Disclaimer- I do not own JONAS or anything else in this story...except Nikki and her family and background because guess what??? She's based off me! haha!

Chapter Six: Essays

Nikki arrived at the Lucas household around 7:30 with her book bag in tow. She had changed her clothes and re-straightened her hair, and dressed down in jeans, boots, and simple long sleeve white shirt. She rang the doorbell, and the door opened to reveal a small boy. "Hi! You must be Frankie," Nikki said with a smile.

Frankie smiled. "Yes I am. And you must be Nikki. Kev-" He was shut off, as Kevin came up behind him, slapping his hand over his mouth.

"Hey Nikki! Come on in!" he said a little loudly.

Nikki smiled and shook her head as she moved past the two boys. Kevin bent down to Frankie's level and said, "Don't say anything to her, got it? Please?"

Frankie got an evil glint in his eye before he said, "It's gonna cost ya." Kevin sighed as he stood up and took out his wallet, handing him $20. "Nice doing business with you," he said, before he took off.

Kevin closed the door and said, "Everybody's upstairs," he said, gesturing towards the stairs. Nikki nodded before she followed Kevin up the stairs. They arrived to see everybody sitting in the middle of the floor in a big circle with their homework strung out around them.

"I didn't know you guys had Mrs. Tolbert," Nikki said, gesturing to Nick and Macy.

"We don't. We're working on our Algebra," he said, making a face.

"Oh good deal! If you need help, I can help with that too," she said, taking a seat next to Stella, Kevin sitting next to her.

"Awesome! Thanks Nikki," Macy said before her and Nick turned back to their books.

"Ok. So. Mrs. Tolbert wants four pages on Natural Selection. Typed and double spaced. So when you think about it, it's really only two pages. So this is going to be easy," Nikki said, as she fished out her Biology book from her bag.

"Oh really?" Joe asked mockingly.

"Yes really," she said in a retarded voice making Stella and Kevin laugh. "First, we need to set up the paper. An outline, if you will. But since it's not English class, it doesn't have to be absolutely perfect when it comes to construction. We just need to come up with about three topics to discuss, and we should be good to go."

"What three topics, professor?" Stella asked.

"Well, I say we start out by discussing Mandel, giving a brief history of him and discuss how he came up with Natural Selection. Then we discuss exactly what Natural Selection is, then explain a well known example of it, and how it's effected the world."

Stella nodded her head slowly before she grinned. "Sounds easy enough for me. Most of the answers you could just get from the book."

Nikki nodded. "Yes, but remember. Put it into your own words. You don't want to get caught plagiarizing."

"True because that would be like cheating," Kevin said.

Nikki nodded. "Exactly. So. I say tonight, we just work on the first topic over Mandel. So go through your books and take notes on what you believe to be vital information. An easy way to make sure you don't plagiarize, is take the notes in your own words. So go," Nikki said, gesturing towards their books. They all got to work, and it was silent in the room except for music playing softly on the other side of the room from the radio. After about thirty minutes of note taking, the group had finished with Mandel's history and how he discovered Natural Selection.

Stella sighed contentedly as she shut her book. "Ya know? You make an excellent teacher, Nikki. I actually get this now, and the process makes sense to me. I feel like I might actually do well on this!"

"Thanks, Stella," Nikki said, slipping her book into her bag.

"Hey Nikki? I hate to bother you, but Macy and I have been stuck on this same question for like ten minutes and we can't get it. Think you could help?"

Nikki smiled as she crawled over to them. "Sure thing! Whatcha got?" She went over the problem with them, breaking it down into smaller parts for them to understand. "And now just simply move everything to one side, and solve for x," she said.

"Awesome! Thanks so much, Nikki," Nick said, glancing up at her with a rare Nick smile.

"You're so welcome. Anytime."

"It'd be so much better if you could teach Algebra for us. Then maybe logarithms wouldn't be so hard," Macy said.

"Not to mention more fun," Nick said.

Nikki laughed lightly as she rose from the ground. "Well I'm here to help if you need anything," she said, before she turned back to the other group. She sat and talked with them for a little while, and when Nick and Macy finished their homework, they joined in for a bit. Nikki glanced at the clock on the wall to see it was almost ten and she gasped. "Is it really that late?" she asked as she stood up from the couch between Kevin and Stella.

