Love So Strong - Part 2
A vivid display of lush greens combined with tones of brightness was the first thing that caught Sue's eyes upon her arrival; a wreck-less decoration of what had once been an exquisite bunch of flowers she could only presume, salvaged apart from the high quality bow they were restrained with to lay lifelessly in strands on the concrete floor, simply to wilt and die.
Sue figured that Nikki had probably come grovelling back and Vix had sensibly rejected her bribes. They had to be from a certain Nikki Boston, there was no other logical reason for them to be scattered across the ground dismally. The redhead was infuriated at Nikki having the cheek to go and see Vix, weren't the words 'Goodbye Nikki' clear enough. She hated the brunette with a vengeance, despising the despicable thing she had down to her old sister. She extended her arm and rung the doorbell, all her thoughts concentrated to the welfare of Vix, just wanting to know that she was okay.
Vix was now wearing the hoodie that belonged to Nikki, engulfing the luscious scent and the nearest thing to the cosiness of the brunette's embrace. The bottle of wine was now only half full, the remaining quantity inside her. She had consumed the sweet crimson liquid as though it was water. And so far it had little effect on her. Perhaps that was a lie, it had influenced her, blocking out everything, thoughts, emotions and noise included.
"Vix!" Sue shouted through the letterbox, a desperate result subsequently to getting no reply from ringing the doorbell countless times.
Vix groaned, unable to obstruct her younger siblings irritating voice and the frustrating drone of the bell, she regained her equilibrium, a slightly harder task than it should of been because apparently the wine was inspiring her balance, "I'm coming!" She snapped, a prudent slurred edge to just two words. She staggered though the hallway and to the front door, releasing the lock and allowing Sue in before she retreated to the lounge and flopped back down on the plush sofa.
Sue closed the door and quickly followed Vix into the lounge, her heels clicking loudly against the wooden floor, "I was so worried about you, why didn't you answer the door quicker?!"
Vix shrugged, "I didn't hear it," she mumbled. She really wasn't in the mood to deal with her sister, desiring to be on her own pondering over her own consciences without interference.
Sue perched on the sofa besides Vix, "Nikki came round didn't she?"
Vix nodded as she began to fiddle with her engagement ring once again, an adequate attention so she didn't have to focus on the other woman.
"When will she get the message," Sue sighed, "She was a cow to you and has a nerve coming round here trying to talk to you. She was the bitch who's screwing Hector." She rambled. "You did the right thing throwing those flowers on the ground, I mean they weren't even that nice..."
Vix exhaled a deep sigh from her dry lips, already frustrated with listening to Sue slag off the woman she loved so much. Despite the fact that Nikki had cheated, beneath all the hurt and pain, there were undeniable feelings that were refusing to make themselves scarce. She zoned out after a few minutes, what was the point in paying attention?
"Why are you still wearing your ring?!" Sue was appalled when her orbs captured Vix twiddling the ring on her finger subtly, "You can do so much better than her! Take it off!"
"Sue, just shut up." Vix snapped, "I can't bare to listen to you slagging Nikki off anymore." She shook her head as she attempted to erase all the negativity Sue had filled it with, "Yes she has hurt me but I still love her. I've never met anyone like her, she's a one off. A keeper." Her voice gradually faded into an inaudible murmur, "I just need a few days to let everything sink in, maybe I should give her the opportunity to explain."
"You can't be serious?" Sue scoffed, "After what she did? You can't even contemplate taking her back. You just can't."
"Who are you to tell me that I can't?" Vix retorted, "Sue just go, I couldn't care less about your opinion. It's nothing to do with you. It's between me and her." She tried to sound as strong as possible, a tricky challenge considering she just wanted to curl up and sob, pretending that today had never happened.
"Well don't come running back to me when she just breaks your heart again." Sue rose to her feet and headed towards the door.
"Don't worry, I won't." Vix muttered under her breath as she buried her face into the soft fabric of Nikki's hoodie, inhaling her rich scent. A scent that was like a drug she couldn't live without. When she was positive that Sue had left, she ambled out to outside her door and began to recover as many of the scattered flowers as she could, assembling them into a delicate vase of pure water.
Two empty bottles of beer were lined up on the coffee table, a third glass bottle grasped in her hand and close to joining the other emptied ones. Nikki had come to the conclusion that drowning her thoughts and emotions, even if it was only temporary, with alcohol was the best solution. A world miles away from reality where everything was dreamy and happy would be perfect.
The brunette swallowed the last mouthful of the substance from that current bottle and placed it next to the finished bottles and clasped her slender fingers around a fresh bottle, popping the top off with a basic bottle opener. The beer had little effect on her so far, the beverage was a low percentage of alcohol, she'd often consume one on a school night. She could handle her drink, so it would take several to make her faintly tipsy.
Staring into thin air, she was unable to stop giving herself a hard time for cheating on the woman she honestly classified as flawless. She couldn't even identify what she had seen in Hector to convince her to commit to something to erratic and irrational. She wasn't even attracted to him. The only thing that was crystal clear to her was that she wasn't going to give up on Vix until she had explained and tried her best to redeem herself, or the younger female told her truthfully that she no longer loved her. There had been no eye contact when Vix had said her goodbye; to her that was an evident indication that there was still something, even if that something was ghostly minute.
Nikki returned to reality when the sound of someone tapping on her front door penetrated through her home. There was a tiny beacon of hope bubbling inside her stomach, butterfly like combined with a nervous sensation; was this Vix? She almost tripped over as she hurried a little too zealously to the door. The anticipation soon crumbled into nothing as she realised that it was Hector at the door. Not just Hector, Hector with a bunch of roses smiling that sickening smile that churned her stomach.
"What do you want?" She hissed moodily, folding her arms and leaning against the painted door frame, impatiently awaiting a response.
"To see you," Hector smiled, "Since you're single, I thought perhaps there could be an us..."
Nikki rolled her orbs, stifling a chuckle of amusement, "In your dreams."
"We have something special though, Nik." Hector stepped closer to the brunette, extending his arm to stroke her cheek.
Nikki grabbed his hand, "We have nothing. Absolutely nothing." Her manner was firm, she definitely was serious.
"I got you these." He handed her the roses.
Nikki chucked them back at him instantly, "I don't want them." She shook her head, "Just leave me alone, Hector."
"Nik..." Hector was about to argue before Nikki interrupted him.
"No. Hector, I don't like you." Nikki sighed as she slammed her door shut and began to run, quickening her pace when she realised that Hector was following her. She just wanted to escape from him, she knew he would persevere if she remained at home so intended to out run him. Her vision was blurring as tears glazed her eyes despite her trying to choke them back, they were far too harsh and overpowering with strength. The last thing Nikki remembered was bright white lights rapidly bounding towards her and suddenly everything went pitch black subsequently to a strangled scream departing her terrified body. A deadly velvet of darkness, she was completely numb.
A/N: Thank you for the reviews, and to anyone who read. Here's the next part, hope you like it. And I'm sorry for the cliffhanger! X