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What do you guys think to John's reason then? I hope it wasn't too harsh!
Anyway, here comes the next chapter. You're going to find a little more out about Nikki's parents in this one, as you know I haven't mentioned them so far and that's because they'll be a chapter later on dedicated to that whole situation. I'm dropping little hints every now and again about them so, try and see if you can guess. Enjoy and please review!
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Chapter 9 – Too Late
"So, when's the next date?" Nikki asked her best friend the following morning as they sat in the airport, waiting to board their flight back home for a few days.
"I don't know, he said we'd talk about it when we got back." Skye shrugged, referring to her conversation earlier on that morning.
She had spoken to him about their relationship for a small portion of it but, the real reason she had visited Randy was to tell him what she had told John and also, what Nikki had been doing when she returned.
"So, it's official then?" The brunette asked, oblivious to the whole John situation.
"I think so." Skye grinned.
"That's great babe, it's good to see you happy with a guy." Nikki smiled while hugging her friend.
"Well wouldn't you be happy if the guy that you adored more than anything in the world liked you too?" Skye asked laughing, not realising how she had phrased it until Nikki's face dropped.
"Nik, I'm . . . "
"No it's cool, of course I'd be happy." The older of the two replied with a fake smile on her face.
"Maybe you still could be, I'm sure there's a reason why John's been acting like this." The blonde spoke up, trying her best to persuade Nikki to keep trying but, on the other hand, trying to let out as little as possible as she had promised Randy she wouldn't tell anyone.
"Yeah well, maybe there is but it doesn't matter anymore. I'm over it." The brunette replied.
"It doesn't seem like it Nikki. It seems to me that you're just lying to yourself by telling yourself that you like Jeff."
"I never said I did like Jeff, Skye. Like I said before, he's not my type. He's a great guy but that's it, I see him as nothing more than a friend."
"So what was with last night?" The blonde asked, beginning to get annoyed.
"Last night was just a friendly night in okay, am I not aloud to do that?" Nikki asked, folding her arms and turning away like she had finished with the conversation.
"Not when you're planning on using him to make John jealous!" Skye shouted, pulling her back around to face her.
"What?" Nikki asked with a fake laugh, trying to hide the shock from the fact that Skye knew what she was planning to do.
"Don't what me Nikki, I know you better than you know yourself . . . just leave it, okay? Maybe John hasn't exactly treated you like a princess but you have no idea why he's acting like that so just leave it, he doesn't deserve to be hurt."
"Wait just one minute, yesterday you despised him yet now, he doesn't deserve to be hurt?" The brunette shouted.
"No Nikki, nobody deserves to get hurt. Doing this just makes you as bad as he was." Skye spat before walking off as their flight was called.
Nikki let out a frustrated sigh and shook her head in disbelief. What had happened to make Skye warm up to John? Did she know something that the brunette didn't? Had she talked to him?
She was soon brought out of her thoughts as her flight was called for a second time. With another sigh the brunette picked up her bags and made her way to her gate.
Nikki boarded the plane without seeing Skye until she had taken her seat next to the window. She spotted the blonde 3 rows in front which she was quite happy about, it would give them both time to cool down after their argument.
"Nikki?" A deep voice called from beside her.
"John? What are you doing here?" A perplexed Nikki asked, more shocked at the fact that he was talking to her than the fact that he just happened to be on the same flight as her.
"I'm going back home to see my parents for a few days, what about you?" He asked, taking his seat next to her.
Nikki had no idea what was happening right now. Not only was John talking to her, she was going to have to spend the whole journey next to him. She thought to herself for a moment that maybe she would rather he was horrible to her, being nice just made her want him all over again.
"I'm going back to Skye's house until Monday." She replied.
"Why Skye's? Got something planned?" John asked, little did he know how sore this subject was for Nikki.
"Look, is there something you want?" She spat, changing the subject as quickly as possible.
"No, it's just . . . " John started.
"Just what? You've decided that you want to talk to me now?" The brunette asked, raising her voice.
"Look, I'm sorry for how I treated you . . . "
"Yeah well, it's too late for that now." Nikki said coldly before putting in her headphones so she couldn't hear another word.
She turned the volume of her iPod up full blast and turned to look out of the window so that John couldn't see the tears forming in her eyes. Why couldn't everything just be easy? Why couldn't she just accept John's apology and move on?
Damn my stupid stubbornness she told herself, that was just one more thing she hated her parents for. The fact that John had realised she was going back to Skye's had made that even worse. For the first time in a long time, Nikki wished that instead of being her, she was her best friend. Life would be so much easier.
No more words where spoken between the WWE Champion and the brunette as she kept her headphones securely in her ears all the way there. There were dozens of times that she was so close to taking them out and apologising for her attitude, she felt so guilty at how she had spoken to John but her stupid pride was stopping her from doing what was best. The moment the plane doors opened Nikki left her seat as fast as possible and went to find Skye.
The blonde had calmed down immensely from earlier and was now back to her bubbly self. She didn't mention anything about their argument earlier so Nikki thought it best to keep what had just happened between her and John to herself. She was going to forget about this whole situation for now and enjoy her few peaceful days off. Peaceful? Yeah right.
