Final Chapter: Butterflies, Regrets and Strange Kisses: Chapter 13
See what happens next!
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Nia's POV
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I yawned and then sniffed back a tear after getting off the phone with Nick. I was so sleepy and my roommates had gone to sleep already.
I walked into the kitchen for a glass of water and stopped when I heard a ringing in my ear. I held my hands against my ears and I heard gunshots outside my apartment.
"Oh, God what now!" I exclaimed irritated, I wish Nick had found a more stable environment than this, although I was used to it by now.
I felt something sharp hit my back and I dropped to the floor convulsing.
I couldn't stop, and the pain was so bad.
My roommates doors opened and soon all three girls were in the kitchen.
"Omg, she's having a seizure. QUICK! GET A TOWEL."
Tears ran down my eyes and I heard Nick calling me.
What's wrong with my baby?
Odessa held me up, and someone else forced a towel down my throat to keep my tongue from choking me. It took a moment for my legs and feet to stop hitting the floor.
"You didn't tell us you had seizures."
That's because I don't.
I had calmed down now. I yanked the towel out my mouth and stood up. They stared at me in amazement.
"What the...are you ok?"
I didn't answer.
I opened the door and ran thought the halls down the stairs and out the door still clad in my pajamas.
I had to find him, I had to find him.
"NICK!NICK!NICK!" I screamed until I saw the Paramedics putting someone on the stretcher into the Ambulance.
No.No.
The gunshots. They were him.
I ran to the ambulance and looked in, and saw him soaked with blood.
"NICK!" I cried.
"Who are you?" someone asked.
"A friend." I answered not hesitating to get in the back with him and the paramedics.
I sat out of their way as they worked with him, checking his pulse and breathing and I tried to calm myself.
I had to call his mom, his dad.
.....and Amber
I took his cell-phone out of his pocket and searched until I found Amber.
She had a star next to her name.
I held back a tear and dialed her number.
No response, it went straight to voicemail.
"DAMNIT."
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Ivy's POV
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I woke up in a hospital bed attached to various things I could barely see, my vision was blurry and there was the tell tale throbbing of rape. I opened my mouth and cried hollowly.
Why would Darien do that to me. Why would he tear up my body like that...
"My baby!" I touched my belly to see if it was still there.
"Shhh."
I turned my head painfully and saw my roommate Sarah sitting next to a sleepy Michael.
"The baby is fine. He's ok?"
"He???" I uttered.
"Yeah, he's fine."
I nodded and laid back against the pillow.
"Who did it Ivy?"
I blinked away the tears and covered my belly with the flat of my palms.
"Nobody did it."
"No." She appeared over me.
"Who the f*ck did it so I can kill the Goddamn bastard. Who the f*ck rapes a pregnant woman!"
I shrugged.
"Open your Goddamn mouth Ivy. If you let this bastard walk around and get scott free then there's going to be hell to pay because I'll murder him!"
Michael freshly woken silenced her.
"Let her rest, someone will be in here later to question her. She almost lost the baby, don't work her up."
Sarah nodded and put her hand on top of mines.
"We're here for you. You know that right?"
"Yeah." I croaked.
"You forgive me?" I looked at Michael teary eyed.
"Of course I do. I'm your friend. And I'm here for you. And I'll be there for you when we put that sick bastard away."
Then I thought of Darians hands and the rape and it was too much. I screamed and cried.
"Darien did it, my baby's father raped me!" I sobbed.
Michael wrapped his arms around me and held me tight as I shuddered and sobbed.
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Nia's POV
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Nick pulled through, he made it. That day I didn't think he would live, my dream had been so vivid I expected for him to die but he didn't. He made a way and I was there for him. Amber came and his family did as well, his Dad, mom and sister were all there for him. He was still able to walk, thank God.
One day I came up to the hospital to see him and he was alone.
"Hey."
He shifted under his blankets and smiled up at me.
"Hey, what's up."
"Oh life....trying to see how many bullets they took out of you."
His sense of humor kicked in and he chuckled, "I'm good, if that's what you want to know."
