Nessa sat in Chris Daniels' living room staring at the phone number in her hand, unsure as to whether she should call it or not.
"Nessa call him...you'll feel better once you know if he's the one who told Silvestry or not." Chris said, breaking her out of her thoughts.
"Yeah I guess so." She took a deep breath and dialed the number on the slip of paper, waiting for him to answer.
"Sinn's house of pain, your pain is my pleasure. Sinn speaking!"
"Nicky?" Nessa whispered, expecting to be hung up on. There was nothing said on either end for at least a full minute until he finally spoke.
"Aness?" She closed her eyes, smiling at his nickname for her and realized just how much she missed it and him.
"Yeah Nicky...it's me. How did you know?"
"You're the only one I know who calls me 'Nicky'." He explained. "Wow! It's been a long time."
"It has, almost five years now."
"I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that this isn't a social call." Nick stated and she sighed.
"No, I'm afraid it's not. I have a question for you and I only hope that you'll let me explain my reason for asking before you get pissed about it."
"Okay..." He trailed off, not knowing what else to say.
"Did you happen to tell Brandon Silvestry or anyone else besides Kelly Wolfe (Slash) about us?" Nessa questioned.
"No, why?"
"Brandon knows somehow. I'm with Joe Seannoa now who's currently the X Division champion and if I don't help him win the title if he gets a shot against Joe...he's going to tell Monty about our affair." She explained and heard him growl.
"What are you going to do?"
"What I have no choice to do Nicky...help him win." Nessa replied, sadly.
"Don't do anything irrational yet. I'm taking the first flight out there."
"But..."
"But nothing, I'm not letting you face this alone when we were both involved in it." Nick said, leaving no room for argument.
"All right." She sighed, giving in.
"Do you still have the same cell number?" He asked.
"No."
"Give me your new one then." Nick instructed and she reluctantly complied. "I'll call you back soon with the details." With that said he hung up leaving her to stare at her phone in shock.
"What's going on?" Chris questioned, sitting down beside her.
"He'll be on the first flight out here."
"Oh shit!"
"Yeah." Nessa agreed but she couldn't stop the smile that slowly spread across her face.
"What do you think he's going to do?"
"I don't know. He just said that he wasn't going to let me face this alone since we both had something to do with it."
"Nessa exactly how long did you two have an affair?" Chris asked.
"Six months before I decided to end it, I just couldn't handle the fact that I was sleeping with someone behind Monty's back."
"Is that really what you couldn't handle?" He questioned causing her to growl and stand up.
"You know, once...just once I'd like to be friends with someone who doesn't know me so damn well." She stated, pacing around the room.
"Then there was something else?" Chris already knew the answer but he wanted her to say, he knew she needed to admit to herself.
"Of course there was! I was falling in love with him and I hated myself for it."
"Why?"
"Because not only was I betraying Monty by sleeping with someone else but I also felt like I was betraying Nicky by not being able to give him all of me." She finally admitted, falling down on the couch beside him. Her cell phone rang out with ZZ Top's 'Pearl Necklace' and she sighed. "Hello?"
"Aness it's me." Nick's voice greeted her and she sat straight up making Chris laugh.
"Hey Nicky...so, what's the news?"
"Can you pick me up at the airport tomorrow at two?" He asked.
"Yeah that shouldn't be a problem. Joe's leaving tonight to take care of some business in California and he'll be gone for a few days, you can stay with me so you won't have to worry about getting a hotel or anything."
"Sounds good. I'll see you tomorrow then." They said their goodbyes and she turned to Chris who was staring at her.
"What?"
"Do you think that was a wise decision to let him stay with you while Joe's gone?"
"Nothing is gonna happen Chris. I'm a different person now, you should know that." She stated and he nodded.
"Yeah I know. Just be careful and call me if you need anything."
"I will, don't worry." Nessa gave him a hug then left to go home and check on Joe.
