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Chapter Four : Wicked Game

"Yes, its me Jude." I rocked back and forth on the balls of my feet, biting at my bottom lip awkwardly. I side glanced him as I noticed that he was in his pajamas, remembering, I stared down at myself noticing I too were in pajamas, my cheeks turned red. "Couldn't sleep?"

"Nah lots of stuff on my mind dude." He rubbed the back of his next as I swallowed what I was going to say, suddenly remembering my throat was dry. "Can we talk Nikki?" He questioned, patting the spot on the sofa beside of him. My heart began to flutter violently, as if it was going to erupt. Butterflies began to burn in my throat as I struggled to say the words...

"O-o-okay." I muttered, clumsily sitting down beside him, trying to get my 'Nikki Coolness' apperance back. I took a deep breath. "What goes on?"

"Well, Nikki...I hate to admit it but, on my way here I really thought I would be able to you know.." He paused staring down at his lap of black sweats, which made me eye is muscled body. The tanktop he wore showed every inch of his perfectioness. It made my eyes widen in awe. "Well, I really thought I was going to you know-- ask you out." He sighed deeply, ruffling through his honey blonde hair. My teeth grinded together making an uneasy sound as I crossed my legs, pretzel style, on the couch searching for the words to say in my mind.

"Jude...you know I'm not good at all with expressing my emotions so just bare with me here." I tapped my foot slightly against the floor as my stomach churned in a queasy sort of way. "Ever since you kissed me that day we have left I realized you liked me and I always had such a huge crush on you but was scared you didn't feel the same way." I took his hand that was laying limp on his thigh, lacing my slim fingers through his more muscular ones. "Jude I do not like Ricky. This may sound dumb but please hear me out okay? I always thought you were such a great guy, a guy that could make any girl truly happy. You still are that guy in my mind no doubt but, I really feel you can do better than me. You DESERVE alot better than me. The only reason I started dating Ricky was because I couldn't stop thinking about ya Jude! For god sakes I even thought about your lips while kissing that guy! I just didn't want to hurt you Jude!" I felt the tears piling up in my eyes, but I refused to cry. I couldn't. "Your all I can think about! Jude, I love you!" As I said those three words it felt like a huge weight that was pulling me down to the ground was lifted, the tears rolled off my eyes lashes onto my rosey cheeks. Jude stared at me, mouth agape, his eyes growing with intense emotion.

"Well you can stop day dreaming now." His hand reached towards me, pulling my head close to his lightly. Before I could even blink his soft pink lips that I fantasized about ever so much were actually a reality--again of course. I climbed on to his lap, kissing him with full passion. It felt so good to be in his arms, to smell the scent of his breath, to taste his beautiful lips on mine. His fingers knotted in my short purple hair as he nudged me in closer, holding my lower back with his other hand. I felt like I was in heaven. He let go of me slowly as we both let out a huge breath. His crystal blue eyes seemed to smile up into my purple ones. "I love you too." He poked my nose with his index finger. "My little Nikki." I wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my head against his chest. The dryness of my throat was gone and I felt myself drift into slumber.

The next morning the sound of a loud BOOM woke me up. I screamed in shock as I placed a hand over my heart feeling it accelerate. Jude woke up underneath me screaming as well, my cheeks turned cherry red when I have noticed I was ontop of Jude on the couch. He laied underneath me, staring up at me pale in the face. How the hell did I...Oh yeah I fell asleep on Jude after our little make out session. I went to say something to Jude, but his eyes seemed ghost white so I crawled my way off of him. When I turned around I saw Ricky staring dead at me. His eyes looked as though they were inflamed. Jen and Caitlin smiled at me slightly, then looked away as they saw the anger flowing off of this boys body. I totally forgot about Ricky and also the fact that he was my boyfriend....I cheated. Jonsey stood on the left side of him with his eyebrow perched up, eyeing Jude with curious eyes as if they were having a conversation. Wyatt stood uncomfortable behind him staring down at the floor.

"Look, Ricky...I"
"Nikki! What the hell were you doing ontop of HIM!" He pointed at Jude nefariously, I was freightened for Jude. I did not want Ricky attacking him at all. I panicked, tracing my mind for an answer.

"Ricky, listen. I came down here last night cause my throat was dry and itchy. I went to get a glass of milk from the fridge but saw that Jude was awake so I came into the living room to see what he was doing. So we sat on the sofa for a bit, ya know, catching up. Then I guess I must have fell asleep on him and we ended up in an awkward position, hence why I was screaming." I paused for a second looking around the room. "Wait, what was the huge boom sound?"

"Oh! Theres a huge storm out." Jen answered from behind Ricky, he glanced back towards her then she turned away, freightened. Out of nowhere music by Brittany Spears, "Piece of Me" sang out.

