Post by Nik Nak 17 on Apr 29, 2009 18:23:39 GMT -5
Whoaaa look at this! Another update! You guys are sooo lucky it's not even funny! Well here is New York part dos! Kelly wrote the club scene cause I just couldn't write it, I had the ideas though... anyway I don't own any song used or the movie Miracle... well I own it just not the rights. How sad.. anyway here you goo!!
Everyone was back at the hotel and locked in their rooms. Lauren, Caitie, and Adri were sitting on the beds. All three were mindlessly watching TV.
“So Adri,” Caitie said, “You and Greggo, you seem pretty close.”
Lauren added, “Yeah! Do you have a thing for Mr. Sanders?”
“Maybe… I don’t know. I mean he’s cute and all, but I don’t know. He definitely isn’t ready for a relationship. And I’m not so sure if I am.” Adri said.
Lauren nodded, “It makes sense, but just because of what happened, happened doesn’t mean you should take yourself out of the ring.”
“Yeah!” Caitie interrupted, “You gotta keep up the fight!”
“Exactly, you can’t just give up.” Sarry said, walking through their shared door.
“Not all guys are going to be like Flack,” Kat said from behind
Sarry, “Especially Greggles. He is definitely not Flack!”
“Give the kid a chance. That’s all he wants.” Niki smiled, drying her hair with a towel.
“Whoa Niki!” Caitie jumped, “Where did you come from?”
“I’d tell you, but that would involve the sex talk and I don’t think Kat’s virgin ears could handle that!” Niki laughed.
“Oh please no!” Kat begged, “Don’t taint my virgin ears!”
The room of girls burst out into laughter. It felt good to laugh. To forget all the drama that has plagued them all. Just laughing and hanging. All the girls minus Catherine were in the small room laughing and being girls.
“So Nikkels, you and Flack, huh huh?” Kat asked, raising an eyebrow and nudging Niki.
Niki sighed, “It’s complicated.”
“Complicated?” Caitie inquired.
“Are you guys seeing anyone else? Or are you just exclusive?” Katie asked.
Niki scrunched her face, “Well… I don’t know…”
Lilly rolled her eyes, “Are you dating anyone else?”
“No.”
“Is Flack dating anyone else?” Kelly asked.
“No.”
“Then you aren’t complicated! You are dating! Boyfriend, girlfriend dating!” Caitie summed it up.
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It was day three of the Miami High trip to New York. And this meant a trip to the Bronx Zoo. All the girls were excited to see the animals, the guys…. Not so much. But they were out of the hotel and they were allowed to roam the zoo themselves. No teachers following them. Endless possibilities, to do anything, literally anything.
Adri and Greg were at the Penguin enclosure. Adri loved penguins. She just thought they were the cutest things ever!
“Awww,” Adri gushed, “They are so adorable with their little flippers and tuxedo like appearance!”
“They are pretty cool.” Greg said, eyeing a gift shop, “I’ll be right back.”
Adri just mumbled a response, to engross with the flightless birds. Five minutes later Greg returned with a small stuffed animal penguin.
“Here,” He gave it to Adri, who smiled at the cute stuff animal, “To remember your trip to New York.”
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A group of girls had gathered in a circle around some guy. He was telling them a story of how he received a nasty scar under his right eye. He said that he got into a fight with some Tanglewood Boys. The Tanglewood Boys were not to be messed with, according to this kid, but they cheated at the ball game they were playing. And he wouldn’t have it.
“And so anyway I gave the one, Sonny, a nice left hook to the face.” The boy smiled, his thick Staten Island accent filling the air.
“Oh really?” A voice came from behind the group of girls, “So you got the scar in a fight. Not when someone punched you and your glasses broke. And this said person who punched you, shouldn’t she have a scar across her right hand?”
All the girls turned to see a smiling Niki, showing of the scar on her right end. “Nasty isn’t it?”
The girls looked back at the New Yorker and turned their heads, disgusted in his lie. The boy shrugged and jumped off the railing he was sitting on. In one smooth step he had Niki in a hug and she was hugging him back.
“You like ruining my chances of getting a girl?” He said into her hair.
Niki smiled, pushing away from the boy, but still holding his arms, “Daniel Messer I’m disappointed in you! Lying to get a girl! I thought you had game!”
“Scars are a turn on for girls!” Danny threw his hands up, “But saying you got it from your ex-girlfriend before you were dating, isn’t exactly… how do I say this? Smooth, smart, cool…oh I know tough! So what brings you here?”
“School trip, like the whole gang is here! Adam and Archie messed with the drawing and stuff so we all got picked.” Niki gave a bright smile.
“What are you doing tonight?” Danny asked.
Before Niki could answer, Flack showed up and managed to pull Niki out of Danny’s arms and into his own.
“Flack man,” Danny nodded, “How’s it been?” Danny changed the subject, but not forgetting his previous question.
Flack just snorted. Niki looked back and forth between both boys. Maybe the thousands of miles put a strain on their friendship. They use to be inseparable.
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All the students reported to the entrance of the Zoo where the teachers were waiting for them. Danny had stuck around with Niki and Flack, and now everyone was talking to him, trying to catch up. Mr. Taylor counted heads, but got on extra. He counted again and still got one extra. He then counted a third time with the same results.
“Mr. Messer?” Mac asked, curious and a tad angry.
“Mr. Taylor!” Danny sang, “You miss me in detention all the time?”
“No, but I’ve been stuck with your girlfriend over there.” Mac said nodding towards Niki.
Flack clenched his fists. Mr. Taylor noticed, and then realized that Danny and Niki had broken up the end of last year. And now she and Flack were together. He used the wrong terminology.
Danny smiled, he liked the thought, “Hey what can I say? She hung out with me too much.”
“I have a name,” Niki piped up, “Just putting that out there.”
“Yes Miss Stokes I do know you have a name, and don’t make me shout it so you will get on the bus.” Mr. Taylor threatened.
Niki was going to say something but decided against it. She wasn’t in the mood for a public discipline.
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“SARRY!” Niki shouted, “What shoes should I wear?”
“The black wedges that have that black ribbon and tie up.” Sarry said, putting on black heels.
“Ooooh you’re good!” Niki put on her shoes and spun to see her reflection in the mirror. She was wearing a short black strapless dress. It clung tightly to her body and the sparkles reflected off the lights. She spun in a circle to get the ruffled bottom to fly in the air.
“You keep spinning like that everyone will see your bum!” Sarry laughed and playfully shoved Niki out of the mirror and inspected herself. She wore a silver band-bottom strapless dress that wrapped around her mid thigh. Her silver bracelets that Nick had bought her for her birthday completed the outfit.
