Case, Damon (The Immortal Cimoli - Season 4)

 
While Haley finishes bringing out the root beer floats and popcorn, Nikki sets up the coffee table in the "living room" area of the downstairs so they can put the refreshments on it then she sets up the DVD player.

Nikki: Do you want to call everyone downstairs?

Nikki asks Haley when she has brought the last of the root beer floats out to the kitchen.

Haley: No, you go for it... I'm thinking they need ummmm...

Haley pauses to think of the right word.

Haley: To realize that everything a super wants, isn't necessarily bad.

Nikki: Ok.

Nikki says with a shrug. She goes to the bottom of the stairs and looks up towards the upstairs.

Nikki: Ladies? Could you come downstairs for a minute, please?

Nikki calls up the stairs.

Julia: Oh God. Now, what?

Julia groans to the other's hearing Nikki's call.

Emily frowns as she sits up on the bed.

Emily: She's calling us downstairs at bedtime?

Lauren: Probably she's calling us to tell us that.

Lauren chuckles as she gets to her feet.

Madison slips on her slippers and puts her robe on.

Madison: Might as well go down and get it over with.

Madison says and heads for the stairs.

Emily: At least she said please.

Emily shrugs as she walks to the stairs.

Emily: That's unusual.

Julia: Ugh... you don't think she's going to make us say prayers like Jessica does?

Julia asks grimacing, but heading towards the stairs.

Lauren: Yes, we sinners need to pray a lot.

Lauren shakes her head as she follows the other girls downstairs.

Nikki steps away from the bottom of the stairs and walks over to one of the concrete columns and leans against it, her hands shoved into the pockets of her jeans.

Madison: Yes, Miss Flynn?

Madison says when she is halfway down the stairs. She looks over and sees the refreshments set up on the coffee table and all of the pillows are off of the sofa and chairs and are on the floor around the table.

Nikki: Please, Madison....you guys can call me Nikki. Miss Flynn makes me think I should have my hair in a tight bun and a scowl on my face.

Nikki says light heartedly.

Julia: What's that?

Julia asks looking at the stuff on the table, while thinking, 'Great - another one whose trying to torment us with what we can't have.'

Nikki: Haley and I were just about to sit down to watch a movie and thought you guys might want to join us.

Nikki says without moving from the column.

Emily: It's for all of us?

Emily asks surprised, her eyes open wide.

Madison: Really? But it's 9:00. It's lights out at 9:00.

Madison says disbelievingly.

Nikki: You've got a point, Madison.

Nikki says and moves away from the column. She walks over to the bank of light switches on the wall and flips them all off so that the only light in the room is the glow from the TV and the light in the kitchen.

Nikki: So now we're "legal".

Nikki says making quotation marks in the air.

Julia: You're for real?

Julia asks, not believing it.

Lauren: Wow.

Nikki: As real as it gets.

Nikki says with a chuckle.

Lauren looks at Nikki like she's never seen her before.

Nikki: Oh. Wait!

Nikki says stopping the girls from going to the table.

Julia: Here's the catch.

Julia mutters.

Madison looks at Nikki as if to say, "now what"?

Nikki: Are any of you on a diet?

Nikki asks, feigning seriousness.

Haley snorts hearing THAT comment, but doesn't say anything.

Madison: Not me.

Madison says looking at the other girls.

Emily: We're always on a diet, Cramer only lets her eat healthy food.

Emily grumbles expecting to get the same answer from her.

Nikki: Oh. Well Ok then.

Nikki says and steps aside, gesturing towards the table.

Nikki: Help yourself. And there's more soda in the fridge if you want more. Haley? Want to start the movie?

Nikki says and steps back into the shadows and watches the girls.

Haley: Got it!

Haley says hitting play on the remote.

Emily: You're letting us have this?

Emily asks surprised without moving still looking at Nikki.

Julia keeps a wary eye on Nikki, still not believing what she's saying. In fact, Julia is betting that the moment they take anything, she'll start screaming at them. Wouldn't be the first time.

Madison sees the opening credits of the movie.

Madison: Oh wow! It's Twilight!

Madison exclaims excitedly.

Nikki: Enjoy, ladies.

Lauren hesitates if she should join Haley or stay right where she is.

Nikki says simply.

Nikki: It's all yours.

