Maid To Be Together [1/2]

"It's been a month and I still don't have a job" Nicki said to herself. She had been struggling to pay her share of the rent, she was lucky she was really close with her housemate Sierra, so Sierra had been letting her off. Nicki went to get herself a newspaper so she could search through the job section. She went into a cafe, ordered herself a coffee and looked at all the available jobs. After crossing some off, Nicki was left with two options; a maid or working in a butchers. She decides to go for the maid job and calls the number.

"Hello? Yes, I wanted to apply for the job as a maid... Hmm... I'm free tomorrow... 11am? That's fine. Okay see you then, goodbye" Nicki hung up the phone and smiled. I need to get this job.

The next day, Nicki got up at 9. Immediately she got into the shower and brushed her teeth. Wanting to make a good first impression, Nicki picked out a cream gold button sleeveless shirt with black jeans and cream lace trimmed brogues. Once she had eaten breakfast, she locked the house and walked to the bus station. She got onto a bus that brought her to Manhattan and then got on another one to take her to Morningside Heights. Following the directions on her map app on her phone, she arrived at the house. Oh My God. She gulped at the site of the house, it was huge and looked really posh. Taking a deep breath, Nicki walked up the stairs and to the front door. She knocked twice and waited. An old but distinguished black man opened the door, "Hello you must be applying for the maid position, am I correct?"

"Yes you are"

"Well then, come inside" The man opened the door wider and allowed Nicki to step in. She was greeted by an older looking woman. The man told her to sit on the sofa.

"Oh my bad, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Dennis Graham but you can me Mr. Graham or Dennis" He held his hand out for Nicki to shake and she did.

"I'm Nicki, nice to meet you Mr. Graham"

"And I'm Mrs. Graham. You can call me Sandi or Mrs. Graham"

They had a little chat where they got to know each other, Nicki found out that they both were lawyers before they got down to business.  

"So when are you able to start?" 

"Anytime"

"That's great! I have one question though, how do feel out a uniform? I don't mind if you don't want to wear one, it’s just wearing one would be better than getting your clothes dirty"

"I don't mind wearing one" Nicki smiled.

"What size are you?" Dennis asked. After getting the appropriate details and writing them down. Nicki was fine with everything they were saying and the Graham's were pleased with her and she got the job. Sandi told Nicki that she would be working twice a week, Tuesday and Friday. Once everything was situated, Nicki shook hands with both of them and made her out of the door.

8am that following Tuesday, Nicki was making her way to the Graham's. They told her 8:30am since they had to go to work at 9 but Nicki thought if she was early it would be a good thing. She arrived at their house 10 minutes early, she dilly dallied a bit then walked up and knocked on the door.

Dennis let her in and was impressed with how she is on time and eager to work. Sandi told her that they had got her uniform. It was a black and white French maid’s apron and they had got her a pair of white knee high socks. Nicki tried it on and it fit her perfectly.  She left her things in the spare bedroom. 

"Since you're here early, we can set off. Here's the spare key," Dennis grabbed the key off the hook. "When you're finished, lock up and leave it under the 5th plant pot in the garden"

Nicki nodded and took it from him. Sandi and Dennis said goodbye and went to their cars so they could go to work.  She began cleaning the living room that was very spacious, she started hovering the floor and turning it from grey to the white colour it originally was. She dusted the TV and other electrical appliances, wiping the table and surrounding of the fireplace down. When she finished, she went on to clean the kitchen. Once all downstairs was finished, Nicki hovered the stairs and went upstairs. First she cleaned Sandi and Dennis' room, picking up the dirty clothes , cleaning it and spreading their bed then went onto what she assumed was their son's room. After the bathroom was clean, she went around cleaning the rest of the house. Once she was finished, she changed out of her work attire and put on her clothes. It was 3pm by the time she had finished. She gave the house a quick scan making sure she had cleaned everywhere then locked up leaving the key where she was supposed to and caught the next bus home.

A while later, she arrived home and was exhausted. Sierra was on the sofa watching TV and Nicki flopped down next to her. Sierra turned around to face her.

"So how was it?"

"Not that bad actually, the house was huge! But the people I'm working for are nice. They live in Manhattan and I've never seen a house like theirs. I was like Cinderella but I wasn't slaving away. They even gave me a uniform..." Nicki went on tell her how her day went on. The two spent the rest of the night talking and watching TV.

The next morning, Sierra was going to work and heard their mail being delivered. She picked them up and left Nicki's on the table in the living room. Nicki woke up about 3 hours later and had a long shower. She threw on some sweats and a top, she was spending the day at home. She made herself some breakfast and watched some TV as she ate.  As she was putting her plate down, she noticed her mail. She opened them and was surprised to see one with just her name on. The envelope contained a letter. The letter said, 'Hello Nicki, we saw what a great job you did at cleaning our home and we are very grateful so here's an early paycheck', she then saw a check that said 200 dollars. Nicki couldn't believe it, she was so inexperienced and for them to say that made her feel good. She stared at the check, smiling at it like an idiot. 




