Ok here's the next chapter for Nikki's Story and just FYI, for hiddenangel7 and ToddLover13, I decided to update this BEFORE my Family Time story and risk Genesis, Grace and Keila killing me in my sleep, so you guys should love me forever for this. Hahaha. I hope you guys like it. I know I said to some of you that I would make Nikki type it, but she was gone all weekend and my schedule got crazy and I just now found time to write this. I promise I won't take so long to update again. Oh, and to those of you who read my Labyrinth fanfic, Finally Family, and my Phantom of the Opera fic, The Phantom's Apprentice, I will either update this weekend or next, I promise.
(o).O Saturday, Laundromat. Nikki's POV (o).O
I walked into the Coin Wash around 10:30 that morning and immediately looked around for Billy. I quickly found him sitting on the counter next to my usual washing machine, holding to Styrofoam containers. "Hey, Nik." He greeted, standing to meet me. "Oh, wow." I said, catching a glimpse of his shirt. He was wearing a t-shirt with Yoshi on it. Normally this wouldn't have been a big deal, but I had just happened to wear my 'I love Yoshi' t-shirt today. "What a crazy random happenstance!" He commented sincerely. I laughed and just looked at him.
Then there was a long, slightly comfortable silence, where we were enjoying each other's presence, but looking for words to say at the same time. After a long pause he offered me one of the containers in his hand. "Fro Yo?" "Thanks." I accepted, taking the offered container and moving to sit on the counter. He sat next to me and handed me a spork.
"No way!" I shouted. "What?" he asked, startled. "It's a spork!" I exclaimed, holding it in front of my face with an amazed expression on my face. He sighed in relief and began laughing. "A girl who appreciates the small stuff. I like it!" He complimented. I blushed and took the lid off of my frozen yogurt and put a small spoonful in my mouth, hiding in my hair.
(o).O About an hour later, Still at Laundromat, Nikki's POV (o).O
"So, that's when my family moved to L.A and we've been here ever since." I said, finishing my story. "Cool. I've lived here all my life. I never knew my parents. I was raised in an orphanage since I was a baby." He told me, slight sadness evident in his voice. "That's terrible!" I shouted. "Yeah. No one was really ever friends with me at my school. Everyone thought I was a loser." "Well then it's too bad we didn't go to the same school." I said, taking his hand and smiling at him. We were still sitting on the counter and so we were really close. Like, so close I could feel the heat radiating off of him. He began leaning in, and I did too. We were about an inch away from kissing when the television across the room began blaring again "Dr. Horrible hasn't been spotted for some time. Has he finally ended his reign on L.A and moved to a new town, or is he in the process of creating yet another deadly scheme?"
We both jumped away from each other, blushing like mad and looking different directions. "I hope he has left." I spoke after I'd regained my composure. Billy's head snapped around and looked at me with pure surprise in his eyes. "Why's that?" "Because he's a menace. He terrorizes the city, and for what? Fun? Pleasure? Does he enjoy ruining people's lives?" I asked no one in particular. "Have you met him?" he asked. "Yes. I have. Twice. He confuses me to no end. He'll act sweet one second and then he'll be evil Dr. Horrible again the next. It just doesn't make sense to me." I answered. "Oh…" He said, looking down. I looked down, too, because just thinking about that man confused me.
"Do you wanna go somewhere?" he asked after what felt like years of silence. "Where?" I asked. "I dunno. Dinner, a movie, a party. Wherever you want to go." He said. "Hmmm. Doesn't that new movie, Dolphin Tale, come out today?" I asked. "I think so. Wanna go?" he asked my hopefully. "Sure." I accepted. He beamed at me and said "C'mon, we can drop your laundry off at your house and then drive to the movie theater." He said. "One problem, I don't have a car." I said. "That's alright. I do. I can give you a ride." He offered. I smiled at him and he took my hand and led me to the door.
(o).O Nikki's (And everyone else's) apartment (o).O
"Here, it's this one." I said to Billy, coming up to my apartment door. I opened it and led him inside, looking for any signs of my sisters in the process. "Hello?" I called into the surprisingly dark apartment. "Hey." Emma called back. "Why's it so dark in here?" I asked her, walking into the living room. She was sitting on the couch eating and ice cream bar, Dmetri on her lap. "Because I didn't wanna get up and this little monster can't reach the light switch." She explained. "Oh." I said, turning on the lights. Emma blinked and let Dmetri have a bite of her ice cream. How the two things are related, I don't know, but you learn not to ask questions in this family. "Go eat that in the kitchen 'Metri." Emma instructed, handing him her ice cream.
He quickly scurried off into the kitchen with the ice cream and Emma looked behind me to Billy, who was slowly approaching. "Who's that?" Emma said, pulling her sweatshirt tighter around her, She wasn't really a huge fan of new people, especially men. You can't blame her though; all the men in our family (other than Dmetri) hated her when we were growing up.
"This is Billy, my fellow…laundry…. person." I explained awkwardly. Emma hummed her understanding and looked at Billy, skeptically. "Do I know you from somewhere? You're horribly familiar." Emma asked. "Just one of those faces I guess." Billy answered, slightly uncomfortable, but I just figured it was because Emma was staring at him.
The atmosphere was tense, and you could most likely cut it with a knife. Emma sat on the couch, legs in her way-too-big sweatshirt and arms tightly wrapped around her, Billy stood, shifting awkwardly every few seconds from foot to foot, and I stood in the middle, looking back and forth between them. This was honestly not how I thought this would go.
"Hey, dudes!" My sister, Genesis, shouted, walking into the room. Never in my life had I been more relived for one of Genesis's random entries. "Hey, Gen!" Emma greeted standing and smiling at our little sister. Genesis and Emma were almost as close and she and I; Emma had practically raised the little terror and Emma was one of the only people alive who could handle Genesis when she was in a mood.
"Hey, who are you?" Genesis asked, hiding halfway behind Emma. "I'm Billy, her 'fellow…laundry…person.'" He answered, obviously play-mocking me. I smiled and shoved his arm and he shot me back a huge grin that made my heart melt a little. I turned back to my sisters to see that they both had the same expression on the face (One eyebrow raised, the other lowered, lips pouted and slightly to the side) which made me giggle. Then Genesis got this evil grin on her face which, when seen by Emma, was mirrored by the blonde girl. They had something in mind and whatever it was, it was not good.
(o).O Ten Minutes Later (o).O
"Ok, we're leaving." I shouted over my sisters starting on another round of questions on Billy. "But…" Genesis began to protest. "No buts! I'll be back later." I shouted, pushing Billy out the door and closing it before anyone could say anything.
"I'm so sorry about that. They don't normally do that, I swear!" I apologized to Billy. I could not believe that my sisters would do something like that. Genesis maybe, but Emma? I didn't think my own twin, who had tried to get me to go out with boys, would actually try to scare one away from me.
"It's okay, I understand. It's not your fault. Now come on. Let me take you out to eat, fair lady." He said the last part in a (Obviously fake) British accent. I giggled and took his arm that he'd offered and followed as he led me down the hallway to the car.
MwhahahahahahahaHA! I am evil! I am ending it there. I'll update soon though. Nikki's gonna kill me. Oh well. Please Read and Review so I know you like it, and ask my reviewers, I update fast when people review.
Hope all of you have wonderful weekends,
Emma