8.) "You found me!"

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After going to four different clubs, I was exhausted! My feet hurt and I wasn't having any fun. Enzo was serious when he told me that he was there for business only. He didn't really speak to me or barely looked my way throughout the whole night. I was a bit upset at the fact that he did that to me, especially since he was the one who picked out my outfit for tonight. I wanted him to hold my hand, but he would just brush my hand away or hand my hand to Nico, who actually did hold my hand in his. As time passed by, I decided to stop one of the bottle girls walking around and asked for a bottle of Champaigne to be brought to our section. It felt weird being on the other side of things, since my job is basically being a bottle girl at the clubs. Nico questioned me about what I asked her, but I just smiled at him and told him to relax while placing my hand on his shoulder. Nico gave me a look, questioning what I was up to? "Don't worry about it, Nico." I gave him another smile. "Nomi, Enzo asked you if you had any questions or concerns you had to come to me. I don't care what it has to do with or how-" He instantly stopped talking as soon as he saw the bottle girl coming over to us waving a bottle in the air with her glow sticks. "Nomi, no, the f**k you didn't. Enzo is going to kill you, most importantly me." Nico got up to tell the girl to take the bottle back, but I pulled his arm and he fell back into his seat. "I'll take that, thank you love." Grabbing the bottle from the girl, I popped it open before Nico could take it out of my hands. "Enzo will be back any time soon Nomi, you better not take one... sip." I chugged down basically all of the Champagne, I poured myself. "Nomi! what the f**k are you doing?" "Relax Nico, it's not that serious." I rolled my eyes at him and poured another glass that I also chugged down within seconds. "That's it." Nico got up and snatched the bottle and glass from my hand. "What the f**k Nico, I'm grown enough to make my own damn decisions. Enzo can't stop me from doing what I want!" I stood up from my seat and began to walk away. "Now where the f**k do you think you're going now!?" Nico was getting pissed off, but I didn't care. I kept walking. Making my way around the club, I ended up losing Nico and running into a few bottle girls who had a tray full of shots, so I decided to take a couple of them. The drinks were starting to hit my system, the music started to run through my body, sending me out to the dance floor. I danced my ass off to about three different songs before I felt a man sweep me off my feet and over his shoulder. "You found me!" I said, laughing over his shoulder. "What is wrong with you and drinking? You do realize that you don't know how to control yourself when you drink?" Nico carried me all the way to the parking garage where our ride waited for us. The closer we got, the sicker I started to feel. "Enzo said he would meet us at home, he still has a few things to do." My smile dropped as I heard him say Enzo wasn't going home with us. After being out all night, has he still not finished with what he had to do? Placing me down on my feet, Nico told me to hold still as he calls Enzo, letting him know we were about to leave. I did what I was told and stood there waiting for him to be done. My stomach began to turn, making me feel like I was about to throw up. I quickly ran behind the car and started to throw up, letting all the alcohol burn my throat as it left my system. Nico hung up quickly and came to my side holding my hair up and out of the way as I kept going. "And that is why you shouldn't drink." Of course, he had a smart-ass response. I couldn't answer back because I was pretty occupied, but if I hadn't I would probably have said a thing or two to him. As I finished throwing up, we heard someone running towards us and, to my luck, it was Enzo. Pissed off Enzo. "Is she okay? Didn't I tell you to watch her at all times, Nico!? What the hell did I say about drinking? NOW LOOK AT YOU!" Enzo gave both of us an ear full at that moment. "Take her the f**k home and get her cleaned up. Oh and Nomi, you better sober the f**k up by the time I make it back home in the morning. Now did I make myself clear!?" Enzo yelled at us, making the veins in his neck pop out from how pissed off he was, and it was all my fault. I f****d up badly, really badly. "I got her man; sorry I'll be sure to keep her tight to my side." Nico said to Enzo while he helped me get into the car. "Sure, because you did such an amazing job the first time. I told you two this was important and you of all people, Nico, should know this by now. I guess that vacation got the best of you, didn't it?" I felt bad for what Enzo just said to Nico, knowing damn well it was all my fault and not his. Nico didn't say anything and nodded his head to Enzo. His face was much more serious now after his talk with Enzo, who left from how pissed from much he yelled at Nico while I waited in the car. I