“Why do we have to get so dressed up to go to a club?” Caitie asked flattening her yellow heart crossed strap dress. It fell just before the knees, “I don’t see the point.”
Lauren stepped out of the bathroom in a baby blue dress that hang mid thigh. It was tiered and clung tightly to her body, “Because we have to look old enough to be there! And we like to get dressed up!”
“So how is Danny going to get us in?” Adri asked fixing her make-up. Her pink pleated halter dress flowing as she swayed side to side.
“He knows the bouncer and he’s got connections with fake ids,” Niki said, looking for her cell phone, “Kat, throw me my phone and cute dress!”
Kat was wearing a purple one strap satin dress. It fell way before the knees and hung tightly to her body. She found the phone and threw it at Niki.
Katie walked into the room wearing a soft lime green bubble dress. She waved to everyone and said, “The guys are downstairs and ready to go. Are we all ready?”
“Well the froshy’s are not allowed to come. Catherine is just too stuck up to come. And Sierra… Sierra where is she?”
Sierra popped out of nowhere with a sliver knee length dress with a ruffled trim, “Don’t worry, I have arrived!”
All the girls laughed and finished putting on the final touches of their outfits. They all quietly made their way past the teacher’s rooms and to the lobby.
The guys were already in the lobby dressed in similar outfits. Dress shirts and jeans. Most of the guys looked pretty old to begin with. When the guys noticed the girls they all whistled, putting all the attention on the girls.
Danny stepped into the middle of the circle that somehow formed. He handed them all their fake ids.
“Danny these are sick!” Niki said, waving her ‘id’.
Danny smiled, proud that she approved, “I know people and I know people who are good at what they do.”
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Danny led the group to the front. He knew the bouncer who let them in after looking at their IDs. Apparently he was a friend of Danny’s brother. Anyways, the gang was pretty impressed.
They all finally arrived at the club. Flack and Niki were already on the dance floor. Nick was sulking on the side. Actually, he was so focused on them that Sarry had practically given up on getting him to dance with her. Well, she had a plan, which involved getting him a drink to loosen up.
Ryan was absolutely steaming. He had gone to get Caitie a drink and had come back to find Horatio dancing with his girl. Kat had been in the restroom, and H had gotten lonely, but to Ryan that was no excuse to why he should be dancing that way with Caitie.
“Hi,” Kat seethed.
“Hi,” Ryan looked over at her and recognized the look she gave the dancing couple. “We could just interrupt them.”
“I tried,” she downed the last of her drink that was definitely not water.
Caitie and Horatio were close. Too close. They almost could blame the crowd except it was not that thick near them so it was really their fault. And they could not blame what happened next on the crowd because it was most definitely not the crowd. Caitie, whether she did this in a drunken haze or not, pulled Horatio closer to her (which did not seem possible considering their current positions) and kissed him. But it was what happened after that that took every one in the group by surprise. Horatio kissed her back. It was as if the music just stopped because the Miami gang all turned to watch. Ryan looked like he was about to smash the glass he was holding. Kat seemed ready to throw her empty glass at Caitie. It might have been shock that stopped her from doing this.
Niki and Flack stopped dancing and turned to watch. Even Danny, who was still angry over not having Niki, stopped to watch this. The big dancing group that contained Lauren, Nick J, Katie, Eric, Adri, and Greg completely stopped and stood like gargoyles, looking at the pair. Sierra and Jake, who had previously been kissing in a corner, stopped and turned to look at them. Caitie and Horatio must have forgotten that there was anyone else because they kissed even deeper.
“Wow, it must suck to be Ryan and Kat,” Nick J thought out loud.
“So are we just going to watch them make out?” Lauren asked. The rest kind of decided that maybe they should just give them some privacy so they got back to dancing.
“You know what would make the night worse for Ryan and Kat?” Katie wondered.
“It can get worse?” Eric laughed.
“Well, if the cops came in,” she giggled and got back to dancing with the group.
As if those were the magic words, the doors opened and someone yelled “NYPD!” At least twenty cops with loaded weapons entered corralling the people while several others blocked off the other exits. Within a few minutes, the place was calm and silent. The Miami gang looked at each other bewildered.
This was not supposed to happen. Two cops interrupted the make out session between Caitie and Horatio, slapping cuffs on both of them. Most of the group gave up without a fight. Niki glared at Danny.
“What? How was I supposed to know this would happen?” he mouthed.
The cop took a look at Niki. She was in no way twenty-one. “What’s your name?”
“Niki, one K, two I’s, and an N, but not in that order.” The cop looked at her ID.
“Sanchez, get over here. We got an underage.”
The others in the group were being discovered. Katie started panicking. She was going to be in so much trouble. Actually all of them were panicking. If Mr. Taylor did not kill them, their parents would. One by one they were led away. Each of them tried to look at another to find some comfort because it was going to be a long night.
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After the raid the cops soon realized that the gang wasn’t from around here. Once it was figured out where the kids were staying, the cops escorted them back to their hotel. No one was looking forward to having Mr. Taylor rip them a new one. This could actually have been the first time Niki was actually afraid to get yelled at by Mr. Taylor. And then they would have to deal with their parents. Many of the kids were dreading that part, they had strict parents.
The cops had told Mr. Taylor what had happened and left the kids with the tired and cranky ex Marine. Everyone was huddled together just waiting for Mr. Taylor to start yelling. You could see the blood vessels in Mac’s neck popping out. His breathing was heavy and his eyes were fixed on the teenagers. The glare he was giving them had Flack and Jake shaking, just a little bit.
“I don’t know where to start,” He finally said, “I have been teaching for many years now and this, this is new.”
A door clicked open and Kelly’s head popped out. She could hear Mac’s rising voice and wanted to see what was going on. Allie and Lilly’s heads were right under hers.
“In all my years of teaching, I have never had students like your selves!” He voice was getting louder with every word.
“What could have possibly possessed you to go to a night club? I can’t even comprehend why you would go?”
Kat was slightly swooning at Mac. She found him so hot when he was anger. Kelly was doing the same exact thing in the doorway. But the rest of the students were standing there, most of them looking at their feet. Only one student’s big brown eyes meet Mac’s blue eyes.
“Miss Stokes, would it be a wild guess if I said this was your idea?” He asked sternly, his eyes locked on hers.
Niki didn’t squirm under his gaze. On the inside she was shaking like a leaf, but she wasn’t going to show it. She knew this wasn’t her idea. She wasn’t going to take the blame for this.
“No, Mr. Taylor, this wasn’t my idea at all!” She threw back at him.
Mac laughed. It made all the students jump. It definitely wasn’t a ha ha funny laugh. It wasn’t even a nervous laugh. It was an unknown kind of laugh.
