Nick teased Kate. But Kate didn't want to believe him. She was still dazed from that good few hours of nap that she had. She is actually finding it hard to believe that Nick is being playful with her.
Nick, on the other hand, was feeling guilty when he recalled that Kate was sad in her sleep because she thought Nick hated her. He wanted to make her feel she was wrong to think so, but his words may find it hard to come out of his stubborn mouth to tell her. His strained playfulness would send the message better if he is not mistaken."Do you wanna know what you said in your sleep?" Nick pretends to defend that he is not a lair. Although he was not lying, he feigned to feel annoyed that Kate makes it sound that he is lying. So he wanted to prove to her his words. Again, pretentiously."What did I say?" Kate glared at Nick.She was trying to hide her embarrassment by glaring at him quickly. She could not let her glare last even more than ten seconds as she worried her faciKate nodded her reply. She has at least five minutes more left to think about her answer. As Kate gave it a more profound thought, she realized Nick had a point. Letting her mom know about what really happened today will sadden her that Kate is being bullied at school. She might even know the extent of her misdeeds about having a boyfriend and inviting the guy to their home when her mom was not around. Kate was even more afraid of Kelly finding out that Kate had made out with her so-called boyfriend that time he came over to their home right at their very own living room.Kate knocked her head. She silently cursed herself for her stupidity. Lucky for her, Nick came, or she wouldn't know how far they could have gone with how persistent Andrew was and how pathetically weak she had been.The car stopped. Nick looked to his side. He saw Kate still had her face covered by both her palms."We have to get inside now. What have you come u
As Kelly had asked of Nick, he agreed to stay for the night. His room is kept the way they were so he can sleep just like he used to before he moved to his pad. But before the three of them head to their respective rooms, Kate and Nick helped Kelly clean and tidy the kitchen up. They don't have helpers or housemaids to do the task. It would all fall into Kelly's if the two do not help. With the three of them doing all the tasks together, they were done soon and went to get ready for bed. Kelly made sure Nick had all he needed before she went to bed."Nick, honey?" Kelly knocked on his door gently.Nick was already on his bed reading some files on his tablet, but as he was dressed decently with a set of pajamas, he did not hesitate to let Kelly in."It's open, mom. Come in," Nick replied.Kelly just peeked from the door. She did not want to bother him so much, so she was only going to ask a quick question."Do you n
Nick felt like he was being pulled by an invisible hand. He lost his mind and crossed that one step distance between them. His left arm wound around Kate's waist, and his right cupped her face. Everything happened too fast that Kate was not sure if anything of these was real. She closed her eyes as soon she felt Nick's breath so near her. Nick thought Kate was welcoming his actions as to why she closed her eyes. It made him bolder. He softly brushed his lips against her. Kate felt his lips warm next to hers. With her eyes still closed, she mimicked his lips' moves unconsciously. The two felt like they were floating in the clouds of their world that they let their mind drift off and swim in the vast sea of lust. The two souls felt like big waves were tossing them far from the shore of sanity. Numbing their rationality like they were inside a dream and free to do whatever they wished.
Kate was overwhelmed with emotion. She was frightened, embarrassed, shocked, but she was also delighted. And with all these emotions that she was swamped with, she could not choose which one should win over her. All she could do was sob in Nick's embrace. "Kate…? Are you mad at me?" Nick asked softly. Kate shook her head, but as she was wrapped around his arms, Nick was not sure if she nodded yes or if she answered what he was hoping she did, a no. He moved back to get a good look at her face. It was dark with only a night lamp on her bedside table turned on to brighten the room. Kate had her eyes closed, tears still evident as her eyelashes were glistening and her hands covered her mouth to muffle it. "Can you tell me again? Are you mad at me?" Nick asked again with his gaze fixed only on her face. He was scared to know her answer, yet he still had to. And she replied in the very same m
Nick went back to his room when he was sure Kate was already asleep. He washed up and changed his nightclothes before going to bed. Another sleepless night for Nick. His heart was torn into half of great delight and half of weariness. But there was nothing he could do now to reverse everything that had happened. And maybe if there were any way that he could do so, Nick would still choose to keep them the way they did. Because it revealed both of their emotions towards each other, Kate also admitted he liked Nick, and likewise, Nick was able to confess his true feeling for Kate. Making her feel more comfortable around him. "Everything must have happened for a reason," Nick uttered. His dad would usually say these words when he was still alive. And it made Nick understand many things easier and faster. It broadens his perspectives on life. It made him passive on things to let go of and be less stressed on minor things. Now, Nick is praying
Kelly recalled how she lived the colorful days of her youth. She attended every school pageant with her striking beauty. She was one of the school swimmers from a young age as she liked swimming ever since she was a toddler. It became her sport, and it helped her keep her body healthy and fit. Also another reason why her teachers would ask her to represent their year level for a few school beauty contest. She had a lot of friends. Many people liked her, but so as those who hated her. Yet, she did not mind. She knew she could never please everyone, whatever she may do. She just lived freely. She was an only daughter of a middle-class business couple. Their cargo forwarding business was among the top in the industry. But she wanted to pursue nursing. She was thinking about providing her parents with familiarity with medical assistance when they turned older, so she chose to take a nursing course since medicine would take too long to study.
On his way to the Uni, Nick was busy thinking about how to start his conversation with Kelly later tonight."How can I make her agree or at least understand without difficulty?" he mindlessly blabbered."Mom, I like Kate so much. Can I woo her?" Nick recited as if Kelly was right in front of him."Ohhhh, that sounds cocky! She might not even give me a thought before a resounding no flops on my face!" Nick grunted at the possible negative result of his idea."But what is the right word to say in this kind of situation?" he argued.Until he arrived at his destination, Nick was still bothered with the thoughts of how to speak with Kate's mom and also his stepmom."Ugghhhh, why is it too complicated?!" Nick groaned."Hey, Nick!" a girly, flirtatious voice startled a busily thinking Nick on his way to his first lecture.Nick looked up the stairs to find who had called h
Kelly rushed out to get to work in time. She got lost in her thoughts, reminiscing about her life and her past that she neglected a very common thing she would do on her daily routines: taking her meds after her morning meals. Kate did not doubt why her mom was taking them because they were stored in a bottle with a vitamin label. But the mom warned Kate never to take from it as it doesn't suit her age. And Kate did not ask any more questions. It was not questionable if her mom would take vitamins to bother asking so much.Thinking she still had time in her hands earlier, Kelly leisurely ate her breakfast and sipped on her herbal tea as she looked back on things about her life journey.When she noticed she was running out of time and did not have much left to get to work without being late, she hurried on her way to her car. Yet, as a responsible driver, she was careful and checked her ways for safety.But as she was about to get