The stories in my flesh (Sequel to scars)

Part 27

"What were you talking about with that girl?" Nick asks as we leave work. "Shes this girl from my- high school." I say slowly, "And?"

"I Uh- she well .. I ugh." We are walking down the street looking for a taxi and its kind of chilly. "Here you're shaking." He says taking off his jacket, I shake my head, "No then you're gonna be cold." He shrugs, "I'll be okay. But here take it or I'll force it on you."

I chuckle, "Okay gosh." I put on his jacket which is pretty big on me but it's warm. "Now continue telling me she's from your high school and what?" He stops a taxi and we get on, he then tells the man our new apartment address. I hope we can actually pay for the apartment and everything else. "It's a long story." I finally say looking out he window. "I like long stories." He says.

"I'm sure you won't like this one." I whisper. I feel him staring at me and I look at him, "Come on goldilocks tell me what's wrong." He puts my hair behind me ear. I smile when he calls me goldilocks. I still remember that first time he called me that. We were eating lunch I stared at him as he stabbed his chicken nuggets with a fork. "What are you looking at goldilocks?" He snapped at me. I looked down and my cheeks heated up. "Be nice." Amy told him.

Amy. Oh, Amy. I wonder how she's doing, I wonder if she hates me for abandoning her. I wonder.

"Sydney?" Nick says, I snap back to reality. "Oh yeah." I say trying to look at him but it's pretty dark outside so I can't really see him. "It's just hard to talk about." I say, "I told you my story. Tell me yours. You never actually went into detail." It's true. He told me his story so it's only fair if I tell him mine right?

"I got bullied by that girl, her name is Alice. She didn't really bully me as much as her friends but she was part of it. They insulted me and just made fun of me. They tried to keep me away from Anthony. It was all because of Brittney, she was the leader of the group. The hot popular girl who got anybody she wanted. She invited me to a party-"

"Sorry to interrupt ma'am but we are here." The driver says. "Oh right right, here you go sir." Nick hands him the money and we get out. He has our bags and he's staring at the building. His curlish blonde hair is right above his deep blueish eyes. I just now realized his eyes change colors, maybe it depends on his mood. "You were saying?" He says looking at me, I'm walking and I almost trip. Nick catches me, "Hey be careful."

"S-sorry." I whisper as my face gets hot. "You're very clumsy, Sydney." He says opening the door for me, I walk in and he follows me behind. "I know I am."

When we get to our apartment Nick grins. He puts our bags down and runs to the couch. He lays down on the couch, "It's perfect." I smile looking around, "It is perfect." He sits up and looks at me, "So keep telling me. She invited you to a party and?" A clock catches my attention, it's about seven thirty. "Oh no, I'm going to be late." I say.

"What?" Nick asks, "Anthony went to see me today and he asked me to meet him at his house."

"So you're going to see him?" Nick asks. "Yeah, I will finish telling you the story later." I get my bag and grab a shirt and some jeans. They're not really attractive but we haven't had time to actually buy good clothes.

I come out of the bathroom changed and I see Nick hasn't moved from his spot. "I'll be back around ten." I say. "Or you'll just spend the night with Gina again." Nick says. I'm pretty sure my face got red. "No, no I'll be back." I say. "What happened to our plans?"

"What plans?" I ask, "We were suppose to get something to eat together remember?" Oh, that's right I was suppose to eat dinner with Nick. "Oh God sorry I forgot but-"

"He's more important than me, I get it. No worries." He gets up and walks to a room then shuts the door. I can't help but to feel guilty and bad for leaving Nick. This feeling sucks.