Chapter 15
Mark’s place!” It was their last day in London before the lads had to
go back to Australia for that last week of promotion. They were all
invited to have dinner at Mark’s this evening and as usual Becky
and Nicky were running a bit late. “I’m coming babe! Just give me a minute…”
“Well, what’s another minute compared to the 20 I’ve already
waited?” Nicky said to himself. He went to the kitchen and poured
himself a cup of coffee. The Sun was lying on the table, so he sat
down to read it. That’s when he heard a cute little cough, which
made him look up. Nicky was speechless. He was now more
convinced than ever that he had the most gorgeous girlfriend ever.
Becky got nervous; why didn't he say something? Doesn’t he like it?
“Hello? Earth to Nicky! What do you think?” She turned around so
he could see the back as well. “I… I’m speechless…”
“There’s a first! And you’re not, you just talked, didn’t ya?” She said
with a little smile.
“I think you look amazing sweetie! And I truly believe that I’m the
happiest man alive.” He went up to her and placed a tender kiss on her lips.
“Oh, someone’s gonna get lucky tonight.” Becky said with a
cheeky smile and Nicky wasn’t late to catch on,
“How about we stay at home, otherwise you might forget what you just said?”
“I don’t think so Nix! Now, come on, let’s go! Like you said, the
others are waiting and I really wanna meet that Sandra girl who’s
visiting Helena!” Sandra was Helena’s friend from Sweden and the
mysterious person that Bry was talking about. He knew that Helena
really missed everyone back home, so he arranged for Sandra to
come over and surprise her. And she really got surprised; the way
the two of them screamed when they met at the airport was
unbelievable! They were probably loud enough to be heard by Shane
and Mill down in Australia.
Nicky and Becky opened the door and was ready to leave, when the phone rang.
“I’ll get it.” Becky said. “It’s probably just Mark wondering when
we’re coming.”
“Yeah, probably. I’ll just wait outside.” Becky went back in to the
kitchen and picked up the receiver. “Hello?”
“Well hello to you to love! It’s so great to hear your wonderful voice
again.” There was no doubt about who it was. She would recognise
that voice amongst million others.
“James…” she said shocked. These past few days when Nicky’d
been home, she hadn’t thought about that James creep once. But
apparently it wasn’t the other way around. Becky sighed deeply.
“What do you want James?” she said, knowing damn well he called
to scare and threaten her.
“Well you see love, I’ve worked hard these past few weeks and I’ve
done loadsa research about you and that little pop star boyfriend of
yours.” James said this followed by an evil laugh. But Becky was
determined not to let her fear show and said with as normal voice
as she could, “What do you mean?”
“He he, well what I mean is that according to the papers, your
boyfriend, Nicky is it? and his group are going to Australia tomorrow
for a week, which means…” There was no way Becky could hold
her fear in any longer.
“Oh my God…” she said, but James didn’t seem to notice. He just continued:
“But then I read another interview with Nicky and it got me a bit worried…”
“What?” she whispered, close to tears, “What did you read?”
“Well, he talked about you and said something about how much in
love you two are and that he knew you are the one and that you’ll
be together forever…” This put a smile on Becky’s face, but tears
were still rolling down her cheeks and she knew that James had
more to say. And of course she was right. “But you know love, I
happen to know that he’s wrong! I know that you are mine and mine
only…” Becky sank down on one of the kitchen chairs, not being
able to say anything. That’s when she heard Nicky voice from the front door.
“What’s taking you long sweetie?” James heard the voice as well.
“Oh, that’s him, isn’t it? Put him on, I wanna wish him a safe trip
and tell him not to worry, cos his girlfriend will be in good hands! He
he…” Becky couldn’t listen anymore so she hung up the phone. It
wasn’t easy cos her hand was shaking like it was a leaf in the
November wind. Nicky came in to the kitchen and found his
girlfriend crying and shaking.
“Oh my God sweetie! What’s happened? Who was that?” he placed
his hand under her chin and lifted her head so their eyes met. He
gently wiped her tears away and put his arms around her. There
was no way he would let this go by without an explanation.
“Becky, I know that you’re hiding something from me, but I haven’t
asked you cos I knew you were gonna tell me when you were
ready. But this is it… You have to tell me sweetie. Please, you
know I’m here for you always! I can help you, but only if you let
me…” Becky knew she had to tell him what was going on. She
looked into his beautiful blue eyes and said: “It’s a very long story…”
“Don’t worry, we’ve got all night.” He smiled but the smile soon
disappeared as she started telling him all about James…
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