stood quiet the whole ride back, afraid to even look at Nico. His leg was shaking the whole ride home from how frustrated he was. As we pulled in, Nico opened my door and grabbed me by my arm, pulling me out of the car. Nico got impatient with my small steps. He put me back over his shoulders and carried me all the way to Enzo's room and into the bathroom. He sat me on the countertop while he went straight to the shower and turned it right on. "I'm sorry Nico... I didn't mean to-" I began to apologize to him, but he cut me off by taking me off the counter and giving me a scary serious look to basically shut the hell up. "Lift your arms." Nico said to me as he pulled off my dress over my head. I wasn't sure it was right for him to undress me. "Enzo won't like this," I said in a slightly drunken tone. "Enzo told me to get you cleaned up Nomi, plus you smell like straight alcohol and throw up. So, you tell me. Like what the hell, Nomi? Can you not control yourself? I never had Enzo get this pissed off towards me and speak to me the way he did tonight. And is it all because you were bored and felt the urge to drink? Really Nomi? Stop thinking only about yourself for once... I knew you were nothing but a childish girl who was getting in the way of my best friend's business. You're a distraction, Nomi and Enzo don't need any distractions!" Nico gave me an ear full during my whole shower, making me feel like s**t, which I deserved very much. After the shower, Nico handed me one of Enzo's shirts to put on and a pair of shorts. He then took me out of the room and down the hall to what he likes to call the "Nico cave", which happens to be a giant movie theater room. "Pick a seat, any seat." motioning me to walk in. "This is so cool." I couldn't help but sound like a kid, which made Nico chuckle a bit before taking my hand and leading me to where he likes to sit. "Now this is how I wanted to spend my night." I said, taking my seat with Nico on one of the two-seater recliner sofas. "Good to know someone else enjoys and prefers the same interests as me." Nico said to me as he wrapped one arm around my shoulder and began to look for a movie. "Hey Nico... I am really sorry that Enzo yelled at you because of my stupid decisions... I promise to behave, I wasn't aware that things were that serious." I confessed to Nico, trying to fight back the tears that were making their way down my cheek. "Hey, hey, hey, don't cry babe. I can handle getting yelled at by Enzo, don't you worry about that. But I need you to understand, when Enzo tells you something is important and not to f**k it up. You listen! He doesn't play around about his business. And what you did there... was very distracting and unprofessional." Nico lifted my chin to keep my head high. I smiled at him and apologized once more before he pulled me to him and gave me a warm hug and a kiss on the head just like Enzo would do. The guilt for what I did was eating me alive during our movie night. Nico would ask me here and there if I was, okay? I'll just say yes to him, so he wouldn't question me more about it, but I know he can tell by my face that I was upset. After trying to wait for Enzo to come home for about four hours, I finally gave up. Ready to fall asleep during one of the movies we were watching. I rested my head on Nicos' shoulder for support and he laid his head on top of mine. After that, I was sound asleep. While sleeping, I could lightly hear a door open followed by footsteps coming towards Nico and me. I tried opening an eye to see who it could have been. Nico seemed to have heard it because I felt his body tense, while his right arm moved as if he was reaching for something slowly. The footsteps got closer and out of nowhere I felt Nico jump up and heard a clicking noise. That's when I heard someone yell. "Woah! What the f**k man! Put that s**t down!" It was Enzo! He flipped the switch to the lights, and everything became so damn bright, hurting my eyes and Nico's. I adjusted my eyes to see Nico holding a gun in his hands. "I could have shot you! What the hell are you doing sneaking up on us, especially me man!?" Nico yelled back as he lowered his gun, not realizing the fear in my face as I was looking at him. Enzo turned to me and saw it immediately and ran to me. My body tensed up as my hands began shaking, dark memories of my past began flashing before my eyes. The fear I thought I had gotten rid of, the one I never thought I would come across again, flashed before my eyes. Enzo grabbed me, trying to comfort me, but when one of his hands touched me, something triggered. "Don't touch me! Noo! Get away from me!!" I screamed as I tried to back up, falling to the floor. Enzo's face was startled by my reaction to his touch. His head jerked back with wide eyes, picking his arms up as if he surrendered. Nico put his gun away quickly and ran up to Enzo, pulling him away from me, after seeing me freak out. "Nomi?" Said Enzo in a low tone, reaching his hand out slowly, trying not to scare me. "No... please... no" I begged and