Tessa's P.O.V:
My breathing gets heavier as Nick stands up and backs me up against the wall. I dig my nails into the side of his neck as he bites down on the side of my neck before he sucks on it.
His hands travel down to my body and under my dress. A moan escapes my lips as he cups my breast whilst leaving marks on my neck. I wrap my legs around him as he picks me up and carries me to the bed.
I fall back down on the bed and sit up to pull off his shirt. I run my hands down his toned and tattoed body before he quickly claims my lips again and pushes me down against the bed.
He slowly strokes my leg as his hands travel up my leg and under my dress. I let out a moan as he presses his lower body against me and starts to kiss my neck. I roll my head back against the the bed as I moan out his name.
"Fuck...Marshall." I moan. My eyes snap open the same time I feel him stop kissing me. Nick doesn't move an inch away from me and both of us stay frozen in our spot.
"This was a mistake." Nick finally speak. He lets go off me and holds my gaze for a few seconds as he hovers over me. "This...Should never have happened." He adds as he moves back and lets go of me.
"Nick. Hold on-" I start as I sit up but get cut off.
"It's late." He clears his throat as he picks up his shirt from the floor and pulls it on, covering his perfectly toned body.
I don't bother calling after him and instead watch him leave. I walk towards the window and watch him walk towards his car that's parked across the street. I watch him as he unlocks the car door and quickly gets in.
I expect him to drive away from here but instead he sits in his car for a few minutes before I see him attack the steering wheel by banging his fist on it. After a few minutes of him just talking to himself and banging on the steering wheel, he starts the engine and drives away.
I let out a sigh and slide down against the wall as I ball my hair up in fist. What the hell was I thinking? How could I be so fucking stupid and kiss him.
Damn you, Tessa...
***
"I have feeling that everytime you're in trouble you come running back to California." I don't say anything and instead stay quiet. "What kinda trouble are you in now?" Jacob asks as he sits down on the couch.
"I'm not in any kind of trouble." I lie.
"Tessa." Jacob sits up. "You're dressed in a pair of leggings and a loose shirt. You would never ever leave the house like this....You like you ran away from something." He says but I don't reply. "Or was it someone." He adds slowly. I glance up at him, making him clench his jaw. "What happened? Who hurt you? Did someone hurt you?" He asks in a pissed tone quickly.
"No one did anything." I tut and stand up.
"Then why are you here?" He asks. "And how come you haven't told the rest that you're here." He adds.
Because Karla and Chris have work and I had no other choice but to come to you.
"Because." I shrug.
"Because? That's your answer." He says slowly. "What happened?" He asks again.
"Nothing happened." I repeat.
"Then why were you waiting outside of my house at 3 in the fucking morning?" He asks.
"I panicked." I say as I stand up.
"You panicked?" He repeats as I pace up and down in his living room. "You panicked..." He repeats.
"I panicked." I nod.
"You don't just panic and take a private jet to California in the middle of the night." Jacob says, getting annoyed by the second. "Tell me what fucking happened." He says through gritted teeth. "Tessa. Tell me wha-" He starts but I quickly cut in.
"I made out with Nick." I say and quickly slap my hand over my mouth. Jacob freezes in his spot and looks up at me.
"You made out with Nick." He repeats slowly and I nod in response. "As in a guy named Nick right. A random guy you met on the street or at a party or at the club." He says, making me sigh.
"I made out with Nick, Jacob." I state.
"Or a Nick at a store or something like that right?" He babbles on. "You kissed a Nick that I don't know, right?" He says, his face going red slightly.
"I kissed Nicklaus, Jacob." I sigh. I know this hurts him because Nicklaus and Jacob were very close before I started dating Nick back when we were teenagers.
"You kissed Nicklaus." He says as covers his face with his hands. "My god Tessa..." He sighs.
"We were both drunk and-" I start but get cut off.
"How many fucking things are you going to blame your mistakes on the drinking!" He yells, taking me by suprise. I open my mouth but snap it shut at his next few words. "How about you stop drinking and forget about Gayle since he's locked up. How about you try to move on and make life easier for everyone around you? How about you stop fucking drinking and leaving a fucking mess for us to clean up!" He shouts as his face turns red.
"Jacob." Madison quickly walks into the room. "Baby, calm down." She says as she walks towards Jacob.
"You mess up every fucking thing, Tessa!" He carries on.
"Jake, the kids are sleeping honey." Madison says softly but gets ignored again.
"I know. I messed up...again. I'm sorry-" I start but get cut off.
"Stop being selfish and think about others for once." Nick says in a calmer tone. "How the fuck do you want me to look Nick straight in the face when I know he's had his hands all over my baby sister. Again." He adds.
