Nikki turned the corner, and saw Amy down on the ground crying next to her locker. "Oh no. She found out." Nikki thought to herself, and cautiously approached Amy. She wasn't sure what to say, or what to do, but she knew that Amy needed somebody to talk to. Nikki's phone buzzed as she was walking over.

"Amy knows." The text read. Nikki put her phone back into her pocket and walked to Amy.

"Hey." She looked down as Amy looked up; her beautiful face stricken with tears and mascara. "Come on, lets go to the bathroom." She reached out her arms, and Amy grabbed hands and they went into the nearest bathroom. Amy slumped down next to the sink as Nikki wet a paper towel and dabbed as Amy's face to clear off the mascara.

"So, how long did you know?" Amy looked up at her.

"Madison texted me this morning, but I didn't have the heart to tell you Amy. Please don't be mad at me. I was only doing what Madison and Lauren said was best, and not tell you." Nikki felt a little uneasy.

"No, it's ok. I'm not mad at you. Madison and Lauren though, that's a different story. They wonder why I never tell them things." Amy pulled herself up using the sink.

"Like what?" Nikki grabbed a handful of paper towels and handed them to Amy.

"Well, they didn't know that I had sex with Ricky, until they found out that I was pregnant, which was almost a month later." Amy laughed. "I mean, I had to tell them. They would've noticed eventually."

"True." Nikki bit her lip. "So, have you talked to Ricky today?"

"No. I tried calling him this morning, because John wanted to tell him 'hi' before I dropped him off. Then he wasn't in school, so I was going to head to his apartment later. But now I'm kind of concerned. Like, is he as upset about this as I am? Ricky has had a lot of things bad happen to him, and he's always ran away from his problems. It's kind of sad really." Amy splashed some cold water on her face.

"Yeah, well no one can find him. I mean, I don't want to worry you, but I'm kind of worried."

"Why are you worried? Do you even know Ricky?" Amy started getting defensive a little bit.

"I mean, he was the first person to talk to me." Nikki began stuttering. She really didn't want Amy to know about her little date with Ricky, or the kisses he gave her. It just didn't seem like a good idea. "He seemed pretty cool. He showed me where the band room was, I had to drop my flute off."

"Wait you're in band too? I didn't even know. That's cool. But I got to go back to class. Text me after school or something, maybe we can go look for Ricky." Amy smiled, and Nikki walked out into the hall. She saw Ben and Adrian standing at the end of the hallway together.

"Are you mad at me?" Adrian yelled in Ben's face. "You know you wanted it just as bad as I did. And now you're yelling at me because I ruined shots with your precious Amy. Newsflash, my boyfriend is missing, because of you and your stupid, AMY!"

"I know Adrian, calm down. I'm not mad at you. I'm really not. And I told you, my dad is out looking for Ricky. I'm going to apologize to him as soon as I can. Maybe this will all be fixed soon. I don't know. I knew Amy wasn't going to take me back anyways." Ben looked at Adrian. Nikki started to feel weird, so she walked fastly away. She forgot that she left Amy in the bathroom until she was already back in class.

The final bell rang, and Nikki was out. She was really hoping that she had a text from Ricky, but no such thing. She left class and was looking for someone to talk to in the hall. The only familiar face that she could find was Adrian's. She didn't want to say hi, so she kept walking, but Adrian stopped her.

"Hey new girl." Adrian's lips pursed.

Nikki turned around. "Hi." She said uneasily. She had no idea what Adrian's motives were, but she knew that they couldn't be good.

"Have you heard from Ricky?"

"Uh no, no one has. I don't even talk to him anyways. So, why are you asking me?" Nikki was confused.

"You look like the kind of girl he would try to sleep with. Has he already? You can be honest with me. Me and him are broken up."

"No." Nikki said and walked away. She got into the car and drove off. She got a text as soon as she opened her door.

"Ben's dad found Ricky. I guess me and you don't have to go look for him. I'm going to go to his apartment to talk to him. I'll text you and let you know what happens." The text read. Nikki was relieved, Ricky was back. Right after that, her phone beeped and she got another text.

"Hey New Girl. I'm sorry I didn't text you back." It was from Ricky.

"It's ok. Are you ok?" Nikki replied.

"No, but Amy is on her way over. I'll text you tonight."

"Ok." Nikki sent the last text, and she knew that this was her chance to take a nap. Everyone that she cared about was accounted for, so she felt it was safe. Until she got a phone call from an unknown number.

"Hello?" She answered, weary because she didn't know who it was. She heard someone yelling in spanish, but no one replied to her. "Um, hello?" She asked again.

"Nikki?" An unfamiliar voice answered.

"Yeah. Who is this?"

"It's Adrian." The voice on the phone replied.

"Oh."

"Listen, I'm sorry for basically attacking you earlier. I just want to know if you really talked to Ricky. I know he's talked to you, I saw you in his car. I won't be mad, just tell me if he told you what's up. Because I crying my eyes out. He won't answer any of my texts or calls, and I figured he had to have talked to someone. I mean, I know he talked to Amy, but she's not going to answer my phone call. You know?" Adrian's voice was a little shaky, Nikki could tell she was crying.

"Yeah, well Amy is on her way to his apartment right now, apparently he's back. Ben's dad or somebody found him and brought him home. But as for him, all he told me is that he's going to you house to talk to you later." Nikki answered, and she heard a gasp.

"Amy is going over there?" She heard Adrian's voice get mean. "She's going to try to have sex with him to get back at us! Oh my God. I have to call Ben." Adrian hung up the phone on Nikki.

