Jealous Games

KyleGranger342

Chapter 5 – Why Not Me?

A week had past since Cameron had first moved in with Nikki and the rest of the family. Him and Nikki had a blast each day of that week. To Ava, Nikki was having the time of her life. She has never seen her so happy.

Cameron woke up the next morning to find Ava and Derrik making breakfast like they had the previous day. He sat in his seat and took a sip of his orange juice. Creeks from the stairs drew closer as Nikki descended from upstairs. She took a seat next to Cameron and turned to him.

"Morning," she said. "How are you today?"

"Uh . . . good," he said.

"You seem to be really hyper this morning, Nikki," Ava said.

"I just can't wait to hang out with Cameron," she giggled.

"Oh, I see," Ava said laughing.

"About that," Cameron began. Nikki smiling faced turned towards him. "I was thinking I would hang out with Bradin today." Nikki's smile faded away never quickly.

"Huh? What? Why?"

"He asked me if I wanted to go surfing for a while with him today."

"Oh," Nikki said. "Well, I guess we will be able to hang out after that."

"Oh yeah!" he said as Bradin rose from the basement stairway.

"So . . . Cameron, you ready for surfing?" Bradin asked stretching his arms.

"Definitely."

Nikki sat up in her room peering down at the collapsing wave Cameron was riding. She had been sitting there for nearly an hour and a half while they were out surfing.

"God! When are they going to be done!" she yelled. Cameron's wave finally came to and end and Nikki noticed the both of them walking up the beach. This told her that they were done. She quickly sprinted from the room to go out and meet him.

"So do you wanna go get a bite to eat?" Bradin asked Cameron.

"Uh . . . yeah! Sure!" he said. They turned away from the house and towards the downtown area.

"Maybe we'll go see a movie too," Bradin said.

"Sure," Cameron replied. "That would be fun."

Nikki pushed the gate to the beach open. She ran down closer to the water, looking up and down the shore.

"Cameron?" she said. He was nowhere in sight. Neither was her brother. She let out a sigh and began walking back up to the house.

It was nearly nine o'clock and Nikki was pacing around the empty living room. Susanna walked in as well as Johnny.

"Something wrong kido?" Johnny asked.

"Cameron isn't home yet," Nikki told them.

"Oh I see," Susanna said. She turned to Johnny, "Could you let us have a minute?"

"Yeah. Sure," he said. He turned and left the room.

"Okay, what's going on?" Susanna asked her.

"It's just . . . Cameron isn't back from wherever he is with Bradin. They originally went surfing, but then they disappeared. Me and Cameron were suppose to spend the whole day together," she explained.

"Nikki. You've been hanging out with him non-stop all week. It could be that he might have wanted a break."

"Well," Nikki said, "Errr."

"Just relax, go watch TV till they get home," she said. Susanna smiled and left the room. Nikki had to do something about this before it becomes a habit. She had an idea.

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