If Heaven were on Earth

Nikki's POV:

I snuggled further into Andy's jacket, his arm tightening unconscionably around me. Today, I was meeting Andy's other friends, and to say I was scared shitless was an understatement.

I was utterly, completely, morbidly petrified. I was meeting the very people who Andy originally didn't want me to meet; I mean he must've had his reasons right? Were they stoners? Drunks? Worse than Andy? Worse than Oli? What exactly was i coming face-to-face with?

I gripped onto my boyfriend's arm even tighter, and he chuckled under his breath, pulling me closer to him. "Don't worry, babe. You'll know people there." I relaxed slightly, comforted by the fact that I would have someone to talk to if Andy happened to leave me again.

"Who will be there?" I asked in a small voice.

"Kellin, Vic, Alex, Danny, Matt, Oli..." He railed off, his voice darkening at the mention of his former best friend.

I stopped dead in my tracks, pulling on Andy's arm. "Don't get mad at Oli. You guys were best friends before I was in the picture, I shouldn't of broken you apart."

He sighs, "Nikki, it's... Complicated. Just drop it, okay?" He tells me more than asking, and I hold off on the subject for now.

I nod and take his arm once again, preparing for my day in hell.


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I laughed as Alex spun me around, and I clutched tighter to his shoulders for dear life. I was so happy that Alex, Kellin, Vic and Oli were here, because despite Andy's promises, he was gone again, and I did not like Danny one bit. Matt was quite nice though, and he didn't seem to particularly like Danny either. I guess I wasn't the only one.

Another guy, Cody was there, and he was just the cutest thing. He was a junior, and incredibly shy around Andy, but was actually very friendly and just plain out adorable. Despite him being older than me, he also was shy around me at first, but warmed up to me after Andy disappeared with Danny.

I should be mad at Andy for ditching me, again. But I couldn't find it in myself to be angry at him when I was having fun without him. I'll just bottle up my anger for later, besides, that means I'll be able to have fun now.

"Okay, okay! Stop! Alex, put me down!" I giggled, and he complied quickly with a light laugh as I swayed on my feet.

A stable hand brushed against my shoulder to steady me, and my eyes locked with Cody. He smiled softly at me which I returned before I was swept off my feet once again by Kellin. He danced around with me in his arms, earning several nasty looks from parents at the park. We all just ignored them and continued to fool around.

It was a couple hours later that we all finally calmed down a bit, and Andy has still yet to return. By that point, the anger had taken over and my whole body seemed to vibrate with my unreleased anger towards my boyfriend. How dare he leave me again to hang out with his friends that I was supposed to meet. And to make matters worse, he was making me feel shitty.

I sat alone on a lone swing set, lightly pushing myself around and staring sullenly at my feet. Beside me, the chains rung slightly, and my head snapped up, my eyes locking on Cody's. He smiled at me shyly, "mind if I join?"

I nodded, too upset to speak at the moment. We swung in silence for a few moments, before he spoke again. "What's wrong?"

I let out a long sigh as I stated up at the quickly darkening sky, "Andy still isn't back. This is the second time he's ditched me even though he promised not to. I just don't know what to do."

"Have you try talking to him?"

"Of course. But he's Andy. He acts so different when we're by ourself, and then he just crushed me off whenever he's with his friends." The truthfulness of the situation I'm in begins to sink in.

Cody shrugs, "maybe you guys aren't meant to be."

"Maybe," I whisper as the first rain drops begin to fall from the ashen sky.

We sit in silence again, jetting the rain pelt to the ground around us. Kellin and Vic soon join us, taking turns pushing me precariously high into the dark sky, making me giggle and clutch onto the chains. Alex stands near me, hovering close in case they actually make me air-borne. Matt has joined us and begins to climb the swing set, sitting on top and watching us, laughing like a moron.

Oli runs over eventually, his long hair sticking to his handsome face. He shakes his head at our childishness and pulls me to my feet, and taking my hand. He shoots the other guys a look and they get up immediately, jogging towards Alex's house nearby. I give Oli a curious look and he shrugs, but stoops down for me to jump on his back.

I hesitate, glancing back in the direction that many hours ago, Andy disappeared. But then I realize that Andy may not be coming back.

Notes

so andy's being pretty hot n' cold huh? I personally quite like Cody!! He sounds adorable!!! Why can't guys like him exist at my school???

where do you think Andy keeps going? Why is he acting like this to Nikki?

Qotd: excited for easter? Any special holiday traditions coming up?

for my family, since i'm older, I usually plan Easter egg hunt for my younger cousins, and we have this huge eater brunch on sunday since I'm not religious