Finally his laughing subsided, “That’s hard to believe Miss Stokes. You do have a record.”
Niki was about to say something when a voice from behind Mr. Taylor quivered an answer, “It was mine.”
Mr. Taylor turned sharply to become face to face with Danny Messer. Danny’s face immediately looked to the floor when he saw Mr. Taylor’s icy glare.
Mac sighed, “I’m calling your parents Mr. Messer. And I’m going to suggest the best kind of punishment for you.” He turned back to the Miami gang, “Bed all of you! You’ll see your punishment in the morning.”
Once Mr. Taylor’s mouth stopped moving the kids sprinted to their appropriate rooms and slammed their doors shut. None of them dared to make any noise for the rest of the night.
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Ryan awoke to a loud banging on the door. He could hear the other guys mumbling about how he was closest so he had to answer. Ryan pulled himself out of bed and dragged his body to the door. He was too tired to even look through the peephole. He opened the door to see Niki standing there, arms folded across her chest and a stern look on her face.
“What are you doing here?” He asked, rubbing his eyes.
“Let me in.” She demanded.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Ryan yawned, “You come to my door at 7 in the morning and I don’t get some sarcastic remark of why you are here?”
“Fine,” She rolled her eyes.
“What are you doing here?” Ryan asked again.
“I couldn’t stop thinking about you last night,” Niki smiled, “I need you, want you, in ever meaning possible. Happy now?”
“Very, now you can come in.” Ryan stepped away from the door, allowing Niki to come in.
She barged in and swung open the door that connect their room to the room next door. Once those doors where open Niki barged into the other room’s bathroom. Warrick was standing their brushing his teeth, when Niki scared the crap out of him.
“Jeezs Shortie! I could have been on the can!” He said.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever,” She blew off Warrick’s statement, “Which conditioner is Jake’s?”
“That one. What are…?” Warrick noticed the glint in Niki’s eyes. She was looking for revenge.
Niki grabbed the conditioner and emptied some of it into the sink. She pulled the bleach out of her jacket and started pouring it into Jake’s conditioner. Once she thought it had enough bleach, she closed the bottle and put it back right where she found it. A sly smile spread across her face as she left the boy’s rooms, excited about seeing what Jake was going to look like.
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As Mr. Taylor promised the kids were punished with a trip to the National Museum. When Mr. Taylor told them, they didn’t even bother to hide the fact that they hated the idea. Mr. Taylor smiled at their reaction; it was exactly what he was looking for her.
Once students and teachers arrived at the museum Flack snuck out back to the streets to get some food from the venders. That kid was always eating. Kat and Horatio snuck off into some private exhibit. H had to make up for what happened last night. Lauren and NJ had ear buds in their ears listening to music, drowning out other people’s voices.
Sarry and Nick were walking hand in hand glancing at different exhibits. They both didn’t think the museum was that bad. Lilly and Archie were laughing and smiling about something only they would understand. Katie and Eric were laughing and talking with Adri and Greg and Allie. Kelly and Hawkes were in their own little world. They were practically turning into a mini Sarry and Nick. They really were a cute couple.
Niki had jumped on Adam’s back, with his permission of course. Her feet were killing her and Adam being the gentlemen that he was gave her a piggy back ride. The boring voice of the tour guide was making Niki fall asleep, but Adam kept tapping her awake. Mr. Taylor would kill her if she fell asleep.
Jake had noticed that Niki was with Adam and not Flack. This was a perfect opportunity for his payback. He knew Niki was behind his knew hair do. He jogged over to Adam and Niki and tapped him on the shoulder. Adam turned around and laughed. Jake’s hair was bleach blonde. What Niki hadn’t know when she put the bleach in Jake’s conditioner, was that he let the conditioner sit for a while before he washed it out.
Jake’s eyes were smiling cause he knew exactly what he wanted to say, “So I guess that cold water really screwed Flack’s manhood if you are clinging on to Ross!”
Niki’s smile faded, “Well at least I have someone to cling on to. Where did Sierra run off to? She afraid of your new hair style?”
Adam chuckled quietly to himself. He was glad Niki sort of stuck up for him. He hated Jake, big time.
“Well if she did run off, I wouldn’t stoop down to someone like Ross.” Jake shot back.
“The only thing you could get is a hooker,” She threw back, “Unless you used your conditioner in ‘other’ places.”
Adam let out a small laugh and said, “Too bad Sierra is afraid of your hair style, I guess we’ll never find out!” Adam freaked when he realized what he just said.
Jake growled and Niki shot him a dirty look. Jake backed away but it wasn’t because of Niki. A tall, big, 17 year-old, blue eyed guy was standing behind Niki and Adam. Jake knew he would be jealous. He got out of there fast, but stayed in ear shot so he could listen. Adam turned around and bumped in Flack’s broad chest. His arms let go of Niki and she slide down to the ground. Adam was shaking uncontrollably. Niki placed a hand on his shoulder and whispered in his ear. He ran.
“So you and Ross?” Flack asked watching the nerd run off, “I thought you got over the nerd type when you choose me over Sanders.”
Niki’s eyes met his, “Adam and I are friends. I told him my feet were hurting, he offered me a piggy back ride. Something a boyfriend should do.”
“Boyfriend? So you calling him your ‘boyfriend’?”
Niki made a weird snort kind of sound, “You are unbelievable. I hope you know that.” Niki walked away from Flack. Knowing that in ten minutes he’d be looking for her.
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Ryan and Caitie were making out near the gigantic reconstruction of T-Rex bones. Caitie was doing her best to make up for what happened the other night. So it was getting pretty heated. It was like a make-up make-out. Ryan moved to his left and hit the T-Rex’s right leg. The bones shook and rattled. Everyone stopped and turned to the gigantic T-Rex trembling like Adam was earlier. Ryan and Caitie backed away from the bones and watched as it came crashing down.
As the dust settled the ferocious creature was destroyed. The bones were in a giant heap on the display. Ryan and Caitie slowly backed away, hoping no one had seen them. Lucky enough, no one did. The museum’s manager deemed it an accident.
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The last night of their trip to New York, and the group was stuck in the hotel. They were still ‘grounded’ as Kelly put it. Except Sarry and Nick. Nick had somehow managed to get Mr. Taylor to let them go out on some romantic date he had planned.
