Where I'll Always Be
Chapter 18: School and Friends
Nikkie woke up Monday morning. It was September 8, 2003. She woke up and took a quick shower. She went into her room and looked in her closet trying to decide what she was going to wear. She decided to wear the colors black and gold.
She wore black faded jean that had a few gold stars on them. She wore her brand new black and gold Air Jordan 1 Nike's, and she had on a black tight long sleeve shirt that said "Baby Phat" in gold cursive. She blow-dried out her hair until it came about 4 inches past her shoulders. She walked down stairs and grabbed her cell phone off the charger. She changed the cover to black. She went into the kitchen and pulled out a extra notebook. She set her cell phone and notebook on the table.
She ran upstairs and found Alexa dressed and her backpack ready.
"Are you ready" Nikkie whispered
"Yeah" Alexa said. She took Alexa's bag and her hand. She walked into Kayla's room.
"Ma..Ma" Nikkie whispered
"Huh, what. Oh what's wrong" Kayla said
"Nothing. I'm leaving. Ill drop off Alexa ok" Nikkie said
"Ok, have a good first day" Kayla said
"Bye mommy" Alexa said
Nikkie took Alexa downstairs and slipped on her tight black leather jacket that had a medium sized golden star on the back. She grabbed her stuff and her keys and left. Nikkie dropped Alexa off at elementary school and headed towards Jimmy's building. When she walked forward she saw him sitting on a bench. He was in black sweatpants, a black and gray striped shirt that had a white collar, and his all white uptowns. She was bobbing his head to the music he was listening to.
She walked towards him and sat next to him.
"Hey Jimmy" Nikkie said. He put his headphones around his neck and said
"Hey" and he leaned in and kissed her lips.
"So you ready to leave" Nikkie asked
"Yeah, Come on" Jimmy said
They walked to the front step and went up to the front desk to get their schedules. Nikkie and Jimmy had the exact same schedule except they didn't have english or math together. Nikkie and Jimmy stepped into Mr. Simpson's homeroom and found him getting ready to read attendance.
"Brooks and Stevenson, welcome back" he said giving them a wink.
"Hey Marco, where have you been over the summer" Nikkie asked as she set her book down on the table across from him.
"Nothing. So how was New York" Marco asked
"It was great" Nikkie said
Jimmy sat next to her and set his notebook on the table.
"Ok class, welcome back. It's good to see fresh faces and some from the past. First off, we aren't going to be using computers today because we still have to install our new programs into them. Let me give you your new locker assignments" Mr. Simpson said
Then Paige walked in with Spinner behind her.
"Welcome Paige, Spinner. Thank you for finally joining us" Mr. Simpson
"Hey Nikkie, I am so loving the pants" Paige said
"Thanks" Nikkie said
The periods went by fast. By now it was lunch time. It was Spinner, Paige, Jimmy, Nikkie, Terri, Hazel, Marco, J.T., Emma and Manny. They were sitting in the lunchroom talking.
"So how was New York" Terri asked
"It was amazing. The lights. The clubs. The people" Manny said
"Yeah, Times Square is amazing. It's better to see it at night. The light shines better. And the sights are beautiful" Emma said
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It was finally the end of the day and Nikkie was still in her school clothes and she was on her bed watching TV. All of a sudden there was a knock on the door.
"Come in" Nikkie said as she turned off the TV and sat up on her bed.
"Hey" Craig said as he walked in
"Hey Craig. What's up" Nikkie asked
"Oh nothing, except the fact that I finally developed those pictures from New York" Craig said
"Really, let me see" Nikkie said
Craig sat on the bed next to Nikkie while she sat down next to him looking into the bag as he searched his bag and pulled the paper envelope out. He handed them to her.
"Oh my god. It's Emma and Chris" Nikkie said
"These are your copies so.." Craig said
"Thanks Craig" Nikkie said
"So what were you planning on doing today" Craig asked
"Oh, I don't know. Nothing special really" Nikkie said
"Well is I should go, gotta go take care of Ang" Craig said
"K, see you tomorrow" Nikkie said. Nikkie looked at the pictures spread out on her bed. Then she looked at the other pictures that were tacked up on wall over her bed. She decided to tack those pictures on the wall except the one of her and Jimmy. She as she was tacking them up, one of the tacks fell on the floor. She bent over to pick it up. That's when she found a black gift bag. She remembered that Raylese was leaving tomorrow and that was the gift she bought her. She picked it up and went to Raylese's room. She knocked and walked in.
