"I always seem to leave during the best parts of a
movie... Realizing that he didn't have a clue as to what
took place earlier with Davy in the car...and the fact
she didn't want to share with Mike...she played along:
"YEAH, it was the best part, but I'm not gonna ruin
it for ya by telling what happened... " "Thanks, Mike... "Thanks again, Mike...I had QUITE a time at the
movies tonight" Nicole said to Mike as he brought her home.
"Well, I'm glad to hear it. "I will. Goodnight."
" When she went inside the house, she felt the adrenaline rush of confronting Davy wear her down. She also realized that moment marked the first time she was able to "fool" Mike into thinking that all was well with her. Even though Mike was the one making the promise about not mentioning Davy's name, she felt
obligated to do the same thing...and it worked. Only
thing was...she couldn't get Davy off her mind once
she got to her bedroom that night.
The mixed feeling she had for Davy were repressed
during the time she spent with Mike. But as Nicole
fell asleep, those thoughts came back like a MIGHTY
flood...giving her nightmares:
****IN HER SUBCONSCIOUS...****
D: (Davy's voice) "May I have this dance?"
N: (Nicole's voice) "Sure, okay..."
M: (Mike's voice) "You must be JOKING..."
N: This is OUR song...
N: Mike, I don't care WHAT you say...
D: May I kiss you?
M: I don't think you should--
N: PLEASE don't worry about me--
D: Just relax, honey...we'll go nice and slow...
M: Nikki, give me a call... D: Nicole, are you ready?
M: I KNOW you don't want to hear this, Nik--
M: I care about you too much, Nikki...
D: ...I got her sweet pussy...
M: You son of a BITCH!!
D: ...I got her sweet pussy...
M: Just LOOK at 'im!! He THINKS he's God's gift to all the girls in the world!!
N: Nicole woke up startled...and exhausted...as if she
were in a furious wrestling match.
Unfortunately, her CD player broke when she
accidentally dropped it on the floor, so shee grabbed
her walkman...which was the next best thing.
Determined to quiet her troubled soul with music,
Nicole put on her headphones and surfed the channels.
To her horror, the radio station she "landed on" was
playing the song that she and Davy danced to...it
conjured up a lot of memories for her...TOO many for her to handle.
A couple of days (into Spring Break) went by, and
Nicole was still tormented by the nightmare she had
nights before...as well as feelings of guilt for
turning Mike away...cutting him off when he was only
trying to help her see the error of her ways. She
felt that she didn't deserve his friendship or love.
Sinking deeper into her depression, she heard the answering machine turn on:
"Nikki...it's Mike. Are you home?"
She went to the bathroom and closed the door, as Mike continued: " Minutes went by, and Nicole was still in the
bathroom. She looked at her reflection in the mirror
and saw the pain she had on the inside. To ensure her
privacy, she locked the door and began searching
through the items that were in the medicine
cabinet...trying to find a way out...to ease the pain.
It took a while for her to decide how she wanted to
go through with it: She reached for the bottle of
aspirin and thought of taking an overdose...but she
changed her mind. Then she saw a bottle of cough
syrup that had expired three years ago: "Nah, I don't
think so..." she thought to herself. And then..."A-HA!!!"
A sharp razor blade caught her attention.
She picked it up and looked at herself in the mirror.
Then she closed her eyes...
As she was about to slit her wrist, someone had
open the bathroom door...EFFORTLESSLY. Nicole opened
her eyes, surprised because she KNEW that she had
locked that door!! When her body jerked from that
surprise, the blade came in contact with her
wrist...causing it to bleed.
That someone at the door was MIKE: "NIKKI!! WHAT THE H--"
Crying, she said, "I'm sorry Mike..."
He rushed toward her, with tears in his eyes, catching her in time before she could fall to the floor.
He came behind her, supporting her with one arm
around her waist. With his other hand, he turned on
the water faucet and placed her bleeding wrist under the flow.
"DAMMIT, Nikki..." Mike said to her as he felt her
knees buckle from the loss of blood. "PLEASE, Nikki...HOLD ON...HOLD ON!! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME... It's NOT your time yet..."
" "Don't leave me now...
