16. The Morning After

After making love for the first time together, Nicki and Drake were lying under the covers. The room was silent, all that could be heard was their soft breathing. Drake looked at her for a while taking in her beauty. Nicki was asleep with her hair was all over the pillow her head was rested on and her mouth was open slightly, her lips parted.

She's so beautiful.

Drake moved some of Nicki's hair out of her face then softly kissed her and whispered "I love you" then he gradually fell asleep.

~

Nicki woke up to the sun shining through a hole in the curtains on her face. She turned around to see Drake lying on his stomach, she noticed a few scratches on his back.

I really must have been scratching him really hard.

She ran her hand up and down his back unconsciously.

"Huh?" Drake said into his pillow. Nicki moved her hand just as he turned around.

"Good morning" Nicki smiled.

"Morning beautiful" Drake smiled back.

"I'm going to the bathroom, okay?" Nicki said then swung her legs over the edge of the bed. As her feet touched the ground when she stood up, she sucked in a breath.

"Shit." Nicki cursed. Drake smirked knowing he had caused it.

"Want some help achy?" 

"Yes please" Drake walked around the bed and swept Nicki off her feet.

"I really beat that pussy up, huh?" Drake laughed.

"Shut up" Nicki rested her head against his chest.

"Want me to put the shower on for you?" Drake rested Nicki on the side of the bath.

"Please" Nicki replied. Drake turned the shower on and waited for it to get the right temperature, then he picked Nicki back up and stood her up in the shower.

"You'll be okay till I come back right?"

"I should be"

"There a towel on the rack for you to use" Drake said then closed the bathroom door behind him.

~

"What time is it?"

"Almost 10am"

"We need to hurry up, I told Lauren we'd meet them downstairs for breakfast at 10"

"Alright" Drake tied the laces on his Jordan’s and Nicki pulled her hair up into a doughnut bun on top of her head.

"Okay, let's go" Drake opened the hotel room door and let Nicki walk out before him then he locked the door and they made their way down to the hotel lobby.

When they arrived downstairs, they spotted their friends sat in the lobby area on the chairs that were set off for guests to sit on.

"And they finally come out of their room" Lauren said.

"We had a busy night, so excuse us" Nicki told them. As she walked off, everyone noticed how she was walking differently and immediately knew what her and Drake were busy doing. 

They walked to the hotel restaurant at last to have their breakfast. Nicki only wanted some cereal so she got some cornflakes. Everyone else got a full English breakfast but Drake didn't have bacon or sausage with his. Candi had sunglasses on to hide how hungover she was.

"Did you and Drizzy..." TT whispered to Nicki as she cut her sausage.

Nicki finished eating the contents in her mouth before answering her. "Umm hmm" Nicki nodded. Drake looked up from his plate at her and she gave him a subtle wink. She then sipped on her glass of water.

~

It was 1pm and everyone was getting ready to leave as they had to check out by 2pm.

"All I smell is sex" Nicki exclaimed putting her stuff into her suitcase.

"I like it, makes me think of that special night we just had"

"I wasn't saying it's a bad smell, I'm just not used to it"

"Wait, you were a virgin?"

"Yes, why are you so surprised?"

"I don't know, you seemed very experienced"

"Thanks, I have had sexual encounters before"

"Alright, let's change the subject" Drake laughed.

Thank God.

At 1:30pm, Nicki and Drake had finished packing. They decided to go and check on everyone else. First they went to TT's and Jerome's suite.

Drake knocked on the door. "Who is it?" TT called.

"Room service" Nicki said changing her accent.

"2 seconds" TT said. 

"Get your shirt on and put on your pants, room service is outside the door" Jerome did what he was told. After they were both presentable, TT opened the door without seeing who was behind it.

"We are here to clean the room" Nicki said in the same accent.

"Okay" TT said then sat on the chair on her phone and Jerome was on his phone.

Drake whispered in Nicki's ear, "They have even notice it's us"

"The idiots" Nicki giggled. "Tyesha, its Nicki"

"I feel so dumb! You didn't even change your look or anything. I should have looked at you"

"Yeah you should have, anyway are you all packed cause we have to be out of here soon?"

"Almost, we'll meet you guys in the lobby"

"Okay, we're going to go and check on the others so bye" Nicki waved then walked out and Drake followed her.