"Do you have a minute" Nikkie asked
"Sure" Raylese said after she got up from her desk and took off her reading glasses.
"Um, before it hit me that tomorrow you were leaving" Nikkie said
"I know, I can't believe it" Raylese said
"Well, just to tell you that the time was well spent, I got you this" Nikkie said and Raylese slowly took the bag from her. She smiled and looked in the bag. She pulled out a shiny gray box. She opened it up to find a medium sized cursive "R" on a thin silver chain.
"Nikkie it's beautiful" Raylese said and she hugged her.
"Here I didn't forget you either" Raylese added.
She pulled out a shiny electric blue gift bag and handed it to Nikkie. She opened the bag and found and black velvet case. She opened it up and found a silver bracelet that had a star charm on it. Inscripted on one side of the star was "N & R". At the bottom of the letter "N" was a tiny Amythest (February birthstone). And under the "R" was a black Onyx ( December birthstone). On the other side was inscripted in small cursive "Sisters 4 Ever". Nikkie began to tear up.
"Thank You, so much" Nikkie said and hugged her.
"Your welcome" Raylese said
"Well let me leave you to your college studies" Nikkie said and left the room as she held her bracelet tightly.
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Today Raylese was leaving to college. Nikkie had immediately came home from school to help load up the car and go to the airport. Kayla was driving the car to the airport. Raylese was cuddling Nikkie in the backseat. Alexa was also cuddled up with them. When they got to the airport Raylese had already put the stuff on the belt.
"Now boarding gate 261. I repeat we are now boarding gate 261" the announcement said
"That's me ma" Raylese said. Raylese dropped her bags and gave Kayla a big hug. She let go and Kayla was all watery-eyed.
"You take care of yourself ok" Kayla said as she touched Raylese's face.
She then picked up Alexa and hugged her. "I'm going to miss you Raylese" Alexa said
"Oh, I'm going to miss you too" Raylese said. When she put down Alexa she looked at Nikkie and hugged her.
Then Raylese picked up her bags and left. She turned around once and looked at Nikkie. All Nikkie could see was her beautiful sister and her necklace glittering and shining.
Author's Note: Sorry this was so short. I just wanted to add a little detail in it. You know, well chapter 19 will come either tomorrow or next week.
HOLLA
Chapter 18: School and Friends
Nikkie woke up Monday morning. It was September 8, 2003. She woke up and took a quick shower. She went into her room and looked in her closet trying to decide what she was going to wear. She decided to wear the colors black and gold.
She wore black faded jean that had a few gold stars on them. She wore her brand new black and gold Air Jordan 1 Nike's, and she had on a black tight long sleeve shirt that said "Baby Phat" in gold cursive. She blow-dried out her hair until it came about 4 inches past her shoulders. She walked down stairs and grabbed her cell phone off the charger. She changed the cover to black. She went into the kitchen and pulled out a extra notebook. She set her cell phone and notebook on the table.
She ran upstairs and found Alexa dressed and her backpack ready.
"Are you ready" Nikkie whispered
"Yeah" Alexa said. She took Alexa's bag and her hand. She walked into Kayla's room.
"Ma..Ma" Nikkie whispered
"Huh, what. Oh what's wrong" Kayla said
"Nothing. I'm leaving. Ill drop off Alexa ok" Nikkie said
"Ok, have a good first day" Kayla said
"Bye mommy" Alexa said
Nikkie took Alexa downstairs and slipped on her tight black leather jacket that had a medium sized golden star on the back. She grabbed her stuff and her keys and left. Nikkie dropped Alexa off at elementary school and headed towards Jimmy's building. When she walked forward she saw him sitting on a bench. He was in black sweatpants, a black and gray striped shirt that had a white collar, and his all white uptowns. She was bobbing his head to the music he was listening to.
She walked towards him and sat next to him.
"Hey Jimmy" Nikkie said. He put his headphones around his neck and said
"Hey" and he leaned in and kissed her lips.
"So you ready to leave" Nikkie asked
"Yeah, Come on" Jimmy said
They walked to the front step and went up to the front desk to get their schedules. Nikkie and Jimmy had the exact same schedule except they didn't have english or math together. Nikkie and Jimmy stepped into Mr. Simpson's homeroom and found him getting ready to read attendance.
"Brooks and Stevenson, welcome back" he said giving them a wink.
"Hey Marco, where have you been over the summer" Nikkie asked as she set her book down on the table across from him.