The rest of the gang was having movie night in Niki, Lauren, Caitie, and Adri’s room. It was pretty cramped but they made it work. Niki was laying on top of Flack in one of the beds. Kelly and Hawkes were sharing a chair. Next to Niki were Lauren and NJ. Lilly and Archie were sat together on the floor, leaning against the bed. In the other bed was Caitie laying on top of Ryan, and Adri and Greg. Adam and Allie sat on the floor by the other bed. Catherine and Warrick sat off to the side. Jake and Sierra sat in another chair together. During the movie Jake was told to move because his new hair was reflecting the light from the TV. H and Kat never showed up for movie night. Everyone figured they were in Kat’s room, having a good time.
The group had a hard time deciding on which movie to watch. Ideas where being thrown back and forth, but no one made a decision. Kelly kept naming movie after movie, she had insane movie knowledge.
Niki stood up on the bed and shouted, “Alright we are going to watch Miracle because it is filled with hot guys! Like the guy who plays O.C. I wanna tap that!”
“Oh yeah!” Kelly agreed, “And it’s a great movie!”
“You know, people have told me I look like the guy who plays Jimmy Craig.” Flack said.
Niki looked Flack over while putting in the DVD, “Nah, the guy who plays Jimmy Craig is totally hotter!”
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Nick had taken Sarry to some extremely nice and fancy restaurant. It was filled with people dressed in dresses and suits. But don’t worry; Nick and Sarry were dressed to the nines. They were totally prepared. They had order there food after the waiter brought them their sodas. As they waited for their food, they began to talk.
“Sarry,” Nick said, grabbing her hands in his, “I have something to give you.”
Sarry’s eyes met his. He had such a serious and determined look on his face. As they sat there, hand in hand, eyes locked on each other, a waitress walked into Sarry’s purse. Her cell phone hit the side of her purse and dialed the last number she called…
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Now I’m heels over head, I’m hanging upside down. Thinking how you left me for dead, California bound. And when you hit the coast…
Niki answered her phone and could hear her brother talking in the background. She then looked at the caller id and realized it was Sarry’s phone had called her. She listened in on the conversation…
“Look Sarry,” Nick sighed, “I really love you, and I know that’s a big thing, but I know it’s true.”
Niki gasped and everyone shushed her. Niki jumped off the bed and shouted, “Pause the movie!”
Someone grumbled why and Niki just mumbled about having to pee or whatever as she ran to the bathroom. She closed the door and went back to listening to her brother and best friend.
i] “Nicky, I already know this.” Sarry said, looking into his hazel eyes.
Nick shook his head, “I know you know, but with everything that has happen…I just…I don’t know how to explain it.”[/i]
Niki was giggling to herself in the bathroom. She had never seen…scratch that…heard her second eldest brother talk this way. It was completely funny and great blackmail, if she ever needed it.
Sarry nodded her head, understanding where he was coming from. All the drama with him and Catherine, all the drama with Niki and Flack and Greg and Adri, it was typical high school, but still.
“I just want you to know, that whatever happens, I want to always be with you. And I always will be with you.” Nick was pouring his heart out.
Niki was practically gagging now. This was gold! She would have blackmail on him for the rest of her life! I mean come on! Who expects the star quarterback to be this sappy!
“Aw Nicky! You don’t have to explain this all to me! I know.” Sarry was gushing all over this. It was the sweetest, cutest thing ever!
“No,” Nick shook his head, “There is a reason. I want to give you something.”
You dirty, dirty, Niki thought, I didn’t know Nick had it in him.
“I want to give you this promise ring,” He pulled out a beautiful silver banded ring. The jewel was Sarry’s birthstone, topaz. It sparkled in the dimly light restaurant as Nick slipped it on Sarry’s finger.
“Aren’t you a little too late for that Nicky boy?” Niki said into the phone, not realizing she was even on the phone.
Sarry heard Niki’s muffled voice come from her purse. She couldn’t help but chuckle at what Niki said. She kind of did have a point, but still… Nick gave her a look. He hadn’t heard Niki’s voice coming from Sarry’s purse.
“Nothing.” Sarry laughed nervously. She hit her purse hoping it would disconnect the call.
Suddenly Niki heard nothing on the other line. Either one of two things happen. A nuclear bomb crashed on the restaurant killing everyone and cell phone connection, or Sarry hung up. The last idea seemed correct, and reasonable.
Niki walked out of the bathroom and back to her spot on top of Flack. Everyone was starring at her.
“What were you doing in there for that long?” Kelly asked. There were a few giggles coming from certain corners.
“Get your heads out of the gutters!” Niki spat, “And I was…brushing my teeth.”
“But your mouth is already minty fresh.” Flack said, trying to get comfortable under her weight.
“It was…” Niki thought for a second, “But yours…wasn’t… so I needed to brush my teeth…again…just press play!” The movie went back on and the kids quieted down to finish the movie.
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Niki woke up the next morning to Flack snoring into her ear. That and she could hear a quiet knock on the door. She drowsily looked around the room. Everyone from last night was still there. She assumed that Nick and Sarry where in his room, cause it was empty and well cause, you know.
“Girls,” The knocker said, “Girls wake up! We gotta get ready to go!”
Niki realized who the voice was, “Come on Ms Bonasera!” Then she wished she could take that back.
Niki heard the key lock click and door opening slowly. She jumped off of Flack and heard him grunt something. She was standing in the middle of sleeping teenagers when Ms Bonasera saw her.
She laughed and shook her head. It was pretty funny actually. Niki looked around the room and realized how messy it was.
She looked at Ms Bonasera and said, “The sad thing is, my room, well my half that is, is way messier then this!”
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Ms Bonasera didn’t bother to tell Mr. Taylor how she found the kids this morning. They were already in enough trouble to begin with. The plane ride home was completely uneventful. Most of the kids slept. Others just quietly chit chatted. Mr. Taylor was very pleased with this and caught a few z’s of his own.
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Hawkes was standing with Kelly away from the group. This trip had really made them closer as a couple. It was like a mini Sarry and Nick, minus the fact Sarry and Nick just randomly started holding hands one day and Hawkes and Kelly didn’t. Everyone thought they were such a cute couple. Perfect for each other.
They were standing there hand in hand, starring off into space. Suddenly Hawkes turned to Kelly. She looked up at him and smiled. Their eyes meet. He brushed back a strand of hair behind her ear. She blushed and he smiled. Both got a sensation they had never felt before. They let go off all thinking and let their hearts lead the way. Their faces slowly began to move closer together. Hawkes hands planted themselves on Kelly’s waist, while her arms snaked their way around his neck. Their lips meet and Kelly could have sworn she saw fireworks. She went on her tip toes and deepen the kiss. It wasn’t the most romantic first kiss, but both participants thought it was amazing. And sorry, it wasn’t any Huffy kiss, oh no, there was no face sucking, but it was no peck either. It was romantic kind of kiss, a kiss shared between two young lovers, trying to find peace in this crazy world.
