Whoops chapter 7
My music's sold out
i'm swinging
They hoping,
that they gona catch me riding
trying catch me ridin dirty
trying catch me ridin dirty
trying catch me riding
trying catch me ridin dirty
Stepping out of the tub, she'd been soaking in for the past hour, Reign rushed to answer her cell phone.
"Hi Annette!"I smile into the phone glad to hear a friendly voice,
"Hea...who'd ya know it was me?"
"Helloooo....I got your boy chamillionaire as your ring tone." I laughed
"You better stop playing Reign.....you damn well know I can't stand that fifty cent looking punk!"
"Come on Annette.........a brotha's just trying to make some a dat funny money. Besides I saw you getting down to Ridin Dirty, just six weeks ago, at Aisha's baby shower.."
"Child please....that was way after the fact."
"What fact would that be?"
"three glasses of Alize." We both snickered into the phone.
"You are so ghetto." I squealed into the phone, all the earlier tension I'd been feeling just seemed to melt away. Just by hearing the sound of my best friends voice.
"That's why you love me. It's part of my charm."
"True....When your right, Your right. So what's going on?"
"Can't a girl just call a friend A certain friend who was SUPPOSE to be going on a well deserved vacation, But instead is half way cross the damn world. Working." The chastisement evident in her voice.
"It couldn't be helped." I answered while biting into a pear. "Something came up. How's my little princess doing?""
"Ohh... you mean your little terrorist. She's fine. I just put her down for a nap."
"Why you always call her that. She's not a terrorist."
"For you maybe, but then again she's not with you twenty four hours a day."
"Leave her alone...I won't have you bad mouthing my god daughter."
"Reign, you’re the reason she's like that. You spoil her."
'"Ohhh, please. That's part of the job description."
"What ever. I'm plaining on hiring her out to George bush."
"What?"I balked into the phone.
"Yes honey... I'm writing up a proposal, it's going to say. If you want to catch Osama Bin Laden, Just dropped her in the same cave with him. I guarantee you, inside of two hours.....Homeboy would be running and begging for mercy."
hem hehehehehehehehehehehehe."She's not that bad."
"Yes she is. That child’s got you and everyone else wrapped around her little finger."
"Including you!"
"I know.....She's just like her daddy. A hell raiser to the end. I just can't help loving the little demon."Annette sighed wistfully in to the phone.
"You still miss Macho, Don't you?"
"You know that boy was my heart." The sadness in Annette's voice becoming more evident with each word she spoke.
"Yeah I know..."
"Reign......There's some thing I want to talk to you about." Her voice now filled with apprehension.
"I'm listening...."my voice softened, encouraging her to speak.
"I'm pregnant............."
The line went quiet as I waited for her to continue. "I don't think I want to keep the baby."
"WHY? You don't even believe in abortion!"I couldn't keep the disbelief, from my voice.
"Reign......I don't need you judging me. I need someone to talk to." This isn't an easy decision to make."
"Annette I'm not judging you. I'd never do that."
"Yes you are. I can here it in your voice." Annette hissed into the phone.
I leaned back into to the pillows and sighed deeply."I'm sorry.....I didn't mean to sound that way. Why don't you want to keep th e baby?" I asked
"Because it's MARKS." There it is Annette had laid al her cards out on the table. All that was left was to wait on Reigns reaction.
"MARK.......MARK?" Reigns voice grew shrill"No....uh-uhn.......Not that same mother fucker that broke your jaw....MARK? It's another Mark right?"
"No, Reign it's the same Mark." her voice heavy with disappointment.
"I don't understand. How far along are you?"
"I'm nine weeks."
"Jesus Christ Annette girl. He beat you up four months ago. YOU told me that you broke it off with him."
"I'd did." Annette's voice snapped defensively.
"So WHY are you nine weeks pregnant, when you broke up four months aga." Reign snapped accusingly.
"I got back with him about a month after the...... insident....and before you go there, he said he was sorry."
"Hem...."huffing into the phone "The Incident.....It's that, what they call it now?............And you believed him? I can't believe this shit. Annette, your one of the strongest women I know. How could you fall for that line."
"Reign......."I could hear the tears."Reign he said he wanted us to be a family. Is it so wrong for me to want my baby to have a father? I grew up not knowing mine, So did you and Skye. What's wrong with wanting the best for Izzy."she sniffed. I could tell she was trying to keep her self from crying.
"Nothings wrong with that Annette, I think that's what every good parent wants for their child. to have it better than they did.
