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Part Seven
Part Seven
"Nick, wanna go........whoa." AJ jumped as he realized Tippy was asleep in Nick's bunk. "Where's Nick?"
"Ida know."
"Didn't he sleep in his bunk?"
"Ida know."
"What do you know?"
"Me and Nick came in here to look at pictures, cuz everyone else was asleep, and I guess I fell asleep in here."
"Ok..."
"Hey Bone, is she awake?" Nick asked, walking up.
"Yeah, where were you?"
"I slept on the couch."
"Oh. Well, do y'all wanna go to a club tonight?"
"Of course." Tippy said sitting up. "That's if Nick wants to go."
"Sure."
"Ok, well, me and Krys are going shopping, do y'all wanna come?"
"Yeah, sounds good."
AJ walked over to Krystal.
"She's got him wrapped around her little finger."
"Yeah, that's what I said the day I got here."
"I didn't see it from the start, Nick doesn't seem like her type. Well, didn't."
"OH?"
"Nevermind."
"Are you planning on taking his girl?"
"Nah."
"Good, cuz if you try I'll kill you, he's not annoying us right now, and when he's single he's so obnoxious."
"Aint that the truth."
"Alexander James, that is not correct grammar." she joked.
"Sorry!" he smiled.
They all got ready and went to the mall for a little while, then decided to eat lunch at the food court. They talked about whatever was on their mind, then they split up, Tippy and Krystal went one way, while Nick and AJ went the other.
"So...where to?"
"You tell me. I'm not familiar with many of these stores, we don't have them in New Jersey."
"You don't sound like you're from New Jersey."
"I'm not from there, but I live there now."
"Oh. So do you have something to wear to the club or are you gonna buy something now?"
"I have no idea what I wanna wear, so I guess I'm gonna buy something."
"Ok, lets go to Hot Topic. So what's up with you and Nick? If you don't mind me asking."
"Nah, I don't mind. I don't know what it is about him, but.......he makes me feel........weird."
"Good weird or bad weird?"
"GOOD. VERY GOOD." she laughed. "I don't wanna say this, cuz I haven't known him too long and we've only been dating for less than a week, but I love him."
"Maybe its true love. Look at this." she said, holding up a leather skirt.
"That's cute. Are you gonna get it?"
"No, actually, I was thinking of it more for you."
"Uh uh."
"Come on..what have you got to lose?"
"Nothing that I can think of."
"Then why not?"
"Ida know....its just...."
"You're afraid Nick wont like it?"
"Not really. He seems to like the clothes I wear."
"And you think its cute, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then he'll like it, too."
"Ok, you've convinced me. But next time I'm gonna shop with AJ, cuz I doubt he's that good at convincing people."
"Oh no, you stay away from AJ."
"I don't want your man." she joked.
"Good. But he's not mine, he's single."
"Oh. I thought y'all were dating."
"Nope, just friends."
"Cool. So what am I gonna get to go with this skirt?" Tippy asked as they walked out of the store.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure and get ya an outfit for tonight that wont be forgotten."
"I'm not so sure I like the sound of that, but I'm gonna trust ya."
"Don't worry, once you get to the club, you'll fit in perfectly. That's if you can dance?!?"
"Yeah, sorta, I mean, I'm only majoring in dance." she joked.
"Awesome, I didn't know that. Have you met Fatima?"
"Not really, I saw her, and Nick introduced me to her, but that was like for a minute."
"Cool. So you know she's the choreographer, right?"
"Yep."
"Ok, lets go in here and get a shirt."
"Ok."
They walked into Rave and looked around for a few minutes.
"See anything you like?"
"Not really. I see some cute shirts, but they wont go with the skirt."
"Which one? Cuz we can make it match."
"That fuzzy zebra print one, right next to you."
"K. We can cut the sleeves off, and cut it diagonal, so it only has one strap, or just cut the sleeves off and then cut it up the sides and pin it together."
"I like the first one better."
"So do you wanna go ahead and get it?"
"Yeah."
They paid for the shirt and walked down to the shoe store.
"I doubt you'll be able to find shoes to match the shirt, but you'll be able to find some to match the skirt. You want 'em up to your knees or not too much above your ankle?"
"Ankle."
"K, here they are, which ones?"
She looked around.
"You've gotta be kiddin me."
"You mean, you don't already have some of these back home?"
"No way, I only have tennis shoes and two pairs of black heels."
"Whoa...we're gonna have to give your wardrobe a makeover when we get home."
"Sounds good to me, maybe if I actually change a little then my friends will lay off."
"Trust me, its gonna be a BIG change. But I can see why Nick likes you so much."
"Why?"
"Cuz you're so laid back and natural."
"I'm gonna take that as a compliment."
"Yeah. Ok, what about these ones?"
"Um..."
"Try 'em on."
She put 'em on and stood up.
"Can you walk in them?"
"Yeah, just like a runway model." she joked.
"Seriously?"