They walked down the hallway to Candi and Dominic's suite.

Nicki knocked on the door and Drake spoke in a deeper voice. "Police! Open it up!"

"Fuck. Did they find out about that thing?" Candi said.

"What thing?" Dominic asked.

"It doesn't matter, oh my God! My mum is going to kill me!" Candi took a deep breath and opened the door.

"Fuck you! I was so scared" Candi said when she saw Nicki and Drake standing there.

Nicki burst out laughing and so did Drake. After calming down, Nicki told Candi why she came to her suite.

"It's almost 20 to 2 and we have to sign out by 2 so you should get packed and ready in the like next 5 minutes"

"Alright, see you in a bit" Candi said as Nicki and Drake walked away and shut the door.

"I nearly died" Candi told Dominic.

"Oh God! That was so funny, what can we say to Lauren when we get to her suite?" Nicki asked Drake.

"I have an idea, just follow my lead"

Drake knocked on the door three times. "When she asks who it is say this" He whispered the rest in her ear just in case Lauren could hear. Nicki gave him thumbs up.

"Who is it?"

"Sorry to disturb you but I took a shower and I don't have a towel to cover myself with, can I use one of your towels?" Nicki asked in an older voice.

"Sure, give me 5 seconds" Lauren ran to the bathroom to grab a towel. Josh looked at her strangely and said, "What are you doing?"

"There's a naked woman on the corridor and she needs a towel so I'm giving her one"

"Yeah right" Josh laughed.

Lauren opened the door slightly and handed Nicki her towel.

"Thank you, can I please use your bathroom? I desperately need to pee"

"You're welcome and yeah" Lauren opened the door and let Nicki and Drake walk in but she was behind the door so she could not see their faces.

"Where is it?" Nicki asked, still using her elderly voice.

"Right through the” Lauren stopped herself saying any more. “Nicki?”

"This just gets better and better" Nicki laughed giving Drake a high 5.

"I actually believed you and everything"

"I'm a good actress. We're all going down to get checked out in 5 so I thought I'd tell you"

"Oh okay, we'll there" Lauren said and ushered Nicki and Drake out the door.

~

5 minutes later, everyone was downstairs about to get checked out.

"I'll check us out, you go hail a cab" Nicki said to Drake. Drake did what he was told and went to hail a cab.

After getting checked out, Nicki went outside to meet Drake but before she hugged everyone and told them goodbye. When the cab pulled up outside Nicki's house, Drake got out and helped her with her small suitcase.

"Thank you" Nicki said as they walked up the driveway.

"You're welcome"

"I'm homeeee" Nicki shouted.

"How was prom?" Carol asked.

"It was great, someone put alcohol in the drinks so I got a bit tipsy but I was fine"

"That's good, did you enjoy it Drake?"

"Yes ma'am" Drake smiled then went upstairs to put Nicki's suitcase in her room.

"You're so nice" Nicki said when she walked into her room.

"I know" Drake helped her unpack and took his suit out of it.

"It was a good idea that we decided to share a suitcase" Afterwards, Nicki and Drake just had a casual chat then Drake said something a bit unusual.

"Remember ages ago when you told me the next time you have a boyfriend, you want him to promise that he'll love you forever"

"Yes" Nicki said nervously.

"Well here's my promise to you" Drake reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring with a pink sapphire love heart in the middle.

"With this ring, I promise to love you forever" Drake took Nicki's right hand and placed the ring on her ring finger on that hand.

"It's so pretty! Thank you so much! I don't even know what to say!"

"You don't have to say anything, just knowing that you accept my promise is enough"

~

Dear diary,

It's strange saying that Drake is my boyfriend and not just my best friend but I'm getting used to it. He treats me exactly like he did but he's a bit more affectionate, now I know why people always thought we were a couple before. I admit it was hard starting a relationship with my best friend, I thought everything was going to change but surprisingly it didn't which I'm glad. Sometimes I feel like we are rushing with our relationship, like we've only been dating for almost 4 months and we've already had sex. We've already seen each other naked so it wasn't awkward but still. I'm feeling a bit confused at the moment, a break might be a good option...

Onika.

My exams start next week so I probably won't post till they're over which will be in mid June :)