"Cold As Ice"

Chapter 8

DC: I don't own the characters of 6teen!

By: Desiree

It was the hardest decision that Jonesy Garcia had ever had to make in his entire life- so far, that is. He and Nikki had been having many problems lately but yet he still loved her with all of his heart but she broke his heart and that's when Christina walked into his life and he instantly found a strong connection with her and they fell in love at first sight and had been going steady ever since. Jonesy looked at both of the girls and he walked over to Nikki and held her hand. "Nikki..." he started. "We've known each other for such a long time now, we've had our bad times but we have certainly had our good times, precious memories of when we were dating still float in my head and are held safely in the middle of my heart but then you broke up with me and broke my heart and dated other guys, but yet even after all of that and after you not being there for me we have been able to make up and still have that strong bond that, that strong passionate fire that cannot be put out... you mean so much to me," he smiled as he kissed her cheek and then he turned his attention to Christina. "Chrissy, I'm sorry you had to find me making out with Nikki, you have never did anything to hurt me and you don't deserve that, you deserve better than what I did but I love you so much. We only met not too long ago but yet I feel like I've known you forever, we have such a strong connection, a strong bond and nothing can seem to break us up... you're so understanding, so sweet, so wonderful, so beautiful and I love everything about you... it would be unfair to hurt you anymore and I know that by dating you I have..." Jonesy kissed Christina on the cheek and he turned back on to the girls and closed his eyes and started to think hard about what he had just said to the two girls. It was a tough decision, two girls that he loved so much both loved him back and he had to break one of their hearts, right here, right now. "I know who I want to be with," Jonesy turned around.

Jen Masterson slowly walked around her bedroom with her cordless phone held up next to her face, she and the rest of the gang was already home- besides for Jonesy, Nikki and Christina and she had no idea where they were. She was currently on the telephone dicussing this with Jude Lizowski. Jen tucked her chesnut brown hair behind her ear as she pressed the blue cordless reciever against her warm, small ear. "Jude," his name hovered from her dry lips into the lower part of the phone. "Have you heard from Jonesy, Nikki or Christina?" she asked. It was strange for Jonesy not to be home without saying anything. He wasn't at gym class for very long either so Jen knew something was up, and Jen being Jen just had to get to the bottom of it.

"Sorry dudette, I haven't heard from any of them," Jude plopped down on his soft bed and rolled over. "But you know, I'm home alone with nothing to do, maybe you could come over and spend some alone time with me..." Jude grinned.

"JUDE!" Jen yelled but laughed. She switched the reciever over to her other ear. She knew she couldn't resist Jude. "Fine then, I'll come over," she smiled.

"You rock dudette!" Jude said into his orange cordless. "So see you soon?"

"Yep," Jen clicked the 'off' button and placed the cordless back in place. She quickly fixed her hair and switched herself into a light jean skirt and a powder pink tank top with a jean jacket to wear over it. She brushed out her hair and applied very little make-up to her clear face. Lately, her and Jude had been spending a lot of 'alone' time together and well, Jen discovered that her 'mild' crush on him was beginning to grow. She often caught herself starring at Jude all the time but the thing is, she often caught him starring at her. Maybe, just maybe he liked her too.

Jen ran out of her room and she quickly walked down the stairs and grabbed her car keys and she went out the front door. Yes, Jen Masterson had finally recieved her drivers lisence and it was no thanks to Jude Lizowski who had given her the worst driver lesson ever, which resulted with them in a car that was for sale in the mall and she ended up flying them into the mall fountain. Geez, what the hell was Jude trying to teach Jen back then? Jen opened her car door and sat down in the front seat. She slammed the door shut and she started the car. Jen put on the radio to her favourite station and listened to the music as she pulled out of her driveway and drove down the street to Jude Lizowski's house.

