7. Moment 4 Life?

I've been waiting for the moment to do this forever. Drake leaned in and kissed Nicki softly.

"Hold on you kissed her?" Michael shouted, wide eyed.

"Drake shoots! He scores!" Henry laughed.

~

What is happening? Nicki thought as Drake kissed her.

This is my best friend... I shouldn't be doing this. She kissed him back and let her lips linger on his.

I need to stop this right now. Drake tried to kiss Nicki again but was lightly pushed away.

Nicki sat there still in shock. She didn’t say a word, they both remained silent. All that could be heard was their soft breaths. 

"What the..." Lauren said shocked.

"I can't believe it" Candi whispered, silently spazzing in her head.

"Yes!" TT screamed and everyone on the field turned around to look at her. “Go back to whatever you were doing” Nicki squinted her eyes at her. "I mean..."

~

Better than I thought. Drake thought as Nicki pushed him away. He reached out to touch her arm but was stopped by her talking.

"I've got to go" Nicki grabbed her coat and made a dash for the door.

"Nicki wait!" Drake chased after her but it was too late, Nicki was already out of the door.

"Nicki!" Drake shouted as he saw her running down the street.

"Ooh" Drake's crew shouted.

"I messed up big time!" Drake ran his fingers over his face in frustration.

"It isn't that bad" Paul said.

 ~

“Oh my... What happened after that?” Lauren asked.

Nicki continued running till she reached the end of Drake's street. Why did Drake kiss me?

"Why am I crying?" Nicki said aloud, wiping the stray tears on her face. After she sorted herself out, she walked the rest of the way.

“Onika, is that you?” Robert asked.

“Yes dad”

“What you doing back so early?” Carol said as she sat down next to Robert.

“I don’t feel well” Nicki lied.

“Aww, would you like some tea?”

“No thank you. I’m just going to have a shower and got to bed, I’ll feel better in the morning”

“If you need anything, just call me. Okay?”

“Okay, goodnight” Nicki walked up the stairs.

“Goodnight” Carol and Robert shouted back.

"Wow, you did what?" Candi exclaimed.

"I know I shouldn't have kissed him back but... I don’t know.” Nicki scrolled through her phone. Why did that kiss feel so wrong but so right?

“Why did you run off?” TT said. “If you don’t mind me asking”

"My best friend kissed me! Not like friends, like I don't know” Nicki sighed. “It was strange, what best friend does that?"

The girls stayed quiet.

"So have you talked to him?" Lauren asked.

"Not since the incident"

"That was almost a week ago, you guys used to talk to each other every day!" TT said.

"I just need time to wrap my head around everything" Nicki put her phone on vibrate and put it in her pocket.

~

"You haven't talked to her since?" Thomas asked.

"Nah, I want to call her. You know sort everything out, I know she's confused about it. I think she needs a bit of space" Drake explained.

"You need to talk to her" Ryan suggested.

"I don’t think I can"

"Are you scared?" Noah said.

"Hell no" Drake grabbed his phone out of his pocket.

~

"We will begin the coursework for the next exam next week. The exam will be in June, and before you ask I don't know what day in June" Mrs. Bryce told the class.

"Miss, what percentage of our overall grade is it?" A girl in the class asked.

"40, any more questions?" The class remained silent indicating that they had no more questions.

"Good, for today's lesson we will plan out what we are going to do for the coursework...."

Nicki zoned out the rest of her teacher's speech. I need to get out of here.

"Yes?"

"Please can I go to the toilet?"

'Yes but be quick!" Nicki tucked her chair under her desk, walked towards the door and down the hallway to the toilets.

Once she was inside the toilets, she received a text message saying that she had a voice mail.

"One new voice mail"

Drake's voice came through the speaker of her phone "We need to talk. Call me or text me... please"

Message deleted. No new messages.

On her way back to her class, she noticed that something was sticking out of her locker. She walked over and pull the remainder of it out and read the message written on it.

I didn't mean for it to happen, it just did and I'm sorry. If you still don’t know who I am, it won’t be long before you find out. - A




I didn't like this chapter at all :/ I posted this yesterday but when I re-read it, I saw some mistakes and I added an extra bit to it. 

