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Fooling yourself

 “How about you watch where you are going?”

“I wouldn’t have to watch where I am going if your high bright ass was not standing in the way.”

“Whatever, just get out of my face.”

“Gladly!”

“Dumb broad.”

“Asshole.”

It had been like this between Drake and Nicki since the first time they met 3 years ago. Nicki was moving the last remaining pieces of her furniture into her new apartment when she bumped into Drake. She had been carrying a very special vase that was given to her by her grandmother before she passed. She was not looking where she was going when she crashed into him sending the vase plummeting to the ground smashing into a million different pieces. Neither of them saw themselves at fault and therefore neither of them apologized leaving Nicki enough room to resent him for the rest of her days.

Nicki

“Urgh I cannot stand light bright’s self-righteous ass any longer Max, he thinks he is too good to move out the fucken way, I know he sees me too because I see him, see me try to walk pass him but does he move? NO! Then he has the audacity to tell me I must watch where I am going? He makes me so angry!” Nicki huffed as she scooped down to pick her English bulldog puppy

“And now he has me ranting my problems to you my baby, but you don’t mind right?” she completed as she muzzled the dog’s neck, “let’s get you your breakfast so that mommy can get ready for work”

Nicki set the dog down and prepared both their breakfast to get them ready for the day, she would usually leave Max with her mom in the mornings so that he wouldn’t be alone and also ruin her apartment but she was running late today and figured that he was house broken enough to not completely destroy the place. After eating she left Max downstairs to finish dressing, today she kept it simple with a black pencil skirt, a white blouse and black peep toe pumps with a white detail. She decided on nude make-up and had her hair up in a ponytail. Once she had checked that she needed for the day in her purse she ran downstairs to gather her laptop and its essentials, Max was still eating so she let him be.

As she was walking out of her apartment, Drake was leaving his which was directly opposite hers. He did not even acknowledge her presence, just groaned at the sight of her, locked his apartment and left. “One day I will knee his balls Max and he won’t see it coming, you approve don’t you?” Nicki asked her dog, the dog tilted its head to the left while looking at her and paused before continuing its meal “Yeah you approve” Nicki smiled before she finally closed her door and left for work.

Her day at work was nothing out of the ordinary for a personal assistant. She made it to work on time with 30 minutes to prepare her boss’s notes for the weekly Monday Morning staff meeting. Her schedule for the day was pretty clear as all she had to do was some filing of last week’s work and to prepare new files for the week ahead. That was her system and it was what made her stand out from the rest of pack. She would categorize all her files for the week from most important to least important and by weeks end she will would only have what would be necessary for the following week. One would call her an old lady for the mere fact that she still used filing cabinets instead of storing all her documents in a computer drive but she loved her paper, something about the feel and smell of it comforted her besides it was her system and it worked for her so why change it?

She was in the middle of typing the meeting minutes from earlier when she heard her boss call out for her. She made her way to her door to hear her out. “Yes Mrs Johnson”

“Onika, would you please be a dear and pencil in a Mr A. Graham for a meeting at 14h00pm this afternoon?”

“No problem Ma’am, May I ask what is the meeting for so that I can prepare?”

“He is here is to advise on what to do to better our IT department, you do not need to prepare anything we will just be going over our website to make it easier for the customers”

“But we do not have an IT department Sarah? Nicki asked puzzled

“Oh thank God! What was that ‘Mrs Johnson’ mess earlier? Did you forget my name? I told you not to call me that as it reminds me of that ghastly woman of a mother-in-law” they both laughed at this

“I just wanted to mess with you a little bit” Nicki giggled

“Well mess with me you did, it brought back such terrible flashbacks” Mrs Johnson was a sweet middle-aged lady that headed her own clothing company, some clothes where made in-house and most were bought to be sold at her boutique. She had a taste for the theatrics and it only made sense that she would be into fashion and design, her flare for the dramatics also helped a bunch. “I know we do not have an IT department, I am hoping he will be able to assist in that regard too”

“OK, do I need to call his assistant to let them know of the time or have you handled that already?”

“No, it’s already handled, I was hoping for a 16h00pm meeting but his assistant told me that he would only be able to fit me in at 14h00pm”

“You do remember that 16h00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays is reserved for couples therapy right? Why would you deliberately want to book at meeting at that time?”

“Because I don’t want to attend and that assistant wouldn’t let me?”

“It’s good she didn’t let you, next time you try to skip on therapy I am telling Dr Shawarma”

“You are a killjoy” Sarah responded displeased

“I know and you love me” Nicki laughed as she left her boss’s office to tend to her diary.

The day quickly went by and Nicki found her way back from her lunch hour. She ran a few errands for Sarah while she was in a meeting. When she finally made it back to her desk it was 13h45pm and she had just received a call from reception that A. Graham and an associate where in the foyer. She quickly ended the call to not keep them waiting and advised that she would be on her way down to escort them to the boardroom.

She hastily made her way to the bank of elevators and one was already waiting for her, she quickly checked her appearance and it traveled to the ground floor “Oh well, this will do for now” her outfit was not out of place but she was not counting on meeting a potential client for the business and therefore she felt was not dressed up to the standard.

The elevator binged signaling that she had reached the ground floor, she got out and made her way to her colleague Emma who was manning the reception area.

“Hey Girl, which one is he?”

