A Nian Story

chapter 7

Hola folks so heres a new chapter hope you guys enjoy. Also hopefully you guys don't think I'm rushing anything that is actually the last thing I want do lolol. anyways HAPPY GREYS DAY HAHAHAHA

*IAN POV*

--- FLASHBACK TO AFTER FIGHT ---

Paul was going too far. I could tell he was drunk but what he said to me just made me mad. How could someone, who I consider to be my best friend, accuse me of thinking of my ex-girlfriend while I was making out with my wife. Looking back I realized I shouldn't have hit him but that was such a fucked up thing to say. Thank god he had the decency to only whisper it to me, just to imagine if Nina, let alone anyone else, heard what Paul said. I wouldn't be able to talk to Nina again, I would be too embarrassed to face her.

I was currently sitting on a couch while Kat was cleaning up the cut on my face. She kept trying to talk to me but I was lost in my thoughts. All of sudden I started to get very claustrophobic very fast and I knew that I had to get inside or else I would get a major panic attack and freak out. I stood up very fast and rushed out of there ignoring Kat and Julie's telling me to sit down.

I felt my chest start to contract as I tried to grasp for more air but none was coming in. I started getting these panic attacks after Nina and I broke up. The breakup was hard on me but I didn't want to admit this to anyone so I just blamed it on the stress and anxiety that comes from raising a daughter and running a foundation. I immediately felt some of the pressure lift off of me once I stepped outside but my head was stilling swirling until I heard someone call my name.

I immediately thought it was Kat or even Paul who had followed me outside and I shouted at them but then it clicked in my head that it was Nina who was saying my name. I immediately felt bad and realized that she must have split outside in the midst of the commotion. We sat on a step in the front of the house but out of the way so no one could see us from the window or if they were passing by on the street.

(conversation from previous chapter)

As I got in my car I realized that no one really had been able to calm me down from a panic attack as fast as Nina had, not even Nikki could calm me down by just saying my name. God Ian, I thought, you have to stop thinking about her, you are married, you have a child, you have got to stop talking to her. It's not good for you. That night I made a pact to myself that I wouldn't call, text, or talk to Nina. I need to focus on what matters, my family and not on an ex-girlfriend that I broke up with 7 years ago. It pained me that I had to do this, we had just started talking again but it was too hard and too complicated for us to be friends again.

--- ONE MONTH LATER ---

*IAN POV*

It has been a month since the disastrous reunion dinner and I haven't talked to Paul since I punched his face in front of the whole cast. He has reached out to me once or twice and so has Kat telling me to apologize but I can't get over what he said no matter if he was drunk or not.

It was a typical saturday afternoon in the middle of October and Bodhi and I were laying on the sofa reading a book. The sun was shining through the windows and the warm Californian breeze was blowing the windows as the smell of freshly baked cookies filled the house. It was the definition of perfect, the only thing that would make this better would be if Nikki was here but she had to work on a project for work and wouldn't be home till late that night. Even though I haven't talked to anyone else besides my daughter and wife and the occasional phone call to my parents my life is probably the most peaceful it has been in a while.

The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly. I fed Bodhi dinner, I had this salmon dish and she tried some but didn't like it so instead she had some eggs and fruit with some healthy chocolate pudding for dessert. As I was getting Bodhi ready for bed I heard a knock on the front door. It was 9:00 at night on a Thursday night, who could possibly be at my door? I looked out the front window and saw a police car with its lights on and I was confused and also nervous. I told Bodhi to go into her room and to not come out unless I came and got her. I then opened the front door to see two police officers standing on my front porch.

"Are you Ian Somerhalder?"

"Yes" I reply "If I may ask what are you doing at my house this late at night?"

"Your wife has been in an accident." I was stunned. I couldn't move. I internally started to panic but I tried my best to hold it together on the outside. "She is currently in surgery but if you could please follow us to the hospital, there are some papers regarding the accident that you have to fill out."

"Um ok wow I will get in my car in a second I just have to call a friend and make sure that my child is taken care of."

"We totally understand, take as long as you need." I quickly walked to the kitchen and grabbed my phone and that is where I really started to panic. Who was I going to call, I wasn't speaking to Paul, Nikki and my parents both live out of the state, Candice is pregnant and probably couldn't get her fast enough considering she lived an hour away. The only person I could think of at that moment was Nina. I dialed her number and she picked up on the third ring.

"Hey Nina, do you think you could meet me at the hospital. Nikki has been in a bad accident and I don't have anyone to watch Bodhi while I stay at the hospital with Nikki. I understand if you can't I know we haven't really talked that much since the reunion."

"No of course I'll be there in a few. Do you need me to bring you anything or to call anyone for you?"

"No I'll call Nikki's parents when I get to the hospital and know more and I haven't really talked to Paul or anyone else since the accident so I'm good. But thank you so much Nina, I wouldn't ask if it wasn't an absolute emergency." I hung up the phone and grabbed Bodhi a few spare clothes and some of her favorite toys and got in the car and headed over to the hospital.

When I pulled into the hospital parking lot I saw Nina and gave her Bodhi along with her spare clothes and then sprinted at the speed of light into the hospital. The nurse redirected me towards the right floor and room but what I saw when I got to that room broke my heart into a million pieces.