Chapter 3

The next day, Nikki woke up to Cameron's voice.

"Nikki, phone call, it's Cameron." Bradin came in and gave it to her.

"Thanks." She grabbed the phone and said hello in a sleepy voice.

"Nikki, hey. How are you?"

"I'm good. considering i just woke up."

"Oh, sorry. I didn't think you'd still be sleeping at 10:00."

"It's fine.Whats up?"

"Oh, i just wanted to say hey. To see if you wanted to hang tonight." Just then Nikki felted perked up.

"Yeah." She sat up in bed. "I wanna hang."

"Okay, thats cool."

"Mmmhhmm"

"Alright, so 7:00 again?"

"Yeah." Then Nikki wanted to warn him. She wanted him to know, she wanted to make love to him tonight, with out actually coming out and saying it. So then, even though she knew the whole condom thing was working out, with Amber and all, she said, "Oh, Cameron, why don't we make it 7:30, so you have time to stop at the store after work, to buy condoms."

"What?" This was very unexspected to Cameron.

Nikki was blushing over the phone. "So were safe. I wanna make love to you tonight."

"Really!"

"Yes, don't acted so shocked." Nikki smiled, wishing she could see his face right now.

"Well...I am a little shocked. After the whole thing with the magazine, and all the other times I brought it up."

"Oh, well I know we love each other now. Don't you wanna do it?"

"Yes!" Cameron said overexcited. "I mean, yeah." Nikki giggled to his response.

"But, how about I pick you up at your house. We'll go for a ride first, to Belle Island. My dad isn't leaving for work until 8:15."

"Okay. So pick me up at 7:30 at my house. But Cam, I want you to know, I'm not going to have sex with you in your car, at Belle Island." She giggled.

"Damn!" He joked. "But how about some messing around?"

"Sure."

"See you then Nikki."

"Yeah. Bye. Love you."

"Love you too." And they both hung up. Nikki loved waking up to Cameron's voice. She also loved to say she loved him to him.

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Around 7:20 that night, Amber came over.

"Here's the condoms." She gave Nikki a small brown bag.

"Didn't Bradin ask what they were for?"

"Um..yeah."

"What did you say!"

"I said they were for a friend, that couldn't buy any at the moment."

"Oh, good." Nikki was assured.

"So...your aunt and everyone else that lives here is out for the night...I hear...?"

"Yeah, so- wait, Amber!"

"What?"

"Everyone is gone, except Bradin, you guys are gonna...do it?" Nikki tryed not to make a grossed out face.

"Probably. Nikki, I so wish you weren't his sister, because there is so much I want to tell you about his gorgeous body."

"Eww! Well I am his sis, so, too bad."

Bradin came in then. "Nikki, Cameron is here." He smiled over to Amber.

"Stop that!" Nikki walked out of her room, and took one look back, Bradin was already kissing Amber.

"Get out of my room!" She yelled to them.

"Yup!" Amber yelled back.

Nikki walked out to see Cameron.

"Hey Sweetie." Cameron said.

"Hey." They went to the car, and drove off down the road, to Belle Island, a make out place for teens. They hardly talked on the way there. Mostly, Nikki thought that, having sex with Cam tonight, wasn't right. Maybe she wasn't ready. When they got there, they messed around for over half an hour. Things got pretty heavy, when Cameron stopped them, for a suggestion.

"Lets go to my house," he said as he kissed her neck and caressed her breasts through her tank top.

"My dad's gone my now." They were both breathing hot and heavy.

"I don't think so, Cameron." Nikki breathed.

"Why not? I thought..." He trailed off, still kissing and stroking her.

"Because." She moaned. He stopped kissing and stroking and pulled back so he could make out her face in the darkened car.

"Because what?" he asked softly.

"Because, I'm not sure I wanna so this."

"It wont be bad Nikki. I'll take care of you," he said persuasively.

"No, Cameron," she said, not too firmly. Her lips were still tender and warm from his kisses. Her hands still lay on his chest.

"What are you scared of baby?" he asked tenderly.

"i'm not scared...exactly. But thats not the only thing. i'm just not ready. It's too much. There's too much that goes with it." she said. Her voice was strained, and Cameron could feel her growing increasingly uncomfortable. There was hesitancy in her every word.

"Nikki, I have condoms. I'll use them 100 of them time."

"I don't know why i was earlier, but now I'm just not ready."

"Talk to me," Cameron pleaded.

"I...I..." Nikki began nervously.

"What, go ahead." Cameron urged gently.

"It's not just that i'm a virgin," she said, looking at his face in the dim light. "I' ve never been naked with a boy." This conversation was getting intense, Cameron loved Nikki, but they hardly ever talked like this.

"Nikki, I'm a virgin too."

"Yeah, but you've been naked with Amber."

"That was 2 years ago. And, what, are you scared I wont...agree with your body?" He said, rubbing her thigh.

"Kind'a, yeah."

"Nikki, your beautiful, and I love you." Nikki didn't know what to say.

"So you don't want to do it?"

"No," she murmured.

"Ever, with me?" he asked, and started to kiss her.

"I can't say ever," she answered, his heart leaped.

"Okay, Nikki, whatever you want. You know I want you, but if you say wait, then we will. I love you too much."

"Thanks for understanding." Nikki said. She kissed him passionately.

Later they went to his house and watched a movie, then he took her home afterward, and thought about her all night. Nikki walked in the house around 10:00, and went striaght to the kitchen for a glass of water. Then she looked through the first floor, no one home yet. She went up the stairs, and to her bedroom. It looked the same as before she left. Good, they didn't do anything in her room. Is Amber still here she wondered. She crept down the hall to Bradin's room, she heard nothing, so she knocked on the door. No one said anything, so she opened it. Bradin was fast alseep, with no Amber to be seen. Nikki went back to her room, and laid on the bed, then Amber came in.

"Hey Nikki. I was in the bathroom, I've been waiting for you to get home."

"Hey."

"So...you and Cam...?"

"We didn't. I got freaked out. I'm not ready."

"Well thats okay, maybe another time."

"Amber, you have fun tonight?" Nikki asked with a feeling a descust.

"Yeah. Didn't you hear me screaming over at Cameron's?" She laughed.

"Stop it Amber, I'm serious. It's too weird."

"Sorry. Can I sleep over?"

"Yeah."

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