“Hey Oni-bunny, you cannot miss him. He is the caramel God in the navy tailored suit in the waiting area” As Emma said this Nicki followed her hand to look through the frosted glass, she couldn’t see much, only a silhouette and it was a fine silhouette at that.

“Do you need to go change your panties?” Nicki laughed “lemme go check out this ‘caramel God’ of yours” with that she left for the waiting area, a smile on her face as she wondered what A. Graham looked like. Emma had a tendency to exaggerate but when it came to men and their ‘Godliness’ she never lied.

Nicki smoothed the invisible wrinkles on her outfit and drew a breath before opening the door to see who awaited her boss. When her body was fully in the waiting area her smile dropped immediately and disgust took over her entire being, before she could think about what she was about to say, it had already left her mouth.

“What the HELL are you doing here?!”

Drake.

Drake and his business partner Noah where seated going over their notes when a familiar voice caught his attention. In front of him stood the girl who made him more often than not want to punch walls. He was not expecting to see her here and it instantly irritated him because knowing her she would go on and on in her high pitch voice complaining about everything. He took a deep breath because he was in no mood to entertain her crazy this afternoon and responded nonchalantly “I could ask you the same and hello to you too by the way” as he predicted she rolled his eyes at him

“I work here, what is your excuse” she asked cocking her hip to the side and folding her arms

“Not that it is any of your business but I have a meeting now at 14h00pm with Mrs Johnson, which you’re making me late for by the way” he completed after checking the time on his watch.

“A. Graham? The IT guy?”

“No hey, I am here to hunt livestock, I am looking at a cow right now” Drake didn’t want to entertain her at the beginning but he just couldn’t help the fact she always brought out the cranky that resided within him.

“You know what, I do not have the time and patience to deal with your shit today and since this is a place of work I am going to try and keep it clean and ignore your existence. Follow me to the boardroom, your meeting will be there” she completed as she lead the way unintentionally adding an extra sway to her step to show that she was beyond pissed.

Noah looked at Drake questionably as they walked behind her towards the elevator, Drake returned the look as to not ask any questions but he did add the hand signal to show that she was crazy and Noah snickered at this. As they waited for the elevator to reach the level they were going to, both he and Noah were speaking in sign language to avoid Nicki over hearing them, well it was mostly Noah annoying Drake by pointing out that Nicki had a nice body and all Drake could do was roll his eyes just like her.

“Here is the boardroom, I am going to go get Mrs Johnson in the meantime make yourselves comfortable or drop dead, whichever tickles your fanny” She gave a sugary smile as she left them. Drake shook his head at her comment.

“Ask Noah, I know you are bubbling inside” Drake turned to look at his friend who had been eyeing him for the last 5 minutes, he wasn’t even sure why but he knew his friend had a lot to ask about all that just happened. “Ok, where do you know big booty from and why y’all so mean to each other?”

Drake took a deep breath before answering trying to gather the correct answer to 40’s question, the where he knew her from was easy, it was the why they acted towards each other like they did that he drew a blank with. He too was not sure but he knew that for the longest he couldn’t stand her short ass and he was very vocal about it to her. “Don’t call her that, we live in the same building, you could call her my neighbour since her flat is opposite mine and as for why we are mean to each other I don’t really know the real reason but what I do know is that her attitude is stank and it has always been that way for the last 3 years now.”

“Damn you telling me that you two have been at it for the last 3 years now and you don’t know why? That’s messed up.” Noah completed trying to figure out what was going on between Drake and ‘big booty’.

“All I know that since the first day I met her, when SHE bumped into me and broke some ugly ass vase she was carrying, she has been nothing but a nightmare to be around.” Drake stated annoyed at this topic

“YO, but you have to admit, she is a fine ass nightmare though,” Noah complimented while smirking at his friend because even though this woman annoyed his friend there was no way he would deny her beauty. Drake just shook that off, he didn’t need to be thinking about her that way as it would only complicate their already complicated relationship. “Enough about her man, we need to finalize this pitch and that is not going to happen when you are in crazy land”

The meeting went well in Drake’s opinion, Mrs Johnson was very welcoming and she was open to all their ideas. Her main concern was getting an online interaction between the customer and her business which was going to help provide a better service.  Drake and his company could easily achieve that and the job was as good as his.

He was now outside his door when he saw Max standing outside Nicki’s door, how he got there he had no idea but he looked so pitiful just staring at the door. He knew it was Nicki’s dog only because he had seen her carry him out in the mornings. “Hey buddy, what you doing here by yourself” Drake asked the dog not expecting a response he just went on his knee and ruffled the dog’s fur while checking his dog tag “Max is it, the mighty Maximus, that is a cool name sir but don’t tell her I said that” He smiled at the dog. Drake had always wanted a dog but he never got around to getting one for reasons unknown to him. He put the dog back down and against his better judgment he decided to leave him out on the hallway as he opened his door. Max wouldn’t let him though because as soon as Drake went inside his house, he was at his door scratching and trying to get in and no matter how many times Drake told him to go away he kept at it determined to get inside. Drake finally gave in and let him inside and Max seemed so happy since he ran around the whole house.

When Nicki finally made it home after work she couldn’t wait to shower and change into her pjs but most importantly she couldn’t wait to cuddle her dog. “Maxie!!!” she shouted immediately as she opened her door expecting him to run to her. Nothing. She called for him again and still nothing. She was starting to panic as she stood in the hallway and shouted his name again expecting him to turn up somewhere. Drake meanwhile was chilling and watching the movie “Hotel for Dogs” with Max, don’t ask him why he had it, he just did. He could hear her shouting for her dog but he thought to let her suffer for a little bit for leaving the dog alone during the day.