Julia: No.

Julia says shaking her head, knowing that this HAS to be a trick of some kind.

Madison grabs a root beer float off of the table and a bowl of hot buttered popcorn. She plops down on a cushion and focuses on the TV screen.

Lauren looks at Madison and then looks back at Nikki to see her reaction, this just seems too good to be true.

Haley: No, guys, come on! Nikki's for real. 'Sides, she's promised to fix things with the rest of the supes.

Haley speaks up, while taking her choices of popcorn and coke.

Julia looks from Haley, back to Nikki, wondering if it could be true.

Emily: Define fix. Most of the time when they fix something everything stays the same.

Emily points out, she'd hear that line before to believe it.

Madison: Shhhh.

Madison says.

Madison: The movies starting.

Madison eats some of her popcorn.

Lauren: It's Twilight, oh my God, I've got to see Taylor.

Lauren almost runs towards the couch and sits down, blind and deaf to anything else but the movie.

Nikki: Well, then, Emily....today's your lucky day because today you met an adult who isn't like the adults you have met and you're living in a time that isn't like most times.

Nikki says to Emily and smiles, slyly.

Madison: Shhhhh!

Madison says loudly and moves her cushion closer to the TV so she can hear.

Julia looks to Madison and Haley, who have zoned into the movie. The two older girls were the ones she looked up to the most. After a long moment, Julia edged past Nikki and got a root beer float and plopped down between Madison and Haley - figuring if the yelling started, or worse, she wouldn't be in the forefront

Emily blinks in surprise, she's opening an exception? Now that's something she never heard of before.

Emily: You... hmmm... I...

Emily is speechless for a while, then she manages to drag out.

Emily: I'm sorry, Miss Flynn for being such a **** but I thought.... I thought you were like everyone else.

Emily says before she joins the other girls.

Madison: Shhhhh!!!!!

Madison hisses louder...getting mad that everyone is talking so loud. It's Twilight after all.

Nikki lowers her eyes, humbly and smiles....being careful to contain the desire to do a victory dance.


 
Nikki is in the bedroom, putting her things back into her duffel bag and getting ready to face the woman who will be relieving her.

Mrs. Cramer walks through the front door of the barracks and sees the girls asleep on the floor in front of the blue screen of the TV and she looks around, disapprovingly

Nikki hears the front door close and zips her duffel bag shut. She picks it up, grabs her other things and carries everything out to the main room. She sets her things down on the multipurpose table in the half of the main room where the girls are not.

Mrs. Cramer turns when Nikki walks into the room and smiles pleasantly.

Mrs. Cramer: I want to thank you for taking over for me last night. Ordinarily I wouldn't have let my home life interfere with work but my daughter's appendix ruptured.

Mrs. Cramer explains.

Nikki: Really? Is she doing alright?

Nikki asks in a concerned tone of voice.

Mrs. Cramer: Yes. Yes, she's going to be fine. Thank you for asking.

Mrs. Cramer answers sweetly. Then she gestures toward the sleeping girls.

Mrs. Cramer: What happened? A roof leak or something upstairs?

Mrs. Cramer asks then notices the remnants of the girls' refreshments.

Mrs. Cramer: Oh? A party?

Mrs. Cramer says and her voice in tinged with disapproval.

Nikki: I thought since it was a Friday night and since they didn't have to get up early for school or anything....they deserved to do something special.

Nikki says matter of factually.

Mrs. Cramer looks over the refreshments remnants and shakes her head.

Haley blinks as she wakes up, and as she lay there still unmoving she realized that SOMETHING had woken her up. Keeping still she listened carefully for what it was.

Mrs. Cramer: All of those sweets. It's a wonder they slept at all.

Mrs. Cramer says with more disapproval entering her voice.

Emily wakes up to the sound of voices, she opens a slit of her eyes to see what's going on, and listens to the conversation.

Nikki: I don't think it hurt anything. I know the girls enjoyed it. When was the last time you did anything special for them, Mrs. Cramer?

Nikki asks folding her arms across her chest.

Nikki: For that matter....when was the last time you allowed them to enjoy themselves?

Haley realizes that Jessica was here. She stays still, hoping that her being awake wouldn't be noticed.

Madison slowly comes awake...aware of voices and she opens her eyes and stretches.