But Annette......Mark beat you. you know I'm not talking about a regular man & woman fight. He broke your jaw and sprained your wrist."I whispered "I just don't think that's best for you & Izzy."
"Ray...I know....I know....but I wanted to believe him. It's hard raising a child on your own. I mean if it weren't for you I don't know how I would manage with work & school and taking care of Izzy. I just wanted someone to stand by me. you know?"
"Yeah.....I know" tears stinging the back of my eyes. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Yes."Annette already knew what the question would be, and she honestly didn't know if she should tell Reign the truth. Reign had always been there for her, but she knew reign had a low tolerance for this kind of thing. If the truth be told, A little part of her was afraid, Reign would turn her back on her.
"Was that the last time he hit you?" Oh, God please, please let her say yes. Reign could feel her stomach tightening.
silence greeted her on the other line.
"Annette, Was that the last time Mark put his hands on you?"
"No."came the simple reply,
"And you,,,,,,,you didn't tell anyone?"
"No." Annette’s voice sounded almost child like
"Why?"
"Because I knew it was my fault."the tears were running freely now."Ray I can't have this baby. Isabel’s only nineteen months old, and I can't raise another baby on my own. I can't ..Plus if he knew I was pregnant..........He'd never let me go."Annette sobbed into the phone.
"SHhhhhhhhhhhhh...Annette.........Annette"Reign tried to calm her friend as she sobbed hysterically into the phone "Annette listen to me....ok.....You have to calm down, alright...You don't want to wake Izzy up, right? At mention of her sleeping daughter Annette seemed to calm down slightly. "Girl, how on God's earth could this be your fault?"
"Because everybody warned me against getting together with him?"
"Annette it's not your fault. I don't want you thinking like that. No one in this world is perfect, Well maybe I come the closest."trying to lighten the mood. I could hear her smiling
"Sure Ray Whateva!"
"My point is we all make bad judgement calls."
"Wow.....Reign, that's a nice way of saying I fucked up."
"No....It's a nice way of saying WE ALL fuck up, at one point or another. Have you been to the Doctor yet?"
"Yeah, I went today, they confirmed it, I'm nine weeks and two days." Her sobbs started again.
"Alright. So your sure you want to do this?"I asked softly "Because I'll help you if you want."
"No....'m not sure. Reign, I don't want to kill my baby, everytime i look at Izzy & see her.........My heart breaks. & you know I had gestational diabetics with Izzy. It never went away, so that means complications. I haven't really been taking care of my self. I just can't go through all that right now. I can't have this baby. If I do I'll be tied to him for life." She cried desperately.
"ok....."
"I made the appointment for next week, but I don't have the money."
"How much is it going to cost?"
"The girl said four hundred and twenty dollars? I just paid my rent & with daycare and every thing else, I don't have it."
"I'll give it to you." Oh God please forgive me. Reign thought to her self. The thought of her paying to kill a baby made her sick, but her friend needed Help.
"Reign...Thank you."
"Don't.....I just. I don't know......"
"I know Reign... I feel the same way. I wanted to ask you another favor."
"Go ahead."
"Could you come with me? Do you think you'll be back in time? They said I need to have someone to take me home after the procedure. and I have to pick Izzy up from day care."
"I don't see why not." I sighed "But I'll check to make sure." She heard Annette sigh nervously on the other end of the line. "Don't worry.....I'll work it out. You know we're always there for each other."
"I know, but sometimes it just seems your there more for me. You give and I take."
"Annette, stop.... your hormones must be acting up, cause you sound really dramatic right about now."
"It's true Reign, When Macho died. you were there for me. When I had Izzy, you were there........"
"When my grandparents got sick and We had money problems, YOU hooked me up with a job, at a club I couldn't even get into. When I was at work you helped take care of them.
What? I didn't know we were keeping score now." Annette laughed.
"Your a good friend....."
"So are you, now I want you to promise me something."
"What....right now you could get a liver a kidney, maybe even a lung." I smiled. She sounded better.
"I want to take care of your self. Stay away from Mark."
"Reign, I know you mean well, but that's something I'm going to have to deal with on my own."
"Why are you so stubborn."
"I don't know. It's part of my charm."
"Yeah well I've got another word for it."
"Heaaaa....be nice."
"I always am. Give my baby a kiss for me. Tell her I miss her."
"I will...... Reign?"
"Yeah?"
"Thank s for listening."
"I wish you would listen for a change."
"You know what my Auntie Belle use to say?"
"No..I don't know what your Famous Auntie Belle use to say"
"Auntie Belle always use to say :Annette.....nothing can be done, before the time!"