Once Nicki’s shouting seemed to stop he scooped up Max and made his way to Nicki’s door, knocked and waited for her response. When she opened she was on the phone with someone talking frantically about losing her Maxie as she called him. She immediately ended her call and grabbed her dog from Drake’s arms “OH MY GOD! There you are baby, you almost gave mommy a heart attack! Where have you been and how did you even get out?” She questioned the dog not paying any mind to the person that brought it to her door. She was about to close the door in Drake’s face when his foot caught the door.

“Um a Thank you would be nice since I found him outside hungry.” Drake stated condescendingly, Nicki looked back at him with no emotions in her being and dryly responded “Thank you” as she put the dog down. “Now leave” she said as she put the dog down. Drake huffed and as he was about to turn on his heel Max made his way passed him and towards his flat and waited for Drake to open the door.

“Max come back here” Nicki instructed, “Come on baby, you do not want to go in the bad man’s house” Max just looked back at her and towards the TV that was still playing the movie in Drake’s house and made the decision to go finish its movie leaving Nicki dumbfounded and Drake on the verge of laughter.

“Calm down Grinch, we are just watching a movie. I will bring him back once it is done.” Drake explained once his laughter subsided. “Whatever, just get out of my face dognapper” She said angrily as she slammed her door. Drake shut his door peacefully and went back to his movie date with Max, he was oddly enjoying that and didn’t mind the fact that he was a dog. “No wonder she was throwing a fit, you are great company Maximus” Drake said to the dog and resumed their movie

Nicki just decided on taking a shower and changing into her pjs to calm her nerves, it was twice today that Drake pissed her off and he was clearly going to get punched if he didn’t watch what he said to her next. She also couldn’t believe that Max would just willingly, she thought that Dogs were programmed to sniff out bad people but just figured that was not the case with Max yet as he was still a puppy. While she was in the shower the power went out unexpectedly and she was in a frenzy. She luckily had lit two candles in the bathroom to help her relax but now all she could do was panic. She quickly made her way out of the shower and into her pjs which consisted of silk shorts, a t-shirt and some uggs as slippers, so that she could search for more candles. She grabbed her phone and headed for her hallway cupboard to search for her extra supplies. “Fuck my life” she groaned when she found none. She sat on the floor rocking back and forth while staring at her phone, switching it back on once it seemed to go dim. To say she was terrified of the dark was an understatement, she still went to bed with a lamp on. The candles in the bathroom were only going to provide her with light for another estimated 30 minutes before going out and her phone was already telling her about ‘Low battery’. “Shit” she groaned.

She was still in her position on the floor when a tree branch made her jump and head straight for her door, she was not staying in that dark apartment any longer. She didn’t have anywhere to go but leaving her apartment she was. She was in the hallway wondering if it was worth being taunted by Drake when the reflection of the tree scared her into an almost scream, she quickly knocked on his door and waited for a response.

“Yes” he stood in front of her. He was about to return her dog when she came knocking. “Umm…I came to fetch Max, I am assuming y’all are done with the movie with the power out and everything” she stuttered ad he didn’t know why. She wasn’t her usual rude self and it bothered Drake for some reason “OK, just a sec, I will be right back” Drake turned around to go pick up the dog where it slept. 

On his way back he could see how shaken up Nicki was, she kept looking behind her like she was anticipating an attack. He wanted to ask but he just opted not to, they didn’t like each other remember. Drake handed the dog back at her and she happily accepted him engulfing him in a hug. Then the strangest thing happened, she didn’t walk away immediately. She stood there holding the dog spaced out looking at her door, she then turned her head slowly and looked into his well-lit apartment longingly. Drake could tell she scared but he didn’t know of what, she then slowly backed away from him towards her house and opened the door slowly and wide to see if anything was awaiting her. “Nicki, are you ok?” Drake asked her. She took a while to respond but she nodded her head afraid that if she were to open her mouth she would cry out.

“No you are not, why is your apartment so dark? Don’t you have candles?” Drake inquired further. Nicki turned around slowly taking note of her surroundings before answering in a childlike voice “I had two but they were the small bathroom ones and they are finished” This version of Nicki was new to Drake and he liked her. She had become a whole new person right in front of his eyes, she no longer had an attitude that irritated him. She was vulnerable and it made him wonder where she had been hiding this person this whole time. She turned to reluctantly head into her house when he stopped.

“Nicki wait, come stay here at least until when the power is back…I have hot cocoa” Drake tried to comfort. She stared at him and then her line of vision went into his apartment, it seemed cosy and safe. The two things she needed to feel at that moment, she closed her door and made her way towards him. “This does not make us friends” she said as she walked in. Drake chuckled and closed the door behind himself “Of course” he answered.

They were sat on the floor opposite each other in Drake’s living room, Nicki was wrapped snugly in one of drake’s throws and a hot cup of steaming cocoa was in her hands while Drake was on his phone with Max on his lap. She looked around her apartment though it was dark she could tell that it was pretty nice but she wasn’t going to let him know that, they didn’t like each other and they were not going to start now.

