Nickole pulled up to Ann's house and honked the horn twice. Ann cam running out of the door and yelled back to the house "See you later, Mom!" And then she got into the car, smiling with a huge grin at Nickole, "So how did it go? Tell me all about it!"
"Last night?" Nickole teased Ann.
"Yes last night, are you stupid?"
"Chill out. It was great!"
"So you had a good time? What did you do?"
"It was the classic dinner-and-a-movie, you know."
"It sounds like you had fun. Speaking of Don, where is he?"
"What do you mean?" Nickole asked confused,
"I thought he would be riding with us,"
"Uh, no, he is at a basketball game."
"Oh, that's too bad."
When they arrived at the church where movie night was being held Nickole and Ann went inside and saw that a lot of their friends were there. When they walked though the doors, a girl with a clipboard came over to them, "Hey guys!"
"Hey, Angelica," Nickole greeted her,
"I need you to sign in," Angelica said handing the clipboard to Nickole.
"So who all is here?" Ann asked looking over Nickole's shoulder at the clipboard.
"Let's see..." Nickole's eyes scrolled down the clipboard looking at all the names, "Addie's here; so are Austin, Allen, and then you of coarse. That takes care of the A's." she paused looking further down the list, "...Becca, Bryan, Billy..." she kept reading until Ann interrupted her.
"...basically everyone; is Eddie on there?" Ann asked. Nickole flipped the first page of names back so she could see the rest,
"Yep." she said shortly,
"Great," Ann replied sarcastically, "Well, I'm going to go talk to Addie."
"You do that," Nickole said, and then turned her attention back to Angelica, whose expression of confusion, quickly turned into a cheesy grin,
"What's up?" Angelica asked taking the clipboard back from Nickole,
"Nothing... really," Nickole replied, and then a loud voice came from the main room.
"Everybody, get you're snacks and find a seat. We're going to start the movie soon," Mrs. Collins' voice yelled over the chit-chat of the teenagers. Everyone was sat down on the floor in front of a large white sheet on which the move was projected. Nickole and Angelica sat down next to Lisa and Rebecca who were gossiping yet again.
Nickole looked across the room and saw that Ann was sitting with Addie, and a few people over from them was Austin sitting next to...Eddie. When Nickole looked over at them, he met her gaze and smirked. Nickole quickly turned her attention back to the movie, which was very lame. She looked over at Ann, who was looking at the projection with eyes glazed over.
"Are you okay?" Angelica asked thumping Nickole on the arm.
"Yeah...I'm fine," She looked back to where Eddie had been sitting; he wasn't there.
"Hey," a voice came from behind her, and she turned around.
"Eddie," she started, surprised. Eddie sat down right behind her. Once again Nickole glanced around at Ann trying to make eye contact, but Ann looked half asleep staring blankly at the sheet.
"Oh, hey I'm going to get something to drink; do you want anything?" Angelica asked standing up.
"No thanks," Eddie said,
"I'm fine," Nickole said nervously. When Angelica left, Eddie moved and sat next to Nickole.
"So what have you been up to lately?" Eddie asked looking over at Nickole,
"Um, nothing really," Nickole lied,
"Really, because I heard that you and what's-his-face went out last night." he smirked, Nickole looked over at him,
"We, Don and I, did."
"Oh, that looser."
"Whatever," Nickole said turning her attention back to the movie, "Just get over yourself."
Eddie, choosing to ignore Nickole's last comment continued, "You know, I really like you."
"Eddie, please don't," Nickole started, getting annoyed.
"If these people weren't here..." he tried to hold her hand, "I'd..."
"Stop!" Nickole whispered moving her hand and standing up, "I think I'm going to leave." she stated, and then she walked out, leaving Eddie sitting there. On her way to the door, she ran into Angelica, "Could you tell Ann to get a ride home with Addie or somebody, for me, please?"
"Umm, okay. What's wrong?"
"I just have to go home." Nickole said feeling very flustered, and getting out her keys she walked out the door. The whole way home her phone kept ringing, and every time the caller ID showed the same name: EDDIE. Nickole just ignored it until she finally turned the phone off.