"Amen Auntie Belle.....So in other words. Be patient."
"Something like that."
"You just be careful. And Annette if he touches you again. I want you to take Izzy & go to my house."
"Reign..Please......"
"No Annette Please, I don't want Izzy to loose her mother, because some pussy assed punk, gots issues."
"That's the last thing I want reign....Trust me."
"Alright.......Goodnight"
"You mean Good afternoon, don't you?"
"No girl. I mean Godd Night. It's night over here."
Knock....Knock.....Knock
"Annette....hold on, someone’s at the door."
"No..I have to go anyway. I've got a load of laundry to do, before miss thing wakes up."
Knock...knock sounding more insistent
"Alright, but I have some news for you too."
"Really......."
"Gotta go. Bye" Hitting the end button
Reign looked through the peephole. Nikolas stood there with a scowl full of purpose set grimly on his face. "Ohhh Shit......Ahhh God I reallely didn't want to have to deal with him now." The knocking turned into pounding. Wrapping the robed that hung loosely around her ample frame tighter. Reign wrenched the door open.
"What is your problem? Are you trying to wake the dead or something?"
"Where the Hell have you been, & why haven't you been answering your phone"? Nikolas asked as he brushed past her with out a back ward glance.
"Good evening to you too. Won't you please come in?" Reign sweetly asked the empty door way. Deliberately ignoring the glare coming from Nikolas.
Nikolas walked over to her and slammed the door."I'm in no mood for your sarcasm. “Now where were you, & why did you run away from me?"
"Now lets just get a few things straight."Reign hissed while folding her arms across her chest defensively."First where I go...Is...NONE...Of ...YOUR...Business. Secondly I didn't run away from you. I don't run from anyone." turning on her heals, Reign headed straight across the living room towards the bedroom.
Nikolas eyes narrowed as he watched her storm away from him. "Ohhhhhh no you don't." Striding behind her, he caught up to her before she could enter the bed room. Nikolas grabbed her by the elbow and swung her around to face him. "Don't walk away from me, when I'm talking to you." Reign looked pointedly from his hand that he had clamped tightly around her elbow like a vice grip to his face. The green flecks in his hazel eyes looked more pronounced.
"What's your problem let go." wrenching her arm from his. "I'm going to get dress."
Nikolas took a deep breath and stepped away from her. "Go ahead, I'll be waiting, because there are a few things we have to get straight." he said pointing between us.
Out of anger at his showing up She slammed the bedroom door as hard as she could. "Arrogant Ass hole. The nerve of him coming in here like he owns the Damn place. Probably does." Quickly dressing in pair of jeans and a white wife beater. She brushed my hair into a high ponytail. Stepping out of the bed room she was greeted with his back, as he watched the sky line. He'd discarded his jacket & tie, they both lay over the arm of the coach. His hands sat in his pockets.
"Why'd you run away from the office earlier?" Nikolas voice reached across the room and touched me as if there were no space between us.
I folded my arms across my cheat, looking at the carpet beneath my bare feet. "Why'd you hit your Uncle?"
He deserved it." he answered matter a factly.
"He deserved it." I mimicked
"Yes." His back still facing me.
"Nikolas, What did he say about me?" I asked as I walked up beside him.
"Look I don't want to talk about it. It's not worth repeating. like I said the bastard deserved it, and more if you asked me."
My thoughts flew back to the conversation. I'd had with Annette earlier, She thought she'd somehow deserved Mark hitting her. "Really?" sarcasms dripped heavily from the single word. "Nikolas, you don't get to hit people, Just because you happen to think they deserve it!" My voice growing louder with each word.
Nikolas finally tore his gaze away from the horizon, turning her to face him. His face hard, his eyes stern. "He said something that I took as offensive against my wife. I reacted the same way any man would. In order to defend his wife’s honor."
"I don't need you defending my honor...Nikolas! I'm a grown woman, and if my honor needs defending, I can handle it myself. Obviously your uncle was too pussy to say Whateva the hell he said in English. So in my book that makes him a punk."
"Nikolas face split into a smile." Why Miss Moreno...I don't think I've ever heard you that kind of language before." Slipping his hands back into his pocket, he leaned in to my personal space, His face alight with amusement, as his eyes slowly wondered over my face.
"I pushed him against his chest, and walked away from the window. What the hell did he have under that shirt a steal plate or something. woooo It's getting way to hot in here. OHHH, why'd he have to smell so good. I just wanted to bury my face in his neck and inhale, until I had dissected every detail that made up his unique scent. How am I suppose to have a serious conversation with him, when just the scent of him turns my brain to mush.