cried as I curled myself up against the wall letting my tears stream down my face. "Nomi... please... let me help you. Everything is okay, I'm not going to yell at you." His deep voice seemed broken and caring. Nico had a worried look on his face, but he still stood his ground, holding Enzo back from touching me. We stood in silence as I cried it out. The guys just sat there watching me with so much concern and questions about why I reacted in that way after seeing Nico with a gun. Enzo is probably thinking it had to do with the other night and, in some parts, he's not completely wrong, but there's more to my life that many don't know about. I figure I can just shove it deep down in my memories and forget about the worst times of my life, but just like that, the memories are triggered. A few more minutes passed by, and I slowly started taking deep breaths and coming back to "normal" if you would say. Enzo and Nico noticed and their whole demeanor changed, hoping for me to finally say something or even reach out to one of them. "Hey... are you okay?" asked Nico as he stepped forward and took a knee to be eye to eye with me. "I'm sorry that I scared you. I didn't know you were afraid of guns. I didn't want anyone hurting you." placing his hand slowly under my chin, bringing my eyes to his. I could see the sincere apology in his eyes, and it made me feel great relief in my chest. I swung my arms around his neck, pulling him into a hug and bursting out in tears again. He quickly wrapped his arms around me and balanced himself so we wouldn't fall. "It's okay, just let it all out. We aren't going to hurt you, and I promise I will never let anyone hurt you ever again." rubbing his hand up and down my back. The tears wouldn't stop flowing out, but Nico knew... Somehow or for some reason, by the way he looked me in the eyes, he somehow knew something had happened to me before. He didn't let go of me, knowing I would have dropped again, so he signaled Enzo with his head to come over to us. Enzo then wrapped his arms around me and Nico, making it a group hug. What am I kidding? I broke down even more. This has to be the most embarrassing thing, ugly crying, on two of the most handsome men I have ever seen. The thought of how I look or sound in front of these two God-like humans made me snap out of it. I wiped my tears away trying to compose myself and apologize for looking crazy. "Sorry... I didn't mean to go crazy on you." lowering my head to Enzo, who wouldn't take his eyes off me. His sad, concerned face switched to cold and pissed off and so did Nico's. "Nomi, what's going on? Talk to us please." Nico spoke up. I was afraid to even open my mouth because I was afraid to break down again, afraid to relive such a dark memory of my life. I wasn't sure that I could trust telling them. Enzo cleared his throat and as he was about to say something I stopped him as I spoke up. "I'm fine... I'm fine, don't worry, I just got scared." I tried laughing it off to ease off the tension. "We weren't born yesterday, Nomi. I understand that me holding a gun out in front of you may have shocked you in a way, but you reacted in pure fear and panic once Enzo touched you. You seemed like you saw someone else coming towards you." Nico was right about me reacting in pure fear and panic, but I couldn't find it in me to say it. I closed my eyes and dropped my head down, taking a deep breath. "You're right... I did react in fear and panic... but there are reasons behind it. I just don't have the guts to say it. It's a personal matter in my life that I choose not to relive for good reasons. I hope you two can understand where I'm coming from." Looking up at them hoping they would just leave the situation alone. They both looked at each other and then back at me. I wasn't sure what they were going to say, but to my surprise they just nodded their heads. "How about we go out and get some fresh air and maybe some breakfast?" Nico said, interrupting the silence between us. Just like that, he just pretended as if nothing ever happened. I looked at Enzo, who smiled at Nico, shaking his head and placing his hand on his shoulder. " Do you know it's one in the afternoon? Both of you were out for hours, it wasn't my first time coming in to check up on you." letting out a little chuckle before looking back at me. "Wait? You mean to tell me that I didn't realize the first time you came here!? That's impossible, Enz, I hear everything. You saw how quickly I..." Nico paused before mentioning the gun. "Like I said, it wasn't my first time. How do you think you got that blanket? Since when do I provide you with a blanket whenever you stay over? If it wasn't for Nomi lying there with you, then you would have had to get up and get it yourself." Enzo laughed at Nico as Nico threw the blanket he grabbed off the couch at him. The guys goofed around for a few seconds before making our way out of the movie room to get ourselves ready for what I'm guessing might be a late lunch.
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