Later that week, Nicki was back at the Graham's cleaning. She had their stereo on and is singing at the top of her lungs as she hovers. She was so into the song, she didn't hear the door open and close. She pushed the hoover forward then back and she bumps into something. That something is the Graham's son. The young gentlemen laughs and Nicki turned off the hoover.

"You're a great singer" Nicki shyly looked away. He put his hand out and waited for Nicki to shake it. After she did, he introduced himself. 

"I don't know if my mum and dad told you about me, but I'm Aubrey their son", Nicki smiled at him and he gave her a look waiting for her to say something back. 

"I'm the maid but you probably can tell that my uniform but my name's Onika" 

"You look really young considering you're a maid, how old are you? If you don't mind me asking" 

"I'm not that young, I'm 20"

"As if, I'm 21" Drake was about to say something else to her but then he realised he disturbed her so he let her go back to cleaning while he went up to his room. Nicki felt embarrassed about her singing and turned off the stereo leaving the house in silence. She finished off the room she was doing and moved onto the other rooms located downstairs. The time comes where she has finished cleaning the lower level of the house and she makes her way upstairs. She did the Graham's bedroom first. The room was not that dirty but she couldn't say it was clean,she picked up the odd clothes that were on the floor and spread their bed, after putting all the dirty clothes in a pile outside the door then decided to do the next bedroom where Drake was. Outside the door she heard a beat playing and his voice sweetly singing "If we were a secret, how long could you keep it? Keep it to yourself don't tell nobody else". His voice was doing something to her but she knew she had to finish working. Nicki knocked lightly and Drake stopped the music and opened the door. 

"Is it okay if I clean your room?" Nicki asked shyly.

"Sure, that's what you're here to do right?" Drake smiled. Nicki let out a giggle and walked into the room. 

"I'll go downstairs for a bit, I don't think you'll be able to concentrate with me and my music playing" About 30 minutes later, the room was spotless. The floor was clean and all his clothes were picked up. Drake walked into his room and looked, his room had never looked so clean. 

"Wow. You're amazing, this is the cleanest my room has ever been. Not even my mom can clean it like this" Drake said. Nicki blushed slightly and unplugged the hoover, she began to put the wire back in but Drake stopped her. 

"You've done enough, I'll do that for you" Drake did as he said. 

Nicki was about to walk over to drag the hoover out of his room but Drake lifted it up and brought it downstairs back to its original space. Nicki bit her lip. 'I think I'll enjoy working here' she thought, following his lead picking up the pile of clothes and bringing them down to put in the laundry. 

Just over an hour later, Nicki had completely finished. All the dirty clothes had been washed and dried and put back in the wardrobes. The two other bedrooms in the house had been cleaned too. She grabbed her bag and went to say goodbye to Drake. She lightly knocked and he opened the door.

"Are you going now?" 

"Yeah I wanted to say goodbye" 

"Oh, see you later. Do you need a lift home?" 

"No, no. I'll catch the bus, see you next week" 

Nicki walked away. Even though Drake was there, she locked the door and put the key in the secret hiding place. She walked down to the bus stop with a smile on her face. Met him once and developed a little crush on him, wow.




Six months later, Nicki is still the Graham's maid but things are different. She now works for them three times a week and her and Drake have become very close. Nicki is in Drake's room trying to clean but he keeps distracting her. 

"You better clean in those heels with your bad ass" He flirts.

She pushes him off his bed so she can spread the bed and when she does he jumps back on it, messing it back up. 

"You idiot" She said and turned away from him.  

"Lighten up, I'll fix it" He chuckles and pulls her down onto the bed. 

"Get off me. I need to clean!" Nicki said trying to get out of his grasp. 

"You can do it later, chill with me" Drake smiled and Nicki looked at him. 

"You know I would love to but your parents would not be happy" 

"Maybe this will change your mind" Drake placed his hand on her cheek and connected their lips. Nicki forgot all about what she was supposed and kissed him back. Drake took advantage of the situation and roll them over, making him be on top in control. They kiss and kiss, sending electricity through both of their bodies. It wasn't until Nicki felt Drake's hand slip under her apron and grace her thigh, she pulled away staring at him. He licked his lips at her and got up off of her. Nicki walked off and went to the bathroom. Drake put his head in hands thinking he did something wrong but he didn't, Nicki just went to fix her lipstick. 

When she came out and returned to Drake's room, she saw him looking down at the floor. She sighed and walked over to him and lifted his head with her finger. "Aye look up, you didn't do anything wrong. You did everything right, I was just a bit taken back" 

Drake was looking at her blankly so she kissed him and slowly pulled back. She grabbed her duster and strutted out of the room. Nicki was in the kitchen cleaning the surfaces when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket.

