in the best interest-assignments
**sorry if it seems like nikki is getting shown to much. i'm going thru a lot and its easier to write it out. but this isnt even gonna come close to being a nikki story. i'm just warning u if it seems like nikki is getting a lot of attention. please review if you wanna see more of specific character just tell me and i'll try. there are a few characters i'm thinking of sending home but i don't know. well bye. sorry this message looks like crap, don't feel like hitting the shift key. yes im lazy. oh well.**
It was 8:45 AM, and class was about to start. Peter hadn't walked in yet, and Nikki and Riley weren't there yet, either. Everyone else was either sleeping or trying to get last nights homework done.
**With Riley and Nikki**
"Why don't you just tell him, Nikki?" Riley demanded. Nikki sighed. "I don't know, okay? I just don't feel like it." "IF you're like this you don't need to act like you're happy!" he snapped. She glared at him. "You're not my dad, Riley. I can take care of myself!" she yelled. "I'm just trying to help," he muttered, hurt that she wouldn't let him help her. "Well if I want your help I'll ask." was her answer. "But you don't ASK! That's just it, you won't take help from anyone!" he said, throwing his hands up in exasperation.
Riley ran to class, walking in just as Peter sat down. Riley walked up to his desk, expecting a lecture. "So you decided to show, Riley? Is Nikki trying to be fashionably late, too?" Peter asked, raising an eyebrow. Riley shrugged. "I wouldn't know." Peter looked at him. "RIley-" "I don't know where she is, okay?" "Do you want to talk about something?" Peter asked. Riley didn't answer for a minute. Then he nodded slowly. "She doesn't talk to me anymore." Riley mumbled then went and sat down.
FIve minutes later Nikki still hadn't shown up. Sophie walked in and looked around. The class was quiet-Sam was drawing, Riley was glaring ahead, the others doing various things. The others...Except Nikki. She walked up to Peter.
"Where's Nikki? Is she sick? I didn't see her in the nurse's office." Sophie remarked. Peter shook his head, "I thought she was with you. Rileycame in and was upset. I..." he trailed off. "I'll go look for her," Sophie said. Just then, Nikki walked in.
"Uh, sorry I...I was in the nurse's office. Had a headache," Nikki mumbled and went to sit down. "NIkki," Peter stopped her. SHe rolled her eyes and turned around. "What?" she mumbled. "Come outside with me, please." She froze in her step. "I'm sorry, geez Peter..." she trailed off. "Nikki." he said sternly.
She walked outside reluctantly and Peter followed her. "NIkki, what's up?" he asked her. "Nothing." she answered. "There's not? Why were you so late?" "Fifteen minutes isn't late." "It is when the school isn't three minutes from the dorms."
"I'm sorry. God what do you want?! It's not like I was skipping!" she said, her voice raising. "Do you promise me there's nothing wrong?" he asked. "I don't promise anything anymore. Can I go back inside? I'm wasting precious learning moments here. Wouldn't wanna get dumb now would I?" she asked sarcastically and easily slid past him and walked to her desk. Sophie met him halfway as he was walking back to his desk. "Anything?" he shook his head, "but I have a feeling that Riley knows something."
Sophie walked out and Peter got on with the assignment, but he couldn't concentrate because it seemed so...quiet. Nikki was staring out the window and Riley was just staring ahead.
"...It's due tomorrow, no groaning," since the main groaning came from Katie, Kristin (who were both trying to wake up still) and Riley and Nikki, there was no groaning except more Mark and Cole, "I want you to write about one thing you wish would change in the world. It doesn't have to be the biggest, but just off the top of your head one thing. Any questions?"
Cole raised his hand. "How long this time?" he asked. "Just as long as it takes. As long as it takes to give a reason, explain it, and make sure your sentances are complete and structured."
Sam didn't even have the energy to crack jokes that Mark just might not understand that english lingo. Peter sighed. it was sort of depressing. He figured that, between Mark and Sam fighting, Benji and Sam fighting, Cole and Mark talking, Katie and Kristin talking to falling asleep, and Nikki and Riley not helping at all, it would take at least two hours to get through that.
"Any other questions?" Katie raised her hand. "Since no one is really in the mood to learn, and you're obviously not in the mood to teach, I think we should be dismissed early. And some people didn't get to sleep until 3 AM." She pointed out.
