MIKITA IN A DIFFERENT STORY
(Disclaimer: I do not own the show Nikita or its characters.)
This was a product of my imagination, with all my favorite characters in one story with Nikita and Michael as its main characters. The songs included were all my favorites from my favorite singers/bands.
(Sorry if it took me so long to update my story. Got so many paper works. About Sean and Alex, I'm hoping to talk about them more. I just need to focus with Nikita and Michael right now. Hoping you'll join me until the very last chapter. Review and relate to others.)
Singing for a Second Chance
"I'm so happy to see you my angel. How is my baby?" Nikita cuddled Denise.
"I'm fine mama. I miss you so much." Denise kisses Nikita.
"I miss you too. By the way, this is your Uncle Sean. Sean meet my daughter, Denise." Nikita introduces.
Sean was surprise. "Hi Denise. You're so beautiful just like your mom." He smiled and kisses Denise.
"Thank you uncle." Denise smiled back.
Nikita explained everything to Sean. They spend their weekend together with Nikita's family. Nikita was grateful having Sean around and everyone. She's lost and she was drowning about the truth that she loves the father of her daughter.
"Good morning Mr. West. I didn't expect to see you here." Amanda greets Michael.
"Good morning. I just went here to give you this." Michael handed a gift to Amanda. "It's a thanksgiving gift. I'm happy with my decision to apply here." He smiled.
"Oh thank you. It's enough that we have you here. You don't have to give me gifts." Amanda smiled back.
"It's not that expensive. It's a product from our place, Ohio. You'll love it." Michael said.
"Thank you. You're right, I will love this. Nikita gave me like this before." Amanda replied.
"Nikita?" Michael heart beats fast.
"Yes. Well she's my assistant. She's the one who encourages all my scouts in every place to join our company except for your case. You're the one who found us." Amanda answered.
"Nikita went to Ohio?" Michael asked once again.
"Yes. We had a call from a certain aspirant but she never showed up. Why? You seem so very interested." Amanda gave Michael an intriguing smile.
"I'm from that place and that made me curious about it." Michael responded.
"All I thought you were interested to your manager." Amanda laughed.
Michael's desire on knowing the lady in the bar becomes more interesting because it might be Nikita whom he spent a night with. He has clues and all he needs to do is to ask her directly. But how will he do it? Knowing Nikita's personality, she might get angry if he will question her some sensitive issues.
"Hey sissy. Are you ready for the big day tomorrow?" Alex asked Nikita who is busy preparing for the album launch.
"I'm nervous and I'm freaking out. This is my first time and I don't want to fail our boss." Nikita looks very exhausted.
"Come here." Alex offered Nikita a chair. "Sit. Relax. I have something to tell you. Last Friday when Birkoff was about to accompany me home, I have learned that Michael was searching for the lady in the bar three years ago." She said.
"What?" Nikita was shocked.
"You hear me, right? Michael is looking for you sissy." Alex replied.
Nikita can't believe what she was hearing from Alex. "Are you sure?" She asked.
"Yes sissy. He instructed the person in charge in their bar at Ohio not to stop looking for you. According to Birkoff, he finds it weird for his best friend to look for someone whom he met just once. You know, knowing Michael was madly in love with his dead wife. He told me also that Michael was amazed with the kindness of your heart by not leaving him alone in that bar drunk and lost." Alex answered.
Tears fell from Nikita's eyes. "I don't know if I'm going to be happy with what you have just said or do I need to be afraid for me and Denise. Alex what will I do? I decided not to look for him before because it's the best thing for us. Now, our world is becoming smaller." She held Alex's hand.
"You'll be okay. Some things are meant to happen and you can't just stop it. Nikita who knows you were meant to be together. All you need to decide whether to tell him about that night or not and reveal to him that he has a daughter with you. Denise is growing up and he deserves to have a father. Go home. Think and decide for your future. I'll take care what was left here to do. You look so ugly already. You need your beauty rest for tomorrow. About Michael, leave it. Things will happen in a nice way." Alex hugs her friend.
After almost four years, Nikita's nightmare is coming true. All she wanted was a peaceful life with her daughter. She hates complications especially the feeling of being rejected and forgotten. She thought that night doesn't mean anything to Michael but it's not. He was looking for her and it made her more baffled. Will she reveal herself to Michael and then what?
"Thank everyone for supporting my album launch. It was such a dream comes true for me. I never thought that I could make it this far. Believe me or not, my life before was a waste after the death of my wife. This album makes it very different from my past. I'm a failure and this reminds me that it is not yet too late. Thank you for helping me and giving me the chance to have a life. I hope you'll keep supporting me. To my patient manager, thank you so much not only being there as my manager but most especially as my friend. I'm very lucky to have you. Thank you Nikita." Michael in front of his guests in his album launch and smiled to Nikita. After a few pictorials from the press he sings his song.
We watch the season pull up its own stakes
And catch the last weekend of the last week
Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced,
Another sun soaked season fades away
You have stolen my heart
You have stolen my heart
Nikita was sitting in a table distant to the stage. She wanted to hide what she feels towards Michael. His smile and his song makes her fall all over again.