Emily sits up and shakes the other girls to wake them up, she knows they wouldn't want to miss this.

Mrs. Cramer: I don't believe in giving them a false idea of what life in the real world is like.

Mrs. Cramer answers, her voice now sounding indignant.

Lauren yawns as she wakes up, she was dreaming about Taylor and now she wakes up to Cramer's voice? It wasn't fair at all.

Nikki: So....providing a few root beer floats, some popcorn and a movie is giving them a false impression of real life?

Nikki asks curiously.

Julia wakes up when Madison's foot ends up in her stomach from Madison's stretching, but before she could even form a thought of complaint towards Madison, she hears Nikki AND Jessica Cramer's voice, and sits up, turning over, to see what was happening.

Haley decides with the others sitting up, it was safe for her too do so as well.

Mrs. Cramer: I just don't believe the Good Lord would look favorably on over indulging in fruition instead of hard work.

Mrs. Cramer explains.

Nikki: So you're a God fearing woman, Mrs. Cramer?

Nikki asks and unfolds her arms.

Mrs. Cramer: I do my best.

Mrs. Cramer says proudly.

Madison sits up and looks in the direction of the other half of the large multipurpose room.

Nikki: Then I'm sure that you have heard this scripture. I believe it's from Ecclesiastes. "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under the sun. A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill and a time to heal ... a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance ..."

Nikki says and leans back against the edge of the table.

Mrs. Cramer blinks surprised at Nikki's quotation.

Mrs. Cramer: Yes....but....

Mrs. Cramer says trying to think of something to say to refute Nikki's statement.

Nikki: You know what, Mrs. Cramer....

Nikki says and pushes away from the table. She takes a few steps closer to the woman.

Nikki: You misrepresented yourself to me the day I first interviewed you for this position.

Nikki is standing only a couple of feet away from the woman, who stands a bit taller than Nikki, and her shoulders are squared, confidently.

Mrs. Cramer: I....I don't know what you mean.

Mrs. Cramer says, defensively.

Nikki: You know what?

Nikki says making a gesture like she were snapping her fingers.

Nikki: ...You probably don't. And that's what is so pathetic.

Nikki takes another step closer as she envisions this woman verbally degrading the girls. Her green eyes have darkened as anger slowly begins to bubble to the surface....like the sour bile of acid indigestion.

Nikki: You claimed to be educated in adolescent psychology. You even provided references from an accredited university. So I'm wondering....did you really attend any of the classes you supposedly took? Or did you just sleep through them.

Nikki snaps her fingers as if she has just gotten an idea.

Nikki: Oh, wait. I know. You were too busy studying your Bible to pay attention in class.

Nikki says sarcastically.

Lauren was looking at them in awe but she can't help to softly giggle at that.

Mrs. Cramer: I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about, Miss Flynn. I may not have gotten a doctorate in the subject but I assure you I did complete the.....

Nikki holds up her hands to stop Cramer.

Nikki: Stop. Don't bother feeding me any more of your self righteous, condescending crap. I am familiar with the curriculum regarding adolescent psychology and none of it....no mater what school is teaching it and whether it is Freudian or Jung....teaches that it is appropriate to use degradation as a form of therapy.

Emily stares at the other women with her eyes wide open, her admiration for Nikki growing, she never imagined she could stand up to Cramer like that.

Nikki says, putting her hands on her hips and locking her dark gaze with Cramer's.

Mrs. Cramer: I have never....

Nikki: LIAR!

Nikki shouts at the woman and glares at her, angrily.

Mrs. Cramer: Excuse me?

Haley feels her jaw drop, an adult not only standing up for them, but yelling in support of them!

Nikki: You, Mrs. Cramer, are a liar and a fraud. And I can't believe I was taken in by you and the rest of you so called counselors

Nikki grabs the woman's arm and spins her around so that she is facing the part of the room the girls are in.

Nikki: Look at those girls, Mrs. Cramer. I mean really look at them. They are just kids. Kids who have gone through hell and come out the other side in one piece. Do you know what kind of courage that takes? Do you? Of courser you don't. They have more courage and are stronger than any of us.

Nikki says and squeezes the woman's arm to accentuate her point.

