N/O’S POV
“What do you want?” Onika said with attitude.
Drake nudged Nicki in an attempt to just relax, she’s just making matters worse.
“Where did you get this thought that it was okay to talk to disrespect your father?” Carol crossed her arms and cocked her hip. Nicki rolled her eyes and looked down at the floor.
“ONIKA TANYA MARAJ!” Carol screamed, shaking Onika a bit.
Nicki looked up and stared at her mother.
“Has Aubrey been a bad influence on you?
Onika looked at her mother like she was a lunatic.
“Are you serious right now?!” Nicki yelled, jumping up.
“Onika, sit down.” Sandi tried to help calm things down.
“Why are you always trying to make Aubrey the bad guy?! You’re not even standing up for son, Mrs. Sandi!”
The room dropped into an awkward silence.
“Onika we don’t think Aubrey’s a bad guy-.” Nicki cut off her mother.
“Yeah, well it sure as hell does seem like it!”
Nicki sat back down as the room fell in another silence.
“Since you two are making it so hard to hang out with your future spouses, you two are grounded.” Robert instructed.
Aubrey opened his mouth in an attempt to say something when he was cut off by Carol.
“And the only people you are allowed to see are Ami and Shawn, if you see each other and we find out about it, we are then forced to do something that you two won’t like.” Carol added.
“Uh yeah no disrespect but um you two aren’t my parents, you can’t tell me what to do or who not to see.” Drake spoke up.
Nicki gave Drake a nudge and felt his eyes glare at her, she gave a small smirk.
"Aubrey, the same applies to you!” Sandi yelled.
“MOM ARE YOU SERIOUS?!”
“She’s serious son, you both are making this harder than it has to be.” Dennis told Drake.
Drake got up from Nicki’s bed and brushed past Nicki’s father to talk to his parents. Onika followed so she could try and keep him calm. Not only is Aubrey known to have jealous, he can have a bad temper.
“WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?! DO ALL FOUR OF YOU NEED YOUR EYES CHECKED OR SOMETHING! WE ARE NOT HAPPY! WE DON’T WANT TO MARRY THEM! I LOVE ONIKA WITH ALL MY HEART, SHE’S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, THE WOMAN I WANT TO MARRY, THE ONE THAT I WANT TO BE THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN SOME DAY! I’LL BE DAMNED IF YOU TRY AND TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME!”
Onika stood there, mouth agape. Did Aubrey really mean all those things he said? She couldn’t believe what was happening. She look down and saw Aubrey’s clenched fists, she rubbed her hand on his until he
released and held her hand.
“WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME SON?!”
“I love. Onika!” Drake reiterated.
Suddenly everyone in the room heard little cries coming from the door. No one had noticed that Ami had opened the bedroom door. She stood there, tears and all. Mascara and eyeliner streaming down her face and making black circles around her eyes giving the look of a raccoon. Aubrey looked at her and felt instant guilt. He may have hated her, but the sight was hard to bare. Ami shook her head ran out of Onika’s room, down the stairs, still crying.
“Wait here.” Aubrey said to Onika. She nodded and tried to hide the look of disbelief and hurt.
I can see through this bitch, why can’t he? He don’t love me,
Onika walked up to Shawn and asked if he wanted to talk in private.
Ami's POV
I heard his footsteps behind me.
“Just stop following me Aubrey! I get it!”
“Ami wait!” Aubrey yelled after me. Making me turn around. My plan was working perfectly.
“Look Ami, I’m sorry for what I said, it was a little harsh.” He apologized. I continued to fake cry and sniffle. I guess attending our theater club after school while Onika was giving us tips for acting is paying off.
“Ya think?” I said and gave him a ‘weak’ smile. He flashed his beautiful smile at me.
“I have one question though,” I stated “What does Onika have that I don’t?”
He wasn’t answering, as if he had to think about it. What the hell? I’m 10 times better than that bitch, even on a bad day. Just tell me already so we can get on with this.
“Ami-.” I cut him off.
