We were two
chapter four
"Sarah? What's the matter with you? HELLO??" Sarah snapped out of it with a "Wha?" "Sarah? Are you OK?" Angel said looking genuinely concerned. "Look." Sarah said pointing at the five girls still giving her dirty looks and whispering to each other. Angel's jaw dropped. "No. how can they even show their faces today?" Angel said looking back at Sarah to see that she had a tear streaming down her face. Angel leant in to give her a hug and Sarah couldn't help but sob further.
As soon as Nicky realised he came running over to see what was wrong. "It's those girls from yesterday." Angel explained as Sarah's head was now hidden in Nicky's chest. Nicky tried to comfort Sarah but he knew how much this was hurting her. It was hurting him too.
Sarah finally looked up at Nicky and said: "I can't do this anymore. It's tearing me apart and I hate to see it's doing the same to you. I think we should." Nicky anticipated the ending of that sentence. "No. I love you and I want to be with you. I am not going to give them the satisfaction of having split us up." He interrupted. Sarah's heart and mind were torn in two. "Please" Nicky said moving his face closer to hers. Sarah couldn't look in to his eyes any longer. Her heart was telling to her to kiss he and scream out to the whole world that they were in love, but her head was telling her to get out, to stop hurting Nicky.
Her heart won. "Come on. let's do it." Sarah said with a smile but her voice sounded shaky due to self-doubt. Nicky wiped the tears from Sarah's face. Bryan, Mark, Kian and Shane joined the three of them. They were all going to do it together. The rest of the guys felt that Sarah was part of the band now and they were ready to support both her and Nicky in what they were about to do.
Nicky held Sarah's hand tightly. The plan was that all the band members bar Nicky were going to sign for fans and that Nicky, Angel and Sarah were going to get into the waiting taxi and drive off. Sarah felt it was more of a jail breaks rather then a public declaration of their love for one another. Even still, she knew that it was the safest thing to do after all it was enough for Nicky to be holding her hand and telling her he loved her.
Mark stepped out of the hotel followed by Shane, Bryan and Kian. Nicky squeezed Sarah's hand and gave her a kiss on the cheek. This was it. The moment in which they would find out how the fans would react to their relationship but deep down Sarah knew already and it wasn't positive. Nicky led the way out the doors of the hotel to be greeted by a group of fans wanting autographs. They seemed friendly enough; she even recognised a few from the college she went to. They were all saying hello to Sarah and asking whether she was OK?
Sarah was so confused. How can some people be so nice yet some be like the devil himself. Nicky looked at Sarah and she said, "Go on." With a smile. Sarah knew that this was his job and he loved it. She never wanted to come in-between Nicky and his fans. "Nicky I'll meet you in the taxi. Angel?" As Sarah and Angel made their way through the crowd they was greeted with a number of 'byes' and 'see ya laters' but the one phrase that rang in her mind was the, "HEY BITCH" that had come from nowhere.
Before Sarah had a chance to wonder where it had come from she saw a large rock flying through the air, but it wasn't heading for her. It was heading in the direction in which she had just come. Sarah tried to run back but was unable to get there in time. Everything was moving in slow motion.
"NIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKYYYYYYYYYY!" Sarah screamed as she saw the rock hit Nicky. Nicky feel to the floor and Sarah could see that Nicky had been hit on the side of the head with the rock, which had left him with a huge gash streaming with blood. "Nicky? Wake up...please I love you. I need you. Nicky please wake up! Nicky?"