Aubrey: Just be mine? 
Onika: Come and ask me.

Nicki put her phone back in the pocket of the apron and finished wiping the surface. Drake received her text and smirked. He grabbed his demo CD and walked down to the living room. He put the CD in the stereo and played the first track and began to sing along. When he reached Nicki, it came to the part he really wanted to say.

Take me I'm yours and I don't really care who knows it. 
Can you afford to be open with all these emotions? 
If you were a secret how long could you keep it? 
Keep it to yourself don't tell nobody else.

Nicki had been watching him the whole time. He thought he was doing well since she was giggling at him but She moved and went to turn off the music.

"Hey I didn't finish!" Drake said to her.

"Yes you are"

"So what did you think? And can you answer my question?"

"The song was great, if I say yes will you let me finish?"

"Yes"

"Then yes I will be yours"

"Good and I knew you would say yes because if you didn't I would tell my dad that you stole from us"

"Yeah right" Nicki laughed.

*Before any of you say anything, it says maid not made for a reason. This was another idea that popped into my head. I originally made it into a three part short story but I couldn't be bothered to finish each part of. since they were only snippets*

What You Do For Love [Part 2/2]

Drake and Nicki exchanged looks before the desk clerk asked for the payment for the hotel room, Drake grabbed the exact amount out of his wallet and handed it to him. Afterwards, Drake put his hand out for Nicki to take and when she did they walked at a fast pace out of the hotel.

"What are we going to do? We can't use that car anymore" Nicki said.

"I'm going to sell it and I'll buy a new one" Drake got into the car and used his sat nav to find the nearest garage, the nearest one was 3 miles away. Nicki got in the car shortly afterwards, Drake made sure they were both buckled up before he speeded off. When they arrived at the garage, Drake told Nicki to stay in the car while he went inside.

"Do you have any cars you want to sell? I'll pay whatever, I'm in a bit of a hurry" The worker nodded and showed him one of the new cars they were selling. Drake bought it with no questions asked.

"Also do you have a car cover?" The worker got him one and Drake took it from him. The car was working fine so Drake drove it out of the garage, he stopped it and went to get Nicki.

"Go get in the car over there, I just bought it. I'm going to get rid of this one but empty out the compartment" Drake said as he opened the car door on her side. She did as she was told. Drake got into the car and drove into a deserted road. He used the bat in the boot to damage the car and threw the car cover over it, he walked back to Nicki and got into the car with her. Three hours during their drive, Nicki turned on the radio.

The suspects car has been found. The car was badly damaged and covered up. The wanted man has not been found. Any more sightings, call the police...

Nicki changed the radio station and the sound of Jay-Z and Beyonce. Drake bopped along to song and sang along.

"All I need in the life of sin is me and my girlfriend" He winked at Nicki.

"Down the ride till the very end, just me and my boyfriend" She sang back and kissed him on the cheek.

After driving for just over an hour, Drake's stomach rumbled and realised that he and Nicki had not eaten breakfast. "You hungry babe?" He asked.

"A little bit" Nicki admitted.

"Alright I'll find somewhere for us to eat but first we need to get some clothes for this journey"

Drake found the centre of the town where all the shops were. He grabbed his sunglasses from the compartment and handed Nicki hers. They got out the car and went into a few shops getting as many clothes as they could, some makeup for Nicki and they picked up 2 wigs and a moustache. They also had breakfast or rather lunch since it was early in the afternoon. After putting all the bags into the boot except for the one with the moustache and wigs, they got back into the car and started driving. Drake spotted an  bar, he pulled inside the small car park  and parked the car in a parking space. Nicki got out of the car and grabbed one of the shopping bags. She dragged Drake into the bar's bathroom and made him change into the male outfit that was inside along with the shoes while she changed into the dress and heels. Drake's outfit was a blue stripped shirt that had buttons on it and a pair of black jean pants. His shoes were golden coloured timberland's. Nicki had a long red dress that had two triangle cut outs on the waist, it was above the knee and had long sleeves. She had 6 inch red heels to go with the dress. Drake put their old clothes back in the bag but made sure he emptied out the pockets and threw it out the window and into the large garbage bin. They walked into the bar holding hands and Drake took a seat at the bar. He pulled out a cigar from his pocket and lit the end. He inhaled the smoke and blew out a cloud as he watched Nicki dance with some other young women. He smoked the cigar then ordered himself a strong drink. Eventually Nicki walked over to him and sat on the seat next to him.

"Are you okay?" He asked before exhaling.

"Yeah, I guess"

Drake could sense how she was really feeling and sighed. "I'm sorry I'm putting you threw this but don't worry once we get to the border we can settle down"

"It's okay,.I just can't wait till its all over"

"3 more days baby"

"3 more days" Nicki repeated before calling the bartender over.