“Why don’t you like me?” Drake asked randomly, he had had enough of the silence and thought that if he would be forced to spend the next few hours with her, she should at least talk to him to show her gratitude. The question caught Nicki off guard but she figured she would answer truthfully.

“You broke a vase that my grandmother gave me and didn’t apologize for it?”

“I broke it? You are the one who ran into me, how does that make it my fault?”

“That doesn’t matter what matters is that you never apologized”

“I did you a favor that was one ugly ass vase anyway” Drake chuckled

“MY GRANDMOTHER gave me that vase before she passed away asshole! This is another reason why I don’t like you. You never think before you speak, you are rude!” Nicki half yelled. She was getting angry again

“HA! The pot calling the kettle black, how does it feel to be a hypocrite?”

“Apologize”

“What for? If I remember correctly, you ran into me that day same way as you ran into me this morning. If your midget ass was looking were you were going we wouldn’t be having this conversation, but no, Nicki never wants to take responsibility of her actions and it is easier for her to blame other people, no wonder Jerome didn’t last. I was wondering how long he would put up with your controlling ass”

“Oh so you are going to bring up that fuck nigga and talk about people’s relationships? OK where is your girlfriend? Don’t worry I will wait. Oh wait, all I ever see come in and out of this flat is men...does that mean…”

“Don’t even finish that sentence, you know good and damn well that I am not gay or do you want me to show you?” at this point they were standing in front of each other exchanging verbal blows, Nicki knew she didn’t stand a chance against him in a physical fight. He was towering over her and she had never felt smaller in her life but she wasn’t backing down, not for nothing. “Nigga please your gay ass ain't showing nobody shit,”

“Gay ass?!” he took a step closer to her, she still didn’t back away making them even closer, she could feel his breathing on her face and his breath smelt great, she didn’t let that distract her and break her resolve. “I didn’t stutter, ain't nobody scared of you boo boo” she continued to make her stand. Drake couldn’t believe it, here she was defying him in his own house and all he could think about was how soft her lips could be against his, as the yelling continued he couldn’t help but be aroused by her all of a sudden, with all the years he had known he has never felt like this for her, he didn’t know if it was the setting of the room or the barely there clothes she was wearing that revealed everything but at this moment all he wanted was to bend her over and show her that he was no homosexual.

They were both breathing heavy and staring daggers into each other and the fact that they were in such close proximity didn’t help Drake’s arousal. His last thought was “Fuck it” before he hungrily attacked her with a passionate kiss that she happily accepted.

A/N: Here is the entry for the DrickiEverlasting fortnight. I am a full five days late but i really wanted to finish and post this, hope you all enjoy it. XOXO

A Chance At Love (2)

Drake

“Candice, I am begging right now” 

Drake was on the phone with his co-worker’s assistant since his decided she would be sick on the one day he needed her most. Well she didn’t decide that but it was a little too convenient for her to be sick on the one Saturday he had asked her to be at work to help him with a project.

“Drake, I can’t. I am babysitting right now”

“Candi please, you can bring the kid with you”

“Does Mr Franklin even know you are exploiting his number one assistant?” Candice teased knowing that she might give in to Mr Graham’s pleas for help.

“Man Frankie is cool, enough with the excuses, you helping me or not?”

“Fine, I will be there however under two conditions, number one, Dom and I need to be fed and secondly, he is not much of a fuss but he needs to be entertained” Candice negotiated to which Drake accepted and they both agreed that she will be at the office by noon.

Drake was a senior architect at his firm, the project he was currently working on was what he needed to finally make partner and have his name on the wall of the company that he had worked so hard to be in. He joined right after college when he was approached by his mentor Mr Franklin to be one of the young and fresh associates of that year. Soon Drake became a valuable asset of the business and moved out of the “associates’ hub” to a small office not far from his boss, it wasn’t much but it was a step in the right direction and now he was aiming for a corner office with a view of the city below and his name on the wall.

Drake and Candice were not the best of friends but they were friends within the office and if his assistant was not in the “mood” of assisting, Candice was always his go to for help. She started working for Mr Franklin a year before Drake and therefore knew how the man worked, it just made sense to Drake to go to her for assistance and also she was very good at her job.

He went over her conditions in his head and figured the food would not be much of a problem, they could always order in the real question was on if he could keep the unknown kid entertained while they worked. He didn’t even know how old the baby was in order to find age appropriate entertainment. He figured his niece would be enough entertainment and a few board games and toys spread on the boardroom floor.

“Uncle Drwake, when friend coming?” his little 3 year old niece asked from his office floor, she was a beautiful little girl with a head of wavy curls and pretty caramel skin. Rae did good with this one, he thought to himself.

“I am not sure honey, but he or she should be here in a few minutes” he said as he looked away from his computer screen to look at the clock it was 5 minutes after 12 and so he still had hope of Candice coming

“Why you say he or she? You don’t know if it’s a girl or boy?”

“Yes Gabby, I don’t know if it’s a girl or boy” Drake answered which prompted a curious and confused expression from Gabby,

“Why” Gabby asked as she made her way to her uncle to sit on his lap to inquire about this new and mysterious friend she would be getting’

“I also have not met your little friend yet princess” he answered to entertain her little mind, might as well take a break before Candice get here.

