Posted by Mocha
on 12/23/2002, 5:49 pm
Message modified by board administrator 8/26/2008, 2:38 pm
~*~What up? What up? I think that I'm hangin all by myself on this storee but I guess that's ok, right? Let's see what I can do with this~*~
[10:30 PM PT]
*Nicole and Liana are getting ready at Liana’s apartment to go out and have a good time*
Nicole *in the bathroom putting on make-up*: Girl, I can’t wait until I turn 21 in a few hours!
Liana *in her room*: Girl, I know. We gonna do this nice for you. Ima take you out and we’re gonna have a bangin time. I promise. *walks in the bathroom* You look good, Nicky…
Nicole: Why thank you, dear. I’m just tryin to look like my big sis.
Liana: Now, girl, you know that you could never look as good as big sis…*laughs* I’m just messin. I still love you boo.
Nicole: Whateva heffa! You ready yet?
Liana: I was waitin for you…*looks at her* You were the one that couldn’t find something to wear. I already had something to wear. I knew better.
Nicole: Well, I don’t know what to wear out here. I don’t know what y’all “Vegans” wear out here. I know how we do the damn thing out there in Florida…
Liana: Well, you act like you were dressin all pretty for Kareem or something…
Nicole *glares at her*: You went there, didn’t you? You just HAD to go there, didn’t you?
Liana: Girl, don’t run from the truth. You act like nobody has ever said that to you or something.
Nicole: But you’re my best friend. You’re not supposed to bring up something like that. You know better.
Liana: Well, my job as your best friend is also to make sure that you keep it real. I’m just doin my job. I’m telling you the truth, even though we both know you didn’t want to hear it. It’s the best thing to do for you right now. I wouldn’t tell you if I didn’t love you.
Nicole: I know…*looks herself over in the mirror* Ok, I think I’m finished. Let’s go. I need to get that nigga off my brain. Let’s PARTY!!!!
Liana: Aight!
*They leave and go club hoppin. They make their way to the Ghost Bar at The Palms Hotel*
Nicole *sitting at the bar waiting for her water*: Man, I can’t wait to meet some guys up in here…
Liana *taking a sip of her Screwdriver*: Girl, don’t worry. All you'll see when we go up stairs is a room full of men. You’ll be swimming in them…
Nicole: Perfect.
Bartender: Here’s your water…
Nicole: Oh, thanks. How much?
Bartender: It’s on the house…*he winks at her*
Nicole *blushes*: Thank you…
Bartender: You’re welcome…*pauses* When do you turn 21?
Nicole: What time is it?
Bartender *looks at his watch*: 12:42 AM…
Nicole: In 3 minutes, actually.
Bartender: Really? Well, congrats!
Nicole: Why thank you. I’m pretty excited. I’m tired of going to bars and watch this one drink and I can’t drink with her…
Bartender: Well, I got you covered. What do you want to drink? I’ll make you your first drink to bring in your 21st…
Nicole: I don’t know…how about just givin me some Smirnoff Ice.
Bartender: You want it in the tall neck or in a glass?
Nicole: Um, in the tall neck if that’s possible.
Bartender: You got it. How much time do I have left?
Liana: One minute…
Bartender: Let me make myself something and we’ll toast to the occasion. *looks around the bar for a drink that he could make real quick. He looked around and got some Parrot Bay* Ready?
Liana: I am…
Nicole: Go ahead…
Bartender: Ok, Nicole, this is to you. May your 21st birthday be one that you remember forever. To forever…
Nicole and Liana: To forever…
[Upstairs at Club Rain]
*Nicole and Liana are dancing to Benzino’s “Rock the Party” with 2 guys and having a good time*
MV: You from outta town?
Nicole: Yeah, Florida. You?
MV: I’m from LA. So this your first time out here?
Nicole: Yeah. I’m feelin this out here. What’s your name?
MV: Alex Ramos. Yours?
Nicole: Nicole Alverez.
Alex: Nice to meet you.
Nicole: Back at you.
Alex: So you came to the club to hook up or something?
Nicole: Naw, actually my girl brought me out here to celebrate my 21st. I needed to come out here and see her. I ain’t seen her in a good minute. I needed to get away from Florida. Too much drama for me…
Alex: Aight. I feel you. Congrats on the 21st. I hope you have a good one. I remember my 21st. It was tight. All my boys took me out and we partied all night long. We left at like 6:30 for dinner and we come home at 7:30 the next morning.
Nicole: Damn! It sounds like y’all had fun.
Alex: All day…
[Liana dancing with her guy]
MV: So who’s your friend?
Liana: Oh, that’s my home girl, Nicole. We’re out here celebrating her 21st birthday.
MV: Oh, well good for her. Oh, by the way, my name’s Andre. Friend’s call me Dre for short.