Nikki: Look at them, Mrs. Cramer. They are flesh and blood. Just like you and me. They love, they laugh, they cry, they hate and they hope. They have a right to be treated humanely....with compassion and understanding. They have a right to be happy and they have a right to feel safe and loved. They probably have more right to that last part than you or I.

Nikki turns the woman back to face her.

Nikki: When I interviewed you I told you and everyone else who came in for the job, that Nua Tosu was about providing a safe and compassionate environment for kids that need a chance to not know fear, pain and heart break. Did you think I was blowing smoke up your tight ass? Because I wasn't. I built this ranch for that specific reason and I will NOT allow you or any other self righteous **** try and undermine what I built.

Mrs. Cramer: Miss, Flynn....I assure you....

Nikki: Yes. You will. You will assure me that it will never happen again. That you will never call these girls names or degrade them in any way. And you know how I know I can rely on your assurances, Mrs. Cramer.

Mrs. Cramer stares blankly at Nikki not knowing what to say.

Nikki: Because you are FIRED, Mrs. Cramer. Get whatever belongings you have here and get the hell off of my property.

Nikki says vehemently.

Haley: Yeah!

Haley lets out a whoop involuntarily

Lauren gasps at this, she fired Cramer?

Mrs. Cramer: What? But, Miss Flynn. You...

Mrs. Cramer says then squares her shoulder and looks at Nikki, indignantly.

Julia: No way...

Julia whispers

Emily: Wow.

Emily whispers still staring at them disbelievingly.

Mrs. Cramer: I don't believe you have the authority to fire me, Miss Flynn.

Mrs. Cramer says matter of factually.

Nikki: Really?

Nikki steps closer to Cramer and glares at her, daring her to continue to push her.

Nikki: Are you really sure you want to take that stand with me, Mrs. Cramer?

Nikki 's voice is now quiet and firm yet there it is definitely laced with a threat.

Nikki: If you want to take it to the board then you go right ahead. But I guarantee you WILL get off of my property now....one way or the other. I suggest you decide to leave with what dignity you think you still have because I WILL physically throw you off this ranch. And I WILL guarantee that you will never set foot on it again. And that goes for the rest of the frauds that call themselves counselors

Nikki tightens her grip on Cramer's arm and steers her towards the door. She opens it and shoves the woman through it, slamming it behind her.

Haley: Go, Nikki!

Haley cries, standing up and pumping her fist in order express her joy at the event that just transpired.

Lauren jumps to her feet and opens one of the windows, she has to see that woman leaves the property for good.

Lauren: Bye Cramer.

Lauren teases as she claps her hands.

Madison jumps up and starts cheering and applauding.

Julia runs after Lauren and looks out the window wanting to see Cramer get in her car.

Emily: And don't bother to write.

Emily says over Lauren shoulder while she cheers happily.

Nikki takes a deep, slow cleansing breath then turns around to face the girls.

Nikki: I don't know about you guys....but I could use some more ice cream.

Nikki says with a sigh of relief.

Haley: Go, Nikki!!

Haley cries again, running over to Nikki and wrapping her arms around the woman.

Madison gets a sudden urge and goes with it by running up to Nikki and throwing her arms around her neck and giving her a big hug.

Nikki's face reddens...embarrassed with the overwhelming praise and shows of affection.

Julia turns around and see's her two idols, Haley and Madison hugging Nikki, and decides quite quickly, that this looked like a good idea, and ran over, also joining in on the group hug.

Lauren gets away from the window and when she sees the others hugging Nikki, decides it's a good idea and joins them.

Emily hesitates for a moment, but decides Nikki deserves it and moves along to the others to join the embrace.

 

 

 

 

 
Full Name:  Emily Lusk
 
DOB: 12/5/97
 
Sex: female

Hair color:  blond

Eye Color:  blue

Height:  5'5”

Weight: 110

Nationality:  American

Residence: Nua Tosu Ranch, Seacouver, Washington

Personality:  Emily is a bit of a nerd.  She always has either her head in a book or on the computer surfing the Internet.  She lives in her own little world and is rarely sociable.
 
