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<> No Love <>
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The night that I had met the rest of the guys had gone quite well. Leighanne and I had become shopping buddies as she was determined to make me come out of my tomboy style. I didn't see that happening anytime soon. AJ and I had decided to go on a date that was really nice and in the past month we had become a couple. Jamie has also come back. She had been acting like nothing has happened, but I can see the little looks that she gives me when she thinks that I am not looking. I don't care though. \
I may have lost Jamie as one of my friends, but my friendship with Nick was growing steady. The only relationship that he had that could rival ours was the one between him and Jamie. She made sure that all times she knew what the two of us were doing together. She needen't worry. Especially since AJ and I were an Item. I had little extra time to spend with Nick alone. There was always her or AJ around. Nothing to worry about with the two of them around. Right?
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<> My office <>
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"Hey baby." AJ announced as he walked into the room in just his boxers. He had spent the night last night. "Whacha doing?"
"I'm writing an email to send to the list members of your website letting them know about Krystal's new single."
"Why are you doing it so early in the morning?" He pressed his lips against my neck. I closed my eyes and let the feeling wash over me. He had magic lips.
"I just wanted to get it over with so that I had the rest of the day to spend in your arms." I turned so that I could kiss him on the lips.
"Good idea. Are you done yet?" He asked when we broke the kiss.
"Yup. All yours." I kissed him again and felt like I was floating on air. Nope, he just picked me up. I pulled away and looked in his eyes. They were full of lust, but no love. Just sexual craving. I knew that mine were the same and ignored what I saw. After all, were all relationships meant to be built on love? I kissed him again as I pushed all the thoughts out of my head. The only thing that I was going to think about from here on out was the pleasure that we were going to feel. The only thing that I knew was that AJ was really good at that. Even if neither of us loved each other.
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<>Later That Day<>
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"Finally decided to wake up?" Jamie asked as I walked past her to the kitchen. "AJ left like two hours ago.
"Yeah, well we had an argument. And now we are on a break." I can't believe I am telling her this. She will probably use this against me. In the past month she had used the fact that the only job I have is web mistress of the guys website against me and many other things. But that idea backfired on her. Brian and Kevin found out what she was doing and offered me a job as the public relations represenitive for the record company. She would stop at nothing to keep me from being with Nick. I always had to keep her at a distance. Who would have thought?
"Maybe you shouldn't be around Nick so much. AJ would have no reason to be jealous then." She kept reading her magazine like she had said nothing.
"What the hell does that mean? What do you know?" I sat down next to her.
"Nothing. I was just sitting here reading when he came through mumbling something about Nick being a whore." She turned back to her reading once again. This time with a smile on her face. Nick burst in the door at that time. I didn't know what to say. I had never been so mad, much less seen Nick this mad.
"What the hell is your problem, you little bitch." He yelled at Jamie as he flew across the room. "I don't care what you think about me and Amy but it is going to stop right here. You can talk all you want to me but you may not say shit like that to AJ. You just caused a fight with me and AJ. He nearly beat the shit out of me because I wouldn't hit him."
'Maybe you shouldn't be fucking Amy and people wouldn't have a problem with your relationship."
"I am not fucking Nick and if I was, it shouldn't matter to you. Since, you are fucking my boyfriend, too!" I jumped up off the couch and to Nick's side.
Jamie sat up and looked at the two of us in an amused way. "Well, I had to do something to make you two stay away from each other. What can I do if your boyfriend can't control himself while he is high." She snootily replied.
"He hasn't did drugs in a long time and you know that. he told me that you got him high last night."
"Once again, not my fault that he has no will power to stay away from a beautiful woman or drugs." She stood and walked to the backyard. I was quick to follow but Nick stopped me.
"Promise not to do anything that you will regret." He took my face in his hands. I could have cried right there. How was I to tell him the truth? I knew that I had to.
Before I realized the words that I thought came out. "Too late I already have. I regret coming here." I broke from his grasp and made my way outside before I cried. How could I have told him that. I did regret coming to Florida but I didn't regret him becoming my friend. I threw open the patio doors and flew into the backyard. There Jamie was just waiting for my to make an attack. But, I wasn't going to give her the satisfaction. "Jamie, by the way, I'm leaving. " I turned to go back in but was stopped by her laughter.
Without turning around she began to talk. Nick stood in the doorway before me. I stared into his blue eyes. I could see hurt. I wonder if you could see the same in mine. "I knew that you were weak. It was only a matter of time before I broke you. That was the whole reason I asked you to come down here. I wanted to show Nick that I was the boss. That I controlled him just like I controlled you. The fact that you became friends and also that you and AJ had a budding romance just helped to give me fuel to burn you with. Stupid bitch." I never turned around. I just walked to the house.