Peter eyed her for a second. "Those certain people need to quit doing that then." he said. "What about the other thing? Come on Peter it's not like any of us is going to answer any questions. We're all brain dead."
"Alright alright.. But expect more stuff tomorrow," he warned. They all jumped up and ran out. Except Nikki and Riley, who slowly got their stuff together and left seperately. "Riley, you can go to my office now." Peter said.
When they were in his office, Peter began to ask. "What's up?" Riley was hesitant at first. "I think something's wrong with Nikki..I think her meds are wrong."
"That's not what you were going to say, Riley." Peter answered knowingly. "You don't know what I was going to say!" Riley snapped and it was quiet. "It wasn't what I was gonna say. i would tell you but I can't. I promised. but I tink her essay might say something about it. If she does it."
"Riley you said something about her meds earlier. What's that about?" "I thought you knew? SHe use to take prozac." RIley asnwered in a confused tone. Peter shook his head. "It's not on here."
"Well it was before I knew her..She moves an awful lot. In the 5th grade she took it but her mom never took her back to get her prescription filled." "Fifth grade..." Peter said thoughtfully. He remembered reading that that wasn't her best year with the law or the school system. "Yeah. Her science teacher was kinda mean. SHe doesn't have ADD like people think she does. She's real hyper, yeah, but she takes ritalin because it calms her down and because it kinda regulates something in her brain..The prozac messed it up because hse started taking it and then stopped and it was on off. Since she was young it messed up her head." Riley explained.
"How do you know all this? Did she tell you?" Peter questioned. "Nah. I mean, some of it. But my mom takes prozac to and I asked her what would happen if a kid took it on off and she said it could mess up something in their brain, I forgot what. Then I just pieced it together."
"You're a good friend RIley." "I wish she'd think the same way." "RIley you know she does. She just tries to cover up things but ignoring people. You do it, too." "Whatever!"
*That whatever was kinda sarcastic like, but not like he didn't believe Peter. Just a joking way. Well yeah long chapter. And to make up for it being on Nikki, after this thing is over I'm gonna concentrate on the other characters. The ones I wanna send home are Sam and Liz. Sam more becuase...Well his problem is kinda solved. And Liz because shes boring. Yeah. Well I don't feel like talking. bye.**
**sorry if it seems like nikki is getting shown to much. i'm going thru a lot and its easier to write it out. but this isnt even gonna come close to being a nikki story. i'm just warning u if it seems like nikki is getting a lot of attention. please review if you wanna see more of specific character just tell me and i'll try. there are a few characters i'm thinking of sending home but i don't know. well bye. sorry this message looks like crap, don't feel like hitting the shift key. yes im lazy. oh well.**
It was 8:45 AM, and class was about to start. Peter hadn't walked in yet, and Nikki and Riley weren't there yet, either. Everyone else was either sleeping or trying to get last nights homework done.
**With Riley and Nikki**
"Why don't you just tell him, Nikki?" Riley demanded. Nikki sighed. "I don't know, okay? I just don't feel like it." "IF you're like this you don't need to act like you're happy!" he snapped. She glared at him. "You're not my dad, Riley. I can take care of myself!" she yelled. "I'm just trying to help," he muttered, hurt that she wouldn't let him help her. "Well if I want your help I'll ask." was her answer. "But you don't ASK! That's just it, you won't take help from anyone!" he said, throwing his hands up in exasperation.
Riley ran to class, walking in just as Peter sat down. Riley walked up to his desk, expecting a lecture. "So you decided to show, Riley? Is Nikki trying to be fashionably late, too?" Peter asked, raising an eyebrow. Riley shrugged. "I wouldn't know." Peter looked at him. "RIley-" "I don't know where she is, okay?" "Do you want to talk about something?" Peter asked. Riley didn't answer for a minute. Then he nodded slowly. "She doesn't talk to me anymore." Riley mumbled then went and sat down.
FIve minutes later Nikki still hadn't shown up. Sophie walked in and looked around. The class was quiet-Sam was drawing, Riley was glaring ahead, the others doing various things. The others...Except Nikki. She walked up to Peter.
"Where's Nikki? Is she sick? I didn't see her in the nurse's office." Sophie remarked. Peter shook his head, "I thought she was with you. Rileycame in and was upset. I..." he trailed off. "I'll go look for her," Sophie said. Just then, Nikki walked in.
