"So, uh.. What did Emma say to you?" Jason asked, hesitantly and not sure if it was a good idea to ask but his curiosity got the best of him."Huh?" Nicole gave him an utterly lost look."At lunch, when Chase came over." Jason reminded her."Oh," Nicole nodded in realization. "Nothing much, just basically told me that I'm ugly ya know," she shrugged her shoulders, not making it a big deal. She wasn't in the mood to beat around the bush and also knew Jason would keep asking until she answered."What? Why would she do that?" Jason's eyebrows pulled together in confusion."She doesn't exactly like me," Nicole shrugged as she looked up from her math textbook that was sprawled in front of her on Jason's room floor. "Anyways, I think I'm kinda getting the hang of this, it's just that Mr Willow sucks at explaining anything."Jason nodded. "I know what you mean. It's more about paying attention to watching him show how to do it rather then listen to him speak since that part makes no sense.""

"Are we going on an adventure?" Nicole slurred, grinning like a cheshire cat. The alcohol was making her mind spin, not seeing anything clearly."We're going home," Jason muttered dryly, not amused by her drunk state.The five of them walked out of the party, Nicole leaning against Logan as he helped her get to the car since she couldn't walk straight."But what about my favourite rocket ship?" She frowned, not even sure what she was saying."It's getting repaired," Logan replied grimly, grinning a little because he hadn't seen Nicole drunk like this before."Foreal man?" Jason asked in disbelief, giving him an odd look."You never crush a drunk girls dreams," Logan shrugged casually.Jason scoffed."But I can't go home!" Nicole exclaimed. "Mommy's going to cut my arm into ten pieces and eat it and daddy's going to kill you!" She pointed to Jason. Her eyes widened with fear as she thought about how her mother would react to seeing her this drunk."Why me?" Jason asked with his eyebrow

"Those guys are...""Stupid?" Nicole offered, finishing Asher's thoughts for him as he had started to trail off, not being able to find the right word.Asher chuckled. "I'd go for strange." He glanced at her and grinned softly."How so?" she quirked an eyebrow at which Asher shrugged at."I don't know," he tilted his head in thought. "I mean, they seem nice but then you all argue so much. At the same time, they care about you. It's confusing.""Care about me?" Nicole shook her head, scoffing. She was surprised he thought that and found it a little funny. "Please, that's the last thing they'd do.""No, I'm pretty sure they do." Asher nodded."And why would you say that?" She inquired, narrowing her eyes lightly. She didn't understand what would make him think that because she didn't buy it for a second."I don't know," he shrugged once again. "I can tell they do... whether they deny it or not. It's not exactly hard to see.""How?""Well, for starters, when none of us could find you at

"Hey Asher!" Nicole called out as she saw him walking down the hall.Asher turned around as he saw Nicole was talking to him, giving her a smile as he made his way over to her by her locker."What's up?""Uh, I have your sweatshirt," she told him awkwardly, shifting on her feet.Asher chuckled. "You can keep it, no worries. I gotta find coach real quick but I'll see you at lunch," he told her, before quickly waving and jogging off to the gym. Nicole sighed and then shrugged before making her way to the gym herself.Just as she had reached the gym, Asher walked out."Hey, what are you doing here?" He asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion."Thought I'd just walk to the caf with you," she shrugged. Asher chuckled, nodding as the two made their way to the cafeteria."Woah, okay. What are they doing here?" Nicole asked in disbelief as she made her way to the table where she had sat with Chase and his friends."Hey, Jay, where did my chair go?""We don't want you to sit with us," Jason spa

Nicole laughed out loud, her head falling back as she hiccuped from laughing so much, not even caring that she was getting strange looks from people around her."See! I told you that story would make you laugh!" Serena exclaimed as she had told Nicole a story about her uncle.Nicole nodded, starting to calm down as she took a sip of her expresso that was placed on the table in front of her as the two girls sat in a local coffee shop."So," Serena cleared her throat. "What's going on between you and all those guys?"Nicole slowly calmed her breathing from all the laughing as she leaned back in her chair."Nothing," she shrugged. "And I don't exactly what to talk about it. Ditching school was part of my way into avoiding them and now that I have achieved that, I prefer not to talk about them." She told her, calmly.Serena slowly nodded. "I understand.. But sometimes it helps to let it all out."Nicole nodded. "Yeah, but I just don't want to talk about it,"Serena nodded, letting the sub