Too Fast For Love

Chapter 5: "Starry Skies"

It was roughly about 10:30pm when the festival. All the bands had stayed behind just for tonight for the barbecue Michael was hosting. It actually turned out to be all the guys from Cinderella. A lot of other bands had shown up too today including Motörhead, Metallica, and Anthrax. I had absolutely no clue how big and important this festival was until I saw so many important, talented artists all here in this one spot.

"C'mon Kat, food is ready" Tommy yells, sticking in his head from outside the bus door. I was putting on a change of clothes to be a little more comfortable than what I was wearing earlier. I slipped on an old, oversized Exorcist shirt with the sleeves cute off, revealing my neon pink lace bra. I paired it with a pair of super ripped black jeans and some slip on vans.

Once I walked down the steps of the bus out the door, I saw the guys along sitting with the guys of Metallica talking amongst. However, I noticed Nikki was missing.

"Damn" I hear on the right side of me as I pass by. I turn with a confused look trying to match a face to the voice. I noticed it was Tom Keifer of Cinderella. I kinda just rolled my eyes and continued to walk.

"Can I get you something to drink" he added.

"Thanks, but I'm actually trying to find my boyfriend right now" I replied, hearing muffled laughs from the table he came from.

"Ouch" he replied as I walked away.

Once I got over to Mick and Vince, I questioned where Nikki went.

"I saw him and Tommy walk that way. God only knows what those idiots are getting into" Mick says.

"Thanks Mick" I reply as I walk over. I can faintly hear Tommy talking. I walk over to where there was a line of porta potties. As I turn around the very last one, I see Tommy and Nikki getting shot up by some blonde bimbo looking crackhead.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" I scream at the bitch as she put away the rest of the dope she didn't use.

"Damn Nikki, you didn't tell me your mother was here" she replied getting up from her knees, walking right past me. Nikki was too strung out to understand a word.

Right before I could even process anything in my head, I felt my fist hit her right on her nose.

"What the fuck is your problem?!" She yelled back. "I just got this fixed!" She finished, going to pull me down by my hair.

Before she could do any type of damage to me, I started throwing punches at her left and right, in the face, in her stomach.

By that time, both Nikki and Tommy realizes what was happening so Nikki had pulled me away from her while Tommy tried to restrain the hoe.

"Get fucking lost" Tommy said kind of nudging the girl off, while flipping all of us off at the same time.

I pulled myself away from Nikki's grip fixing up my already messy hair.

"B-babe are you okay" he asked hesitantly as if I was going to hit him too. I could never. By looking at his face, his eyes were bloodshot and his pupils were constricted. I've never seen him like this and it scared the shit out of me, but at the same time, I was really pissed. I knew exactly what he was doing.

"Yeah and I could ask the same fucking thing" I said sarcastically pointing down to his arm where it was slowly dripping a little bit of blood from the needle.

"We were just having fun" he replied looking at Tommy, trying to have him back him up.

"Uhh" Tommy started to say, scratching his head uncomfortably.

"Yeah cause risking the chance of overdose and death is just so fucking fun, isn't it Nikki" I said.

"You know what Kat, fuck you. You always are sucking the fun out of everything" he said getting up closer to my face. I could see the little ounce of hatred in his eyes. I knew this was the drugs talking, but it hurt. Hearing those words hurt me.

"You're such a fucking asshole, Nikki" I said backing up, starting to walk away. Before I could walk away, he grabbed my wrist.

"I don't need you to tell me what to do, Katrina. So just fuck off already" he said throwing down my hand. He knew how much I disliked hearing my full name. Hearing it in a mean tone reminded me of how fucked up my childhood was with my abusive, alcoholic father and stepmother.

I could feel my eyes starting to well up with tears. I turned away and walked off before he could see me cry.

"What the fuck, Nikki" Tommy said in the distance.

I couldn't believe that he grabbed me and said those awful things to me. That wasn't the same Nikki I remembered falling in love with. This was way beyond heartbreak for me. I then heard someone come running up behind me.

"Hey, are you okay?" the voice asked. It was Eddie Van Halen.

"Yeah...it's nothing" I said wiping my tears away and trying to pull myself together.

"You sure? I'm here to listen...and I won't judge one bit" he said rubbing my back.

We walked over the closest bench to sit down. I looked up at the sky and saw that it was full of stars. I forgot how beautiful the sky looks with any city lights ruining the view. You could practically see almost all of the constellations if you looked hard enough. It reminded me of the one night Nikki and I went up to the Hollywood sign, where he asked me to be his girlfriend. Fuck, how I wish things were still the same. He seemed more alive.

After talking to Eddie about just everything for about 30 minutes, I decided it was time for me to head back to the bus to go to bed. Once I got back to the bus, I realized Mick, Tommy, Vince and Nikki we're sitting outside the bus drinking and quietly talking. A lot of bands were going back into their buses to go to bed since it was starting to get pretty late. I decided to take advantage of the bigger bed in the back of the bus just for myself so I could escape from everything.

Nikki's POV
"Hey asshole, you do realize apologizing to Kat would be a smart thing to do before she changes her mind about you" Mick said in a stern, serious voice. I tried to ignore his and just mess around with my empty bottle of beer.

"He does have a point, Nikki" Vince added.

Fuck. I'm probably one of the biggest, dumbest assholes out there. How could Kat forgive me??

"I'm headed to bed. I'll see you guys tomorrow" I said getting up and going inside the bus. I slipped off my pants and shirt and put on a pair of boxers to sleep in. After I finished changing, I went to the back of the bus to where Kat was sleeping. A little red light lit up the right corner of the room, enough to see her face. I could see dried up, ran down mascara from her eyes from crying earlier.

I slid into bed on the other side of her and wrapped my arms around her waist as her back faced me.

"I know you probably hate me right now, but I just wanted to let you know I'm sorry. I don't know what got into me."

There was no answer.

"I love you, Kat. I hope you still know that."

Still nothing. What was the use of apologizing if she's just going to ignore me??

"C'mon Kat, please" I tried once more. Then I felt her grab onto me, pulling my arm closer to her. I took that as my answer.

Kat's POV
"C'mon Kat, please" I hear Nikki say. As hurt and mad he made me earlier, I couldn't keep up with this silent treatment. For all I know, he could of just up and left, giving up. I couldn't get the image of blood dripping down his arm from the needle full of heroin. I couldn't bare the thought of losing him.

I grabbed onto his arm, pulling him closer to me.

⛓ Authors Note ⛓
I know this chapter was a little kind of all over the place, but I hope you enjoyed it. Leave me some comments and votes letting me know whether you guys are enjoying it 🖤