"Uh, sorry I...I was in the nurse's office. Had a headache," Nikki mumbled and went to sit down. "NIkki," Peter stopped her. SHe rolled her eyes and turned around. "What?" she mumbled. "Come outside with me, please." She froze in her step. "I'm sorry, geez Peter..." she trailed off. "Nikki." he said sternly.
She walked outside reluctantly and Peter followed her. "NIkki, what's up?" he asked her. "Nothing." she answered. "There's not? Why were you so late?" "Fifteen minutes isn't late." "It is when the school isn't three minutes from the dorms."
"I'm sorry. God what do you want?! It's not like I was skipping!" she said, her voice raising. "Do you promise me there's nothing wrong?" he asked. "I don't promise anything anymore. Can I go back inside? I'm wasting precious learning moments here. Wouldn't wanna get dumb now would I?" she asked sarcastically and easily slid past him and walked to her desk. Sophie met him halfway as he was walking back to his desk. "Anything?" he shook his head, "but I have a feeling that Riley knows something."
Sophie walked out and Peter got on with the assignment, but he couldn't concentrate because it seemed so...quiet. Nikki was staring out the window and Riley was just staring ahead.
"...It's due tomorrow, no groaning," since the main groaning came from Katie, Kristin (who were both trying to wake up still) and Riley and Nikki, there was no groaning except more Mark and Cole, "I want you to write about one thing you wish would change in the world. It doesn't have to be the biggest, but just off the top of your head one thing. Any questions?"
Cole raised his hand. "How long this time?" he asked. "Just as long as it takes. As long as it takes to give a reason, explain it, and make sure your sentances are complete and structured."
Sam didn't even have the energy to crack jokes that Mark just might not understand that english lingo. Peter sighed. it was sort of depressing. He figured that, between Mark and Sam fighting, Benji and Sam fighting, Cole and Mark talking, Katie and Kristin talking to falling asleep, and Nikki and Riley not helping at all, it would take at least two hours to get through that.
"Any other questions?" Katie raised her hand. "Since no one is really in the mood to learn, and you're obviously not in the mood to teach, I think we should be dismissed early. And some people didn't get to sleep until 3 AM." She pointed out.
Peter eyed her for a second. "Those certain people need to quit doing that then." he said. "What about the other thing? Come on Peter it's not like any of us is going to answer any questions. We're all brain dead."
"Alright alright.. But expect more stuff tomorrow," he warned. They all jumped up and ran out. Except Nikki and Riley, who slowly got their stuff together and left seperately. "Riley, you can go to my office now." Peter said.
When they were in his office, Peter began to ask. "What's up?" Riley was hesitant at first. "I think something's wrong with Nikki..I think her meds are wrong."
"That's not what you were going to say, Riley." Peter answered knowingly. "You don't know what I was going to say!" Riley snapped and it was quiet. "It wasn't what I was gonna say. i would tell you but I can't. I promised. but I tink her essay might say something about it. If she does it."
"Riley you said something about her meds earlier. What's that about?" "I thought you knew? SHe use to take prozac." RIley asnwered in a confused tone. Peter shook his head. "It's not on here."
"Well it was before I knew her..She moves an awful lot. In the 5th grade she took it but her mom never took her back to get her prescription filled." "Fifth grade..." Peter said thoughtfully. He remembered reading that that wasn't her best year with the law or the school system. "Yeah. Her science teacher was kinda mean. SHe doesn't have ADD like people think she does. She's real hyper, yeah, but she takes ritalin because it calms her down and because it kinda regulates something in her brain..The prozac messed it up because hse started taking it and then stopped and it was on off. Since she was young it messed up her head." Riley explained.
"How do you know all this? Did she tell you?" Peter questioned. "Nah. I mean, some of it. But my mom takes prozac to and I asked her what would happen if a kid took it on off and she said it could mess up something in their brain, I forgot what. Then I just pieced it together."
"You're a good friend RIley." "I wish she'd think the same way." "RIley you know she does. She just tries to cover up things but ignoring people. You do it, too." "Whatever!"
*That whatever was kinda sarcastic like, but not like he didn't believe Peter. Just a joking way. Well yeah long chapter. And to make up for it being on Nikki, after this thing is over I'm gonna concentrate on the other characters. The ones I wanna send home are Sam and Liz. Sam more becuase...Well his problem is kinda solved. And Liz because shes boring. Yeah. Well I don't feel like talking. bye.**