Untold Identities
Baby_Cat:
good start :)
xParadoxPaigex:
Chapter Two
Author's Note: I know this chapter is a little choppy. I had the worst time writing it. I just couldn't get it all to come together exactly as I wanted it. Chapter Three is already written and is MUCH better than this one. I promise. Hopefully, I'll be able to post Chapter Three soon.
Nicole was a little worried about what she had done to make Bryan mad. She hoped he would come see her, she didn’t even have his phone number and there was no other way for her to contact him.
“This is ridiculous!” she scolded herself. “He’s a stupid boy, a gang member at that! I shouldn’t even think of a boy like that…”
After all, her parents certainly wouldn’t approve and neither would her friends, they would make fun of her forever for going slumming and throwing her life to the dogs.
To take her mind off of him, she headed downstairs to watch the news with her parents.
“Hey mom, hey dad.” She greeted, flopping onto the couch. They grunted but didn’t say anything. However, she perked up when the news mentioned “Cade’s mechanics.”
“Approximately two o’clock this afternoon, police went into the home near the mechanic shop, looking for stashed drugs and stolen items, based on a tip the police received at noon today. They did not find anything. All drugs and stolen items and people were gone from the house. The house is a known place of The Aces, a gang of the middle Memphis area. Police are still investigating and searching for gang members, as well as individuals that may know anything. Please call crime stoppers with any information.” The reporter said.
“Such a shame.” Her mother said.
“See? That’s why we moved away from Memphis. It gets worse and worse every year.” Her dad said.
Nicole decided not to watch and raced back upstairs. She could not believe that was what he had been doing while she just sat at the mechanic shop! She was so angry! She had no idea what to do about it though. She couldn’t even e-mail him to tell him off! She paced for awhile, trying to wear out her anger. She really wished she could call him. Eventually, she lied down and drifted off to sleep.
She slept fitfully, nightmares plaguing her. Eventually, she just decided to stay up. At five o’clock she went to the park to run. Bryan wasn’t there but she didn’t expect him to be. She finished up her run much more quickly than normal and was ready for school with thirty minutes to spare.
When she got to school, she was immediately accosted by her friends.
“Oh-my-god. Nicole!” Samantha squealed as soon as she saw her. “Where were you yesterday?”
Yeah, you totally missed Brad asking Katherine to prom!” Jessica exclaimed.
Nicole mustered up a small smile and walked over to her locker. “That’s great Kathy.” She said.
Katherine smiled. “Yeah, but that’s old now, where were you yesterday?”
“Oh, no where. I just went shopping. I didn’t feel like coming to school. Did you guys hear what happened in Memphis last night? About the drugs?”
“Yeah, I heard Bryan Rollins is involved with The Aces ever since he dropped out.” Jessica always knew everything that happened, and who was involved.
“Who’s that?” Nicole asked.
“Oh, he went here during our freshman year. Dropped out. I heard he was really dangerous ever since then.” She said.
Nicole wondered where Jessica was getting her information. Bryan truthfully hadn’t seemed all that dangerous, but she had a feeling he could be. She looked at her friends and realized they were expecting her to say something.
Flipping her hair, she said. “Oh yeah, totally. What a psycho!”
The girls giggled as the bell rand and they all went their separate ways. Just before she got to her class, her phone began vibrating. She looked at the caller id and didn’t recognize the number. Her heart jumped into her throat as she pressed send and said hello.
“Hey Nikki.”
Nicole blushed at the nickname; no one ever called her that, and headed to the bathroom before she got in trouble.
“Hey Bryan.”
“Look, I’m sorry about me dropping you off like that yesterday. Want me to make it up to you after school?”
She smiled. “Well, I do, but I have horseback riding after school.”
“Do you even like it?” Bryan asked.
“No, not really.” She said, trailing off.
“Why do it? Just skip it.” He said, just like he had said about school yesterday.
“Bryan, I can’t.” Oh, how she wished she could!
“Okay, fine. Call me when you decide to do something you want to do.” He said and hung up.
Tears came to her eyes. She did do stuff she wanted to do! Okay, she did stuff she wanted to do sometimes, but the other stuff would help her later in life.