"Yep. Wanna see?"
"Sure."
Tippy walked to the end of the aisle and started walking back when she heard whistling. She looked up to see Nick and AJ standing next to Krystal.
Krystal smiled, "Wanna get 'em?"
"Sure."
They walked to the cash register and paid for them, then left.
"What's in the bag?"
"You'll see." Krystal snapped.
Nick walked over next to Tippy and put his arm around her waist.
"Wanna go see a movie?"
"Sure." she smiled and kissed him.
"Call us and we'll come pick y'all up. Make sure to call by 7, so we have plenty of time to get ready."
"Ok."
Krystal took Tippy's bag and her and AJ headed to the bus.
"Hey Krys, what did y'all get?"
"We got our outfits for tonight."
"Oh, lemme see."
"No. I didn't let Nick see, why would I let you?"
"Cuz y'all want Tippy's outfit to surprise him or whatever."
"Oh, he's gonna be surprised alright. It's nothing like what she usually wears"
"Lemme see...." he whined.
"Nope. You'll see when he does."
"That's not fair."
"Sure it is. And why do you care what she's wearing anyways?"
"I don't, I just wanna see what ya bought."
"Here, I'll let you see one thing." she laughed, as she pulled out some zebra print thongs.
"Great....." he laughed sarcastically."I didn't want to see your thongs."
"If you only knew." she laughed.
"Knew what?"
"You'll see, along with Nicky. Now stop whining."
Krystal got her stuff together while AJ took a shower, so she could take a shower when he got out. As soon as she got in the shower she heard a cell phone ring.
"I'll get it." AJ yelled. "Hello."
"This is Tippy's cell phone isn't it?"
"Yeah, they must've got switched."
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Would you like to leave a message?"
"Do you know where she is?"
"Yeah, she's at the movies. Is this Jess?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Lucky guess, I had a 1 in 3 shot."
"Oh, well do you know what time she'll be in?"
"Well, we're gonna pick them up later, but we're not exactly sure what time. They're gonna call."
"Oh, well, I'll just call back around 9."
"How about I have her call you before we leave, cuz we're gonna go out to a club tonight."
"K. Who am I speaking to? Nick?"
"Do I sound blonde to you?"
"Not really."
He laughed. "Nah, this is J. Nick is with her."
"J?"
"AJ."
"Oh....ok...so what's up?"
"Not much."
"Is Tippy being a good little girl?"
"Um....I'm not sure. All I know is I found her in Nicks bed this morning. Nick claimed he slept on the couch, and she claims she doesn't know anything."
"That means she didn't do anything. She's too stupid to lie about something like that."
"I wouldn't be so sure of that. What all has she told you about her and Nick?"
They talked for a little while until Krystal got out of the shower.
"Who's was that?"
"Jess."
"Tippy's friend?"
"Yeah."
"Why were you talking to her?"
"We were talking about Tippy and Nick."
"Oh."
"This is Tippy's phone. So I'm guessing she has yours."
"Probably. I just hope she figures that out, cuz otherwise she's gonna keep getting a busy signal."
"She's not a blonde."
"True."
They hung out on the bus for a little while before Howie and some of the dancers came back. Not too long after that Tippy and Nick called. They went and picked them up, then went back to the bus to start getting ready.
"Tippy, come back here, so we can block this area off."
Tippy and Krystal went to the back of the bus and blocked off an area with a curtain.
"If any of you guys dare come back I'll fix it to where you cant have kids." she laughed. "That always works. Here, try on you're shirt, so I can see where to cut it and everything."
They spent the next 20 minutes fixing her shirt
"Do you like it?"
"Yeah."
"Ok, well. We can go ahead and get dressed, did you get your jacket?"
"Damn. I forgot it in the front. I'll be right back."
"Don't go......" she screamed to stop Tippy, "....out there in your bra."
Tippy grabbed her jacket and came back
"You shouldn't have done that. A couple of those guys are still controlled by their hormones."
"Oh, there are some guys at Rutgers like that. I'll keep that in mind, I only saw Kev though, and I don't think he saw me."
"And you hope the others didn't see you."
They got all dressed and ready, then Krystal yelled for Kevin.
"I'm coming, I'm coming."
"Ok, you're the only person that gets to see our outfits before we get to the club. Tell us your honest opinion and if we need to fix anything."
"Ok.....looks fine to me, just make sure not to bend over or anything, cuz you know how Nick and J are...other then that, looks fine."
"K. Tippy, go ahead and get your jacket on and come out." Krystal threw her jacket on and walked out with Kevin.
A few minutes later, Tippy walked off the bus to a dark, empty parking lot.
"Tippy, over here." Krystal screamed.
She smiled and walked towards them, holding her long black leather jacket closed.
"Let's see.."Nick smiled.
"Nuh uh, Carter, control yourself."
She hugged him and whispered, "You'll see soon enough."
"Are y'all ready? I am, lets go."