“It’s fine; ju-just forget I even asked.” I was about to open her front door until I felt his hand grab my arm. I looked behind him and saw Shawn bringing in Onika, holding hands. I knew this was the time. I looked back at Aubrey and kissed him. I open my eyes to see Nicki’s mouth wide open. I closed my eyes and started deepening the kiss when I felt myself being pushed backwards. Aubrey had pushed me down. He turned around to see Nicki’s eyes filled with tears, Shawn smirking, and their parents looking.
“I LOVE YOU ONIKA WITH ALL MY HEART. HUH?!” Nicki yelled stomping up to Aubrey. I tried my best not to laugh. Aha! This is priceless.
“Nika-”
“SHE’S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, HUH?!” I laughed at her, I couldn’t hold it in anymore. I felt the wind the being knocked outta me, she had kicked me hard in the stomach. She turned back to Aubrey and pushed him.
“Nika it’s not what it’s looks like, lemme explain!” He pleaded, touching her arms.
“DON’T TOUCH ME, EVER AGAIN!” She screamed and kicked in the balls.
Drake was brought to his knees.
“THE WOMAN I WANT MARRY RIGHT AUBREY, THE ONE THAT I WANT TO BE THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN SOMEDAY!” She bitchslapped the hell outta him.
“Onika please-”
“Onika leave my husband alone!” I yelled getting off the floor.
“Gladly.” She said in disgust.
Nicki ran back towards her room, Shawn took this opportunity to comfort Onika.
Awhh, this went just perfect. Exactly how I wanted. Perfect outcome. I turned to Aubrey who had the
look of devastation written all over his face.
“Baby are you alright?!” I asked with concern. “Want me to kiss it, make it feel better.”
“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO?!” He yelled, scaring me.
“I uh um-”
“I ASKED YOU A FUCKING QUESTION!”
“I just uh kissed my f-future husband.” I quietly stuttered, backing up.
Shawn's POV
I knocked on Nicki’s door and heard her screaming to leave her alone, but I just opened the door and went to comfort my wife.
“Oh I thought you were Drake.” She said meekly.
“No baby it’s just me. Are you okay?”
“N-No.” She sniffled.
“I’m sorry you had to see that. He doesn’t deserve you or your tears.” I said wiping the tears off her wet
cheeks.
“He was just everything to me. First… um boy that I ever liked. I thought he liked me too.”
“Some guys are assholes and don’t know how to say they don’t have the same feelings.”
“Yeah, maybe my parents were right?”
“About what?”
“Drake being the bad guy, maybe that’s why his mom didn’t even say anything in his defense, it’s because it’s true.”
“Baby I’m so sorry you had to find out this way.” I apologized sitting next to her on her bed. I put her head on my shoulder and to my surprise she didn’t fight me.”
“Why would he do this to me though?”
“I don’t know baby.” I said, stroking her hair and kissed her forehead.
“Thanks for checking on me, by the way.”
“No problem, that’s what husbands are for.”
Nicki looked up at me and smiled, I could tell she was thinking about something.
“Whatcha thinkin’ about Nika?”
“Hmm, Aubrey used to call me that.”
“Oh sorry-”
“No it’s okay, let’s not worry about him. Wanna do some homework?”
“Oh yeah sure.”
Drake's POV
“YOU JUST MESSED UP EVERYTHING!!” I screamed.
I could tell I was scaring her, but I didn’t really give a rat’s ass at that point. She just fucked up the best thing that could ever happen to me. With Nicki, everything was right, she understood me, she didn’t judge me, everything was perfect.
“W-what are y-you talking-” Ami began to ask.
“Shut up!”
I turned away from her and started for the stairs. I was stopped by my parents telling me to give Nicki time and to just leave her alone.
“Mrs. Carol, can you please tell her I’m so sorry and when she’s ready to talk to me, I’ll be here, please.”
“Sure Aubrey.”
Nicki's POV
When I got up from my bed to get my bag I could feel his eyes on my ass. I guess I would have to get used to that considering he’s my future husband. I let out a solemn sigh as I dropped my backpack on my bed.
“School’s horrible ain’t it?” Shawn joked.