I pulled a chair close to his bedside and sat down.
"I thought I was going to lose you."
"You know I'm not going anywhere. Its me and you forever."
His hand reached from under the blanket and grasped mines.
"I'm glad that we're friends."
His face wrinkled up, "Friends..."
I nodded, "Yes friends. It seems like that's all we can ever be....it seems that's all fate will allow us to be."
"Nia, but the way I feel for you..."
"Is getting in the way of what you feel for Amber." I completed.
"I know I haven't broken up with her yet...things are tough...give me awhile to do it."
I shook my head and smiled sadly at his grey eyes.
"No. I won't let you do that. I'm giving you and her a chance to work...and I will continue to be your friend."
"That won't change what I feel for you."
"Neither will it I....but if its meant to be....something will happen. But right now...me and you are only meant to be friends."
"Nia..."
"Nick..stop! You almost died! And over what?! A stupid ass insecure guy running around pretending to be a man! You almost died for a stupid reason! If fate is telling us that we don't belong together than I agree."
"Wait you're confusing me."
"You died in my dream!" I blurted out.
"I was Mary and you were Benji again...and you died because of me..."
His grip tightened, "I'm here now...and I'm not Benji..I'm Nick."
"And I want you to live...even if that means never being with you....and I want you to breathe even if that means seeing you with Amber."
He dropped my hand and I looked at the door to see why. Amber was just walking into the room...and I wondered if she knew I was his ex.
"Hey Nia. Nick baby how are you?"
She hadn't seen anything good. I could leave things the way they were and continue with my life.
"Hey Amber."
I rose up and nodded at them both before leaving.
Michael rounded the corner. I grinned at him sheepishly and ducked my head.
"I'm not mad anymore."
I looked up, "That's good."
"I miss you....as a friend."
I smiled, "And I miss you as a friend too."
"We cool?" He held his hand out for me to shake. I rolled my eyes and threw my arms around his waist.
"Now we're cool."
"I want to see Ivy and see if she's ok."
Michael smiled and took my hand and guided me to her room.
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Ivy's POV
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*Two years Later*
Matthew ran over to Michael his baby feet pounding softly against the cemented sidewalk. Sometimes it hurt so much to look at my little boy....because he was the spitting image of his daddy.
Darian had been locked up for a good deal of time...for attempted murder and rape. He was sloppy with the rape and the shooting, his DNA was all over the place and even though he ran, the cops ran faster and got him. It took me awhile to say he was the rapist, but with that information they found Nicks shooter.
I always knew he was crazy.
Michael threw Matt in the air and I clapped my hands at the sound of his happy laughter. He was heaven sent from above and he was my baby.
I still had nightmares about Darian....him coming to rape me and then take my baby. God, Therapists and Michael helped that.
Michael.....oh Michael....it was a good thing I made out with him two years ago. If I never would've made out with him.....then I wouldn't be with him now. Friends and then lovers...I had always scoffed at that...but Michael was the truth, he was sooo real, and I loved the way he made me feel...to quote India Arie.
He put Matt down and put something in his hands.
"Take that to mama."
Matt bobbed his little head and ran back to me.
"Wahts that little man?" I cooed.
He opened his little hands and held up a ring to me....a diamond ring. I took it out of his hands and looked at Michael.
"Why did you give this to him?" I demanded.
Matt was known for losing little things...my earrings, my panty hose...everything.
"I thought if I gave it to him first then you would take it."
I staggered a bit at his handsome smile and his knowing eyes.
"This is..."
"And engagement ring..."
Tears formed in my eyes and I could see him walking forward and dropping to one knee.
"Will you marry me?"
I laughed out loud.
"Are you crazy?"
"N-no..." He stood up slowly.
"Hell yeah I'll marry you!"
He picked up my son and held him in one arm and he threw the other one around me.
"That sounds good to me."
"And you don't know how good that makes me feel."
I kissed him on the lips and he kissed back twice.
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Ahhhh you guys don't hurt me, ok so I kinda sorta fibbed when I said this would be the last book...Now here me out...there's one more book and that will be the LAST book! I promise!!! Check out the fourth and LAST installment "You and You Only".
