Love Don't Change (Trilogy to Make It Last Forever)

Been That Way

Ciara POV

It's been a few days since what happened at the club and me and Nicki haven't been speaking since. Don't get me wrong I do feel bad for what happened but it's not like I told him to kiss me,all I did was some harmless flirting,it was still wrong though. When she told me to do me it hit a nerve,her not telling me about the kiss and then not telling me when I tried to play around the subject had me pissed off. I was sitting in the backyard by the pool thinking hard about our relationship,this wasn't the first time someone kissed me in our relationship though,it happened 2 weeks ago.

*Flashback*

I was just finishing up one of the photoshoots for the the big magazine spread and one of the models I talk to came up to me. She smiles at me and I return it.

"You busy today?" She asks

"Yea I gotta take my son shopping,why?" I ask

"Just thought we could go to the movies with one of my cousins but forget it" She says

"Sorry,if I finish early I'll call you though" I say

"Ok,you were really great today" She says

"Thank you" I say confusingly

"How are you and Nicki now?" She asks

"Good" I slightly smile

She starts to look uncomfortable and I see her jaw clench a little.

"I'm glad my advice could help,but..." She trails off

"Do you really want to be in a relationship with her?" She asks

"Yea" I say slowly

Why was she acting like this?

"She doesn't deserve you" She mumbles while looking me up and down

I rapidly blink and widen my eyes.

"What makes you think that?" I ask

"It's obvious you two are not connecting anymore,it shouldn't be like that" She says while moving closer to me

"All couples have problems" I chuckle

"But this one shouldn't happen" She says lowly while standing on her tippy toes

Out of nowhere she kisses me and pins me against the wall. I push her away from me and give her a look of disgust.

"What the hell Shannon?!" I yell

"What?" She asks

"You overstepping your boundaries!" I say

"Don't act like you didn't like it" She smirks

"Nigga I didn't" I say

"One more might change your mind" She says while leaning in again

I turn my head to the side move away from her.

"Pull that shit again and I promise you you'll regret it,that's not cool" I say

I grab my bag and walk out pissed.

*Flashback Over*

I eventually told Nicki later that night,she was upset about it but she took it well. She told me to cut her off and I've been working on that. I get up and walk in the house,I go into the kitchen and see Nicki sitting down at the island. I sigh and walk up to her,placing my hand on her shoulder.

"I'm still mad at you" She mumbles

"So am I but I'm here next to you ain't I?" I ask

"What do you want?" She sighs

"I just wanna talk to you" I say

"Whatever" She says

I fight the urge to do a few things and roll my eyes.

"I'm sorry for how things went at the club,I really didn't plan for that to happen" I say

"But it did and you didn't do anything about it but flip it on me" She says

"And I know I was wrong for that but I didn't flip anything on you,you could've told me about the kiss and I waited for you to for 3 days" I say

She stays quiet and I slightly chuckle to myself,but yet I'm the one with all the fault.

"I was going to" She says lowly

"You didn't,it should've never took more than 3 days to tell me,your wife,that you had to kiss your co-star" I say frustratedly

"I thought you said it was an action movie anyway,you said nothing about action and romance" I say

"It switched last minute,I didn't know how you was gonna take it" She says

"I would've taken it fine if you would've told me when it happened,after I seen it on Instagram I checked my phone and I never even got a text from you that day saying you had to tell me something,or how you wanted to talk to me about that night,then you just acting like nothing happened and telling me to just do me,that shit was not cool" I say

"I know" She says

"I just don't know how we became so distant,the way we fell in love was almost instant,I'm trying to find ways to get us past whatever it is we're going through and I don't even know how you feel about it,I thank God that I at least know that you still love me cause I honestly don't know what you're doing,I'm trying to be apart of this relationship but you won't let me,you acting like I'm the one to blame and you're innocent when I been trying to get to you and spend time with you the last 4 months,I tried to make a way and a difference for us to get passed this and you acting like you too damn busy to put at least a little bit of your attention on me or the kids" I fuss

"I keep telling you that I'm trying to,it's hard waking up every morning at 6,getting ready,try to spend time with y'all,stay at the set for 18 hours,come home,get 5 hours of sleep,then re-do it the next day is hard" She says

"And I understand that but I also know you Nicki,I know you like the back of my damn hand,and I know you are capable of making it work and your not" I say

"And then you make me feel like you don't care and I try not to think about you to avoid that feeling but every time I'm around you I want it to go back to how it was,and what happened with the model,she kept telling me what to do about you then she got jealous soon as she knew we were fine and pulled that stunt,you told me to cut her off and that's what I'm doing,now you telling me to just do me so you damn right ima do me,now you wanna know what's gotten into me and why I'm acting different I guess I had a hard time showing you at first but I always loved you and I still do" I say

I hear her sniffle and I lean over to look at her,I see tears running down her face and I sigh and wipe away my own.

"Baby I still feel the same and it's something I gotta maintain the way I show you,listen to me when I say it's always been that way,you need to show me that you still feel the same way" I say while turning her around

She nods her head and I pull her into a hug.

"I'm sorry" She says softly

"I need you to act like you still want to be apart of this" I say while looking in her eyes

"I will" She says

I lean down and kiss her softly,when I pull away she smiles and so do I.

A/N: Hopefully they stay good for a while!! What y'all think? Next update soon!