"Now, you remember to come straight home after school to greet your nanny, alright?"

Nicky made an exasperated sound "Why do I need a nanny when I'm fifteen years old?"

Her mother kissed her on the forehead and smiled "because I want my cute little duckling to be safe."

She then picked up her suitcase and smiled again "and leaving you alone at home for two months is not my idea of safe" She winked at her daughter who couldn't help the smile that tugged at her lips.

"Have a nice trip mom, be safe."

Her mother blew her a last kiss "Thank you honey. I promise to bring souvenirs!" And with that, the cheerful woman was out the door, heading for the taxi that was waiting for her.

After the car had driven away, Nicky let her waving hand fall down to her side and after a couple of seconds she went back inside the house, making her way to the kitchen. She had woken up earlier than usual in order to see he mother off and still hadn't had any breakfast.

Ravaging through her fridge, the fifteen year old made a mental note to go grocery shopping soon while she took out leftover fish and pasta, mayonnaise and orange juice. Ten minutes later she had made a yummy looking meal and was just about to sit down and eat when a knock sounded on her front door "It's open!" She yelled before sitting down, already knowing who it was at the door.

A few seconds later, a familiar mop of chocolate brown hair entered the kitchen.

"Good morning" her childhood friend, Oliver greeted with a bright grin- one which Nicky easily returned "Good morning," She greeted back before remembering her food "Would you like some?" She gestured towards her breakfast "there's enough for two."

She missed the look of disgust on her friend's face before he politely refused. She shrugged and dug in while he moved to sit down at the dinner table, across from her.

"Has your mom already left?" he asked while propping his elbows on the table. She nodded in affirmation "Not so long ago, actually. You just missed her."

"Oh."

"Sowwy" She tried her best to look apologetic despite her stuffed mouth. Oliver smiled and waved a hand dismissively "She'll be back soon anyway."

"Yeah, in like two months…"

Oliver moved to the kitchen cupboards and took a glass out "You won't even notice she's gone, I bet," he told her reassuringly as he poured himself some water and sat back down "besides, you know you can always come over if you need some company- the guest room is still yours"

She smiled halfheartedly and then turned back to her food.

O.O.O.O

"So when's the babysitter supposed to be here?"

"It's a nanny, not a babysitter…"

"It's the same, isn't it?"

"No it's not, and he's supposed to be here around five."

"It's a guy?"

"That's what mom said, at least."

They were currently on their way to school, Nicky sitting at the back of Oliver's bicycle- an old routine they had kept up ever since Nicky's bicycle had been stolen in grade school. Even though she had gotten a new bicycle long ago, neither of them had suggested her riding it to school.

They arrived at the school grounds ten minutes before classes would begin and Nicky waited while Oliver locked his bicycle. They weren't in the same class but their classrooms were right next to each other so it was only natural for them to go there together.

When the bike had been locked, the teenagers got ready to head to the school building but froze when they saw a group of guys crowding around a single girl. She was very pretty; long blonde hair, blue eyes, slender frame…big boobs. Nicky could definitely see why guys were crowding around her.

The girl however, did not seem to like the attention she was getting if the wrinkles on her forehead was anything to go by and Nicky made a move to get a little bit closer in order to hear what was being said, completely ignoring her childhood friend's protests- in fact, she didn't even hear them.

"Why are you being so stubborn, it's just a kiss."

"Let me go, you gorilla!" Only then did Nicky notice the grip one of the guys had on the girl's slender arm and she furrowed her brow.

"Let her go!"

Nicky was surprised when instead of her own voice echoing through the grounds, there was Oliver's. She closed her mouth and looked at her friend who then walked past her and headed towards the group of delinquents.

Unconsciously, she was following him, something heavy settling in her stomach when she hoped a fight wouldn't break out. If it did, Oliver most probably wouldn't be the start of it because he knew Nicky hated fights, but that didn't mean he wouldn't get beaten up- and frankly, she hated that even more than seeing him fighting.

They stopped only when they were right next to the girl, Nicky grabbing a hold around the girl's wrist as soon as Oliver had yanked the delinquent's hand off her.

"What the fuck, you prick!" The guy's arm reached out only seconds later to grab onto Oliver's collar. Her friend didn't do anything except hardening his glare and Nicky watched in horror as the guy drew his other hand back, preparing for a punch. Before she knew it, Nicky had pushed the girl back and launched herself at the delinquent's arm, just before it collided with Oliver's face, and clung onto it as if her life depended on it. She wasn't even aware that she had wrapped her legs around the guy's waist in the process.

"What the- Get the fuck off, midget!"

Despite her freaking out, she still felt her eye twitch at that name and resolved to hold on tighter. Before she knew it someone had snaked an arm around her waist and was trying to pull her off his buddy. She had forgotten about the rest of the guys who had been there as well.

"Hey, let her go!" Oliver, her knight in shiny armor, had been released from the gorilla's hold and was now trying to pull the three guys off of her. When had they become so many?

Not even sure of the actual situation anymore, Nicky kept holding on, utterly confused.

"The fuck is going on here?"

For some reason, everybody stopped moving and all sound seized to exist. The voice hadn't even been yelling but there had been some sort of an authority in it that made everybody stop.

Looking in the direction the voice had come from, Nicky quickly noticed the guy with fiery red hair standing just outside the circle of mess they had become. A shiver went down her spine when amber eyes rested on her and she wasn't sure whether it was because of the intensity of the glare or because she knew who he was and it scared her.