Nia's POV
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I yawned and then sniffed back a tear after getting off the phone with Nick. I was so sleepy and my roommates had gone to sleep already.
I walked into the kitchen for a glass of water and stopped when I heard a ringing in my ear. I held my hands against my ears and I heard gunshots outside my apartment.
"Oh, God what now!" I exclaimed irritated, I wish Nick had found a more stable environment than this, although I was used to it by now.
I felt something sharp hit my back and I dropped to the floor convulsing.
I couldn't stop, and the pain was so bad.
My roommates doors opened and soon all three girls were in the kitchen.
"Omg, she's having a seizure. QUICK! GET A TOWEL."
Tears ran down my eyes and I heard Nick calling me.
What's wrong with my baby?
Odessa held me up, and someone else forced a towel down my throat to keep my tongue from choking me. It took a moment for my legs and feet to stop hitting the floor.
"You didn't tell us you had seizures."
That's because I don't.
I had calmed down now. I yanked the towel out my mouth and stood up. They stared at me in amazement.
"What the...are you ok?"
I didn't answer.
I opened the door and ran thought the halls down the stairs and out the door still clad in my pajamas.
I had to find him, I had to find him.
"NICK!NICK!NICK!" I screamed until I saw the Paramedics putting someone on the stretcher into the Ambulance.
No.No.
The gunshots. They were him.
I ran to the ambulance and looked in, and saw him soaked with blood.
"NICK!" I cried.
"Who are you?" someone asked.
"A friend." I answered not hesitating to get in the back with him and the paramedics.
I sat out of their way as they worked with him, checking his pulse and breathing and I tried to calm myself.
I had to call his mom, his dad.
.....and Amber
I took his cell-phone out of his pocket and searched until I found Amber.
She had a star next to her name.
I held back a tear and dialed her number.
No response, it went straight to voicemail.
"DAMNIT."
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Ivy's POV
**********
I woke up in a hospital bed attached to various things I could barely see, my vision was blurry and there was the tell tale throbbing of rape. I opened my mouth and cried hollowly.
Why would Darien do that to me. Why would he tear up my body like that...
"My baby!" I touched my belly to see if it was still there.
"Shhh."
I turned my head painfully and saw my roommate Sarah sitting next to a sleepy Michael.
"The baby is fine. He's ok?"
"He???" I uttered.
"Yeah, he's fine."
I nodded and laid back against the pillow.
"Who did it Ivy?"
I blinked away the tears and covered my belly with the flat of my palms.
"Nobody did it."
"No." She appeared over me.
"Who the f*ck did it so I can kill the Goddamn bastard. Who the f*ck rapes a pregnant woman!"
I shrugged.
"Open your Goddamn mouth Ivy. If you let this bastard walk around and get scott free then there's going to be hell to pay because I'll murder him!"
Michael freshly woken silenced her.
"Let her rest, someone will be in here later to question her. She almost lost the baby, don't work her up."
Sarah nodded and put her hand on top of mines.
"We're here for you. You know that right?"
"Yeah." I croaked.
"You forgive me?" I looked at Michael teary eyed.
"Of course I do. I'm your friend. And I'm here for you. And I'll be there for you when we put that sick bastard away."
Then I thought of Darians hands and the rape and it was too much. I screamed and cried.
"Darien did it, my baby's father raped me!" I sobbed.
Michael wrapped his arms around me and held me tight as I shuddered and sobbed.
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Nia's POV
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Nick pulled through, he made it. That day I didn't think he would live, my dream had been so vivid I expected for him to die but he didn't. He made a way and I was there for him. Amber came and his family did as well, his Dad, mom and sister were all there for him. He was still able to walk, thank God.
One day I came up to the hospital to see him and he was alone.
"Hey."
He shifted under his blankets and smiled up at me.
"Hey, what's up."
"Oh life....trying to see how many bullets they took out of you."
His sense of humor kicked in and he chuckled, "I'm good, if that's what you want to know."
I pulled a chair close to his bedside and sat down.
"I thought I was going to lose you."
