What happened in Vegas: Didn't Stay In Vegas! (33 page)

“I never took
you for a bitch until now,
”
he raged.

I
argued,
“
I was trying to save you and Aria, me and
Bradley.
”

He looked at me
with fire in his eyes, his hand touched my chest and then his own,
his voice softened,
“
At the expense of you
and me?
”

A sob escaped
my lips as his hand grabbed the nape of my neck and his mouth
covered mine. My eye fluttered open and I saw
Bradley
’
s silhouette witnessing the passion between us.
Nick held my face an inch from his and he gazed into my
eyes,
“
We could have worked everything out, but you chose to
scheme with Bradley.
”

Nick called out
to Bradley,
“
I need to speak to
Aria.
”
He ordered,
“
Get her
now!
”
Nick looked at me with disgust and said,
“
I abhor what you
’
ve done. You were my
best friend.
”
Bradley disappeared for a few minutes
and then came back out with Aria.

Bradley led me
away by grabbing my wrist the way he always did and he said quietly
to me,
“
Nick is going to tell her what you guys have
done.
”

We watched from
a distance as Nick did just that. He was talking to Aria, and then
she started pummeling his chest with her arms screaming,
“
Why didn
’
t you tell me! Why!
You had all this time while you knew she was pregnant that you
could have said something!
”

Nick stepped
back from Aria and walked away. She collapsed down to her knees
crying into her hands. Aria
’
s angelic weeping
could be heard everywhere. Nick treaded through the long grass of
the field towards the parking lot, turning his back on all of
us.

I glanced at
Bradley and then towards Nick. This time my brain watched as my
heart controlled my actions. I tore my wrist from
Bradley
’
s vice-like grip and I ran like hell to catch up
with Nick.

He heard me
closing in on him from behind and turned with his arms spread open
to catch me. Bradley and Aria were watching us, witnessing what we
had together. I was carrying my shoes in my hand and when we kissed
my Gucci
’
s were dangling from behind his neck. In between
kisses I managed to tell him,
“
You
’
re the one I
can
’
t live without, your kisses put me on cloud 9.
You
’
ve become my rock, my life support and if you had died
in that car accident, I would have too. Nick,
you
’
re the one I want to be with,
forever.
”