"Yes ma'am?"

"Can I have a glass of red wine?"

"Sure, a big glass or small glass?" 

"Big definitely" The bartender didn't ask for I.D so Nicki got away with buying alcohol. Nicki was given her glass of wine and she paid for it. When she had finished her drink, she pulled the cigar from Drake's lips and inhaled and exhaled before putting it out in the ash tray. "Come on, I want to dance"

Drake shook his head and stood up following Nicki's lead to the dancefloor. The DJ changed the song he was playing and put on treasure by Bruno Mars.

Everyone started to do 80's dances to the song. Once the chorus came up, Drake pointed upwards and tapped his foot which caused Nicki to burst out laughing at him.

"Honey you're my golden star" Drake sang as he did the hustle just to tease her. Nicki did a bit of a boogie to dance with him. After a few minutes, Drake decided it was time for them to hit the road again so they could find a hotel to sleep for the night.  While Nicki went to change into something more casual, Drake used his sat nav again to see how far or close a hotel was. There was one approximately one hour away so Drake clicked the hotel so the sat nav would navigate him there.  As soon as Nicki was back in the car, Drake set off. By the time they reached there it was almost 11pm, he put on his mustache and wig on and she put on her wig. Drake got them a room under the names 'Mr and Mrs. Warbutton" 

Nicki got into the shower when they got to their room and Drake pulled out his map and put x's on the parts they had got to.

"If we continue at this rate, we'll make it to Mexico in two days or tomorrow" He said as he folded his map back up and put it away.

"What were you saying?" Nicki asked as she walked out the bathroom with her towel wrapped around her.

"I... Er" Drake stumbled to get out his words as he saw Nicki.

"Spill it"

"You know what? It doesn't even matter" Drake licked his lips. Nicki shook her head and went to grab her lotion so she could moisturize before she went to bed.  Drake sat behind  her and placed light kisses on her neck, Nicki leaned back and moved her hair away so he could have more access. After they made love to each other. They really connected with each other on a different level. The love they made was special as it probably was the only time they would for a very long time.

The next morning, they woke up early so they could have breakfast at the hotel instead of travelling again to find somewhere to eat. After eating, they got their belonging, signed out and went back on their journey. 4 hours later, they still had not stopped to have a break. Nicki was bored so she turned on the radio and heard something she was not expecting.

Urgent alert. After days of searching, police have called off the search for the man who killed Paul Dorkin, there have been no more sightings of the man. He seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Our condolences still go out to Dorkin's family and friends.

"Did you hear that? You're no longer have to run away"

"I need to own up, I can't have this on my conscience"

"Babe, you can't. You're the only boy I've ever loved and if you go to jail, it would change everything. I would go from seeing you almost every day to seeing you once a month"

"If you love me, you will let me hand myself in" Nicki didn't talk for the journey to the police station. Drake breathed calmly and unattached himself from the seatbelt.

"I love you more than I've ever loved anyone and don't forget that" Drake said and passionately kissed her knowing that this could be the last time he ever could.

"I love you too" Nicki said holding his cheek and felt a tear fall from her eye. 

"Don't wait for me" Drake kissed her one last time before he got out of the car and walked towards the entrance to the police station. He didn't look back and Nicki watched tearfully as the love of her life disappeared.






*This idea seemed so good in my head but when I wrote it down it wasn't that good. I already posted the first bit which I liked but I couldn't just leave it there. The ending was blah and so was the pretty much the whole thing :/* 

What You Do For Love [Part 1/2]

"I don't want you seeing him anymore, do you hear me?"

"You can't control who I date anymore! I'm not a child"

"I do not care, I am still your mother and you will do as I say"

"Its been two years, get over it!"

Nicki always made good choices when it came down to the important things but one bad choice according to her parents led to something no one expected.

~


About 2 years ago...

She looked at the building and sighed before walking in and going to the desk. "May I help you?"

"Uh yeah, I have this history exam next week and I need a book on the civil rights?"

"I'll show you where they are" The librarian said and got up from her seat. As they walked to one of the many bookshelves, Nicki spotted a guy that she thought was cute. After getting the book she wanted, Nicki took the seat next to him. He looked up at her before looking back down at his book.

"Hi" Nicki said.

The guy did not say anything back, he just keep reading his book.

"Did you hear me? I said hi"

"I know" He whispered back.

"So why didn't you say it back?"

"You should not be talking to me, I'm nothing but trouble"

"Oh well, you seem like a nice person" The librarian looked over and shh'd her. Nicki rolled her eyes.

"You're the only person that's said that to me... Like ever" He said quietly in case the librarian could hear him. 

"So how old are you?"

"19"

"Oh, I'm 16 almost 17" The two had a quiet general conversation before Nicki saw the time.