I opened the door and pushed Nick against the wall. I don't know what came over me. I pushed him against the wall and kissed him. At first he didn't respond, then he slowly began to move against my. He turned me so that my back was against the wall. He traced my lips with his tongue before pushing past them to meet my tounge. His hands traced my face through my hair as mine pulled his face closer. His hands made their way down my body and pulled my legs around him. Now the only thing holding me up was his body and the wall. I continued to kiss him. I guess my plan worked because I felt a hand on my leg. The next thing I knew I was on the floor with Nick on top of me.
"What do you think you are doing you little slut?" Jamie yelled. I pushed Nick off me gently and stood.
"Oh, Jamie doesn't like it when someone is kissing her man. Kinda ironic isn't it. Because I don't like someone fucking my man." With that I made my way to my apartment and locked the door.
'What did I just do?' I asked myself. I could have just ruined everything that I ever had with Nick just to spite Jamie. I messed up big time. But I can't think about that now. I have to find a place to live. I could call AJ. This morning we may have argued but we didn't break up. I asked him to make a show for Jamie. I wasn't going to give up on him that easily. I was mad and still am that he came home and slept with me after he fucked her. But, he meant more to me than that. People make mistakes and I was going to work hard to make sure that he never make the two mistakes that he made the night before again.
I picked up the phone and began to dial the familiar number to AJ's cell. It rang twice before there was an answer. "Hello? Alexander McLean's cell."
That was his mother. "Denise, can I talk to AJ?"
"Sure baby. What happened this morning?"
"We had an argument."
"He told me everything. I think that you are very brave to try to stay with him."
"No. I'm just afraid to be without him."
"Here he is."
"Hello. Amy?" AJ's raspy voice came as a comfort to me. I began to cry as soon as I heard his voice. "What's wrong baby?"
"I confronted her and so did Nick. I told her that I was leaving."
"Oh my god. Are you alright? Did you get hurt? Hurt her?"
"No not anything but emotions on both sides. Do you think that you could get Leighanne to come get me?"
'Yeah. I'll have her to bring you here. I don't care what you say. You are staying with me."
"Okay. Tell her to get here as soon as she can."
'Bye, baby. Remember I love you."
"Bye" I hung up the phone. What was I supposed to say to him? I love you to? I don't know if I could do that right yet.
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<>Two hours Later<>
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Knock, Knock, Knock I slowly made my way over to the outside door, hoping it wasn't Nick. I opened the door to see Leighanne holding a suitcase in her hands.
"Need any help?" she simply asked. She gave me a hug and came inside. I closed the door behind her. "AJ told me what happened. I knew that she was up to something. I'm sorry that I was right." She sat the bag on the bed.
"Me too. Can you help me get my clothes? That is all I have left." Leighanne went to work on the clothes as I gathered my belongings in the bathroom. How was I going to leave? Was I just going to go, or was I going to say bye to Nick. I mean, he is my friend after all. I'm going to say goodbye.
In five minutes the rest of my clothing was packed and Leighanne and I began to pack the car with my stuff. "I'll be right behind you. I just want to tell Nick bye. I can't just leave like this."
"Okay. I'll just wait in the car."
I made my way to the house. I knew Jamie wasn't there because her car wasn't in the driveway. I opened the door and said Nick's name. No answer. He must be in his room. I went up the stairs and down the hall to his room. I knocked on the door.
"Come in." He solemnly answered. I opened the door to see him laying across the bed on his back. "I know you want to say goodbye and I don't want to hear it. If I really meant anything to you, you wouldn't have kissed me the way you did or said that you wished that you never came. I am just some pawn that you and Jamie can just use to throw back at each other."
"Nick, I.." He interrupted me.
'I don't want to hear it. I don't want to talk to you. I expected this out of Jamie. but not from you. You were my best friend and you just use me to get back at Jamie. I'm not standing for this. Just get out. NOW!" His voice was so harsh, I couldn't think strait much less argue. I just did as he ordered, walking to the car in a state of mindlessness. How could I do that to him? I was no better than Jamie. I was worse. I hurt someone that trusted me.
"You okay?" Leighanne asked as she pulled out of the driveway.
"No. I just broke my own heart. I hurt Nick." I broke into tears. Life as I knew was over. From here on out it was my job to teach Jamie not to mess with people. She was going to learn the three points of love.