History: Emily learned at a young age how to escape the abusive reality she lived in from birth until she was 9 years old when, one night, Emily's father came home late and very drunk and, after he beat her mother to death, he came into Emily's room.  This time, however, Emily tried to fight him off and, somehow, managed to grab the lamp on her nightstand and hit him over the head and knocked him out.  She ran out of her bedroom and would have kept running right out of the house except that she discovered her mother's dead body.  Her father regained consciousness and came after Emily, cornering her in the kitchen. Emily grabbed a kitchen knife to defend herself and when her father rushed at her she stabbed him.  To this day she only remembers the initial stabbing but not that she continued to stab him 24 more times until she was too exhausted to raise the knife.  Luckily her jury took into consideration her situation and she was sentenced as a minor.  Emily was released on probation when she was 14 and she came to Nua Tosu.
 

 Julia: So, anybody know what's up tomorrow?
Madison: Lauren's tongue.
Julia: Besides that?
Madison: I plan on waking up with a hangover in some really hot guy's bed.
Haley: Ugh This is warm.
Madison: So what's the plan, Hale?
Haley: We wait.
Haley: For now. I'm going to get a new soda.
Madison: Wait for what?
Haley: Till she's asleep.
Emily: Something tells me it's gonna be a long wait.
Madison: I don't see why we have to wait.
Lauren: My hair is ruined.
Julia: No, that's a good look for you!
Madison: Hey guys....
Madison: Shhhhh...listen.
Emily: Yeah, Lauren is using the hairdryer, how exciting.
Julia: What are you listening to Madison?
Madison: I can hear the TV in Miss Flynn's room.
Julia: So?
Madison: If I can hear it through the floor then she must have it turned up. She'd never hear us if we left now.
Nikki: Yeah?
Madison: Where is Haley, anyway?
Julia: Dunno.
Madison: You know I was with her when she talked those guys into inviting us to their party. I don't NEED her to be with us. I can get us in the door. So why wait?
Julia: 'Cause she's the one whose got the ride waiting for us?
Emily: Because she'd kill us if we left without her? You really want to mess with Haley?
Nikki: Yes, Haley?
Haley: I thought you'd understand. You're the one who opened Nua Tosu, and brought us here. Yes, we need help. We know it and want it, or we wouldn't BE here, but we also don't want to be treated like babies.
Nikki: I don't know about the other adults here on the ranch but I had no intention of treating any of you like that. You just didn't give me a chance. You prejudged me....had me all figured out long before I got here. And that wasn't exactly fair on your part....now was it?
Madison: Damn!
Haley: No... but it's the same thing every other adult has done to us. And as we've never dealt with you outside the horses, how are we to know any different?
Julia: Now what?
Nikki: Haley.....and you can take what I am about to say to the bank.....I am definitely NOT every other adult.
Nikki: I'm Nicayla Flynn. Someone who saw a need and an opportunity to do something helpful......for a change....and ran with it. I'm not looking for any special recognition or acknowledgment because didn't do it for those reasons. But I do feel that I deserve to be respected enough to not be prejudged or stereotyped.
Nikki: I mean, come on. You ALL have worked with me down at the barn and you have had a chance to know me. Or at least I thought you had. Was all that just a put on to please the teacher and get by?
Haley: You know how many times we've ALL seen people act one way in public and show a different face when it's just us? Who look down on us, for what we've done.. most of us done, just to survive? Even the other adults here. ALL the ones we've interacted with here, have done that. The younger girls say the same, so do the boys. Everything we've ever been shown, says one thing and shows another. So, yeah, we push back. You blame us?
Madison: Nothing.
Nikki: Interesting how you do that.....
Nikki: ....whatever it is you do.
Lauren: You're making a lot of noise for nothing.
Madison: Oh.
Madison: So it's OK for you to get into a fight and break **** but I can't kick a ****ing locker door?
Lauren: Fine, kick them all, see if I care.
Nikki: The way you turn the conversation's focus onto someone else to avoid any question you don't want to answer or acknowledge.
Nikki: You'll have to teach that trick to me. I might be able to use it sometime.
Nikki: Hey. What's this? Miss Haley CAN smile.
Haley: Well, it was an answer, in a round about way.
Madison: I'm outta here.
Nikki: Round is good.
Nikki: Just not the about way. Gotta get rid of that part.
Haley: No, we like you, and respect you... in the barn. But... I don't know.
Nikki: Just not enough to not lump me in with all of the other bad adults in your lives....right? I'm tolerable but basically just as bad as they are.
Nikki: Oh well. Can't win 'em all....right?
Nikki: Seriously....
Nikki: ....so what do you want from me, Haley? Hmmm?
Haley: I don't know.
Haley: How am I supposed to know what I want, when nobody has ever asked me before?