"Well I've got to go now but I would like to talk to you some other time, if that's okay with you?"

He nodded so Nicki took his hand and wrote her number down. "Call me or text me... Drake" She said before grabbing her bag and dashing off.

~

Nicki walked the short distance from her house to his. Using the key he gave her, she unlocked the door and walked into the dark house.

"Hello," Nicki was cut off by a knife being held to her throat.

Nicki froze and looked down at the knife then looked back up at Drake. He had an evil glare in his eyes, he kept staring at her before he broke out of it and laughed.

"What is so funny?" Nicki asked still a bit shaken up.

"How scared you were, you never thought I would hurt you did you?"

"I don't know anymore" She said and walked over to his couch. 

"I could never harm you in anyway. I, I, I love you" Drake said.

"You love me?" Drake sat down on the couch next to her and placed the knife on the table.

"Yeah, you're the only person I've talked to that hasn't ran away from me and stayed with me through thick and thin"

The whole situation was confusing to Nicki and she didn't know whether to say it back. Nicki smiled at him. Drake moved closer to her and held her hand pulling her closer to him. 

"So don't you feel the same way?"

"Of course I do. You -" She was cut off Drake's lips coming in contact with hers. Nicki kissed him back and their kisses got more passion filled. All of a sudden, they fell forward on the couch with Nicki on the bottom and Drake on top. Drake's hands moved to join hands with Nicki's, as they did Nicki felt the roughness of his hands along with a few of his scars but that didn't stop her from holding them.

The next morning, Nicki woke up and found herself naked. She smiled to herself as she remembered the night she just had. She carefully climbed out of bed and went to use the bathroom. When she came out, she put her clothes back on and shook Drake. Unaware of who shook him, Drake grabbed Nicki's wrists and pinned her to the bed. 

"Baby girl, you need to stop sneaking up on me like that"

"I'm really going to fuck you up, one day"

"I'd love to see you try" 

~

Nicki and Drake were sat in a park late at night. The only light surrounded them were the street lights and the light radiating from the moon. The couple sat on the swings, swinging back and forth in comfortable silence before Drake spoke.

"How could you love someone like me?"

"What do you mean?"

"I've recently been released from a mental institution and I was in the mental institution so I wouldn't have to go to jail. I could go back easily if someone suspected me of something, the police told me when I was released"

"So but you're better now right?"

"Yes" He lied through his teeth.

"You know even if you were not better, I would still love you the same way. You can help who you love, I can't help that I'm in love with you and I don't want to stop loving you""

"I don't understand! I've killed people! KILLED! I got knifes and guns and murdered people!"

"But you had a reason to"

"Nicki, I don't need a reason to kill someone I just do. That's why I'm so dangerous and need to stay away from people"

~

"So where are you taking me?" Nicki asked sweetly looking out of the car window.

"I've got to get away" Drake said and continued driving.

"Get away from what? Whatever you've done we can sort it... Together"

"I killed someone"

"What? Why?"

"I went to the shop to get some groceries and the man in the shop tried to report me to the police because he thought I was stealing from him"

"Nothing would have happened"

"You do not know that, that's why I had to take drastic measures. The police are going to be onto me soon."

"You didn't have to fucking kill him though" Drake couldn't take it anymore, he slammed down on the brakes. Luckily they were driving in an area where they were practically no cars.

"If you don't want to come with me, you can go" He said as calmly as he could.

"I don't want to go" 

Drake took a few moments to calm himself down before glancing over at her.

"You know if I keep going, there is no turning back"

"I know"

"You really want to do this?"

"Umm hmm, I cant live without you" Drake put the car back in drive and drove down the long narrow road. They had been driving for hours and Nicki was starting to panic.

"How long till we get there?"

"A few days"

"Where are we going?"

"Across the border"

"Why are we going so far?"

"Because if we can get past there, we can live a happy life together. No worries about anything, I promise"

Nicki sighed and leaned back on her seat. It got to 10pm and Drake was ready to stop somewhere so he could get some sleep. He looked over and saw Nicki sleeping with her head resting on the window. He ended up in a city he had never seen or heard of before. He saw a sign saying there was a hotel 3 miles away and he continued driving. Once he reached the hotel, he parked the car in the car park and woke up Nicki. They got a room under a false name. In the hotel room, Nicki stripped down to her underwear and got into the bed while Drake closed all the curtains. After he did that he took off his shirt and jeans, leaving him in his boxers and climbed into bed too.  He cuddled close to Nicki and kissed her forehead. "I love you" Drake whispered before he fell asleep.

The next morning, Drake woke up early and got showered and put on the clothes he was wearing before. He checked his wallet to see how much money he had then he put his wallet back in his back pocket and woke Nicki up. Once she was dressed, they grabbed all of their belongings, leaving no trace of them staying there. While they were getting signed out, the hotel desk clerk was playing the radio.

