Where I'll Always Be

Chapter 3: Plans and Secrets

The following morning Nikkie woke up and went to the bathroom to wash up. She came back into the room and kissed Jimmy's cheek. Then she shook him and told him to wake up. He got up and went to the bathroom. Nikkie was in her room still in her pajamas folding the clothes she had thrown on her chair the night before. While she was folding, Jimmy came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her stomach. She bent over and came back up. She dropped the shirt and turned around and put her arms on Jimmy's shoulder while his hands held her waist. She looked him in the eyes and kissed him. He kissed her neck and she scrunched up and said

"JIMMYYYY.come on let's get ready. Were leaving early remember" Nikkie said

"Yeah.I know" Jimmy said

We gotta go to your house to get your stuff" Nikkie said as she pulled away from him and took 2 towels from the closet. She stuck it into her bag and put a pair of white flat sandals by her bed. She took her white bikini out of her drawer and showed it to Jimmy.

"You like" Nikkie said

"AAAwww, my baby's got style" Jimmy said

Nikkie smiled and laughed.

Jimmy smiled while Nikkie layed it out on her bed. She took out a white sort of towel material skirt that had a black star on the butt(you know those skirts that is made with that velvet material) and layed it next to her bikini. Jimmy sat down on the bed and looked at her as she dug through her drawers. Nikkie kept looking through her drawers for a shirt to wear. Until she pulled out a black tight t-shirt with short, short sleeves and put it next to everything else.

"Come on lets go downstairs and eat something" Nikkie said.

Jimmy got up and followed her downstairs. They saw everyone downstairs. Alexa was watching cartoons, Raylese was on the couch reading, and Kayla was at the counter eating cereal and reading the paper. Nikkie sat down at the counter and poured her and Jimmy a bowl of cereal.

"So.mom. I'm going to the beach with all of my friends" Nikkei said

"Ok.but remember your curfew" Kayla said

"Yeah.I know but I might even be back before that" Nikkie said

"Ok" Kayla said

When the finished eating Nikkie packed her brush into her book bag, and along with the rest of her needs. Then she put on her bathing suit and put the shorts and shirt on over it. When she was done Nikkie and Jimmy left to his house do he could get his stuff. When they were done they went to Paige's house where they found Spinner, Craig, Marco, and Hazel. Paige's mom dropped them off at the entrance of the where they found Manny, Emma, J.T., Toby, and Sean. Emma and Sean were now completely, officially over. They were sort of talking..but they were spending a lot of time giving each other dirty looks.

They all walked to a far part of the beach. There was only two other people there. They put all of their stuff down and layed down in the sun for a while. It was bright and hot outside. Manny and Nikkie were talking. The guys were already in the water. Then a few minutes later the girls took off their clothes and went running in their bathing suits. One thing that caught Craig's eye was Manny's Bikini. It was a brown strapless bikini with a short bikini bottom (a/n: BIKINI BOTTOM.SPONGEBOB. LoL). Her hair was tied up. She was running towards him. She tackled him to the water. When Nikkie ran towards Jimmy, Jimmy immediately carried her. Emma was in a black tankini suit. Sean was playing around with Craig and Manny and Emma was messing with J.T and Toby with their sand castle. While Paige was in her blue and aqua colored bikini. Her and Spinner were swimming off further into the water. Hazel was in her light pink bathing suit, and she and Marco were just standing there in the water messing around.

All of them messed around in the water until 3:00. They would get out once in a while though. Then around 5:00 a breeze was starting to come through. But it was a light breeze. They came back onto the sand and sat down. Nikkie slipped her skirt back on and tank top and put on her white slippers. Meanwhile the guys were trying to start a bon-fire. Nikkie sat on the sand, her legs curled up while she stared at the water. She stared at the sun that was close to setting. Then Paige came up behind her.

"Hey hun...want me to comb your hair" Paige asked

"Yeah sure" Nikkie said

Paige went behind her and began to comb her hair.

"So what's on your mind...because it looks like you've been thinking about something..so spill" Paige said

"Nothing really" Nikkie said as she turned around and looked at Paige. Paige gave her a Uh-HuH kind of look. Nikkie turned around looked at the water and then at her feet.

"Nothing.....really. I was just looking at the ocean. It reminds me of being back at home, because me and my friends always hung out at the beach. So it's good to know I'm here" Nikkie said

"OOOHHH..so did you ever have a boyfriend back in Virginia" Paige asked her.

"Yeah....he was my best friend. Then we sort of..clicked. But after a while we realized we had more of a better friendship than serious relationship" Nikkie responded.

"Well...you and Jimmy seem unseperable...and I don't think you guys will ever let go" Paige said

Nikkie just smiled as Paige tied her hair back into a curly wet bun. Paige pulled a light pink flower from her hair and stuck it behind Nikkie's ear. Spinner had given Paige a few so she gave Nikkie one. Nikkie turned to her and said "Thanks Paige...I really like it". Paige smiled and gave Nikkie a hug. Then Jimmy came and interrupted.

"Um...got the fire started"

"I think I'll go" Paige said as she walked away and left them two together.

Nikkie still sitting in the sand said "The sunset is beautiful.isn't it".

"Yeah" Jimmy said as he sat next to her. He put his arm around her and she leaned her head on his shoulder. She curled her legs up and held her knees. They both stared at the ocean. They sat in silence, until Marco, Sean, and Craig called them to the fire. Jimmy and Nikkie got up and Nikkie began to walk until Jimmy held her back. He had her hand.

