The Laundromat

14

I tapped the front door waiting for Nick to open up and let me in. The door was opened to reveal Edwin eating a green apple, shirtless might i add. He nodded towards me "sup Cass"

I smilled at him and scratched the back of my neck "Hey Eddie, is Nick here?"

He nodded and let me inside "yea, he is either in his room or the backyard"
I gave him a 'really' look and shook my head "so he is in the two furthest places from eachother? Thanks"

He let out a chuckle and walked into the livingroom where he was watching some tv. "Ay yo Ed who was at the door?"

I looked towards the stairs to see Nick standing about halfway down "oh hey babygirl, whats up?"

I smiled at him but it faltered slightly and he gave me a confused look "Can i talk to you Nick? In private?" I looked to Edwin who was sitting on the couch pretending not to listen. Nick nodded and walked down the steps and grabbed my hand "c'mon we can talk in the backyard"

I squeezed his hand and he walked us out. He sat on the one of the chairs that was at poolside and i stood infront of him "Cass whats wrong?"

I instantly got extremely nervous, i had planned everything that i was going to say on the car ride over here, but it all seemed to have left my mind when i saw him. He made me weak. I rubbed my face and sighed "okay before i start please just, let me finish? Okay? Dont interupt even if you really want to, okay?"

I sat down on the concrete and dipped my feet in the pool, my elbows resting on my thighs and my head in my hands. I looked back at him and he nodded, letting out an "alright" and i began.

"Im going to straight up tell you. Michael kissed me." I looked back at Nicks face and he kept a straight face, not letting me see he was obviously hurt.

"But, out of context thats sounds really bad so im just gonna explain. So basically, on Thursday, the day i asked you to be my boyfriend, he had kissed me at lunch. I was hurt that you hadnt called or texted me since Monday,  and we werent even dating at the time, so i kissed back but it felt wrong, it didnt have the same spark that i get when i kiss you, it felt wrong. And then i found out from Zion what he had done and thats where I've been the whole morning. I quit my job, because i didnt want to be around someone that tried to manipulate my relationship with you like that. So i left, leaving Michael with some not so nice words"

Nick came and sat down next to me, copying me by placing his feet in the water. He sighed and grabbed my hand "im glad you told me, im going to admit i am hurt but we werent officially together at that point so i get your perspective of things. So im not mad at you, im mad at Michael. But you quit?"

I nodded at him and looked away, but he grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him "Baby you didnt need to do that for me"

I shook my head at him and grabbed his hand in mine "i did it for you yes, but also for me. I dont want to work for someone like that. He took advantage of the situation i was in and used it to his advantage, fully aware of the fact that i was in the situation because of him"

Nick smiled at me and brought my hand to his mouth kissing my palm. I smiled, i loved when he did small gestures like that, it made me feel wanted and loved. Nick moved slightly closer to me and i looked over at him and let out a laugh "what are you doing?" Before i could register what was happening, Nick pushed me into the pool.

I floated back to the surface to see him sitting there laughing at me. I glared at him and then swam closer, pulling him by his legs into the water. He glared at me and i smiled sweetly "payback is a bitch aint it?"

He started to swim closer to me and i let out a small scream and swam away from him towards the deeper end of the pool "Cass get your perfectly shaped booty back here" i turned around and started laughing "excuse me, what?"

Nick rolled his eyes and swam over to me mumbling something under his breath. he could stand up easily but i was like 4 inches shorter than him so i just treaded the water.

He grabbed my waist and i wrapped my legs around his torso, resting my arms on his shoulders, he brought his hands down to my butt and squeezed it slightly, making me gasp "Nicholas Mara"

He raised an eyebrow at me and smirked "what? I didnt do anything" i glared at him but let it go. I brought my forehead to his and smiled "you know i like you and only you yeah?"

He looked me in the eyes and smiled "i know, i like me too" i rolled my eyes and splashed a bit of water on the back of Nicks neck causing him to laugh "you know im kidding babygirl, i like you so, so much too"

I brought my pinky finger infront of our faces "promise?" Nick looked down but then looked back up into my eyes and smiled, kissing me instead "i promise"

He brought our lips together again and deepened the kiss, swiping his tongue along my bottom lip. I parted my mouth, granting him more access and brought my hand to his hair and ran my fingers through it, tugging on random strands, causing him to let out a small groan.

"Oi lovebirds, I ordered pizza and you might wanna come and grab a slice before it all goes"

We pulled apart instantly and i sucked in my lips laughing and looked towards Edwin "Thanks Eddie, we'll be there in a second" he nodded and dropped some towels on the chair by the door "dont be dragging no water in the house guys, i just vacuumed"

I let out a snort and got off of Nick and started swimming away. "Uh babygirl?"

I jumped out of the pool and looked at Nick "yea, whats wrong?"

He slowly walked over to me in the water and stood between my legs "its more like, whats up"

I looked down between us and saw Nicks hard on and laughed "oh no" i gave him a kiss and smiled at him sweetly and stood up "have fun with that babe, imma go have me some pizza"

He looked at me in shock "Cass please dont leave me" i walked over and grabbed a towel and started drying myself off, trying not to laugh "think of your grandmother babe, ill be sure to save you a slice"

I walked into the house not able to contain my laughter any longer and burst out laughing, poor Nick.