This Will Change Everything

6: Your Gonna Have To Pay With Me

"Yo, say something" he elbowed me.

Nope, I wasn't going to say squat.

"Lani, the silence is killing meeeeee this is so awkward!" he whisper- shouted, again, I'm keeping my mouth sealed tight. Then she turned in her seat to face us,

"I can like here you guys, I'm literally 2 feet in front of you" the devil spoke up

"We're well aware of that" I hissed, spit escaping my mouth and landing on her face.

She leaned over and took hold of Kai's shirt and wiped it over her face, then her eyes brighten up,

"Woah you have abs now? And they're really sculpted," she cooed

I tried to sneak a peek myself, and to my surprise she wasn't lying! The Kai had real abs!

"Yeah uh huh, go right ahead and feel free to wipe my shirt on your face, I don't mind at all"

She scoffed,

"What's wrong Kai, you didn't mind me wiping my face on your shirt back then, why mind now?"

He yanked his shirt from her hand and attempted to roll his eyes, which he failed horribly.

The minute she said 'back then', a wave of memories I didn't want to remember washed over me, the ones that I tried so hard to shove back in the corner of my brain, the ones I thought I would never recall.

Then I caught Maya staring at me from the rear view mirror, there was something in her eyes I couldn't explain...pity?

She then broke the silence,

"Ahem, Nicki turn around in your seat I'm not tryin' to get a ticket, we're almost there. Sit tight."

She rolled her eyes at us before turning back in her seat.

"What's wrong with being, what's wrong with being confident ah huh uhhh!"

Confident by Demi Lovato starting playing out of no where.

Nicki then digged in her bright sparkly hot pink bag then yanked out her phone,

"Oh hey daddy.....yeah Maya's driving.....mhmm..."

She paused then glanced over at me,

"Yup" she said popping the P, " Yeah she's here.....okay...almost there...okay byeee"

I realized we weren't going to school, my eyes caught one of the signs.

We just passed the exit.

"Maya are you going to explain why she's-" I pointed at the devil, "-here? And you missed the exit to school"

Silence.

I glanced over at Kai, he quickly looked out the window, but I caught his expression before he could. He's never had that look on his face, never.

Nicki?

The looks Maya was giving me?

That's when it hit me.

We were going to the last place I'd ever go to, never in hell- even if there was a zombie apocalypse....

My ex-dad's Prison

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Ah Nicki, oh Nicki, where should I begin? From the fact that we're sisters? My childhood bully? The girl who once had a huge, and I mean huge crush on Kai?

I know the last part is unbelievable, but trust me it's true.

So you guys remember that abusive dad I once had right? His names Dave, so that's what we'll call the bastard (excuse my language).

I was once obsessed with my ex-dad, believe it or not. I looked up to him. I use to think that superman had nothing on him, way cooler and funnier. He'd take me and the boys to Amusement parks, the zoo, we'd go swimming, anywhere a kid wanted to be, you name it. He'd take us. We thought by far that he was the best Dad on earth.

Boy were we wrong.

When I was about 7 years old one night, I woke up to loud voices and clattering objects being thrown around the house. So being the curious little brat I was, I tiptoed down the stairs and poked my head around the corner.

" Why didn't you tell me!? I could've been more understanding if you said something then, but now? Now she has a baby daugh-"

"It's not a newborn Natalya, she's about Lani's age! I didn't wanna tell you dammit, I didn't know how!"

Then he knocked over the pots on the oven, lucky for him they didn't have anything in them,

"Oh really? Didn't know how? Is saying 'uh Natalya, so I had an affair with this woman awhile back and now she has a daughter' so hard? " She spit back, he rubbed his face then sighed,

"I can't break it off with her or else I'm gonna have to pay child support. Now if you want me to leave her side then your gonna have to pay it off with me-"

"-what!?!" my mom scoffed throwing her hands up, was this guy for real?

"Don't interrupt me, let me finish," he shouted sticking his index finger in mom's face

"Now if you don't want to help me pay off child support, then your just going to have to deal with me hanging out with her daug- my daughter every week from now on."

"What about your children, your 5 children! Can you make space to hang out with them too? What about Lani, she basically idolizes you, worships you. Are you just gonna flat out reject her every time she asks to spend some time?"

"She'll understand, I've been spoiling her for her whole life. I need to spend some quality time with her new sister, Nicki"

Back then, that conversation was just another quarrel mom and dad had, but years later I would realize that that single conversation would be the spark to millions of arguments and fights to come ahead, visits from a girl my age who for some reason despised me no matter how hard I tried to impress her, and new family friends who would stick with us, even through hell