A Replacment

No Way Out

I lay in my bed, waiting for Kiki to come home so I can get this all over with. I told Andrew my plan before he left, and although he wasn't quite sure that it would work, he agreed to help me and stay where I told him to.

I can't believe I'm going to do this, drive my first and only friend away like this just for the sake of a movie. But also for her sake, I remind myself. I debate over what I'm going to tell her when she gets back when I hear my phone ring. When I pick it up I see that it's Anya, one of the girls I live with, and the only one I can really tolerate.

"Hello?"

"Hey Nikki, Ms. Hilga said to tell you that a new girl is coming to live with us, and that you're gonna have to share your room."

I roll my eyes. I'm really not in the mood to deal with this.

"Are you kidding me? I'm not-". I stop myself from saying anymore when I get an idea in my head. If I have a girl sharing my room with me, then I won't be able to hide Kiki, and she'll have to go back to Wet Side Story. It's a perfect plan!

"Tell Ms. Hilga I said okay," is all I say before I hang up, not bothering to wait for a response. I'm usually not this mean, but can you blame me, I'm about to lose the only friend I've ever had!

I grab my pillow and scream into it, then I throw it back on the bed, and flop down on it. I feel myself drift off to sleep when I hear the front door open and Kiki's voice.

"Nikki! I'm home." I sigh and get up. Time's up, gotta get rid of her.

I walk as slowly as I can down the stairs, really really really not wanting to do this, especially when I get downstairs and see her happy face. She runs over to me and hugs me, and I can't tell you how much it took me to not hug back.

"Oh Nikki, I had the best night of my life!" She lets go and twirls around the room a bit.

"Kiki," I start to say.

"I never knew I could be so happy in a place like this, but things are so wonderful."

"Kiki," I say again, but she cuts me off again.

"I just love being here"-

"You have to leave." I blurted out, getting kind of frustrated. She turns back to me and her smile falters.

"What?"

I look at her, my face devoid of emotion. "Ms. Hilga called and said that I have to share a room with a new girl."

"Then tell her no, you have me. If another girl's living with you then where will I go?"

I shrug, trying to act as if I don't care. "Not my problem, the new girl will probably be less annoying than you," I say cruelly.

Kiki looks at me with disbelief in her eyes, and I have to look away for a second to keep myself from crying. "Are you saying you don't want me here anymore?"

"Yup, I figured, if I have someone else living with me, we'll eventually have to talk to each other, then who knows, maybe we'll be great friends, then I won't really have much use for you."

Kiki's eyes brim with tears, and I'm pretty sure my eyes are doing the exact same thing, I can't believe I'm doing this.

"I thought you were my friend Nikki!" She screams at me.

"Yeah, well you thought wrong, you're better off in Wet Side Story," I scream back. I'm really hoping this fight will end soon, I don't know if I can take much more of this.

Kiki crosses her arms over her chest and says, " well Devon likes me, maybe I should go live with him."

I chuckle. "You really think Devon likes you? This isn't the movie world remember? In the real world boys don't care about feelings, he'll stay with you for a while, and when he gets bored, he'll just go off with another girl, and forget all about you."