Classic ~ Nick Austin (COMPLETE)

18. The Card

I pulled away from his grip, leaning back against the seat closing my eyes for a second.
"I won't pull away." I whispered, opening my eyes again to see him smiling to himself as he stared straight in front of us.
"Good." He smiled softly before turning back to me.
"So... Do you want me to take you home?" He asked and I nodded slightly.
"Yeah, should go back to Sway." I answered as he started the car back up, driving towards Sway, his hand closest to me left the steering wheel and rested on my thigh. I rested my hand on top of his as I leaned my head back closing my eyes again, my lips still tingling from the feeling of his. After a few minutes I felt the car come to a stop, making my eyes open again.
"I would walk you to the door, but, uh... I don't think you want Josh knowing about whatever we are yet..." He started and I nodded.
"Yeah, you're right. But I'll see you tonight, right?" I asked in return.
"Of course, see you then." He smiled as I climbed out of the car, wandering back over and into Sway.

"OKAY WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Josh called out as he walked over to me, his emotion changing to confusion when he saw me, "Wait, what the fuck are you wearing?"
"Um... I don't know which one you want me to answer, so I'll just do the second one, I slept at Sway so some of the guys gave me some clothes to wear." I explained and he nodded slightly.
"Oh, okay. But anyway, why would you treat Zach like that? All he did was take care of you... and I invited him so now I look like the ass." He started and I shook my head.
"You don't look like an ass Joshy, he started a fight with Nick at the party last night and was going around calling me his girlfriend so I stood up for myself and my friend. Thank you for caring about me but he didn't, so I told him to leave." I explained.
"He said you left with Nick... So that was just because you were standing up for him..." He thought out loud and I nodded slightly.
"Yeah, exactly." I agreed.
"But he said that you two were together..." He faded out and my jaw dropped, deny, deny, deny, the thoughts echoed in my head.
"What? Me and Nick? No! Josh, trust me, I'm not seeing anyone for a while." I answered and he nodded.
"Good, I mean... I love the guys here but I've seen how they've treated girls in the past and... I don't want that for you." He explained and I nodded slightly.
"What do you mean, by girls in the past, like give me an example..." I requested, Josh thinking for a moment.
"Okay, so Nick and Amelie, they used to date, and they were so cute at the start but he started acting distant and they had so many fights and I think he ended up cheating or something... He never admitted it, but I don't know something happened there." He explained and I nodded slightly... Why do I know that name, Amelie... "But anyway... You're okay now?" He asked, giving me a big bear hug.
"Yeah, I'm okay." I replied as I pulled away from the hug and started walking up to my room, I opened my phone to see that I had been tagged in 20 video edits of me and Tommy. Woah, they don't know that we broke up, I thought as I set up my phone on my dresser and sat down on my floor to start a livestream, waiting for a decent amount of viewers to join.

"Um, so a lot of you were wondering what has been happening between me and Tommy." I started, "And I wanted to come on here and explain the whole situation. Usually people in my situation would just say something like 'it didn't work out' or 'we were in different places' or some bullshit, but I went through some stuff that most of you guys have or will go through and I want you to know that you are not alone." I took a deep breath before continuing, "When I moved to LA, Tommy decided that he would come with me, which was great, I mean we had been in a relationship for five years and we both have pretty strict parents so we hadn't had a night alone together at all. Um, on our first day, he said something weird like I 'owed him' or something. And on our first night he pressured me into sex. He continued to pressure me into sex for months, and when I started to become close friends with a particular boy in LA, he would get very mad. Aggressive. And he ended up becoming physically violent towards me. After the first time, I started getting nightmares every night and they still haven't gone away. But through all of this I stayed. For whatever reason. And all this time, he was seeing some other girl. About a week ago, I found out that he had gotten this other girl pregnant and he decided that I was to move out of the apartment. It was a shitty situation and he's honestly a dick, so please stop making edits of us and tagging me in them because it hurts so bad and I won't be able to grow and recover with this constant reminder of all of the shit he put me through. Thank you guys for understanding and I hope that if you have been through a similar experience, I can help you in any way."

I ended the live, walking over to my bed and collapsing on it but I couldn't sleep. I just laid there for hours, staring up at my ceiling. My head ranging from dead clear to full of thoughts. Until my alarm went of at 6:30, telling me to get ready for my gig. I rolled back off of my bed, getting dressed into a pair of black skinny jeans and a floral shirt, I did my hair and makeup before walking down the street to the bar. I instantly saw the five people at the table, Nick, Avani, Anthony, Dixie and Noah, giving them a small wave before walking up to the stage. For the first time, I was nervous to sing.

"Hi guys, my name is Ronnie Richards and I'm going to sing some songs." I smiled, into the mic, "This first one is an original... I hope you enjoy." I took a deep breath as I grabbed the guitar, starting to strum it. "When you hold me in the street and you kiss me on the dance floor, I wish that it could be like that. Why can't it be like that? 'Cause I'm yours. We keep behind closed doors, every time I see you, I die a little more. Stolen moments that we steal as the curtain falls, it'll never be enough. It's obvious you're meant for me, every piece of you, it just fits perfectly. Every second, every thought, I'm in so deep. But I'll never show it on my face..."

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I finished my set, walking down to the table, taking a seat next to Nick, him resting his hand on my thigh under the table. 
"I liked the song." He whispered in my ear, a small smile crawling onto my face.
"Thanks." I smiled back, resting my hand on top of his. The others had their own little conversations, so I continued talking to Nick. "Whose Amelie, like how do I know that name?"
"Amelie?" Nick asked, brow furrowed. "Uh, she came to see you play one night, the night I had to carry you home. Why?" 
"Oh, um, I just heard that you two used to date and that it ended badly..." I started but he cut me off.
"Who told you that it ended badly? Was it one of the Sway boys?" He asked, rolling his eyes.
"Well, yeah. So what happened then?" I asked in return.
"We were wanting different things out of the relationship, especially at the time, because I wasn't ready for a serious relationship." He explained and I nodded again.
"So... Did you, cheat?" I asked and he laughed slightly.
"No, of course not. All of the boys think that I did because Amelie and I were so close and then all of a sudden we weren't and apparently cheating is the only way that can happen." He started, taking a moment to think, "I hated that, that they thought I was the kind of guy that would cheat on someone that I care about so much."

I wanted to kiss him so bad, he looked so sad but also so sweet. His blue eyes glancing up at mine, flicking to my lips. He started to lean over, but I pulled my head back.
"We can't not here, it's too soon and we don't know whose watching. Josh can't know yet." I whispered and he nodded slightly.
"Okay, I understand." He whispered back as there was a tap on my shoulder, I glanced over to see Tyler, one of the bartenders standing by me.
"What's up Ty?" I asked as he handed me a card.
"Uh, some dude left me a card to pass on to you." He answered before leaving back to the bar. I glanced down at the card, reading the words printed on it...

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Modest! Management
Las Angeles

Jason Springer - Manager
*Phone Number*
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