was stubborn. Wanted to hold on to Nick for dear life even if it was an impossible dream.

*****

Coming out of the bathroom Miranda stopped in her tracks when she saw Nick sitting at the table in the hotel room. Not shocked that he was back but she was shocked how casually he was sitting there drinking a coffee. Not even looking guilty or sorry for having been gone all night.

"You won," Nick stated with a tiny smile as he turned to look at her and at least wherever he had been he knew that much.

That or he heard about it at some point this morning.

Miranda nodded her head as she stepped farther out of the bathroom. "I won twice," she added on as she went to put her pajamas in the bag with her dirty clothes. "You were gone when I came back last night," she retorted finally bringing up what she felt had been an elephant in the room.

"Where were you?" she asked as she turned to face him again after her dirty clothes were put away.

Nick visibly inhaled and the way he paused in answering her made Miranda nervous for his answer. An answer that didn't come as he just continued to sip away at his coffee. Acting like he expected her to just forget what she had asked him.

She wasn't that kind of person though.

"I asked where you were," Miranda spoke again as she stood up and walked closer to where Nick was at. "Can you please tell me?"

Nick looked away from her to avoid the look she was giving him. "You won't like it Miranda," he told her telling her all she needed to know really.