Another long night and once again I was alone. I don�t even know where Cory or Steven was. I remember Steven disappearing during the party, that�s what Cory said, and once I started drinking quickly she pulled me out of the party and put me in the limo. I wasn�t drunk because I knew how many drinks I had but I was on my way until Cory stopped my fun. It wasn�t so much that I had too much as that I drank them too fast. My mind went back to Nick and Colleen and I was upset that he wanted her over me. I walked through my apartment and found my cell phone,
�Hello?� I didn't know what I was going to say to him. I can�t even believe he answered the phone.
�Hi, its Brehan.� I know he was probably shocked to hear from me, I was shocked I was calling. It was like my fingers had a mind of their own. I just picked up the phone and punched three; that was his number on my cell phone. I don�t know when I did that; by the way three is my favorite number. I can�t even imagine what that meant.
�Hey.� Hey, that was all he was going to give me. I can�t say I blame him, I don�t know what to say myself. I looked over at the chair and saw his bag,
�I have that gift bag. Why don�t you come over and get it?� I�m desperate, for some reason desperate for him to come over and talk to me. Pay attention to me like he does with everyone else,
�I can send someone over later, it�s late and I have to get up early in the morning.� I didn�t want to hear that, I don�t want to hear no. That was just something that I didn�t hear and I wasn�t going to hear it from a kid,
�Nick, just come over ok? I need to talk to you.� He sighed,
�Can�t you talk to me on the phone?� Why was he making this hard?
�If I could I would, just trust me ok? And before you ask, no it can�t wait.� If I have to fudge it a little I will,
�Something you said earlier about Steven�I just want to talk to you.� He continued to fight and I poured it on thicker and thicker until he gave in,
�Alright but I can�t stay too long. I have to be at the airport early.�
There was a knock on the door and I opened it to see Nick standing there with a pair of jeans and a T-shirt on. It was a little disappointing to say the least. The distinguished man was gone and the big kid was back in full effect down to the gleaming white sneakers. I didn�t expect him to still be in the suit but I was shocked at how different he looked out of it.
�Come in.� He nodded and walked past me, standing in the middle of the room waiting for my invitation for him to take a seat,
�Sit.� He sat on the couch and I sat down, feet tucked underneath me, right next to him. He looked at me waiting for some kind of indication on why he was in my house in the middle of the night,
�So look. I just want to say I�m sorry about all the Steven stuff I said. I had no right.� I was stunned into silence, not expecting to hear that from him as he continued,
�It wasn�t my place to judge you and him. I�ve had people do that to me and I hated it. I�m sure he�s not so bad.� What had come over Nick in the past few hours? Before, it was if he couldn�t stand Steven,
�What did you want to talk to me about?� I shook my head and took a deep breath,
�Steven, he�s not that bad. I just wanted to let you know that. I don�t want you to hate him. He�s not a bad guy. A lot of stuff is my fault; sometimes I push and push because I know it will get to him. I can be somewhat demanding, if you haven�t noticed.� He nodded and smiled,
�Yeah, I guess you can be�just a little.� I smiled and rolled my eyes,
�Yeah, yeah�smartass. But really, Steven is a sweet guy. He�s always been there for me. Ever since I was sixteen.� He licked his lips it was the cutest thing. I loved when he did that; he looked like a little kid. He nodded and suddenly some of the things he said popped back into my head,
�What have I told you about my relationship with Steven? I know I told you about last week with the girls.� I looked down at my fingers,
�What else have I told you?� He shook his head,
�Not much, just that I think he called you a bitch one time and you thought he was hitting on some girl at the Playboy mansion.� I sighed,
�Wow, I tell you a lot huh?� He raised his eyebrows and nodded his head,
�Kind of.� I could tell he wanted to say more but he stopped,
�Go ahead. Whatever you were going to say, go ahead and say it.� I waited as he tried to get the words right. It�s not easy telling someone something they didn't want to hear. I know that was what was about to happen. He shook his head,
�I just don�t know how sweet he could be if he makes you do stuff like that.� I knew he was talking about the incident with the two girls,
�Nick, its hard to explain-� He shook his head,
�No, it�s not hard to explain. You don�t share your girlfriend with other people. Its sick and for him to make you do that, to make you sleep with other girls, shows how much he doesn�t love you.� He was making me angry. He just sat there and said he shouldn�t judge what he didn't know and here he was putting down my boyfriend and my relationship,
�Nick, you don�t know what you're talking about. Just let it go.� He seemed to get angrier,
�No, I won�t. And you're calling him sweet like he brought home flowers. He brought home two women and made you sleep so he could get off on some fake lesbian-� I stood up over him,
�He didn't make me. I did it on my own and it wasn't the first time. I�m not some fake lesbian; I�ve slept with plenty of girls Nick. I�ve been sleeping with girls since I was a teenager. That day with Steven and the two girls, I enjoyed myself�a lot.� I could tell I shocked him into silence,
�There is a lot about me that you don�t know Nick. And one is that I like girls.� He was surprised to say the least and sat there,
�What? Nothing to say?� He shook his head and licked his lips once again. I sighed and sat down beside him deciding against being a bitch to him about this,
�Nick, my life is complicated. Steven isn�t perfect and neither am I. I mess up just as much as he does. I push his buttons sometimes; I would rather him be mad and scream at me than ignore me because he�s so busy.� I placed my hand on his thigh and stared at my perfectly manicured fingers,
�It�s not an easy relationship but its mine and I love him. It�s just a rough period right now. Don�t hate him because of anything I said while I was upset.� I wrapped my arm around his shoulder and kissed him on the cheek,
�Come on, come lay down with me and listen to some music.� He shook his head,
�No, I can�t. I have to take Colleen to the airport in the morning.� Colleen, there she goes again impeding upon my time. I wanted him to choose me over her. I pulled his arm,
�Come on Nick. We won�t fall asleep. What time do you have to take her to the airport?� There he was with the lip licking again, I just wanted to pinch his cheeks; he was too cute,
�We�re leaving for the airport at seven.� I rolled my eyes at him,
�You have like five hours. A few minutes is not going to kill you.� He sighed and allowed me to pull him up off the couch,
�Alright.� I smiled at my victory. I was number one, like I�m supposed to be in any man�s life.
Chapter 51
Stranger Than Fiction
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