Nikki's POV
I looked in the mirror, smiling slightly at my reflection. I wasn't smiling at myself; no I'm not that self-centred. I was smiling at my boyfriend slowly trying sneak up behind me. Forgetting I was looking in the mirror so I could see behind me perfectly well, oh boys are such idiots. I've been thinking that since I was about twelve you know… doesn't really seem to change. There are just other redeeming qualities now… like what I was going to do, just before Derek was about to swoop in and say "Boo." And trust me he was… I know my boyfriend.
I spun around and kissed him, smiling very wide.
"How did you know?" He pouted.
"I'm in front of a mirror, doofus."
"Looked like my plan worked perfectly then." Um… not sure that made sense, but I guess I'll humour him.
"Sure…"
"Let me think about it, what would I rather have a little shock from my girlfriend, or a kiss from the girl who now thinks I'm adorable?" Damn it, maybe he was smarter than I gave him credit for. Oh wait, he was an actor, scratch that. It's not that I have anything against actors, I'm one myself. But you just can't trust a word that comes out of their mouths. Does that mean you can't trust what I just said? Which would mean you can trust actors... which would mean you can't... okay, I'm going round in a circle. Moving on.
"A little shock…" I laughed and he smiled wide.
"You know, sometimes I hate how well you know me."
"No you don't…" I laughed.
"You see, that's how well you know me." Okay, so he might be an idiot but he's my idiot. You know, I think he may only be an idiot around me. Aww… how sweet is that? I fell back into his arms smiling my face off. But he checked his watch and I groaned.
"No…" It couldn't be time to go to Jazz's already.
"It's time to go to Jazz's… and then..." I knew what the next phrase was. And then you have to go home. Derek's parents weren't going to let me stay another night. I mean I knew I had to go home and deal with it eventually but was it such a crime to want to put it off for a bit. My mom had just gone and announced we were moving to… drumroll, (I know it's not a good thing, I just like being dramatic)… Alaska. She's shooting a new movie which she will star in and she even offered me a pity part. But I turned it down, there is no way I'm moving, she's begun to accomplish her dreams why can't she leave me to accomplish mine. I'm finally settled in at HA. I have friends, a loving boyfriend. I AM NOT MOVING TO ALASKA! I actually do not care what my mom says.
The car ride was silent and awkward. This was something Derek and I normally were definitely not normally. I knew he had no choice that his parents were kicking me out, they said it's what they would want Derek to do if he was in my position. Not that Derek would ever be in my position; he didn't have a famous actress for a parent who didn't care about anybody else's feelings but hers. And how I envied Derek for that, the fact that his parents were actually normal.
We arrived at Jazz's and I sighed at Derek again.
"Look, I know you can't help it that I can't stay anymore." I told him.
He sighed at looked at me, "You are not moving… I don't care what my parents say. If I have to I will do what they do in all those cheesy Disney Channel shows and have my best-friend move in with them and my family. Because you may be my girl-friend, but you're also my best-friend and I can't lose you." Wow… that was a corny speech, but I guess I appreciated it. I wasn't sure if my mom would leave without me; because I am not coming with her… but it was nice to do I wouldn't be stranded if she did. Wait, can you leave home at 16…? I think you can.
Anyway, back to the story… but hang on, it was interesting to see that my boy-friend still watches Disney Channel at 16… hmm…
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Wait I was telling the story wasn't I. Actually I don't think I can be bothered anymore.
Jazz's POV
Nikki and Derek came through the door looking kind of stressed. Back that was fine… there had obviously been something bothering her earlier when Derek basically kicked us all out of her house. But it was fine… if, Nikki wanted to tell me, she'd tell me.
Right now, I had to focus on the play. Maybe it would make my career, maybe it would make Nikki's or Connor's or the career of anyone else. Maybe I was just being stupid though, getting my hopes up for nothing. To take my mind off the nerves building in my stomach I focused my eyes back on the girl in front of me. I mean, I was the director, if I wasn't going to be calm who would be?
"I can't believe him!" She yelled. It felt really weird talking to Aphrodite about Ryder... but I guess she was is a worse situation than I was. Her and Ryder had dated for months, I had had only one date with him.
"You know, I guess I always kind of knew. Trina warned me, Ant warned me... I just didn't listen."
Somehow Nikki managed to only pick up one world in that sentence... 'Trina'
"Wait, you're friends with Trina?" She said breaking up her daily session of PDA with Derek and coming over. Ryan broke away from diccussing something or other as welland joined in.
"Kick her out." She said just about as rudely as she possibly could manage. Aprodite looked around her and gave a glare to my friends. Well I guess, they were insulting her friend.
"May I continue?" She asked, at least she was polite... I nodded, smiling at her in an attempt to re-assure her.
"I guess I really dated him to help me get over..." She broke into a whisper, so only I could hear which was probably smart with the amount of people eavesdropping on our conversation. "Beck..."
I wasn't quite so smart as the brunette sitting in front of me though. "To get over BECK!" I yelled and suddenly my friends looked ready to pounce.
"Wait!" Derek said, I guess he was always the voice of reason. "Did it work...?" He asked her and I crossed my fingers hoping she'd be clever enough to answer correctly.
"No..." as the words were uttered I could see Ryan and Nikki go 'into' attack position' and Ryan snarled, well I don't really like using that word about my friends but in this case it really was actually a snarl and there was no other way to describe it.
"Get out!" Aphrodite glanced at me and I shrugged back at her, at this point there was nothing I could do.
"OUT!" She screamed again and this time Aphrodite raced for the door, she left just as Aspen and Jamie arrived, and they took one look at her and just nodded. When you're around us things like that happen all the time.
"Thanks for the lift Ryan." Jamie said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Which now that I think about it, Jamie's voice often is... but never mind.
I looked at Ryan in confusion as she headed over to Jamie to have her daily snog with her new boyfriend, she had got here ten minutes ago.
"She picked us up then dumped us out and told us to walk the rest of the way." You know what, that sounded like Ryan. But I could have sworn that Aspen just winked at her, that together with her outfit and... Oh god, this was about my brother wasn't it. Quick Jazz think about something else. Oh look, now I'm talking to myself, I've got to stop doing that... I am now talking to myself to tell myself to stop talking to myself. Good logic there, Jazz... Wait... Urgh...
But don't worry soon something came to distract me... or should I say someone? To be more specific Maddie walked through the door and we all pretty much froze in shock. She was a girl whose face I hadn't seen in a long time and a face that some of us (Jamie himself included sometimes) had thought we would never see alive again.
Wow... (I use a lot of dot dot dots don't I) how long has it been since I updated this one. Three stories running is harder than I thought. Especially when I have to try and keep up with the speed that Pinkbull writes in Turning Tables, but it
Oh and before I forget I would like to thank Gothic Guitars for giving me the idea for the top bit of Nerek. Not that she knew she was giving it to me at the time. But it stemmed from a conversation we had earlier. And for those I haven't already said it to "MERRY CHRISTMAS"
Santa, Sensitivity, Serenity and Insanity
CANON 24
