Wild Side || N.S.

★ eighteen ★

     It's been almost a month since Nikki called me a desperate and pathetic girl who just wants to be loved. That also means it's been almost a month since I decided to stop touring with Crue. While they were sad about it, I reminded them I'd be with them on their next tour, which was two weeks away. 

I've been keeping myself busy. Working on new music, getting the bills paid, and practicing with the guys to make sure we sounded tight for the tour. This was our big shot and I'd be damned if we were gonna fuck it up. 

Slash has been over a few times. He seems to like my little apartment. We've been taking things at a decent speed, I guess. I mean, I don't really know what we are label wise, but we have a good time together and I can be myself around him. And we've fooled around a few times now, thankfully without being interrupted by Nikki. 

Speaking of him, I was watching the Late Show one night. Why? I don't remember and honestly I blame the wine. Vanity was on it, oddly enough. Granted she is a singer, I just never hear anything from her. She flashed a ring to the camera and claimed that Nikki and her were engaged. She even had the balls to say "Sorry Maria" to the camera with the most fake smile she could plaster on her drugged out face. It made me feel uneasy to be honest, and that pissed me off. 

Why was I letting them get to me like this? That's what they wanted!

I had spent the week cooped up in my apartment and had been avoiding everyone, literally everyone. Today however, I decided to clean myself up and go get some fresh air. Maybe hit up the record store or something. 

Once I was outside, I was starting to feel better. It was a beautiful day and that definitely boosted my mood. 

I was approaching the record store when I got nearly tackled by a dog. I couldn't help but laugh as it jumped up and wagged it's tail at me. "Hi there" I giggled, going to pet the dog. The owner who was an older woman however, wasn't having it. She yanked her little purse dog out of my reach and sneered down at me. As she walked away, I shot her the middle finger to the back of her head. 

"You can't ever seem to stay out of trouble, can you?" a familiar voice spoke and at that moment, I thought I was dreaming. 

I turned back around to see Nikki standing in front of me. I tried not to act surprised or flustered or anything really. "Apparently" I muttered, heading into the record store, not waiting on him. 

"Your conversational skills need some work babe" he called, following me into the record store, even after I shut the door in his face. 

"So I've been told" I replied with no emotion. I really didn't care for his company and was hoping he'd get the hint. But when he grabbed my wrist and turned me around to face him, I realized he wasn't leaving me alone any time soon. 

"What's up with you? Wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?" he asked, taking in my appearance as I did the same to him. I may have felt like shit but Nikki looked like shit. He looked paler, skinnier, and the bags under his eyes were prominent. 

I just shrugged and continued to look around the store for some records to grab. I had some leftover cash so why not? 

"Hey," Nikki gently grabbed me by my shoulder and leaned down, looking me dead in the eye. "seriously you're freaking me out Ria. What's wrong?" 

"Nothing's wrong. With me anyway." I answered. He gave me a funny look as I got out of his embrace. 

"Then why won't you even look at me?" he asked. I fought the urge to roll my eyes so hard. Did he seriously not remember how awful he treated me? 

"Maybe cause all those paparazzi are taking pictures of you. I'd hate for Vanity to get the wrong idea" my eyes nearly widened at my statement. Damn, that was petty and why did I let that slip out?!

I felt his eyes on me as I skimmed through Aerosmith's records. Then I heard him laugh, rather hard. 

"Oh yeah, she said we're engaged on television. What a moron," he laughed. "wait a minute... are you jealous?" I could see the smirk on his face and when I turned to face him, sure enough it was there. 

I stared at him as if he had grown three more heads. "You are so full of yourself" I shook my head as I grabbed the record I wanted and made my way past him. Nikki blocked my path and blocked me from the paparazzi that were lurking outside the store. 

I went to tell him to move out of the way but was caught off guard as he leaned down and pressed his lips against mine forcefully. As I tried to take a step back, he placed his hand behind my head, keeping me in place. I eventually gave in and kissed him back. We both pulled away and he rested his forehead against mine, I was feeling breathless and a little light headed. I hated the effect he had on me. 

"Is this all you're getting?" Nikki asked. 

"W-what?" I replied, shallowly. 

He chuckled lowly at this. "Is this all you're getting?" he said, lifting my hand that was holding the record. 

"Oh. Uhm, yeah." I admitted. He smiled, taking it from my hand and taking my hand in his, leading me to the cashier. 

"Whoa you're Nikki Sixx and Maria Ramos" the girl who had to be in high school said in astonishment. 

"And you're Brenda," Nikki pointed out, reading her name tag. She blushed and laughed at that. I smacked his chest with a smile and told him to be nice. He chuckled. "ahh there's my girl" he winked down at me. 

Nikki paid for my record and we both signed autographs for Brenda, to which she thanked us many times. We smiled and told her to have a good shift and headed out. The paparazzi gave us some space and Nikki took my hand in his once again, making me nearly blush. 

"What are you doing?" I asked. 

He just smiled down at me and answered me rather effortlessly. "Spending the day with my girl." 

What the hell was going on?

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A/N: It's been one whole week since I published this story and this is the 18th chapter, whoa.

I haven't been this passionate or motivated to write in a long time. I've had this story in mind for a few years now and I guess with all the hype about The Dirt coming out, I kinda just pushed myself to finally put it out there. And it already has like 600 reads so thank you very much. :)

Please feel free to let me know what your thoughts are so far on the book and if you could vote on the chapters, that would really mean a lot to me. I can't guarantee  any updates for the rest of the week because I have my final exams. But I should be back at it next week, if anyone cares lol.

Also, this story is #1 in Axl Rose stories? Lmao. And it's also #6 in Nikki Sixx stories which makes me very happy. Thanks again you guys and I hope you have a good day/night/week/month/life! <3