The police are looking for a man about 6 foot tall, he is of a caramel complexion and has a faded haircut. The man shot a corner shop worker dead and fled the scene. He was last seen in a mercedes BMW, the registration plate is 4329AG.





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High School Reunion [Oneshot]

Nicki was painting her toenails with red nail polish when her phone rang. She used one hand to grab her phone, pressed answer and placed it on her shoulder and kept it there by leaning her head over covering the phone. "Hello?"

"Did you hear?" Candi said getting straight to the reason why she called.

"Hear what?" Nicki lifted her foot up and tried to finish painting her pinky toe.

"We're having a high school reunion next week"

"I'm not going!"

"What do you mean you're not going? Nicki please" Candi pleaded.

"No"

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"Aye you ready for the reunion?" Noah asked.

"Course, everyone can see how I've changed and I can see how everyone changed" Drake replied

"There are some people I definitely want to see"

"Do you still have your yearbook?"

"I think, check the pile of books in the basement" Drake went to the basement of Noah's house and came back to the lounge about 5 minutes later.

"You have a whole bunch of shit down there, took me time to find this"

"Its a basement, what did you expect?" Noah laughed.

Drake shook his head before opening the yearbook and looking through the pages. "Nah, what was my hair back then?" He said staring at his picture.

"I don't know man, you thought was Michael Jackson or something"

"That was the look back then but now, what the fuck was I thinking?"

Drake flicked the page and was about to turn the page again but Noah stopped him. "Yo, who's that?" Noah pointed at a picture.

Drake took a closer look. "Oh, its... I can't remember her name but she was so freaking weird"

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The reunion day arrived on a warm evening. Most people were excited but a few were dreading it and one of those people was Nicki.

"Why did I get dragged into this?" She asked herself as she searched through her wardrobe for a suitable dress.

"People don't even want me there, they didn't at high school so why would they 10 years later?" She ranted.

"Maybe a nice shower will help" Nicki took off her slippers and rested them by her bed. She walked to the bathroom which was located next to her bedroom, after taking off her sweats and top Nicki gracefully stepped in the shower. As she washed herself, she felt the stress go away and her muscles relaxing. Her shower was successful as it relieved her stress but the nervousness was still evidently there. Wrapping her towel around herself, Nicki went back to her bedroom where she dried herself and moisturised with her cocoa butter. Once her panties and bra were on, Nicki scanned through her wardrobe again. A purple dress caught her eye and after looking at it closely, she decided that was what she was going to wear. The dress looked very sophisticated, it was a dark shade of purple and was a one shoulder joint cape. To top the outfit of she put on some grey honey bun booties and wore a pair of silver dangly earrings. Prior to finding a dress the first time around Nicki had washed and dried her hair, she was having a bit of a bad hair day so she put it in a messy side braid. Her makeup looked very natural, she only had on foundation, a layer of fake eyelashes to make hers seem thicker and longer, liquid eyeliner to outline her eyes and pink lipstick. 

Nicki quickly checked herself in the mirror then picked up her phone to call her old high school friend. "Hello, is this Lauren?"

"Yes it is and who is calling?"

"Onika, you know Nicki"

"From high school"

"Yeah"

"Omg I haven't heard from you in forever, how have you been?"

"Good, how are you?" The two caught up before Nicki asked Lauren a question.

"Are you going to reunion tonight?"

"Yeah, you better be going I need to see you"

"I need to see you too and I am going, Can's forcing me too"

"Glad she is and I haven't seen her in a while too, I've got to go but see you later?"

"Definitely" Nicki ended the call after they said goodbye. Her home screen appeared on her phone showing the time, 5:35pm. Since it was close to the start of reunion, the reunion started at 6:30pm they were having an cocktail hour and Nicki decided to set off, her house was located almost an hour away from her school but if she was a few minutes late, it wouldn't matter. Unexpectedly she was hit by traffic and it took longer than she thought it would. She got to the hotel at 7:00pm, she rushed to get out of her cab and got to the reunion. As soon as she walked through the door, all eyes were on her. Some people were confused as they did not recognise her and others recognised her but were in too much shock to turn away. She took a deep breath and walked around looking for a familiar face. Candi waved at her and she walked over to the table she was sat at.

"Hey babe" Candi said hugging her.

"How are you?" Nicki asked when she was released from the hug.

"Good but not as good as you. Gurl, you look amazing I hardly recognised you"

"I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or as an insult but thank you" Nicki smiled. She turned around and spotted everyone else on the table, and started talking to them too.

Meanwhile Drake was sat at his table and he couldn't stop staring at her. "She is just... Wow"

"You do know who that is, right?"

"No but I want to know her"

"Dude, that's Nicki, you know the nerdy girl?"