"Well then." Nikki put her phone on the counter and slumped into a chair. She had only been in this school for a week, and she was already caught up in so much drama. Why did she have to have a crush on the bad boy? Why did she have to befriend the teen mother? And what was she going to do the rest of the night? Was Adrian going to call her back? The next thing she knew, she was being poked in the arm, hard. She opened her eyes, and it was her little sister. "Clem, get out of my room, I'm sleeping!"

"You're sleeping on the kitchen table, doofus." Her little sister yelled in her face.

"Don't call me a doofus!" Nikki defended herself. She looked at the clock, it was five thirty. How did she fall asleep for so long. She looked up at the counter and her phone was gone. She stood up and looked around frantically. "Where is my phone, Clem! This isn't funny."

"I don't have it." Clem shrugged her shoulders and ran off. Nikki went to chase her, when she ran into the living room, her mother stopped her.

"Nicole." Her mother said sternly. Nikki stopped running, and looked at her mother.

"Yes Mom?" She asked.

"Who is Ricky? And why is he texting you asking you to come over? You've only been here for a week and you are already flirting with boys. What are the other girls in school going to thing of you?"

"Oh, mom." Nikki started to laugh. "Ricky needed me to bring his chemistry book over, because I borrowed it. Mrs. Clari assigned homework, but told me to borrow someone's book because she doesn't have one for me yet. Can I go take it back to him?"

"Yes, but be home for dinner. I don't want to have to worry about you." Nikki's mother tossed her the phone. "But take the mini van. Your father was so upset that you took the suv to school. If you scratch or wreck that thing, it'll be your head. You know that."

"Ok mom." Nikki said and scurried out the door. She had three texts and seven missed calls. Seven missed calls? That was a lot. She looked and three of them were from Amy, and one was Ricky. She didn't even read the texts, but she immediately called Amy.

"Where were you?" Amy answered the phone.

"I fell asleep I'm sorry. How did everything go." Nikki started the van, and started leaving.

"Good. He said he was going to Adrian's to break up with her, and I think that's what he did. I was watching through my window. In case you didn't know Adrian is my neighbor. Anyways. He walked in, she grabbed him and they kissed but then Ricky pushed her away. They talked for a good five minutes, so I went and got a bottle. The next thing I know Adrian was out in the yard calling Ricky's name, so I looked out the window again, and she was on her knees bawling. Ricky got in his car and drove off. I think I saw some tears in his eyes too. I'm not sure. And thank goodness it's friday. I don't think that I could handle this in school tomorrow." Amy sighed. "So what are you going to do? I was kind of hoping that you could stop over and have dinner with me and John. We're all alone.:

"I can't." Nikki answered. "I have to go run some errands for my mom. But see if Madison and Lauren want to go to the movies or something tomorrow. I need to go there to pick up a job application anyways."

"Ok." Amy replied. "Talk to you tomorrow." They both hung up the phone. Nikki hated lying to Amy, but she really just wanted to see Ricky. She picked up her phone and called Ricky.

"Hey New Girl." Ricky's voice answered the phone, but there was no enthusiasm in it.

"Hey Ricky. Want me to come over?"

"Yeah." He answered.

"Ok." Nikki started laughing. "I would if I knew where you lived."

"It's like two minutes from the school. Just go there and I'll meet you there. You can even park at the school, that way no one sees your car at my house."

"That sounds shady." Nikki laughed again.

"Yeah, just come." Ricky's voice got stern and he hung up.

What was Nikki about to do? He was going over to a broken hearted bad boy's house. This just seemed like a bad situation, but she found herself wanting to door it more and more as she approached the school. She pulled into the student parking lot and she saw Ricky jogging over to meet her. She got out and he was standing there half out of breath.

"Hey gorgeous." He huffed.

"Hey." Nikki laughed and reached out to hug Ricky. He leaned in for a kiss, but Nikki stopped him.

"What's wrong?"

"Are you and Adrian for sure broken up? I feel like a stepped over a boundary line, like that fight could have been about me." Nikki felt worried.

"Yes. But can we not talk to her, atleast until we get into my apartment."

"Yeah." Nikki leaned in to kiss Ricky, and bit his lip.

"Or we can forget about her." Ricky winked and he grabbed Nikki's arm. "Follow me." He pulled her arm, and they jogged until they got to the butcher shop.

"Uh, this is a butcher shop." Nikki pointed up to the sign.

"You're a bright one." Ricky chuckled. "But I work here, it's owned by Ben's dad. He rents me the apartment upstairs for real cheap. He's a nice guy, I just wish his son was the same way." Ricky's smiled faded as he unlocked the door. "Be quiet, Bunny, my manager might be in the office. I don't want her to hear you. She knows about the whole Adrian Ben thing. She'll try to tell me it's too soon to have another girl over." Nikki giggled, loudly, and Ricky put his hand over her mouth.

"Ricky, can you work tomorrow?" A voice came from the back room. Ricky shoved Nikki into the door leading to his apartment.

"Yeah Bunny, but isn't Ben supposed to work?"

Bunny stepped out of the office and smiled at Ricky. "He might be late, and I need you to be there just in case. I'm going to get going though, I need you here at four thirty. Got it?"

"Sure thing Bunny." He smiled and opened the door to see Nikki standing at the top of the steps. He ran up, and tackled her onto the living room floor.

"That wasn't nice!" Nikki yelled, trying to get up, but Ricky pinned her down.

"Well, then give me a chance to be nice." Ricky started kissing Nikki, and he rolled her on top of him.

"Well that is nice." Nikki smiled, and they kept kissing. Nikki bit Ricky on the lip and he pulled away.

"If you bite me on the lip one more time, you're going to be in for it." Ricky smiled and leaned in to kiss Nikki again. Instead of a kiss though, Nikki gave him a very soft nibble. A nibble that Ricky must have liked, because he picked Nikki up and carried her, into what she supposed was the bedroom.