"Nothing. So how was New York" Marco asked
"It was great" Nikkie said
Jimmy sat next to her and set his notebook on the table.
"Ok class, welcome back. It's good to see fresh faces and some from the past. First off, we aren't going to be using computers today because we still have to install our new programs into them. Let me give you your new locker assignments" Mr. Simpson said
Then Paige walked in with Spinner behind her.
"Welcome Paige, Spinner. Thank you for finally joining us" Mr. Simpson
"Hey Nikkie, I am so loving the pants" Paige said
"Thanks" Nikkie said
The periods went by fast. By now it was lunch time. It was Spinner, Paige, Jimmy, Nikkie, Terri, Hazel, Marco, J.T., Emma and Manny. They were sitting in the lunchroom talking.
"So how was New York" Terri asked
"It was amazing. The lights. The clubs. The people" Manny said
"Yeah, Times Square is amazing. It's better to see it at night. The light shines better. And the sights are beautiful" Emma said
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was finally the end of the day and Nikkie was still in her school clothes and she was on her bed watching TV. All of a sudden there was a knock on the door.
"Come in" Nikkie said as she turned off the TV and sat up on her bed.
"Hey" Craig said as he walked in
"Hey Craig. What's up" Nikkie asked
"Oh nothing, except the fact that I finally developed those pictures from New York" Craig said
"Really, let me see" Nikkie said
Craig sat on the bed next to Nikkie while she sat down next to him looking into the bag as he searched his bag and pulled the paper envelope out. He handed them to her.
"Oh my god. It's Emma and Chris" Nikkie said
"These are your copies so.." Craig said
"Thanks Craig" Nikkie said
"So what were you planning on doing today" Craig asked
"Oh, I don't know. Nothing special really" Nikkie said
"Well is I should go, gotta go take care of Ang" Craig said
"K, see you tomorrow" Nikkie said. Nikkie looked at the pictures spread out on her bed. Then she looked at the other pictures that were tacked up on wall over her bed. She decided to tack those pictures on the wall except the one of her and Jimmy. She as she was tacking them up, one of the tacks fell on the floor. She bent over to pick it up. That's when she found a black gift bag. She remembered that Raylese was leaving tomorrow and that was the gift she bought her. She picked it up and went to Raylese's room. She knocked and walked in.
"Do you have a minute" Nikkie asked
"Sure" Raylese said after she got up from her desk and took off her reading glasses.
"Um, before it hit me that tomorrow you were leaving" Nikkie said
"I know, I can't believe it" Raylese said
"Well, just to tell you that the time was well spent, I got you this" Nikkie said and Raylese slowly took the bag from her. She smiled and looked in the bag. She pulled out a shiny gray box. She opened it up to find a medium sized cursive "R" on a thin silver chain.
"Nikkie it's beautiful" Raylese said and she hugged her.
"Here I didn't forget you either" Raylese added.
She pulled out a shiny electric blue gift bag and handed it to Nikkie. She opened the bag and found and black velvet case. She opened it up and found a silver bracelet that had a star charm on it. Inscripted on one side of the star was "N & R". At the bottom of the letter "N" was a tiny Amythest (February birthstone). And under the "R" was a black Onyx ( December birthstone). On the other side was inscripted in small cursive "Sisters 4 Ever". Nikkie began to tear up.
"Thank You, so much" Nikkie said and hugged her.
"Your welcome" Raylese said
"Well let me leave you to your college studies" Nikkie said and left the room as she held her bracelet tightly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today Raylese was leaving to college. Nikkie had immediately came home from school to help load up the car and go to the airport. Kayla was driving the car to the airport. Raylese was cuddling Nikkie in the backseat. Alexa was also cuddled up with them. When they got to the airport Raylese had already put the stuff on the belt.
"Now boarding gate 261. I repeat we are now boarding gate 261" the announcement said
"That's me ma" Raylese said. Raylese dropped her bags and gave Kayla a big hug. She let go and Kayla was all watery-eyed.
"You take care of yourself ok" Kayla said as she touched Raylese's face.
She then picked up Alexa and hugged her. "I'm going to miss you Raylese" Alexa said
"Oh, I'm going to miss you too" Raylese said. When she put down Alexa she looked at Nikkie and hugged her.
Then Raylese picked up her bags and left. She turned around once and looked at Nikkie. All Nikkie could see was her beautiful sister and her necklace glittering and shining.
Author's Note: Sorry this was so short. I just wanted to add a little detail in it. You know, well chapter 19 will come either tomorrow or next week.
HOLLA