"...So, don't forget that when Y is equal to X and X is equal to Y, the value of Z must always equal 0"
Briiiiingggg
The bell rung, finally allowing Nicky to be able to leave his final lesson. He'd been counting the minuets on the clock ever since his Calculus class had begun, the final class on the first Friday of the term. That meant one week was done at the shit-hole commonly referred to as Rydell High and he could now leave it and enjoy the weekend. Friday also meant that in three hours, he would be going on a date with none other than Lori Zuko. He practically ran out of the classroom when the bell went, looking all around for his best friend Tommy. Instead, he ran in to the one girl he was hoping to take out that evening.
"Hey, Lori. We still on for seven tonight?" He asked her. She was surrounded by the various members of the 'Pink Ladies', a group like the T-Birds but for girls. he T-Birds had in-fact once tried to get Ewan Felnic to join the group, especially considering it was meant specifically for the "Ladies'. That had been one of the funniest days ever.
"Well I haven't called and cancelled on you yet so take that as an assumed yes" She flirted subtly. Georgie Jackson, the current head of the pink ladies, seemed to be absolutely fuming in her pink jacket.
"Great, so I'll pick you up at the burger palace at seven" Nicky told her, walking away before she had a chance to change his perfect plans. He could hear Gemma Thomas, Sloane Rios and Jessica Andrews giggling excitedly behind him. They were the more excitable members of the Pink Ladies, the ones who were really just there to make up numbers. They weren't as pretty as Georgie or Lori, and not as sexy or witty either. Well Sloane was pretty, and hardly any one could argue with that.
"So, whats the plans for this evening? Whats happening? What are we all doing?" Gary asked, while Nicky took a puff of his newly lit cigarette.
"Well, I'm gonna go on my date with Lori, I'm gonna enjoy it and you are going to stay as far away from me as possible. Got that dipshit?" Nicky threatened his friend.
"Got it. So what about you Tommy? With Nicky taken, do you need a new wingman?" He asked, though he was asking thin air. Tommy was currently over talking to a girl with dull brown hair, her laughing at the words he was whispering into her ear.
"Looks like I'm not the only one with a date tonight" Nicky smirked, proud of his brother in all but blood. He smiled at him as he jogged over to the gang.
"So, who was that?" Martin teased.
"That my friend was Jeanie Ross" He explained to them, snatching the cigarette out of Carl's mouth.
"And are you taking her out tonight then?" Nicky asked.
"Yep. I figure if my best mate has a date tonight, I might as well try to get one as well" He replied, patting Nicky on the shoulder.
"So Nick, you gonna tell us how it goes tonight?" Carl begged eagerly.
"Yeah, I'm gonna come over, paint your nails, braid your hair and tell you all the gossip" He replied sarcastically. "You can find out tomorrow"
"God, I'm so nervous for you. I mean this is Lori. She is so hot!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah? Well if you find her so hot why don't you go on a date with her?" Nicky suggested.
"Believe me, I would if she wasn't going on a date with you" Carl told him. "So, where are you planning on taking her?"
"I dunno, I'll figure it out later"
All of his friends winced in reply.
"Why? What's wrong with that? I never had a plan when I use to take Georgie out" Nicky asked concerned.
"You can't improvise when you take a girl like her out! I mean, Nicky, you can't be the only offer she's had since she's gotten here. I mean, look at her!" Gary warned him, as the group piled into the car.
"Even if you don't want to take these virgins, listen to me. You may have been able to get away with taking Georgie to MacDonalds, but a girl like Lori? No no, she'll want to do something nice" Tommy told him.
"What, so take her to a proper restaurant or something?" Nicky asked.
"No, just. I don't know actually do something. I think theres a film on at the drive-through tonight, why don't you take her to that?" Tommy suggested.
"Oh, and is that where you're planning on taking Jeanie whatever tonight?" He questioned, throwing the remainder of his cigarette out of the window.
"Yeah, but have you seen her? I honestly don't think we'll be watching the film that much..."
So by the time seven pm came, Nicky strolled into the Burger Palace, looking around for the blonde haired girl.
"Hey you" A familiar voice said from behind him.
