I'm backkkkkk

Safaree wipped the sweat off his forehead as he moonwalked off stage. He snatched a t-shirt off the back of the make up chair, took off his hat and quickly wipped off all the sweat. He wrapped it around his neck and leaned against the railing on the side of the stage. he marveled at the graceful way Nicki would hit her "did it on em'" dunks then slid to one side. He then walked over to the snack table and threw some popcorn in the air and gracefully caught them in his mouth. He tried once again and he threw them and then they disappeared. He looked around and saw little sweaty Nicki munching on the pieces of popcorn. She squinted and smiled with the remaining of kernels in her teeth. With her long blue and pink nails she fiddled around in her mouth then smiled with clean teeth. She peeped her head out the side entrance of the stage and waved and blew kisses. "Ah, I love them" she said in awe as she sank back into the backstage. They then strolled to the back rooms with all their stuff. On the way there they were pointing and laughing at all the workers that had fallen asleep in the hallway. She closed the door to the back room and gathered the rest of her stuff. she left the room and looked both ways to her left and then her right.... The she saw Joyce. who she hasn't seen in weeks since she had her baby. Joyce said "i'm backkkkk" while holding her neatly blanket covered baby. Nicki screamed and moaned about how cute the baby was. She congradulated her and invited her over for dinner. She said she had things to do and told her she'd see her tomorrow morning for her view interview. Nicki smiled and waved. she then turned around and saw Safaree leaning against the wall. she placed her hand on her hip and said "dinner time?" He nodded and followed her to the car.

Nothing.

Safaree swiftly walked beside the stretcher as it was being raced into the emergency room. They rolled her onto the bed in a small white room. Safaree was instructed to stay outside of the room until further notice. Doctors were in and out of the room.Some with happy looks on their face others with serious scarce looks. About 2 hours later all the checking was done, and the doctors gave Safaree the que to come in. The doctors left and shut the door behind them. Nicki was sitting up with a water bottle in her hand. She smiled at him and he smiled back. He slowly walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. She scooted over and motioned him to come lay beside her. He kept rubbing her cheek with his thumb until she drifted into a deep sleep. Soon after he dozed off. Safaree felt something rubbing his side. He opened one eye and realized they were home. He looked to the right and saw Nicki standing there waiting for him to wake up. She had no cuts or bruises. It looked like nothing happened. Safaree simply asked "what happened yesterday?" And she laughed and said "well I went to the post office and left you here, and i came back and you were in bed." Safaree quickly jumped and said "so no accident?" she look at him confused not knowing what he was talking about and just shook her head. Safaree realized it was all a dream. A stinking dream. And laid there thanking God.

It'll be okay.

Nicki slowed down at a yellow light, and came to a complete stop. Her phone started to ring and it was from Safaree. She was debating to pick it up or not. She was stopped so why not. She picked it up and Safaree was just telling her that her opening act for the tour is rehearsing, and that they're doing great. He asked where she was , she responded with a soft voice that she was just going to send some bills at the post office. Right before they hung up Safaree heard on the other line a screeching noise, a scream, then a crash. The call was disconnected. Safaree slid down the bannister and grabbed his keys. He jumped in his car not even buckling his seat belt. He took the only route he knew to get to the post office. He was speeding, cutting corners, and running red lights. A couple police and ambulance cars flew by him. He tried his best to keep up with them. He could see from the far end of the street a pink Bentley sprawled out in the middle of the intersection, with a head on collision. It was causing traffic, so leaving the car running Safaree dashed to the incident. There he saw Nicki being put on a stretcher and being pushed into the back of an ambulance. Safaree grabbed the paramedics' arm and asked from them to let him in the back. She saw the intense worry in his eyes, and nodded her head. Safaree raced to the back and saw her laying there peacefully. Not a word was said. The only noise was the panting from Safaree. he overlooked Nicki. There was cuts and bruises all over her body. Safaree held her hand and dropped to the floor with both knees and busted out in tears. He put her hand to his nose and whispered with sniffling in between words. "if i didn't call you this wouldn't have happened." after a silent moment he felt a cold hand rub the left side of his face. He looked up and saw Nicki looking at him with her eyes squinted, and smiling. Safaree slowly stood up and rubbed her face. Nicki had a mask over her mouth to help her breathe. He bent over and removed the the mask and kissed her. She whispered softly, "i'm fine, don't worry." they held each others hands and waited in silence to get to the hospital with only prayers racing through their minds.

Free day.

