Chapter 9
"That. Is. Enough, Barry!" Nikki practically screamed.
"Alright Nikki." Barry replied, before muttering, "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Which caused all the other kids to snigger. Nikki slammed a book down on the table which shocked them so much they all shut up. This would've made the teacher laugh if she wasn't in such a cynical mood. She'd had yet another long night just laying in bed, unable to get comfy and overthinking. She'd regretted not confiding in Stuart the other week, she considered him a close friend even if she hadn't really spoke to him, apart from to check on how Eve was doing every so often, for the past seventeen years. In some ways he deserved to know. She knew he blamed himself for what went wrong, just like she did. Maybe it would have made him feel less guilty about the whole situation. Then her thoughts turned to those full, almost coral-coloured lips and her stunning, always perfectly curled, golden hair. She always thought of Lo when she couldn't sleep, wondering what the hot business woman was currently doing. Did she ever think about Nikki? Was she thinking about her right now? These thoughts almost always meant she wasn't going to get a lot of sleep that night. She could easily worry about Lo for hours on end. She, nor Sonya, from what she'd heard, had even spoken to her since that day.
Well, it was fair to say that she was downright exhausted. She hated being tired, she knew it really did bring out her worst side. She'd arrived in the staffroom late this morning, missing Christine's briefing. She'd gone straight over to the kitchenette to make a coffee but decided against the idea and just got a glass of water. She was regretting that now. Her eyes felt heavy and she was so irritable that she was beginning to irritate herself with her fussiness. Bringing herself out of her thoughts, she yelled, "Cooler now Barry Barry. And it's Miss Boston!" Then she added sternly, "And I want to see you back here at lunch." Reluctantly, the boy swaggered out of the room, not before giving the brunette a cheeky wink, "Did Miss Boston just ask me out? Never really thought I'd be her type, if ya get what I mean." He said loud enough for the whole class to hear.
"Out!"
"Well after Mr Reid I suppose anything's possible." He whispered in Nikki's ear. Nikki tried to remain calm, not showing any discomfort whilst the likes of Darren and Rhiannon sniggered. Being on the front row, they were the only one's who had heard Barry's comment.
The rest of the lesson went relatively smoothly, besides the constant sniggering from the front row kids. Ring, the sound Nikki had been dying to hear all morning; the start of lunch. "Right class, remember your homework is due in tomorrow and if you don't hand it in on time there will be detention, no exceptions, you can leave." She sighed as she sat behind her desk, rubbing her temples with her index fingers. Her class practically ran out of the room for their dinner, desperate to be away from her company, Nikki also wanting to be away from theirs. She heard a knock at her door. Sighing she looked up, "what Hector?" She asked impatiently. She couldn't be doing with his cheesy out-of-date chat up lines at the moment. "I just wanted to see if you were okay. You didn't, still don't by the looks of things, seem yourself. If you don't mind me sayi-"
"I'm fine for God's sake!" She retaliated.
"Sorry. I've not slept very well. Got an awful headache. Barry's being driving me up the wall and across the ceiling. Need I say more."
"A most enjoyable day by one's sounds of things." He spoke in a fake posh accent, 'god knows why' Nikki thought but she laughed all the same. "Ow. You don't happen to have any paracetamol on you do you?" Nikki asked with a fake cute smile which only made Hector laugh. "Well your day might be starting to get better Miss B." He smirked smoothly as he pulled a pack out of his back pocket and threw them in Nikki's direction along with her bottle of water which was at the other side of the room. Nikki caught them perfectly and took the tablets with one big gulp of water. "Thanks Hector." She smiled gratefully.
"Oh you're not being nice to me again after last time." He joked.
"I'm sorry about that. I messed you about I shouldn't have lead you on." He walked over to her. Nikki gasped, thinking the worst. He pulled her into a hug, wrapping his arms around her petite waist. "No. I messed you about. And for that I'm sorry." Nikki smiled pulling away from the hug. When she did this, she noticed how close their faces were. "But that doesn't mean to say I regret it." He whispered, stroking her soft cheek with the slightly rougher pad of his thumb. Nikki quickly breathed in. Hector noticed this and smirked causing Nikki to go slightly red with embarrassment. His lips were less than an inch away from hers. Both parties were dying to close the gap, even though they knew how wrong it was. However both pulled away realising that it would only end in disaster. It was a good job they did as Barry Barry walked back into the room, "Hey. I never agreed to a threesome Miss." Barry teased, curling his lip into a sly grin when he noticed them still stood rather closely together. "Shut up and sit down Barry. I think you owe Miss Boston an apology, don't you?" Hector instructed.
"Soz Miss. 't was only a joke. We like our little jokes don't we Nik-I mean Miss Boston."
"Why don't you go for some lunch and I'll watch him." Hector offered.
"Thanks. I'll bring you back a coffee." She was dying to get out of that hot, stuffy room and Barry-bloody-Barry of course. She left the room to go and have her lunch. Thank God it's Friday, she thought.