So there it is! I hope you enoyed the gangs trip to New York!! I hope to have the next chapter up.... sooner then later. I'm not making any promises!
Everyone was back at the hotel and locked in their rooms. Lauren, Caitie, and Adri were sitting on the beds. All three were mindlessly watching TV.
“So Adri,” Caitie said, “You and Greggo, you seem pretty close.”
Lauren added, “Yeah! Do you have a thing for Mr. Sanders?”
“Maybe… I don’t know. I mean he’s cute and all, but I don’t know. He definitely isn’t ready for a relationship. And I’m not so sure if I am.” Adri said.
Lauren nodded, “It makes sense, but just because of what happened, happened doesn’t mean you should take yourself out of the ring.”
“Yeah!” Caitie interrupted, “You gotta keep up the fight!”
“Exactly, you can’t just give up.” Sarry said, walking through their shared door.
“Not all guys are going to be like Flack,” Kat said from behind
Sarry, “Especially Greggles. He is definitely not Flack!”
“Give the kid a chance. That’s all he wants.” Niki smiled, drying her hair with a towel.
“Whoa Niki!” Caitie jumped, “Where did you come from?”
“I’d tell you, but that would involve the sex talk and I don’t think Kat’s virgin ears could handle that!” Niki laughed.
“Oh please no!” Kat begged, “Don’t taint my virgin ears!”
The room of girls burst out into laughter. It felt good to laugh. To forget all the drama that has plagued them all. Just laughing and hanging. All the girls minus Catherine were in the small room laughing and being girls.
“So Nikkels, you and Flack, huh huh?” Kat asked, raising an eyebrow and nudging Niki.
Niki sighed, “It’s complicated.”
“Complicated?” Caitie inquired.
“Are you guys seeing anyone else? Or are you just exclusive?” Katie asked.
Niki scrunched her face, “Well… I don’t know…”
Lilly rolled her eyes, “Are you dating anyone else?”
“No.”
“Is Flack dating anyone else?” Kelly asked.
“No.”
“Then you aren’t complicated! You are dating! Boyfriend, girlfriend dating!” Caitie summed it up.
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It was day three of the Miami High trip to New York. And this meant a trip to the Bronx Zoo. All the girls were excited to see the animals, the guys…. Not so much. But they were out of the hotel and they were allowed to roam the zoo themselves. No teachers following them. Endless possibilities, to do anything, literally anything.
Adri and Greg were at the Penguin enclosure. Adri loved penguins. She just thought they were the cutest things ever!
“Awww,” Adri gushed, “They are so adorable with their little flippers and tuxedo like appearance!”
“They are pretty cool.” Greg said, eyeing a gift shop, “I’ll be right back.”
Adri just mumbled a response, to engross with the flightless birds. Five minutes later Greg returned with a small stuffed animal penguin.
“Here,” He gave it to Adri, who smiled at the cute stuff animal, “To remember your trip to New York.”
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A group of girls had gathered in a circle around some guy. He was telling them a story of how he received a nasty scar under his right eye. He said that he got into a fight with some Tanglewood Boys. The Tanglewood Boys were not to be messed with, according to this kid, but they cheated at the ball game they were playing. And he wouldn’t have it.
“And so anyway I gave the one, Sonny, a nice left hook to the face.” The boy smiled, his thick Staten Island accent filling the air.
“Oh really?” A voice came from behind the group of girls, “So you got the scar in a fight. Not when someone punched you and your glasses broke. And this said person who punched you, shouldn’t she have a scar across her right hand?”
All the girls turned to see a smiling Niki, showing of the scar on her right end. “Nasty isn’t it?”
The girls looked back at the New Yorker and turned their heads, disgusted in his lie. The boy shrugged and jumped off the railing he was sitting on. In one smooth step he had Niki in a hug and she was hugging him back.
“You like ruining my chances of getting a girl?” He said into her hair.
Niki smiled, pushing away from the boy, but still holding his arms, “Daniel Messer I’m disappointed in you! Lying to get a girl! I thought you had game!”
“Scars are a turn on for girls!” Danny threw his hands up, “But saying you got it from your ex-girlfriend before you were dating, isn’t exactly… how do I say this? Smooth, smart, cool…oh I know tough! So what brings you here?”
“School trip, like the whole gang is here! Adam and Archie messed with the drawing and stuff so we all got picked.” Niki gave a bright smile.
“What are you doing tonight?” Danny asked.
Before Niki could answer, Flack showed up and managed to pull Niki out of Danny’s arms and into his own.
“Flack man,” Danny nodded, “How’s it been?” Danny changed the subject, but not forgetting his previous question.
Flack just snorted. Niki looked back and forth between both boys. Maybe the thousands of miles put a strain on their friendship. They use to be inseparable.
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All the students reported to the entrance of the Zoo where the teachers were waiting for them. Danny had stuck around with Niki and Flack, and now everyone was talking to him, trying to catch up. Mr. Taylor counted heads, but got on extra. He counted again and still got one extra. He then counted a third time with the same results.
“Mr. Messer?” Mac asked, curious and a tad angry.
“Mr. Taylor!” Danny sang, “You miss me in detention all the time?”
“No, but I’ve been stuck with your girlfriend over there.” Mac said nodding towards Niki.
Flack clenched his fists. Mr. Taylor noticed, and then realized that Danny and Niki had broken up the end of last year. And now she and Flack were together. He used the wrong terminology.
Danny smiled, he liked the thought, “Hey what can I say? She hung out with me too much.”
“I have a name,” Niki piped up, “Just putting that out there.”
“Yes Miss Stokes I do know you have a name, and don’t make me shout it so you will get on the bus.” Mr. Taylor threatened.
Niki was going to say something but decided against it. She wasn’t in the mood for a public discipline.
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“SARRY!” Niki shouted, “What shoes should I wear?”
“The black wedges that have that black ribbon and tie up.” Sarry said, putting on black heels.
“Ooooh you’re good!” Niki put on her shoes and spun to see her reflection in the mirror. She was wearing a short black strapless dress. It clung tightly to her body and the sparkles reflected off the lights. She spun in a circle to get the ruffled bottom to fly in the air.
“You keep spinning like that everyone will see your bum!” Sarry laughed and playfully shoved Niki out of the mirror and inspected herself. She wore a silver band-bottom strapless dress that wrapped around her mid thigh. Her silver bracelets that Nick had bought her for her birthday completed the outfit.
“Why do we have to get so dressed up to go to a club?” Caitie asked flattening her yellow heart crossed strap dress. It fell just before the knees, “I don’t see the point.”
