Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 06:54:57 +0000
From: tim tim <noway16@hotmail.com>
Subject: Nick Talents Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Nick's talent.

How this happened I don't know but looking back at my own stories on Nifty
I came to the conclusion that I never posted the remaining episodes of
Nick's Talent. So in the upcoming week or so I will post the remaining
episodes.

Nick's Talent is the continuation of Coach's assistant (Nifty Archive:
coachs-assistant) I have written more stories which can be found under
Authors and then Tim Tim

In previous chapters I mentioned a website called www.timsfunplace.com at
the moment it is not working but it might be back. If you want to contact
me do that through noway16@hotmail.com. Love to hear from you.

Now to continue with the story here is chapter 11.




(For obvious reason the next bit will be told bye David)

Nick had gone to open the door. The conversation had changed fast towards
him. We were trying to work out how to get him out of his mood and of cause
how to do more to find Francis. But that had been a topic for quite some
time in e-mails and phone calls that had been going up and down as well.

A moment later though the doorbell went again. I though I heard someone
says Nick's name.  What was going on? Before I knew it most of us were
standing up and going toward the door.  I was one of the first, so I opened
it and went towards the front door. Nick was lying on the ground and a
woman was kneeling beside her.

"Nick, Nick" I said. The women looked up towards us now. I stopped and felt
how some one bumped into me. I ... I..... Wanted to say something but words
were not good enough. I got closer to Nick and kneeled.

"What did you do to him" I said sounding very very mad.

"Nothing, ...".

"Well why is he on the ground then". I could here more cursing and pushing
behind me. I presumed it was Dad who was pushing through.

"Leave now, it seems you have done enough again" I said and pushed her a
bit. I felt that she stood up and back off, outside again, but not leaving.

"Nick, can you hear me". ... .. No response. He had a rate so nothing was
wrong with that but what was going on then.

I could feel dad moving closer, he knelt beside me now as well. "Shock, you
think" he said to me.

"With her there yea that would be my guess too" I answered him.

"I didn't do anything to him, trust me, he saw me and ....... collapsed"
she said with a sniff.

"I know, just wait we need to bring him in. You wait here ok", my dad said
to her.

I looked up to her. "Sorry David, if I knew that he would react like that I
....  ..".

"What you would have done, you have no idea how hurt he was" I yelled now.

"David, later, help me to get Nick in" my dad said.

I got up not responding to the sniffing that I heard behind me. Now Looking
inside, I saw the others looking curious towards both me and my dad, they
where probably wondering who that was on the door.

We picked Nick up and brought him into the living room. Alexei was there
with a wet clothe and something to drink. Slowly Nick started to move. "You
ok Nick" my dad asked him.

"What, where, damned is she still here". Nick said.

"Yea, you stay here. I think you got a bit of a shock there".

"I think so, wouldn't you if......"

"Well not anymore to be honest Nick, but we have to deal with that now".

I saw that Nick tried to come up, but he was pushed back bye Alexei and
James. I think you better stay lying down for a moment yea. "Hmm, but".

"No, I think that is a good idea. We will be right back ok Nick". David,
come let's see what she wants.

"But I want to talk with her too Dad".

"We know, but in a moment ok, just rest for a second".

I followed Dad into the kitchen.

"What does she want Dad, how long has it been now"?

"Long David, very long".

"So, now what".

"I guess we have to ask what she wants, why she is her".

"Do you think it has anything to do with Nick being on TV, seeing him like
that again"?

"Might have been who knows. But we better get her in. I am not sure we can
keep Nick that long away from her to start with anyway".

My dad walked back to the hall. I put some tea water on and waited for them
to be back in. I am not sure what happened in the hall, but it took a bit
longer then I expected. I am sure dad wanted to know that she would not
harm, although with just showing up that was too late.

The door opened and I noticed I trembled a bit. She came in followed bye my
dad. She got closer to me. She reached her hand out and spoke. "David, good
to see you".

