Stay With Me

Chapter 4

It's Friday afternoon, I'm about to leave my last class to go home and get ready for Ian to pick me up for our date. He still hasn't told me what he has planned. I don't even know what to wear.

"Do you know where Ian is taking me?" I ask Paul. He turns in his chair and shakes his head with a smirk.

"I do, I'm just not allowed to tell." He gives me a forgiving smile.

"You are a brat." I tease him and he laughs.

"Just know it will be fun." He says.

"What should I wear? Dress up or dress comfortable?" I ask hoping he will give me an answer.

"Jeans or shorts. I I don't know, maybe ask him." Paul tells me.

"I'll try. He thinks I'm trying to figure out where we are going, honestly I don't know anything in Atlanta so my options are quiet a lot." I say. I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to see Nikki standing behind me.

"Hi Nikki." I say to her.

"Can we talk?" she asks.

"Yeah sure. Have a seat." I say and she sits down beside me in the empty chair.

"Have you been avoiding me?" She says and I sigh.

"Listen, my friends have told me about you and I don't want to get involved with someone like you. I already have enough on my plate to worry about and you adding more to that wouldn't help. I'm sorry. Maybe if you weren't the way you were we could be friends." I say and her mouth drops. She stands up and rolls her eyes and walks away.

"Damn Nina." Paul laughs.

"Was I to hard on her?" I ask.

"Not at all. It's about time someone stood up to her." He pats my shoulder.

"Well I'm getting out of here to get ready. I'll see you next week." I wave to Paul and head to my car.

"Hey Joe." I say when I get out of my car and see him getting out of his.

"Hey Nina, Candice called freaking out about something. Do you know?" He asks and I shrug my shoulders.

"Nope, but it could be the simplest thing like her shirt not matching her shoes." I say and we both laugh.

"Candice I'm home! Joe is here." I say and we step inside.

"Nina, upstairs!" She calls out and I head up the stairs.

"I'll wait here." Joe says.

"What's up? Joe said you were freaking out about something but wouldn't tell him so he came over." I tell her.

"Nina..I'm.." She starts crying and walks into the bathroom so I follow her. I see a stick sitting on the counter and she grabs it.

"Candice. What is that?" I know what it is but I ask anyway unsure of what I'm about to hear.

"I took 4 and they're all positive." She says. I sit down on the edge of the bath and she sits beside me.

"How late are you?" I ask her.

"I'm not sure, I've not really been paying attention." She says. She lays her head on my shoulder and I wrap my arm around her.

"You need to tell Joe..he's down stairs." I tell her.

"I know, I'm just scared of what he will think." She says.