A few weeks had passed. Nicole still had no friends. The sun was setting. Nicole was looking out the window with her sketch pad and colored pencils drawing the sun setting sun.

The next evening Nicole was working making pizza deliveries. She pulled up to the next house and got out of the car. She rang the doorbell. A woman answered.

"LaRusso residence?" Nicole asked.

"Yes." The woman said. "Come in." She went in. "I'll just be a second." She went to go get the money."

A man came into the room. Nicole recognized him from a billboard she saw every day.

"Hello." He said.

"Hi." She said.

"Have you been paid yet?"

"Your wife is taking care of it."

Sam came down the stairs and saw Nicole. "Hi, Nicole right?"

"Yes." Nicole said.

"Would you like to hang out sometime?"

"Sure." Sam wrote her number on a piece of paper and handed it to her.

Robby came in from his room in the dojo. Nicole noticed his shoulder was better. He saw Nicole.

"Hi." He said.

"Hi." Nicole said.

"How are you doing tonight?" He said smiling at her.

"Fine." She said hoping she wasn't blushing. The woman came back into the room with the money.

"How much?" The woman asked.

"$13.50." She was paid and handed her the pizza.

"Thank you." Nicole left.

The LaRusso's and Robby sat down at the table to eat.

"I saw you checking out the pizza girl." Daniel said.

"She's cute." Robby said.

"Why didn't you ask her out?" Sam asked.

"She was working."

"Aw, you were nervous." She said teasingly.

"No I wasn't."

After she made her last delivery Nicole went back to the pizza place and was helping close up. She and Kate were the only ones there. Coming out from the back Nicole saw Kate taking money out of the register and putting it in her pocket.

The next day Nicole debated on going to the managers office to report her but ultimately decided to. She knocked on the door.

"Come in." The manager said from behind the door.

"Hi Nicole." He said.

"I have something to tell you."

Kate was fired.

Later that night Nicole was walking to her car. Everyone else was already gone. She was about to open her car door when she heard from behind her.

"Hey bitch!" When she turned around Kate punched her in the face, then in the mouth. She fell to the ground. "I know it was you that got me fired!" She kicked her in the ribs as she could.

"Ahhhh!!!!" She screamed out in pain.

"You'd better watch your back from now on!" She kicked her again.

"Ahhhh!!!!" Kate walked away. Nicole was bleeding from her lip and in a lot of pain