Not Usual

I know it's short and shit but I just wanted to get this one out of the way. This was supposed to be part of Finally Famous (Chapter 4) but I thought it should on it's own. Comment please :)

The next few days, Nicki was not like herself. She was constantly moody and tired. Everybody was starting to notice it, Drake put it down to stress but it seemed more than that. 

Nicki woke up in a bad mood. Drake had the day off so he was spending the day at home, doing a few jobs around the house and watching Alexa. She got in the shower and sang to herself before grabbing her towel, drying herself and securely wrapping it around her body. She walked out the bathroom and after grabbing her lotion, moisturised her body. Drake crept up behind her and kissed her neck.

“Not today!” Nicki said and pushed his head away.

“Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed” Drake joked. Nicki didn't laugh along like she normally would.

Nicki finished moisturizing her body and went to her drawers to get her bra and thong. She put them on and went straight into her wardrobe. She picked out a simple outfit and put it on.

Once she was dressed, Nicki walked out and went downstairs to the kitchen. She made herself a quick breakfast. After drinking her tea and putting it in the dishwasher, Nicki grabbed her bag and keys and walked towards the door.

“BYE!” She shouted and went out to her car.

Drake was still upstairs in bed and heard her shout bye, feeling confused as to why she didn't kiss him goodbye. Meanwhile Alexa was in her room wide awake, she wasn't going to kindergarten because they were training new staff.

“Mr. Charles, is something wrong?” She looked at the bear waiting for an answer.

“Are you sure?” She looked at the bear again.

She climbed out of bed bringing Mr. Charles with her, walked out her door and went to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth and then went to see her father. Alexa slowly opened the bedroom door and saw Drake sleeping.

“He’s sleeping, what should I do?” She asked the bear. “Okay”

Alexa walked into the room and slowly closed the door. She walked over to the bed and tried to get onto it, after getting nowhere she jumped up and landed on it halfway. With all her might, Alexa pushed herself all the way up.

“Shh” She whispered to her bear, afraid she might have waked Drake up. She slowly pulled the covers back and climbed under them. She moved closer to her father and fell asleep again.

~

Nicki herself was confused as to why she was feeling so groggy and the traffic she was met with on the way to work was making it worst.

"Move!" She shouted but of course they couldn't hear her. She turned on the radio and there was a news report on.

Anyone driving towards Abbey Mount will be met by traffic. A car broke down and the services are on their way to remove it from the road. We have been alerted that the traffic should clear within an hour.

Nicki angrily turned it off and rested her head on the steering wheel. Eventually the cars started moving and Nicki got to work over an hour later than she expected she would. Nicki parked up in her usual parking space and grabbed her bag from the other seat. When she got into the building, she headed straight to the elevator to go up to the loft.

As soon as the elevator reached the top floor, Nicki walked out and ran to the loft.

"Look who decided to turn up today"

Could he fucking not? "The traffic was awful, sorry I'm late" 

"You're here now so it's okay, good you're only doing fittings today"

~

Drake woke up and felt like someone else was in the bed. He pulled the covers off his head and looked around and saw Alexa’s sleeping form next to him.

Aww, my little angel.

“What time is it?” Drake asked himself before grabbing his iPhone from the bedside table. Unlocking it, he saw that it was 11:10am and he had a couple of text messages. Deciding he would look at them later, he put his phone back to where it was.

“Might as well wake her up” He gently shook Alexa and woke her up. “Lexa, wakey wakey”

“I’m awake, daddy” She yawned giving a bit of a stretch.

“Have you used the bathroom yet?”

“Umm hmm, I brushed my teeth too. Look” She smiled widely at him.

“Okay, I see. Are you hungry?”

“A little bit”

“Let me go brush my teeth and I’ll make us breakfast”

Drake went to the bathroom to do what he said. Afterwards, he and Alexa went downstairs.

“You go and watch Dora” Alexa did as she was told and Drake went to the kitchen.

What to make, what to make. Drake grabbed the ingredients he needed and started to make pancakes. He made 8, 5 for him and 3 for Alexa.

“Alexaaaa”

“Coming daddy!” Alexa raced to the kitchen and climbed up on her special adjusted seat and sat down. Drake sat down her plate of pancakes in front of her.

“What’s this?” She said in amazement.

“Pancakes, try it. You’ll like it” Alexa looked at it strangely and picked up one and took a small bite. Drake raised an eyebrow at her. 

“It’s yum” Alexa said after she finished eating the small portion.

He smiled at her and said “Want some syrup on it?”