“Why?” the little girl asked not understanding

Drake cussed underneath his breath, he really hated when she started with the “Why” questions, they could go on and on at any given point and direction for an undefined amount of time until she was either satisfied or distracted “Because Uncle Drake is meeting him or her for the first time too”

“oooh, I hope it’s a girl so that we can play tea party” she said with a little gleam in her eyes,

“What if it’s a boy?” Drake asked a little curious at her choice

“Then we play tea party but he must not touch me because boys have cooties” she said with a disgusted look on her face. Drake laughed at her response and tickled her until she had tears in her eyes

“Princess Uncle Drake is a boy, does he have cooties too?” Gabby answered instantly with a yes which prompted Drake to fake being hurt and she scooted closer from her position on the edge of the table to hug and comfort him “Im sowwy uncle Drwake”

“A kid looks good on you Drake” their embrace was cut short by Candice walking in.

“MISS CANDICE!!!” Gabby screamed and broke free from Drake’s embrace to rush to her ‘miss Candice’ that always provided her with candy whenever she was visiting the office with her uncle.

Candice bent down on her knees so that she could hug the little girl, “Hi superstar” she greeted “Look Miss Candice brought you a little friend that you can play with while your uncle and I work” she motioned behind her to the little boy who was hiding behind her legs. 

“Gabby this is Dom and Dom this is Gabby” she introduced them to one another

‘Nuh uh, Mommy say my name Nick. I am Nick Gabby” Dom corrected his auntie’s mistake, Candice laughed while rolling her eyes,

“I'm sorry, my mistake. Gabby this is Nick” Candice fixed her error but she was too late as they had already run off to play in the boardroom “Be careful!” she managed to instruct before they disappeared completely.

“He is too adorable, what was that about?” Drake asked curious of the little exchange that happened a few seconds ago.

“Oh that, his full name is Dominic and his mother hates it when I call him Dom so she has been teaching him to say his name is Nick when he is meeting people to avoid that nickname from sticking with him” she laughed remembering how many times her dearest friend has scolded her about her child’s name.

“That is funny, anyway let’s get to work, this proposal is not going to make itself”

“Hello Mr Graham, how are you? I am great thanks for asking” Candice retorted sarcastically at his rudeness

“I'm Sorry, Hi cupcake, how are you” Drake got up to hug her.

“Yeah whatever, let’s work” she quickly dismissed his attempt at being cute. The two of them were at it for most of the afternoon only taking a break to attend to the little children and then back to work again. Candice was helping him draft his proposal of the new shopping mall that was going to be built in downtown LA, it was a new area that most people were interested in developing and Drake’s firm had got the first contract to develop and when he was chosen he was determined to make this one count. He had recruited Candice to help with making the portfolio and presentation more appealing. He was no doubt good at what he did and everyone knew that. It was making it more presentable, appealing and easy to explain that was kind of a hurdle for him and that is where Candice came in. She was the only person who was able to take his vision and make it as beautiful and inspiring as it was in his head and put it into power-point presentation. He truly treasured her for that and had been making jokes about poaching her from Frankie ever since she first helped him 6 years ago.

The concentrated quietness was interrupted by the ringing of Candice’s phone, she quickly picked it up seeing who was calling her.

“Hey Nic, you already here? What time is it?” she asked looking at the time, The person on the other end of the line must have responded with the time and a yes as Candice quickly replied that time had slipped between her hands and that she was on her way to fetch them downstairs. She didn’t even say anything to Drake, just grabbed her access card and darted out the room while still on the phone. Drake figured he needed a break from his laptop and headed to go check on the kids. When he got to the boardroom he found Gabby and Nick happily playing with the toys without any fuss and decided to join them. He grabbed a car on the floor and joined the kids playing cops and robbers, Gabby as the overbearing officer that was hot on their tail.

Drake quickly tired from the game and asked them if they were hungry, they both screamed an enthusiastic “YES” which made him laugh out loud

“Ok, what would you munchkins like to eat?”

“PIZZA” “Chinese” they both replied and looked at each other deciding which sounded better than the other

“Chinese” “Pizza” they responded simultaneously again and they were even more confused as they wanted to eat the same thing and but just couldn’t decide which one it would be.

At this point Drake was on the floor laughing “Ok how about we get both?” he asked waiting for their reactions a collective scream of “YEEEESSSSSS” was heard throughout the office. 

Excitement was in the air as they were all jumping up and down at the prospect of eating both pizza and Chinese. Drake included.

“What is all the excitement about” asked a feminine voice that Drake did not recognize but little Nick instantly knew. There at the door stood a vision of perfection. The face of the woman who had been haunting his thoughts ever since he briefly met her last week. He had always wondered what he would say to her when he saw her again and would practice in front of the mirror. All of that went out the window when he finally laid eyes on her. He was blatantly staring at her and he was not shy about it. He started his intrusive stare from her feet noticing her black, yellow and grey Jordans, the tight fitting black leggings that seemed to be painted on her skin and the simple white vest with a black jacket that was tied around her waist. Her hair was a beautiful wavy mess that was left to run wild on her head and she had left her face bare, with just lip gloss and eyeliner to finish her look. She really was perfection.

“Mommy!!!” Nick ran towards his mother successfully breaking Drake from his trance, he got up the floor and picked up Gabby and made his way towards the reunited family. They continued to stare at each other as if they were the only people in the room. Candice noticed the staring and felt she needed to at least introduce them to each other before they did the nasty on the very floor of the boardroom, she cleared her throat to get their attention 

“Where are my manners, well babe this is my annoying co-worker and sort of boss Dr-“

“Aubrey” Nicki answered for her before she could even finished. Candice had a confused face on as she was not aware that her friend knew her co-worker. She was definitely going to ask her about it later.