"Nikolas....I'm not some delicate little thing, that might break if I hear a curse or and insult. I can take care of my self. I know there’s a lot of animosity between you and your uncle, but I don't want to be a source of contention between the two of you." My eyes pleading with him.
"I know you can take care of your self , but none of that's going to stop me from wanting to protect what’s' mine." Mine when did I start thinking of her as mine. The thought struck Nikolas like a punch to the stomach. The truth of it is that he like the feeling it gave him. She is my wife.
Nikolas walked over to her, cupping her face with both hands "Your my wife now......and that makes you family........I think you know by now that I'd do anything for my family."Nikolas stroked her face tenderly.
"And that includes beating up other family members?"
"If it comes to that, Yes. Reign you just said there's Animosity between my Uncle & I . Well that's an understatement, if ever there was one. Before you came into the room he alluded to the fact that my fathers death wasn't an accident."
"I know I heard what he said. I can understand your anger. Hell I'd probably feel the same way." I gently laid my hands on his forearms.
Nikolas felt her breath tickle the tips of his fingers as he traced the shape of her upper lip. "You know you still haven't answered my question."
"Question......em..hemmm," clearing her throat" What question?" the feel of his hands and fingers caressing her face making her feel slightly drunk.
Nikolas pulled her closer to him, so both their bodies were flushed against each other. "I asked you why...ran.....away.....from me?" Nikolas felt her body stiffen. she pulled away from him and walked across the room. Immediately his body missed her touch. Reign walked over to a floral arrangement , and pulled a small white rose from the vase. Nikolas could clearly see the tension in her shoulders.
""It was the um... the blood.....I um don't like to see it. It freaks me out, that’s all."plastering on a smile that she didn't feel just to get Nikolas to drop the subject. Nikolas knew instantly that she was lying. He decided to let the subject lie for now.
"Ok....fair enough, but where were you this afternoon?" He asked her and saw her release a sigh.
"I went for a walk, and then I got a cab and went to Piccadilly circus. Then I came back here and took a bath."
"And you didn't get any of the messages I left for you at the front desk."
"No....I didn't stop at the desk. I already had my card key thingy, so I just came straight up."
Nikolas moved towards her. Without warning, he snaked his arms around her waist. & leaned in and whispers, "I was worried about you." His head dips and nuzzles her neck. Goose bumps race up and down her arms. planting small butterfly kisses along her shoulder. Reign couldn't help melting into his embrace. "You know there's something I've been meaning to do all day."
"What?" she breathed out
"Kiss my bride.” Reign felt his warm breath against her ear, Using his index finger & thumb to lift her chin, towards him.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” reign says softly.
“No.....”Nikolas slowly lowered his lips to hers. Brushing his lips across her. Their lips touched tentatively,, He’d only meant to brush his lips against hers, but an unexplainable need to taste her, claim her & finally to posses her over took him. Reign felt felt his tongue dance across her lower lip. Curiosity got the best of her. She wanted to kiss him for so long. Smirking, she lifted her head for the kiss and was still caught off guard when he buried his hand in her ponytail Her lips parted as their lips connect, His tongue slipped in between her lips, invading & exploring the warm sweetness, of her mouth with his. Her chest tightened and she clung helplessly to him lost in the sensation. When he released her she staggered and he grinned at her glazed eyes.
“Still think it’s a bad idea?” moving his hands from her hair to draw slow lazy circles at the back of her neck. His lips a hairs width away from hers.
“NO....” she whispered.
Nikolas moved in hungrily capturing her mouth again, Nikolas felt her weight sagged against his as he dominated the kiss. He lifted her of the floor, so her toes barely touched the carpet. His hand greedily cupped her behind. Reign instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist.
Her heart trembled from the intensity of the kiss. Her fingers slipped into his thick mane. warmth slowly spread from her belly, growing into a roaring heat.
Three sharp knocks, broke them apart.
“MMMMMMMMM..”Nikolas growl pulling away from her.” “Who is it?” He barked at the door.
“Room service sir.” called the tentative reply.
“I didn’t order room service.”Reign whispered, trying desperately to fight her way out of the lust induced fog that seemed to have swamped her brain.
“I did, while you were dressing.” nikolas said, while pressing a soft kiss against her swollen lips. “Aren’t you hungry?”
“Yes.” Reign answered, suddenly finding the gold and black pattern in the carpet very interesting.
“Well then, I’ll let the man in so we can eat.”
