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18 | Against The Fucking Rules

Melissa's POV:
"Hello Tommy?" I answer my phone. "I wasn't supposed to tell you but your brother is at the hospital for his back. He didn't want you worrying because of the Skylar thing and taking care of Hunter on your own." Tommy says on the other side. "Thank you, Tommy. I'm sorry about you and Heather." I say leaning against the wall. "Yeah, it's my fault though. I just fuck up sometimes... Like someone I know." I knew he was talking about Nikki. "She's the one that got away Tommy, but I'm sure there's another girl out there again." I smile even though he can't see me. "I gotta go, bye Tommy." I hang up the phone then call one of my girlfriends to come watch Hunter so I can go see my brother.

"Thank you for coming over fast Madison on such a short notice. I would take Hunter with me but I want to go back to the bar to check on Vince too." I tell her while I grab my bag and keys. "It's not a problem Mel, I wasn't doing anything anyways. Plus I love seeing little Hunter." She picks him up. "Thank you again. Mama will be back, baby." I give Hunter a kiss then rush out.

"What are you doing here Mel? I told the fucking drummer not to tell you." Mick looks at me in the bed as I walk into the room. "Are you kidding me! You're my older brother Mick! I need to know these things!" I sit at the foot of the bed. "I didn't want you worrying about me especially after Skylar passing away recently." Mick grabs my hand. "You're my family by blood Mick, you're all I have other than Hunter." I hold his hand tight. "I'm sorry Mel." Mick apologizes. "No, I'm sorry for not being around recently. I just didn't want to be around Nikki..." I stand up from the bed.

"I understand and it's fine but he's still your husband. Plus you were busy with other things and your own son." He looks away from me. "Nikki, he's trying to fix things. He got the rights to our music again and now he wants to fix the band. Mel, You should answer one of his calls." I shake my head at my brother. "No, Mick. I don't know if I can do it with him anymore... Every Time we make up something else happens." I run my hand through my hair. "He's on his way with Tommy to pick me up." Mick says, making me grab my purse off the bed. "I gotta go, love you Mick." I rush out of his room going to check up on Vince.

I get to the bar and see Vince in his usual spot. "Vinnie..." I say sitting next to him resting my head on his shoulder. "Get her one too, please." Vince tells the bartender who nods his head making me a glass. "Thank you." He hands me the glass and I take a drink of it putting my head back on Vince.

"Again Mel, Thank you for caring about me." He rests his head on mine as I wrap my arms around his arm resting on the counter. "Of course, man." I kiss his shoulder and we just stay like this staring into space.

Nikki's POV:
"Filthy bastards." Mick is rolled out of the hospital as he sees us, me and Tommy walk towards him. Why can't Mel be with him... "How's that new hip, dude? Feel like The Terminator now or some shit?" Tommy jokes with Mick. "Touch the chair and I'll terminate you, drummer." Mick tells Tommy who backs away. "Ready for this, Mick?" I ask him.

Mick thanks the nurse and we step in to help him up but he didn't want us to help. "Stop looking at me like that. Let's go get our fucking singer back already." Mick says, making me smile as we walk to my car. "Aye-aye, captain." Tommy hits his back. "Goddammit." Mick groans, making me pat his shoulder.

"Do we even know where Vince is?" Tommy asks as we drive off from the hospital. "Probably at the bar Mel always calls me from when she's not home while we were all working." Mick says from the backseat. "Speaking up Mel, did she ever show up at the hospital? Also sorry for telling her." Tommy asks then apologizes. "Yeah, she left right before you guys came. Sorta told her you were coming Nikki and she rushed out." I nod my head feeling fucking terrible. "I know my sister Nikki, she'll forgive you if she really loves you. And I know she does dude. If she didn't she wouldn't have married you or wanted to have a child with you." Mick says, making me gain some hope back.

As we pulled up to the bar Mick told us to go to we spot Vince's and Melissa's car parked outside next to each other. "Thank god she's here too." I say parking the car a few spots away from theirs. "Two birds with one stone." Mick pats my back as we make our way inside.

Melissa's POV:
While me and Vince were still looking off into space, we heard footsteps approaching us so we looked at the bartender. "Hey Vince." He uses his eyes to point at people. Vince looks over my head and I hear Tommy speak. Fuck here too... I pick my head up as they surround us. "Just want to talk, Vinnie. That's it." I look over at Nikki on the other side of Vince. Vince doesn't say anything but picks up his glass.

"Come on, Vinnie." I rub his arm knowing that Nikki really wanted to fix the band. Hell Mick was right about it, he was going out of his way to do so but I still wanted nothing to do with him at the moment. I only said it because Vince needs to get better. "Let's talk." Mick puts his hand on Vince's shoulder. Vince nods his head and we both stand up. "I'm going to head home." I tell Vince but Mick stops me. "You're staying." He leads me to a table with them.

We all sit at a table and I sit next to Vince close to Nikki too since Mick took the other side of Vince. Nikki finally decided to speak up. "I was scared. After what happened with Razzle, I was scared that I was losing the only thing that ever mattered to me." Vince shakes his head. "Yeah, your band." Vince says. "No, No, this. This." He made a circle pointing at everyone, even me. "Look, we went to war together. Shit changes, people change, but I don't fucking care if Mötley Crüe never plays another note. All I want is my fucking brother back. Because this is the only family that I've ever known." Nikki looks at Vince then looks me in the eyes.

I notice Vince start to tear up trying to hold it back so I quickly lay my head on his right shoulder. "We love you, Vin. Okay, fuck, I love you. " Tommy speaks. I see Nikki look at Vince before speaking. "And I am sorry about Skylar, man." Vince's starts to break down and even I do too. I sit up to wipe my eyes as Vince turns to me a little sobbing. "It's against the laws, man. It's against the fucking rules of the universe." Vince cries more making Mick hold him and I get up leaving the table fast rushing outside the bar.