Nikki's Room

*hears Kale at the door*

Hey Kale!
Come on in.

*goes and opens door*

*fidgets as he enters*
*thinks* Oh, man, he's mad.
I gotta try and get myself together.
*sighs*

Thanks Nikki.

*looks at Rizzo*
*sighs and sits next to her*
Are you alright, lass?
You haven't been yourself. I think we've all noticed it.
I know you're... having a hard time.
*frowns*

But you have a job to do, right?

*fidgets*
*thinks* I feel like a child being lectured by her parent. Geez...

I'm fine. Really.
I'm going to try... harder. To be better. I know I have a job to do, and I'm not gonna... I won't let myself...

*sighs heavily*
Just give me a little time. I'll be ok again, husband or no.
*smiles feebly*

Is Pandora ok? Is she asleep?

*nods*
*thinks for a moment*

*sighs* I trust you, Rizz. You know I do.
And we're here if you need help. *smiles*

*pauses*
I think you'll be fine, though.
I leave you two to talk now.

*exits room*

*sighs*
:/

*looks at Nikki and smiles*
Thanks, hun.
I'm just gonna... uhm... *waves hand absently*
I'll be in the security room.

*smiles and leaves*

*listens to the exchange quietly*

Bye Kale!

*waves*

You're welcome Rizzo.

*watches as she leaves and goes sit on window sill looking out*
*wraps arms around herself*

*thinks*
I wonder where Stefan went. I should have known better than to give myself away so easily...

*jumps up suddenly*

*thinks*
What am I doing?
I can't do that.
I...I have nothing else familiar in my life.
I must.

*runs out of room and around house looking for the certain person*

*stops in front of door*
*hesitates, biting lip*

*knocks*
Nikki? Are you in there?
More importantly, are you ok?

*walks down hallway towards her room*

And some things are better left forgotten..

*pauses in hallway and randomly sits down against wall*

Truer words have never been spoken.

*puts her head on her knees and wraps her arms around her legs*
*suddenly jumps to feet, walks past Rizzo's and Jackie's room to get to her own and sits on bed*

*gets up*

*changes*

*goes downstairs to the Parlor*

*walks and locks door behind her*
*pulls out small boom box*
*turns on music loud enough to drown out her thoughts but not bugging others*
*dances a bit while rearranging the room*

*turns off music*
*looks at room*

*thinks*
I like it.

*smiles*
*stomach growls*
*leaves*

*walks into room*

*thinks*
That was interesting..

*changes and lays down in bed*
*hums and falls asleep*

*walks up*
*hears things around the house*

Maybe I'm just going to stay in my room for a while.
Just leave through my window.

*changes*
*jumps out window to go hunting*

*jumps back through window*
*speaking out loud to herself*

Nikki. You are so dumb. You should have known better than to believe those lies.
You should have listened to what you were hearing around the house rather than ignore it.
It's inevitable. No matter what happens. You should do it before your heart breaks anymore..

*sits in her windowsill with arms wrapped around herself, shaking*
*thinks*
I wish I had my best friend back..

*stands up*

I shouldn't do this.

*leaves room*