(C)
i'm swinging
They hoping,
that they gona catch me riding
trying catch me ridin dirty
trying catch me ridin dirty
trying catch me riding
trying catch me ridin dirty
Stepping out of the tub, she'd been soaking in for the past hour, Reign rushed to answer her cell phone.
"Hi Annette!"I smile into the phone glad to hear a friendly voice,
"Hea...who'd ya know it was me?"
"Helloooo....I got your boy chamillionaire as your ring tone." I laughed
"You better stop playing Reign.....you damn well know I can't stand that fifty cent looking punk!"
"Come on Annette.........a brotha's just trying to make some a dat funny money. Besides I saw you getting down to Ridin Dirty, just six weeks ago, at Aisha's baby shower.."
"Child please....that was way after the fact."
"What fact would that be?"
"three glasses of Alize." We both snickered into the phone.
"You are so ghetto." I squealed into the phone, all the earlier tension I'd been feeling just seemed to melt away. Just by hearing the sound of my best friends voice.
"That's why you love me. It's part of my charm."
"True....When your right, Your right. So what's going on?"
"Can't a girl just call a friend A certain friend who was SUPPOSE to be going on a well deserved vacation, But instead is half way cross the damn world. Working." The chastisement evident in her voice.
"It couldn't be helped." I answered while biting into a pear. "Something came up. How's my little princess doing?""
"Ohh... you mean your little terrorist. She's fine. I just put her down for a nap."
"Why you always call her that. She's not a terrorist."
"For you maybe, but then again she's not with you twenty four hours a day."
"Leave her alone...I won't have you bad mouthing my god daughter."
"Reign, you’re the reason she's like that. You spoil her."
'"Ohhh, please. That's part of the job description."
"What ever. I'm plaining on hiring her out to George bush."
"What?"I balked into the phone.
"Yes honey... I'm writing up a proposal, it's going to say. If you want to catch Osama Bin Laden, Just dropped her in the same cave with him. I guarantee you, inside of two hours.....Homeboy would be running and begging for mercy."
hem hehehehehehehehehehehehe."She's not that bad."
"Yes she is. That child’s got you and everyone else wrapped around her little finger."
"Including you!"
"I know.....She's just like her daddy. A hell raiser to the end. I just can't help loving the little demon."Annette sighed wistfully in to the phone.
"You still miss Macho, Don't you?"
"You know that boy was my heart." The sadness in Annette's voice becoming more evident with each word she spoke.
"Yeah I know..."
"Reign......There's some thing I want to talk to you about." Her voice now filled with apprehension.
"I'm listening...."my voice softened, encouraging her to speak.
"I'm pregnant............."
The line went quiet as I waited for her to continue. "I don't think I want to keep the baby."
"WHY? You don't even believe in abortion!"I couldn't keep the disbelief, from my voice.
"Reign......I don't need you judging me. I need someone to talk to." This isn't an easy decision to make."
"Annette I'm not judging you. I'd never do that."
"Yes you are. I can here it in your voice." Annette hissed into the phone.
I leaned back into to the pillows and sighed deeply."I'm sorry.....I didn't mean to sound that way. Why don't you want to keep th e baby?" I asked
"Because it's MARKS." There it is Annette had laid al her cards out on the table. All that was left was to wait on Reigns reaction.
"MARK.......MARK?" Reigns voice grew shrill"No....uh-uhn.......Not that same mother fucker that broke your jaw....MARK? It's another Mark right?"
"No, Reign it's the same Mark." her voice heavy with disappointment.
"I don't understand. How far along are you?"
"I'm nine weeks."
"Jesus Christ Annette girl. He beat you up four months ago. YOU told me that you broke it off with him."
"I'd did." Annette's voice snapped defensively.
"So WHY are you nine weeks pregnant, when you broke up four months aga." Reign snapped accusingly.
"I got back with him about a month after the...... insident....and before you go there, he said he was sorry."
"Hem...."huffing into the phone "The Incident.....It's that, what they call it now?............And you believed him? I can't believe this shit. Annette, your one of the strongest women I know. How could you fall for that line."
"Reign......."I could hear the tears."Reign he said he wanted us to be a family. Is it so wrong for me to want my baby to have a father? I grew up not knowing mine, So did you and Skye. What's wrong with wanting the best for Izzy."she sniffed. I could tell she was trying to keep her self from crying.
"Nothings wrong with that Annette, I think that's what every good parent wants for their child. to have it better than they did.
