Everything's Gonna be Alright
Chapter - 11
Nikki's Story - Unexpected Friendship
"NO DAD! YOU'RE NOT LISTENING! I DON'T WANT TO!" Her brain kept coming back to what she heard David say in the bus. Everything's gonna be alright. Well it sure as hell doesn't feel like it. Nikki went to open her mouth to continue to have people listen. "NICOLETTE, THAT IS ENOUGH!" Nikki slightly jumped at her Dad's raised voice. "You don't get a choice in this matter whether you like it or not." He finished his sentence slightly more gentle than earlier. "Why not? It's my life! Why don't I get a choice? You can't make me. I won't do it! You can't make me!" Out the room she ran as fast as her legs would let her. Out of the lounge room she ran and into her room. She immediately flopped onto her bed, tears of anger streaming down her cheeks and onto her pants.
Her phone then vibrated from inside her pocket it was a message from the group chat with Max, Neil and herself. The first thing she read was Max's message. Sup losers how r u? Nikki then responded within mere seconds excited to talk to her friends despite how horrible she felt in that moment. She knew she had to pretend to be okay, besides she was the happy, optimistic one of the group. Hey Max! I'm pretty good missing camp tho :( Sent. The message went through. Now we wait she thought to herself. Hey guys, I'm pretty good. I'm staying with my mum right now, can't wait for school though. As Nikki read what Neil had said she rolled her eyes in envy. Of course he's okay. Max probably is too. How about you Max? Are you okay after everything that happened on the bus? Neil sent through a message again. Yeah Max u miss us???? I sent through trying to sound as okay as possible. Meh, I'm alive :/ definitely weird without u guys here and David's constant happiness. AWWWWW Max misses us, well more or less. He wasn't wrong though. At least with camp when everything was crazy I had my friends there, but now I have to go through my problems alone. She agreed with Max though. It definitely is Weird without everyone else around. IKR! Before Nikki could say anything else she heard a faint knock at her door. Hey I gotta go I'm getting home now ttyl byeeeeee ;P She made up an excuse. She placed her phone beside her on her bed and turned towards the door. "Who is it?" Nikki asked in an annoyed voice. "Um... can I come in? Please?" An almost inaudible voice came from the other side. Almost immediately she knew who it was... Caitlin. "Fine. But only for five minutes. Slowly the door creaked open and in came in the petite little girl. "What?" Nikki said in a cold dull voice. "I wanted to talk to you." It came out as more of a question than an answer. "If you're here because my Dad told you to, or even your mum, then get out cause I don't want to hear it. You can tell them that I don't want to. And there's nothing they can do about it."
Cold and to the point, she didn't care if she came off as rude, she just wanted to be listened to. "They didn't send me here, I wanted to come in and talk." The small girl looked down as she spoke. "Talk about what?" Nikki began to fiddle with her bedsheets. "I don't know, I guess just getting to know you?" Nikki could tell that she was nervous. "Look, I know you don't want this to happen. Like you don't have a choice, and maybe you don't, I get it. I don't want this to happen. Everything's about to change and there's nothing we can do about it. I just thought; even though this is messing with everything, for both of us, I thought, if one other person would understand it would be you." Nikki was speechless. This little girl who could be no older than six was being so mature. "I know what you think, that I'm just going to be this annoying little girl who doesn't get it, but I do. And I thought, maybe, just for a second. I wouldn't be going through this alone, all I got was you being rude. I really want to be friends, even if you don't want my Mum and I with you and your Dad. I figured at least we could be friends, even if our Mums aren't. So please, if you don't want to be friends, just tell me and I'll leave you alone. But, I won't give up. I never do."
"Okay, let's talk."
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Everything's Gonna be Alright (On-hold/To be edited)
FanficWith the conclusion of camp everyone finally gets to return to their "normal" lives. See what everyone is like outside of camp, from behind their masks, find out why they act the way they do. But the one thing they get told the most, will be the ver...