"You know I'm not going anywhere. Its me and you forever."
His hand reached from under the blanket and grasped mines.
"I'm glad that we're friends."
His face wrinkled up, "Friends..."
I nodded, "Yes friends. It seems like that's all we can ever be....it seems that's all fate will allow us to be."
"Nia, but the way I feel for you..."
"Is getting in the way of what you feel for Amber." I completed.
"I know I haven't broken up with her yet...things are tough...give me awhile to do it."
I shook my head and smiled sadly at his grey eyes.
"No. I won't let you do that. I'm giving you and her a chance to work...and I will continue to be your friend."
"That won't change what I feel for you."
"Neither will it I....but if its meant to be....something will happen. But right now...me and you are only meant to be friends."
"Nia..."
"Nick..stop! You almost died! And over what?! A stupid ass insecure guy running around pretending to be a man! You almost died for a stupid reason! If fate is telling us that we don't belong together than I agree."
"Wait you're confusing me."
"You died in my dream!" I blurted out.
"I was Mary and you were Benji again...and you died because of me..."
His grip tightened, "I'm here now...and I'm not Benji..I'm Nick."
"And I want you to live...even if that means never being with you....and I want you to breathe even if that means seeing you with Amber."
He dropped my hand and I looked at the door to see why. Amber was just walking into the room...and I wondered if she knew I was his ex.
"Hey Nia. Nick baby how are you?"
She hadn't seen anything good. I could leave things the way they were and continue with my life.
"Hey Amber."
I rose up and nodded at them both before leaving.
Michael rounded the corner. I grinned at him sheepishly and ducked my head.
"I'm not mad anymore."
I looked up, "That's good."
"I miss you....as a friend."
I smiled, "And I miss you as a friend too."
"We cool?" He held his hand out for me to shake. I rolled my eyes and threw my arms around his waist.
"Now we're cool."
"I want to see Ivy and see if she's ok."
Michael smiled and took my hand and guided me to her room.
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Ivy's POV
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*Two years Later*
Matthew ran over to Michael his baby feet pounding softly against the cemented sidewalk. Sometimes it hurt so much to look at my little boy....because he was the spitting image of his daddy.
Darian had been locked up for a good deal of time...for attempted murder and rape. He was sloppy with the rape and the shooting, his DNA was all over the place and even though he ran, the cops ran faster and got him. It took me awhile to say he was the rapist, but with that information they found Nicks shooter.
I always knew he was crazy.
Michael threw Matt in the air and I clapped my hands at the sound of his happy laughter. He was heaven sent from above and he was my baby.
I still had nightmares about Darian....him coming to rape me and then take my baby. God, Therapists and Michael helped that.
Michael.....oh Michael....it was a good thing I made out with him two years ago. If I never would've made out with him.....then I wouldn't be with him now. Friends and then lovers...I had always scoffed at that...but Michael was the truth, he was sooo real, and I loved the way he made me feel...to quote India Arie.
He put Matt down and put something in his hands.
"Take that to mama."
Matt bobbed his little head and ran back to me.
"Wahts that little man?" I cooed.
He opened his little hands and held up a ring to me....a diamond ring. I took it out of his hands and looked at Michael.
"Why did you give this to him?" I demanded.
Matt was known for losing little things...my earrings, my panty hose...everything.
"I thought if I gave it to him first then you would take it."
I staggered a bit at his handsome smile and his knowing eyes.
"This is..."
"And engagement ring..."
Tears formed in my eyes and I could see him walking forward and dropping to one knee.
"Will you marry me?"
I laughed out loud.
"Are you crazy?"
"N-no..." He stood up slowly.
"Hell yeah I'll marry you!"
He picked up my son and held him in one arm and he threw the other one around me.
"That sounds good to me."
"And you don't know how good that makes me feel."
I kissed him on the lips and he kissed back twice.
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Ahhhh you guys don't hurt me, ok so I kinda sorta fibbed when I said this would be the last book...Now here me out...there's one more book and that will be the LAST book! I promise!!! Check out the fourth and LAST installment "You and You Only".
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