"Jacob, that's not fair." I say quickly as he stands up and walks towards the door.
"You know what's not fair?" He says as he turns to face me. "I finally got my best friend back. We were close again after you ruined us by dating him but now....You did it all over again and I lost my best friend." He says. "I don't give a shit what the both of you do, cause I am done with him and you-" He starts but I cut him off.
"It was a mistake." I say quickly.
If I knew they were rebuilding their relationship, I would have never kissed Nick.
"I just feel bad for Marshall. He doesn't deserve this." He says before he walks out, leaving me alone with his girlfriend.
***
I pace up and down on the balcony with the hotel phone in my hand. Stopping in the middle, I turn on the phone and dial Nicks number and freeze as my fingers hover overs the last digit.
"Damn it, Tessa!" I sigh as I slam the phone on the ground, making a few pieces fall off.
I turn away as I cover my face with my hands and let out a long sigh. I push my hair back and look down at the street, only to find the papparazi taking my pictures and making videos.
"Go ahead!" I yell down at them. "Take fucking pictures and record me like i'm some kind of fucking animal caged in a damn zoo!" I scream. "Fucking assholes!" I add, my voice cracking a little due to me screaming.
"Tessa! Over hear!" One of them shouts as the crowd gets bigger.
"Oh you want me to look over there do you?" I say as I pick up my cup of coffee that's been full to the rim for hours. "Here. You'll need fucking energy since you'll be standing there all night and day!" I yell before I splash the coffe down all over the bastards white shirt. "You fucking asshole!" I yell. "You want more? I'll give you fucking more-" I say as I grab my water bottle.
"Tessa!" I hear Leroy shout.
"That's what you fucking get for standing there and taking pictures of me you fucking asshole!" I yell as I spill my diet coke down at the man, only for him to move out the way. He looks up and starts to take more pictures. I throw the can down as the doors to the balcony slide open, only to hit some lady.
Hopefully she wasn't a fan!
"Tessa. What on earth are you doing!" Leroy yells as he pulls me back.
"They're taking pictures of me!" I say through gritted teeth.
"They've been doing this for years now my child." He throw his hands up in the air.
"Well then I have had enough." I shrug and look for something else to throw down at them.
"Tessa." Leroy sighs.
"You still want more!" I scream down as they shout my name. I reach for my plate of breakfast that hasn't been touched once in the last couple of hours.
"Tessa!" Leroy says in a warning tone as he try to take the white plate that's filled with susage, beans, eggs, toast and bacon.
"Here..." I say through gritted teeth as I try to take the plate back from Leroy. "Have some breakfast!" I yell and throw the food over some asshole in a blue shirt who has a huge camera facing up at me. "You must be hungry! Bon Appétit!" I yell and slam the plate down on the table.
"Tessa! Will you stop!" Leroy huffs.
"No until they stop." I shoot back.
"They will never stop. You only made the crowd bigger by doing all of this and embarrassing yourself." He states.
"Right now....I don't give a fucking shit." I say. "Fuck off." I mumble. I wonder how he got in my hotel room.
There's no privacy anywhere!
"Tessa-" Leroy starts but I cut him off.
"I told you to fuck off." I say as I run my hand over my forehead.
"Iris is inside." He says making me turn to face him.
"What?" I say slowly.
"She wanted to see you." He sighs. "If I knew this would have happened....If I knew you were a mess like this I would have never brought her here. I'll take her back home-" He starts but I cut him off.
"No. I wanna see her." I say quickly. Leroy snaps his mouth shut and looks up at me. He eyes me for a few seconds before he looks away from me and then back at me.
"I hope you're not too attached-" He starts but I cut him off.
"Leroy. Please don't start." I sigh.
"She's only part of the contract, remember." He carries on.
"I know that. Just let me see her." I say, making him let out a sigh. He looks down at his watch before he looks back up at me.
"I'll be back at 10 to pick her up." He says.
I know asking him to let Iris stay the night with me will just be pushing it so instead I bite down on my tongue and stay quiet. I nod in response and watch him leave.
"Oh and.....I'm willing to let you take her out if you control yourself around the papparazi." He says as he turns to face me.
"I will. I promsie." I say a bit too quickly. I sound way too desperate.
"Do you need a car or-" He starts but I cut him off.
"No. My SUV is parked downstairs." I state.
"Good. Well...Take care of her." He says and walks off.
After a few minutes of calming down my excitement and pushing down my emotions, I walk back into my room. I don't bother changing out of my leggings and black top. I quickly run my fingers through my hair before I practically run out of the bedroom to Iris.
