Chapter One:
"Would you call him already?" Jessica said to her best friend Nikki.
"Call who?" Carly, Nikki's other best friend, asked coming in the room.
"Some guy I met earlier." Nikki replied looking bored.
"Well why don't you wanna call him?" Carly asked.
"I don't know. I can't get involved with anyone right now."
"No, she just doesn't want a guy that's a CSI!" Jessica said laughing.
"Why? What's wrong with them?" Carly sat down next to Nikki.
"Nothing, she's being stupid. I'll call him if it'll get you two off my back." Nikki picked up the phone and dialed his number.
On the third ring he picked up.
"Delko."
"Uhh, hey Eric it's Nikki."
"Oh hey, I didn't think you were gonna call."
"Sorry I was a bit tied up. I'm hanging out with some friends."
"Aw it's okay. I'm hanging out too."
"Do you wanna do something later?"
"We can do something now."
"Really?"
"Yeah come on over. I'll wait outside for you."
"Okay, thanks."
"Later."
Nikki hung up and squealed into her pillow. She ran up to her closet and pulled out a pair of jeans to put on instead of her sweatpants with her highschool logo on them.
"What the hell Nik?" Jessica asked.
"I'm going over to Eric's. I'll be back later, don't wait up!" Nikki laughed and ran downstairs and out the door.
She got into her car and drove as fast as she could without going over the speed limit to Eric's. Of course she knew what she was getting into, but she didn't care. It wasn't her fault she fell for another CSI. The first time it was different. He wasn't ready for the commitment that she was.
She pulled up infront of his small house. He was sitting outside, alone in the dark, just waiting for her.
"Hey!" He instantly stood up and smiled when she walked over.
"Hey Eric!" She grabbed him into a hug.
"It's getting cold, come on inside."
She walked into the house and almost fell over. He was sitting right there, right there on the chair infront of her. She turned around and was face to face with Eric.
"Nikki?" Tim Speedle asked in amazement.
She shoved Eric aside and got out of the house. She sat down in the grass outside. He followed her out and sat down next to her.
"What's wrong?"
"You know him?"
"Who? Speed?"
"Yeah, Tim, Speed, whatever you call him."
"He's one of my best friends. Why what happened between you two?"
"He's an asshole okay? I'm gonna go." She got up and walked over to her car.
"Nikki don't go."
"I'm not staying here with him here. Sorry Eric, just call me tomorrow okay?"
"Alright, just a minute though."
He walked over to her and kissed her softly on the lips.
"Good night." He said before walking into his house.
She drove home holding back tears. When she got there she sat in the car crying. A whole bunch of memories came flooding back to her.
"Don't!"
"Come on, im not gonna hurt you."
"Tim, no!"
"Nikki come back!"
She walked back into her own house and up to her room. Jessica and Carly were chatting online in the Carly's room. She avoided it because she didn't want to deal with anybody right now.
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"Hey Speed, what's up with that?" Eric asked questioning Tim.
"I don't know, we used to be a couple before she went phycho and left me."
"Phycho? What are you talking about?"
"She's went crazy one night. She flipped out on me and that was the end of it."
"Uh huh. That's all?"
"Pretty much. Nothing more to tell really."
"I'm so sure."
"I'm gonna go, see ya tomorrow at work."
"Later Speed."
After Speedle left Eric called Nikki. He let it ring ten times before he hung up. He sat down and hoped she would call back.
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She heard it ringing. She knew it was Eric. Did she care? In a way yes. She didn't feel like going into detail about her little break up with Tim. It hurt too much to go back. It hurt enough just going out with another CSI.
Tomorrow is another day...