"Hehee! Its Mikey!" Caitlin shouted, jumping up and down as she clutched her cellphone to her ear as she jetted out of the room. Wyatt followed after her, clearly feeling uneasy here. Ricky stared pass me at Jude then walked out of the room, I chased after him as he stomped madly into the kitchen. My dad sat in there drinking coffee, getting ready for work.

"Woah, something wrong?" He asked as he stared at my drained face.
"No, nothing at all." He nodded as he dropped his mug in the sink.
"Got to get to work, bye Nikki. Ricky." He smiled running out the door. I slumped against the wall hearing slight conversation going on in the living room. Ricky wasn't paying attention, he was too busy leaning over the sink with his head down.

"Did you guys kiss?" I heard Jen faintly ask. My head snapped over to Ricky, spraining my neck a bit in the process. Ouch. I rubbed my neck then went back to listening.

"Yeah.." I heard Jude trail off and a sudden scuff of sneakers moving around in the living room.
"Do you love her?" I heard Jen reply as there was a sudden silence..
"Yes I do." I heard Jude answer, it made me smile from ear to ear. More scuffing of sneakers, maybe even running. I heard pounding going up the stairs abruptly, I wonder what happened. Ricky then finally turned to me.
"Are you sure thats all it was." He spoke slowly as if I did not comprehend.

"Ye-" He cut me off grabbing my face in his hands.
"No. ARE YOU SURE." My eyes stared at the floor in agony. "NIKKI DAMNIT LOOK AT ME!"

"Nothing. Happened." I emphasized as he let go of my face.
"Fine, I'm trusting you Nikki." He hugged me as I returned the hug back. "So whats on the agenda today?"
"Don't know. Have to see." He put his arm around my back as we walked into the living room where everybody but Jen sat in a circle staring intently at Jude. Jude's head spun as he saw Ricky's arm around me. I swear if Jude was a cat he would have hissed. I shook out of Rickys arm as I ran up to them.

"Where's Jen?" I questioned as the all pointed at the roof. "Shes in the roof?" They all narrow eyes me as I shrugged. "Whatever. I'm not a comedic genius." I spun on my heal as I walked out into the hallway, running up the stairs. "Jen?" I peeked into my bedroom, she wasn't in there but as I entered I heard wailing coming from my bathroom, of which the door was closed. "Jen?" I tapped the door lightly with the back of my hand.
"Jen? Why are you crying?" The door squeeked open a bit letting me gain access inside. She sniffled as her orange hair became a mess.

"Nikki, I don't know why I'm crying. I guess I feel homesick." She muttered under her sobs as I can tell clearly that she was lying.
"Jen, quit the charade and tell me whats wrong." She stared up into my eyes without word.

"I guess I was scared Ricky was going to hurt Jude, or even YOU! He looked so mad!" She ran out of the bathroom stopping at the door of my bedroom.
"Clean up, we will wait for you down stairs." She dabbed her eyes on her sleeve as she headed down stairs into the living room. I could tell she was lying to me but I guess she will tell me on her own when shes ready to tell someone what the heck is wrong. I slipped off my black pajamas, kicking them aside on the floor in a crumbled heap as I stepped inside of my shower. I regulated the water at just the right tempature, letting the hot water soak into my skin. I got myself in quite the perdicament here.

As I stepped into the living room everyone stood up frantically.
"Its storming out so we figured to watch a movie." Caitlin clasped her hands together. "A movie day!" She sang happily. She was the most energetic person ever known to man. Everyone sat on the floor in a line, Jude smiled up at me to sit next to him so I did, of course Ricky tailed after me sitting beside me. Caitlin sat beside Ricky next to Wyatt who was next to Jonesy. Jen sat next to Jude staring at him faintly.
"Dude its kind of cold in here." He winked at me as I chuckled lightly.
"Let me get a few quilts from upstairs." As I ran upstairs dumping as many flowery quilts I could get my hands on I ran downstairs, throwing them at people.
"HEY WATCH IT MY HAIR!" Caitlin sighed, placing her blonde hair back in place. Jonsey yawned a bit as he stared at me paley.
"Uhh, so what movie we watching?" He asked.

"The Strangers." I answered uninterestedly.

"Ugh! I heard the movie sucked!" Jonsey complained as Jude nodded his head.
"Indeed it did man."
"Deal with it and shut up!" Wyatt interjected putting the disc into the dvd player and selecting 'play.' I sat back down next to Jude as Ricky put his arm around my waiste. I sighed deeply, putting my head on Ricky's shoulder. If only this was Jude and not Ricky. Suddenly I felt a cold hand touch my right hand I side glanced at Jude as his fingers tangled through mine. I place my hand on the floor, holding his tightly. As I pulled the blanket over us more so Ricky wouldn't notice. My quilt was big enough to fit Ricky, Jude, and I. Judes index finger slightly stroked my palm as the movie went through showing its lame attempts at terror. The whole time me and Jude would stare at each other from our side view giggling at random. I saw Ricky stiffen and his face to grimly serious so I stopped staring at Jude and paied attention to the movie. As the movie went on and on I noticed everyone began falling to sleep. Caitlin was curled up in Wyatt's lap, Jonsey fell backwards and was snoring like the bear that he was. Jen leaned against the sofa sleeping soundly and happily Ricky was sleeping, leaning himself up on the sofa too. Jude, too was asleep soundly. I questioned weather or not to wake him up, but I did. I tickled his rib cage as he let out a gasp of giggles. He began to tickle me back to the point where we were both rolling on the floor laughing. He scooped me up in his arms and carried me out of the living room to the kitchen. I giggled as he let me down on the kitchen table.