“Yeah I guess.”
“Oh right, I forgot Miss. Goody Two Shoes over here, gets all A’s.”
“Oh hush! You can too if you apply yourself.”
“I do, I show up don’t I.”
“Oh my God.”
“Okay okay, I just don’t get some of the work. It doesn’t make sense to me so I don’t do it.”
“Why don’t you ask for help? Or stay after with the teacher.”
Shawn shot me a look.
“Oh right, Mr. Too Cool Camry. I forgot. Look I can help you if you want. I mean we are…”
“Getting married.” Shawn finished.
“Uh yeah that.”
“Sure, only if you want to though.”
“Of course I want too. I’m happy to help.”
“Don’t tell anyone about this, got it?”
“Yeah yeah I got it.”
Shawn took out his math book. Math was his worst subject. I instructed him to open his book to the current page they are working on and get out a fresh sheet of lined paper. Things we going good, so I took out my English book, grabbed my notebook and started reading.
“Why is the fucking alphabet here?! Letters and numbers are two different things, why are they here?”
I giggled before reaching over and giving him an example on how to do the problem. He took a couple breaths before attempting the problem again.
“Wait, right here is where you are making your mistake. You’re forgetting the negative sign. That muhfucka screws up your entire problem if you forget to add it.”
Shawn erased a couple steps and did them over.
“Is this right?”
“Yes! Good job!”
“Thanks babe!”
He continued doing his math work with his new found confidence. I looked up from time to time and I couldn’t help, but think that maybe he wasn’t so bad after all.
“I’m sorry about the whole, pushing you down thing.” I heard him mumble. I stopped my work and looked at him,who was already staring at me. I nodded and responded.
“It’s fine.” He took my hand.
“No it’s not. I shouldn’t have put my hands on you.” I looked down at our intertwined hands and back at him. I, then saw him lean in and attempt to kiss me. I moved away.
“I’m sorry, Shawn. Just not-”
“Ready?” Shawn finished my sentence.
“Uh yeah.” I answered looking down.
“I understand, it’s okay baby, don’t worry.” He understood
» The next morning
I yawned and stretched as I woke up by the rays of the sun hitting my face. I rubbed my eyes and looked at my alarm clock.
“Shit!” I yelled. I was almost 50 minutes late and I knew that I wouldn’t make it to the bus. Which is just the very thing I was trying to avoid. Walking, cause I know Aubrey would be there waiting for me. I got up and rushed through my morning routine. I, then ran down the stairs and heard my mom yelling at me. I ignored her and left the house. I looked at my watch and noticed I still had enough time to make it to school on time. I rolled my eyes when I saw Aubrey there waiting for me. I completely swerved him and went around.
“Nika, Please!” I heard him yell. I stopped and turned around.
“Don’t call me that.”
“Nika, Come on-”
“What did I just say?!” He heavily sighed and walked closer. I lifted up my hand to signal him to stop.
“Please just let me explain.” He pleaded. I rolled my eyes, looked at my watch and responded.
“You got 5 minutes.”
“She came on to me, she tricked me!” He “explained”. I knew that when she came to my room, how her crying was just an act. I mean, I taught that bitch everything she knows about acting. But why didn’t he stop her sooner?
“You know I wouldn’t hurt you like that. I meant what I said. I love Onika.” He poured out to me. I couldn’t say anything. I was torn.
“Onika, please.” I looked up at the sky, trying to hid my tears; but they came down anyways. I lowered my head back, and stared at him. No one said anything. We just started at each other.
“Nika!” We both turned to see where the yell was coming from. It was Shawn. He ran up to us and stood beside me.
“Hey Shawn.” I said quietly. It was still awkward silence. Shawn looked at Aubrey and back at me.
“What’s goin-” I cut Shawn off.
“Let’s just go please I wanna go.” Shawn wrapped his arm around my neck and I wrapped mine around his torso. As we walked I looked back at Aubrey, who hadn’t moved an inch. He looked over and stared at me. I turned my head away. Shawn noticed my tear and kissed it away for me. I couldn’t help but smile.
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