Chapter Four:

Troubled Boys

Nikki, Cameron, and Amber walked back to Nikki's with no more discussion of Nikki and Cameron's sexual habits much to Amber distress.

"Come on you guys just a little detail." She begged as they walked back into the house just in time for dinner.

"No Amber." Nikki smiled.

"Must have not been that hot then." She said walking to the kitchen.

"Oh trust me it was hot." Cameron said setting his stuff by the back door. Nikki smiled at him and winked, he smiled back wiggling his eyebrows at her. She giggled.

"What was hot?" Ava asked as she came down the stairs to check on dinner.

"Nothing." The three teenagers said together. Ava gave them all a funny look. "Oookay well go set the table then." Amber went to the cupboard and grabbed the plates while Cameron grabbed the silverware and Nikki got the glasses. Ava watched the kids; it had been like this for a couple of weeks now. It was like Amber and Cameron lived there. If they weren't around she was always asking Nikki where they were or why they weren't there. She smiled as they all talked and set the table she was so happy for Nikki.

"So what's for dinner Aunt A?" Amber asked as she hopped on a barstool at the breakfast bar.

"Lasagna," she said pulling it out of the oven.

"Mm smells so good." Cameron said standing next to Amber looking at the food.

"Sheesh Cam don't drool." She said closing his mouth. Nikki stood back and watched her best friends. She knew from this moment on that her life would never be the same. And that the three of them were in it until the end. Nikki walked over to them and sat next to Amber as Ava stuck the garlic bread in the oven. They sat around and talked for a few minutes until the door slammed open. Bradin stormed into the house and walked straight to his bedroom he almost reached the door when Jay yelled at him.

"Bradin don't you walk away from me. We are not done having this discussion." He said as he closed the front door and made his way down the stairs.

"There is nothing left to talk about I know what you said and it won't happen again." Bradin said turning to face him.

"That's not good enough anymore Bradin you always say it won't happen again." Jay said search Bradin's face for a real apology. "You're fired." He finished, not finding the apology he hoped he would.

"Whatever man," Bradin said walking into his room and slamming the door. Ava was already at Jay's side.

"Jay what happened?" she asked laying a hand on his shoulder.

"I caught him and Sarah in the back all but having sex." He said and he walked out to his room. Nikki looked over at her friends who both wore a look of shock. Nikki looked back over at her aunt noticing that she was having trouble deciding whether or not to go into Bradin's room and talk. Nikki got up and went to her aunt.

"Can I talk to him first?" she asked Ava was about to protest when she saw the look on Nikki's face and nodded. Nikki slowly opened the door and lightly knocked.

"Hey can I come in?" she asked to her brothers back.

"Looks like your already in Nik." He said standing up and looking at her shoving his hands in his pockets.

"Bradin what's going on?" she asked closing the door behind her.

"Nothing you need to worry about Nikki." He said walking to her going to open the door.

"This isn't you Bradin, and I know that you know that." She said he let his hand fall back to his side and looked at his little sister. She looked at him with sadness in her eyes, a look he wasn't ready to see. "I know that we moved to a new place and that we can start over and have different lives, but you don't need to change who you are or what you believe in." she said then she grabbed the handle letting herself out. She walked out of the room and went to sit in between her start at a new life smiling at Amber and Cameron and she was still the same Nikki she had always been. Soon after dinner Nikki, Cameron and Amber disappeared to Nikki's room to get all the things they would need for their camp out.

"Okay so we need flash lights, blankets, pillows, snacks…" Nikki said running around her room.

"Oo S'mores," Amber said reading a magazine lying on Nikki's bed.

"Nikki chill I'm sure we'll remember everything and if we don't your aunt lives like 30 seconds away." Cameron said sitting on the floor with his back resting against the bed.

"Your attempts won't work, she'll freak out about every little detail until we get down there, I'm surprised that she hasn't been stressing before now." Amber said lying on her stomach hanging her arms and head off the bed next to Cameron. "She is kind of fun to watch though." Amber said smiling over at him. He smiled back at her then looked at his stress out girlfriend and got up.

"Nikki, Nik stop." He said grabbing her by the arms. She huffed looking up at him.

"What I just want to make sure we have everything." He smiled down at her and put his forehead against hers.