She dried her tears and fixed her make up before heading to class. The rest of the day she couldn’t stop thinking about Bryan and what he said. She also couldn’t help but hope that he would be at the school waiting for her after the final bell.
He wasn’t of course, and she couldn’t stop herself from feeling sad about that. She had to do what she was supposed to though, so she went to her horseback riding lesson and went home. She watched TV, checked her Myspace and painted her nails.
The routine continued for more than three days until Nicole was ready to scream. She just could not stop thinking about Bryan. Finally on Thursday she called him after everyone else had gone to 1st period.
“What?” he said gruffly, when he answered the phone.
“B-B-Bryan?” she stuttered.
“Yeah?” he replied.
“Hey, it’s Nicole.” She said.
“Oh, hey. Finally decide not to listen to Mommy and Daddy?” he said condescendingly.
“No,” she said indignantly. “I just have a free afternoon.” She ignored the fact that she had cheerleading practice after school. “Feel like picking me up when school lets out?”
She could practically hear him smirking. “Sure.”
She felt the insane urge to jump and down squealing. “Okay, bye.”
He hung up and she checked her make up before heading to Chemistry. Later, at lunch she began feeling like she had made a very bad decision. What would her friends say when she climbed into the car, or onto a motorcycle with Bryan Rollins?!
As soon as she got a chance, she went back to the restroom. “Hey Bryan.” She began
“You know when I went to school, cell phones weren’t allowed.” He replied, sounding distracted.
“I’m in the bathroom.” She answered. “Look, I don’t think it’s such a good idea for you to pick me up in front of the school. Maybe I could meet you somewhere?” She hoped he’d go for that plan.
“Why?” he asked. “Don’t want you perfect little friends to know who you spend your time with?”
“Um…” she didn’t want to lie to him, but she didn’t want to admit that she was worried about what they would think.
“Alright, look Nicole.” He said. “I’m not going to just be around when you want to go slumming without anyone knowing. If you’re going to spend time with me, then you can’t be ashamed of me. Now, do you want to go somewhere with me or not?”
“I’m not slumming...” she said.
“Bullshit,” he snapped. “I know that’s what all you rich bitches call it. You guys get your kicks from hanging with so called “trailer trash” with me.”
“I don’t see it that way, Bryan.” She answered.
“Whatever, do you want me to pick you up later or not?” he asked.
“Bryan, my car is here…”
“I can take you back to it later.” He said.
Okay, so he was going to test her on whether or not she was ashamed to be seen with him. “Fine, pick me up here.” She answered.
“Nicole, this isn’t about me. At least, not all of it. It’s about what you want.” His tone was surprisingly gentle. “If you want to go with me, then go. Stop worrying about what all your friends will think. That’s what life is for.”
“What if I want to meet you somewhere?” she asked.
“Nicole, I hate to break it to you, but you can’t always have what you want, and I have feelings too.” He said. There was a loud SHUT UP! from him to someone in the background and then a noise and then Bryan got back on the phone. “So?” There was another scuffle and then someone else was on the line.
“Look, Nicole, if you’re going to be a bitch then hang up right now. Bryan doesn’t need that.” Some guy said.
She was too shocked to say anything and then finally, “Tell him to pick me up.”
“K then.” And the line went dead.
She walked out of the bathroom feeling numb. She had no idea what she had just done; all she knew was that she felt strangely liberated. She really did want to go out with him this afternoon, even though her friends wouldn’t like it. She suddenly realized how much she paid attention to what they wanted. She wouldn’t even but an outfit unless they approved of it first!
When school finally let out that day, Nicole raced to the front of school, searching almost desperately among the soccer moms picking up their freshmen. She finally found him over by the willow tree in the side yard. He was leaning against the tree, smoking a cigarette. She ran up to him.
“I though you were gonna be up front.” She said.
He shrugged. “Looked more comfortable over here.”
She nodded and they stood there awkwardly for a minute.
“Well, let’s go.” Bryan finally said, gruffly while stomping out his cigarette. She tolled her eyes at him but climbed onto the back of his bike anyway and they drove off.
“Was that…” Jessica started.
“Nicole?” Samantha finished.
“No way.”
“Oh my god.” Jessica said excitedly, whipping out her blackberry. “I can’t wait to tell everyone that Nicole was riding on the back of Bryan Rollins’ motorcycle!”
