Ricky dropped Nikki off in front of the school while he drove around to park. They were late, so he figured that they should go in at different times to avoid questions. Nikki felt guilty, but walked into the school like nothing had just happened. She brushed down her hair and asked the secretary for a late note.
"Why what were YOU doing?" the secretary asked as she pulled down her glasses in a mocking fashion.
"Listen, my mom's mini van broke down on the way to school. I swear I can't take the hunk of junk anywhere. So, I had to wait for her to come bring me to school so I could…"
The secretary interrupted her, "Save it sister, just don't be late again. I know you're new, but we're not too kind with school skippers." She started writing a note for Nikki as Ricky walked in. "Mr. Underwood, what a surprise! You're always here on time darling." She shoved Nikki her note and shooed her out of the office. Nikki took her time waiting for Ricky, there was only a few minutes until the bell rang anyway, and she wanted to thank him for making her day twenty times better. She sauntered over to her locker when she heard the office door open. Ricky walked out and smiled.
"Quick New Girl, before everyone sees," he scooped her up and gave her a big kiss. The bell rang and students began pouring out into the halls. They started walking towards Ricky's locker.
"Thanks, I really needed that. I thought I was going to die when you were touching my leg," Nikki laughed and smiled at Ricky.
"I needed it too. I've been under way too much stress, and it…"
Nikki cut Ricky off, "oh, you just used me to get over your stress? Unbelievable. I'm not the one who got a girl pregnant, so I shouldn't be used to get your mind off of it."
"That's hardly what I said at all! Don't put words in my mouth. Especially in front of all these people." Ricky grabbed Nikki by her arm and pulled her to a quiet spot. "Look, I didn't mean that you were a hook up or anything, but come on. You don't need to freak out over little stuff. Adrian cheated on me because I was talking to a girl. I can't handle anymore crazy like that. And you said yesterday that you might want this to go somewhere. Well, I might too. Because right now I have nothing, and you gave me something. You might not think it was much, but it was. I want you to think about that before you start acting all crazy again. I like you New Girl, and I would like to keep seeing you, but you have to keep cool."
"Ok, ok. I'm sorry," Nikki smiled.
"Why are you smiling? This isn't funny, Nikki."
"Because you're so cute when you're mad," she licked her lips. "Sexy even." Nikki ran her fingers down Ricky's chest and walked away. This was crazy, this girl drove Ricky crazy. Crazier than Adrian ever had. Speaking of Adrian, the devil came storming up a few seconds later.
"Hi Ricky. What was that all about?" she stared into her eyes with an evil glimmer.
"Adrian, it's none of your business. I told you yesterday that we're broken up. You had sex with my best friend when all I was doin' was talkin' to a girl. Not just a girl, the mother of my child. So whatever I do from now on is none of your business, so I suggest you get to walkin' in the other direction of me," Ricky fumed.
"Calm down Papi," Adrian laughed. "When you get angry you start speaking with an accent. It just gets cuter and cuter. What do you say we have lunch together today?"
"Adrian look, I said I'm done with you, what do you want? And besides, I can't have lunch because I have some catching up to do. I was late to school today. John was throwing a fit so I had to calm him down before he would go to the nursery. So, just leave me alone."
"Whatever, I'll see you around, Papi." Adrian sauntered off as the bell rang and Ricky rushed to class.
When Nikki sat in her English class she immediately got a tap on the shoulder. She turned around and it was Grace. "What?" she whispered, not wanting the teacher to hear her talking.
"I just wanted to see if you wanted to have lunch with me today?" Grace smiled.
"Yeah, sure. I'll see you then, class is starting." Nikki turned back around, uneasy with what she just agreed to. She hadn't really befriended Grace, but maybe this was her chance to make another girl friend. Just incase Amy found out about the Ricky thing or whatever. A few minutes later the whole class started snickering. "What's so funny?" Nikki turned around and asked Grace, who had her hand over her mouth.
"Look at your neck." Grace pointed to the giant love bit that Ricky had left on her neck the night before. How could Nikki be so stupid and forget about it. She shot her hand up in the air.
"Mrs. Krinkle, I have to go to the nurse!" She exclaimed and ran out of the room, hot and embarssed. She shuffled into the nearest bathroom and ran over to the mirror. She wondered if hickeys got darker over night or if Ricky added to it today when they were together, because it was a dark purple, and definitely extremely noticeable. She pulled out her phone to text Ricky.
"Hey Bad Boy, what's wrong? Are you too cool to warn me about the vampire bites that you left on me?"
Not even ten seconds later her phone buzzed with a text, "I like to mark my territory." She smiled. She was going to wear it proud, but in her next class of course. She looked at the clock, it was almost noon, and that's when she was supposed to eat with Grace. She decided to head towards cafeteria to wait for Grace. On her way, she passed a pale girl with black hair. She looked familiar but Nikki had never seen her before.
"Hi," she waved as she walked past.
"Oh, hi. I wasn't aware that you could talk. I thought you might be dead due to all the blood that was recently sucked from your neck," the girl scoffed as Nikki covered up her neck to walk past. Who was that little demon child? She looked a little like Amy, so she assumed it was her sister. She had heard from Amy that her sister was very unpleasant. She took her hand off her neck as she waited in front of the cafeteria. A few minutes later, Grace showed up.
"Hey, I'm sorry about your neck. I tried to warn you, but everyone else saw before me. What happened?" Grace smiled as she led Nikki to a seat.
"Um, I know you've had sex before Grace, but you've never had a hickey? I don't even know how to explain it to you without you thinking that I'm a pain freak or something. It's just a feeling that people sometimes…"
Grace interrupted Nikki, "No silly, I know what a hickey is. I'm talking about who. Who was it with? What did you do? I wasn't aware that you're seeing anyone. I know we haven't talked much, but everyone here talks about everyone. Well except me. I like to keep things between me and Jesus."
Nikki thought to herself for a second, "Should I tell Grace? She seems trustworthy. And she only talks to Jesus, that must mean she can keep my secret." "Um, if you promise to keep it a secret I'll tell you."
"Sure thing," Grace smiled.
"Well, you see…" Nikki started to get nervous. "I kind of hooked up with someone. Don't get all Jesus-y on me though. I like him and he likes me back, at least I think. We might be going somewhere, so don't think I'm just some girl who throws it out there."
"Who was it!?" Grace suddenly became super interested.
"Well, it was…Ricky."