"Tessa!" Iris stands up from the couch at the sigh of me. She runs towards me and quickly wraps her arms around me.
"Hey sweetie." I laugh lightly as I hug her back and stroke her blond hair.
"I missed you." She mumbles against my shoulder.
"I missed you too." I sigh as we just stand there and hug eachother. After a couple of minutes of us just standing there and hugging eachother, we let go and walk towards the couch.
"How have you been." I ask as we sit down.
"I'm great." She shrugs and forces a fake smile on her pretty face.
"Yeah.." I say slowly, not buying any of it. "You sure?" I raise my brow.
"I hate it." She sighs.
"Hate what?" I ask.
"Being home with you not there." She says, making me look away from her. "All I want to do is spend time with you and Marshall. But Marshall says that you're busy at the studio and you have a lot on your shoulders at the moment." She says making me sighs as I cover my face. "Don't get me wrong. I love hanging around Marshall. He's like the best father figure. We play basketball together. We watch movies. We go out for morning runs and we cook together." She carries on.
Nice to know Marshall is having fun after everything that's happened between us.
"When I ask if I can see you he always says your busy when I don't even see any pictures of you leaving the hotel room." She says. "And Marshall is always arguing with Paul and Leroy-" She babbles on until I cut her off.
"Why is Marshall arguing with Paul and Leroy?" I ask quickly.
"I don't know. I think they're black mailing Marshall." She says, making me quickly look up at her. I pull up my feet on the couch and turn to face her.
"Wait, what did you just say?" I ask.
"They're always saying things like 'You will be ruined if you go against us' and all that dramatic bullshit." She rolls her eyes.
And how would he go against them exactly?
"I don't understand." I mumble in confusion.
"They're.....Also arguing about you." She says, making me look back at her quickly.
"About me?" I say slowly.
"Yeah. Marshall is always shouting about how they ruined everything for him and that he doesn't give a damn what they do to him as long as they keep you out of everything." She carries on, making me swallow the lump in my throat.
"Keep me out of what?" I ask out loudly.
"I don't know." Iris sighs. "I just wanted parents. Guess I won't get a chance to have the perfect ones." She says as she glances at my left hand. "You and Marshall broke up, didn't you?" She asks as she picks up my hand.
"No, we're still together sweetheart. I just forgot to put my ring on after washing the dishes." I lie.
"Then why aren't you at home?" She asks.
"It's complicated." I sigh.
"How is it complicated?" She turns around to face me fully. "They told me that you were an alcoholic. They said that you and Marshall have arguments all the time." She huffs.
"Who are they?" I ask.
"Your managers." She states, making me curse under my breath.
"And you and Marshall are hiding your separation from me." She adds.
"We're not hiding anything and we're not separated." I lie.
"Yes you are. Marshall is always out partying and comes home smelling of woman's perfumes whilst your photographed with Nick all the time whist you're holding hands with him." She carries on.
"Wait. What did you just say about Marshall?" I ask quickly. So he cheated on me with more than one woman.
"I'm sorry but it was pointless to come here." Iris shakes her head.
"Iris, wait." I call after her as she picks up her bag and walks towards the front door. Letting out a loud sigh, I pick up my keys and follow her out.
***
"I like this colour." Iris smiles as she paints her bedroom. I pull the sleeves up to my elbows and look down at my messy white shirt.
"Yeah me too." I smile as I tuck my hair behind my ear.
Iris had finally managed to quiet down. I told her that Marshall and I are just on a little break and that I would be home soon. Thankfully, she believed me!
"You sure the owners of the hotel won't mind." Iris asks but I stay quiet. "Tessa..." Iris says slowly.
"I'll just decorate it back to the way it was or pay the fine." I shrug.
"Oh my god!" She burst out laugh and I join her. I stand up when I hear a knock on the door. "What if that's the hotel manager now?" Iris asks as she laughs.
"Then we're sleeping on the street tonight." I laugh lightly as I walk out of the hotel room and make my way towards the door.
"Yeah right! You can sleep out in the cold with the papparazi surrounding you!" I hear Iris shout.
"Hey!" I laugh. "Us girls are meant to stick together!" I shout.
"Well this girl loves her bed too much...So not this time we don't!" I hear her shout back as I open the door.
My laughter dies and my smiles fades away as I tuck my hair behind my ear and stand in the doorway. Marshall lets out a small sigh as he looks up at me and clenches his jaw slightly. I look back inside as Iris carries on talking about how i'm going to get kicked out.
I look back at Marshall and let out a small sigh as I take a step back. Marshall walks past me with his jaw clenched and with his hands deep in his pockets. I close the door behind me as I squeeze my eyes shut.
Boy am I in trouble!