Question.

When should I end the story?

A) Chapter 10

B) Chapter 15

C) Chapter 20

Please give me answers and if you want me to end it on a higher number, tell me in the comments :)

6. Unexpected Moments

"Drizzy my nigga!" Michael shouted as he saw Drake walking towards him and the gang.

"Sup?" Drake said when he finally reached them and dapped them.

The gang responded in different ways, "Nothing" "Aight, you?"

"So, what happened? Did you tell her?" Trey asked.

"Ermm..." Drake began.

"Is Nicki coming over or are you going to hers?" Sandi asked.

"She's coming here" Drake replied.

"Are you going to tell her?"

"I was hoping to but I really don't know"

"Well I've got to work but tell Nicki I said hi and tell me what happens"

"I will" Drake smiled.

"Love you" Sandi shouted as she closed the front door.

Drake fell back on the couch and looked at his phone.

* What time you coming over?

His phone bleeped about 3 minutes later, alerting he had a text message.

* I should be over in 10, just finishing helping Caiah with his homework.

* Alright, see you then.

I'm so nervous. I don't even know what to say to her.

Drake glanced at his watch, she should be here in 3 minutes.

I've known her practically since I was born, why is so difficult to tell her how I feel.

He ran upstairs to quickly freshen up as he wanted to look good.

I don't want to give her the wrong impression.

Drake's thoughts battled in his head and didn't know how to control them. He was disturbed by a light knock on the door, he raced down and answered it.

"I'm sorry I'm late. Caiah didn't want me to leave and my mum wouldn't let me walk here till I put on a coat..." Nicki babbled on without taking a breath.

"It's alright, I wasn't waiting for you that long" Stop lying to yourself, you've been waiting since you came home from school.

"She was late?" Luke said.

"Yeah but it's not like I told her to be at my house at a certain time"

"Okay, carry on" David urged.

"Okay, can I just use quickly your toilet? I'm gonna wee myself!"

"Yeah, you know where it is" Nicki ran straight pass Drake and went up the quarter landing stairs.

While Nicki was using the bathroom, Drake grabbed some snacks from the cupboard which included Nicki's favourite snacks cranberries and almonds. After setting the food on the table, Drake turned on the stereo and played it lowly.

"That was a close call" Nicki said as she walked down the stairs.

Drake looked up and noticed she had took off her coat, she was wearing denim shorts with tights underneath and a pink jumper.

"Wow" Drake thought aloud.

"What?" Nicki said, causing Drake to stop staring at her.

"Oh erm..." 

"Whatever" Nicki walked over to the couch and sat down and soon after Drake followed her.

"You have my favourite snack, I love you!" Nicki shouted giving Drake a kiss on the cheek.

Shit. Am I blushing? Drake thought as Nicki grabbed a handful of cranberries.


"She got you blushing?" Michael said and the gang burst out in laughter.

"Shut up! Anyway as I was saying..."


After looking at a blank screen for about 30 minutes, Drake decided to turn off the stereo and watch some TV.

"What should we watch?" Drake asked looking at Nicki.

Nicki tried to talk to him but she had too much food in her mouth.

"Erm.. Okay" Drake shook his head and put on MTV.

They watched TV in silence until Nicki finally spoke.

"I want some pizza" 

"What kind of pizza?" 

"Pepperoni" 

"You're so lucky" Drake said as he went to grab the house phone.

"I know" Nicki smiled.

Drake ordered the pizza and grabbed his wallet from his bedroom. When the pizza arrived, Nicki ran straight to the door and took the pizza.

"Sorry about that" Drake said to the the delivery guy.

"Oh it's fine. Definitely fine" The delivery guy watched Nicki walk over to the couch. This nigga.

"So?" 

"Oh that'll be $10.99" Drake handed him a $20 dollar note and received his change.

"Thanks, bye" Drake shut the door as the delivery guy stepped back from the doorstep. 

Drake walked back over to the couch to see Nicki on her 3rd slice of pizza. She can eat.

