Everything's Gonna be Alright
Chapter - 15
Nikki's Story - Always Listening
It had been around 10 minutes since the two had begun to talk. Nikki had learnt about Caitlin and in return Caitlin had learnt about Nikki, Mainly about Camp Campbell, more specifically Max and Neil. Once the girls let their guard down the pair really enjoyed each other's company, though before long they were interrupted. "Nicolette, your daddy says that you've got to get your stuff together to go to his house. You're leaving in 15." Nikki knew there was a large amount of agitation in her Mum's voice, she sighed heavily before getting off her bed and laying down the bag she had brought back with her from camp. She got rid of her dirty clothes and replaced them with fresh ones before rezipping her bag. Caitlin watched Nikki throughout the whole process subconsciously. "What?" Nikki said as she turned to face Caitlin. "Huh?" Caitlin shook her head slightly, waking up from the slight daze she was in. "Huh?" Nikki answered. "What?" The girls looked at each other completely confused for a period of time before bursting into laughter. After the fit of giggles had passed Nikki climbed back onto the bed "So what's the plan?"
Nikki was sat behind the driver's seat staring out the window. The silence was deafening, you could hear a pin drop. The only thing preventing it from being completely silent was the low hum of the radio. She sat there wishing for someone to save her from the hell she was enduring. Everything was so normal, too normal. It scared her how normal everything was. After being at camp for so long anything normal was abnormal. Suddenly she felt her phone vibrate, she looked down to see a message notification. She immediately clicked on the notification hoping to escape the almost silent car for even a second.
"Hey guys, what's going on for you?" Neil sent to the group. "Im heading to my Dads house" Nikki replied. "Cool, what do you think Max is up to?" "No clue." Nikki smiled at the thought of her friends. "Oh yeah, I'm going to be in the Sleepy Peak Science Contest. I've entered the contest before but I figured I'd enter again for some fun. If you and Max want it'd be cool if the two came and watched." Neil offered. "Are you going to make things explode? Please say yes please say yes!" "What? Nikki. I'm not going to make things explode." "Awwwww man :(((( ill ask Dad if i can come and watch promise." "Cool beans. Sorry to cut this conversation short but I've really got to prepare for this contest. I'll keep you updated." "Byeeeeeeeeeeeee."
Swiftly the car came to a stop as her Dad pulled into the driveway. Aisha immediately got out of the car, searching for her keys to open the door. Nikki's dad stepped out of the car and opened the door for Nikki, she hopped out and walked to the boot of the car to grab her bag, Caitlin was carrying Nikki's backpack for her waiting silently behind her mother. The "family" entered the house, Aisha promptly walked to her bedroom. Caitlin and Nikki's Dad helped Nikki get her belongings to her room, the bags were placed neatly at the end of the bed before the two left Nikki alone to have her space. As Nikki was walking to her desk she heard her Dad quietly ask Caitlin to go play in her room for a bit. She took little notice before looking for places to hang some pictures from camp around the room.
Before long Nikki had decided to place the photos above her bed and looked around her desk to try and find some blu-tac. After searching her desk for a few minutes she went on a mission to find her Dad. She figured if anyone knew where it was it would be him. She checked the kitchen, the lounge room, bathroom, laundry room, The backyard she even double checked every room. After a good solid five minutes she had concluded that he could only be in his bedroom. As Nikki got closer to her Dad's room she heard two voices, she could only assume it was her Dad and Aisha. She decided to listen in to what the adults were talking about. The longer she listened to more it reminded her of her parents fighting.
"You really want her here? Noah, she's pathetic, just like her Mother. Why wouldn't you just let her keep the mut." Nikki couldn't believe what she was hearing. She was sure that her Dad would put a stop to this. "Aisha, I get it. But she's my daughter." Nikki felt a wave of reassurance wash over her. "Besides if we keep her, that means her mother will have to pay child support instead of me having to pay her. We could raise her right." "But are we willing to do that. She's a lost cause. How can we possibly fix her?" Nikki rushed back to her room flopping on the bed. She felt tears stream down her face, she didn't bother to try and rid them from her face.
Besides, it's not like anyone cared.