His name was Kyle Arch, and he was the leader of the school's delinquents. Everybody knew who he was and there were a million rumors going around about his short temper and ruthlessness. Pretty much every normal student made it their goal to not ever get his attention or at the very least to never get on his bad side.

Judging by his glare and clenched fists, she was well on her way of going there.

"I said; what the fuck is going on here?" He said through gritted teeth and Nicky gulped. Loudly.

"Leader, wait…" Nicky almost snorted when the gorilla began talking. He actually called him leader? And why did he seem so nervous? Wasn't she and Oliver the ones in danger here?

"How many fucking times do I have to tell you guys to leave the girls alone?!"

A silence met that question and you could have almost heard a needle being dropped. Was the guy blushing? Because it sure as hell looked like it.

"Ah, no- you don't understand! We were just-"

"Let her go."

Was he referring to her? Because she was pretty sure she was the one holding onto the gorilla and not vice versa. That was when she felt the hands grabbing onto her sweater and remembered the other guys who had been there.

As if they had been burned, the guys let go off her and she blinked once at them before looking back at the guy who still didn't look any less angry.

Before anything else happened, the thick atmosphere was cut when the school bell rung. Faster than her eyes could see, Oliver had bounced forward and grabbed her, slinging her over his shoulder before he ran away, towards the school entrance.

It was a very uncomfortable position but instead of thinking about the pain she felt in her ribs every time they collided with Oliver's shoulder, she looked straight ahead at the guys they had left behind. It was only then she remembered the girl that had started the whole scene and felt relieved when she saw that she was gone.

A few moments later they were inside the school and were hurrying to the second floor where their classrooms were located. Oliver had thankfully put her down as soon as they were inside and he had at first demanded that they'd go to the nurse's office- something which she stubbornly refused because a) she did not want to be late for class, and b) she wasn't even hurt in the first place.

The rest of the way, her childhood friend had scolded her about getting in the way and not leaving this to him 'especially because she hated fights', and asked her what he should tell her mother- which resulted in him receiving a raised eyebrow because why the hell should he tell her mom anything about this?

Before long, they were in front of their classroom, waving each other goodbye before walking in to start their lessons.

O.O.O.O

The day had passed surprisingly uneventful after their morning ruckus and Nicky had been relieved not to see any of the delinquents all day. She wouldn't have minded meeting the girl again though, if only to make sure she was alright after the harassment.

When the last class was over, Nicky headed out to the bus stop that was a few minutes' walk away from school. Oliver had club activities so they couldn't go home together. She had decided to restock on her groceries before going home to greet her new nanny which shouldn't be there until after an hour or so- meaning she should just make it to town and back home in time. Barely.

While she walked through the streets, shopping bags in hands, Nicky found herself thinking of this new nanny of hers. She knew next to nothing about him except that he was of the male species and an old friend of her mother. Not a name, picture, description- nothing, nix, nada.

Of course that was extremely uncomfortable for obvious reasons. What if, say, her real nanny was kidnapped and then replaced by a fake one- she would never know!

Of course, there were no chances that would actually happen. Despite her being an alright behaved girl, she was sure babysit- er, nannies wouldn't be fighting over her. The thought was amusing, though.

A little over an hour had passed when she made it to her house. It was a cute, blue, two story building. It looked smaller than the neighboring houses, but to her it was still huge- especially so for only two persons. Or one and a half, really, because her mother travelled a lot.

This was actually the first time Nicky had been left alone at home while her mother went on her regular business trips. Before she had always stayed with Oliver, but that had been because her mom had only been away for two weeks top. This was longer than she had ever been away and Nicky missed her just thinking about the two months awaiting her alone. Alone with some stranger nanny.

Shaking her head in attempt to rid herself of all depressing thoughts, Nicky stepped up to her front door and was about to open it when she remembered she didn't have her keys.

Her nanny should be here any minute now and she was locked outside. Beautiful.

Muttering curses under her breath, she made her way to the back of the house. They still had a pet door from when they had a dog a few years back- she should be able to push herself through it somehow. The problem was that she didn't have much time.

Putting the bags carefully aside, Nicky got on all fours, really wishing she had skipped lunch today. A cheese sandwich with jam, bananas and chicken, however good tasting, had her feeling full for hours after eating it.

Pushing those thoughts aside, Nicky took a deep breath before sticking one hand through the miniature door, followed by the other. After a bit of crawling and pushing, Nicky managed to put her head through but not without hitting her head in the process.

Hissing and cursing, Nicky was determined to make it the rest of the way, if only to win over the evil midget door that insisted on stopping her plans of getting inside her house.

Suddenly, she stopped. Had she just heard footsteps? As in, footsteps from inside the house? Impossible; that would be way too many coincidences for it be funny. She does not lock herself outside just before her nanny arrives while a thief is breaking into her house and she's stuck in a pet door. It would simply offset the nature laws.

Looking up to make sure, because one could never be too sure, Nicky's heart stopped beating for a moment when her eyes met purple ones. And then her heart began speeding and she screamed.

A/N:

And there goes the first chapter of my first story. Thank you for reading it!

All reviews would be greatly appreciated because I'm a noob in a dire need of constructive feedback.

Do you hate the idea of no canon characters? Do you love it? What do I lack and what did I do well? What did you have for breakfast?

I strongly felt Ryohei's presence when I wrote 'extremely' in this chapter. He just flashed into my mind and it was EXTREMELY funny!

Fun fact of the day: Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

-Rexx