"Can I have a slice?" Drake asked, flopping on the couch.

"Mmhmm" Nicki handed Drake the smallest slice out of the pizza box.

"Thanks" Drake took the slice off her and ate it.

5 minutes later, Nicki placed the box on the table.

"You must have been hungry!" Drake laughed.

"Whatever"

"You've got a bit of.." 

"A bit of what?" Drake grabbed a napkin and leaned over to wipe the tomato sauce from the corner of her mouth.

"It's gone" Nicki looked at Drake's face and looked into his eyes. What is she doing?


"Wait you-" Chris started to say.

"Shut up and let him finish!" Noah said.

~

"So you got him to order you pizza?" Candi said, shocked.

"Yeah, I was hungry" Nicki shrugged.

"He wiped the sauce off your face?" Lauren said.

"Yep, I'm a messy eater" Nicki laughed. 

"Alright, alright so what happened then?" TT asked.

Nicki continued to stare into his eyes. How have I never noticed how beautiful his eyes are?

She brought herself closer to drake and stroked his cheek.
What am I doing?

Before Nicki could answer herself, she felt something brush against her lips.

Blast From The Past #1

The sky was beginning to change from day to night. It was a Saturday evening and as usual Nicki and Drake were hanging out but this time it was at Drake's house.

"I'm hungry" Nicki said, leaning her head on Drake's shoulder. 

"What do you want to eat?" Drake asked, looking down at her.

"Do you have ice cream?" 

"I'll check" Drake got up and walked into the kitchen. He opened the freezer and searched for some ice cream. "Okay. We've got vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, cookie dough, mint and... Rum and raisin"

"Hmm.. I'll have vanilla" Drake turned around and looked at her "Please" 

Drake grabbed the tub from the freezer and grabbed two bowls from the cupboard. He then scooped out enough ice cream for each bowl and put the ice cream back.

"Here" Drake handed her her bowl and a spoon.

"Thank you" Nicki smiled.

Once Drake had grabbed his spoon and sat down with his bowl, they began to eat their ice cream and continued watching TV.

"Aubrey" Nicki said softly while she put her bowl on the table in front of her.

"Yes?" 

"Do you see us being friends when we're old?

"Of course, I do. Why did you ask?" 

"I don't know. I was just wanted to make sure" She shrugged.

"Don't worry, we'll be friends forever" Drake hugged Nicki.

"Hopefully more than friends" he whispered, unaware that Nicki had heard him.

5. Revealing The Truth?

Drake dropped his phone on his car seat next to him and ran his fingers through his hair.

I really could do without this right now. Why is everything so complicated?

He closed his eyes and inhaled then exhaled. When he opened his eyes, he put his car in drive and drove home. When he arrived home, he ran straight up to his room.

"You know what? I should be thinking about this right now" Drake said as he went to the bathroom and washed his face. Once he dried his face he walked back to his bedroom and lied down on his bed.

"What can help me stop thinking about everything?" Drake asked himself. "Music"

Drake turned on his stereo and grabbed his notebook. Maybe if I write my feelings down I can explain them better. He thought as he reached for a pen. After a while of just enjoying the music, the words just started flowing.

'No one in this world knows the feeling that I get when I see you. They have no idea what I feel when I hear your name or your soft voice. Nobody has ever made me feel the way you make me feel, and that is such a crazy feeling'

Drake read what he wrote and smiled at the fact he released some of his feelings.

"Aubrey, dinner's ready" Sandi shouted.

"I'm coming mom" Drake replied as he got up from his bed and put his notebook back in his draw. He walked out his room and descended down the stairs.

"Aubrey" Sandi shouted again, extending the y in his name.

"I'm here"

"Oh great, go sit around the table. I'll bring it out" Drake did as he was told and sat around the table. A few moments later, Sandi walked out of the kitchen with two plates in each hand. She set them on the table and sat down.

"So, how was school today?" Sandi asked, putting a piece of chicken in her mouth.

"Alright... I guess" Drake answered, scooping more food in his mouth.

"I guess? What's wrong?"

"Have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you're scared it'll ruined your friendship?"