I though about not taking the hand, but she had a small smile on her
face. She wouldn't win I though. I held out my hand and our fingers touched
and got together for a handshake. "Mom" I said softly, not trusting me to
say a lot more at that point.

"Let's sit down" my dad said.

"Is Nick ok, won't he be here", she asked.

"He is ok; I guess the shock was too big for him".

"Not for the both of you", she said again with a smile.

"I don't know, maybe it hasn't sunken in yet" my dad said.

"And you David".

"I am not that easily shaken" I answered.

"You became a good-looking young man. I can see you took a lot after your
dad".

"He was here" I answered trying to keep my anger out of my voice.

"So, what are you here for then", my dad asked.

"I wanted to see you all "she answered.

"Why now, why not years ago".

"Just because".

"That won't do you know".

"It will, they can decide for themselves if they want to know me or not. I
can understand if you don't".

It had become a fight of words between them.

She continued "I know I have hurtled you, all of you but I hope we can grow
pasted that".

"I don't think so" I said.

"Don't be so hasty David", my dad said.

"You want to see her then".

"No, but I don't want you to dismiss her like that. You need to listen to
her I think and then decide. She is still your mother".

"Him, no don't think she is".

"Well just wait and not decide to fast ok".

I heard how the door opened and turned around.

(Nick is entering the room and he is going to continue to tell the story)

"Mom is that really you".

"Yea Nicky, it is me, sorry I startled you at the door. But there was no
way to warn you".

"Is ok, I was just shocked".

I looked at the others. I felt hostility for sure in the room. Not from dad
but I saw that David's face was looking not happy.

"What are you doing here Mom"?

"I just wanted to see you".

"Why now" I countered.

"Your skills are incredible Nick. I wanted to talk with you about it".

"Oh, not sure I need to I got others to help me with that".

"I know, but I just want to see if I can be a part of your life again. I
know I hurted you and I am sorry for that, more then you will ever know".

"Why Mom why, why without a word, without a note, just like that. Didn't
you think we didn't care"? I said while I had some tears running over my
face.

"Oh, I know you did all of you".

"Why then", I desperately wanted to understand. I knew no I felt that I
wanted to get to know here. She had been an important part of my first
years of my live and I know she could be again only if I could understand
why.

"Sorry but I better go" David said.

"You don't want to know" I asked.

"No, her decision, she must live with. For now, that is enough for me. I
don't want to know why as there is no reason that can be good enough for
what she did. Not to me, not to you and certainly not to dad. I will be in
the living room, although I am sure the others want a drink in a moment as
well so ......"

"I am sorry David, maybe later".

"No, mom leave it for now. I need to think and if I want to, I will let you
know but not now ok".

"Ok, just remember I love you".  David turned around when she said that the
look on his face said it all. Pure hatred I would say. He didn't say
anything but just left.

I looked at my dad. "Kathy will talk with him, don't worry. He will want to
here more, but I can't guarantee that he wants to see you more though. I
think he has made his mind up about that already". My dad said.

"I can understand that, but I think I can help and that was the reason why
I needed to be here".

"Help with what" my dad said.

"Hmm, I presume you are not alone anymore, the house feels like another
women".

"Yea, a beautiful lady, Susan, now 2 years ago" I said before my dad needed
to answer that.

"Ok, well I don't want to come between anything, maybe I can talk with Nick
in his room, if he wants to know more".

"Yea, you can do that, although you better believe that if you hurt him in
some way that I will not go soft on you this time. Last time I had to take
care of them, and they needed me but I am sure that that is not now the
case anymore".

"I know, sorry for that, but I have no hurt intend to any of you, as I said
just help".

Help I though helping with what. My drawing. I had done well without her,
growing up, most of that was done, and well not sure I wanted to tell a
strange, as that is what she was now, that I was gay straight off.