“No daddy” Alexa happily ate the rest of her pancakes.

~

"Daddy?"

"Yes?" Drake looked up and took off his glasses.

"Cupcakes?"

"You want to make Cupcakes?" Alexa nodded.

"Well I'm almost finished so go and wash your hands. And put your apron on"

"Okay daddy" And off she went.

5 minutes later, Drake went downstairs into the kitchen and saw Alexa sat on one of the kitchen stools swinging her legs back and forth. He went to wash his hands and put his apron on, he went into a cupboard and grabbed his recipe book. Flipping through the page until he found the recipe section and the specific cupcake recipe. Drake put Alexa on the counter top before he got the standing stool for her to stand on.

"So what do we need?"

"Flour" She read.

"Which one, plain or self raising?"

"Erm, the second one"

"Got it, what else?" He put the flour on the counter.

"2 eggs"

"Do we need milk too"

"Yep"

After getting all the ingredients, they got started. Alexa used the electric whisk to mix the ingredients while Drake set up the tray with the cases.

"Finished" Alexa smiled. She had some mix on her face and apron.

"Good, now use the big spoon to put some in the cases" With some help, she managed to pour the mixture into 12 cupcake cases. Drake put them into the oven and when he turned around was met with flour in the face.

"Hehe, you look like a ghost" Alexa laughed. 

Drake squinted at her. Not taking his eye off of her, he reached over and grabbed some flour himself and blew it in her face. "So do you"

Alexa opened the egg carton and picked an egg up. "Alexa that's enough now"

Her hand slowly moved backwards. "Alexa Mae Graham, don't do it"

SPLAT was all that heard as the egg hit his face.

 ~

"Are you feeling okay?" Nicki had her hand on her head with a distressed look on her face. She was in a meeting regarding the next move in her carrier.

"Yeah, just a bit tired and stressed. Can I use the bathroom?"

"Go ahead"

In the bathroom, Nicki checked to see if anyone else was there and let out a scream, accidentally kicking one of the stalls. She looked at herself in the mirror and touched up her makeup. Eventually calming herself down, she went back to the meeting.

~

 "Are you bringing some with you?" He asked putting the cupcakes away.

"Yep!" He put 4 cupcakes into a container and handed the container to her. She waited till her dad turned off all the lights except the living room one and opened the front door. He walked behind her and locked the door. He used his key to open the garage door, once it opened Alexa ran to the car. He put her in the front seat and set off to take the journey to his parents, using his key to lock the garage.

"Mum?" Drake knocked on the front door.

"I'll be out in a bit" Her voice shouted.

Not that much later, she appeared from the shadows and walked into the foyer turning on the light. She opened the door for them.

"Mamaw!" 

"My baby!" Sandi lifted her up with a huff. Age was slowly taking a toll on her.

"What's in the box?" Sandi asked as they walked away leaving Drake to close the door. 

"It's okay mum. You don't have to acknowledge me"

~

Nicki came back from work still clearly in a bad mood. She made dinner as usual but did not talk as they ate. After dinner, she had a shower and stayed in their bedroom. Drake cleaned up before he did the same. As he read his book, he tried to make conversation.

“So how was work?”

“Just shut up! You’re so annoying!” Nicki shouted. She went to the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. 

I didn't even do anything.

Drake went back to reading his book and after finishing the end of the chapter he was reading, he heard Nicki scream. He dropped his book and ran to her aid. “What’s wrong?”

Nicki held on to the side of the bath with her back facing him, obviously in pain. Tears flew down her cheeks and she let out a shaky breath. “I don't know! I went to the toilet and after I washed my hands... It hurts so much!”

Drake ran to her side. “Where hurts?

“My stomach and my back” Nicki whimpered.

“Can you move at all?”

“Yes, that’s why I'm holding onto the side of a fucking bath” Nicki screamed again. Drake was panicking, he had no idea what was happening or what he could do.

“I’m going to get my phone, don’t go anywhere!” 

"It's not like can anyway, idiot"

Drake ran to their bedroom to get his phone and quickly ran back to her. He dialed 911.

“911, what’s your emergency?”

“My wife is in pain and,” Drake was cut off by Nicki screaming. Fuck. “She can hardly move, she’s screaming and I don't know what to do” 

“We're sending an ambulance right now, can you tell me where you live?”

Drake told the operator their address. “Okay sir. There is a bit of traffic leading up to your area but it should be there as soon as possible”

“Thank you” Drake hung up the phone and comforted her as they waited for the ambulance.