“Ok…Aubrey” she put emphasis on the name to make them both know they were not slick 

“this is Ni-”

“Onika” Drake finished for her as well and now her mind was reeling at when and how they could have possibly met

“Ok one of you better say something before I start cussing in front of these kids” Candice said while giving them both a side-ways glare, they both chuckled and Nicki decided to let her out of her agony.

“We briefly met when I was rushing to go pick up juicy man from mom that other night we went speed-dating” Nicki explained, at the sound of his nickname Nick bounced up and down on her waist making his mother tear away her gaze from Drake and look down to him. 

“Look mommy, I make new friend, her name Gabby, say Hi Gabby” Nicki couldn’t help but smile at this cute request and extended her arm to greet Gabby.

“Hi Princess” She greeted and Gabby was instantly taken by this beautiful lady just as much as her uncle. Nicki motioned for a ‘hi 5’ to which she happily accepted.

Candice accepted that answer but that did not mean that she wouldn’t probe further when she and Nicki were in private. “Anyway Onika, as you put it, came to pick up her son, the mighty champ here Dom” she smiled as she looked at Dom. Drake in the meantime was in a trance and had not said anything as he was still in a trance and was only taken out of it when he heard that Nicki was not staying longer than what he would like.

“Um, the kids and I were just looking forward to go order some food” he stated nervously while rubbing the back of his neck and looking directly at Nicki. Before Nicki could respond to try and find a way out of staying for lunch Dom and Gabby were already chanting for the Pizza and Chinese.

“Oh wow, you two babies must be really hungry to be excited over food like this, Candice let me find out you are starving my baby” Nicki laughed.

Lunch was ordered and served with the adults mostly entertaining kids and taking a break from work on Drake’s part. He was not even doing much of the entertaining – watching Nicki interact with the two children was entertainment for him. She was so nurturing and caring to both of them it was amazing for Drake to witness Gabby warm up so easily to a new face and he loved every second of it. He even went as far as imagining Nicki playing with their own kids but he scolded himself for being too forward with the thoughts of a woman he barely knew.

He returned back to his office to finish up for the rest of the day. The proposal and model was due in two weeks’ time and he had hoped to be at least done with the theory part of it today and then that would leave him with two weeks to build the model to his specific perfection.

He was basically done with the rough draft on which Candice was going to work on for the presentation, she too was done and it was a matter of finalizing the original copy and making sure it was ready to be put in front of Frankie to approve and then, and only then, to the hands of the client to review and hopefully accept.

Drake tried his hardest to not pay attention to the sounds of the woman’s soft laughter that captivated him from the first time he heard it. It kept playing over and over in his head like a sweet melody on repeat. What made it even worse is that he could see her laughing face with her deep dimples on display even though she was in the next room. Her dimples looked like cute openings he constantly wanted to poke every time they appeared. It didn’t help him much that Nicki was in fact in the next room laughing and playing with the kids. He finally gave up and packed up for the day to go and join them in the boardroom before they had to leave besides it wouldn’t hurt him to see her face one last time before they went their separate ways.

“Uncle Drake” Nick took off running towards him alerting everyone else that Drake was indeed in the boardroom. He ran and stood in front of Drake with his hands up motioning for him to pick him up which Drake gladly obliged to.

“Wassup little man?” Drake inquired

“Mommy, Gabby and Aunty Candi are ganging up on me” little Nick responded with a cute little pout

“Oh word? What are they doing to you?”

Little Nick moved forward to Drake’s ear and used his hand to cover his mouth so that the girls would not hear what he was saying “They say that me and Gabby will get married and have children but I don’t want children because I am a children” at this point Drake was trying his hardest to keep in the building laughter due to two reasons: 1. Even though he tried to cover his mouth with his hand and hide their conversation, Little Nick was not using his whisper voice and the girls could hear every word that he was saying and 2. His reasoning for not wanting to get married was probably one of the cutest things Drake had ever heard.

“Don’t worry little man, no one is getting married on my watch, I got your back ok?”

“Ok” Drake made a fist so that they could dab and little Nick did the same to complete their little handshake and seal the deal of Drake protecting him.

As this was unfolding Nicki could not believe how easily Nick had taken to Aubrey, her child was friendly but he was never that friendly, it warmed her heart a little because she was sure he would never allow her to date again with the way he was always cranky whenever a man tried to talk to them on the street.

It was now Nicki’s turn to admire the man before her in all his glory. All of his features seemed to hit her all at once as if she was seeing him for the first time. His grey sweats hugged his muscular legs loosely and Nicki could tell he was a boxer briefs kinda man as even though he had the ‘thirst trap pants’ on his underwear did its job to conceal the animal that was in a deep sleep in his trousers. His simple black t-shirt was hung beautifully over his torso and by the looks of how it wrapped around his big arms and chest it would take only one swift movement for it to rip from his upper body, not that Nicki would complain if it were to happen.  

“Nicki? Girl what you over there blushing about, Gabby and I have been trying to get your attention for the longest now?” at the sound of Candice’s voice Nicki quickly got of her musings.

