You'll Never Stand Alone
Chapter 10
“I wish you would’ve told me sooner, I could’ve helped you…” Nicky
looked at the girl in front of him, the girl who had just spent the last
half an hour telling him about her past. She had finally opened her
heart to him, well, almost… Becky had yet to tell him about James,
but she had decided to wait with that.
“I couldn’t… I was afraid, I still am…” Becky got up and walked to
the window. The night was beautiful; all the stars were out and the
moon was full. If it had been a Hollywood film, something would
probably happen just then, but it wasn’t. This was her life… She
turned around and looked at Nicky, his eyes were filled with
concern and sympathy.
“Afraid of what? Hun, what are you afraid of?” He got up from the
couch and walked over to her, he softly stroke her face and placed
a kiss on her forehead. She looked at him, she looked at the man
who she loved with all her heart, the first man who she had let
herself really love. Or had she…? Was she ready to get this close
to another person again? She wasn’t sure… there, she admitted it
to herself; she wasn’t completely sure.
“Babe, what is it? What is it that you’re so afraid of?” Nicky took
her hands in his and waited for her answer. Becky took a deep
breath, she knew she had to tell him.
“I’m… I’m afraid of… I’m afraid of losing you Nicky… I’m afraid that
you’re going to leave me, just like everybody else that I’ve loved.”
“Oh hunnie!” He put his arms around her, “I’m not gonna leave you,
you have my word on it. There’s no way I’d ever leave you now that
I’ve finally found you.” Nicky gave her a smile and softly kissed her
forehead. “You don’t know that!” Becky got lose from his embrace and took a
few steps back. Nicky could tell that she was angry but most of all
very anxious. “You can’t stand there and tell me that you’re 100 per
cent sure that you will never leave me, can you?”
“Yes I can Becky! I love you, you’re the woman I wanna spend the
rest of my life with, you’re the one who makes my life complete, you’re the…”
“Stop it Nicky…” Becky interrupted him with a whisper. “Please
don’t tell me that you can promise that you’ll be here forever. I’ve
heard that promise before and I believed it, but what happened?”
She was quiet for a few seconds as if she waited for an answer, but
then she continued, “He couldn’t keep it, Peter promised that him
and me would stick together through everything after our parents
died. Cos it was only him and me left… Well look where that
promise got me, now it’s only me left…” Her voice trailed off and
tears made their way down her cheeks. Nicky took a step towards
her and gently wiped away her tears with his fingers. He took her
hands and looked deeply at her with his beautiful blue eyes.
“You’re wrong babe. You’re not alone in this world, and you never
will be ever again, cos I’m here with you.” His hands around hers
tightened, but his words couldn’t stop her tears from falling. “Me,
remember me? Nicky, the man who loves you more than anyone
does or ever could.” These last words formed a weak smile on
Becky’s lips. He looked deeper into her eyes and said:
“Maybe you are right about one thing, maybe I can’t promise you
that I’ll be here forever. But believe me when I say, that as long as I
have anything to say about it I will never leave or hurt you. As I said
before, I would be a fool to leave the only woman who I’ve ever
loved, the only person who has made my life complete, that one
person who has made me fly without wings.” Nicky gently put his
arms around her waist and kissed her on the forehead. Becky
responded by hugging him back and saying:
“Did you know that ‘Flying Without Wings’ actually is my favourite
Westlife song?” Nicky looked at her and smiled.
“It is? Well, from now on, every time you hear it, you can pretend
that I wrote it for you, cos every single word in that song explains
the way I feel about you. We have now officially made it our song!”
he said with a short laugh. “I love you Nix! Thank you…” “For what?”
“For just being you and for loving me…”
“And we all know what hard work that is!” He laughed again. Becky
leaned in and placed a kiss on his lips, but as she was going to pull
away, he instead pulled her closer towards him and continued the
kiss, this time with some more passion.
“Will you stay the night…?” Her smile was answer enough. *THE NEXT MORNING*
Becky was the first to wake up. She turned around and was faced
by the sweetest scene she’d ever seen; there was Nicky cuddled
up to his favourite pillow with a smile on his lips. He looked like a
little child who had just got his favourite teddy bear back and never
wanted to let it go. He stirred in his sleep and slowly opened his eyes.
“’Morning babe.” “Good morning yourself.” “What time is it?”
“It’s 10am, so you still have two hours before you have to meet the
other lads at the airport.”
“Oh right, I’d almost forgotten about that… I wish I didn’t have to go,
I don’t wanna leave you here.” He gently stroke her hair.
“I don’t want you to leave either, but your fans in Australia are
waiting for you. And besides, it’s only for three weeks.”
“Jeez, three weeks… that feels like an eternity without you.” Becky
blushed and looked away. She was gonna miss him so much and
she knew from experience that she would bury herself in work. She
had a tendency to do that when she felt lonely and wanted to keep
her mind off things. But three weeks isn’t that much, is it?