That night, at 7:30, all 4 of us hopped in the Durango and headed towards the mall to drop BJ and Leslie off.
"Thanks Nicky," BJ laughed, shutting the door and waving.
"God! I hate it when she calls me that!" he chuckled.
"Aww, Nicky, how cute!" I laughed, messing up his hair.
"Damn it, why does everyone pick on me? I thought I was COOL!"
I looked at him sarcastically. "Nope. You thought wrong! You’re the biggest lamer I’ve ever met. And ‘Nicky’ isn’t cute either."
"Are you saying it’s cute?"
"Yes doofus…"
"Okay, only you can call me Nicky."
"If you insist!" I laughed.
Rehearsal was the same thing as then night before, but I sure didn’t mind. It felt like a privilege to be there. Nick was busy making faces at me the whole time, but that didn’t bother me either.
"So...what are all these things?" I asked, referring to all of the buttons master controls.
"Get up for a sec," he said. I got up, he sat down and pulled be back down on his lap. "I really hope you don’t have a bony butt!" ha joked.
"Dude man, that’s not the thing top say to your girlfriend!" AJ advised.
I was to busy laughing to care. When Nick and AJ got done ragging on each other he shoed me what all the important buttons did, and explained some of the other ones. We didn’t leave until they closed the place for the night at 11:00.
"Whatdaya say we got back to your place and I kick your butt in Area 51?" I suggested.
"You, kick my butt? Ha! Yeah right! I am the master of the Playstation!"
"Really? Brian told me he beat you…and so did your little 10-year-old brother…"
"That little…!"
"just kidding! C’mon! Let’s go!" I dragged him out to the car and we went back to the house, raced up the stairs and turned the Playstation on. We were both good to go for hours after that.
"Told ya I was the master!" he boasted, after winning.
"Whatever! I’m just not having a good day," I said, making an excuse.
"REMATCH!" he yelled, snatching up the remote control again.
"Before you two crazy kids get goin again, do you want dinner?" Jane asked, standing in the doorway.
Nick and I exchanged quick glances. "Nah," we said simultaneously.
"Okay, well if you get hungry it’s waitin’ on ya," Jane laughed. ‘Don’t have too much fun."
"Uh oh, looks like you lost!" I teased him, after we finished the rematch game.
"That’s only because I let you win!" he lied.
"Oh don’t give me that!"
He grinned.
I remember the first time he smiled at me. It was when he helped me with my books at school. He was so adorable and I wanted him so bad that I couldn’t talk straight. "Don’t grin at me! I don’t wanna see it!" I laughed, kissing him.
"No, you just wanna make out with me, right?"
"Exactly!"
"Well, I guess I can arrange that, but only for you!"
After a while we were interrupted by BJ again. "Get a room!" she laughed, opening Nick’s door.
"Last time I checked this was my room, and you’re supposed to knock!" he snapped.
"Sorry," she giggled. "Can I borrow your Journey CD?"
"No.’
"Why not?"
"because that’s my favorite CD and every time I let you borrow one you keep it for the next two years and refuse to give it back, claiming it’s yours."
"Oh, not true!"
"Beg!" he smiled sarcastically, shutting the door in her face and locking it. "You find that funny?"
"Actually, yeah I do."
"Well, you’re not supposed to!" he said, picking me up, pinning me down to the bed and tickling me.
"Nick!" I yelled, trying to catch my breath. "S-stop, p-please!"
"Not until you say I’m sexy!"
"Fine, y-you’re sexy!" I managed to say between trying to catch my breath and laughing like I had just sniffed laughing gas.
"Why thank you!" ha said in a deep voice, making his eyebrows go up and down. I couldn’t help but to laugh. He looked so retarded. "Erin told me you’re ticklish!" he grinned.
"You two have GOT to quit talking!" I laughing, shaking my head.