 
Emily: That idiot is going to fall down, and she'll end up in hospital.
Haley: I don't know!
Nikki: I know what it was.
Lauren: You think we should say something before anything happens?
Nikki: You wanted me to come up and tuck you girls in.
Haley: Not exactly.
Nikki: Oh....I know....you want me to hear you guys say your prayers.
Haley: Thanks.
Nikki: Mmmmm. You know...
Nikki:. ...no matter what is wrong with the world...my world....your world...anyone's world....it all gets better with a little chocolate
Nikki: Can I ask you a question?
Julia: Wonder what's taking Haley so long. Thought she just went to get a coke.
Haley: Yeah. Shoot.
Nikki: You said earlier that we....meaning all of us rotten adults....look down on you guys. Now....you don't really HAVE to answer this question out loud...but at least consider what your answer would be. Do YOU look down on you?
Haley: I...
Haley: I don't know. Maybe.
Haley: Probably.
Nikki: Do you know why I asked you that?
Haley: Does it matter?
Nikki: I think it does.
Nikki: Or at least it does to me.
Haley: No, I don't know why you asked that.
Nikki: Mmmmm Thank you, God, for inventing chocolate.
Nikki: Anyway....where was I? Oh yeah. The reason I asked you that question is because I have read....now remember....I'm just reporting what I read....I'm not an expert or anything. It just made sense to me.
Haley: Uh huh...
Nikki: Have you ever heard the theory that a thief always thinks they're being ripped off? Or a hit man thinks everybody's after him?
Haley: No, can't say I have.
Nikki: Well....it is the same with people who look down on themselves. They think everyone is looking down on them. Follow what I mean?
Nikki: Just something to think about. Nothing earth shattering.
Haley: I guess, I see what you mean.
Nikki: As to what you insinuated earlier....has anyone here....at the ranch...honestly looked down on you or made you feel they thought of you as less than a person? And before you answer that....really think about it. Did they really? Or could you be imagining it because you are feeling bad about your past? And I don't mean any of this in a bad way. I'm just trying to determine what is actually happening and what is imagined...or misunderstood.
Nikki: As to what you insinuated earlier....has anyone here....at the ranch...honestly looked down on you or made you feel they thought of you as less than a person? And before you answer that....really think about it. Did they really? Or could you be imagining it because you are feeling bad about your past? And I don't mean any of this in a bad way. I'm just trying to determine what is actually happening and what is imagined...or misunderstood.

 
Nikki says and takes another bite of her candy bar as she watches Haley's face.

 
Haley stares down at her hands for a moment, before looking up and looking Nikki in the eyes.

 
Haley: Yes. All our supers have. Jessica Cramer has more than once told us we're all little ****s, and we'd best beg God to forgive our sins, and if we're lucky we'll end up in one of the outer circle's of hell. The others haven't been as blunt, but more or less implied the same thing.

 
Nikki: Cramer said that to you?

 
Nikki asks, incredulously.

 
Haley: Yes.

 
Haley says flatly.

 
Nikki: How long has this been going on?


 
Nikki asks, frowning.


 
Haley shrugs.


 
Haley: As long as I've been here.


 
Nikki: Why is this the first I'm hearing about it?


 
Nikki asks. Her green eyes have lost their twinkle and have turned dark with anger.


 
Haley: What do you mean?


 
Haley asks, a little unsure


 
Nikki: Who have you told about this?


 
Nikki clarifies her question.


 
Haley: Nobody. Was no point in telling our Supers. I thought about telling the boy's super's but...


 
Haley hesitates, not entirely sure Nikki would want to hear the rest.


 
Nikki: But?


 
Nikki prompted.
Haley: But, Kevin told me, that all their Supers joked about "having" us girls.


 
Haley shrugs.


 
Haley: So, I didn't figure they'd be of any help.


 
Madison suddenly starts to feel big drops of water hitting her head and she swears as it begins to rain harder. She carefully makes her way back up to the window and climbs back through it. She stands inside the window, soaking wet.


 
Emily looks in the direction of the window Madison comes back in, when she hears her.


