Strings

Reason

Nicholas P.O.V

"And she wants a divorce?" Thomas asked while tossing me a beer. "Natalia doesn't know what she wants, she just likes to think she has the upper hand over me." I said cracking open the can. "She goes through this "I'm an independent woman" phase almost every year, I let her have her five minutes of independence though." I said making everyone laugh.

"Do you really love her man?" Dave asked.

Of course I love her, she's my fucking everything and if I could go back and change the way things happened of course I would. "I wish I didn't." I said while downing the beer.

"Well cheating you know is the universal sign for love." Thomas said while laughing. "Shut up, it was a mistake. Leslie was a fucking mistake and I suggest none of you pursue her. She's a hoe and honestly she's not even that good in bed." I said mentally comparing her to Natalia.

"I told Natalia I wanted full custody of our kid." I said looking up at them. Collective oh's went through the group. "And you're still living man? I swear that girls a catch." Leo said while unlocking his phone. "I can't even say I want ice cream without my girl all over my ass." He said laughing.

"Ya I know, I fucked up.. Does someone know how I can make this better?" I said looking at my team. We'd come to my house to just chill for the night. "I can just roll up right now and we can smoke it here." Thomas said while smiling. "But I'm not sure I want all y'all lips on my roll, walking around here like the living dead with mono." He said making everyone laugh including myself.

"Nah, my wife would be mad if she came home to the house smelling like weed." I said laughing. "What makes you sure she's coming home right now?" One of they guys asked. "I've got her cell phone right here. Simple." I said smiling and holding her phone between my fingers.

When she came over earlier today, she'd set it down and didn't retrieve it so I took advantage of my situation in hopes that she'd just come back to get it.

Just as I suspected I heard keys in the front door. "Watch and learn." I said while getting up and shoving the phone in my back pocket.

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Natalia's P.O.V

I left my cell phone at the house and decided that I couldn't survive without it. Even if it meant bumping into Nicholas along the way. I guess he has company over because there's alot of cars in the driveway. But he does not have to worry I will not be intruding on his good times.

I had to bring Amelia with me this time although. I switched sides with her on my hip while I opened the front door.

"Hey sweetheart." Nicholas said as soon as I opened the door. Fucking great, fucking awesome. "I just came to collect some stuff for Amelia and get my cell phone." I said while walking into the living room. "Hey Natalia!" They all yelled. So the assholes parked in my front yard are his teammates, cool.

Amelia waved at them and started cooing, "oh sorry, I hope you don't mind that I brought the team over, but they were just leaving." He said while placing an arm over my shoulder. "I don't care what you guys do, hell run a train on each other for all I care." I said before walking into the kitchen and grabbing some juice and putting it in Amelia's bottle before giving it to her. I really believe Nicholas is bipolar or some shit.

I heard arguing and laughter before hearing the door slam shut."Can I hold my child?" Nicholas said standing behind me while I tied her shoes. "You had all the time in the world to hold her, but you spent it with umm what's her name Leslie?" I said getting up and picking her up with me.

"I'm getting what I came here for and I'm leaving." I said heading for the stairs. "Fuck Talia, why are you doing this to me?" I heard Nicholas yell while I put Amelia in her crib for a second while I gathered everything. "Does mommy have everything?" I asked as I picked her up and brought her downstairs. "Have you seen my cell phone?" I asked Nicholas as I switched sides with Amelia again. She was becoming quite heavy these past days.

"Oh this little thing?" He said pulling it out of his back pocket. I reached out to grab it and he pulled away. "I paid for this too." He said while slipping it back in his pocket. "When did you ever become so petty?" I asked. "When my wife left me and took my kid before even allowing us to work through this." He said rolling his eyes.

"How are you baby girl?" He said tickling her. At that moment I just wanted to curse him out and tell him everything that came to my mouth including the fact that she called Cameron daddy but I didn't. I didn't because it would only give him more reasons to attack me verbally.