"Yes in fact, that happened to me once in high school. So do you want to tell me what happened?"

Drake finished eating the rest of his dinner then pushed his plate away from him. "Okay. So there's this girl and we've known each for a while. And I've been catching feelings for her, I really want to tell her but I'm scared"

"Nicki?"

"Huh?"

"Is the girl, Nicki?"

"How do you know?"

"I see the way you look at her, it's the same way your dad used to look at me"

"Should I tell her how I feel?"

"I can't tell you that but I would say just follow your heart"

"Thanks mom"

"You're welcome sweetheart"

"You can go, I'll clean up" Drake said, picking up the dishes from the table. Sandi smiled at him before she walked upstairs to her bedroom.

~

"Hurry up, you've got 10 minutes"

Drake finished brushing his teeth, grabbed his jacket and raced downstairs.

"Good morning" He said kissing Sandi on the cheek and picked up a slice of toast.

"Oh you're in a good mood"

Drake looked at his watch. "Got to go! Bye!"

He picked up his car keys, walked out the door and jumped in his car.

~

"Adam Simpson" Mrs. Richards shouted as she went through the register.

"Here"

"Aubrey Graham" Mrs. Richards waited for a voice to answer her but she heard nothing. As she was about to mark Drake as absent, he burst through the door.

"You're lucky Mr Graham. Go have a seat" Mrs Richards marked him present.

"Aye Drizzy! I thought you wasn't coming in today" Drake's friend Noah said as Drake took his seat next to him.

"Nah. Just woke up late this morning"

"Cool, cool"

~

"So I got something to tell you guys" Drake announced to his gang.

"Spit it out then" Michael told him.

"Right, so you know how I've been telling y'all for I don't know how long that I have feelings for this girl..." Drake's gang nodded at him. "So tonight I'm finally going to tell her"

"Seriously?" Ethan asked him.

"Yeah" Drake rubbed the back of his neck.

"Finally!" Noah shouted.

After the gang had finished eating and were chilling at their usual spot, Drake decided to call Nicki. Meanwhile at Nicki's school, Nicki and her friends had just finished eating and were walking out to the field when she felt her phone ring.

Who is calling me at this time of the day when I'm at school. "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Drake"

"Who is it?" Candi's nosey self asked.

"Drake" Nicki whispered, covering the speaker.

"You still there?" Drake said.

"Yeah I'm here"

"HEYYYY DRAKE!" Candi, Lauren and TT shouted loud enough for Drake to here.

"AHA, HEYYY" Drake shouted back and Nicki moved her phone away from her ear.

The girls smiled and walked over to the field to give Nicki some privacy.

"So what were you saying?"

"Ermm.. Are we still on for tonight?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Oh nothing I was just wondering, I have something important to tell you"

"What is it?"

"I'll tell you when I see you, anyway I'll see you later bye"

"Bye" Nicki ended the call.

What's important that he can't tell me on the phone? Nicki thought as she walked over to her friends.

4. Caught Up

The boy continued running until he reached the second set of lockers. He stopped to catch his breath and when he began to run again he was stopped by Lauren.

"Where do you think you're going?" Lauren walked a but closer to him with her arms folded.

The boy again try to escape but was stopped by TT. "What do think you're doing?"

"Okay. Tell us exactly what you doing!" Candi said.

"I-I was p-p-putting a note in a locker" The boy stuttered.

"Now, what's your name?" Lauren asked.

"Ryan"

"So Ryan, what does the note say?"

"I can't tell you anything"

After the words left Ryan's mouth, he regretted it. Lauren grabbed the collar of his shirt and pushed him towards the lockers. Candi and TT surrounded him. "I'll say it again. What does the note say?"

"I honestly don't know"

Lauren shoved him. "Okay okay. Please don't hurt me"

"Then answer the question!" Candi replied.

Ryan sighed. "I was told to put the note in that locker by a boy that likes to called himself Drizzy or something. I don't know what's it says I'm not allowed to look at it"

Lauren stepped away "Thanks"

Candi and TT also moved away. Ryan brushed himself off and began to walk away.

"Sorry for shoving you and that" Lauren shouted.

