Nothing Stays the Same
Chapter 7: Telling UR Guy Friend
Nikkie was nervous, with her palms sweating as she gripped tightly on the steering wheel. She turned her head one more time and looked at the driver. Right then and there he turned and looked at her. He was wearing shades so when he spotted her he pulled down his shades and looked at her oddly. She immediatly looked forward. The light was taking for ever to turn green. Then she heard his voice say "Hey your that girl who-", but that was all she heard because when she spotted the green light she stepped on the gas. She drove straight onto the highway with no hesitation. Craig had gotten scared at was holding on to the handle on the roof of the car.
"Um, Nikkie, you could slow down a little bit" Craig said
"Oh god, I'm so sorry Craig" Nikkie said as she slowed down a bit. Nikkie was driving fine know, but she still had a look like she had seen a ghost!!
'Are you ok" Craig asked her
"Yeah" Nikkie said, calming herself before she spazzed out. She slowly drove down the highway until they hit traffic. They were there for about 15 minutes because of some accident.
"Sooo, where are we going" Craig asked
"To the summer sale down at the music store" Nikkie said
"What's there" Craig asked
"I need to get some cds, some blank cds so I can burn a few songs and I need some other stuff. Plus I saw an ad for this really cool piano that is up for sale" Nikkie said
"I didn't know you played piano" Craig said
"I'm not that good. I know a few songs, and I took classes for about 5 months" Nikkie said
"Why the sudden interest in getting one" Craig asked
"I'm not getting it, I just want to check it out first" Nikkie said
"Well that's good" Craig said "You could be the next Alicia Keys" he added smiling. Nikkie laughed as the traffic began to die down. They fianlly arrived at the music store and walked in and looked around. A store clerk walked up to them.
"Hello, my name is Jeff. Is there anything you need help with" he asked
"Actually I was here to look for the Yamaha PSR450. I saw it in an ad a few days ago" Nikkie said
"Oh, I'm sorry. A young lady just bought it yesterday. If only you were here a bit earlier" he told her "But maybe you would be interested in-" Nikkie didn't let him finish.
"No, no. It's fine. Thank you" Nikkie said. The man walked away. Nikkie looked around with a bit of a face. Craig was looking at her feeling bad.
"Just my luck. It's ok. Um, I'll be back, I'm going to look for my Cd's" Nikkie left and went into the Cd section.
Craig went looking around the guitars. He saw a acoustic guitar that was beautiful. He strummed a few notes and fell in love with it. He smiled and looked at the price tag. It read " $549.99". He looked at it once more and put it back down on it's stand. Nikkie came towards him and smiled.
"It's gorgeous" Nikkie said
"And expensive" Craig said
"Sucks. It either taken or too expensive" Nikkie said
"Yeah, my guitar it deteriorating by the minute. I need it fixed badly, or it might just have to be thrown out" Craig said walking away slowly towards the rare records section. Nikkie felt bad for him. He needed the guitar badly. She looked at him, then at the guitar. She touched it them smiled. She walked away and went to pay for her CD's.
Nikkie and him then drove back to go towards the mall. They went and bought a few things and then went back to Nikkie's house. It was now 7:30.
"I'm home" Nikkie said with for shopping bags in her hand.
"What did you guys buy" Raylese said studying the many bags they placed by the door.
"We went a little crazy on Cd's. Do you know the rare collection they have in the music store. And then we bought some stuff at the mall" Nikkie said
"Yeah, Nikkie went completely old school on me. Pulling out old R&B hits and all these rock & roll records. It was so much fun" Craig said
'Well you guys seem to have had a alot of fun" Raylese said
"Loads" Nikkie said
"well, I'm going to bring this stuff upstairs. Where are the girls" Nikkie asked
"Their in my room sleeping" Raylese said
Nikkie and Craig went upstairs and set everything by the wall. They were talking for a while. They were checking out some stuff online. Nikkie left to use the bathroom. While she was there Jimmy sent Nikkie and instant message.