"Nikki all I need is you." She smiled at his words and relaxed.

"Oh god you two make me sick." Amber said getting up off the bed and walking out of the room. She went down to Ava and Susannah's office and looked at Ava's deigns.

"Oh hey Amber what are you doing down here?" Susannah asked coming up the stairs.

"Oh there was a sentimental moment upstairs and I didn't want to be around to see it." She said shrugging.

"Oh I see," Susannah answered, Amber's eyes widened in shock as she realized she was talking to an adult.

"Although there was nothing more than just words exchanged I'm sure there done now." Amber said going back toward the stairs.

"Amber its okay I don't care that they're alone I trust them to make the right decisions, Ava's the one that freaks over it." Susannah said. "But you might want to get up there before Ava does come up here and wonders what they are doing." Susannah smiled Amber smiled and started up the stairs.

"So about you telling your dad that I was your girlfriend." Nikki said as soon as Amber made her escape.

"Yeah?" Cameron asked wrapping his arms around her waist. Looking more like he wanted to do something else then talking.

"Are you going to break up with Jordan?" Nikki asked Cameron looked up into her eyes as they had been roaming all over her.

"Well you heard Amber, and she's most likely right." Nikki huffed and crossed her arms.

"That's not the point." She said getting angry.

"Then what is the point?" He said getting mad himself.

"The point is that she should know for good that you're done with her, and not just go on what someone else told her. And I don't want to be a-a home wrecker." She said walking away from him. He sighed.

"Okay, okay Nik I will I'll do it first thing tomorrow let's just have a good night tonight okay?" he walked up to her and grabbed her chin making her look at him. "Okay?" he asked again. She nodded as he pulled her into a hug. "And you're not a home wrecker, if anything I'm a cheating boyfriend." He said into her hair.

"Uh I never thought about it that way." She said pulling back and smiling at him.

"Shut up." He said smiling back, and then he leaned down and kissed her just as Amber walked in.

"Seriously you think you guys have hot make out sessions, God Cam have you lost your touch." She said sitting on the bed.

"Even though it's none of your business, we had just started kissing and he has not lost his touch. Today he had me pinned against the door holding me up with my legs wrapped around him." Nikki said feeling as though her ego had been bruised even though Amber was talking about Cameron.

"Wow Cam I didn't think you had it in you to take control." She said smiling at the blushing boy.

"Well I do." Cameron said he looked at Nikki giving her thanks with his eyes. She smiled at him and slightly nodded.

"Alright let's go to the beach." Nikki said grabbing her sleeping bag and pillow. "Oh wait I need to change." Cameron walked out of the room without having to be told and sat down on the stairs. Soon the girls came down the stairs in their pajamas and over sized sweatshirts, carrying their sleeping bags and pillows. Cameron stood up and grabbed Nikki's sleeping bag for her. He looked down at Nikki's shorts and smiled.

"I like your shorts where'd ya get em?" he asked, she smiled up and him and shrugged.

"From this really great good lookin' guy. He left them over at my house one day and I just decided not to give them back." she said. He smiled leaning down and kissed her.

"Nikki can I talk to you for a sec?" Ava asked as the teens came down into the living room.

"Sure." Nikki asked walking over to her aunt in the kitchen while Amber and Cameron got all the stuff piled by the back door.

"I just want to make sure that Amber is going to be with you at all times." Ava said looking Nikki in the eye.

"Yes Aunt Ava she is you don't have to worry about anything. Nothing will happen." She said smiling at her aunt. "I really like him; do you think he really likes me too?" She asked.

"Well Nik I must say the way he's looking at you right now proves it." She said nodding over at the boy. Nikki looked over and Cameron and smiled, he smiled back.

"Come on Nik." He said.

"Thanks Aunt Ava." Nikki said hugging her aunt. They grabbed all there essentials and headed down to the beach. Nikki and Amber laid out the sleeping bags while Cameron went to get fire wood. And soon enough they were all sitting around the fire roasting marshmallows.

A/N: otay now that all the basics are out of the way we are going to have some fun with Nikki and Cameron there make out session in chapter three was just a small preview of what is to come!! teehee i hope you like it and reviews are welcome teehee...

peace and chicken grease!!