Ryan continued walking, he grabbed his phone and dialled a number.

The voice answered "So you've done it?"

"Yeah, mission complete"

The girls looked at each other. "Looks like we know who sends the notes" Candi said.

"We can't tell Nicki though. It could ruin things" Lauren stated.

"Alright, promise that we won't tell her" TT said and they pinky promised.

The official bell for homeroom rang. "Bye" They shouted to each other and walked off to their homeroom.

~

It was now lunchtime and the girls were in the cafeteria.

"I'm starving" Nicki exclaimed as the queue for lunch began to move.

"You are so extra" Candi laughed.

Lauren and TT were sat at a lunch table, they had got there early and avoided the queue.

"I've been thinking..." TT started to say. Lauren nodded and continued eating her sandwich.

"You know how we thought..well think that Drake likes Nicki more than a friend and then we found out that he's the one sending her those little letters..."

"Hmm" Lauren mumbled before she picked up her rubbish and throw it in the bin.

"I think he's in love with her"

"Who's in love with who?" Nicki said as she placed her tray on the table and sat down. Candi discreetly gave TT the eye before sitting down herself.

Nicki looked up from her plate, waiting for TT to answer her.

"We're talking about 90210"

"What's that?" Nicki asked, putting some lettuce on her fork.

"A TV show"

"Oh, I'm not interested"

The girls spent 10 more minutes in the cafeteria before heading out to the field to chill out.

"I wish that school finished after lunch. The days are too long" Lauren said as she laid on the grass.

"Tell me about it" Nicki brushed her hair out of her face.

"I'm so stressed. I'm going to sleep" Candi laid down and throw her coat over her head.

"She is so weird" TT laughed.

"Excuse me, I can still hear you!" 

"I think I need a haircut" Nicki said, pulling her hair over her shoulder and checking for split ends.

"No, don't. Your hair's so nice and long. Plus why would you cut it when it's down the middle of your back?" Lauren told her.

"Thanks" Nicki went into her bag, grabbed her brush and began to brush her hair.

"So what y'all doing tonight?" Candi asked as she removed her coat from her face.

"It's a school night" TT replied.

"And? You can still do stuff"

"Do my homework.. as usual" Nicki sighed, putting her brush back in her bag.

"I'll probably do the same and maybe watch TV" Lauren said as she sat up.

"If I have no homework, I'm going to sleep as soon as I get home" TT yawned.

"What time is it?" Lauren asked.

TT looked at the clock on the side of the school. "I can't really see what it says cause of the stupid sun but we have 5 minutes before we have to go to next lesson"

"We might as well get our books" Candi wiped her jeans and picked up her bag. "Come on then"

After dusting themselves off, the girls walked around to the front of the school and made their way to their lockers. Coincidently they were next to each other.

"So annoyed. I'm not in the mood for Maths and Spanish" Nicki exclaimed holding her books with one hand, shutting her locker with the other. 

"That's not as bad as Gym Class and Health" Candi groaned.

"That's true" Lauren and TT agreed.

~

"¡Buenos tardes!" 

"¡Buenos tardes señorita!"

"Okay, clase today we are going to focus on your translating skills. So everyone turn to pagina 60 and read the paragraph. Then copy and translate it por favor"

When Nicki opened her book, she was surprised to see a post-it note on the first page. 

I wrote this letter according to my love for you

So I hope this paper will travel safely to where you are.

I've been going crazy when I think about you.

Cause the hardest thing I'll ever have to do is to tell you.
- A

Damn. Nicki thought as she removed it and stuck it inside her planner.

~

"Hello?"

"Hey"

"Oh hey Nicki, what's up"

"I'm sorry, I can't see you today"

"Aww, why?"

"Cheer practice doesn't finish till 7 tonight"

"Really? I was looking forward to seeing you tonight"

Nicki sighed deeply "So was I but there's always tomorrow right?"

"Yeah I guess"

"I've got to go. I'll talk to you later"

"Bye"

Drake hung up the phone. I finally work up the courage to tell her how I feel and this happens. Why is so hard to admit my feelings directly to her face.