“I’m your freaky Nikki”

Nikki is a short, slim, young, attractive, light-skinned woman with black hair and brown eyes. She appears to be in her early twenties. She usually dresses in casual clothing. Nikki comes across as sarcastic and grounded yet kind-hearted, playful and easygoing. She genuinely cares about her friends, including Bear, even though she loves him only as a younger brother or friend, without feeling any romantic or sexual attraction toward him. She harbors her own aspirations and dreams, wanting to become a writer, particularly in the romance genre, and the film makes it clear that, unlike Bear, pre-wish Nikki is someone who values real and sincere relationships and connections. Driven by a deep desire to write a love story that reflects her own inner turmoil, she engages in casual but unsatisfying relationships, such as the one with Ian, in order to possibly cope with her own underlying loneliness, and keeps her deepest romantic vulnerabilities to herself. As in the scene during the car ride before Bear drops her off, she candidly admits that “if I like a guy, he'll never know”. She also reveals herself to be a genuinely good person when she borrows money from Sarah to give to a homeless person.