CHAPTER 36 – ULTERIOR MOTIVES


Bianca choked on the words, Arora was right, she remembered bits of that night, and it was true. She’d been pushing that to the back of her mind for so long now, she didn’t want to believe it was true, but it was. It was true, Arora had only done what Bianca had done to her, and eye for an eye or something like that.

“Oh My God, what the fuck is going on here? Have I been sucked into an episode of Days of Our Lives?” Chastity stumbled
Bianca bolted out the ranch slider door, and ran down the back steps, disappearing onto the beach.

“Oh I so know they didn’t just leave me here” Chastity mumbled circling the room. “Ah shit” she announced

~ 20 MINUTES LATER ~

Tatum sat on the park bench, her hair tied back into a pony tail, and Gucci sunglasses hiding her red, tired eyes. She’d finished the final scene to be done in Florida. The cast would be leaving tomorrow, despite been able to sleep in her own bed and the comfort her penthouse brought her, she didn’t want to return, because that meant leaving Alika.

She sighed softly looking up to the flash white building that sat encased with towering trees and streams of traffic. She scanned the huge hospital, scanning for the window in Alika’s room, but the task soon seemed too daunting.

She munched only slightly on the apple she held in her hand as Matt approached her.
“Ready to go home?” he questioned, as baseball cap pulled down over his forehead
“I suppose” Tatum shrugged softly, crossing her legs subconsciously
“She’s going to be okay” he comforted wrapping his arm around her shoulder
“I really hope so” Tatum sighed
“You believe me right?” he grinned
Tatum smiled softly in response but gave no answer.

~ AT THE SAME TIME ~

Arora threw a pebble into the pond in front of her, as she sat crumbled up on the grass. She hated the fact she’d lashed out like that, she knew it wasn’t Bianca fault, she knew she didn’t intentionally set out to do what she did, she was drunk and it was the past, a painful night for all involved, and without thinking, out of rash behavior Arora bought it all back up again.

She didn’t want to assign blame, she didn’t want this to be a war, of who did something worse between her and Bianca, but she knew Bianca wasn’t the most forgiving type and it would take forever, to repair the damage, if at all.

~ 10 DAYS LATER ~

It’s the night before we leave for the tour, we go to the MTV awards tomorrow, we’re up for 2 awards, best video and best song, yet, I'm far from been happy. We do what we do because we have to, we keep walking along, making it look like there’s nothing wrong, when in reality, we’re breaking up inside.

I’ve not spoken to Bianca since the argument we had, we’ve seen each other for publicity reasons only. I wish sometimes I could take back the things I’ve said, the things I’ve done, but I know that’s not possible. I’ve made no attempt to talk about THAT night, I think it’s better left unsaid. Isn’t it strange that we bottle up so many emotions, and we go over and over in our heads how we want to express things, but when push comes to shove we blurt out things we instantly regret. Bianca pushed me too far, the knife went too deep, so I retaliated………and I regret that.

Chastity has been unusually quite, I don’t think she knows how to deal with things, it all must seem so unreal to her, I don’t blame her for taking a step back, she has other things to worry about.

Tatum’s returned home now, I couldn’t tell at the airport whether she wanted to go or not. I see this unmistakable fear in her eyes, but this brave face. That’s always been Tatum, I suppose she’ll never changed.

Alika hasn’t yet woken up, there have been a few close calls, but unfortunately she’s still lying in the hospital seemingly dead to the world.

Nick went up to LA to visit his parents a few days ago, I assume he’s still there, we’ve pretty much cut all ties, it hurts, he was a good friend, but perhaps it is the best idea, until wounds start to heal. Brian has been amazing, there are times I sometimes get the feeling he still is upset about things, but I would expect him to be. Its really astonishing to me that he can, after everything, still hold me and tell me he loves me, I wonder sometimes if he really means it, but in my heart, I know I mean it when I reply “I love you too”.

This maybe my last entry for a while, I doubt I’ll find the time to do it while on tour, something I should be ecstatic about, but again, I'm not. I don’t know if I can deal with Bianca, and I don’t think she can deal with me, things have changed since the last time we went, I truly think this tour will make or break us………and only time will tell.

Good Night, God Bless
Arora D. Born

Arora placed the pen and pad into her suitcase and took a look around her new surroundings. The house was down by the marina in Tampa Bay, a white “box” house, with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It was surrounded by a brick wall and huge towering wooden gates, it sat at the end of a dead end street, surrounded by similar houses, each sitting on their own secluded manicured lawns. It wouldn’t have been Arora’s first pick, she wanted a house in the countryside, with lofty oak trees and a small stream running through it, but she took this house, simply because it was available, she needed time to think, time to be alone she needed her own space, and the 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and walk in closet gave her that.

~ THE NEXT DAY ~

Chastity casually popped the pink bubble she’d blown only moments ago, as she snuggled down into the first class seat. The plane was in mid flight, carrying the girls up to New York, where the awards were been held, the next morning they would start the tour in New York, and carry on through the entire of North America.

She flicked her long hair casually around her fingers as she flipped through a magazine.