Nikki looked at Jonesy and smiled. She knew it had to be her who Jonesy picked. She and Jonesy had been together for such a long time and even though he was dating Christina at the time, she knew Jonesy loved her more, there was no way that Christina was going to be the one that Jonesy wanted to be with. Sure, they had a bond but nothing compared to what Jonesy had with Nikki. They had history and Nikki knew Jonesy couldn't turn his back on that. "So Jonesy, you finally figured this all out?" Nikki looked at him and smiled.

"Yeah Nik, I did," Jonesy looked at Christina and he walked over to Nikki. "Nikki... I---" he started but Nikki cut him off.

Nikki hugged Jonesy tightly. "I knew you'd pick me, I mean, yeah sure Christina's a great girl but you and I, you know, we have history, there's nothing that could break the bond that we have, theres-" Jonesy cut Nikki off this time.

"Nikki, stop it," Jonesy looked at her as he pulled away from her tight grip. "I didn't say that, I didn't even tell you anything about me wanting to be with you..." Jonesy said.

"But you do want to be with me, don't you?" Nikki looked at Jonesy. She started to worry now. Did Jonesy actually have it in his head to be with Christina instead of Nikki? What would she do if that was actually the case?

"Nikki... I'm sorry," Jonesy looked down at the floor and he placed a hand on Nikki's upper arm and he looked deeply into her eyes. "It's just that I don't think we have the same bond that we always did..." he said.

"What's that suppose to mean? If we never had a bond then how come you made out with me while you was dating Christina? That's our bond Jonesy, you cannot stay away from me, and you know what? That's unfair to Christina, you can't date her and then go off behind her back with me... and you know what Jonesy?" Nikki's brown eyes started to fill up with tears. "I thought we had a strong bond, why are you saying we don't have that same bond anymore?" she asked.

"Because you broke it when you dumped me and went out with Stone. You hurt me when you did that and you turned your back on me, and Christina has never hurt me at all... Nikki, I can't be with you because I love Christina..." Jonersy tried to explain everything to Nikki.

Christina looked over at a hurting Nikki and an upset Jonesy. "I'm going to leave you two alone," she said. "I'm sorry Nikki..." she gave Nikki a sympathic look. She didn't know what else she could do. Inside she was obviously happy that the guy she loved wanted to be with her but she was also sad that because of the decision that was just made, one of her friends was extremely heartbroken and she was simply the cause of all this trouble. What was Christina suppose to do? She quickly ran down the hall and left the school.

"You love Christina... well, yes I am aware of that Jonesy Garcia! But you love me too!" Nikki yelled.

"Nikki, calm down, this isn't good for the baby..." Jonesy treid to comfort Nikki by wrapping his arms around her but she pushed him away.

"Why are you so damn concerned? This baby has nothing to do with you!" Nikki yelled at Jonesy. "Why do you care what happens in my life, you obviously don't want anything to do with me anymore!"

"That's not true, I didn't say that," Jonesy looked at Nikki. "Don't shut me out of your life," he said. "We're just not lovers anymore but that doesn't mean we can't be close friends..." Jonesy looked at Nikki. "Please Nikki, don't take away what we have..."

"We have nothing Jonesy, so what can I really take away, you already ruined what we had when you picked a girl you just met over me," Nikki said. She started to break down. "Jonesy... I don't think I'll be able to face you ever again, I just can't see you anymore.." she turned around and walked away.

"Nikki wait!" Jonesy chased Nikki.

A furcious Nikki quickly turned around. "Stay away from me, you already hurt me enough, I don't want to see you ever again!" she ran down the hall and out of the school. She had decided to shut Jonesy Garcia out of her life.

Six Months and Two Weeks Later...