But Annette......Mark beat you. you know I'm not talking about a regular man & woman fight. He broke your jaw and sprained your wrist."I whispered "I just don't think that's best for you & Izzy."
"Ray...I know....I know....but I wanted to believe him. It's hard raising a child on your own. I mean if it weren't for you I don't know how I would manage with work & school and taking care of Izzy. I just wanted someone to stand by me. you know?"
"Yeah.....I know" tears stinging the back of my eyes. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Yes."Annette already knew what the question would be, and she honestly didn't know if she should tell Reign the truth. Reign had always been there for her, but she knew reign had a low tolerance for this kind of thing. If the truth be told, A little part of her was afraid, Reign would turn her back on her.
"Was that the last time he hit you?" Oh, God please, please let her say yes. Reign could feel her stomach tightening.
silence greeted her on the other line.
"Annette, Was that the last time Mark put his hands on you?"
"No."came the simple reply,
"And you,,,,,,,you didn't tell anyone?"
"No." Annette’s voice sounded almost child like
"Why?"
"Because I knew it was my fault."the tears were running freely now."Ray I can't have this baby. Isabel’s only nineteen months old, and I can't raise another baby on my own. I can't ..Plus if he knew I was pregnant..........He'd never let me go."Annette sobbed into the phone.
"SHhhhhhhhhhhhh...Annette.........Annette"Reign tried to calm her friend as she sobbed hysterically into the phone "Annette listen to me....ok.....You have to calm down, alright...You don't want to wake Izzy up, right? At mention of her sleeping daughter Annette seemed to calm down slightly. "Girl, how on God's earth could this be your fault?"
"Because everybody warned me against getting together with him?"
"Annette it's not your fault. I don't want you thinking like that. No one in this world is perfect, Well maybe I come the closest."trying to lighten the mood. I could hear her smiling
"Sure Ray Whateva!"
"My point is we all make bad judgement calls."
"Wow.....Reign, that's a nice way of saying I fucked up."
"No....It's a nice way of saying WE ALL fuck up, at one point or another. Have you been to the Doctor yet?"
"Yeah, I went today, they confirmed it, I'm nine weeks and two days." Her sobbs started again.
"Alright. So your sure you want to do this?"I asked softly "Because I'll help you if you want."
"No....'m not sure. Reign, I don't want to kill my baby, everytime i look at Izzy & see her.........My heart breaks. & you know I had gestational diabetics with Izzy. It never went away, so that means complications. I haven't really been taking care of my self. I just can't go through all that right now. I can't have this baby. If I do I'll be tied to him for life." She cried desperately.
"ok....."
"I made the appointment for next week, but I don't have the money."
"How much is it going to cost?"
"The girl said four hundred and twenty dollars? I just paid my rent & with daycare and every thing else, I don't have it."
"I'll give it to you." Oh God please forgive me. Reign thought to her self. The thought of her paying to kill a baby made her sick, but her friend needed Help.
"Reign...Thank you."
"Don't.....I just. I don't know......"
"I know Reign... I feel the same way. I wanted to ask you another favor."
"Go ahead."
"Could you come with me? Do you think you'll be back in time? They said I need to have someone to take me home after the procedure. and I have to pick Izzy up from day care."
"I don't see why not." I sighed "But I'll check to make sure." She heard Annette sigh nervously on the other end of the line. "Don't worry.....I'll work it out. You know we're always there for each other."
"I know, but sometimes it just seems your there more for me. You give and I take."
"Annette, stop.... your hormones must be acting up, cause you sound really dramatic right about now."
"It's true Reign, When Macho died. you were there for me. When I had Izzy, you were there........"
"When my grandparents got sick and We had money problems, YOU hooked me up with a job, at a club I couldn't even get into. When I was at work you helped take care of them.
What? I didn't know we were keeping score now." Annette laughed.
"Your a good friend....."
"So are you, now I want you to promise me something."
"What....right now you could get a liver a kidney, maybe even a lung." I smiled. She sounded better.
"I want to take care of your self. Stay away from Mark."
"Reign, I know you mean well, but that's something I'm going to have to deal with on my own."
"Why are you so stubborn."
"I don't know. It's part of my charm."
"Yeah well I've got another word for it."
"Heaaaa....be nice."
"I always am. Give my baby a kiss for me. Tell her I miss her."
"I will...... Reign?"
"Yeah?"
"Thank s for listening."
"I wish you would listen for a change."
"You know what my Auntie Belle use to say?"
"No..I don't know what your Famous Auntie Belle use to say"
"Auntie Belle always use to say :Annette.....nothing can be done, before the time!"
