Chapter Eleven: Jealousy

Nikki looked into the mirror and didn't like what he saw. His hair looked like he had been caught in a windstorm and he had a sad tired look in his green eyes.

He turned on the sink letting the hot water run across his hands and feeling its warmth invade his body.

What was he going to say to Nicola, he was a lousy liar and he had been with someone else.

His eyes landed on a picture of the two of them hugging while smiling at the camera.

Looking at the picture broke his heart, she'd loved & trusted him, and he'd broken her heart.

Tears flowed down his cheeks. "I'm sorry." He said to the picture, before setting it carefully back on the refrigerator door.

He made his way out of the kitchen, and headed over to the couch.

Just as he sat down, the TV came on. "Breaking News: Nicola Ives was spotted hanging out with the frontman of Cinderella." Nikki's jaw clenched as he continued to watch.

There was a picture of his treasured girlfriend in the arms of Tom Keifer of Cinderella his childhood rival.

He gripped the bottle so hard that it exploded, the shards of glass cutting deep into his hand drawing blood.

"ARRRRGH!!!!" he yelled, jumping to his feet and wrapping a Band-Aid around his injured palm.

He watched with a growing frown as they started to dance together. "Why baby?!" he thought, as he watched her smiling at Tom. Then his eyelids drooped, he found himself leaning back into the pillows only to let his eyes close as he fell asleep.