"Go and talk with Nick in his room for a bit. We can talk then later as I
want to know what happened to you and why you left as you can expect".

"Ok, I will be back in a bit. Can we go out or so to do that".

"I don't know we might. There might be too many people in the house to do
it down here anyway".

"Let's get upstairs Nick", she said.

When we got to my room, she went in and looked around. I just sat on the
bed. She sat down on my deckchair and looked at me.

"You have a nice room Nick".

"Thanks, it is nothing special".

"So, what do you want to know"?

"At the moment I don't know to be honest. I am still a bit surprised to see
you here. I never ever expected to see you".

"So, you still remember when I left then".

"Yea, I do, it took me some time to get over that".

She smiled as she savoured that up or so.

"So, you made it fast in the art world I understand".

"Not to bad, I just had one shared exhibition, nothing more".

"How come that you where on TV then already".

"It seems I got to know the right people in the pasted".

"Yea I though I so a few faces that are quite known. But those two
paintings looked incredible. The woman with David was his wife?"

"Kathy yea, incredible girl".

"Good to hear you like her. Although they are a bit early with a kid".

"They are doing just fine to be honest. David has a good change to qualify
for the Olympic qualifications and Kathy does very well at university at
the moment".

"You don't need to defend them, Nick. Sorry but it is strange to think of
them as kids as they are grown ups already to be honest".

"Well, that is what happens when you leave; you miss parts of our lives".

"I know and it is not something I expect to get back. I just hope that I
can be somehow a part of it again, even if it is from a distance".

"So, you want to tell me why you left us".

"I will do my best, but your dad deserves the full story first I think. And
something's I am just too embarrassed to talk about".

"I respect that that, but if you want to become part of my life again, I
need a way to trust you and not have the idea you are running away again as
soon as anything happens".

"I know Nick; I just hope you give me time to do that as well. I just had
to leave then, it was getting too much for me and I guess that all in all I
was not able to face my family with it. So, I got the easy way out. I ran".

"What happened that it got too much for you"?

"I think you know Nick. I think there are more then just the drawing you
inherited from me. I can see it in your paintings".

"What".

"Well, you know the visions. The way you see things and the way you see
emotions with other people. How would you otherwise have been possible to
paint that painting of Francis with so much love in it? That is something I
see when I watch at people as well, not all the time but to often. I see
hatred, love, despise etc. I could just not handle it anymore back then. I
had to run away".

"Hmm I am not sure I understand" I answered her.

"Oh, I think you do. You have been having visions haven't you"?

"Yea, twice".

"Not more often".

"No, only twice so not that much".

"Oh, ok well let's hope you have it in a light version then".

"You have them all the time".

"Well especially when I was younger. I am not sure what the link with age
is, but I think there is. Or it is just when you are emotional out of
control. It got to a point that I just couldn't deal with it anymore and
had to go".

"Can you see the pain now then that it caused me".

"No, but I felt something when you where on the talk show and Alexei
brought the painting onto the stage. You where full of pain at that point,
I felt that. I guess that was part of the reason why I decided to
come. Because if you experience the same then I knew I needed to be there
to help you".

"I have no problems with it so far so no need to get help".

"I don't know we might need to talk further about it but that can wait. So,
what else do you want to know Nick"?

"What have you been doing, are you remarried".

"No, I am not remarried, you do have a little brother though and I have
been working in the entertainment business. Most of the times as a hostess
for events and stuff".

"A little brother, another one".

"Yea, his name is Damion.

I felt a stab of jealousy going through me. She had been all the time with
him, not with us but with him.

"How old is he".

"He is 14 at the moment".

"Oh, ".

"Yea I know doesn't think that he was a replacement for you or David. I
still missed you. He is his own person, very different in very many ways".

"Oh, ok".

There was a knock on the door then.

"Can I come in" Alexei asked.

"Yea, come on in" I said.

"You ok Nick".

"Yes, I am, can I introduce you to my mom".

