They arrived at the hotel and she dutifully followed at a safe distance behind Nick. He was so angry and she knew from experience when he was really pissed off to just leave him alone to calm himself down. She messed up and she couldn�t deny it. This time it wasn�t Nick who caused a problem. Nick was the responsible one. She was the one who screwed up. And she knew Nick, he was going to make her apologize big time.
Her first thought was to pull out another of the sexy costumes she bought but she decided against it. Not everything could be fixed with sex. She royally messed up and she had to deal with the consequences. Those consequences being Nick�s distant and bad attitude.
They stumbled through the door of their hotel and Nick immediately went to the bed and collapsed,
�Nick, I-�
�Forget it. I don�t want to talk. I want to sleep. I�m tried as hell.� At least he didn�t curse or yell at her. Maybe that was a sign that they were finished with the yelling part and they had moved on to the discussing part. Then again, he was probably just tired. Nick loved to hold grudges and make people suffer when they messed up. He didn�t make them squirm for weeks or anything like that; maybe just a few days. For her, she usually got the better of his hormones and sooner rather than later he forgave her; followed by really great makeup sex.
She stripped out of her clothes, down to her underwear and decided to lie down on he couch. She flipped the TV on but made sure to keep the volume as low as possible. She had really messed up; she couldn�t believe she could be so stupid. However, that girl and her phone calls really got to her.
She didn�t have any intentions of staying away so long but she hated someone she didn�t know calling her like that. She got up and grabbed her phone. She knew she shouldn�t but she sat down and listened to the messages,
�You�re just a bitch that doesn�t know when to give up.� She frowned,
�You�re not even cute. I don�t know why Nick would have anything to do with you. You�re probably blackmailing him and he cant leave you.� The imagination of this girl was unbelievable. It probably never crossed her mind Nick was with her because he loved her,
�You�re not even cute. She was a bitch too but at least Willa was better looking than you.� She had seen pictures of Nick�s old girlfriend. She wasn�t an ugly girl but it was very obvious that if it weren�t for stage makeup she would look a little less than average.
�And you have fake boobs too.� Message after message was a different topic to rip her. She listened to them all, only a couple were from Nick asking her whereabouts.
Being with Andrew made her feel so much better. She no longer had to concentrate on all the negative that was starting to surround her. She spent her time thinking about the fun times she had with him, Chris and their high school friends. When she and Andrew exchanged phone numbers she had to turn her phone on briefly. At one point she did talk about the jealousy she had to endure when he asked her why she had her phone off.
�What's the purpose of having a cell phone if you�re going to have it on?� She told him recently someone had gotten her number and was giving her a hard time. He told her to change it and eventually she would but she hoped after a while the guilty party would get bored and find something else to do.
Before she knew it, time had passed by, she had agreed to hang out with Andrew even later and she had forgotten all about Nick and the tour. It wasn�t until almost the last moment did she remember she had to meet back up with the tour because they weren�t going to spend the night and leave in the morning. They were leaving that night from the venue.
She had decided she was going to tell Nick about the phone calls and even let him hear a few. Especially after she saw how mad he was for her disappearing act. She was going to tell him, he was going to understand her frame of mind, and why she acted the way she did. Then, his awful admission of his father�s abuse and his mother missing and the phone calls just weren�t that important. How could she mention being upset by a jealous who wanted to be in her place when he had real problems? She couldn�t and she wasn�t going to mention. She just needed to deal with it; it wasn�t that big of a deal.
She and Nick had been up for a few hours and there hadn�t been a word uttered between them. She didn�t say anything because his silence was better than what he was doing the night before with all the yelling. He wasn�t speaking because he was probably still mad.
She was dressed in a tank top and a pair of khaki shorts,
�I�m going to go and see Candace. She wants to talk to me about the dress.� He didn�t say anything but she could tell he heard her. She walked down the hall and even though she knew she shouldn�t stress herself about the situation she couldn�t help but worry and wonder how to make things better.
She knocked on Candace�s door and waited patiently. When Candace opened the door she smiled at Shayna,
�Hey, how are you?� She stepped aside and allowed Shayna to enter,
�Pretty good.� Candace walked over to her bed and grabbed a few jewelry boxes,
�I had a few hours yesterday and bought a few pieces for you to wear to the premiere.� She opened up the boxes and it was the most beautiful turquoise jewelry.
�Oh Candace, this is nice.� There was a multi-bangle bracelet in one box, a ring in another and a pair of earrings in the last box she opened.
�It will go great with a dress I found online at a store in Toronto. We get there on the 7th, I�ll pick it up, make sure it fits you and you�ll be ready for the premiere with a week to spare.� Shayna�s mood was picking up with every detail,
�Oh, what about the shoes?� Candace waved her hand,
�We have a week after we get the dress to worry about that and the other small details.� She picked up her laptop and showed the screen to Shayna,
�This is the dress.� Shayna beamed instantly,
�Its perfect. Thanks Candace. I really need a little pick me up. Its been a rough couple of days.� She stood up,
�I�m still tired, I think I�ll go back and try to get some rest.� Candace followed her to the door and closed it after she left the room and headed back to Nick.
When she walked in the room she saw Nick sitting on the edge of bed flipping through the channels. He looked over at her and she became nervous.
�Come here.� There was a little hesitation on her part and he nodded his head. She didn�t know if she should be nervous or optimistic about his seemingly calm manner.
�I don�t want to fight with you. One, its not important; my mom, dad, and my family is what's important right now not that you were gone. Its no need to argue over it. Its done and over with now. Two, because of what's going on with my mom I don�t want to spend time arguing with someone I love. Come here.� She stood in front of him and he grabbed her hand,
�And I love you. I just want to concentrate on my family. Not some stupid shit. So just promise me we won�t deal with the stupid shit.� She nodded,
�We won�t and I know your mom is going to be ok Nick.� It was hard for her too. She loved Jane. If it weren�t for Jane, she and Nick wouldn�t be together right now. He leaned his head on her stomach and she stood there holding his head and running her hand through his hair as he wrapped his arms tight around her waist.
