| Chapter Nine |
| Nikki: I got yet another call from Whitney and Teresa in hysterics, but this time it wasn't good news. "What do you mean you have to end it?!?" I was shocked at what I had heard. "Just that. We don't have a choice." Teresa replied in a sad monotonous tone. "When...How?.." I stammered. "Well we have to do it ASAP...so I'm coming to the hotel to talk to Abs today." Whitney said in the same sad tone that Teresa had used. "Yeah and Scott already promised to visit me today" Teresa said, choking on her words. This was awful, my friends were heartbroken. And by seeing the way the guys looked at them, I knew they would be heartbroken too. Abs: As I opened the door for Whitney I said " Allo Sunshine, J's gone so-" I stopped. Whitney looked really upset. "What's wrong sunshine?" "Everything" she said and she came and sat down on my bed. "Okay...anything I can do?" I asked, trying to help. "Just sit and listen." I sat down and got ready to listen. What was going on? "We can't date anymore. Teresa and I found out we can't date clients. Our boss said we had to end it ASAP or we'd be fired." We sat in silence. I was letting reality sink in. "Are you sure? There's no way to get around it?" "I'm sure" she said, her face streaked with tears. "Oh sunshine please don't cry, I don't want to see you cry" I said and I put my arm around her. "It's going to be okay" "How?" she asked, looking into my eyes. "It just will be" I wasn't so sure myself. Scott: I couldn't wait to get to Teresa's. I had bought some lilies for her, I knew she liked them. When I got to her apartment she looked upset, I handed her the flowers hoping they would cheer her up. She started crying. Not the reaction I had expected, maybe I should've been cliche and gone for red roses, she liked those too. "What's the matter?" I asked worriedly. "Come on in. Sit down" she said through her tears. I didn't like the sound of this. Teresa: "Thank you so much for the lilies. I can't believe you remembered that I liked them. You're so sweet" this made the tears flow a bit harder. "Why are you crying? I can't stand to see you cry" Scott looked upset already. I couldn't believe what I had to do. "Scott, this has to end." "What has to end?" he looked sort of scared, like he didn't want the answer. "We have to end. I'm so sorry" "But Teresa, why?" "Whitney and I found out that we're not allowed to date clients." "That's it? because of your job?" "Yes, we'll be fired if we continue dating. Then me and Whit would never have enough money to move to England with Nikki" I joked trying to lighten the mood, well my mood really. "Wait, you're going to move to England with Nikki?" Scott said quickly. "Well, Whitney and I always joked about it, but really if we had the money, the job, and all that stuff we'd just up and move. Why? What does that matter?" "Teresa, do you trust me?" Scott asked out of the blue. "Well, of course, why?" I was thrown offguard by his question. "I still need to work out a few loose ends, but what if I told you we could keep dating and I could guarantee you'd be able to keep a record company job?" he said this all very quickly. "I'd say you were mad" What was he getting at? "We can keep dating and you can keep a job, but it all depends on if you trust me." I thought about it. "I trust you" I said simply. "Great, I've got to go talk to Abs and figure this all out okay?" "Okay" I said still unclear on what was happening. "Bye" Scott said and he walked toward the door. "Oh wait" he turned back around and gave me a great goodbye kiss. I sure hope whatever plan he has works. |
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