Chapter 4
~*~BSB~*~
"Whoa man." Nick said, as he watched the girl in the
black skirt walk away. " that was one of the meanest things
I’ve ever heard. Can you imagine saying something like
that?"
AJ shook his head. "I know! I mean that girl actually made my babe cry. I didn’t think that girl could cry. She was so spunky."
Nick started to laugh. "First of all man, she’s not ‘your babe’ and second of all, how do you know that she’s spunky? You don’t know her!"
AJ nodded. "yeah, but trust me man, I’ll get to know her.....REALLY well!" he said, grinning devilishly.
Nick smiled, but couldn’t help but feel a tiny glint of jealousy. Kevin walked up to them, handing each of them a bag.
"The press will be here really soon, so when they get here just work, and then in an hour we’ll have group shots, okay?" then not waiting for a response he went and began to clean up around the slide.
AJ tugged on Nick's sleeve and pulled him in the direction of the young girl. Nick began to feel shy.
"AJ, maybe you should let her calm down first" he whispered.
AJ nodded. "Probably right buddy. You stay here and I’ll start from over there and make my way over. THANKS!" he said and slapped Nick on the back.
Nick nodded and began to pick up old wrappers along the fence. Glancing to his left he noticed that she was moving closer to him, and she definitely had her eye on an old shoe. Leaning over at the same time she did, he grabbed for the disgusting piece of garbage.
"Oh! I’m sorry" she whispered with-drawing her hand, and glancing up at him. She gave him a small smile, and he blushed.
"Oh, its okay, you can have it. I...uh...well, I already picked one up today, so its only fair that you get this one."
Her smile grew larger, and she reached out and put the shoe in her bag. Sighing she said. " I’m sorry that I was so rude to you guys this morning, but I’m not having the best of days, and when your moronic friend cut me off, I almost blew the roof. I’m Stacey, by the way" she said holding out her hand.
Nick’s smile got wider. "I’m Nick, and it’s okay, cause AJ is not the best driver. He’s a bit...well....crazy."
She laughed, and Nick noticed when she did so, her silver eyes began to glow. "So did you guys follow me here, or are you actually here to clean up?"
Nick blushed. "Well, my friends and I got forced into doing this. I’d rather be at the beach. But it’s not that bad I guess."
She nodded thoughtfully.
"Uhh, why are you here?" Nick asked, desperate to keep the conversation going.
She laughed. "Well I kinda forged my community service sheet, for school. See, I graduate next week, and if you don’t have 6 hours done, you don’t get your final credit."
Nick laughed. "So you're a senior?"
She nodded. "Are you?"
Nick looked down at the ground and blushed. Barely audible, he said, "No".
Oops, I hit a nerve Stacey thought. "Come on. Its okay! What are you? Junior? Sophomore? Not even in high school yet? You look my age, but looks can be deceiving."
Nick glanced up again, and starred into her beautiful eyes. " Uhhh, well I put high school on hold for a couple of years." He said, a little ashamed.
She nodded, this time starring past him. "uhh...why is your friend getting his picture taken?" she asked, noticing that reporters and photographers were everywhere.
Looking back at him, she saw his face go red. " Uh, I dunno" he mumbled.
Still on her knees, Stacey looked around and noticed that the 3 other occupants of the blue car, were also getting swarmed. Nick took this opportunity to look her over. Her blonde hair was straight, and down her back. She was thin and that tube top really showed off her....assets.
She glanced back at him. He turned red again.
"What?" she asked laughing at the embarrassed look on his face.
Then she began to laugh. "You looked down my shirt didn’t you?!" she said, laughing harder, clutching her stomach.
"No I uh...." then he began to laugh and blush. "okay I admit it, I did!" then they both began to laugh.
All of a sudden Kevin looked over. "Oh there he is guys. NICK! Come on over! Group shot!"
Nick turned pale at looked at Stacey. "Uhh I gotta go. Can I come back to talk to you after?"
She looked confused. "Wh-? Why do they...-uh yeah I geuss" she said with a confused look on her face.
Nick
got up and slowly trudged over. Stacey watched him go.
.