Chapter 20-Of fights and fear

Me: After an excessively long wait, chapter 20 is here!

Elisa: It took you FOREVER!

Me: Well it's not my fault that it's summertime and I like to SLEEP during the summer...

Elisa: Whatever, Johnny read the disclaimer.

Johnny: BXR owns nothing, deal with it.

Me: On with the long awaited chapter!

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Recap:"I love you too..." The two of us just sat there in each other's arms, saying nothing.

Chapter Start

Johnny opened the door and looked from Kai to me. "You forgave him?"

"Yeah I did," I smiled.

"Well, I guess you have your reasons."

"Hey Carrot top!" Kai called. Johnny twitched and turned around.

"Thanks for taking care of her. According to Elisa, Nicole wouldn't be here if it weren't for you," Kai continued.

"And Elisa speaks the truth!" I chimed.

"She also doesn't make empty threats," Johnny smirked.

"Haha yeah kid! Tala almost shit himself when you said that!"

"The look on his place was PRICELESS!"

"I explained her history of threat-making to him and he was like 'oh snap...'!"

"Did I miss something?" Kai asked.

"Yeah, just Elisa giving death threats to anyone who looked at me. Nothing unusual there."

As if right on cue, she walked in. Elisa looked from me, to Kai before saying almost bitterly, "You forgave him?"

"Yeah, Jimmy made me do it."

"Figured, you always listen to him. Oh and Kai, now that you and Nicole are back together, I guess I should apologize for the murder attempt."

"It's ok, you were just upset for Nicole," he shrugged.

"Sure... let's go with that idea... I guess she has her reasons for taking you back, I'll never understand them, whatever they are... Now come on, your loser team wants to talk to you."

I was about to get up when my cell phone rang. "You guys go, I'll be there in a minute." Elisa and Kai went to the living room and Johnny went back to his hotel room.

"Hello?"

"Hey baby what's up?" Tala asked.

"Hn, nothing much, as usual."

"You wanna hang out? Like, now?"

"I can't," I sighed. "I'm not sure we can hang out anymore."

"Why not?"

"I have a boyfriend now Tala. Kai came back and well, we kinda got back together..."

"WHAT? How could you do that to me?"

"What the fuck do you mean!"

"I loved you Nicole I really and truly did. And you go an lead me on until Kai gets back and you just kick me to the curb! You're such a fucking bitch!"

"Tala, shut. The.Fuck.Up..."

"What about Bryan? He told me he was falling in love with you. He'll be crushed when he hears this! After everything Kai put you through, you're taking him back? What the fuck is wrong with you Nicole!"

"Tala shut the fuck up! YOU DON'T FUCKING OWN ME! I CAN BE WITH WHOEVER THE FUCK I WANT WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! YOU'RE JUST FUCKING PISSED THAT I LIKE SOMEONE MORE THAN YOU! YOU'D BE THE EXACT SAME WAY IF I WAS WITH BRYAN, DON'T FUCKING DENY IT!"

"Kai was right about you, you are a whore."

"You know what? I don't need to listen to this." I hung up my phone and stormed to the living room.

"So that's basically what Boris's plan is," Kai finished.

"THE FUCKING NERVE OF THAT BASTARD! HOW FUCKING DARE HE THINK HE OWNS ME!"

"Who?" Elisa asked."

"TALA!" I was so pissed off that my hands were shaking. Elisa, knowing what I needed to do, took off her rubber spiked bracelet and handed it to me.

"Thank you," I exhaled sharply. I took the bracelet and threw it at the wall as hard as I could. It made a hole...

"We're moving to a new hotel tomorrow, so everyone get ready and pack up," Mr. D explained.

I gave an exasperated breath. "Fine..."

Elisa took my arm and dragged me into our room. "What the hell happened?"

"Nothing..."

"Bullshit. You threw a bracelet through a wall Nicole. What did Tala say to you?"

I sighed and explained my fight with Tala.

"Well, that gives you another reason to kick his ass at the match in a few days..." She pointed out.

"True..."

The door opened and Kai walked in. "Nicole, what happened?" He asked, sitting down next to me.

I looked at Elisa and she nodded, saying it was ok to tell Kai. "I was on the phone with Tala and-"

"Wait, before you start can you explain exactly what went on between you, him and Bryan?" Kai asked.

"I had a 'friends-with-benefits' sort of thing going on with both of them. Nothing more."

Kai nodded. "Continue."

"Ok, so I was on the phone with Tala and he asked me if we could hang out today. Since all we really do when we hang out is chill at his place and make out, I said no because we got back together. Then he started screaming at me like a fucking asshole saying I was leading him on and that I kicked him to the curb when you got back, and that I was a whore just like you said. Then he brought Bryan into all of it. He said Bryan would be crushed when he found out. Kai, I'm scared. I fear for my life right now. You can ask Elisa, no matter how scared I was about anything I NEVER feared for my life because I never had to."

Kai pulled me into a hug. "Why are you scared?"

"Because I know how Tala and Bryan are and I just succeeded in pissing both of them off. They're prolly gonna come after me or something."

Elisa put her arm around my shoulder. "Don't worry about it Nicole. You have me and Kai with you and we won't let a thing happen to you. And besides," she whispered the next part in my ear so Kai wouldn't hear it. "I doubt he would let anyone touch you." By he, she meant "number 1".

"You should get to bed early," she advised. "It would do you some good to get more than 4 hours of sleep for once."

Before I could respond, Elisa's cell phone played "Eternal Rest", by Avenged Sevenfold. I groaned because that could only mean one thing...

"Hey Seth," she answered.

I whined, groaned, and pounded on the bed like a little kid. "Nooooooooooo why dear God why?"

"Oh nothing much, just chilling with Nicole and her boyfriend. Yes she actually has a boyfriend. No Seth he isn't drugged. No, he isn't retarded. No Seth, he isn't desperate or blind either. Nicole, Seth says hello." She directed the last part to me.

"Tell Seth to go fuck himself."

"Kai, Seth wants to know if Nicole is good in bed because there can't be another reason why you are going out with her." She glared through gritted teeth, like she was forced to say that but didn't want to.

"Tell Seth I said good job, he's finally fighting back after all of the times I yelled at him, hit him, and expressed my sheer hatred for him," I smirked.

Elisa hung up her phone.

"Your boyfriend's a dick Elisa."

"I know Nicole. I really don't like how he treats you."

"Elisa, how he treats me doesn't matter. You're the idiot who has to put up with him."

"It does matter. If he treats my friends like shit, then he isn't worth it. I don't want him upsetting you like he did last time."

I smiled and layed down in my bed as Elisa said goodnight and left. As I was about to fall asleep, I felt a pair of strong arms around me.

"Do you mind?" Kai whispered in my ear.

"If course not." I moved closer to Kai and fell asleep.

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Me: It's over ...

Elisa:IF YOU DIDN'T PICK UP ON THE HINT WE LEFT THEN WE WILL CORNER AND CRY! We basically just TOLD you the identity of the oh-so-mysterious "number 1"

Me: So send in your reviews and give me your guesses. I won't tell you if you're right or not, but you will find out in the end. I just wrote out the ending in my head.

Max:DONCHA WISH YO GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME?