The next morning Nicole woke up. She carefully got out of Jeff's grip who was still sleeping. She picked up her clothes and panties that were in the hallway and dressed as she was walking down the stairs. She walked three blocks to the store she'd shopped at the previous day and called an Uber to come pick her up.

Two days later everyone was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for a couple house shows. There was about an hour before the show was supposed to start. Nicole was trying to avoid Jeff. She was sitting on top of a crate in a dead end hallway. She saw Mickie passing by. Mickie looked over and saw her.

"Hey." "What are you doing?" She asked going down the hall towards her. "I've been looking everywhere for you."

"I don't want Jeff to find me."

"Why?"

"The other night he offered to take me to my high school reunion in North Carolina, Chase couldn't make it because her had to work." "So I went with Jeff." "He invited me back to his place to hang out a little while." "We were talking and drinking and um…

"No!" She said shocked.

"Yeah."

"You had sex with him?"

"Yeah." "I can't be doing that." "I'm getting married in six months." "I know Jeff better then anyone." "He's gonna blow this all out of proportion." "Which is why I need to avoid him until this thing blows over."

"Are you gonna tell Chase?"

"There's nothing to tell, it's never happening again."

Ten minutes after Mickie left Nicole had to go to the bathroom. She knew if she didn't go now she'd have to wait two hours. She went to the bathroom and was heading back to where she was.

"Nicole." She heard Jeff say.

"What is it Jeff?" She said as she kept walking.

"Nicole." "Nicole stop." He said getting in front of her. She stopped. "We need to talk."

"No we don't."

"Yes we do."

"Fine."

They went into an empty conference room and shut the door.

"Before you get started, the other night was a big mistake Jeff." She said.

"No, don't say that."

"I knew you would do this." "It was one night. "One." "That's all."

"No it isn't." "What about our history?"

"That's just it." "It's history."

"So you haven't felt anything over these last couple months?"

"No." "I won't lie to you, the other night was great but just because we have amazing sex, doesn't mean we should be together again."

"Even though I'm well now and I overcame my addiction, I've always felt like there was something missing in my life." "I've tried and tried to figure out what is was." "I think I've known it all along." "You're what's missing."

"No."

"Yeah."

"No." "What happened that night was because we were drunk." "That's all."

"Well I'm sober now and I still want you."

"Well that's to bad."

"You're not completely happy with Chase and you know it." He said getting closer to her.

"That's not true."

"You know it."

"Listen to me Jeff." "I'm happy with him, I love him."

"How many times did you cheat on me?" "The answer is zero because you didn't feel like you needed anything else." "You came to me." "I know I hurt you but I've changed."

"It's to late Jeff." "If you would've came to me a year, hell probably even five years after we broke up and said." "Nicole I'm clean I want you back I want to work it out." "I would've took you back but that didn't happen." "Even after I left your pills were more important then me." "It's been fourteen years." "I'm not a kid anymore." "I need someone who's stable, someone who I never have to worry about relapsing."

"I'm done with that." "I want my Nic-Nic back."

"Don't call me th-mmmmm." She moaned as he kissed her. She kissed him back but broke it. "No." "I've changed to." "I don't want or need you anymore." She went for the door.

"Come on, Nic-Nic."

She looked at him. "Don't call me that." "I'm not your Nic-Nic." She left.