Liana: Nice to meet you, Dre. I’m Liana…
Nicole *to Liana*: Girl, I’m thirsty and hot. I want something to drink.
Liana: Aight, let’s hit the bar.
Nicole: Aight.
*They make their way to the bar*
Nicole *at the bar*: Um, give me a Long Island, please…
Bartender: You got it…*he prepares her drink* Here you go…
Nicole: Thank you…
Liana: Now, you know those things are strong, girl.
Nicole: How bad could it be? I’ll drink slow. I’m a slow drinker anyway.
Liana: Aight, you just be careful. But it’s your birthday. We rented a limo so both of us can drink as much as we want.
*Nicole continues to drink. She got another Long Island. By the time 4 AM rolled around, she had 3 Long Islands. By now, she’s really drunk but depression has sunk in. She’s feeling horrible. It’s her birthday and she’s feeling like crap. She tried to get the feeling out of her body but it just wouldn’t seem to go away. Nicole ended up crying the whole way back to Liana’s apartment. She knew she had depression problems and that maybe she needed to see someone about it but she thought that was unnecessary. She and Liana made their way back to her apartment and Nicole hit the bathroom and puked her brains out. Liana helped her to get in the bed and placed a trash can next to the bed just incase she had the sudden urge to toss her cookies in the middle of her sleep.*
[1:30 PT the next afternoon]
Liana *rolling over and looking at her friend in the bed*: Girl, you ok?
Nicole: I’m hung over as hell, but I think I’m ok.
Liana: You know you had 3 Long Islands?
Nicole: Yeah, I was aware of that.
Liana: Why did you drink so much? I was worried about you. You’re lucky you didn’t get alcohol poisoning.
Nicole: I’m depressed…
Liana: Didn’t I tell you that drinking alcohol wasn’t going to solve anything? What are you depressed about?
Nicole *feels tears welling up in her eyes*: I miss Kareem, Liana…*begins to cry*
Liana: Aww, boo…*leans over and holds her friend* Don’t cry. I’m sorry about all those things I said last night. I mean, it was the truth but I didn’t know you’d cry over it…
Nicole *still crying*: It’s ok. But I miss him…I wanna go home and see him, but he don’t care about me…
Liana: That’s not true. I’m sure he cares but he can’t get his shit together right now. And until he does that, then he needs to leave you alone. I mean, think about it baby, he’s gotta clean up his house before he lets you inside. His house is hella messy right now. You wouldn’t want to walk in a messy house, would you?
Nicole *sobbing*: No…I want him to want me and take care of me like I want to take care of him. He doesn’t know how much I care about him….I hate this…I hate myself for liking him in the first place…
Liana: You can’t hate yourself. Sometimes we make these mistakes in order to learn from them. Sometimes we need these experiences to grow. And you know we all need to grow from things. This will make you stronger…
Nicole: I hate him so much!
Liana *rolls over and gets some tissues for Nicole*: You don’t hate him. You just don’t like him right now. You’ll get over it…
Nicole: I don’t know, Liana…it takes me a good minute sometimes…
Liana: That's perfectly normal.
Nicole: What am I going to do? I mean, I know I’m wasting my time waiting on him. If he wanted me or even gave a damn about my feelings, he wouldn’t have done me this way. If he would just let me in…I mean, I WANT to love him. He should give me a chance…*pause* It’s amazing how I can tell you everything about this but I can’t say shit to him about it. It’s like I freeze when he’s there. I wanna say something but I know he’s not listening to me. It’s going in one ear and out the other…
Liana: Let it go girl…you’ll be ok…but maybe you need some time to yourself…but if I leave you alone, promise me you won’t go off the deep end talking about you have no reason to live and shit like that…
Nicole: I got you…I’m not suicidal or anything…
Liana: Don’t pull that shit with me because you’ve had thoughts before and don’t act like you haven’t. I know you, Nicole. I know you probably better than you think you know yourself.
[4:30 PM EST at Kareem’s place]
Kareem *laying on the bed looking at more pictures of him and Nicole*: Man, what is wrong here? I’m not thinking about my break up…all I can think about is Nicole…I gotta get her outta my head. Turn on some music…maybe that will help…*turns on the radio and amazingly, the new Joe and Jadakiss song, “I want a girl like you” came on*
[Joe singing: “I want a girl that can ride with me, never get tired of me, that’s the girl for me. I want a girl who can hang with me, wanna do things with me, all I want, I want a girl like you…”]
Kareem *thinking* What the hell is up with the music? This had to come on, didn’t it? *pause in thought* But I gotta admit, Nicole can do all these things…*pause in thought* What am I going to do? I miss her so much…
~*~Well, what is Kareem going to do? What’s Nicole going to do? Will she let him back in her life or will she tell him to go screw himself? We shall see next time~*~
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