Chapter Eight

It had been a little over a year since I had seen Jon, and even longer since I saw his sister. Jon and I may not see each other very often, but we keep in touch by phone and text whenever we could. Jon was not very fond of the whole internet thing, and didn't care for text, so most of our conversations were by phone. Most of our conversations were about wrestling, and what state we would be in next, or who we wrestled that week, and our in ring technique. I knew by the sound of his voice when I answered the phone Jon did not want to talk about any of that, something else was bothering him. I was used to his random calls, and his ranting, but this was different.

I quickly changed my clothes, knowing Jon would be here soon, and made sure to put some bear in the fridge just in time for Jon to help himself into my house. "Hey man? You walked all the way here?" I asked, giving Jon a hug, before retreating to the living room. Jon paced the floor, as I sat down watching him intently. "I found Nikki."

The air had stilled between them, they were both quiet now. Sami looked at Jon, he had known how much Nikki met to him, hell she was like a little sister to him as well. It was devastating to both of them not knowing where she was, who she was with, if she was even alive. It was shortly after that when Jon, and him went downhill. The drugs, and alcohol became a problem, and blurred their line of reality, Sami was the first one to make the right choice and get clean, it was even harder for him to prove to Jon that getting clean and finishing wrestling school was the right thing to do for him and his sister.

"So, so she's ok then? Did you talk to her? Is she…" Sami started, wanting to know every little detail about the situation, however he was cut off by Jon, who was now standing up and pacing the short distance along side the couch. It was in those intense moments where Jon craved the drugs that calmed his body, taking all the pain and stress from his life and turning it into a floating bliss of nothing.

"She's fine. She's with us now; well she's with the guys." Jon said, referring to Seth and Roman. Sami had so many questions about his adoptive sister, but he knew better then to push Jon with the questions, especially when he was stressed this bad.

"Sami, The worst part of all this," Jon started, still pacing, "Is that she isn't the way she used to be." Jon stopped, arms folded across his chest, before falling back into the couch.

"Well did you really expect all these years to go by, and then here she comes still the way you remember her? She isn't a child, and we don't even know what she has been through, do you?" Sami questioned.

Jon shook his head no, "I know she isn't a child anymore, it isn't even that, shes just different. She's not the same."

"What are you talking about?" Sami asked.

"She's doing drugs. I know it. She was on the streets, just like us. She's different." Jon tried to explain, but didn't know exactly how to explain to his best friend how his little sister has changed since the last time he saw her. Sure she changed, she grew up, and she's a lot stronger then she used to be. She doesn't need to rely on her brother, and that might even be the most terrifying part of it all.

Sami had only one thing on his mind. He wanted to see Nikki, he wanted to wrap his arms around her, and tell her how much he missed her. It was horrible not knowing what happened to her, or where she was, or who she was with, or where she was sleeping at night. If Nikki was scared, or at peace, there was so many things that worried both Sami and Jon, and the thought of never seeing their little sister again brought them down to a very dark time in their life. There was only one way to settle both of their worrying minds. "Jon, we need to go see her, and talk to her, and find out what happened since she's been gone, it's the only way we can help her if she has a problem."

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