The Ring -- Dricki

"He was my best friend." Savannah wiped a tear from her eye.

"I know baby." Nicki touched her shoulder.

"Why him? Why him?!" she dropped to her knees.

"You done turned my daughter into a damn drama queen." Safaree shook his head at the scene in front of him.


"There, there darling. He's in a better place." Nicki knelt down and side eyed Safaree.

"Fishy heaven?" Savannah questioned with stars in her eyes.

"Exactly." She smiled.

"This is for all the gangsta fishes." Safaree said pouring mouth wash into the toilet. Nicki rolled her eyes.

"Alright baby girl. Do the honors." Nicki stood up and fixed her black form fitting dress while Savannah flushed her fish.

"Alright Princess, Daddy gotta go. I'll be back later." Safaree kissed his daughters forehead.

"Ok. Bye Tee Tee Nika! I love you lots!" Savannah opened her arms and hugged her godmothers legs tightly.

"Aw, I love you more ladybug." She reached down and hugged her back before whispering into her ear. "I'll have the big doof bring you something pretty back."

"I heard that!" Safaree mumbled walking towards the front door.

"Whatever." Nicki rolled her eyes before walking behind Safaree. Savannah laughed.

"Bye Alyssa!" Nicki yelled behind her before closing the door.

Alyssa and Safaree had been together for almost five years, married for three and had a four year old with one on the way. Right now they were on their way to a jeweler to buy a new engagement ring because Safaree was going to propose again. Nicki could only wish to have something as strong as they did.

She was dating Drake but he seemed to have commitment issues, trust issues and any other issue you could think of. They had been together just as long as Safaree and Alyssa but lately Drake was treating her like they'd just met. He took all of his phone calls out of her presence, stayed in the studio late, and did other out of character things. She knew he couldn't possibly be cheating but surely he lost interest in her.

"So, what does Alyssa like?" She asked peering into the glass at dozens of rings.

"She's a lot like you. Girly, modest."

"Can we see these?" Nicki asked. The jewler pulled rings out and Nicki began trying them on.

"Favorite color?" Nicki asked.

"Pink" Safaree said looking into his phone. Just like Drake. She rolled her eyes. "Look, I gotta take this phone call. Keep looking, I trust you."

When Safaree walked away she noticed a pink diamond ring. She lit up and asked the jeweler to let her try it on. Its everything she would want in her own engagement ring. She started thinking about spending her life as Mrs. Aubrey Drake Graham but that would never happen. Lately he couldn't even be a good boyfriend.

"That's the one." Safaree said. "Ring it up playa."

Before Nicki could protest and claim the ring as her own Safaree was at the register ringing it up. She saw him beaming with happiness and decided not to interfere. What would have been the point?

"Alright. I'm doing it tonight so I can't be on your arm at the Grammy's tonight. You good guy?"

"The kid always good on this end, ya dig?" She chuckled. "Besides, I always have Drake." she said dryly.

"Something wrong?" Safaree asked concerned.

"Safaree, I think. . . I think he's cheating." As soon as the words forced their way to her lips, tears washed her cheeks.

"No Nicki. He wouldn't do that."

"How do you know? I mean he's never around, he acts like he can't talk on the phone around me, and. . "

"Nicki, he's an artist working on a major project right now. I wouldn't get so upset."

"Your probably right." She sighed getting into the car.

Nicki hadn't talked to Drake at all while getting ready for the award show. The only contact she had with him was a text saying he couldn't walk the carpet with her. She was pissed and didn't feel like going but Terrance convinced her differently.

Nicki was sat front row with a camera in her face. She was highly annoyed but didn't let it show. Drake was the opening act. After he performed she would head backstage to curse him out.

"I would like to start the night with something new. I wrote it for somebody I love. She sitting pretty with her lip poked out." The camera went to Nicki then back to Drake. "This is Nicki's Song."

He began rapping and as soon as Nicki began to think it was a cliché love song he started talking rhythmically and walking towards her ". . .I know you think these lines are cliché but I swear you take my breath away, I give you the best of me, no Jay but bae forever, will you belong to me?"

He dropped to one knee and opened a ring box. It held the ring that Safaree had her pick out earlier. Tears streamed down her face and her body was paralyzed but something moved her enough to say, "Yes!"