"Hey sissy, are you okay?" Alex was sitting next to Nikita.
"I don't know if can make it? Alex please." Nikita extend her hand to Alex.
Alex grabs Nikita's hand. "Your tears are falling. Stop. Be strong. You can do this." She said.
Michael finishes his song and answers some question from the press. The launch was successful. It was all positive feedbacks from the guests. Nikita was fulfilled for the launch with her selfless dedication. She did everything not only because it was her job but it was her heart desire to give the best to the love of her life.
"Hey wonder woman. This is for you." Michael approaches Nikita who was busy fixing left over of the launch and handed to her a bouquet of white rose.
"Thanks. You should have not bothered yourself to buy me this." Nikita smiled.
"I thought you were mad at me. I've been calling you last night and you're not answering your phone. I got worried that you might not appear today just like last contract signing." Michael smiled back.
"I'm not going to do that. I'm in charge here, right? Why should I get mad at you? Sorry if I did not answer your call. I have a headache last night." Nikita explained.
"Are you okay now?" Michael asked.
"Yeah. I'm just going to fix everything before leaving." Nikita answered.
"Okay. I'll wait for you. I'll accompany you to your apartment and to make sure that you're safe." Michael said.
"No, you go ahead. You're tired also. I'm fine and I'll go home after this." Nikita walked away and instructed service personnel to fix the scattered chairs.
While Nikita was busy, Michael was standing far from her without her knowing. He stared and silently observing her. Seeing her smile while he was on stage makes him feel complete not only having an album but having a friend like her. If she was the lady in the bar, he will be happy. He finds her as a kind hearted person and caring. She's amazing in her own way and that makes him remember Jamie. There's something about her that he can see Jamie.
"Thanks everybody for a job well done. This won't be successful without you guys. Thank you." Nikita showed appreciation to the personnel of IMP. As she walks towards the door, she felt dizzy and fainted.
Michael saw Nikita fell and run towards her. "Nikita, hey wake up. Are you okay?" He asked.
Nikita was unconscious. Michael carried her and brought her inside his car. He dialed Alex number and asks for Nikita's address. He accompanied her at her apartment. He laid her down in her bed. He was mesmerized with her angelic look even when she's asleep. Seeing what's inside and the color of her apartment, it was all her. It's about how organize and how serious she is. It was simple and all things were in place. How he wished she knew that she's beautiful in and out. One thing that caught his eye was a big picture of Nikita and a little girl. It was hanged on top of her bed. Maybe she was the reason that Nikita have mentioned to him. Now he knew she has a daughter. Before leaving Nikita's bedroom, he held her face and the shadow of the lady in the bar flashes in his mind. "It can't be you. I'm sure." He said while staring in Nikita's face and the picture.
Nikita slowly opened her eyes. She was confused how she got home last night. She was still dress with what she wore yesterday. She gets up from bed and went outside. She was surprised by the person she saw sleeping in the couch. She walked slowly towards Michael and watched him sleep. She remembered every single thing that happened to them years ago. He still looks like a lost kid in the street asking for a little attention. It is what she loves about him, being a kid and being true to himself.
"Am I that handsome?" Michael teases Nikita who was silently staring at him.
"No, you're not that handsome. What are you doing here?" Nikita asked.
Michael fixes himself and lifts his body looking to Nikita straightly in her eyes. "Well, you fainted yesterday. I need to accompany you here and it would be against my conscience just to leave you here without knowing that you're okay." He answered.
"Thank you but you could just leave me here." Nikita stood up and walks towards the kitchen. "I'll make you a coffee." She added.
"What do you think of me? You know I am glad that I was there to catch you and accompany you here. From the moment that you have done everything for me, I prayed that one day you'll need my help. It happened. I'm happy that I was there for you like you were there for me. I'm your friend right and Nikita you're special for me because of that. It is my way to show you that I'm so thankful that I met someone like you in my life." Michael followed Nikita in the kitchen.
Nikita was teary eyed hearing those beautiful words from Michael. "It's my job to make sure that your career is working. I am paid for that and you don't owe me anything, always remember that." She faces Michael.
"I know Nikita. But for me, you're more than that. You're more of being a friend not as my manager. Thank you for giving me a second chance to live my life again." Michael responded.
"I never thought I did that for you. But thank you for rescuing me last night and for staying. Are you that lost because you keep on talking about second chance?" Nikita handed to Michael his coffee trying to start a conversation.
"Finally, you ask me a question about my personal life." Michael smiled at Nikita.
"Is it too personal? I'm sorry. I'm just curious." Nikita sits in front of Michael.
"No, it's very okay. Nikita I want you to know me more than being your talent. Finally you're interested now." Michael replied.
"I'm a quiet person. I don't want to interrogate someone about his life. But now, I just can't help to ask because you keep on talking about it." Nikita said.