Stella looked up and her eyes went wide. "Oh shoot! I'm going to be in so much trouble if I'm not home by ten!" she said, reaching down for her bag.

"I guess I better head out, too. We have school tomorrow after all," Macy said, standing up and stretching her arms over her head.

"We'll walk you guys to the door," Joe said.

"Ah don't worry about it. We know our way out," Stella said waving a hand at him. They bid their good byes, and the girls went down the stairs, leaving the boys to themselves in their room.

Kevin let out a tired sigh as he glanced around the room before he spotted a black object on the ground. He furrowed his eyebrows as he went over and picked it up. He hit the button on the bottom and picture of Nikki, a small girl with curly blonde hair and chubby cheeks, and a even smaller boy with blonde hair and big blue eyes, popped up on the screen. It took him two seconds to realize it was Nikki's iPhone. He quickly slid down the fire pole and sprinted to the door. He swung it open to reveal Nikki, raising her hand as if she was about to knock.

"Oh! Hey Kevin. I was just coming back-"

"For this?" he asked, holding up her phone.

She smiled as she took it from his extended hand, both of them brushing off the electric spark they felt run through their veins at the brief contact. "Thanks," she said softly.

"Who are the kids?" he asked, pointing to the phone.

Nikki gave him a confused look for a moment before her face lit up. "Oh! That's my niece, Hannah, and nephew, Caleb."

"Oh. They're cute," he said.

Nikki nodded with a smile. "Yeah they are."

It was silent between them for a moment before Nikki said, "Well I really should go," gesturing towards her truck with her thumb.

Kevin nodded. "Oh! Right," he said, before he stepped forward and wrapped her in a hug, Nikki instantly returning it. "Thanks again for helping us tonight," he said softly into her ear.

Nikki grinned slightly as she leaned back to kiss his cheek tenderly before pulling away. "My pleasure. Good night, Kevin," she said softly with a stunning smile.

Kevin grinned back at her. "Good night, Nikki," he whispered.

Nikki bit her lip, smile still on her face as she turned to head back to her truck. Kevin stood there for a moment, before he shut the door, and turned around to lean against it, still grinning like an idiot.

"We saw that."

Kevin blinked. "Huh? What?" he said, glancing around the room before his gaze landed on Joe and Nick, both of them standing there with their arms crossed and smirks on their faces.

"Your cheek burning, Kevin?" Nick asked with a smirk.

Kevin started grinning like an idiot again. "Yeah it i-Hey!"

"Why don't you just ask her out already?" Joe asked, as they trudged up the stairs.

"Yeah Kevin?" Nick asked.

Kevin turned to them once he reached their room. "Why don't you ask out Macy," he said, shoving Nick.

HE stared at him with a gaping mouth before he started stuttering out answers like 'I don't like her like that', and 'Totally not the point here'.

"I'm just not ready yet guys. Just give me a little bit, ok?"

They saw the look of desperation on their brother's face and they caved. "Alright. Just don't take as long as it took Joe over here to ask out Stella," Nick said, gesturing towards Joe.

"Hey! You're one to talk! With the way you always hang out with Macy, you might as well be dating!"

"Dude! She doesn't see me that way!"

"Oh please. The looks she gives you is not the same looks she give me and Joe," Kevin said.

"It's probably because I'm her favorite JONAS, and it's a fan girl look."

"Oh you're her favorite alright," Joe muttered.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nick asked in a short tone.

"I say that we just think all this over and discuss it later on when we have an inkling of what to do," Kevin said.

Nick and Joe agreed before they dressed for bed. They fell into an uneasy sleep, their dreams haunted by that certain girl.

A/N-- So? What'd ya think? Reviews would be awesome. And you know what? Since I'm posting everything today except the last chapter, if you don't want to review each chapter, I won't make you. But reviewing at the last chapter you read would be VERY nice indeed. Thanks bunches!!!

-NikNak5

P.S.- Wow! I didn't realize this chapter was this short...oh well! It's not like you have to wait for anything. Haha!