Lauren stepped out of the bathroom in a baby blue dress that hang mid thigh. It was tiered and clung tightly to her body, “Because we have to look old enough to be there! And we like to get dressed up!”
“So how is Danny going to get us in?” Adri asked fixing her make-up. Her pink pleated halter dress flowing as she swayed side to side.
“He knows the bouncer and he’s got connections with fake ids,” Niki said, looking for her cell phone, “Kat, throw me my phone and cute dress!”
Kat was wearing a purple one strap satin dress. It fell way before the knees and hung tightly to her body. She found the phone and threw it at Niki.
Katie walked into the room wearing a soft lime green bubble dress. She waved to everyone and said, “The guys are downstairs and ready to go. Are we all ready?”
“Well the froshy’s are not allowed to come. Catherine is just too stuck up to come. And Sierra… Sierra where is she?”
Sierra popped out of nowhere with a sliver knee length dress with a ruffled trim, “Don’t worry, I have arrived!”
All the girls laughed and finished putting on the final touches of their outfits. They all quietly made their way past the teacher’s rooms and to the lobby.
The guys were already in the lobby dressed in similar outfits. Dress shirts and jeans. Most of the guys looked pretty old to begin with. When the guys noticed the girls they all whistled, putting all the attention on the girls.
Danny stepped into the middle of the circle that somehow formed. He handed them all their fake ids.
“Danny these are sick!” Niki said, waving her ‘id’.
Danny smiled, proud that she approved, “I know people and I know people who are good at what they do.”
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Danny led the group to the front. He knew the bouncer who let them in after looking at their IDs. Apparently he was a friend of Danny’s brother. Anyways, the gang was pretty impressed.
They all finally arrived at the club. Flack and Niki were already on the dance floor. Nick was sulking on the side. Actually, he was so focused on them that Sarry had practically given up on getting him to dance with her. Well, she had a plan, which involved getting him a drink to loosen up.
Ryan was absolutely steaming. He had gone to get Caitie a drink and had come back to find Horatio dancing with his girl. Kat had been in the restroom, and H had gotten lonely, but to Ryan that was no excuse to why he should be dancing that way with Caitie.
“Hi,” Kat seethed.
“Hi,” Ryan looked over at her and recognized the look she gave the dancing couple. “We could just interrupt them.”
“I tried,” she downed the last of her drink that was definitely not water.
Caitie and Horatio were close. Too close. They almost could blame the crowd except it was not that thick near them so it was really their fault. And they could not blame what happened next on the crowd because it was most definitely not the crowd. Caitie, whether she did this in a drunken haze or not, pulled Horatio closer to her (which did not seem possible considering their current positions) and kissed him. But it was what happened after that that took every one in the group by surprise. Horatio kissed her back. It was as if the music just stopped because the Miami gang all turned to watch. Ryan looked like he was about to smash the glass he was holding. Kat seemed ready to throw her empty glass at Caitie. It might have been shock that stopped her from doing this.
Niki and Flack stopped dancing and turned to watch. Even Danny, who was still angry over not having Niki, stopped to watch this. The big dancing group that contained Lauren, Nick J, Katie, Eric, Adri, and Greg completely stopped and stood like gargoyles, looking at the pair. Sierra and Jake, who had previously been kissing in a corner, stopped and turned to look at them. Caitie and Horatio must have forgotten that there was anyone else because they kissed even deeper.
“Wow, it must suck to be Ryan and Kat,” Nick J thought out loud.
“So are we just going to watch them make out?” Lauren asked. The rest kind of decided that maybe they should just give them some privacy so they got back to dancing.
“You know what would make the night worse for Ryan and Kat?” Katie wondered.
“It can get worse?” Eric laughed.
“Well, if the cops came in,” she giggled and got back to dancing with the group.
As if those were the magic words, the doors opened and someone yelled “NYPD!” At least twenty cops with loaded weapons entered corralling the people while several others blocked off the other exits. Within a few minutes, the place was calm and silent. The Miami gang looked at each other bewildered.
This was not supposed to happen. Two cops interrupted the make out session between Caitie and Horatio, slapping cuffs on both of them. Most of the group gave up without a fight. Niki glared at Danny.
“What? How was I supposed to know this would happen?” he mouthed.
The cop took a look at Niki. She was in no way twenty-one. “What’s your name?”
“Niki, one K, two I’s, and an N, but not in that order.” The cop looked at her ID.
“Sanchez, get over here. We got an underage.”
The others in the group were being discovered. Katie started panicking. She was going to be in so much trouble. Actually all of them were panicking. If Mr. Taylor did not kill them, their parents would. One by one they were led away. Each of them tried to look at another to find some comfort because it was going to be a long night.
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After the raid the cops soon realized that the gang wasn’t from around here. Once it was figured out where the kids were staying, the cops escorted them back to their hotel. No one was looking forward to having Mr. Taylor rip them a new one. This could actually have been the first time Niki was actually afraid to get yelled at by Mr. Taylor. And then they would have to deal with their parents. Many of the kids were dreading that part, they had strict parents.
The cops had told Mr. Taylor what had happened and left the kids with the tired and cranky ex Marine. Everyone was huddled together just waiting for Mr. Taylor to start yelling. You could see the blood vessels in Mac’s neck popping out. His breathing was heavy and his eyes were fixed on the teenagers. The glare he was giving them had Flack and Jake shaking, just a little bit.
“I don’t know where to start,” He finally said, “I have been teaching for many years now and this, this is new.”
A door clicked open and Kelly’s head popped out. She could hear Mac’s rising voice and wanted to see what was going on. Allie and Lilly’s heads were right under hers.
“In all my years of teaching, I have never had students like your selves!” He voice was getting louder with every word.
“What could have possibly possessed you to go to a night club? I can’t even comprehend why you would go?”
Kat was slightly swooning at Mac. She found him so hot when he was anger. Kelly was doing the same exact thing in the doorway. But the rest of the students were standing there, most of them looking at their feet. Only one student’s big brown eyes meet Mac’s blue eyes.
“Miss Stokes, would it be a wild guess if I said this was your idea?” He asked sternly, his eyes locked on hers.
Niki didn’t squirm under his gaze. On the inside she was shaking like a leaf, but she wasn’t going to show it. She knew this wasn’t her idea. She wasn’t going to take the blame for this.
“No, Mr. Taylor, this wasn’t my idea at all!” She threw back at him.
Mac laughed. It made all the students jump. It definitely wasn’t a ha ha funny laugh. It wasn’t even a nervous laugh. It was an unknown kind of laugh.
Finally his laughing subsided, “That’s hard to believe Miss Stokes. You do have a record.”
