Niks
It was the day of the funeral and I swear to god, the past 2 days, I barricaded myself in my room, sobbing and punching the wall over and over again. I ended up spraining myself in process and earned me a cool-looking bandage. If there was a good few things Ma always wanted me to do at her funeral, it was a) wear a skirt, b) prepare a 'speech' and c) definitely not wear all black. I wore a plain white t-shirt, grey denim jacket, black pleated skirt, grey heart tights, black converse, a panther diamond bangle which was for special occasions, Ma gave that to me for my 18th birthday. I put in my diamond studded earrings with my grey painted nails and looked at myself one last time in the mirror before coming Nicola, the girl Ma always wanted. I clipped in a rose hair comb and I was ready to go. But not without putting on a necklace which will now never leave me. A gold locket with Shooting Star, a heart and a star ingraved on it. Ma was going to give me it at my wedding, she told me that at 20 but gave it to me anyway, because she saw me adoring it. Let's fast forward to the actual speech. As the Vicar spoke about my Ma, I couldn't help the few tears strolling down my cheek. As he called me up, I reluctantly let go of Danny's hand and walked to the podium, fighting back the tears as they came. I stood at the podium, trying to control the tears, I took a deep breath, fiddled with my locket and began thinking about my ma.
"My Ma. My Ma. Where to begin? There's so many things you could say about my Ma. She was definitely a kind-hearted woman. Okay, granted she could and would kick your ass out of the house, if she felt insulted but still. She had a good heart. Me and my Ma may not have had the best relationship, we kept secrets from each other, we ignored the other's advice, we fought and disagreed on a lot of things. But, we are-were famiglia. She had a heart of gold and will definitely be remembered by not just the rest of my family, but my friends and her friends and everyone we knew while I was growing up. I was the one who got sent t-t-t-the video of Ma. I wanted to get my best friend to dump some cold water on me to see if I was dreaming. But sadly enough, I wasn't. It's all too real. Its now just me and my brothers. Ma should've lived longer and if it wasn't for Erik Knight, she would still be here. Let's just say Knight got what he deserved and then some. Won't be seeing his demented mug any more. Something I will always remember and take with me to my grave is the day I got this locket. It's not just a gold locket, its a gold locket that my Ma gave me. It has Shooting Star engraved on it. You want to know why? Because, my Ma always said, that before she found out she was pregnant with me, she wished on a shooting star for another child. If this is the last thing I remember my Ma saying, so be it. At least when I remember her, I'll remember the good days. When it was me, Angel and Ma. As a family. We used to go across the pond to London during the summer with my best friend being dragged along for the ride and most days, especially when we went, it was pouring with rain and we were stuck in the house in quarantine. Ma would always find a way to make us smile. She would do anything she could to make us laugh. My Ma, was the cool mom people love. She was stubborn as hell which made her hard to persuade. It took my brother 3 years to convince my Ma that my best friend wasn't his girlfriend. That was with the pout. I have to finish soon mostly because if I keep going, I'm going to end up bawling. But I do want to say this verse. Evil hearts are made of stone, but their souls forever alone. Everyday a new heart sold, but in that coffin, lay a heart of gold. My Ma, we will forever miss, but well done Ma, you've acheived eternal bliss. " I took a deep breath and placed a white lily on Ma's coffin before walking back to Angel and Danny. Everyone shooting me a sympathetic look as I did. I put my hand on Angel's shoulder affectionately. This was going to be hard for him. I'm not particularly sure why, but this was Angel and I would support him. As the service ended, Angel bolted it. I shot a teary-eyed look to Lee before running after him. "Angel!" I shouted as I caught up with my brother. "Angel, love, what's wrong?" He sat down on the grass with his head hanging down.
"I don't know. It's like I never really knew Ma. I mean, After Antonio and Primo left, it's like all the attention was on you, Nikita. I got ignored, I got moved to the side. Even when you tried to put Ma's attention on me, she still wouldn't pay attention to me. " I hugged my brother tightly. Ma used to put all the affection onto me when we were younger, I thought it was cuz I was the youngest and the only girl. Now it's cuz I'm the only kid that wouldn't be put into the mafia.
"Angel, you know damn well like the sky is blue, Ma loved you with all her heart. Ma knew I was the only kid not going into the mafia, that's why. She didn't ignore you. She tried to not to shower you in adoration cuz she knew, if she lost you, the pain would be unbearable. Cuz you know damn well Ma always loved you. Never forget that. Ma loved us all and we love her. It's a kinda, you scratch my back I scratch yours kinda thing." I smiled whilst shooting my brother a krazy look. He laughed at my weird sense of humour.
"You always did know how to make a sad moment into a happy one." I smiled. "You know, if being a CSI don't work out, you could become a comedian."
"Dude, I've been a CSI since I left college which was-what 6 years ago? If it didn't work out, don't ya think I would've noticed?" I asked.