Nikki Wong's life had changed. A lot. She had transferred out of the school that she had attended for so many years just to get away from Jonesy. She haven't spoken to him ever since that day when he broke her heart. She have seen him a couple of times but she ignored, even when he tried to talk to her. Her pregnancy was going fine. She had actually had a lot of things brought for the baby and a list of names for both a boy and a girl:

Boy Names

Jonathan

Robert

Lance

Aaron

Girl Names

Sylvia

Selena

Melanie

Nicole

Nikki wasn't quite sure if she was going to use any of those names at all, they were just some names that she had picked out. She just wanted to start doing things seems she was going to be a single mother. Stone haven't even called or anything ever since he left her all those months ago and Nikki didn't really wnat anything to do with him anyway. He was nothing to her but Nikki couldn't say the same thing about Jonesy, she loved him but was so pisse doff at him that she just couldn't speak to him. Another part of the reason was that she felt hurt and betrayed that he picked Christina over her. But she knew she would ahve to get over it, maybe, just maybe she should call him. She picked up the phone and slowly started to dial his number, shaking as she pressed each number. She heard three rings go in before she heard someone pick up the phone.

"Hello?" His father answered the phone.

"Hi, is Jonesy there?" Nikki asked in a clear voice. She had to hide the nervousness that she had.

"Yeah, just one second," he told Nikki.

"No problem," Nikki said.

"Jonesy, phone!" Mr. Garcia called out to his son.

"Got it!" Jonesy called out and his father hung up the phone. "Hello?" Jonesy said into his reciever.

"Hi..." Nikki said softly.

"Nikki? Oh my Lord," Jonesy said. "Wow, I didn't expect to here from you for the rest of my life. How's you doing?" he asked.

"Well, not that well. Not without you and everyone else in my life. Well, I still hang with the gang but how we stopped talking, the way I treated you because you picked Christina over me was wrong. But I was hurt and I still am... I just couldn't face you knowing that you didn't love me anymore..." Nikki told Jonesy.

"Nikki..." Jonesy said slowly. "I didn't say that I didn't love you, because I did and I still do, it's just that Christina and I, well, we're still together..." he said.

"Yeah, well, I don't want to fight but why did you pick her over me, honestly?" Nikki asked. She knew the answer might hurt her but she had to know.

"Because, you had hurt me in the past and well, I guess maybe I was afriad to face that again," Jonesy said.

"But then if that's really the reason then you know that you're with the wrong person... you know that you love me and that you should be with me," Nikki said.

"Nikki, I love Christina," Jonesy told her.

"Yeah, well you love me more. Our love is more passionate, more strong, we have a stronger connection... and you know it, you can't deny it Jonesy," Nikki told him.

"Nikki... I know, I can't deny it. But Nikki there's something you got to know..." Jonesy said.

"What's that?" Nikki asked.

"I'm promised to Christina," Jonesy said.

"WHAT?" Nikki was shocked. They haven't even been dating for year and they were promised. Why the hell did Jonesy even do that. "Why? I mean you love me don't you? If you love me like you know you do, then how the hell can you go and get promised to somebody else?"

"Well, you shut me out of your life. I figured you was never going to have anything at all to do with me again and well, Christina and I were extremely close so I went out and brought her a promise ring. Big deal, it's life Nikki, you made some mistakes and now you nhave to live up to them," Jonesy said.

"Jonesy, I love you," Nikki said. She started to cry. "I got to go, I know we're only on the phone but man, I don't want you to hear me being all upset, I'm sorry for calling you... maybe that was my biggest mistake," Click. Nikki pressed the off button and threw her phone on the floor. She buried her face into her pillow on her bed and cried. "This is unfair... why did I have to be so stupid!" Nikki was very upset. She just didn't know what to do about Jonesy being promised to Christina. She knew now that she had lost Jonesy Garcia, for good.

Knock. Nikki heard a knock downstairs at her front door. She wiped ehr tears and ran downstairs and quickly opened the door. "Jonesy?" There stood the boy that she loved so much. His hair was a little longer now and he was gradually starting to grow a some facial hair. His eyes were still the same chocolate brown. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I came to see you, is there a problem with that?" Jonesy asked smiling.