"Shut up, that isn't her!"

"I swear it is" Drake was astonished. He couldn't believe the girl that had a geeky crush on him was at their reunion looking mighty fine as he would say.

Flashback:

Drake was sitting at his desk near the back of the class, he was laughing and joking with his friends. Nicki turned around to see Drake laughing with a big smile on his face, she dreamily stared at him taking in his image.

"He's beautiful" She said aloud. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at her. She instantly looked down, blushing from embarrassment. The teacher began talking again and the class, well some of the class listened to her. 

At the end of the lesson, Nicki went to talk to the teacher then packed up her folder and rushed out of class. As she did, she hit a hard and rather muscular chest.

"Watch where you're going!"

"I-I-I I'm so,"

"Whatever" Drake started to walked off but turned around and looked at her strangely. Nicki held her folder close to her chest and watched him walk away wishing he liked her as much as she liked him.

As the party set in, it was great. Everyone was enjoying themselves and the music was getting everyone in a party mood. The song they were playing currently was good and Nicki wanted to dance so she got the whole table to dance with her. Drake was also on the dancefloor, he was dancing but his moves were not like they normally were. His eyes were practically glue to Nicki. After a while, Nicki felt eyes staring a hole into her back but when she turned look around, no one was. Drake had the urge to go and talk to her but he couldn't. The night went on and it was still as lively as it was before maybe even a little bit more. Time came for the reunion games, it was something you had to do. The two were on different sides. One side was girls and the other was boys. Tug of war was the final game to play before everyone could go back to sitting, dancing or whatever. The boys’ team was doing well, the girls were almost across the line on the floor, Drake saw Nicki trying really hard to pull them over so just to see a smile on her face, he eased his grip which allowed the girls team to pull them over the line and just as Drake wanted, Nicki was smiling and laughing.

"That smile, that laugh" He thought to himself. After everyone went back to their activity, Nicki went back to her table and so did many others.

"Who's that guy there?" Nicki said to no one in particular.

"Which one?" 

"The caramel toned one with the faded haircut"

"You don't remember him?" Candi gasped.

"No I don't so who is he?"

"Drake" When Nicki heard his name, the memories came flashing back. Some good, some bad. She didn't want to show how she really felt so she replied, "Oh I remember him now but why does he keep staring at me?" The girls turned and saw Drake glancing at them. He went back to the conversation but he could tell she was talking or rather whispering to her friends about him. 

Nearly the end of the night, Drake built up the courage to go over and talk to her. He pulled a chair to the table she was sat at and started a conversation. Just as he did, Candi and the others got up and went to the dancefloor. "Hey, I'm not sure if you remember me but I'm,"

"Drake, I do remember"

"So yeah, Nicki..."

"Surprised you haven't called me Dweeb butt" Nicki thought out loud.

"What?" Drake asked slightly confused.

"Don't act like you don't remember, that's what you used to call me. Dweeb butt"

"Let's leave that in the past, I want to know you better"

"So now you want to talk to me? I was invisible then but now I'm easily seen, I did notice you staring at me... A lot"

"I know I know, can we talk about this over dinner?"

"That would be nice" She looked at her watch and saw it was 11:30pm. "When this ends or do you want to go now?"

"I'm not bothered"

"I wasn't really feeling this anyway, I'll go say goodbye then I'll be right back" Nicki disappeared in the large crowd of people and reappeared a few minutes later. She grabbed her clutch and she and Drake walked out together. As they were, Drake turned around and gave Noah thumbs up. He and Noah had been talking, and Drake had told him how he was eventually going to talk to Nicki.

At the restaurant, Drake and Nicki ended up talking more than they were eating. They talked and talked, she was making him feel bad. All the years of ignoring her and treating her like shit and she was being so nice to him.

"I'm so sorry" Drake said in the middle of their conversation. Nicki leaned her to the side, wondering what was going on and waited for him to explain what he was so sorry about.

"Tonight talking to you and getting to know you, made me feel bad about how I treated you in high school"

"That was over 10 years ago, I'm over it and you should be too. Everyone changes over time and I was probably a geek then"

"You were," Drake chuckled before he got serious. "But just know, I'm not the same guy I was back then"

"I know Drake... I know"

After the dinner, Drake told Nicki he would drive her home. The car journey was quiet but it wasn't awkward. He pulled up outside a nice looking house, it was a cream colour and had a small patio. Nicki unbuckled her seat belt and opened the door, Drake got out too. 

"What are you doing?" Nicki asked as she walked around the car and was met by Drake.

"Walking you to the door"

"It like 5 footsteps away, you don't have to walk me there"

"But I want to, so let's go" Nicki walked in front of him, they reached the door about 20 seconds later.