It was what a week later and I decided to pull a few strings and maybe probably, most likely, almost indefinitely piss off Lee by getting us in as a supporting act for Maroon 5's yearly concert in Central Park. How I managed to do said thing is still beyond me but I'm certainly not going to jinx it by pondering about it. I am so going to get shot for this. I got homesick, we used to do this a lot down in Miami. In the week since the funeral, I got a new tattoo, new set of glasses and a new hair colour. My new tattoo was famglia in a heart on my outer forearm. I didn't get Ma or Angel tattooed cuz I believe getting names tattooed are bad luck. I don't really know why, it's just cursed. My glasses are purple- which is now my signature colour, booyah! And my hair went from caramel brown to a dark brownie brown with purple streaks. Anyway, it took me 4 hours to beg Lee to agree to this. With Don, Danny and Angel's pout as well as mine. Damn this girl is strong. We even dressed up. Thankfully it was a sunny day. I wore a black frill detail zip front top, purple and black starred jeans, purple Iron Fist Sugar Hiccup heels. Accessories were fun to find. I had my rock chica look to keep up. I had guitar pluck earrings, skull with headphones ring on my right hand, purple shamballa bracelet and purple Kayne West Scarf. Sparkly purple nail varnish, purple lipstick and purple/blue eyeshadow was my awesome makeup combo. I looked over to Lee as we ran through final sound checks. She had changed her brown locks to a bubbly blonde. She had a black one-shoulder, black skinny jeans and red Iron Fist American Nightmare (yeah, we really like Iron Fist shoes.) heels. She had gothic black nails, red/pink lipstick and red eyeshadow. We were so rocking this rock chick look. I got handed my lucky black mic. It was so cool, it had a diamond skull on it. That's how cool it was. I rushed out onto the stage with the crowd screaming for me and Lee.
"Holla peeps!" I shouted to the crowd. I could see Don, Danny and Angel near the front. "I am Miss Nikki C. I am one half of the totally awesome Iron Fist. I know today is going to be a good day, and you know how I know today is gonna be a good day? A- I'm wearing my lucky heels. B- Iron Fist are here to rock this place. And C- Maroon 5 are here to blow this place up! But first, before we get to that piece of awesomeness. I shall perform 2 songs. One as a solo, and the other with my ultimate, awesome Partner in Crime, Miss Lee Lake! But first, its me with a cover of Nicki Minaj's totally awesome Starships.
Let's go to the beach, each
Let's go get away
They say, what they gonna say?
Have a drink, clink, found the Bud Light
Bad bitches like me, is hard to come by
The Patrón, own, let's go get it on
The zone, own, yes I'm in the zone
Is it two, three, leave a good tip
I'ma blow all my money and don't give two shits
I'm on the floor, floor
I love to dance
So give me more, more, 'til I can't stand
Get on the floor, floor
Like it's your last chance
If you want more, more
Then here I am
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Can't stop 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Let's do this one last time
Can't stop...
(We're higher than a motherfucker) [x3]
Jump in my hooptie hooptie hoop
I own that
And I ain't paying my rent this month
I owe that
But fuck who you want, and fuck who you like
That's our life, there's no end in sight
Twinkle, twinkle little star
Now everybody let me hear you say ray ray ray
Now spend all your money cause today pay day
And if you're a G, you a G, G, G
My name is Onika, you can call me Nicki
Get on the floor, floor
Like it's your last chance
If you want more, more
Then here I am
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Can't stop 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Let's do this one last time
Can't stop...
(We're higher than a motherfucker) [x3]
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Can't stop 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Let's do this one last time
Can't stop...
(We're higher than a motherfucker) [x3] I danced to the beat as well as I could whilst singing. " Lee! Come on up here!" She bounced up, smiling. Try and tell me you don't love it chica!
"Hey chicos! I'm Lee Lake and the other half of the awesome Iron Fist!" The crowd cheered even louder. The music started up for our song. It was Lose My breath by Destiny's Child. Lee had Beyonce and I had Kelly. We would both do Michelle and the chorus.
[Chorus]
Can you keep up?
Baby boy, make me lose my breath
Bring the noise, make me lose my breath
Hit me Hard, make me lose my (Hah Hah)
Can you keep up?
Baby boy, make me lose my breath
Bring the noise, make me lose my breath
Hit me Hard, make me lose my (Hah Hah)
Lee
OOOh
I put it right there, made it easy for you to get to
Now you wanna act like ya don't know what to do
After I done everything that you asked me
Grabbed you, grind you, liked you, tried you
Moved so fast baby now I can't find you
OOOh
I'm startin' to believe that I'm way too much for you
All that talk but it seems like it can't come through
All them lies like you could satisfy me,
Now I see where believing you got me
Gave you the wheel, but you can't drive me
[Chorus]
Me
OOOh
Two things I don't like when I tryin' to get my groove
Is a partna that meets me only half way and just can't prove
Take me out so deep when you know you can't swim
Need a lifeguard and I need protection
So put it on me deep in the right direction
OOOh
You understand the facts that I'm tryin' to give to you
You movin' so slow like you just don't have a clue
Didn't mama teach you to give affection?
You're the difference of a man and an adolescent
It ain you boo, so get tha steppin'
[Chorus x2]
Both
If you can't make me say OOO
Like the beat of this drum
Why you ask for some and you really want none
If you can't make me say OOO
Like the beat of this groove
Both
You don't have no business in this here's your papers
Baby you are dismissed, dismissed, dismissed, dismissed, dismissed, dismissed, dismissed
[Chorus x2] We bowed as the song ended. " We present-" I started
"To you." -Lee
"The awesome People." - Me Again
"Of New York City"- Lee again
"Maroon 5 !" We both shout before jumping off the stage, beaming like we just won the lottery.