I wanna see you. -Drake
Nicki flipped her phone over so that the screen was face down, avoiding anyone at the table seeing the message and questioning it.
She was sat with the female members of her family as they engaged in conversation at the Thanksgiving dinner. She was glad to be around them as moments like these were rare due to everyone being so busy.
"What about you Onika, when are we gonna meet your significant other," her aunt asked her, taking Nicki out of her daydream about the message she had just received.
She gave a light chuckle before responding. "There isn't a man in my life. I'm single," she stated simply with a shrug and her cousin amber squinted her eyes at her. Nicki just brushed it off.
"Are you sure there's no one in your life keeping you away from us?" Her other aunt asked and nicki just shook her head.
"There's no one, I promise. If there was someone worth mentioning to you guys I would," she gave them, hoping they would buy into it and ignoring the smirk amber was giving her.
Soon the conversation had changed direction and everyone had diverted their attention across the table to Nicki's mother. Nicki took that as her chance to reply to the message he had sent her.
When? -Nicki
The message was read instantly and within seconds he had responded.
Now. -Drake
She internally rolled her eyes at his demanding behaviour.
"Is the guy not worth mentioning giving you a hard time?" Amber asked after having noticed how her facial expression had shifted slightly.
"You're the only one that knows about him, so let's keep it that way Am," she said in a hushed tone, glad that everyone else was currently distracted. "He wants me to go and see him,"
Aren't you in Canada right now? -Nicki
"Why don't you," Amber suggested with a shrug.
"Because I'm enjoying being around my family... He's just demanding and I'm sure he can wait," she looked at his responses, weighing out her options.
Yeah. -Drake
You want me to come to you? -Drake
Or you want me to get you a ticket to come out here? Lemme know -Drake
She gave a small smile and Amber just chuckled. "I'm just curious as to how you guys have managed to keep it so low-key. Especially with his status,"
"We're never together longer than we have to be. We link up for a good fuck and the occasional cuddle and conversation," she shrugged. "But other than that you won't see us together,"
I'm at thanksgiving dinner but if you book me a flight for tomorrow morning we can break in this new apartment. -Nicki
He didn't respond, but she knew he had read it and could already see the smirk he was wearing.
"Are you guys ever gonna make it anything serious then?" Amber asked, curious about their intentions. "Like what happens when you get bored of each other,"
Nicki shrugged. "We call it quits." She ran her thumb over the screen of her phone. "It's all up to him really because majority of the situation we're in counts on his wanting to see me and not the other way round. So we'll stop when he decides,"
"So your feelings are pretty much invalid?" Amber probed.
"The agreement was no strings attached and that's what it is," Nicki said before returning her attention to her phone which had indicated a new message. She gave a small smile and the flight details he had sent her.