The other girl giggled and took out her phone to do the same as Jessica.
Oblivious to what her friends were doing, Nicole was once again enjoying the feel of Bryan’s strong back and the wind in her hair. She didn’t think she would ever get tired of the absolute freedom she felt, out of something so simple. Just as soon as the ride had started though, it was over.
“Here we are.” Bryan said.
“And where is here?” she asked, staring at the woods before them. “Where you murder people?” She wasn’t entirely sure if she was joking or not.
He chuckled. “Think I went through all this trouble just to kill you?” She didn’t say anything. “No, this is just…I don’t know…someplace I go sometimes.”
“Awe” she teased. “And you brought me here?”
“Well, you don’t want to be seen in public, and to be honest, I don’t want people thinking I like little rich bitches.” He said.
“Hey!” she cried, but couldn’t help agreeing with him, silently of course.
He shrugged carelessly and sat down on a tree stump. She found her own seat and they began talking.
The next day, Nicole came to school like normal, except everyone was staring at her. She shrugged it off and found her friends, trying to ignore the fact that the little nerd in the corner was whispering about her, and she was pretty sure she heard her say the name Bryan.
“Hey guys!” she forced herself to say brightly.
“Hey Nicole.” Marleigh said, but everyone else ignored her.
“Guys, what’s up?” Nicole asked.
“Have fun slumming yesterday?” Samantha said.
“Yeah, did your dad have to come bail you out of jail?” Jennifer, who was nothing but a sheep said.
“Not that we can blame you, Bryan is pretty cute for a lowlife.” Jessica added.
“What are you talking about?” Nicole asked, deciding to play dumb.
“We saw you, Nicole.” Samantha said. “I can’t believe you didn’t tell us.”
Jessica laughed. “But seriously, let us know when you’re done with him…”
“Yeah maybe we’ll want a go!” Jennifer said gleefully.
Laughing, the four girls walked off. Nicole noticed a group of girls laughing and pointing and walked off in the other direction, no way was anyone going to put Nicole Henderson down! She knew that Samantha and Jessica were just hurt, the three girls had shared everything since the diaper days, but the others were just fueling on Nicole’s misery.
She made it though the day with her head held high. She found that the only people that cared about her with Bryan was the rich crowd, so she avoided them. Before she knew it, the day was over and she was running to Bryan after school, Samantha and posse looking on. To make them even more mad, she flung her arms around him, kissing him on the cheek excitedly.
Startled, his arms came around her, holding her tight, avoiding burning her with his cigarette.
“Um, what was that about?” he asked when she finally pulled away.
“Nothing.”
“Mhm.” He said, unconvinced. He handed her a helmet. “Well, then get on.”
As he was starting the bike, he looked up and saw the small crowd, flashed them a big smile and sped away from the school.
It continued that way for a few weeks. Nicole would go to school, be ignored by Samantha and her friends and then go out with Bryan. Her cheerleading coach was not happy, but would not cut her from the squad because her father donated money every year for their trips. She called her horseback riding instructor and told her would not be there for awhile. Her instructor was still getting paid and never bothered to call her parents so they were still oblivious.
She and Bryan also began to get a lot closer. She could definitely say she had a crush on him not, but she knew he’d never want her. He wasn’t into girls like her. He wanted the rough dangerous girls she had seen around Cade, normally with huge breasts and a butt hanging out of short shorts.
Bryan, for his part, kept a lot of things about himself from Nicole. She never saw any of his guns, or the guys he ran with. He also tried to keep her away from the girls he saw frequently. He kept his drug habit hidden as well. Not that he was completely addicted, but he did enjoy smoking some pot every not and then. Normally, he wouldn’t care about hiding those aspects of his life, but with Nicole he felt a need to.
xParadoxPaigex:
Okay, so today I outlined my ideas all the way to the end. This baby is going to have 13 chapters and an epilogue. Anyone willing to stick with me until the end?
Astral Faery:
I sure will! You're off to a great start. :)
steelguy:
I'm intrigued enough to keep watching.
Though, I'm still trying to work out if I like Bryan or not.
If she was my sister, I'd be like, really nervous by now... :)
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