Dream Team Plus One

Part Twenty-Four

a/n- Yes this is also a reupload. I recently found out that the band Glass Animals is not comfortable with their song "Heat Waves" being used in reference to DNF content so out of respect for the band I chose to take out the reference in this part to it. I hope y'all understand

Grace's eyes fluttered open. She was used to the intense sound of her alarm but this morning all she could hear was the soft snores coming from Nick. The smile on her face slowly faded when she remembered their entire relationship was supposed to be a secret from the others.

She gently poked his shoulder, "hey idiot, wake up".

"Nooo, the bed is warm and you give the best snuggles," he grabbed her waist and pulled her back into his grasp, "I also didn't get to finish my dream".

"I know but it's already," Grace grabbed her phone and checked the time, "9 am!" Wrestling out of Nick's hold, Grace got up and rushed to her bathroom door.

"Hey, slow down," Nick begged, "doesn't this thing start and 2 anyways?" He pulled the covers back up to his shoulders.

"Yes but we all have to get ready, because we have to go pick Dove up, I wanted to leave by noon. Please go wake the boys up, y'all can go eat breakfast or something if you don't think you need this much time to get dressed," with that Grace shut her bathroom door and the sound of running shower water could be heard.

Nick groaned as he forced himself to get out of her warm, comfy bed. While he didn't want to keep his affection for Grace a secret, he respected her wishes. Luckily for the two of them, no one else in the house was awake yet.

As Grace massaged shampoo into her scalp, she couldn't help but realize she still felt unsatisfied. She thought that once she made her choice, he emotions would go back to normal but something inside her still felt empty.

She stared at herself through the reflection in the mirror through her transparent shower door, this entire ordeal was killing her mental health and there wasn't much she could do about it.

Grace's bathroom was no joke. When she bought her house, she completely renovated the third bedroom next to hers to be her dream bathroom. Her shower alone took up half of what the original bathroom was meant to be. Her makeup vanity only rivaled the top beauty influencers, some even saying she had her own private Sephora in her home. Long story short, it's incredibly hard to be sad in a magical place like that.

She sat down on the bench in her shower, she needed to snap out of his mood before she met up with Dove later. She knew she could hide it from the boys but Dove? It was honestly a crime she wasn't an FBI profiler.

A light tap on her bathroom door interrupted her thoughts, "uh Grace?"

By the sound of the voice calling through the door, it was Clay. Without thinking, she answered, "come in".

"I just wanted-" Clay stopped dead in his tracks when he realized he could see straight through her shower, "I- uh-," his face flushed bright red as he covered his eyes with his hand.

"Shit, I wasn't thinking," Grace opened her shower door and ran to her towel warmer. Quickly grabbing one and wrapping it around herself, she gave Clay the ok to open his eyes.

"M-maybe we can talk another time," he laughed as he noticed her shampoo-filled hair piled on top of her head, "you seem to be occupied".

"I'm so sorry, I clearly didn't think this through. I promise this encounter will not leave this room".

"It better not, I don't need a thousand more twitter threads attempting to cancel me," Clay joked.

Grace stared at the puddle of water growing at her feet, "we can finish this conversation after I finish showering, I need your helping picking out my outfit". That was a lie, Grace knew exactly what she wanted to wear, she just subconsciously needed another excuse for her friend to see her half naked.