"Amen Auntie Belle.....So in other words. Be patient."
"Something like that."
"You just be careful. And Annette if he touches you again. I want you to take Izzy & go to my house."
"Reign..Please......"
"No Annette Please, I don't want Izzy to loose her mother, because some pussy assed punk, gots issues."
"That's the last thing I want reign....Trust me."
"Alright.......Goodnight"
"You mean Good afternoon, don't you?"
"No girl. I mean Godd Night. It's night over here."
Knock....Knock.....Knock
"Annette....hold on, someone’s at the door."
"No..I have to go anyway. I've got a load of laundry to do, before miss thing wakes up."
Knock...knock sounding more insistent
"Alright, but I have some news for you too."
"Really......."
"Gotta go. Bye" Hitting the end button
Reign looked through the peephole. Nikolas stood there with a scowl full of purpose set grimly on his face. "Ohhh Shit......Ahhh God I reallely didn't want to have to deal with him now." The knocking turned into pounding. Wrapping the robed that hung loosely around her ample frame tighter. Reign wrenched the door open.
"What is your problem? Are you trying to wake the dead or something?"
"Where the Hell have you been, & why haven't you been answering your phone"? Nikolas asked as he brushed past her with out a back ward glance.
"Good evening to you too. Won't you please come in?" Reign sweetly asked the empty door way. Deliberately ignoring the glare coming from Nikolas.
Nikolas walked over to her and slammed the door."I'm in no mood for your sarcasm. “Now where were you, & why did you run away from me?"
"Now lets just get a few things straight."Reign hissed while folding her arms across her chest defensively."First where I go...Is...NONE...Of ...YOUR...Business. Secondly I didn't run away from you. I don't run from anyone." turning on her heals, Reign headed straight across the living room towards the bedroom.
Nikolas eyes narrowed as he watched her storm away from him. "Ohhhhhh no you don't." Striding behind her, he caught up to her before she could enter the bed room. Nikolas grabbed her by the elbow and swung her around to face him. "Don't walk away from me, when I'm talking to you." Reign looked pointedly from his hand that he had clamped tightly around her elbow like a vice grip to his face. The green flecks in his hazel eyes looked more pronounced.
"What's your problem let go." wrenching her arm from his. "I'm going to get dress."
Nikolas took a deep breath and stepped away from her. "Go ahead, I'll be waiting, because there are a few things we have to get straight." he said pointing between us.
Out of anger at his showing up She slammed the bedroom door as hard as she could. "Arrogant Ass hole. The nerve of him coming in here like he owns the Damn place. Probably does." Quickly dressing in pair of jeans and a white wife beater. She brushed my hair into a high ponytail. Stepping out of the bed room she was greeted with his back, as he watched the sky line. He'd discarded his jacket & tie, they both lay over the arm of the coach. His hands sat in his pockets.
"Why'd you run away from the office earlier?" Nikolas voice reached across the room and touched me as if there were no space between us.
I folded my arms across my cheat, looking at the carpet beneath my bare feet. "Why'd you hit your Uncle?"
He deserved it." he answered matter a factly.
"He deserved it." I mimicked
"Yes." His back still facing me.
"Nikolas, What did he say about me?" I asked as I walked up beside him.
"Look I don't want to talk about it. It's not worth repeating. like I said the bastard deserved it, and more if you asked me."
My thoughts flew back to the conversation. I'd had with Annette earlier, She thought she'd somehow deserved Mark hitting her. "Really?" sarcasms dripped heavily from the single word. "Nikolas, you don't get to hit people, Just because you happen to think they deserve it!" My voice growing louder with each word.
Nikolas finally tore his gaze away from the horizon, turning her to face him. His face hard, his eyes stern. "He said something that I took as offensive against my wife. I reacted the same way any man would. In order to defend his wife’s honor."
"I don't need you defending my honor...Nikolas! I'm a grown woman, and if my honor needs defending, I can handle it myself. Obviously your uncle was too pussy to say Whateva the hell he said in English. So in my book that makes him a punk."
"Nikolas face split into a smile." Why Miss Moreno...I don't think I've ever heard you that kind of language before." Slipping his hands back into his pocket, he leaned in to my personal space, His face alight with amusement, as his eyes slowly wondered over my face.
"I pushed him against his chest, and walked away from the window. What the hell did he have under that shirt a steal plate or something. woooo It's getting way to hot in here. OHHH, why'd he have to smell so good. I just wanted to bury my face in his neck and inhale, until I had dissected every detail that made up his unique scent. How am I suppose to have a serious conversation with him, when just the scent of him turns my brain to mush.