“Oh nothing, just thinking about something” Nicki explained which was not a complete lie

“Uhhmmm, I think I know what you think about, I see you looking at them grey sweat pants” Candice teased a little too loudly much to Nicki’s dismay fearing Aubrey could have heard her.

“Candice you better shut your mouth, I am not playing with you!” Nicki shrieked

“Yeah, I bet you want Mr Graham to play with you doe, don’t you bad gyal?” Candice smirked

“I wanna play with Mr Grawam too” chimed in Gabby, this innocent statement caught both Nicki and Candice off guard and it sent both of them on floor with laughter.

“Uh uh, I cannot with you two girls, I need to get my baby and get out of here, you two are too much” Nicki laughed while wiping her tears and getting up to tidy up the boardroom and pack up Nick’s stuff.

“Don’t leave Nic, we promise to be good, don’t we Superstar?” Gabby happily nodded her head trying to convince the pretty and funny lady to stay longer

“Awww, I’m sorry baby but I have to get going so that I can get Nick to see his grandmother tonight before going home. Tell you what if you want I can bring Nick to come play with you sometime, how is that?” Nicki asked with hopeful eyes as to not break up their new friendship

“Yes! I love that aunty” Gabby then turned her focus to her uncle and shouted “Unwcle Dwrake, pwease give Aunty Nicki you phone number so that I call Nick and play with him”

"Ok baby” Drake let go of little Nick and made his way to his mother

“Oh so that is the ‘in’ move now? He asked her with a sly look on his face

“I am sorry, I am not following” Nicki replied with a squint trying to understand what he meant

“Y’now, the ‘in’ move? The currently popular way to get people’s numbers without blatantly asking for it?” Nicki smiled but before she could defend herself Drake continued “look I can give you an 8 for ingenuity but using a little girl for personal gain must be illegal somewhere” they both chuckled at this

“No, it is not even like that, I was going to ask for it myself so that I can set up this play date as her request but I guess she got a little excited at the prospect and jumped the gun a little, besides it is not like you can deny a little girl her wishes, now can you Drake?”

“You see, I would have believed your little speech if it wasn’t for your last remark, now I know for sure that you want some of this” Drake stated confidently flirting

“Boy if you don’t hush your mouth” Nicki laughed “are you giving me this number or not? Think about the little hearts you will be breaking”

Nicki flirted back, while handing him her phone. This was all new to her and she had mentally asked herself what exactly she was doing but her mind couldn’t answer so she just rode the wave and decided to face the consequences later

Drake smiled and put in his number and saved his contact with a heart against it which earned an eye roll from Nicki. He handed it back to her and their hands lingered against one another as they both felt that shockwave pass through them for the second time since they met. The caught each other’s gaze for a moment before Nicki pulled her hand back and said her goodbye’s to Gabby, giving Drake a chance to bid farewell to Nick as well.

“Don’t forget to call” Drake nervously called behind them while brushing the back of his head. Nicki looked back past Candice who was walking her out and smiled at his shy demeanour

“It’s for the kids, Aubrey” she confirmed just as she walked out

Just for the kids.

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AN: Hi everyone, here is the second part of the story, I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing it. I will be posting something else on Sunday night for the Dricki Everlasting fortnight so please be on the look out for it. Again I really hope you guys enjoyed it. I repeat - comments are not mandatory but they will be appreciated. XOXO

A Chance at Love (1)

Here you go, another one, hope you enjoy. XOXO

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"Argh Candi this dress is too tight!" Nicki complained while trying to pull the dress down in front of the mirror. "no it's not Mrs Doubtfire" Candace retorted while slapping her hands away "besides the point of tonight is to get you a man and most importantly get you laid!" Candi completed with a chuckle earning a pout that quickly turned into a glare from Nicki, "What you mean, I got a man, a perfect one at that too" she smirked thinking she had one over Candace, one of her best friends.

Tonight was a dreaded night according to Nicki. It was the big day where she would hopefully find suitors by means of speed-dating. This however was in no way her idea, she had just finally succumbed to her best friend's constant nagging about her being single for the last two years. 

Going on blind dates was never up her speed as she never understood the concept. What, so you put two strangers together in a restaurant and hope for the best, when both are probably suffering internally from the awkwardness and most importantly the continuous pretending that they are in any way interested in the person who sat opposite the them when all they really wanted was to be at home in their PJ's? Yeah - that was a complete waste of time to Nicki.

Speed-dating however was a new and interesting concept to her. The room's constant buzzing of all parties that are genuinely interested in meeting a partner, the unknown excitement of it all was the main deciding factor for Nicki, even though her agreement was a little reluctant.

"Onika, Dom doesn't count, you need to stop using him as a shield to block men out of your life!" Candace advised while putting final touches to Nicki's hair.

At the sound of his name Nicki smiled at probably one of her greatest gifts. Three years ago she was blessed with a tiny angel with chubby cheeks and curly hair, her son Dominic. The pregnancy was not planned but it was welcomed regardless, she was only 22 years old; young, wild and carefree, a baby wasn't in her sights but with the support of her friends, family and boyfriend she managed to pull through her pregnancy and was blessed with little Nic's life.

"Bitch how many times have I told you to stop calling my baby 'Dom'? He is NOT the main character in the movie Fast and Furious so either say Nic or his full name!" Nicki huffed "next thing I know you will be calling him 'Torreto'!" She continued her rant.

