𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙 •𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆•

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚 - 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗
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𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.

Nick slowly brushes his hand against Nora's. She takes it.

Their fingers lock.

She looks up at the sky, admiring the stars.

Nick takes notice in that. He smiles.

"What shall the constellation be tonight, madam?" He teases.

Nora laughs and looks down at her feet.

"Well... Tonight's moon phase is a New moon.. As you could probably tell."

"And the constellation?"

Nora smiles. "I actually don't know.."

Nick smirks. "The 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴 of the stars doesn't know the 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯..?"

Nora rolls her eyes as he continues to tease her.

He then stops and pulls her down into the grass. She giggles.

They lay beside each other.

After a few moments of silence, Nick points up at the sky.

"You see that one?" He asks.

Nora spots a few stars forming a weird shape. She's never seen that one before.

"What is it?"

"That's 𝘰𝘶𝘳 constellation. When we're apart, you know where to find me. I'll be looking at the same stars."

Nora looks at him as he speaks.

He looks back at her.

He's not leaving her, is he? What does he mean by that?

Nick watches her. Nora shakes her thoughts away and looks back at the stars.

"Why aren't you living with your mom?" She asks.

Nick sighs before answering. "My mom.. Is complicated. She expects me to be the perfect 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘦. All the time."

Nora looks at him again. Nick's dark eyes bore into hers.

"But that's not who I want to be." He says.

"You don't have to be." Nora mumbles.

"You don't understand." His expression darkens. It begins today care Nora.

"I have to continue this.."

Nora just stares. Nick's face softens again and he takes her hand in his.

He brings it up to his lips and kisses her knuckles.

"I just don't want to 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 you." He whispers, rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand.

"You won't." She responds. "You're never going to lose me."

It's true.

But she could lose 𝘩𝘪𝘮.