(Authors note! To those of you that think Zoe has pretty much the perfect life with Nick ETC, I Am SO sorry, but that is about to change. Sorry her life is a little too peachy for me)
A week later... Nick, AJ, Zoe and AJ 's good friend Bethany was coming home from salsa dancing. "Hey Nicky, me and Beth are going down to the bar for a little bit, I hope ya don't mind," AJ smiled, he was already a little juiced. (AN: for those of you who don't know what juiced is, its being a little bit drunk).
Nick smiled, "Okay Bone be careful. Beth, try not to get to drunk, you have to drive him home,". Nick waved good bye to his friends one more time. And he and Zoe climbed into his car.
About an hour later they stumbled into his house. "Nick I'm going to bed," Zoe said kissing him lightly on the lips. Neither of them noticed the door had been unlocked. Nick was a little too juiced to notice and Zoe hadn't been near the door. Zoe made her way up the stairs, pulling her shoes off of her feet. She opened her bedroom door. "Oh my God, Kelly, what are you doing here?" she whispered, so as not to let Nick hear.
"Hey baby. Just wanted to talk and stuff,". He smiled his wicked smile. Suddenly her door opened.
Nick stood calmly, "Nick! It's... it's... not what you think!". She tried to explain.
Nick showed no emotion, no surprise, no sadness nothing. " Zoe, um... I'd like you to pack up and leave please. And Kelly gets the hell out of my house, before I call the cops,". Nick stood there until he heard the door close from Kelly, then he looked at Zoe. "Please pack up and leave, before I call the police on you too," He looked at her only long enough for Zoe to see tears crawl into his eyes. She slid against the door, and cried. She didn't know what to do or how to feel, so she just packed up and left.
Zoe walked to her house slowly. She stopped at the end of the large driveway and just stared. Then she made her way up, She tried to open the door, but it was locked. She rang the bell several times; finally her father came down. "Yes what do you want?" he asked rudely. "Daddy?" she whispered like a little girl.
"I am not your Daddy anymore. That man called and told me you didn't want me as a father, and he also told me about Kelly and Christopher. Those are great men young lady and you don't deserve to breathe the same air as them!" he screamed slamming the door in her face.
Nobody wanted her any more. She had been crying earlier, but this had just made it worse. She made her way down the beach, and sat in the surf. All she wanted to do was die. She was right back were she started and this time Nick wasn't here to help. Nick would never be there to make her smile ever again. She felt someone tap her shoulder, when she turned around all she could see was dark black hair... then everything went black.
Zoe woke up to some kind of beeping, Slowly she opened her eyes and looked around, an IV was hooked up into her hand and she had tubes in her nose. She looked to the right of her. Howie," she smiled weakly.
"Hey babe. How are you doing?" he was whispering.
"I don't know, but where am I. And where is Nick?". She began to become hysterical.
"You're in the hospital, and Nick... Nick is with his new girlfriend,". He looked down at the word 'Nick'. "A new girlfriend. Already? How could he!" She screamed.
"How could I!" someone yelled, It was Nick, rage in his eyes and a girl in his arms. "How could I?" he repeated but softer this time. "How could you even ask me that,".
The people began to file out. "How could you have Kelly over, how could you even think of sleeping with him. You didn't need the money,". He was towering of her now.
"Nick..." She tried to get out.
"No, you want money? Do you. I'll gladly pay you for your services, I mean you were good, but not that good so how does 75 sound?". Nick tossed 75$ onto her lap.
Zoe was quiet. She just looked at the money. "That hurt Nick, that really hurt," she whispered.
"Oh I'm sorry do you think you deserve more? Well I guess I'll be nice since you don't have a family anymore. Or a job,". With that he tossed another 25$ on top of the other 75.
" Nick stop it," she pleaded.
"What," he asked.
"I said stop it you pig headed jerk!" she screamed.
Suddenly Nick's hand whipped around and slapped her across the face. Everything was silence. "Nick..." Brian whispered.
(AN* Nick could never be that mean in life! I'm sorry! I had to make him imperfect. Even though we all know that's not true : 0~) Also Brian just walked in, so don't go local on me, thinking you missed something)
Nick stared at his hand in horror, "Zoe," he began.
Zoe looked at him, "Get out," she begged.
" Zoe please I'm...".
She cut him off. "GET OUT!" she yelled.
Brian ran past Nick and hugged her tightly. "Shh," he whispered in her ear.
Nick's eyes went from anger, to concern, hurt, and love, back to anger. "Keep the money you whore," he called slamming the door.
"Brian, he hit me. He hit me... Brian... after all... he hit me," she managed to say through all her hysteria.
Brian picked up the money and stared at it. He shook his head.
" Pen. Paper, note," she sputtered.
Brian looked around and seen some stationary and a pen. He picked them up and pulled over her table. Calming down a little she began to write.
Nick sat on his couch; he had just broken up with his ditz of a girlfriend, Duchess. He stared at his hand. He looked at it with disgust, he could not believe he paid AND hit her. There was a knock at his front door. Nick groaned and got up, As soon as he opened it, Brian punched him in the stomach, and left. Nick lay on the floor for a few minutes. After he had gotten the wind back he sat up, A white envelope was laying next to him. With the 100$ he had thrown on Zoe. He sighed and opened it up.
Dear Nick,
I can not believe after all I told you, you slapped me and paid me. That hurt more than you can believe Nick. And it's bad enough that I didn't have a mother, but you had to take away the little portion of a father I had! You are sick in the head. I mean yeah I need help for a while, and I got it by talking to you! But you ruined it all Nick, you ruined it all. You may have hurt me, but you also hurt yourself. The group is breaking up over you. The management team believes it would be bad to have a women beater in their company. They say maybe in time they can forgive and forget. But until that time, you're out of the business. They may forgive and forget, but I want you to know I never will.
Sincerely Zoe Mox.
Nick was in awe. He had just lost three things that meant so much to him. Zoe, his friends, and his career. Nick dropped the letter, he heard it cling. He gave it one confused look and picked it up. He closed his eyes as he reached in, hoping it wasn't what he thought it was. When he opened his eyes, he pulled out two things. The two things he had hoped it wouldn't have been. A silver locket, with his picture and Zoe picture in it. And a ring he had made for her, it had their names carved into it and eachother. Nick swallowed the lump that rose in his throat, but nothing could hold back the tears.
(AN! I forgot to put in the ring and locket, but here is where they come in, the ring comes in the night they went Salsa dancing. And the locket comes in the night they, um, well, they had fun. Here so now you know K. enjoy).