Niki was about to say something when a voice from behind Mr. Taylor quivered an answer, “It was mine.”
Mr. Taylor turned sharply to become face to face with Danny Messer. Danny’s face immediately looked to the floor when he saw Mr. Taylor’s icy glare.
Mac sighed, “I’m calling your parents Mr. Messer. And I’m going to suggest the best kind of punishment for you.” He turned back to the Miami gang, “Bed all of you! You’ll see your punishment in the morning.”
Once Mr. Taylor’s mouth stopped moving the kids sprinted to their appropriate rooms and slammed their doors shut. None of them dared to make any noise for the rest of the night.
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Ryan awoke to a loud banging on the door. He could hear the other guys mumbling about how he was closest so he had to answer. Ryan pulled himself out of bed and dragged his body to the door. He was too tired to even look through the peephole. He opened the door to see Niki standing there, arms folded across her chest and a stern look on her face.
“What are you doing here?” He asked, rubbing his eyes.
“Let me in.” She demanded.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Ryan yawned, “You come to my door at 7 in the morning and I don’t get some sarcastic remark of why you are here?”
“Fine,” She rolled her eyes.
“What are you doing here?” Ryan asked again.
“I couldn’t stop thinking about you last night,” Niki smiled, “I need you, want you, in ever meaning possible. Happy now?”
“Very, now you can come in.” Ryan stepped away from the door, allowing Niki to come in.
She barged in and swung open the door that connect their room to the room next door. Once those doors where open Niki barged into the other room’s bathroom. Warrick was standing their brushing his teeth, when Niki scared the crap out of him.
“Jeezs Shortie! I could have been on the can!” He said.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever,” She blew off Warrick’s statement, “Which conditioner is Jake’s?”
“That one. What are…?” Warrick noticed the glint in Niki’s eyes. She was looking for revenge.
Niki grabbed the conditioner and emptied some of it into the sink. She pulled the bleach out of her jacket and started pouring it into Jake’s conditioner. Once she thought it had enough bleach, she closed the bottle and put it back right where she found it. A sly smile spread across her face as she left the boy’s rooms, excited about seeing what Jake was going to look like.
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As Mr. Taylor promised the kids were punished with a trip to the National Museum. When Mr. Taylor told them, they didn’t even bother to hide the fact that they hated the idea. Mr. Taylor smiled at their reaction; it was exactly what he was looking for her.
Once students and teachers arrived at the museum Flack snuck out back to the streets to get some food from the venders. That kid was always eating. Kat and Horatio snuck off into some private exhibit. H had to make up for what happened last night. Lauren and NJ had ear buds in their ears listening to music, drowning out other people’s voices.
Sarry and Nick were walking hand in hand glancing at different exhibits. They both didn’t think the museum was that bad. Lilly and Archie were laughing and smiling about something only they would understand. Katie and Eric were laughing and talking with Adri and Greg and Allie. Kelly and Hawkes were in their own little world. They were practically turning into a mini Sarry and Nick. They really were a cute couple.
Niki had jumped on Adam’s back, with his permission of course. Her feet were killing her and Adam being the gentlemen that he was gave her a piggy back ride. The boring voice of the tour guide was making Niki fall asleep, but Adam kept tapping her awake. Mr. Taylor would kill her if she fell asleep.
Jake had noticed that Niki was with Adam and not Flack. This was a perfect opportunity for his payback. He knew Niki was behind his knew hair do. He jogged over to Adam and Niki and tapped him on the shoulder. Adam turned around and laughed. Jake’s hair was bleach blonde. What Niki hadn’t know when she put the bleach in Jake’s conditioner, was that he let the conditioner sit for a while before he washed it out.
Jake’s eyes were smiling cause he knew exactly what he wanted to say, “So I guess that cold water really screwed Flack’s manhood if you are clinging on to Ross!”
Niki’s smile faded, “Well at least I have someone to cling on to. Where did Sierra run off to? She afraid of your new hair style?”
Adam chuckled quietly to himself. He was glad Niki sort of stuck up for him. He hated Jake, big time.
“Well if she did run off, I wouldn’t stoop down to someone like Ross.” Jake shot back.
“The only thing you could get is a hooker,” She threw back, “Unless you used your conditioner in ‘other’ places.”
Adam let out a small laugh and said, “Too bad Sierra is afraid of your hair style, I guess we’ll never find out!” Adam freaked when he realized what he just said.
Jake growled and Niki shot him a dirty look. Jake backed away but it wasn’t because of Niki. A tall, big, 17 year-old, blue eyed guy was standing behind Niki and Adam. Jake knew he would be jealous. He got out of there fast, but stayed in ear shot so he could listen. Adam turned around and bumped in Flack’s broad chest. His arms let go of Niki and she slide down to the ground. Adam was shaking uncontrollably. Niki placed a hand on his shoulder and whispered in his ear. He ran.
“So you and Ross?” Flack asked watching the nerd run off, “I thought you got over the nerd type when you choose me over Sanders.”
Niki’s eyes met his, “Adam and I are friends. I told him my feet were hurting, he offered me a piggy back ride. Something a boyfriend should do.”
“Boyfriend? So you calling him your ‘boyfriend’?”
Niki made a weird snort kind of sound, “You are unbelievable. I hope you know that.” Niki walked away from Flack. Knowing that in ten minutes he’d be looking for her.
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Ryan and Caitie were making out near the gigantic reconstruction of T-Rex bones. Caitie was doing her best to make up for what happened the other night. So it was getting pretty heated. It was like a make-up make-out. Ryan moved to his left and hit the T-Rex’s right leg. The bones shook and rattled. Everyone stopped and turned to the gigantic T-Rex trembling like Adam was earlier. Ryan and Caitie backed away from the bones and watched as it came crashing down.
As the dust settled the ferocious creature was destroyed. The bones were in a giant heap on the display. Ryan and Caitie slowly backed away, hoping no one had seen them. Lucky enough, no one did. The museum’s manager deemed it an accident.
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The last night of their trip to New York, and the group was stuck in the hotel. They were still ‘grounded’ as Kelly put it. Except Sarry and Nick. Nick had somehow managed to get Mr. Taylor to let them go out on some romantic date he had planned.
The rest of the gang was having movie night in Niki, Lauren, Caitie, and Adri’s room. It was pretty cramped but they made it work. Niki was laying on top of Flack in one of the beds. Kelly and Hawkes were sharing a chair. Next to Niki were Lauren and NJ. Lilly and Archie were sat together on the floor, leaning against the bed. In the other bed was Caitie laying on top of Ryan, and Adri and Greg. Adam and Allie sat on the floor by the other bed. Catherine and Warrick sat off to the side. Jake and Sierra sat in another chair together. During the movie Jake was told to move because his new hair was reflecting the light from the TV. H and Kat never showed up for movie night. Everyone figured they were in Kat’s room, having a good time.
