Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! Hmm…strange nobody voted Bella/Edward. Why am I not surprised? I guess if I ever want to do an Edward/Bella story I just cannot have Nikel in it. Well, at least I know my character is so loved.
THIS STORY IS OFFICALLY NIKEL (OC)/BELLA. Sorry I don't really like using all caps but I wanted to make sure it was seen. Now we have a new question to answer:
VOTE: What are the Cruor's?
Human
Witches
Cosmic Troublemakers (Found in the Nina Bangs books, not a crossover by any means. They're basically magical people who like to cause trouble.)
Shifters (Not werewolves)
Other ideasI redid this chapter because I'm using a new word document and it messed up my paragraph spacing. Also the little inbetween -after school- part didn't follow over when I uploaded it. Sorry for the confusion.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight just OC's.
Come please I'm callin'
And Oh I scream for you
Hurry, I'm falling', I'm fallin'
Chapter 3: I'm Falling
Two weeks passed quickly and I found myself falling into a routine. On school days I would hang out with the Cruor's until dinner. Then I would go home –my house was too small to fit all the Cruor kids-, cook, then back to their house until I had to go to bed or do homework. Sometimes we would do homework together, other times we did other…random…things. Weekends were filled with crazy plots, road trips and sleepovers. I was convinced their parents threw money at them to keep them out of the way. Who I hung out with varied day to day but Nikel was always a constant. It wasn't for the reason most would think, though. I was his bodyguard…yeah, laugh it up.
"Nikel?" Lauren's voice interrupted our conversation on which school lunch was probably the most poisonous to eat. It was lunch time and like the last two weeks I sat with Zach, Allina, Sam and Nikel.
He inched closer to me, trying to get away from her extreme closeness, "Can I help you?"
"I was wondering if you would like to go out on Saturday?" She asked. I bit my lip to keep from laughing. This was a typical thing. Girls were always coming up to Nikel and asking him out. At first they would ask Zach and Sam out as well but quickly found Zach's insane and Sam was unavailable.
"Oh sorry, I have plans with Bella." He told her, before throwing me a conniving smirk "we're going to the movies."
She glared at me before stomping off. This was the extent of my body guarding; it was body guarding because jealous girls could be dangerous.
I caught Nikel's eye and raised an eyebrow, "I was unaware of these plans. Maybe I already had something going on, ever think of that?"
"Crossed my mind briefly but then I dismissed it. You love me too much."
I snorted, he meant it platonic but most eavesdroppers wouldn't understand that. That's where the rumor we were dating came from. Of course, it didn't help his excuse to turn down girls was he was hanging out with me.
"You are egotistical!" I replied, biting into my pizza. This was a common statement.
"And you're clumsy." He brilliantly response, smiling.
"Stop," Allina cut in before I could make a comeback, "We all know this argument already. Pretend it already happened and move on."
"Yes, ma'am," Zach yelled, jumping up to salute her. A few people at the tables around us turned to stare.
"Loser, sit down." Sam ordered in the blandest tone I ever heard. He didn't even look up from his tray.
"Yo, what are you? A fag?" A junior from one of the tables around us yelled out at Zach. I rolled my eyes. Zach dressed…well, a style all his own. Though it was only February 2nd, he had flip-flops on, faded ripped blue jeans and a yellow-green-purple-pink tie-dye shirt on. At this conservative school he got teased a lot.
"Why?" Zach smiled back suggestively, "Ya interested? Hm, sorry you're not my type. I go after things with boobs and a little less hair."
"Things?" I asked when he finally sat back down.
He shrugged, "I don't want to rule anything out."
"Sick." Allina grumbled, throwing her sandwich down, "Zachariah Amar Cruor I am eating! I don't need flashbacks of you and Ms. Ander's dog."
"What?!"
Nikel turned to me, "It's not how it sounds. Our old neighbor Ms. Ander had this dog with a little humping problem. He was a big dog and managed to knock Zach down. Enough said."
"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Allina whined covering her ears. I snickered.
Zach tapped her on the shoulder; she slowly removed her hands. He pointed to her sandwich, "You gonna eat that?" Rolling her eyes she gave it to him, "Thanks. By the way…dog sex."
"Damn you!" She snapped back, before leaving the table in a huff.
We all looked at Sam. He glanced at us and let out a sigh. With one last look of longing at his food, he got up to follow his girlfriend.
"How do you manage to annoy Allina so much she actually leaves the table at least once a week?"
"Do I ask you about your clumsiness?"
"No…"
"I don't ask about your talents; you don't ask about mine."
"How is my clumsiness a talent?" I asked bewildered.
"Chica, really, have you seen anyone fall down like you do? That's real talent." Zach replied, trying to sound complimentary. I just rolled my eyes.
I turned back to Nikel, "So…movie on Friday, huh?"
He just started to laugh as I stared on confused over the whole thing.
-After School-
"I love you so much, baby, I could just shit."
I nudged Zach, trying not to laugh as he gives me his best innocent smile. Nikel just gave him a dirty look before turning away from us switching his phone to the other ear.
"Loser, I'm talking to our cousin." Nikel hissed his back to us.
"Correction, your cousin," Zach replied before looking at me, "She's hot."
"She can hear you, Zach."
His smirk turned lecherous, "Hey Sexy!"
Nikel groaned and left the room. I jumped up from my relaxed position on the bed, "No, don't leave me with him!" I yelled at his retreating form.
I slowly turned to see Zach still lying on the bed, leaning against the headrest. His grin was seriously creeping me out.
"Allina! I'm coming to hang out with you." I shouted before literally running from the room. I quickly moved down the hall to her room.
"Dunk!" Was all I heard before I hit the ground; after that, I heard a splat, laughter and Nikel cursing. I stood back up and turned gradually. Nikel stood there, no longer holding his phone, his face covered in Blue paint.
"Nailed him," Loretta laughed before casually walking into her room, a homemade slingshot in hand.
I carefully made my way over to Nikel, afraid of him exploding. I looked at him for a moment to make sure he was okay.
Surprisingly he just shook his head, "Where does she learn to make this shit?"
"Not a clue, but I think you should shower."
He looked at me then, a devious smirk slowly spread across his wet-paint face. I backed away carefully; my hands up as if calming a wild animal.
"Don't you dare."
That was all it took. I turned and fled with Nikel right behind me. Of course, that's when my clumsiness decided to show itself. I tripped right outside Allina's door and Nikel got me. He grabbed me around the waist and pressed his face the back of my shirt.
I shrieked, trying to get out of his grasp. Laughing, he turned me around so we were facing each other. Our faces were mere inches away from each other; our laughter died quickly enough. We just stared at each other not knowing what to do. We didn't have to decide what to do; Allina interrupted whatever it was going on.
"What was all the screaming about?"
Nikel casually helped me stand up, "Loretta, what else?"
She looked at Nikel's face, "I told you not to throw away her favorite shirt."
"It was ratty and disgusting."
"I warned you though."
"Whatever." He snorted, "Come on Bella. I just have to wash up my face and I'll take you home."
He started back down the hallway and I followed staring at his back. Were we going to kiss? Did I want to kiss Nikel? Then the answer hit me; I was falling.
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VOTE: What are the Cruor's?
Human
Witches
Cosmic Troublemakers (Found in the Nina Bangs books, not a crossover by any means. They're basically magical people who like to cause trouble.)
Shifters (Not werewolves)
Other ideas