"Hey" He smirked, looking at her amazing body in her short tight dress. "You ready to go?"
"Only if you tell me where we're going" She replied, swaying her hips as he lead her to his car.
"Well, that depends, have you seen the new Superman movie?" He asked.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I have" She answered, and the smirk instantly dropped from Nicky's face. The perfect plan he had the boys help him create was now destroyed in a second.
"Well, we won't be going to see that then" He told her, taking his seat in the driver's seat. "Anything you want to do then?"
"Well, since we're here we might as well grab a burger? The place is practically empty anyway, considering everyones either at the drive in or the Pep Rally" Lori suggested.
"Sounds like fun" Nicky said. This was the last time he would be listening to the idiots he called friends, including Tommy now.
"So you're from Australia? That's pretty cool..." Nicky began.
"It is isn't it? It's a great place over there, the sun, the beach" She laughed.
"We have the beach over here!" Nicky defended his home town.
"Yeah but I'm sure it's nothing like the one we have in Australia" Lori replied.
"Have you not been to the beach yet then?" He asked her.
"Well, not exactly"
"What do you mean not exactly?"
"I mean my parents took me and I didn't get out of the car"
"Then it looks like that burgers just going to have to wait" Nicky said, turning the car around so they were heading strait towards the beach.
The couple stepped out onto the warm sand on one of the beautiful beaches of California.
"So, whats so different between this place and your beach in Australia?" He asked her.
"Nothing but the fact that in Australia we don't have American boys boasting about how much better their beaches our than ours" She teased.
"So, you admit that the beach on Cali is better than yours?" He laughed.
"I didn't say that"
"You implied it"
"Did not"
"Yeah, I think you did" Nicky smirked at the laughing Lori. She removed her shoes and strolled along the beach, side by side with Nicky.
"So, why'd your family move over from Australia?" He asked.
"My dad's from over here and his parents were sick. Long story short someone needed to come over and take care of them" She told him, brushing a stray piece of hair from out of her face.
"Lori, I'm so sorry" He told her.
"Forget about it, it happens" She replied.
"How are you liking Rydell anyway?" Nicky asked, trying to change what seemed to be an uncomfortable conversation.
"You sound just like the Principal when I spoke to her earlier today" She replied, rolling her blue eyes.
This was how the evening went, with the two of them sharing stories, memories and everything else. Of course the evening eventually had to end, and both Lori and Nicky were almost sad that after a wonderful night he had to drop her off home in his beat-up car.
"I had a really great time tonight" Lori told him.
"Me too" He replied, before leaning in for a quick kiss. "We should do this again sometime"
"Definitely" Was her reply, before she left the car and walked into her own house. The second the door opened, Nicky drove off away from the house and towards his own.
"So, how was your date?" Sandy asked her daughter, who threw her black jacket on the sofa.
"Do you need to be so loud? You know dad is nearby and you know how he is any time I have a date" She reminded her mother.
"Whats this about a date?" Danny said, entering the room. Lori groaned in reply. "Who were you on a date with?"
"Does it honestly matter?" Lori replied.
"Well, you can tell me or you can let me find out on my own. Which one would you prefer?" Danny asked his daughter, ruffling her hair in the way she hated.
"Nicky Rizzo" She scoffed, annoyed she had given up so quickly. Her father turned around, eyes widened in surprise.
"Rizzo? I didn't know she had a son" He said, turning back to his wife.
"Yeah, he's not that much older than Lori" She replied. "I met her in the supermarket the other day. You know she's a nurse now?"
"Aren't you meant to care for people in that job? Shouldn't she be, you know, caring?" He asked.
"She's changed, a lot" She told him.
"Well, I'd like to meet her and her son then" Danny claimed.
"We made Lori move out here, don't you think you should let her settle in for more than a week before humiliating her to no end?" Sandy suggested.
"I'm her dad, it's what I do best" He smirked, placing a small peck on his wife's lips.
I know this is short and not very good, but I had a bit of writers block. I know where this story is going but I'm not too sure how to get there, so I will try and get it better for next time. For now, I hope you enjoyed this chapter x