She rested against the door, "Thank you for the meal and the talk, I really enjoyed it"

"Me too"

Nicki smiled and searched through her purse for her house keys. It took her a while to find them but when she did, Drake was still stood there. She put her key into the key hole and opened the door. 

"...Bye" She walked into her house and was about to close the door but Drake's foot stopped it from fully closing.

"You never let me say goodbye"

"Oh, go on then" Nicki opened the door a bit wider allowing her whole body to be seen. Drake closed the space between them and caught her lips kissing her softly.

"Goodbye" Drake said and walked away, leaving Nicki stunned.

21 Questions

@NICKIMINAJ: since y'all are so nosy about my relationship, here's a video for y'all! youtube.com/watch?x=dGeHY...

"Hi barbz, me and Drizzy decided to do the boyfriend and girlfriend tag or whatever. I hope you enjoy" Nicki smiled and chucked up her deuces.

The video cut and showed Nicki and Drake sat on a couch smiling. 

"Hiiii!" Nicki shouted. "I'm Nicki Minaj"

Drake looked at her strange before saying. "And I'm Drake"

"And this is our boyfriend girlfriend tag video, featuringgggggg Safaree!" Safaree turn the camera onto himself before turning it back.

"So Safaree is going to ask us questions and we'll answer them yaaaayyy" Nicki sarcastically said the yay.

How long have you been together?

"You can answer this one baby" Nicki smiled.

"One year and counting" Drake smiled back at her.

Where and how did you meet?

"That's a stupid question since y'all already know"

What was your first date?

"I cooked her a homemade meal and we watched a movie"

When/Where/How did you first kiss?

"Umm... Our actual first first kiss was at one of the young money parties, it was a sort of  accident though but our first kiss as a couple was at Drake's house on his couch"

"I wanted to watch basketball but she wanted to watch love and hip hop so we wrestled for the remote and she leaned up and I leaned down and we kissed"

First impression?

"I thought she was the most beautifulest woman I had ever seen" Drake said and Nicki profusely blushed. 

"I thought he was really sweet and I loved his haircut"

When/How did you meet the family?

"Well my mum said she was making dinner and I should bring a guest with me and I brought Drake. That was like maybe a month after we started dating. Anddddd that's about it but we had a great time"

"We went to Canada for like a few days and I said to her, "you have to meet my family" and she was a bit nervous but when she meet them she felt like she was apart of the family so yeah"

Did you know they were the one?

"I did from the moment she slammed that door in my face" Drake stated.

"At first I didn't even see him as anything more than a friend however I do now"

Favorite thing about them?

"I love her eyes, they are so... I don't know. It's like they hold so much" While Drake was talking, Nicki looked at the camera with her eyes widened.

"This is a hard one, pauz, I like everything about him"

Last time you talked to them? What was it about?

"This is a stupid question, next one"

You go out to eat and have a drink, what does she order?

"That depends. If I get a soda, she'll have orange juice but if I get a water then she'll get a water"

"What do I have to eat?"

"I would say a salad"

Ever broke up and got back together? Reason? 

"No" Nicki said.

How long into the relationship to sex? or virgin?

"This is a very personal question and I'm not going to answer it"

Drake held up 6 fingers and winked.

What do you do you guys like to do together?

"Eat" Drake laughed

Any traditions?

"Every Friday, Drake buys me a bouquet of roses and I get him a new tie"

Any nicknames?

"Driz, Aubs and Brey" Nicki smiled.

"Nic, Nika and bear"

Ever fight about anything?

"We don't fight or have arguments, just long discussions and disagreements"

Describe them in 3 words

"Nice, kind and loving"

"Sweet, friendly and loveable"

What size shoe does Nicki wear?

"A size 5 and a half" Drake said proudly.

"You're wrong, it's just a 5" Nicki told him and he sweetly kissed her cheek as a way to make up for it.

What is Drake's favorite type of sandwich?

"Aww fudge balls. Ermm... Tuna fish? I think but that's nasty as fuck though!"

What is something you wish your boyfriend or girlfriend did that you wish they didn't?

"Drake snores and it pisses me off. Sometimes I hold his nose while he sleeps just to stop him for a while"

"Nicki always asks me to do things for her and it gets really annoying"

"What? I," Drake kissed her cheek again in case he offended her and she blushed and shut up.

What would either of you eat everyday if you could?

"Nicki would eat chicken obviously"

"Drake would eatttt, I'm going to guess this one so steak"

"Uh uh, that's not right but I forgive you" Drake smiled and Nicki glared at him.

The video cut back to Nicki by herself. "And that concludes this little dip into my personal life you nosy little bugs"

Drake appeared at the corner of the screen. He jumped on top of her causing the laptop to fall off the bed and only show their bottom halfs. Nicki laughed really hard and her legs wrapped around him. The video turned to black shortly afterwards.



*The 6 fingers represented 6 months :) (That sounded so wrong, omg)*