"Whatever hoe, let's get going before we are late" Candace retorted complete with a eye roll and giggle at her friend's dramatic ways

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The "event", as one would put it, wasn't as exciting as she thought it would have been. Sure there was a constant cheerful hum and clatter throughout the rented space but that didn't mean the same environment was what could be felt at her designated table. So far all the men that made it around to her table didn't bother to hide the fact that all they were interested in was her body which only annoyed Nicki further therefore making her glad that each turn lasted 5 minutes. As the clock slowly ticked she wondered why she just didn't stand up and leave, what was keeping her glued to her table listening to the same story phrased differently from each of these men. Something at the back of her mind kept telling her that she owed it to herself to at least try and put an effort in and that is what she was going to do.

Nicki had spent the last 3 minutes tuning out the man who currently sat opposite her. Duncan, his name was Duncan, she only knew this by means of the mandatory name tag of all participants. Everything else about this man that came out of his mouth fell on deaf ears as she zoned out of their conversation. The bell rang and Duncan's talking came to an adrupt end, the poor fellow seemed hopefull of this meeting and even slipped Nicki his business card to which she accepted as she didn't want to seem outright rude to the decent looking gentleman. 

As she waited for the next man to get seated, she quickly checked her phone for any texts that could be of importance "oh shit" she whispered with shock at the realization of what time it was. She quickly packed up her belongings as fast as she could all while apologizing to the gentleman who was already seated at her table and was ready to begin his turn.

She stood and did a quick scan of the room to see where Candi was seated and made her way towards her.

"Candi, we need to go" 

"What? Why?" Candi asked puzzled

"It's already 21h30pm and I told the baby sitter that I would be home by 22h00"

"What baby sitter are you even talking about, we left Dom with your mom? I don't think she would mind an extra hour with her grandson"

"Candace I can't have my mom up all times of the night looking after my son, I'm going to pick him up and let her get some rest, now are you coming or not because in case you are forgetting I am your ride" As Nicki said that, the man who was occupying Candi's attention earlier offered to take her home which earned a smile from Candi and finally made Nicki take note of his presence.

"Uh..no...She is good, I got her" Nicki commented as there was no way she was letting this man, whose name she didn't even know drive her friend home. 

"No Nic, it's fine, Tim will take me home" Candace said with a smile. Nicki knew what that smile meant, this hoe was ready to get some and Nicki was ruining it, she chuckled to herself and responded

"Whatever, Timothy is it, you better take care of her and for good measure let me take a picture of you so that I know what to show the cops when I file this little thot's missing persons' report" Nicki said as she took the picture of him with his name tag showing. She didn't even give them a chance to respond before she disappeared from their line of vision completely.

Her head was down as she was focused on putting her phone away and fishing out her keys. At the quick pace she was walking she knew this wasn't a good idea but she did it anyway. Her brisk stride was put to an adrupt end as she bumped into something hard but with a great scent, She was on her way to the floor when the something or rather someone caught her before she kissed the ground.

"Oh my God, Miss are you ok?" Enquired a smooth and concerned voice. Was she ok? She was a little disoriented from the impact and her vision was fuzzy. She began blinking fast trying to regain focus of her surroundings and that is when she saw him for the first time, pink plump lips, smooth caramel skin, a neat beard and clean shaven head. According to Nicki it was like looking at an angel, his arms were still securely wrapped around her and they felt like he puts in a good work out every morning. It when her thoughts wandered to the sound of his voice that she realized that she hadn't answered his question.

"I'm ok, thanks" she managed to croak out as she tried to get back on her feet.

"Are you sure, you looked like you were going to pass out on me there for a second" he responded with concern lacing his tone.

"Yes I am sure, just a little dizzy but I will be fine. I am really sorry for bumping into you like that, I really should start paying attention to where I am going when I am in a hurry" she explained already trying to make her way out the building to her car.

"It's ok, as long as there are no injuries on your part then we are all good. Why were you in such a hurry in the first place, you were like a bullet train, I wouldn't have been able to stop you even if I tried" he asked with a chuckle

Nicki laughed at his statement "I am running late to pic up my son, which reminds me, I need to get going" she started towards the door

"Wait, I didn't catch your name" he smirked trying to prolong this chance meeting with this beautiful stranger

"I didn't give it" she retorted with a smirk

"My bad, my name is Aubrey and what's your's beautiful?" He introduced himself motioning for her to shake his hand, she took it 

"Onika" she smiled showing her deep dimples "my name is Onika" as she continued to shake his hand while looking into his deep hazel orbs and slowly getting lost in them. She would stare at them all night if she could, in fact she could sit and stare at his whole being while admiring his beauty as if he were an exhibit in a art show. Everything about about him seemed like it was designed perfectly by God to suit him perfectly even the way his clothes were put together and fit on him you could tell that he was perfection. "anyway I really have to go now, it was nice meeting you Aubrey" she broke her stare before she ended up with a problem between her legs

"It was nice meeting you too Onika, maybe next time we meet it will be on a less explosive encounter" they both laughed at this as they said their goodbyes to one another and headed into different directions.

A/N: So I thought I could do a story with parts instead of a oneshot, tell me how y'all vibe with this and I might add some more parts quicker than usual. I am not sure how many parts it will have I am just messing about at the moment trying to round up my complete storyline, I also don't want it to drag on and on for no reason. So yeah, enjoy love buckets and tell me what you think. XOXO