Dog Tags

Chapter 60

Quinn's POV

The finish calling everyone but Nick about the news of Brenton coming home and right now I am rereading his letter with Chris sitting next to me on my bed. "I still can't get over the fact the Brenton is coming home." I say with a smile on my face and Chris gives me a side hug, "I am beyond thrilled for you Quinn, I know that this means a lot to you." I lean on Chris letting out a sigh, "I just feel that once Brenton is home everything will go back to the way it was, and everyone can get back to normal around here." I pull out of Chris's looking at the letter again, 

"Have you thought about yet what is going to happen with Nick and you once Brenton is home?" I can't lie and say I haven't thought about that because it has been weighing heavily on my mind since I read the letter the first time, "Of course I have thought about that, and I don't have an easy answer because after last night I don't know where Nick and I stand at this point?" Chris looks at me having no clue about what I am talking about, "Explain." Chris says turning his body towards me,

"Last night Nick and I got into a huge fight after he dropped me off, and it left me wondering if we are even friends anymore or if Nick has cut all ties with me."Chris stares into my eyes knowing that I am not tell him the full story but the details of last night is staying between Nick and I. "Plus with Nikki didn't help matters when she showed up at the diner today." Hearing this gets a reaction from Chris.

"What did she want?" He sounds like the others from the diner, almost like he is covering something up. "She wasn't making much sense, she kept asking me if Nick told me something, and when I told her no she then started questioning if any of my friends including yourself had told me something about Nick." Chris gives me a weak smile that I see right through. Seeing how Chris is acting and from how the others acted in the diner it just tells me that I am right about something going on and they are leaving me out of it.

"What is going on?" Chris shrugs his shoulder not giving me an answer, "I am not crazy Chris, I see the way that all my friends have been acting since the moment Nikki told me that something was going on." He just waves me off pretending not to know what I am talking about, 

"Nikki Holiday is cold-hearted, vain, selfish, self-obsessed, grumpy, wicked, rude,envious, greedy, spiteful, mean, jealous, ruthless, manipulative, dark,sinister, and egotistical." Chris finishes listing off all the things that Nikki is, and it is hard to argue with him, "You swear that nothing is going on and if something was then you tell me?" Chris doesn't answer right away and from the look on his face I can tell that he is struggling with something, "I swear Quinn, and I would just be looking out for you if something like that was true." I give up getting mentally dizzy by going around and around in the same circle and not getting anywhere,

"What is going to happen with Nick and you?" I run my hand through my hair looking at the other side of my room, "I don't think Brenton would have a problem with us being friends, but if he does then I am going to have to make a very difficult choice." When I look over at Chris I notice bags under his eyes and a look of pure exhaustion on his face, "When was the last time you got any sleep?" Chris gives me a weak smile as he fights to keep his eyes open, "I haven't been getting much sleep between having a show almost every night at the club and then adding on top of that with Alexa has been kind of sick as of late." I run my finger under the bags that are starting to show,

"What is going on?" I ask hoping that I could help in any way I can, "For almost a week now she has been tired a lot lately, feeling nausea, and gets headaches from time to time." Those symptoms are very common in a lot of different things, "Have you taken her to the doctor?" Chris lays back on my bed nodding his head, "She told me she went to the doctor and the doctor said it was just something that will go away on its own." Chris yawns and I can tell that the poor man needs sleep, "You take a nap and rest up." Chris who has his eyes closed shakes his head, "What kind of friend would I be if I fell asleep on you? Besides we still need to talk about the whole Brenton and Nick situation."I just giggle knowing that Chris is fading and fading fast,

"You would be the kind of friend that needs his sleep before he crashes." I grab my blanket throwing it over Chris, and just like that Chris falls asleep and starts lightly snoring a few seconds later. I sigh and give Chris a kiss on his cheek, "Sleep well sweet prince." I whisper into his ear. I am laying on Chris reading a book when my phone goes off, and when I put my book down and look at the screen the name 'Beast' is on the screen. "Hello?" I ask already knowing that it is Nick but I must say that I am curious about what Nick has to say."Hey Little Dove, are you busy by chance?" I look over at Chris who is passed out on my bed, 

"Not really, Chris is over here but he is sleeping at the moment." I can hear Nick let out a chuckle, "In that case I have a favor to ask." I listen very carefully thinking to myself of what Nick could possibly want from me now.