Oneshot: Elevator Love

Safaree ran toward the car to retrieve the umbrella for him and Nicki. Her make-up was slowly beginning to run. It was raining heavily. Nicki smoothed out her skirt as she waited for Safaree. People began to make their way in, and the last thing Nicki needed was to be trapped in the crowd and forced to wait in the rain. She looked over at Safaree who was jogging towards her with the umbrella over his head. He made his way over to her and placed the umbrella over the both of them.

“Thank you”

People began to file in a line as they made their way to the door. Nicki and Safaree, unfortunately, was close to the end.

Nicki stomped her foot and looked down at her watch.

“Its 2:30 and the interview starts at 3:30”

She looked up at a determined Safaree who wasn’t even listening to her.

They had tried dating once but it ended on bad terms. Their relationship was close, but as of now, they weren’t really talking unless it had to do with business. Nicki rolled her eyes at him ignoring her. She hated that they weren’t speaking to each other like they normally did, but now wasn’t the time to fix their problems.

“Chill… I’m sure we’ll make it”

“Sure…? No, see, that’s not good enough. I need to make that interview”

“We’ll make it, don’t worry”

He rolled his eyes and Nicki saw this. If they weren’t in front of all these people, he would be getting cursed out.

“We better make it…” Nicki threatened as she crossed her arms over her chest along with a pout.

“Can we move any faster?”

Nicki held onto Safaree’s wrist tightly as they made their way into the building. Nicki stood on the heel of her shoes so that she could see over the large line of people.

“Why are there so many people?” Nicki thought. She was becoming fed up. The line was slowly moving along.

Nicki looked to the side of her to see a crowd of people beginning to fill the space on the outside of the gate.

Nicki could hear some yelling coming from the front of the large line of people. Dream and Hush stood in front of her and her glam squad behind her. Even if it seemed like they were moving quickly, they were still ways away from the entrance.

She tapped Dream on the shoulder and he turned his head toward her slightly.

“Can we speed this up a little?”

“We’re trying. There was a problem with the lighting inside the building from the storm”

Nicki nodded then asked,

“Well is there any way we could get up front?”

He looked over all the people before looking back at Nicki.

“Yeah, just follow me”

Dream made a way for them to get through and up to the front entrance.

“Miss Minaj, you’re room is down the hall and to your left. We’re really sorry for the wait”

The stage manager said as he walked them to her dressing room. When they arrived, the stage manager handed Nicki her time for her interview since it was rescheduled because of the storm.

“We still have an hour and a half to chill”       

Terrance said as he sat back in the leather couch in the corner with his feet propped up on the coffee table.

“Can someone walk with me down the elevators?”

“The bathrooms are on the 1^st floor, Nicki”

Nicki looked at her like she was crazy. They were on the 9^th floor and the bathrooms on the 1^st.

“Safaree, can you come with me?”

He nodded.

We made our way around the corner where the elevators were. Safaree pressed the ‘down’ button and waited for the next available elevator.

Once they heard the ‘ding’ of the elevator, Safaree let Nicki enter first. Nicki hummed along to elevator music, but jumped when she heard the loud thunder. She moved closer to Safaree.

Nicki took a deep breath before closing her eyes and hummed along to the elevator music that was weirdly comforting her. Nicki peeked over at Safaree who was focused on the numbers that were counting down every few seconds.

Nicki then moved down to his muscular arms. She cracked a small smile as she remembered all the times he used to hold her. She broke from her thoughts when the lights flickered. Nicki whimpered and moved closer to Safaree.

The small clock like gadget on the wall of the elevator began to light random numbers. Nicki looked around and bit her lip. Her heart began to race as she realized that they could die.

“Safaree….”

He looked over at her. He heard the fear in her voice. He couldn’t lie, he was afraid himself. Even though they were on bad terms, he still had the urge to protect her.

“Shh, just calm down, I’m sure nothing bad will happen”

They were only on the 4^th floor. Nicki whimpered a little louder as the lights flickered on and off once again.

“Safareeeee, do something!” Nicki whined.

“What do you want me to do?” He asked as the elevator came to a halt and the lights went out.

It was nothing but darkness. Nicki could feel Safaree’s body heat next to her so she scooted closer to him. He held her and Nicki placed her head on his chest. He missed this. He missed her in general. It was hard to ignore his feelings for her. Nicki looked up at him even though she could barely see his eyes she knew he was looking back down at her.

Nicki brought her hand up and touched his lips before replacing her hand with her lips. Safaree tensed up before kissing her back. Nicki got a little caught up in the moment and deepened the kiss, placing her hands on his neck.

Nicki fluttered her eyes open and they grew as she realized what had just happened. She pulled away and scooted to the other end of the elevator, her knees up against her chest.

“Nicki…”

“I’m sorry” She apologized. She wasn’t sorry for kissing him. She honestly didn’t know what she was sorry for. That was the best kiss of her life, as so was for Safaree.

He sighed as slowly scooted closer to her, but the closer he moved, Nicki moved away keeping a good amount of distance between them.

“Nicki stop!”

Safaree gently grabbed her arm and brought her back to him.

“You don’t have to be sorry”

Nicki looked at him even thought they could barely see each other.

“Yes I do. I shouldn’t have kissed you”

Safaree sighed and pulled her to him and sat her on his lap. He had his back against the wall with Nicki straddling him.

“I missed you” He said as he planted kisses on her neck. Nicki closed her eyes with her head tilted back.

“I missed you too” she moaned. Nicki held the back of his head as he placed kisses down her collar bone.

He didn’t go too much farther because of the situation they were in. He would have if the lights weren’t out. Not trying to make too much movement Nicki slowly moved off of him.

She laid her head on his shoulder and spoke:

“But we both know it won’t work”

“Why”

“Because, we both love each other one day, and the next we hate each other. We fight, you leave. It’s a routine”

“But it doesn’t have to be that way. Let me take care of you” He held her hand, “I promise it will be better this time” He looked over at her.

Nicki squeezed his hand slightly and sighed, “I guess, but don’t fuck up this time” He smiled and his lips collided with Nicki’s. Nicki released a moan when their tongues wrestled.

Safaree pulled away quickly when the screen on the left shelf came on and a lady’s face filled the small screen.

“Hello?”

“Um, hello, yeah, we’re stuck in this elevator”

“I know that sir, we’re getting help now. Are you the only person in there?”

“No, my girlfriend also”

Nicki smiled when he said ‘girlfriend’.

“Okay, they should be there in the next five minutes” The lady informed them before her face left the screen and it shut off. Now, once again, it was completely dark…

The door opened with a loud screech. A man that looked as if he worked for the fire department walked into the elevator. The light from the hall shined in. Nicki saw her team behind the 4 men.

“Is everyone okay?”

His deep voice filled the elevator.

“Yes” Nicki and Safaree said in unison.

“Well you guys are free to exit now. You can take the elevator up the hall to the first floor. Miss Minaj, you’re interview was rescheduled. They will call with the details soon” Nicki smiled and thanked the man.

Nicki drew in a breath as she was finally out of the elevator. Martin walked over to them, the rest of the team following.

“So ya’ll asses got stuck in an elevator?” He tried to hold in his laugh.

Nicki rolled her eyes, “Can we go?” She was still holding Safaree’s hand, their fingers intertwined.

“Ya’ll seem close” Joyce said referring to them holding hands.

Nicki and Safaree looked at each other, “That’s what couples do right…? Hold hands…”

They all looked at them with shocked faces, “Let’s go because, I need a drink” They group proceeded their way down the hallway and over to the other elevator as they reminisced on old times.