The group had a hard time deciding on which movie to watch. Ideas where being thrown back and forth, but no one made a decision. Kelly kept naming movie after movie, she had insane movie knowledge.
Niki stood up on the bed and shouted, “Alright we are going to watch Miracle because it is filled with hot guys! Like the guy who plays O.C. I wanna tap that!”
“Oh yeah!” Kelly agreed, “And it’s a great movie!”
“You know, people have told me I look like the guy who plays Jimmy Craig.” Flack said.
Niki looked Flack over while putting in the DVD, “Nah, the guy who plays Jimmy Craig is totally hotter!”
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Nick had taken Sarry to some extremely nice and fancy restaurant. It was filled with people dressed in dresses and suits. But don’t worry; Nick and Sarry were dressed to the nines. They were totally prepared. They had order there food after the waiter brought them their sodas. As they waited for their food, they began to talk.
“Sarry,” Nick said, grabbing her hands in his, “I have something to give you.”
Sarry’s eyes met his. He had such a serious and determined look on his face. As they sat there, hand in hand, eyes locked on each other, a waitress walked into Sarry’s purse. Her cell phone hit the side of her purse and dialed the last number she called…
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Now I’m heels over head, I’m hanging upside down. Thinking how you left me for dead, California bound. And when you hit the coast…
Niki answered her phone and could hear her brother talking in the background. She then looked at the caller id and realized it was Sarry’s phone had called her. She listened in on the conversation…
“Look Sarry,” Nick sighed, “I really love you, and I know that’s a big thing, but I know it’s true.”
Niki gasped and everyone shushed her. Niki jumped off the bed and shouted, “Pause the movie!”
Someone grumbled why and Niki just mumbled about having to pee or whatever as she ran to the bathroom. She closed the door and went back to listening to her brother and best friend.
i] “Nicky, I already know this.” Sarry said, looking into his hazel eyes.
Nick shook his head, “I know you know, but with everything that has happen…I just…I don’t know how to explain it.”[/i]
Niki was giggling to herself in the bathroom. She had never seen…scratch that…heard her second eldest brother talk this way. It was completely funny and great blackmail, if she ever needed it.
Sarry nodded her head, understanding where he was coming from. All the drama with him and Catherine, all the drama with Niki and Flack and Greg and Adri, it was typical high school, but still.
“I just want you to know, that whatever happens, I want to always be with you. And I always will be with you.” Nick was pouring his heart out.
Niki was practically gagging now. This was gold! She would have blackmail on him for the rest of her life! I mean come on! Who expects the star quarterback to be this sappy!
“Aw Nicky! You don’t have to explain this all to me! I know.” Sarry was gushing all over this. It was the sweetest, cutest thing ever!
“No,” Nick shook his head, “There is a reason. I want to give you something.”
You dirty, dirty, Niki thought, I didn’t know Nick had it in him.
“I want to give you this promise ring,” He pulled out a beautiful silver banded ring. The jewel was Sarry’s birthstone, topaz. It sparkled in the dimly light restaurant as Nick slipped it on Sarry’s finger.
“Aren’t you a little too late for that Nicky boy?” Niki said into the phone, not realizing she was even on the phone.
Sarry heard Niki’s muffled voice come from her purse. She couldn’t help but chuckle at what Niki said. She kind of did have a point, but still… Nick gave her a look. He hadn’t heard Niki’s voice coming from Sarry’s purse.
“Nothing.” Sarry laughed nervously. She hit her purse hoping it would disconnect the call.
Suddenly Niki heard nothing on the other line. Either one of two things happen. A nuclear bomb crashed on the restaurant killing everyone and cell phone connection, or Sarry hung up. The last idea seemed correct, and reasonable.
Niki walked out of the bathroom and back to her spot on top of Flack. Everyone was starring at her.
“What were you doing in there for that long?” Kelly asked. There were a few giggles coming from certain corners.
“Get your heads out of the gutters!” Niki spat, “And I was…brushing my teeth.”
“But your mouth is already minty fresh.” Flack said, trying to get comfortable under her weight.
“It was…” Niki thought for a second, “But yours…wasn’t… so I needed to brush my teeth…again…just press play!” The movie went back on and the kids quieted down to finish the movie.
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Niki woke up the next morning to Flack snoring into her ear. That and she could hear a quiet knock on the door. She drowsily looked around the room. Everyone from last night was still there. She assumed that Nick and Sarry where in his room, cause it was empty and well cause, you know.
“Girls,” The knocker said, “Girls wake up! We gotta get ready to go!”
Niki realized who the voice was, “Come on Ms Bonasera!” Then she wished she could take that back.
Niki heard the key lock click and door opening slowly. She jumped off of Flack and heard him grunt something. She was standing in the middle of sleeping teenagers when Ms Bonasera saw her.
She laughed and shook her head. It was pretty funny actually. Niki looked around the room and realized how messy it was.
She looked at Ms Bonasera and said, “The sad thing is, my room, well my half that is, is way messier then this!”
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Ms Bonasera didn’t bother to tell Mr. Taylor how she found the kids this morning. They were already in enough trouble to begin with. The plane ride home was completely uneventful. Most of the kids slept. Others just quietly chit chatted. Mr. Taylor was very pleased with this and caught a few z’s of his own.
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Hawkes was standing with Kelly away from the group. This trip had really made them closer as a couple. It was like a mini Sarry and Nick, minus the fact Sarry and Nick just randomly started holding hands one day and Hawkes and Kelly didn’t. Everyone thought they were such a cute couple. Perfect for each other.
They were standing there hand in hand, starring off into space. Suddenly Hawkes turned to Kelly. She looked up at him and smiled. Their eyes meet. He brushed back a strand of hair behind her ear. She blushed and he smiled. Both got a sensation they had never felt before. They let go off all thinking and let their hearts lead the way. Their faces slowly began to move closer together. Hawkes hands planted themselves on Kelly’s waist, while her arms snaked their way around his neck. Their lips meet and Kelly could have sworn she saw fireworks. She went on her tip toes and deepen the kiss. It wasn’t the most romantic first kiss, but both participants thought it was amazing. And sorry, it wasn’t any Huffy kiss, oh no, there was no face sucking, but it was no peck either. It was romantic kind of kiss, a kiss shared between two young lovers, trying to find peace in this crazy world.
So there it is! I hope you enoyed the gangs trip to New York!! I hope to have the next chapter up.... sooner then later. I'm not making any promises!