Shameless

5.

I wake up in morning taking a deep breath and stretch in bed. I get up and check my calendar and groan in the thought of having to go back to school tomorrow. I walk down the stairs and sit down at the kitchen table. Soon enough, I see Nick and my jaw nearly drops. Nick stands shirtless in blue flannel pajama pants with his hair a mess.

"Well good morning princess" Nick smiles at me

"Good morning Nick" I smile back

"Still no nickname for me?" He sticks his bottom lip out. I ignore his question and roll my eyes. I stand up to get breakfast but Nick grabs the back of my shirt and pulls me towards him. Our faces are only centimeters and part until his lips meet mine and then we quickly let go.

"So what do you want?" I ask

"Oh baby, I'll make you some breakfast don't worry" He stops me from opening the fridge

"Nick, you're my guest" I open the fridge

"I'll make the eggs and bacon, you make the waffles" Nick says trying to make a deal

"Fine" I give up the fight way to easily. Nick grabs two pans and starts the stove. Then I hear someone walking down the stairs.

"Good morning Hadlee and Nick is it?" George greets us

"Yup, how do you like your eggs?" Nick asks him

"Scrambled please" George pulls me over "He's making breakfast for us now?"

"I guess so" I laugh. After I walked away I see Belle and Alex coming down the stairs

"Good morning kiddos" Belle greets us "What is he doing?"

"Making breakfast" I reply

"Oh no, is this that Nick kid" Alex turns to me

"Yes, he's having troubles at home so he's staying with us for a few days" Belle replies and Alex rolls his eyes

"Do you all like scrambled?" Nick asks all of us and we all say yes. While Nick is making our breakfast we all sit down at the kitchen table. Alex gives me a glare trying to tell me I shouldn't be doing this. I know Alex hates Nick, but once he gets to know him I think everything could work out.

Once Nick is finished he calls us up to make our plates and we sit back down at the table, Nick sitting next to me. We sit in awkward silence until I blurt out, "Steve came home last night looking for you Belle"

"He did what" Belle drops her fork, causing it to make a loud noise against the glass plates.

"He came home, he kept cussing at me asking for you." I tell her

"What did he say to you?" She asks me

"Nothing. He left after I said you weren't here" I take a bite of my bacon

"That's a lie" Nick jumps in "He called her a useless whore and a bitch"

"Nick" I glare at him

"Did he really" Belle asks and everyone looks at me

"Yes okay. Thanks Nick." I take another bite of my bacon

"I wasn't going to sit here and let you lie to your family about something awful your father said to you" He says quietly

"He's not my father." I say under my breath

"What?" Nick asks

"He's not my father" I raise my voice

"Hadlee calm down" George says

"No, our father is an alcohol and a druggie. If it wasn't for hmi maybe we would have a fucking normal life. We live in a shit hole, do you guys not see this!" I shout "We live off of the minimum wage of Alex, Belle, and sometimes George. The first damn night Nick is here he meets Steve"

"Without Steve we wouldn't be here" Belle snaps

"Belle you're not any better. When you drink you take your anger out on everyone" I say

"I am nothing like our father" She stands up

"He might be your father, but he's not mine" I stand up and walk away, I go up to my room and slam the door and lay on my bed. I take deep breaths a curse to myself. Then, I hear someone knocking on the door

"Princess" I hear Nicks voice through the door

"What Nick" I snap

"Can I please come in?" He asks. I get up and open the door for him and he comes in, shutting the door behind him. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have told them"

"It really wasn't your place to tell. They know how Steve is, they wouldn't be shocked by what he called me, they're just shocked because I lied about." I tell him

"There's no reason to lie, they won't get mad"

"Nick you don't know my family"

"But I know you Hadlee, I care about you enough to not let someone in your family hurt you. This family cares about you, much much more than my family ever will" Nick grabs my hands and pulls me closer "you mean a lot to me Hadlee. I don't want you getting hurt." I grab the collar of Nicks shirt and pull his face towards mine and kiss him. Once our kiss is over I give him and big smile and we both walk downstairs. As we walk downstairs I hear Belle talking to some man at the front door. I give Alex and George a confused look.

I see Belle walking back and she looks at Nick and I and says "Nick, the police need you." Nicks eyes quickly turn towards me and he gives me a frightened look.

"Hadlee I'll be right back" Nick says to me as he walks to the front door. I slowly follow behind him and stay in the living room and listen in to what they're saying.

"Nick Robinson?" The police man asked

"Yes sir that's me" Nick replies

"Come with us." The man says in a deep tone. I quickly get up and follow them outside.

"Wh-what did I do officers?" Nick stutters

"Son, your father reported you for stealing his car, is this true?"

"He was out of town so I used it and I stayed over here. I didn-"

"Mr. Robinson, come down with us." The officer cuts Nick off and puts him in handcuffs

"Nick! Stop! What's happening?" I run towards the police officers

"Ma'am we're just taking him to the station only a couple miles away from here" they reply

"Is he being arrested?" I ask another question

"I can't answer that right now" the man tells me as he gets in the car.

"Nick!" I shout, I run inside and ask Alex to grab his keys. Now, we're on our way to the police station.