"Finally we get to be alone." He jumped up on the edge of the table next to me.

"Your not mad at me because I didn't break it off with Ricky are you?" He seemed to ponder for a moment as he watched his feet kick slowly back and forth as it tangled off the table.

"A little bit, since you said you loved me and all." I sighed, I understood completly. If roles were reversed I would want Jude to break up with his girlfriend immediatly.

"I just don't want him crushed, I didn't want to break up with him on a bad note like that you know? I rather break up with him when things cool off and when he notices I'm not that cuddly anymore. He will realize things are fading and our relationship isn't going anywhere. He will break it off with me." Jude shrugged.

"I can't understand girls so whatever you believe is right Nikki, but I feel pretty weird sneaking around like this."

"I know." I responded depressed as he put an arm around my shoulders. "Don't worry we won't have to sneak around for too long okay?" He nodded sadly, his sad face made my heart feel crushed. He pecked a quick kiss to my lips as the lights turned on in the kitchen, I jumped off the table quickly as Ricky showed up.

"What are you guys doing?" He was definatly suspicious now.

"He dragged me in here because he wanted a drink and the movie was boring him." I spoke sarcastically. "Nothing GOOD enough for Jude." He smiled as he played along.
"I told you I didn't want root beer, I want cola." He winked as I went into the fridgerator.

"Well damn if your going to be so picky." I picked up a red soda can and flung it at Jude. He pulled it open with ease, gulping the soda down.

"Thanks, Nikki I was parched man." He winked, crushing the soda can and throwing it in the trash. "I'll leave you and your man alone." He strode out of the kitchen back into the living room soundlessly. Ricky crossed his arms, leaning his back against the wall.

"What? Is there something wrong with giving my friend a soda? Some caffine law?" He rolled his eyes as he walked up to me.
"Its only been two freaking hours after the incident Nikki! Not even a half hour after you got caught laying ontop of Jude in the living room you make another move on him. RIGHT INFRONT OF ME!" Sweat began to topple my forehead he was making me nerveous he had a violent hint to his eyes.

"What are you-"
"Don't ACT like your INNOCENT Nikki! You two were holding hands underneath the quilt. I faked that I was asleep and you guys were rolling around on the floor having a tickle war! Than he scoops you up like your his wife and brings you here to the kitchen to make out?!"
"We weren't going to-"

"Shut up Nikki." He got closer to me holding up his hand. "I saw him peck one on your lips!" Suddenly, all I saw was white, he slapped me dead across the face.
"HEY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU-" He pinned my wrists down with one hand with no struggle at all. "JU-" He covered my mouth with his other hand, evil glaring me with all his might.

"I DON'T LIKE TO BE TWO TIMED NIKKI! YOU ARE MY GIRL AND THATS FINAL!" He kicked me in the knees making me fall to the floor, he still had me grabbed by the wrists, just as I was about to call out for help he threatened me. "If you tell Jude I swear Nikki he will be beaten sensless and you will never see him again, do you really want that?" Tears swelled into my eyes as he threw me to the wall, the pans that hung on the wall fell down ontop of my head hitting me harshly. Ricky stood there all muscular in his pride staring down at me like I was his prey. That's when Jude came running in as he saw me limp against the wall.

"What the hell happened?" The others raced in from behind hearing Judes outburst. Ricky glared me, trying to imprint his threat in my mind. I winced at the thought.
"I just slipped on some wet spot, the fridge is leaking water again." I suffered trying to get up I was in so much pain. I kicked the refrigerator trying to play it off. "Stupid fridgerator! Owww!" I could feel bruises beginning to form on my legs. Jude and Jonsey ran over to me helping me to go sit down on the sofa in the kitchen.
"Man, your one clumsy chick!" Jonsey commented.

"Oh get over yourself! At least I can hold up a job!"

"Oh, low blow Nikki. Low blow." I rolled my eyes as Jude had alot of questions in his eyes, so full of curiosity. He probably knew I made up that horrid lie, he knew me better than anyone here. Inside and out.

"Actually I have to go to the bathroom." I suffered even more as I tried to run up the stairs to my bathroom where I slammed the door locking myself in. All I could do was curl myself up into a ball in the corner and cry my eyes out.

.[Chapter 4 End].