"Nikolas....I'm not some delicate little thing, that might break if I hear a curse or and insult. I can take care of my self. I know there’s a lot of animosity between you and your uncle, but I don't want to be a source of contention between the two of you." My eyes pleading with him.
"I know you can take care of your self , but none of that's going to stop me from wanting to protect what’s' mine." Mine when did I start thinking of her as mine. The thought struck Nikolas like a punch to the stomach. The truth of it is that he like the feeling it gave him. She is my wife.
Nikolas walked over to her, cupping her face with both hands "Your my wife now......and that makes you family........I think you know by now that I'd do anything for my family."Nikolas stroked her face tenderly.
"And that includes beating up other family members?"
"If it comes to that, Yes. Reign you just said there's Animosity between my Uncle & I . Well that's an understatement, if ever there was one. Before you came into the room he alluded to the fact that my fathers death wasn't an accident."
"I know I heard what he said. I can understand your anger. Hell I'd probably feel the same way." I gently laid my hands on his forearms.
Nikolas felt her breath tickle the tips of his fingers as he traced the shape of her upper lip. "You know you still haven't answered my question."
"Question......em..hemmm," clearing her throat" What question?" the feel of his hands and fingers caressing her face making her feel slightly drunk.
Nikolas pulled her closer to him, so both their bodies were flushed against each other. "I asked you why...ran.....away.....from me?" Nikolas felt her body stiffen. she pulled away from him and walked across the room. Immediately his body missed her touch. Reign walked over to a floral arrangement , and pulled a small white rose from the vase. Nikolas could clearly see the tension in her shoulders.
""It was the um... the blood.....I um don't like to see it. It freaks me out, that’s all."plastering on a smile that she didn't feel just to get Nikolas to drop the subject. Nikolas knew instantly that she was lying. He decided to let the subject lie for now.
"Ok....fair enough, but where were you this afternoon?" He asked her and saw her release a sigh.
"I went for a walk, and then I got a cab and went to Piccadilly circus. Then I came back here and took a bath."
"And you didn't get any of the messages I left for you at the front desk."
"No....I didn't stop at the desk. I already had my card key thingy, so I just came straight up."
Nikolas moved towards her. Without warning, he snaked his arms around her waist. & leaned in and whispers, "I was worried about you." His head dips and nuzzles her neck. Goose bumps race up and down her arms. planting small butterfly kisses along her shoulder. Reign couldn't help melting into his embrace. "You know there's something I've been meaning to do all day."
"What?" she breathed out
"Kiss my bride.” Reign felt his warm breath against her ear, Using his index finger & thumb to lift her chin, towards him.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” reign says softly.
“No.....”Nikolas slowly lowered his lips to hers. Brushing his lips across her. Their lips touched tentatively,, He’d only meant to brush his lips against hers, but an unexplainable need to taste her, claim her & finally to posses her over took him. Reign felt felt his tongue dance across her lower lip. Curiosity got the best of her. She wanted to kiss him for so long. Smirking, she lifted her head for the kiss and was still caught off guard when he buried his hand in her ponytail Her lips parted as their lips connect, His tongue slipped in between her lips, invading & exploring the warm sweetness, of her mouth with his. Her chest tightened and she clung helplessly to him lost in the sensation. When he released her she staggered and he grinned at her glazed eyes.
“Still think it’s a bad idea?” moving his hands from her hair to draw slow lazy circles at the back of her neck. His lips a hairs width away from hers.
“NO....” she whispered.
Nikolas moved in hungrily capturing her mouth again, Nikolas felt her weight sagged against his as he dominated the kiss. He lifted her of the floor, so her toes barely touched the carpet. His hand greedily cupped her behind. Reign instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist.
Her heart trembled from the intensity of the kiss. Her fingers slipped into his thick mane. warmth slowly spread from her belly, growing into a roaring heat.
Three sharp knocks, broke them apart.
“MMMMMMMMM..”Nikolas growl pulling away from her.” “Who is it?” He barked at the door.
“Room service sir.” called the tentative reply.
“I didn’t order room service.”Reign whispered, trying desperately to fight her way out of the lust induced fog that seemed to have swamped her brain.
“I did, while you were dressing.” nikolas said, while pressing a soft kiss against her swollen lips. “Aren’t you hungry?”
“Yes.” Reign answered, suddenly finding the gold and black pattern in the carpet very interesting.
“Well then, I’ll let the man in so we can eat.”
(C)