CHAPTER 14: One Week
Nicole woke up a few hours later. She sat up and looked around the room. She saw Jeff, sleeping in the chair next to her bed. She looked at him and wanted to reach over and hug him, but she couldn't. Part of her told herself not to go near any guys. She was so scared that someone would hurt her again. "Jeff would never do that." She whispered to herself.
"Never do what?" A voice asked. Nicole turned around to see Amy standing at the door to the room.
"Oh, Ames. Nothing, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something." Nicole replied.
"Nic, are you scared of Jeff?" Amy asked. Nicole's eyes widened as she looked at Amy.
"What? No, of course not." She replied.
"I understand if you are. I mean, after what happened, I'd most likely be the same way." Amy sat next to Nicole and smiled. "But, you know they wouldn't do anything to you, right?"
Nicole nodded. "I know, it's just I get so freaked when they hug me or come up behind me. I feel so horrible for not being able to hug Jeff or even let him lay in the same bed as me. I want him to, but then I'm afraid." She took a deep breath and brushed away the few tears on her face. She looked up at Amy, "Ames, what's wrong with me?"
Amy sighed and pulled Nicole in for a hug. "Nothings wrong, Nic. It's natural to feel scared after what's happened with you. Maybe if you go to the doctor's tomorrow, you can put this behind you?" Nicole looked at Amy and nodded.
"Make the appointment." Amy nodded and got up.
"Good idea." Nicole jumped at the voice and turned around. She smiled lightly when she saw Jeff stretching in the chair. "What time is it?" He asked.
"Um..." Nicole looked for a clock. "Seven." She answered. Jeff nodded and stood up.
"Alright I'm gonna go downstairs, you coming?" Jeff asked. Nicole shook her head.
"No, I'm gonna go back to bed." She answered. "I have to go the doctor's tomorrow."
"Want me to go?"
Nicole sighed. "Well, actually Amy was gonna go with me. I kind of feel more comfortable with a girl."
Jeff nodded. "I understand." He kissed her on the forehead and tucked her into the bed. "I love you Nic." Jeff said.
Nicole looked at him and looked down. "I know." She whispered. Jeff turned around and walked out of the room. Nicole closed her eyes and started to fall asleep when she heard a noise at her window.
Scared, she slowly stood up. She walked to the window and cautiously looked outside. She saw a car parked across the street. She couldn't make out the person sitting inside, though.
"Stop scaring yourself." She scalded. "It's nothing, people are allowed to park their cars and sit in them." She walked back to the bed and sat down. She was about to lay down, when the phone rang. She jumped and slowly reached for it.
"Hello?" She questioned. No one answered. "Hello?!" She repeated.
"Look under the bed." The voice on the other end said.
"What?" Nicole asked. The person hung up the phone. Nicole felt her heart beating as she put the phone back down. She got on her knees on the floor and slowly lifted the blanket on the bed up. She grabbed a flashlight and turned it on.
Under the bed was a bouquet of flowers, and an envelope. Nicole grabbed them both. She sat back on the bed and looked at flowers. She took the note out of the flowers and carefully read it.
Nikki,
Hope you like these flowers. I made sure to pick your favorite color. It is still baby blue, right? The flowers are a present to make you feel better. Now, look in the envelope. Trust me, it'll be a surprise. Love you, Me!
Nicole set the flowers down and slowly opened the envelope. There were pictures inside. She took them out and looked at them one by one.
The first one was Nicole when she was a child. Nicole smiled, remembering the picture. It was taken when she was only 10. She then looked at the second one, it was her and sister Gabby, when they were little. She looked through all of them, basically the same, until she got to the last few.
She looked the picture and gasped. She looked at the next one, same thing. Then she looked at the last. She dropped them and jumped off the bed. The pictures had been taken years earlier, the day of her parent's and sister's deaths.
Nicole looked at the pictures, on the floor. One of them was facedown. Nicole looked at the back of the picture. The date was July 9, 1998. Nicole swallowed hard and looked at the back of the other one. That one said July 9, 2003. Nicole quickly thought and realized: "There's only a week left."
A/N: So, is it good? I skipped a lot of time, since the story started in June. But, I had to skip dayz to get the time I waz going for. Hope you liked it!!! R&R az alwayz please!!! :)Nicole***
