Time Waits For No One

Time Waits For No One - 10 (PART I)

Chapter 10;

(2001) - Nikole was at home laying on the couch watching a movie, with all of the curtains pulled so it was completely dark in the whole house she lay there watching one of her favourite scary movies, when there was a knock at the door, “ugh who could this be?” she moaned as she struggled to pull herself up from the couch and walk over to the door. She opened the door to a fedora hat hiding behind sunflowers. Giggling she opened the door wider and let him in. “Hi! best….friend….” he voice trailed off when he looked at Nikole, noticing her still petite figure with a huge stomach. Nikole smiled back at him then notice his facial expression drop…”Mikey what’s wrong angel face?” she asked taking the flowers from his hand as she waddled to the kitchen putting the flowers in a vase. “Are you married now?” He asked softly shutting the door behind him as he locked it walking behind her sitting at the bar stool. “No I’m not married…” she sighed glancing back at him. “Would you like something to eat or drink?” She asked Michael sighing. Michael shook his head and pryed into his bestfriend’s love life. “Is he your boyfriend? Does he know? He asked looking at her stomach, “Do you know what it is yet? When are you due?” Michael continued to ask question after question even before she could answer them all. “No he’s not my boyfriend, no he doesn’t know, I am due in february the doctor said, and it’s a boy” she said grabbing a glass and pouring milk into the glass drinking the milk as she rubbed her stomach. “I sing and read to him everyday! He’s very active in there would you like to feel him?” She offered as she took his hand walking to the couch with him. She waited for Michael to sit down then sat beside him taking his hand in hers she put his hand on stomach and waited. “Michael say something to him” she whispered. Michael looked at her stomach then looked up at her and nodded “uhm okay…Hello in there! it’s your…” Michael paused then looked up at Nikole, “What am I to him? his uncle? that sounds horrible…” he sighed then started to rub his hand along her stomach. “Just sing to him like you sing to me…” She whispered back to him as she closed her eyes, nodding Michael thought of a song to sing than began with a song he wrote his children, prince and paris… “You are the sun, you make me shine, or more like the stars…that twinkle at niiight, you are the moon, that glows in my heart…you’re my day time, my night time, my world…. you are my lifeeeee…” he sang as the baby in Nikole’s stomach pushed at the voice that sang to him. Michael smiled brightly looking at Nikole, “He’s so sweet! I can not wait to see him, I bet he will look just like you!” Michael encouraged hiding the hurt in his voice wishing it was his seed growing inside of the woman he loved so passionately. “Come to my house for christmas? I would love you to meet my children since I just met yours” Michael looked into her eyes pulling her closer to him. “Okay I would love to meet your children,” Nikole said softly wrapping her arms around her bestfriend as she layed against his chest, she closed her eyes and in no time she had fallen asleep in Michael’s arms.

Nikole called Janet once she woke up seeing the text message she recieved while she was sleeping. “He loves me? is that what he said?” Nikole asked back to Janet, Janet giggled when she answered the phone because those were the first words to come out of Nikole’s mouth. “Well he didn’t out right say ‘I love her’ but when I told him 1,2,3 he said to tell you 4,3,2… you guys have been so close since you were kids what is taking you guys so long to get together?” Janet questioned as she sat up in her bed. “I love him so much Jan but he always looked past me, I mean look Lisa Marie, Debbie… I was never Michael’s choice if anything I was his LAST choice…” Nikole sighed putting her phone on speaker as she walked to the mirror, applying her face creme to keep her youthful look she then pulled out her clothes for her morning jog. “He says daily how he misses you…” Janet said back to Nikole, “But I think I met someone…” Nikole said back to Janet sighing knowing how that would hurt the conversation and the topic. “Oh have you? Where did you meet him, have you been on any dates? how many dates? where did you guys go?” Janet asked playing with her hair. “DAMITA JO! sheesh you’re a nosey little thing aren’t you!” Nikole joked as she thought of all the answers to her questions. “I can’t really say I met someone, I mean its just this guy I met on MSN he’s really sweet, well he treats me very nicely and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a thing for me like I have for him, infact it would probably creep him out if he knew I called him ‘someone I met’” Nikole chuckled softly continuing her conversation with Janet. “Oh you met his on MSN? yeah because internet love lasts so long huh!” She teased then continued her questions, “What is his name? please tell me you at least got his name! and how long have you known this guy to be thinkin that you catchin feelin’s and what not?” Janet asked getting out of her bed, she walked into her bathroom getting her things ready for a shower. She had a photoshoot later in the day. “Well his name is uhm.. Michele,” Nikole replied with a french accent, “Michele oh you mean Michael in french?” Janet said back to her then grabbed her shower gels and robe taking them into the bathroom. “He didn’t say his name was Michael he said Michele, and I believe his name is Michele…” Nikole said back to her softly sighing. “Well Michele is the same as Michael just so know, now I have to take a shower I have a photoshoot later, want me to come by?” Janet asked walking back into the bedroom to hang up her phone and put it back on the charger until it was time to leave. “Uhm no its okay, maybe I’ll come surprise you on your set!” Nikole laughed softly. The two told each other they love each other and would see each other later then hung up the phone. Nikole got dressed in her spandex and went for her run. Janet turned on the shower, dropped her clothing to the tiled floor in her condo then stepped into the shower lathering her body with Dove Summer Care nourishing body conditioner. Once she was finished she washed her hair then got out of the shower wrapping her robe around her tone, slender body. Janet got dressed in her white button up and argyle sweater vest then grabbed her black slacks and high heels and finished getting dressed. Walking out to her car with her prada hand bag and iphone, someone approached her. “Hey! Can I stay inside your place?” The unexpected guest asked staring at Janet. The man’s clothes were tatored and torn and were brown, they looked like they were white once before. “Uhm I’m sorry but I can take you to a local shelter, they can feed you, clothe you and even bathe you…” she said with a smile on her face looking up at the man. The man took off his sunglasses and looked into her eyes. “oh my goodness Michael!!!” She cheered hoping out of the SUV and jumped up giving her older brother a hug, “Yes of course you can stay here, here is the keys, I have tons of your clothes in my spare room, there’s plenty of food and of course take a shower, you don’t stink but you look like you do!” she joked and kissed her brother giving him another hug. “And any info you need on Nikki is in my office” she said as she got back in the car and turned on the engine, “I have a photo shoot and lunch with Nikki I’ll be back afterwards okay?” She said back to her brother after rolling down the window letting him know of her daily plans. “Okay it’s fine when you come back can you take me to see mother and the kids please?” He advocated. Nodding her head yes Janet promised to take him to their mother’s home when she returned from the photo shoot.