"No, not at all... come in," Nikki let him in and led him up to her bedroom. He's been there many times before. When they were dating they spend a lot of time up there alone. When they got to Nikki's room they both sat on seperate sides of her bed. "So? Why are you here?" she asked. "To upset me some more?" Nikki glared.

"No," Jonesy quickly wrapped his arms around Nikki's waist and leaned towards her and pressed his lips against her.

Nikki pushed him away. "What they hell are you doing? Aren't you promised to Christina?" she asked. Nikki so didn't want to break the kiss but she was confused.

"Yeah, but like you said, I do love you..." Jonesy smiled.

Nikki blushed and she pushed Jonesy down on her bed and lid down on his chest. "Well..." she said. "Break up with her, I mean, we can still be together," she said.

"Nikki, you know I can't do that to her now. She's really excited about us being promised and I still do love her," Jonesy said.

"Then why are you coming on to me?" Nikki asked.

"I just can't stay away from you," Jonesy answered.

"That's because we have a strong connection, you know it," Nikki said.

"Yeah well--" Nikki cut Jonesy off by locking his lips with hers again. She carefully slid her topngue inside mouth and smiled. She haven't felt this happy in months. She pulled herself away from Jonesy. "I'm sorry," she said. "I mean this isn't far to Christina," she said.

Jonesy got up. "I know," he said. "I should go," he told her.

"Jonesy, not, that's not fair. You came here and came on to me and now you leave me to be with your girlfriend. I knew this would happen if you picked her over me, damnit Jonesy, can't you see now that you made a mistake," Nikki asked.

"Yeah well, we all make mistakes, you made them, I made them, and now we have to live up to the life that we have created by the mistakes we made a few months ago," Jonesy said.

"Yeah," Nikki placed her hand on her round belly. She smiled. "It's not that much longer, just a couple of months and I'll be a mommy," she said. And you might just be the daddy. Nikki had still not told Jonesy that there was a high chance of him being the father, but he should know that there is a chance anyway. He knows just as well as she do that even after they broke up they had sexual intercourse a few times before Stone entered Nikki's life.

Jonesy sat down next to Nikki and placed his hand on top of her stomach. "You know Nikki, wouldn't it be cool if I ended up being the father, I mean, we did have sex a lot when we was together and even a few times after we broke up... who's to say that there's no chance of me being the father," he said.

Nikki smiled. "Yeah, I know, Stone is just a jerk. He left me and now this baby is going to grow up without a father," she frowned.

Jonesy wrapped an arm around Nikki. "I know that I'm probably not the real father of the child, but I can be there for you, I would be honoured if you would accept me as the father of your unborn baby," he smiled.

Nikki smiled. "Really? Oh Jonesy, thank you-thank you!" Nikki hugged him tightly. I know you're the father, I just know it... I was pregnant before Stone and I slept together which was only once. I went to the hospital the day after and I was already over a week along... maybe a bit further... so it was impossible for Stone to be the father... I wanna tell Jonesy, but he mught get mad... I've known this for so long and hidden it from him.

"Nikki, what's ya thinking about?" Jonesy asked her.

"Just about the baby," Nikki smiled. It wasn't a lie anyway.

"Oh, yeah well, I should go home, Christina will kill me if she knows I was here with you," Jonesy got up and kissed Nikki quickly on the lips. "Keep this a secret and there will be more times like this," and with that he left.

Nikki smiled as she watched Jonesy leave. Jonesy was going to be cheating on Christina with her. Whoa, that seemed unfair but right now Nikki just wasn't too damn concerned about Christina Smith. Jonesy Garcia was the love of her life and if she was going to win him back she was going to have to make that happen and she was willing to do anything for his love. Anything.

Well, there you go, chapter eight. I know a lot did happen, I could of wrote more and broke that into two chapters but hey I felt like doing it like this so I hope you enjoyed it... that's all for now... xoxo

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