| Part V |
| She glared at Nick."You bastard!" "What'd I do?"He grinned. She got off of him and rounded up her strewn clothing. She dressed silently; occasionally glaring at him. "Come on Di. You know you had a good time." He grabbed the small blue velvet box now laying on the couch and opened it up."Nice,"he admired the jewel still setting in the box. He closed it as she came toward him."You know, you two really would have made a great couple." "Save it Nick!"She snapped as she snatched the box from his grip. "I assume you'll be staying with me tonight,"he quipped as he found his clothes. "Only in your dreams Nick. Only in your dreams." "You know you always are Di." "Ugh!"She groaned."I pray to God that somebody takes and fucks with you the same way you've done with me so you know how bad it hurts. And I pray that they do it when you find the woman you can't live without. Now Goodbye!" He grabbed her arm."Where do you think you're going?" "Back to the hotel. Now let me go." She jerked her arm away from him. "You mean you're not gonna try to fix things with Howie?" "And what's to fix exactly Nick? It was pretty self explanatory what happened in here. This ring could have been on my finger if...if....if." She stopped. She knew why. She screwed up. "Nick!"Brian stuck his head inside the door."We need you onstage now." "Okay. I'll be there in a few,"Nick responded. "Now Nick." "No. You'll be leaving now because I am,"she said pushing passed Brian. "What was that all about?"Brian inquired quizzically." "Nothing,"Nick said. "Nothing my ass Nick. What happened?" Nick just grinned. Seeing the state of disarray Dianna was in and the look on Nick's face told him all he needed to know."God Nick. Would you just leave her alone?" "I can now." |
| "Why now?" "Howie walked in on us." Howie. Enough said."And you're not the least bit sorry about it are you?" "Nope,"he shrugged. "I don't get it Nick." "She's just so easy Bri. I led her to believe Howie didn't love her anymore. I made it so she wanted me." "So you manipulated her back into your lap?" "For fifteen, twenty minutes I did,"Nick stated; proud of his accomplishment. "Was it worth the effort to break them up?" " I think it was." "That's smooth Nick. You couldn't have her any other way anymore so you decided to use her like you do every other woman in the world. She stood by you a lot longer than any other woman ever has Nick. She may have loved ya but she was never IN LOVE with you like she was with Howie." He cringed with those words."That's not true. She told me she loved me." " In the heat of passion, maybe. Nick you can't have her just because you need somebody to look good on your arm. You of all people should know how it feels to be displayed for your looks." He struck a nerve. Nick thought he was gonna win this one. "Now are you gonna tell him or do I have to?" "What good would it do Brian? She was straddling my lap when he came in the room. Do you really think he's gonna believe anything I have to say? I'll be surprised if we can make it through the show without him attempting to kill me." Brian conceeded. He knew the kid was right. They approached the stage and for a man that had just had his heart broken, Howie remained rather calm. "So we gonna get this show on the road cuz I've got a couple of real beauties I've gotta get back to,"Nick smirked. "I'm with Nick. Let's get this overwith. Wouldn't want those sweet lil angels to fly away now would we?"Howie calmly returned. "You're taking this rather well D,"AJ commented quietly toward him. "He wants to push my buttons and I'm not gonna give him the benefit." "You do know Dianna is staying with me tonight right?" Nick attempted to ignite a fuse. |
| "That's nice Nick. I really hope you two are happy together." He obviously wasnt' trying hard enough."Which means she will be sharing my bed." "Good for you. Shall we get started?" He turned to the others. He could downplay Nick's taunting all he wanted but it was killing him inside. How could she be the same woman that laid next to him last night and talked about their future together? How beautiful their children would look, how their parents would spoil each and every one of their children, where they would live, how they would grow old together. All those dreams gone because she couldn't control herself. Dianna flung yet another article of clothing into her suitcase. Damn Nick! Why'd he have to fuck with her now? Because he just hated to see her happy is why. Bastard! Another piece flew in. But she knew she wasn't without fault here. She could have stopped him but she let herself be lured back in instead of ignoring her common sense and fending him off. She did love Howie. God did she love him! But she only had herself to thank for this mess. She picked up the small velvet box and opened it for the umpteenth time. She looked at the sparkling jewel and remembered how his eyes used to be as bright as that. She's the one responsible for that lost lustre. God! how she'd give anything to be the one to bring it back but she knew it would never be. She flung the box angrily across the room and grabbed another article of clothing. She looked at the garment she held in her grip. She held the silk gown up remembering the way it rendered him speechless as he sauntered out of the bathroom the evening before wearing nothing but a pristine white hotel towel wrapped around his waist. She sat down on the bed still holding the gown. She buried her head in the cloth as the tears returned. She cried until her eyes burned. She dragged herself to the bathroom; splashing the cool water over her bloodshot eyes. After numerous attempts of the cooling remedy, she decided she was presentable. She didn't want him to see she was this weak. |
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