 
Emily: Still here?


 
Emily asks pretending she doesn't hear the rain pouring outside.


 
Nikki can't understand how this could be happening. Each one of the adult supervisors had gone through an extensive screening process. How could they all have conned her and the board of directors so well?


 
Nikki: Haley.....I had no idea this was going on or I would have put a stop to it when it first began. I am so sorry. I honestly didn't know.


 
Nikki says feeling extremely guilty.


 
Haley shrugs, to indicate she didn't see much difference, but she did hope that Nikki now understood why the girls had trust issues when Nikki had shown up.


 
Nikki: I promise you, Haley. If it's the last thing I do....I will fix this. Somehow. I'm not exactly sure how but I'll find a way. I promise. On my mother's grave I swear it.


 
Nikki says sincerely.


 
Haley: Alright.


 
Haley says with a nod, then looking down at her hands, only then remembering she still had chocolate in her hands, and took a bite.


 
Nikki decides that it's time to lighten the mood so she gets off of the bed and starts to slip on her boots.


 
Nikki: I still need a volunteer to help me with something.


 
Nikki says with her back to Haley as she puts on her boots.


 
Haley: With what?


 
Haley asks.
Nikki: I have some stuff at my place I want to bring here but I need at least one extra pair of hands. Are you game?


 
Nikki asks looking over her shoulder at Haley.


 
Nikki: I can guarantee you you won't regret it.


 
Nikki adds.


 
Haley: Sure, why not?


 
Haley says, heading to the door for her jacket and boots.


 
Nikki gets to her feet and grabs her jacket.


 
Nikki: Great. Let's try and do this without the rest of the girls hearing us. I kinda want it to be a surprise.


 
Nikki says as she walks out of the bedroom and heads for the front door.


 
Haley: Okay.


 
Haley says, following Nikki once she has her jacket and boots on.


 
Nikki quietly opens the front door and steps out onto the front porch. She looks at the now torrential downpour and then at her truck. Taking a deep breath she holds her jacket over her head and sprints for her truck. She gets in and stretches across the seats to open the passenger door for Haley.


 
Haley waits until Nikki is at least half way to her truck and then runs out after her, only heading towards the passenger side door.


 
Lauren frowns when she thinks she hears a car engine start. She jumps to her feet and walks to one of the windows, trying to see something.


 
Lauren: I could swear I heard something.


 
Lauren murmurs to herself then she gasps when she sees some headlights moving towards Nikki's house.


 
Julia: Don't suppose it's Taylor Lautner? Or Robbie Patterson?


 
Julia asks a little sarcastically, hearing Lauren's murmur.


 
Lauren: I think she left.


 
Nikki: By the way....


 
Nikki says as she dodges jagged rocks in the ground that have been partially uncovered by the downpour.


 
Emily has no idea who Lauren is talking about but grumbles "Who cares?" still looking at her book.


 
Haley braces herself with a hand against the roof of the car.


 
Nikki: I want you to know that I do understand where you guys are coming from. I know exactly what it's like to not know who to trust but needing to trust someone.


 
Nikki says as she swerves to miss a sharp rock and hits a pot hole that causes the truck to bounce hard.


 
Haley eyes Nikki, not saying anything, how could she know?


 
Nikki: Hang on.


 
Nikki warns as they bounce across a small stream of water that has dug two deep crevasses across the road.


 
Haley grabs hold of the dashboard with one hand and her other hand goes to the roof to stop her from hitting her head as the truck bounces over the rough road.
Nikki stops her truck in front of her house and looks over at Haley.


 
Nikki: Wait here while I unlock the door.


 
Haley: 'Kay.


 
Haley says, more than willing to not have to stand in the rain.


 
Nikki instructs Haley and she gets out of the truck and sprints for her front door. She unlocks it and waves to Haley then opens it and stands aside so Haley can run into the house.
Haley sees Nikki get the door open. Throwing the door to the truck open, Haley hops out, and shoving the door shut, she runs to the house door, doing her best to miss the worst of the puddles.


 
Nikki: OK. There's plastic bags under the kitchen sink. There's ice cream in the freezer, root beer in the fridge and popcorn and chips in the pantry next to the stove. And whatever else you see that looks good. I'll join you in a second.


