"Finally you wake up." Nick said as I entered the kitchen. "Were you cold?" He teased. I looked down at my shorts with a hooded sweatshirt. "What? Oh nah, I just brought a lot of warm clothes with me, I guess I'm just so used to the Kansas weather." He nodded "Well, I guess we'll have to go buy you some cooler clothes tomorrow cause you'll burn up in those clothes!" I nodded but in my head screaming. "So, what we gonna do today?"
"Mandy invited me to go to Disneyworld and you're coming." I groaned. I did not want to spend the day with Mandy. "That's ok, I was planning on doing some things today. You two go. You haven't done much since I was here." He shook his head "You've been here for two days. WE haven't done much since you were here. Come on." "No, I'm not going. You and Mandy need to go ok? Have fun." I said and ran up the stairs before Nick could do anything.
I cried as I cut myself numerous times. "Just a couple more cuts and it'll be numbed and you won't be able to feel it anymore." I cut myself one more time. "CIATI! WE'RE HOME!" My eyes went wide in fear. "Shit shit shit shit, Nick's home shit!" I quickly washed my hands and pulled my sleeves down. I looked at my face. Red and tearstained. "Shit, Nick's gonna see that. Great. Nice one Ciati, just set yourself up!" I quickly washed my face with water in hopes to get it off. No such luck. "Ciati, come down here, we're going to watch some movies." I looked at my wrists, the sleeves were now soaked with blood. Think Ciati think "Um, no, that's alright I'm not in the mood for movies!" Good one. "Come on Ci." I heard Nick yell before I heard footsteps heading up the stairs and towards my room.
Think fast. I know! I turned the bath water on and stripped myself of my clothes. A knock came on the door and I wrapped a towel around myself. I answered the door. "Nick, go watch your movies cause as you can see, I was just about to hop in the bath." Nick nodded "Fine Ci, but come down as soon as you're done." I nodded and shut the door. I took off the towel and went into the bathtub and sighed. That was close!
"Ciati, wake up." I looked up to see Nick sitting on my bed. "What time is it?" I asked Nick "It's 10:00 am." I groaned "Why would you wake me up at 10:00 in the morning?!?! Are you crazy!?!" I asked and fell back on the bed, stuffing the pillow over my head. Nick laughed and grabbed the pillow. "I woke you up at 10:00 because you and me both have a shopping date. And you, little missy, never came back down to watch movies with me and Mandy." I slowly sat up "I know I didn't. My bath just relaxed me too much and made me tired so I went to sleep." I lied. The real reason I didn't go down was that I just didn't really want to see Mandy. Nick nodded "Well, hurry up and get dressed. We are leaving in 10 minutes." He got up and walked out.
"Well good morning to you too!" I yelled. I got out of bed grumbling and changed into shorts and another hooded sweatshirt (you can never have too many of those). I walked down the stairs and grabbed a bagel. "Ready to go now?" I nodded and we walked out the door.
"How about this? This is cute." I smirked at Nick "It's cute?" He looked at me "What? Ok, so I shop with my sisters and Mandy too much." I laughed and then looked at the shirt he was holding. "Ummm...no Nick, I will not wear that!" He frowned "Why not?" I sighed "Do you even have to ask? Look at that thing! It's the skimpiest tank top I've seen." "Fine! You pick something then." I grabbed a cute little tank top thing. "Oh yeah, and the back missing is different from my shirt how?" I looked at him "Nick, your shirt had no front. It wasn't a shirt! And besides, this tank top has a back, it's just ties, that's all." I smirked at him and walked away trying to find a different shirt.
"Ok, Ci, you have enough shirts and shorts. Now go try them on and model them for me please?" I looked at him and noticed he was giving me the puppy eyes. "Nick. I don't wanna." I whined "But Ci, you have to make sure they look good. You don't want to buy them and then realise that they don't look good now do you?" I sighed "Fine, I'll try them on but I'm not modeling them for you!" I walked into the changing room and changed. "Oh this is cute." I said when I tried on my tank top. "What what, let me see what??" Nick started whining like a little kid. "No Nick, I'm not going to model for you." I looked at myself one more time before I changed, making sure I wanted the shirt. Oh no. My cuts were still there. Wait, how stupid are you Ci, of course they're still there! Damn, Nick can't see me in these things. "Fine, you may not show me now but I expect a modeling show when we get home. Or I'll just see them when you wear them." Shit, Nick will see me wearing them and will then see my cuts. I banged my head against the wall. "Ci, what are you doing? You shouldn't bang you head against the wall, did you know that when you do that you lose 2 brain cells?" I laughed a little and then changed back into my sweatshirt. Deciding that I didn't feel like trying anything else on.
