Monica sat in the passanger side of Brian's jeep, which Nick was driving. She had absolutely no clue as to were Nick was taking her. Honestly, this was driving her crazy.
"Nick? Please, were are we going? I mean, am I dressed appropriatly?"
Nick took his eyes off of the road and smiled at Monica. She was dressed nicely. She had on her khaki draw-string pants from the GAP and a black cardigan sweater.
"Monica, you look great! Ok, fine I'll tell you were I'm taking you. Were going to the movies. This is my treat for your 17th birthday." He said while pulling into the cineplex.
"Oh, Nick! That is so nice. But, you don't have to treat me for my birthday. I'll pay." She said while hopping out of the jeep and pulling out her wallet.
Nick placed his hand on her wallet and stuffed it back into her purse, and smiled at her. He grabbed her hand and pulled her in through the doors.
"Two tickets for Halloween H20, please." Nick said to the woman at the window.
Monica slapped Nick rather hard on the arm. He grimmaced in pain and then began to laugh.
"What was that for?" He said to Monica.
"I hate horror movies. We've only known each other for a few months. But, I would think you would remember the night we all watched Scream. Nick, I was so scared I ran into the bathroom and slipped on the carpet, causing me to bruise my knee!" She said sternly.
Nick couldn't help but laugh a bit. Of course he remembered that night. All he remembers is seeing her brown head of hair zip past him, Brian and Steffany. He remembers her sliding on the wood floor with her socks, tripping on the carpet, and sliding straight into the bathroom. He had to admitt, it was hysterically funny.
"No, I remember! Oh boy, do I ever remember. But, come on. Just see this with me and after we'll go home." He said while leading her into the theatre.
She pulled away slightly, but Nick caught her arm once more.
"What if I get scared? I mean, you know how I am. That is why I don't see horror flicks in theaters. I can't handle them." She said while sitting down next to Nick in the back of the theater.
"Don't worry, Mon! If you get scared, I'm here. You can squeeze my hand as hard as you want." He said while thinking of the pain he was going to endure.
The movie had begun and she already had a tight grip on his hand. Nick smiled to himself and sat back and enjoyed the fact that Monica was so close to him. "Wait a minute, Nick! What are you thinking? She is your friend." Nick said to himself.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Monica screamed and dug her face into the crevess of Nick's neck causing him to jump also.
"It's alright, Mon! It's just a movie." He said sweetly.
When Nick pulled into the parking area of the girls apartment complex, he hoped that Steffany and Brian had everything all set. When he walked in, everything was like it was planned. Nick brought Monica up the stairs into their apartment. He sat her down on the recliner.
"Uh, stay right here! Don't go anywhere. We have one more present for you." He said as he
ran back down the stairs to were Brian and Steffany were waiting.
"Ok, Steffany you go first. But disguise your voice. Try and sound like an old woman." Nick
instructed.
Steffany agreed and walked over to the intercom. She pressed down the button and began
speaking into it.
"Monica....Monica? Are you up their sweety? I remember when you were little and I used to
change your diapers. After I would feed you fruit, you always had a full diaper for me to empty.
You were always such a good baby, and now you are all grown up. Where does the time go?" Steffany said
and she quietly began cracking up. Nick walked over to the intercom and put on a announcer voice.
"Ok, Monica. Who was that familiar voice?"
Monica walked over to the intercom in the living room and played along.
"Well, was it Steffany?" She asked while laughing.
Steffany ran up the stairs and did a victory dance in front of Monica.
She sat down next to Monica and enjoyed the rest of the game. Brian was the
next to walk to the intercom. He used a strong southern accent.
"Monica? I remember the time Steffany and I brought you to one of Nick's games.
Ya'll were sooo excited that you missed the first bleacher and tumbeled down onto the
floor. Ewwwwww-Weeeeee! Your face turned as red as a giant tom-ato!" Brian said while
beginning to chuckle a little.
"Once again, Mon! Another piece of your life. Who was that?" Nick said.
"Gee.....could that be Brian?"
Brian ran up the stairs just as Steffany had done. He also did a little dance
and then kissed Steffany and Monica on the cheek. The last one was Nick. He talked like a
rapper.
"Yo...Yo, Monica! I remember just today, we were at the movies, yo! You was all like "OH MY GOD! AHHH
Make the bad man stopp" and all. Ya know? I was like, woo babe, it's just a movie." Nick said.
"Who is that, Mon?" Brian said as he began to laugh.
"I am gonna go out on a limb and say...Nick?"
"MONICA, THIS IS YOUR lIFE!" Nick yelled as he ran up the stairs and
jumped on top of her causing her to fall back and laugh.
"Happy birthday Mon!" Steffany yelled.
"Yeah! Happy birthday, sweety!" Brian said as he hugged her tightly.
Nick helped her up from the hard wood floor and they all went into the kitchen
and had cake and icecream. Brian and Steffany had decorated the kitchen with
"Baby shower" "Aniversay" and "Birthday" Banners. They didn't have time to go
to the party store to get everything so they just used what they had.