BadChicken: Hey, how r u feeling?
Craig froze, he didn't know what do. He didn't answer.
BadChicken: Nikkie. R u there?
BadChicken: Ur probably busy. Well I just wanted 2 know how u were feeling. If u and Paige had a good talk about, well u know, the whole rape talk business. I hope u decide to press charges. I'll call u later tonight so we can talk. 1 Love!!
BadChicken has signed off.
Craig froze. He had no clue Nikkie had been raped. When did it happen. And why didn't Nikkie tell him? Nikkie walked back into the room and sat down next to Craig.
"That's from Jimmy" Nikkie asked him. Craig just shrugged his shoulders. Nikkie read it. And froze.
"Did you read this" Nikkie asked him. Craig couldn't answer. His face was pale and his eyes had a worried look in them. Nikkie was just staring at him waiting for an answer. Inside Nikkie knew he had read it.She breathed in deep. She closed her eyes with her face still front of Craig. A tear fell out from her sealed eyes as she licked her bottom lip. She slowly backed away and stood in front of him.
"Why didn't you tell me" Craig asked her softly as he stood up in front of her.
"I- I was scared. I- I-don't-know-Craig" Nikkie said as she paused in between words and gulped back tears.
"When did this happen" Craig asked her
"The night-of the-dance" Nikkie said turning away trying to avoid making eye contact with him.
"My god, that's why no one could find you" he said as he pulled her into a hug. Nikkie wasn't crying. She wasn't upset, she was just relieved that she had finally told him. She knew he would understand. She just wasn't sure how to tell him.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you Craig" Nikkie told him
"It's ok, I understand" Craig said
"And I'm glad you do" Nikkie said smiling
"I should wake up Angela. I need to take her home" Craig said
"Ok, um I'll go get her then. Just get all your bags" Nikkie said. Nikkie went and woke up Angela and got her shoes on. She brought her outside and fixed up her pigtails. She brought her downstairs.
"I'll talk to you tomorrow" Nikkie said
"Yeah, see ya" he said walking outthe front door. Nikkie stood leaning on the door frame as they walked down the porch steps.
"And don't forget to ask Joey about the trip" Nikkie said
Craig nodded and kept walking.
It was around 10 pm and Nikkie was in her pajamas lying on her bed with her CD player. She was listening to All my Life by KC and JoJo. Nkkie's phone began to vibrate. She reached over to her night table and opend up her phone. She pulled off her head phones.
"Hello" Nikkie said
"Hi Nikkie" Jimmy said
"Hey, baby. How was your flight" Nikkie asked him
"Good, good. Um, so how was your day" Jimmy asked her
"Good, how about you. How are the twins" Nikkie asked
"Healthy. They are just a 2 1/2months so, seems a little odd" Jimmy said
"Is it comfortable to you being with babies" Nikkie asked him
"Yeah, it's ok, I mean I literally have grown attached to them. One of them starts crying if someone trys to take them away from my grip" he laughed
"Cute" Nikkie said
"So, how did the talk go" Jimmy asked her
" Better than I expected. Marco was there so I pretty much got alot of comfort" Nikkie said
"Good, good. So where were you this afternoon. I was sending you and instant message and you didn't answer back" Jimmy asked
"Oh, I was in the bathroom, plus Craig was on my computer" Nikkie said
"You mean, he read the message" Jimmy asked
"Yeah, um I told him about. And I'm positive the next person to find out is my mother. but not anytime soon" Nikkie said
"Whatever, um I need to go. Cousins talking something about not enough money for diapers and a phone bill, so I have to go" He said
"Ok, I Love You" Nikkie said
"Love you too, bye" Jimmy said. And they both hung up the phone.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: HEY YALL, I guess this is ok. I mean Nikkie told Craig about her whole experience. But I'm sorry but thenext chpt will come tomorrow night. PROMISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