"Once I have a beautiful wife, a kind hearted simple woman. She's been the love of my life from the moment that I stepped my feet in Ohio State University. She's the reason why I dreamed to be a singer someday. She's the air that I breathe. I have pulse because of her. The moment that I have learned about her disease, I almost broke down. We fought together but still we lose in the end. I died when she died. I was so lost and broken. Birkoff woke me up from my nightmare and you gave me a light to guide me in the dark. You gave me a second chance." Michael cried.
Nikita reach out for Michael's hand. "I'm so sorry. I can see your pain." She cried with Michael. She doesn't know why but it was for sure that she was hurting for him.
"It's not your fault. I should be the one to tell you sorry for this." Michael wipes Nikita's face with his hand.
Nikita smiled. "Now I know where you get your strength composing your songs." She said.
"By the way, I saw the picture in your bedroom. Is she.." Michael was about to say.
"She's my daughter, Denise." Nikita was nervous being interrogated by Michael.
"So she's the one you're living your life for. She's very beautiful. It's good that she doesn't look like you." Michael laughs.
"Is that the case? Now I hate you." Nikita gave Michael a sarcastic smile.
"Okay. You're beautiful also but she's more beautiful than you." Michael smiled. "Where is her father?" He asked.
Nikita was curettage with Michael's question. She wanted to shout that it was him but her fears was eating her alive. "He left us. I don't want to talk about him.
"He's stupid for living you and Denise. It's his lost not yours. I feel very sorry for him." Michael's turn to held Nikita's hand. "You're a wonderful and a strong woman, Nikita." He comforted Nikita.
"You don't have to tell me that because I know it already." Nikita smiled.
"Now you're becoming boastful. By the way can we take a day off today? Please." Michael still holding Nikita's hand.
"Michael, we just have launched your album. I expected many calls today and I can't take a day off for that." Nikita pulled her hand away from his.
"Okay. Then cook for me. You know, I'm your knight in shining armor last night. I don't obliged you to give me something in return but it would be nice if you cook for me even breakfast only." Michael smiled at Nikita.
"Okay. I'll cook." Nikita smiled back.
"I'm just going to my car to get something." Michael walked out.
Nikita was happy to be with Michael. She was thankful not only that he rescued her but for he did not judge her about having a child without a father. If he only knew that he was Denise' father, for sure he will get mad because the truth was kept from him. "God, I love him so much." She whispered to herself. She prepared scrambled eggs with fetta and chives for breakfast.
"Hey theses are for you." Michael handed to her the bouquet of white roses he gave yesterday.
"Thank you. It's beautiful. I'm just going to say this once and don't tease me okay. You're a kind person Michael." Nikita gave him a very genuine smile.
"And handsome too, right." Michael laughs.
"That is what I'm talking about. You always do that." Nikita continue with what she's doing. "Wait in the living room as I prepare your breakfast." She added.
"I'm sorry and thank you for your compliment." Michael gave her a wink. "I'm just going to refresh." He said and walks toward the comfort room.
Michael felt comfortable in Nikita's company. Maybe because she has some qualities that Jamie has. She's so natural and beautiful in and out. She's very selfless. She is very serious but in the same way her personality is so transparent. She has a beautiful heart. While staring at the mirror, Michael remembers how angelic Nikita's face when she was asleep and at the same time he can see the shadow of the lady from his past. What if she was the lady in the bar? Am I the father of her daughter? These are the questions that linger in his mind.
"It looks like very delicious. You're a serious vegetarian." Michael gets his plate that place across the dining table sits beside Nikita. "I'm sorry. I'm not used to eat having no one beside me." He smiled.
"It's fine." Nikita smiled back.
"This is so good. It's healthy and perfect." Michael praising Nikita's taste.
"Stop telling lies, okay." Nikita laughs.
Michael knew that sound. "You have an infectious laugh. It's cute." He said.
Nikita was no comment. She stops laughing.
"Hey don't get it wrong. You deserve to be happy Nikita. Your smiles and the way you laugh, it's amazing. You're so beautiful." Michael stared right through Nikita's eyes.
Nikita is smiling while silently eating her food while listening to the beautiful words that come out from Michael's mouth.
"I'm going to say that just once." Michael was serious.
The two shared a friendly breakfast. They tease one another. Nikita was glad having Michael in her apartment and close to her. Same way with Michael, spending time with her makes him a person he was before. He doesn't know why, but he's very happy having Nikita around.
"You go ahead. I'll call you to inform you about your next project." Nikita walks Michael at the door.
"That will be okay. Thanks for the breakfast." Michael smiled.
"Thanks for last night and for being my knight in shining armor." Nikita smiled.
"Take care Nikita." Michael kisses her in the cheek.
Nikita blushes. "Goodbye." She said.
She was about to close the door but Michael stops her.
"I'm sorry but I need to do this." Michael claimed Nikita's lips. A blissful kiss and she responded. "You're the lady in the bar almost four years ago." He hugs her so tight.
(up next… will Nikita accept the fact that Michael has found out about their past? Cassandra will cross path with Michael again and same way with Nikita and Daniel.)