Nicki sat there waiting for the
doctors to come out and give her information on how Lauren was doing. She had
been sitting there for almost two hours with no update on Lauren's condition,
and was becoming more and more worried by the minute. Nicki's phone rung and
she quickly answered.
"Hello?" Nicki said with
her voice cracking because she had been crying.
"Hey, im sorry I missed ya call
I was....you know" Candi said giggling, having no idea what was going on.
"No I don't know, but
what I do know is that Lauren's in the hospital" Nicki said frustrated.
"WHAT????? What the hell
for"
"She tried to kill herself
Candi" Nicki said as she felt the tears forming in her eyes all over
again.
"Oh my god, where are you, are
you at the hospital"???
"Yes"
"Im on my way ok, ill be there
in 5 minutes" Candi said as she hurriedly put her shoes and
clothes on.
"Alright" Nicki hung up
the phone and placed her head in her hands and tried to control her breathing.
She was becoming overwhelmed by everything that was going on, and was
beginning to stress herself out. She wished Safaree was with her but she had no
idea what was going through his head right now. She looked at her phone and
stared at her screen that was of him and her with cake smeared on their faces.
She gave a weak smile as she remembered that day SB wanted to make a cake, and
the whole process turned in to a war. She dialed his number and slowly placed
the phone to her ear. She sighed as it went straight to voicemail, but decided
to leave a message:
"Faree it's me. I need you. I
need you to talk to me and I need to make sure your alright. Im scared and
worried about everything that's going on. Especially us." Nicki's word got
caught in her throat as she tried to refrain from breaking down and crying.
"Just please call me back and let me know that your alright. I love you
baby and im sorry" and with that she hung up and let the tears slowly fall
down her face.
Candi walked into the hospital
and immediately saw Nicki holding her face, with her elbows propped up on her
knees. She ran over to Nicki and sat down.
"Nicki?" Candi said. Nicki
looked up at Candi with tears in her eyes.
"Nicki what happened? Talk to
me?" Candi said.
"I don't know what the hell
happened! I was on the phone with her one minute the next minute I'm at her
house watching them put her on a stretcher. Everything is falling apart"
"Nicki calm down, why is Lauren
in the hospital what happened."
Nicki explained to Candi how Lauren
called to talk to SB, but then began talking about pills. She also told her
about SB being the father of the baby Lauren aborted, and SB finding out. As
Nicki continued, Candi began to cry.
"Oh my god, I should have just
answered my phone when you called me" Candi said.
"All that matters right now is
that Lauren is alright, but where are the fucking doctors in this hospital no
one has come to talk to me yet!" Nicki said, getting upset. Nicki walked
to the reception desk to ask what was going on.
"Hi, uhm can you tell me the
status of a patient by the name of Lauren Lovelace" Just as the
receptionist was about to speak, the double doors to the emergency room opened
and a tall white male walked out.
"Is there a man by the name of
Safaree in here" The doctor asked.
Nicki and Candi looked at each
other with a puzzled look on their faces.
"Safaree isn't here sir, are
you Lauren's doctor??" Nicki asked.
"Yes, and she's very upset and
is screaming for her boyfriend Safaree" Nicki;s eyes widened.
"WAIT! Whoa, Boyfriend??? No
you must be mistaken. Safaree isn't laurens boyfriend." She said.
"Nic calm down" Candi
said, she could see Nicki getting upset and she didn't want things to go any
more wrong than they already were.
"Why is she asking for
him??" Nicki asked confused.
"Ma'am im not sure why she's
asking for him, but after we were done treating her, she woke up screaming and
yelling for someone to get her boyfriend Safaree, I thought she was talking
about a jungle or something, but apparently it's a name."
Nicki placed her hand on her
forehead, and took a deep breath. She didn't know what the hell was going on,
but she wanted to find out. QUICK.
"uhh are we allowed to see
her" Candi asked.
