One Way or Another

Mikey’s POV

I woke up thanks to the bright sun light that was coming through the opened window.

Who the hell left that open?

My attention is immediately directed to the weight and grip around my waist. I see Ally’s arm tightly wrapped around me.
I like the feeling of someone holding on tight to me. But only if that someone was Nicole.

After a long while of calculating how to escape her grip, I stood up from the bed freely.
I walked to the closet and grabbed some clean clothes before heading into the bathroom to take a quick shower.

As I dried myself with the towel I thought about what I was gonna say to her.
Well, first of course I would have to apologize for…..um…raping her.
The thought of me doing something like that to her, really disgusted me. How could I have done that to her?

I walked out of the bathroom fully dressed and with my hair covered in gel, as usual.

“Where are you going so early?”

I turned around and saw Ally standing there only in her panties and bra, as usual.

“I’m gonna go to Nicole’s. We have some things to talk about. I’m going early so then we’ll just walk together to school from there…”

“What?! So, you leave me here, all alone, to go spend time with her??”

“Chill Ally. I really have to talk to her, it’s really important.”

She just sighted and let out a kind of giggle only a crazy person would let out.

“I don’t understand. You told me you were over her, and now you wanna talk to her so badly. Oh and don’t even deny it, I saw the looks you gave her the other day”

Ugh! What’s wrong with her??

“Listen, I have to go. We’ll talk later”

I walked past Ray’s room, it was empty. He must already be at work. As I got out of the apartment building a wave of relief crashed into me, as I inhaled the fresh (well as fresh as it can get in NYC) air and made my way to Nicole’s. Which actually, is just a few blocks away.

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Nicole’s POV

I had decided to go early to class. Prefentley to go to the deli and get myself a coffee and say hi to Ray.

I opened the door to the small shop that smelled like coffee and bagels, freshly made.

“Morning” I greeted everyone who was inside, though it was actually directed to Ray.

“Same as usual??”

“As usual? It’s the second time I come here” I laugh as he puts a face trying to remember my only visit.

“Right….same as yesterday?”

“yeah” I chuckle as I step aside and wait for my morning drink.

He hands me the warm cup, which contained the boiling liquid, and then walks with me to a corner.

“Remember that you’re more then welcome to stop by my place and we can talk about anything you want…..um, well maybe we could go somewhere else. But you just say time and place and I’ll be there”

I realized that what made him change what he said at first was the fact that his place was also Mikey’s.

“Sure…”

I looked at the oval clock hanging on the wall behind him and knew I had to be on my way to collage.

“I should go. I don’t wanna be late. Umm…we’ll talk later ok?”

“Yeah, sure. I’ll see ya around”

I gave him a quick hug and headed out to the now busy streets.

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“So you’ve been hanging with Ray?”

I looked up from my unfinished sketch.

“Yeah. Well, I wouldn’t call it hanging out. We just talked.”

He made an O shape with his mouth and went back to working on his soon to be masterpiece.

I glanced at the paper on his table every once in a while, just out of pure curiosity. He tends to draw what he’s feeling at the moment or thinking about.

I heard him drop his pencil and as he bent down to grab it took my chance to have a better look at his work.

I swear I got butterflies and this tingling feeling through my whole body.

It was a cartoon. Or so I think so.
It was a man and a woman, who I assumed were us since he always draws me and besides they look a lot like us. The couple was cuddled laying on a mat of roses and the background was just plain black.

I must have kept myself way to entertained to notice he was now seated, looking at me with a smile on his face.

“Like it??”

I knew for sure a huge smile was also plastered on my face.

“I Love it” I mouthed as I saw the teacher look in our direction with a disapproving face.

He just blew me a kiss, having his back to the teacher, and went back to adding some finishing touches, like the light effects and proper volume.

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“Here, it’s finish” he handed me his drawing at the end of the class.

“And it’s for you” he added.

I took it in my hands examining once again. Only this time it was completely finished, with all the details you could possibly imagine.

“Is that a…..” I trailed off not sure if he really had drawn that.

“Baby bump? Yeah”

I traced my fingers on the sheet of paper, stopping on “my” stomach.

“Wow. This is really beautiful. Though, I’m sure I don’t look like that. And less if I’m ever gonna have a growing tummy.”

“The drawing is a clear reflect of life. You’re beautiful. And always will be.” he inched closer and pecked my lips.

“Love you” he whispered.

I mimicked.
This was something I was now used to.
In a good way.

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I spotted Ally near the stairs as we were about to go to the first floor and head out for lunch. And I just felt the urge to be friendly with her. Despite the fact that I didn’t have that same urge when it came to her boyfriend.
They’re still dating right?

“Hey Ally” I walked towards her as she started descending the stairs.

“Nicole. Hi. How are you?”

I noticed she was being fake. Or maybe it was just me.

“Pretty good. We missed you at Six Flags last Saturday.” I managed to talk and pay attention to the stairs at the same time.
For now.

“You guys went to Six Flags” she stopped on one of the steps at the middle of the stair.

“Oh. I thought you knew….sorry.”

She sighted.

“No worries. I hope you had a nice time fucking with my boyfriend!”

“What???”

She didn’t answer, didn’t give any explanation for her sudden accusation.
Instead I saw her arms reach towards me as she pushed me.

Down the stairs.