 
Nikki instructs Haley and hurries to the den where she goes through her library of DVDs and selects 4.


 
Haley: Kay.


 
Haley says, pulling bags and starts digging through the cupboards and the fridge and freezer, a little in shock by what Nikki had told her to do.


 
Nikki joins Haley in the kitchen, setting the DVDs on the bar. She grabs a plastic bag and gets a stack of plastic picnic cups some paper bowls and plastic spoons and puts them into a bag and sets it by the bar. Then she remembers that there's a wood burning stove in the day room of the girls' barracks so she goes over to the pantry and gets a bag of marshmallows, a package of graham crackers and a box of Hershey bars and puts them into one of the bags Haley is filling.
Haley: So... what's this all for?


 
Haley asks, wondering if she dare believe what she's thinking.


 
Nikki: Well.....since everyone's plans got ruined tonight.....I figure we all deserve a break.


 
Nikki says looking over the contents of the bags.


 
Nikki: Looks like we got everything.


 
Nikki says and gathers up two bags, grabs the DVDs and heads for the front door. She holds it open for Haley.


 
Haley: Seriously? You're gonna let us stay up? Eat treats? And watch Movies?


 
Haley asks amazed.


 
Nikki locks the front door behind them and sprints for her truck. She gets in and reaches across the seats to open the passenger door for Haley then she starts up her truck.
Haley tosses the bags into the truck, once Nikki opens the door for her, before jumping in and pulling the door shut behind her.


 
Madison walks out of the bathroom and goes over to her locker. She places her wet clothes in her laundry bag and drapes her towel and wash cloth over the top of her locker door. Then she turns and looks around the room.


 
Madison: Haley hasn't come back upstairs yet?


 
Madison asks no one in particular.


 
Julia: Maybe she got out, while the getting was good.


 
Julia suggests.


 
Nikki: So, Haley? What's your favorite movie?


 
Nikki asks as she speeds back the way they came.


 
Lauren: She's coming back.


 
Madison: No. She wouldn't. She wouldn't leave me behind.


 
Haley: Dunno.


 
Haley says with a shrug.


 
Madison says and plops down on her bed and pouts.


 
Lauren says still looking outside, wondering what this was all about.


 
Haley: I like lots of movies.


 
Haley says.


 
Nikki: Come on. Everyone has a favorite. Mine's Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean. What's yours?


 
Nikki says to prompt Haley.
Haley: Don't know. Haven't seen much lately... except the first Twilight.


 
Haley says.


 
Nikki: Did you like it?


 
Nikki presses.


 
Haley: Yeah, loved it.


 
Haley nods.


 
Nikki picks up the 4 DVDs she had set in the center console and hands them to Haley without saying a word, but she is grinning like a Cheshire Cat.


 
Haley takes the DVDs and flips through them her eyes widening.


 
Haley: You have all of the Twilight series! Breaking Dawn Part One, only JUST came out on DVD!


 
Haley says amazed.
Nikki: I have connections.


 
Nikki says boastfully as she stops the truck in front of the girls' barracks.


 
Nikki: Looks like the rain is letting up for a minute.


 
Nikki announces after looking out the window. She gets out of the truck, grabs a couple bags and runs for the front porch. Once under the porch roof, she opens the door and holds it open for Haley.


 
Haley: Then lets hurry.


 
Haley says grabbing several bags, along with the DVDs she still held and jumped out of the truck, dashing as quickly as she carefully could for door of the dorms.


 
Nikki heads for the kitchen where she helps Haley prepare root beer floats for everyone, make popcorn and setting everything up on the coffee table in the day room. Nikki also takes all of the cushions off of the couch and chairs and tosses them onto the floor.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Full Name:  Lauren Mathews
 
DOB: 8/17/95
 
Sex: female
 
Hair color:  light brown

Eye Color:  brown

Height:  5'7”

Weight: 130

Nationality:  American

Residence: Nua Tosu Ranch, Seacouver, Washington
 
Personality: Lauren is hot headed, stubborn and overly confident.  She trusts no one and hates authority figures.  She likes to live spontaneously.  She never thinks think through.
 
History: Lauren ran away from home when she was 14 and lived on the streets, turning tricks or whatever was needed to survive.  She was arrested for **** when she was 16 ½ and was released after 6 months into the custody of Nua Tosu.