I walked out of the changing room and looked at Nick. "OK, lets go." We walked up to the cash register and I pulled out my wallet. "No, here, let me pay." I shook my head "No Nick, I'm going to buy my own clothes." I started pulling my money out but Nick handed her his credit card. "NICK! I don't need you to buy me clothes." I hissed and he just gave me a half smile. The lady handed me the bag, smiling at us. I grabbed it and mumbled a thanks and walked away. "Ci, come on, don't be mad." Nick said chasing after me. "I'm not mad it's just I don't want you to feel like I want you to buy me things. I have my own money." "Ci, I bought you the clothes becuase I wanted to. I know I didn't have to but I wanted to ok?" I nodded "Good, lets go home now. I can have that modeling show." I laughed. "Nick, you are not going to get a modeling show." "Fine, but we're going out to dinner tonight with the guys and their girlfriends again so I hope you'll wear your tank top that you insisted on getting. That damn thing was expensive." I glared at him "HEY! You did NOT have to buy me it so quit complaining!" He put his hands up in surrender "I wasn't complaining."
"CIATI!! LETS GO!" Nick yelled at me. I had had them waiting downstairs for about 15 minutes now and I knew they were all getting frustrated with me. I just couldn't go down. I had on my tank top but you could clearly see my wrists. I needed to get something and fast. I looked through my closet and noticed a white over shirt. Perfect. White goes with anything. Good thing I bought the green and blue tank top and not the white one. "I'm coming!" I yelled back and ran down the stairs. "Finally, I thought you died." Mandy remarked while filing her nails. "You make such a big deal about buying the damn tank top without a back and then you wear a shirt over it?" I smiled at Nick "Of course. It's night time out. You cannot wear a tank top in the night." Nick sighed "Fine, lets go." We all filed out of the house and into the car heading to the resturant.
"So anyway, she didn't like the shirt that I had picked out and she made me buy her this shirt." Nick was telling everyone the story of our day "You made him buy you the clothes? Are you poor or something?" I looked at ManDUH...she doesn't deserve to be called Mandy anymore...you try and be nice to someone and what happens? They're bitches right back. "No, he insisted on buying the clothes. I had no choice in the matter." The guys laughed. "That's Nick. Once he sets his mind on something, it's hard to get it off it. So, are you going to show us this tank top?" Brian asked. I hesitated "Umm...sure." I pulled the white shirt down but I didn't take it off completely so it still covered my wrists. I turned around. "Oh now that is cute." Leighanne exclaimed "Where did you get it?" I stuck my tongue out at Nick "See Nick, it is cute. Nick wanted me to get this tank top that had like no front to it at all." Leighanne laughed "Guys." I nodded in agreement.
"Excuse me but I have to go to the restroom." Amanda said sliding out of the booth. "I'll come." Leighanne and I both said at the same time. We looked at eachother and laughed. The three of us walked into the bathroom and started talking. "So Ciati, let me see the shirt again." I looked at Amanda and then slowly pulled my shirt down. "Oh that's so cute! I'm going to take Aj to the mall with me tomorrow." We giggled. "Can I see the white shirt?" Leighanne asked. Oh shit. "Uh sure." She smield and put it on. "Oh, this looks so adorable. Can I wear it the rest of the night?" "Sure, go ahead." Uh oh. This was bad. "Thanks Ci!" I nodded but I started to feel dizzy.
We walked back to the table. I had my hands behind my back. "Ah, so you decided to take the shirt off and expose your back for us all to see?" I nodded and sat down. Making sure to keep my hands under the table. "Ciati can you please pass me the water jug?" Kevin asked. I slowly reached towards the jug and handed it to Kevin. "Oh Ci what happened?" I gulped, I thought I was going to die. "What?" Amanda pointed towards my hand where Nick's pugs had scratched me. I sighed in relief "Oh that?? Nicky was being a little too friendly I guess and she scratched me. Hurt like a bitch too." We all laughed. "Ready to go?" Everyone nodded and Brian called the waiter ovef "Can we have our check please?" "Sure, be back in a sec."
"Nicky, can I stay with you tonight?" ManDUH asked. "Sure. You don't have a problem with that Ci do you?" I shook my head and plastered on a fake smile "No, not at all." "OK, well, then it's settled. See ya guys later. It was nice having dinner." They nodded and we left. Great, this was going to be a long night.