They shacked hands but not did say anything. "I had to tell you that your
dad is almost ready to go out. We will stay for a bit, so you are not
alone. I think we can order out some pizzas don't you think".

"Sounds like a plan" I said.

"I better go downstairs then again Nick. I hope you can think about it all
and then we can talk later tonight or tomorrow ok".

"Yea fine".

She got up and waited I guess for me to get up to either handshake or when
I read her body language right, she wanted more like a hug or so. But that
was too early to fast for me. I stayed where I was. She left with a smile.

"You really ok Nick" Alexei asked again.

"Dad sends you upstairs then to go and get her".

"No, David did. He is not happy with you talking with her to be honest. I
think he has a few things to deal with before he accepts her".

"Well, he better because I want to see her again and here more about why
she left".

"She did say something about it already".

"Yea, but it didn't really make sense why she would show up now".

"You know that when ever you want to talk about it, I am there for you,
just an e-mail or phone call away".

"I know, I think I just heard the door closed so we better go downstairs".

I am not going to long into the raw I had downstairs with David. He was not
happy with me wanting to see her and learning more why she had gone. I
couldn't give him any reasonable explanation so far as seeing visions would
be something he would not understand. We got some pizza, and I noticed that
Susan was very nervous about it all. I reassured her that my dad was not
going back to my mom he had find his love and that was she.

It took them some time though to come back and Susan kept looking on the
clock more and more frequent bye the minute. I must admit that even for
visit to a pub it turned out to be quite to long now as they had been away
almost 2 hours now.

When they got back in, I saw that my dad was upset not a bit but an awful
lot. I am not sure what had happened, but it had done more to him then he
expected upfront. He winked Susan with him to their room. I guess he saw
that she was distressed bye the time they had been gone away.

When they left it got silent in the room. No one wanted to ask what had
happened and my mom didn't really want to go into that either. David was
about to leave when mom said. "I think David that your dad wants' you to
stay".

"Why, he said I could do what I wanted so I am not going to stay if you are
going to be here".

"Please David, please stay".

I saw he hesitated but when his hand got the doorknob she said. "Please
David, if not for me or yourself, stay for Nick ok".

He looked now over to me. I had no idea what this was about, so I asked
"Why".

"Later Nick".

"Stay for Nick sakes David. Don't do it for me but for Nick ok".

"We will see, but if this is a rubbish try to keep me here then I am out of
here ok".

"Ok, David".

I looked at her again. What is going on I though?

"I think it is time for us to leave" Alexei said. "I think that there is
family talk to be done".

"Hmm Alexei you are the boyfriend from James and James is the son of Susan
right".

"Yes" he said a bit startled that she knew that and that he was gay with
that as well.

Did you she knows about me then too. She smiled reassuring towards me.

She knew I though, she knew.

"OK, you are family then so stay as well and I guess the same applies to
you Randy. Although no direct family a very close friend of Nick who is
welcome as well".

"What is going on Mom" David said now.

"Just wait till your dad is back ok".

It got quite very quiet in the room. There where so many questions flying
around in the air at that point that you could almost cut the air. We were
silent everyone lost in their own thoughts.

When my dad came back in together with Susan, I could see that she had
tears as well. They had made some coffee and tea in the meantime as well.

Susan got close to my mom and opened her arms for her. My mom got up and
responded to the hug. I could see that Susan had a tear rolling over her
face.

"I am going if I am not told soon what is going on here" David said now
getting very agitated.

"Please stay David. Please do yea".

"But can you please then tell what is going on. I think we are all on the
edge of things and that is not a good sign for any one's health".

"Ok, let's sit down though".

What I didn't notice at first is that dad end up sitting on one side of me
and mom on the other.  What was going on? Was I not their son, was that
what they were going to tell me. Was I adopted or so.

I hope you liked this so far and are looking forward to more chapters. If
you got any suggestions or just want to write me a note: email me
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