"Jimmy, lets go" Nikkie said

He pulled her towards her and he kissed her. Then when they pulled away she dragged him to everyone else. Jimmy sat down and Nikkie sat in between his legs. He wrapped himself around her and he was holding on to her hands. Craig was sitting next to Manny, Emma was next to Sean, Hazel, Marco and Toby were all in one small group and Paige, Spinner, and J.T. were sitting in a little group. They turned on the radio and the song "I'm still in love with you" from Sean Paul and Sasha was playing. But they lowered the music so they could talk.

They talked about the upcoming activites they were going to do during the summer, and talking about the new school year.and much more.

"Oh yeah I forgot to mention. My 2 cousins, and 3 friends are coming from Virginia, and maybe we'll have some more fun with them here" Nikkie said

"Cool.but your making it sound like were not having fun at all...I mean aren't we having a good start of a summer" Sean said

"That's not what I'm trying to say...I'm just saying that I'm sure you'll get along great" Nikkie said

"I think it will be fun..especially since my mom has a surprise for me...she won't say but all I know is that I can bring all the friends I want" Emma said

Then they all just sat their as the sun fell. The sun slowly. They talked and layed back under the sky that turned from light blue to dark blue, then to dark purple and black. They began to pack things up around 9:00. They left the beach and they started walking. They called 3 taxi's to take them home. Nikkie, Jimmy, Paige, Spinner in one, Marco, Hazel, Manny, and Craig in the second, and Emma, Sean, Toby and J.T. in the third. They all got home. Nikkie was the only one left by herself in a taxi. When the car pulled up she paid him the last half and she went up to the front porch. She went inside and found the lights off. Everyone must have went to bed. Nikkie went to her room and layed down all of her stuff. She went into the bathroom and took a long hot bath. Then she came back into her room. She put her slippers in the closet and turned off the lights. She slipped under the covers and drifted off to sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following day Nikkie went to Emma's house to hang with her and Manny. They were upstairs in Emma's room just lounging around. They talked about Manny's little time she had with Craig in Paige's room. Emma and Nikkie were kind of excited. And Emma talked about how Sean was totally wrong to start hanging with a gang and going out with that KNOWN-TO-BE-SLUT girl Melissa. They spent the whole day talking and hanging and watching T.V.

"Did you guys know there is another party tonight" Manny said

"Yeah" Emma said. "You Nikkie" Emma added

"Nope...but where is it at" Nikkie asked

"At the club further downtown than the last one...you know the club called Hugs & Kisses" Emma said

"OOOOO.....I'm not sure ...that's way far" Nikkie said

"Well my mom and Snake are going to Catlin's for a surprise birthday party and Baby Jack and me are supposed to stay at Joeys...and Joey knows that me and Craig are going to the same party tonight" Emma said

"And my mom and dad don't know about it...but I'm gonna find a way..I always do" Manny said. Emma rolled her eyes.

"Well...I'll see if I can make it. What time" Nikkie asked

"It's at 9:00" Emma said

"Well I'll call you and tell you" Nikkie said

"One thing.....you can't tell Paige about it" Manny said

"What..why" Nikkie said confused

"Just ..... just don't. Anyways changing the subject here" Emma said

"No..I wanna know why. Paige is my friend. If you don't tell me a reason....I invite her anyways" Nikkie said

"Ok...ok. Look. Last year..... Degrassi beat Bardell at a soccer game. Paige had a crush on this boy named Dean from Bardell. When she got close to him he .....raped her and then she.." Nikkie interrupted Emma.

"Wait wait....Paige was raped" Nikkie said

"Yes...but wait let me finish" Emma said

"Well when she kept it a secret...it started to get to her. So at one point she went to a counsler and ended up pressing charges.....but she lost because of lack of evidence. So ever since....she has been afraid to hear anything about him or go anywhere near him" Emma said

"Wow....I still can't believe she didn't tell me" Nikkie said

"Just remember..don't tell her" Manny added on.

"I know.....I won't" Nikkie said with a sad and confused look on her face.

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Later on around 7:00 Nikkie decided to call Emma and told her she was going. Before leaving Nikkie went to Paige's house to talk to her. Even though Emma and Manny had warned her, she still wanted to know the secret her friend had been keeping from her.

"Hey Paige" Nikkie said with a phony smile.

"Hi .....come in" Paige said

"I can't stay for long.....but I was wondering if we could talk" Nikkie said

"Ok...you can talk to me about anything" Paige said as she sat down on the couch.

"That's sort of why I'm here" Nikkie said with a serious face.

"What do you mean" Paige said

"The whole point about telling each other things" Nikkie said "We have been friends since the beginning of my school days here" Nikkie added.

"And your point is" Paige said

"Ok....can you trust me" Nikkie asked

"Yeah..of course" Paige said

"No....I mean you would tell me anything" Nikkie said

Paige looked around her living room with a worried look on her face.

'Well" Nikkie added

"Well.....I used to have a crush on Sean Cameron. Yeah ...I know totally pathetic" Paige said quickly

"No...I mean serious stuff" Nikkie said

"Serious" Paige repeated

"Yeah" Nikkie said

"Ok.....I knew I was going to end up telling you anyways. I don't like telling the story but.....I was raped" Paige said

"I know" Nikkie said

"How" Paige said

"A worried little bird told me...I know its not my position to be saying this.but why didn't you tell me before" Nikkie said raising her voice a bit.

"Because...I don't go around telling people my business" Paige yelled

"Well....I thought you could trust me" Nikkie yelled. Paige stayed silent. Nikkie raised her eyebrow and walked out the room and left the house. Paige was left behind worried and upset.

Authors Note: It took me a while to write because I have been busy and I was having a hard time keeping up with my characters and what should be coming up in other chapters. But now I keep my mind on one chapter. Because while I'm writing one, I get ideas for the next, then I lose track of what I'm writing. But I'm going to stop babbling and get started on the 4th.

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