Chapter 7 "So, come on superstar, tell me about how amazing it was." Audrey asked Nick, who was laying on her bed. Heidi was sitting on Joe's lap on her bean bag in the other corner of the room. Audrey was re brushing her hair in her mirror. Nick looked up at the ceiling and said, "Eh, it was ok."
"Oh, what all those screaming girls weren't enough for you." She said, making her way back over to her bed, and sat down. Nick looked up at her and smiled.
"I only wanted one screaming girl." He said. This made her insides twist.
"Oh, how cute." She said sarcastically. Nick smiled at her, he knew she would say that.
"Come here." He said, motioning for her to lay down next to him. She did as she was told. He wrapped his arm around her waist, holding her tight. She put her head on his arm. Perfect. He slightly leaned his head on her's.
"Jeesh, if you guys are going get that cozy can we at least put a movie in? It's getting kind of sickening watching you two." Joe said, making a face. Audrey just smiled and nodded.
"JACKPOT! You have the terminator!" Joe said, jumping up and down like a little kid. Heidi started laughing.
"Asta laveesta baby." Joe interpreted. Heidi started laughing again, and so did Audrey and Nick. Oh, Joe. He put the DVD in the player, and on came the movie.
It was late, and everyone, especially the boys, were really tired. Nick played with Audrey's hair, and Audrey would play with his purity ring, thinking if she should do it to. She rubbed his muscular arms, thinking how amazing he was. Did she deserve someone as good to her as Nick was? But half way through the movie, he stopped. She slightly turned to look at him, and he had fallen quickly asleep. Heidi had fallen asleep on Joe's lap, her arms still around his neck. Joe was just about to daze off too. Audrey quickly got up, and tapped on his shoulder.
"Oh no you don't." She said to him. He opened his eyes a bit wider, and looked up at her, giving her the death glare.
"Are you serious? I was just about to fall asleep. Crazy hormonal teenager." He said to her in a sleepy voice, closing his eyes.
"I need to talk to you." she whispered to him. He opened one eye and said,
"I'm kinda tied down at the moment." He directed his vision at her sleeping best friend.
"Just get up!" She yelled at him.
"OK, ok!" He said. He stood up, still holding Heidi, and gently layed her down on the bean bag. He stood there for a moment, and just looked at her. He wiped the hair out of her face, and then followed Audrey downstairs to the kitchen. She made some hot chocolate, one for her and one for Joe. He lifted himself up on the counter to sit. Audrey did the same thing.
"What is so important that you must wake me up from my sleep?" He asked.
"Ok, I shouldn't even be telling you this, but you need to know, and I know Heidi wouldn't even tell you if it was a life or death situation." she said taking a break to take a sip of her drink. Joe shook his head, egging her to go on.
"Ok, well, um, Joe, don't you dare hurt Heidi. At all. Not even the littlest hear break. Because I will hunt you down, and I will hurt you." She said, dead serious. Joe started to laugh, but when he saw how serious she looked, he stopped.
"Drey, I'm not going to hurt Heidi. I..I love her." He said, looking down at his drink. Audrey smiled to herself.
"You better, she needs the real thing this time." she said hoping off the counter, and dumping the rest of her hot chocolate down the drain.
"What do you mean, this time?" He asked, confused. "I shouldn't tell you. Not behind her back. But I have to. You need to know." She said taking a deep breath.
"Spill it." He said. "Heidi was hurt, bad, by her boyfriend a year ago. It wasn't just mental pain either. He physically beat her. She said she loved him though, and that the pain was just part of their relationship. I tried to talk some sense into her, and tell her to break up with the bastard before he hurt her enough to put her in the hospital, but she wouldn't listen. She was convinced it was love. She made me swear not to tell her parents, or anyone. So I never did. The only reason they broke up was because he was sent to jail for murdering another one of his 'girlfriends', more like personal sex toy to beat around." she said, tears starting to form. Joe looked dumbfounded, shock spread across his face, and his jaw almost dropped. He didn't even move, or make eye contact for a while.
"Earth to Joe?" Audrey said, more of a question.
"Yeah, yeah." he replied in a disappointed tone. "Joe, please don't say anything about this to her! And don't try to get her to talk about it, please Joe." She said. " No, I won't, but thanks for telling me." He said walking over to give her a hug. She hugged him back, happy she got that out. He started to walk up the stairs again to her bedroom, but stopped him in his tracks when she said, "Please, please don't break her heart Joe, she won't be able to handle it this time." She almost whispered. He turned around and said, "I can't Drey, it's not possible." Then turned around and made his way back to her room.