“So I’ve been dying to know, is it all true?” Chastity questioned in a hushed voice to Arora as Bianca sat across the isle with headphones on, her eyes half closed
“People make mistakes” Arora sighed, wishing not to get into this at the moment.
“Oh come on Ro, don’t pull shit with me, just tell me straight” Chastity pleaded
“Yes, Nick and I had a flittering romance” Arora responded, as she placed the earphones on her head
“An affair? Damn, this is some serious soap opera shit” Chastity laughed
“I'm glad you find one of the hardest things to deal with in my life amusing” Arora smirked
“Don’t sweat it, Bianca will get over it, I mean you two didn’t sleep together did you?”
Arora shook her head.
“Then she’ll get over it, our little tantrum puller cant be shitty at you for the rest of her life” Chastity shrugged as she blew another bubble and consequently popped it
Arora replied with a half smile as she turned up the volume on the headset and drifted down into the seat, closing her eyes softly.

~ THAT NIGHT ~

The limo drove slowly up to the entrance of the MTV Awards Venue. There were photographers galore lining every inch of the roads, there were fans of all sorts lining the other side of the road, holding posters, banners, t-shirts, pretty much anything they could. The girls were silent, as a white limo in front of them stopped to let out its passengers. Vixen wouldn’t be performing tonight, they would be presenting an award, but that was the extent of it, unless they won one. Bianca adjusted her deep green one shoulder dress that stopped just under her chest then weaved into a crisscross pattern down to her hips then into a tight fitting skirt that carried a high thigh length split up the side. Her hair was twisted back either side of her head, and let loosely down her back. Chastity wore tight silver corset top, that held every inch of her upper half in perfectly, her black and silver skirt hung down to her ankles with a thigh high split on either side, and stiletto shoes that made her at least 50cm taller, her hair was half wavy, falling around her shoulders with tamed ease. Arora starred out the tinted windows as she rubber her naked arms, her dress was a simple baby blue spaghetti strap number, that hung loosely around her small frame, she didn’t particularly like the dress but the wardrobe manager had insisted she wear something “flowingly pretty”. The front of it hung low around her chest flashing an eyeful of cleavage and hugged her waist softly. Her hair was pulled softly pack into a low ponytail, with only the shorter front bits falling across her face.

Bianca stepped out of the limo first, followed by Chastity and Arora. The fake smiles were pulled out, as flashes of light signaled around them. They posed for a few, looking like the perfect fun loving friends, they had all once been. Quickly they were ushered inside, and shown to their seats.

“I’ll be back in a minute” Arora announced excusing herself
She wandered up the isle, passing people she’d once idolized in magazines, it was amazing to be surrounded by them, yet she had more pressing thoughts on her mind.
“Oh hey Ro” Nick smiled as they practically ran into each other
“Nick, oh, hi, back from LA?” Arora questioned awkwardly, it had been a while since they spoke, that was blatantly obvious.
“Yeah, it was good, to you, know, get away” Nick responded as a dark haired girl slinked up behind him, “Arora, I’d like you to meet someone” Nick said semi-proudly “This is Tyler, I met her in LA” he smiled, as the familiar face shot around from behind him.
“Long time no see Arora” Tyler smiled extending her hand
“What are you doing here?” Arora snapped, the sight of Tyler’s arm draped through Nicks, all too nauseating.
“I thought that was pretty obvious” Tyler responded her brown eyes narrowing down
“You too know each other?” Nick inquired
“We’ve been acquainted in the past” Tyler smiled sweetly, as she gestured to keep walking
“Nick, could I speak to you for a minute?” Arora questioned “Alone” she added nudging off Tyler
“Anything you can say to me you can say to her” Nick replied
Arora stood, arms crossed in front of him.
“Ty, I’ll meet you back at the seats” Nick sighed
Tyler smiled slyly as she pushed past Arora and headed down to where they were sitting.

“Where’d you pick her up?” Arora inquired sideward
“A party. What does it matter?” Nick shot back
“Because she’s bad news Nick” Arora sighed “she used to be a friend of mine Nick, and I know her well enough to know her intentions are”
“You don’t get a choice in who I see Arora, that’s not your decision to make” Nick snapped
“What about Bianca? You’re not even going to try and patch things up?”
“What the fuck would the point be? Bianca and I are over, YOU said you and I would never be anything, I'm moving on Arora, and frankly that’s none of your business”
“Tyler hates me, this is obviously a way of getting back at me”
“She doesn’t know about US Arora, so for once maybe this isn’t about you” Nick replied harshly “If you’ll excuse me, I have somewhere to be” He wandered away leaving Arora standing stupidly in the foyer. She knew Tyler couldn’t possibly care about Nick, she knew there would be something deeper there, she could feel it.

~ AT THE SAME TIME ~

“I get the feeling she doesn’t like me” Tyler smiled as Nick wandered up beside her
“How did you know each other?”
“Our families were close, I suppose we never really bonded much though, Arora always had this thing against me” Tyler sighed pitifully “I used to think sometimes she really did loathe me, I didn’t know you two knew each other, I wouldn’t have come if I knew” she lied
“Don’t worry about it” Nick shrugged as they strutted down the isle

Bianca’s eyes narrowed in on the familiar blond walking down the isle, 2 isles from where she was sitting. She sunk back in her seat before she noticed a girl beside him, it wasn’t someone she instantly recognized, the thought hit her hard. He’d gone to LA, and come back with some stupid tanned valley slut that fawned all over him………he’d found another girlfriend……already!





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