Nicki rolled over and put her arm around Safaree and whispered "I'm not living if you're not by my side". Safaree opened one eye and smiled. Nicki's hand glided down Safaree's rippling chest. Together they laid there scilent. Nicki's head was on his sholder and his arm was around her. They waited for the alarm to sound. They didn't want to get up any earlier than they had to. The clock sounded at 6:45. Safaree struggled to get the covers off. He then slouched to the bathroom.  He splashed some water on his face to wake up. He was now fully alarmed and scenes awake. He went over to the bed and ripped the covers of Nicki. She screeched "SAFAREE I'M COLD!!!!" She reached for the blankets but Safaree pulled her down. He then picked her up and raced down the stairs. He placed her in one of the bar stools, and went to the other side of the island and glanced at her. Looked away. Went to the refrigerator. Then looked back again. Nicki was just looking at him with confusion. Safaree said "do you not know what today is?" she mumbled " Uhhhh, no. Safaree yelp " ITS YOUR FREE DAY" Nicki jumped off from the bar stool and raced to the refrigerator. She was slipping and sliding left and right. with one red sock and one white one. she opened the refrigerator and got the eggs, milk, bacon, orange juice, and hash brown mix. She swiftly turned around and dropped them on the counter. She said " salt or no salt!?!?"  Safaree yelled " PAM PAM SALT FOR ME PAM PAM" she cracked the eggs in one pan and the has browns in the other. While they were waiting for the food to cook she grabbed a whisk and threw Safaree a spatula. She held it up to her face and started to spit "i fly with the stars in the skies i am no longer trying to survive" she was acting like she was on stage performing. Safaree finally caught on and started getting hype. She jumped on the sofa and yelled "I WISH THAT I COULD HAVE THIS MOMENT FOR LIIIIIFE" she jumped off from the back and landed perfectly, and then slid over to Safaree and held his hand and put the whisk up to her face and softly sang "this is my moment, i've waited all my life i could tell it's time. Drifting away i'm one with the sunsets, i have become alive.  I wish that i could have this moment for life, for life, for life, cause in this moment i just feel so alive.... Alive....alive" she then kissed the tip of his chin and then she broke out singing  "I WISH THAT I COULD HAVE THIS MOMENT FOR LIFE" and then she ended the song on a perfect note. They then finally went back over to check on the food. safaree admired her cook the food in the white Tank , and white undies, with the short black bob. She then arranged the food on the plates just perfect the placed the plates on the table slowly. She poured safaree a glass of milk, and some orange juice for her self. She took Safaree's hand and led him to the table. "WAIT" Nicki yelled. Lets take a picture of this first. She grabbed her camera and got a quick snapshot of the food. "first picture going in the book!" nicki said smiling. She motioned Safaree to sit down, then she sat down after. They grabbed their drinks and made a toast and safaree whispered  " frozen in time".

Chapter 9

In the box were several different items. The first one that caught Nicki's eye was Nicholas's gold chain, it had a cross with diamonds on it. She held it close to her chest and whispered "Rest in peace baby" and she placed it over her head onto her neck. Then she saw a red velvet ring box in the corner of the box, she opened it and was shocked. It was her ring she had from middle school. She thought she lost it. And surprisingly it still fit her. So she slid it on her ring finger and admired it. Then she lifted the yellow wrapping paper, and saw a small pink jacket with wooden buttons. It was the jacket that traveled with Nicki from Trinidad to New York. Every crease was folded just right every button was just right. She smiled and took it out of the box and put It to the side. Nicki noticed one last thing in the box. It was an empty photo album. There was a sticky note attached to it saying "this is for future memories". She grinned and sighed.  Nicki put everything back in the box and went upstairs to put it away, and tell Safaree. "Safaree look what Mama sent us!" She placed the box on the bed and opened it. First she pulled out the long heavy chain, and handed it to Safaree. " Wow Nigga's got sweet chains" "SAFAREE....it's Nicks." "Oh sorry" Safaree said placing it on the bed. Then she handed him the velvet box with the ring inside. He opened and said "didn't I get you this?" She giggled and said "yeah. I think so" she glanced down to pick up the pink jacket and placed it on the bed. Safaree smiled. Then she picked up the last item which was the empty photo album. She held it tight to her chest and walked over to the other side of the bed. She sat next to Safaree and put her head on his shoulders. She placed the photo album it his lap, and said "for future memories" he opened it and said "it's empty" and nicki whispered "that's the point...FUTURE memories". Safaree focused on the front cover. It was just plain white. That's all. Nicki asked "what should the title be?" Safaree pondered for a minute, and then looked her in the eyes. " Frozen In Time" She smiled and said " Perfect".

chapter 8

Safaree pulled up to the resturant, and let Nicki out to go find Wayne while he parked. She walked in, and saw wayne all the way in the back next to the television. She swiftly walked up to him and gave him a hug. She sat and looked to her right and saw Drake was sitting there. She waved and smiled. Safaree came in and they did their handshake ; and sat down. The waitress came by and asked what they wanted to drink Nicki ordered a margarita with salt around the rim. Drake got white wine. Safaree just got water. And wayne wasn't eating or drinking, he was just there to chat, and talk business. Drake murmured "so I hear you're engaged , Nicki" she nodded and smiled. Drake didn't talk again. Nicki ordered a salad with extra olives, trying to stay on the light side. After she finished Wayne got a call from Birdman to tell him they needed to finish some things at the studio. Wayne stood up and gave Nicki a hug. Drake followed with no words. After they were gone Nicki left a tip and left. When they got home, Nicki realized a package on the front steps. She sat on the top step and read the calligraphy writing that said "Love Is A Precious Gift; Love MaMa Carol" Nicki untied the velvet red ribbon surrounding the package, and opened the lid. She gasped and her eyes widened.

chapter 7

the water dripped from her body onto the floor. she grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself. She heard a quiet knock on the door and she slowly opened it. it was safaree standing there with his hat on backwards. she motioned him in and he tip toed in. he grabbed her waist and kissed her softly on the lips. he slid the towel off and slid his hands down her curves. Nic giggled because she was ticklish around her hips. his hands were still gradually moving down. by the time he got to her lower back Nicki's phone went off. she opened eyes and saw Wayne was calling. she pushed Safaree away and answered saying "sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry! I've been so busy. I GOT ENGAGED WAYNE!ENGAGED! Nicki shreked. Wayne paused and said "Yeah, Safaree told me his plan, congrats" nicki smiled and planned to schedual another lunch tommorow since today got messed up she said her last good byes and hung up. she looked Safaree in the eyes and said. "where were we?"