"Actually, you are but she
requested that no one be allowed back there except her boyfriend"
"THATS NOT HER
BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nicki yelled.
"Im sorry ma'am but can you
lower your voice???" The doctor asked.
"Nicki calm down please"
Candi said to her.
"Im leaving, if she doesn't
want anybody back there to check on her and makes sure she's alright, then its
fine by me. I don't have to fucking be here any longer." Nicki grabbed her
pocketbook off of the chair and stormed out of the hospital doors.
"Thank you sir" Candi
said, and she turned to follow Nicki out the hospital.
Candi walked outside to see Nicki
standing off to the side with her arms folded. She walked over to her and
noticed that she was crying.
"Nicki talk to me, whats
wrong"?
"I dont know anymore
Candi" Nicki broke down in tears.
"Don't cry Nic,
Please"Candi said as she pulled her in for a hug. "Where's your car
so I can walk you to it"
"Its at Laurens house, I rode
with the ambulance here to the hospital"
"Oh Okay well then come on and
let me take you to Laurens house" Candi said.
They got in the car and Candi pulled
off headed to Laurens house. Neither Candi or Nicki said anything to each
other the whole ride there. Candi pulled up to the house and noticed Nicki
staring off into space.
"Nic? We're here sis"
Candi said.
"I know" She sighed.
"I was just thinking. But thanks for the ride over here, i'll call you
when I get home" Nicki said as she unbuckled her seat belt and opened the
door.
Candi grabbed her arm and spoke,
"are you sure you’re alright Nicki? I don't wanna leave you if you’re not
ok."
"Im good. I promise."
Nicki leaned over and gave Candi a hug. "I'll call when I get to my house.
I love you" Nicki said as she closed the door.
Candi watched as Nic walked over to
her car and got in. Candi knew that she wasn't alright, but she knew that if
Nicki needed anything she wouldn't hesitate to call her. Nicki pulled off and
Candi went home.
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Nicki slowly pulled into her
driveway as she noticed SB's car wasn't in its spot. She sighed as she turned
the car off and got out. She walked in the house and headed straight for her
room. As she took her clothes off getting ready to lie down, she heard her phone
go off, notifying her that she had received a text message. She
rushed to her phone and seen she had a text from SB.
Text:
Faree: Im OK. Talk to you
later
Nicki stared at the screen and
became worried. She didnt like that he was acting this way towards her and
wasn't sure what was going to happen.
Nicki: Please come home. I need you.
As she waited for him to reply she
realized that he wasnt going to. She sat the phone on her night stand and
crawled under the covers and silently cried. She felt so alone and scared being
in the house by herself, but she knew thinking about the situation wasnt going
to make her feel any better. She laid there for a while until sleep finally
took over.
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Safaree looked down at his phone and
stared at the message that said "Please come home. I need you." He
felt kind of bad that he just left Nic by herself knowing how she is. She hated
being alone. Especially after the incident that happened with Drake, she never
let Safaree out of her sight. At the same time he felt like everyone was
against him and hiding shit from him. When he heard her on the phone at the
house telling somebody she "Needed Them" he wanted to know who the
hell she was talking to ;When he walked into the hospital and saw Nicki hugged
up with Drake, he wanted to kill him immediately. He didn’t mean to
yell at her like he did but he was mad. Everything was getting to him and he didn’t
know how do deal with it. Safaree needed somebody to vent to. He didn’t talk to
anybody about his feeling’s besides Nicki, and honestly he didn’t feel like
talking to her.
“What the hell am I doing??” He
asked himself as he held the phone in his hand.
SB knew that he shouldn’t be sitting
on the side of an unknown road getting upset about shit that didn’t matter,
when he should be at home with the love of his life trying to fix things. Even
though it wasn’t anything really wrong with their relationship, he needed to
talk to Nicki and Nicki ONLY. He needed to get some things of his chest and
tell her how he was feeling. With Nicki being an emotional person, he knew once
he started talking it wasn’t going to be all laughs and giggles. But no matter
what, she was the only person who understood him besides his mother. Which is
why is he had to go home and talk to her.
