CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

“I’m Tired” Josie complained on the ride home to Nick’s place.

“Why’s that?” Nick asked.

“Because, It was so loud there, Never go on tour with a rap group, The whole hall stays up till like 3am” Josie replied. Nick was quiet.

“I talked to Dre on my way to Eminem’s room and he gave me another reason why you’d be tired” Nick replied. Josie laughed uneasily.

“What did he say?” Josie asked.

“His exact words were ‘They were screwing all night” Nick snapped. He looked over at Josie.

“No, How could you even think that?” Josie asked. “Em turned on the TV. His favorite channel Playboy was on, He probably heard that. It took me like 10 minutes to get the remote from him”

“For real?” Nick asked. Josie nodded. He laughed.

“I was kinda pissed. I mean, If you would’ve done that I would be devastated” Nick explained.

“Big word. Have you been talking to Kevin again?” Josie joked. Nick laughed.

“How about we turn on the radio?” Josie asked. Nick nodded and she switched it on.

‘I am whatever you say I am, If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am, In the paper, the news everyday I am. Radio won’t even play my jam’ Eminem’s song played. Josie switched the radio off quickly.

“Josie wake up” Nick yelled. Josie opened her eyes. Nick didn’t look too happy.

“What?” Josie asked. She stared at the clock-It was noon.

“I hope you enjoyed yourself last night” Nick yelled. Josie scrunched her nose.

“What are you talking about?” Josie questioned.

“You know Puffy? As in Puff Daddy? Well, as much as I believed you, I called him. He’s good friends with Eminem I guess, so he calls him and Eminem tells him that Josie Martin and him had sex last night” Nick yelled. Josie made a face.

“No I didn’t” Josie replied. “I told you last night-”

“Don’t lie to me” Nick cut her off. “At least give me that”

“I didn’t” Josie replied. Nick stared at her.

“Get the fuck out of my house” Nick muttered.

“Nick please, just listen” Josie started.

“I listened to enough of your shit. How long have you two been doing this huh? While I’m away in Europe?” Nick questioned. Josie felt tears sting her eyes.

“Only last night” Josie replied. “Only last night? I thought you only watched playboy last night” Nick snapped. “So you screwed around and then lied about it? The least you could do is tell me the truth”

“Nick-Please” Josie cried.

“Get out” Nick yelled. Josie got up and went to hug him. He pushed her away.

“Get your stuff and get the fuck out. I’m leaving and if you aren’t gone by 3pm, you’ll regret it” Nick threatened. Josie watched as he walked out. She fell to her knees and started to cry.

“He’s in room 301 Mr. Carter” The lady at the front desk explained. Nick started to walk towards the elevator. He jumped in and took it to the 3rd floor.

“Yo Carter” Someone yelled as he walked down the hall. Nick gave him a weak smile and kept walking. He stopped in front of the door. He felt like so much shit. He wanted to break something. He had almost killed himself by driving 90 on the express way. Nick knocked on the door.

“Yo, Hold on” A voice yelled from inside. The door opened and Nick walked in.

“Nick, what are you doing here?” Eminem asked. Nick looked over at the bed.

“Josie left some stuff here” Nick lied. Eminem looked around.

“UM, Lemme check” He replied. He went by the bed and knelt down. Nick came up behind him and punched him in the back. Eminem was thrown off his balance and fell down.

“What the fuck? Are you Crazy?” Eminem yelled. Nick didn’t say anything.

“I loved her, I loved her more than anything” Nick replied.

“If you love her so much then why the fuck do you care what she did?” Em asked.

“Because” Nick replied.

“Good Answer” Em mumbled. He rubbed his back and stood up. Nick went at him, but Em saw it coming and punched him in the stomach. Nick held his stomach and hunched over. Em went and kneed him in the head. Nick fell to the ground. He kicked Nick hard in the face. Eminem laughed. He pulled a bag from under the bed.

“Here’s her shit” Eminem muttered. He threw the bag at him and walked away. Nick let his head fall to the floor as blood trickled from a gash on his head.

Josie watched as the minutes went by slowly. It was 2:30 and her taxi would be arriving any minute. She sighed. She picked up 3 big duffel bags and walked downstairs. She put her stuff by the door and looked around for Nick’s pugs. They were all sitting in the corner of the living room.

“Do you guys hate me too?” Josie asked. The dogs just stared at her. Willy got up and waddled towards her. She scooped him up and kissed his small, scrunched up face.

“I’m going to miss you guys” Josie exclaimed and let him down to the floor. She turned around and walked towards a drawer near the kitchen. She pulled it out and pushed around some tape and other junk that no one ever uses. She finally got to the back where she found a pack of pictures. She opened it up and smiled as Leighanne’s face smiled up at her. She turned to the next one where Nick and Brian were posed in a weird position. The doorbell rang so she stuffed them in her bag. Josie looked around.

“Bye” Josie exclaimed to no one. She walked out and threw her stuff in the taxi.

“Tell me what happened again?” The fat nurse questioned. They were sitting in the nursing station of the hotel.

“I hit my head” Nick mumbled. She wrapped gauze around his head.

“I see” She replied. “How’s your girlfriend Mandy doing?”

“We broke up like a year ago” Nick replied. He remembered the nurse helped Mandy when she fell off stage once.

“So you’re single?” She asked.

“As of today” Nick muttered. The nurse made a face.

“Well, you should be OK, Just don’t fight with anyone else over some girl for awhile” She replied. Nick looked up at her.

“How’d you know?” Nick asked.

“I guy named Marshall was in here earlier, He explained the whole thing to me while I got him some asprin” The nurse replied. Nick pointed to his head.

“Thanks” Nick replied. His steam was certainly blown. He walked out to his car and threw Josie’s bag in back. He was thinking of burning it in a fire when he got home; even though he knew he wouldn’t.

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