It was 3’ o clock in the morning by the time Safaree got
home, and he was beyond tired. He walked in the house and went straight to
Nicki’s room. When he walked in he noticed she was hanging off of the bed. He
knew Nicki was a wild sleeper but this position was new to him. He chuckled to himself
as he walked over to the other side of the bed to remove his clothes. As he
slowly and quietly climbed into the bed, he gently leaned over and pulled on
Nicki’s tiny body until it was fully on the bed. Surprisingly, she didn’t wake
up. SB wrapped his arms around her and scooted up behind her closing any space
that was in between them. He closed his eyes and fell fast asleep.
Nicki shifted as she felt a strong grasp around her stomach.
She started to breathe heavy, afraid to turn around and see who it was. As she
heard his familiar, annoying deep breath that SB always takes every 5 minutes,
she smiled and placed her hand on top of his that was resting on her stomach.
She slowly turned to face him and stared at him. She was glad that he was home
and honestly thought that he wasn’t coming home any time soon, since he didn’t
respond to her text message.
“Baby” Nicki whispered, as she caressed the side of SB’s
face, hoping that he would open his eyes. Unfortunately he didn’t budge.
“Baby wake up” She said as she kissed his lips, “please” but
she got no response.
“Faree????”
“Hmmm” SB murmured.
“Baby when did you get home??”
“Uhmmmm I think I left it in the car” SB said still sleep.
Nicki laughed and shook him lightly.
“Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabeeeeeee wake up” SB
slowly opened his eyes and as Nicki saw this she kissed him softly on the lips.
“Why are you up Nic?”
“Because I felt this tight ass grasp around my waist and you
scared me”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you “Safaree said as he
kissed her on the top of her head.
“It’s alright baby, I’m just happy you’re here with me”
Nicki sat up and positioned herself on top of SB so that she was looking down at
him.
“I’m sorry I upset you Faree, I really didn’t mean to make
you mad or to make you think I was sneaking behind your back and messi-“
“It’s alright babe” SB said cutting her off.
“No its not alright, I shouldn’t have called Drake. I was
just scared and I didn’t wanna ask you to come with me, considering you were
upset about everything that had happened earlier, I didn’t wanna bother you
with anymore drama. And since he was
closer to Laurens house I knew he would get there quicker than I would” SB was
looking her right in her eyes listening to everything she was saying. He could
tell that she meant every word. “And when you saw me hugging him I had just
broke down, I was scared that I was gonna lose my best friend and I started
crying and just couldn’t control myself”
“Baby its ok. I didn’t have time to think the whole
situation through and I just snapped when I seen him touching you. I really
hate him Nicki and I mean that. Everytime I think about him putting his hands
on you, I feel like punching a fucking wall. I don’t want him near you Onika,
im serious. I don’t trust him. Never did and I never will.”
“Im sorry” Nick said just above a whisper, as she lowered
her head Safaree wiped away a tear that was trailing down her face.
“Stop crying baby” He put his hand underneath her chin and
brought her face to his as he placed the softest kiss on her lips. “I love you
Onika, and it’ll be a cold day in hell before I let anyone hurt you. You
understand?”
She shook her head yes and kissed his lips. “I love you too
Safaree, and I don’t know what I’d do without you. I mean that.”
“I know you do, but let’s go back to sleep, we’ll talk some
more tomorrow if you want. Right now I just wanna hold you” Nicki moved onto
her side as she snuggled her face into Safaree’s neck.
“I love you” Nicki said against his skin.
“I love you more baby” SB replied.
Nicki honestly didn’t wanna talk tomorrow so she kinda hoped
that SB didn’t wanna talk either. She just wanted to forget about all the drama
that was surrounding them making it hard to relax and enjoy each other’s
company. But just when she thought the worst was over, it was only the beginning.
