Caught in the Undertow

To be Happy?

It's Saturday morning, Nikki's first day off in a very long time. She sighs contently as she feels a warm hand wrap around her waist pulling her further into the body beside her, Nikki then feels a large hand begin to stroke her bare hip in a repetitive action.
She glances up and smiles as she rests her hand on the man's chest running playing with his chest chair, "How are you that gorgeous after waking up?" The Northern Irish accent flicking off his tongue.

The goosebumps erupt across her skin as she hears him talking, "Hmm, I'm not sure. But how can you be that energetic after waking up," She giggles placing a kiss on his chest.
Jack looks down at Nikki and smiles happily at her as he kisses her head. Nikki smiles and keeps glancing up at him, "I'm going to tell him today," Nikki says randomly.

Jack's head snaps down at her surprised by what she has come out with, "Are you sure?" Jack quizzes stroking her hip.
"Jack, I want to be with you... not Matt, why do you think I've been sleeping with you for the past two months?" She responds pressing her lips down onto his chest again.

He doesn't respond by lays in complete silence stroking her back, "Jack do you want to be with me? Or is this just a fling?" Nikki pushes as she kisses his chest again inhaling the weak aftershave still on his sink for the previous day.
"I love you, Nikki, I want to be with you... but I don't want to come between you and Matt," He responds.

She raises an eyebrow at him, "Jack, you're a muppet. You already have, It's always been you I love you, Jack, I'm going to make this all better. So we don't have to be sneaky around anymore" She mutters.

Soon Nikki's phone lights up and she reaches over Jack and smiles as he kisses her bare check, she squirms and tumbles forwards onto him as she finally grabs her phone. Jack kisses her shoulder as she lays across him, "Shit!" Nikki panics as she gets up to her knees with her phone in hand.
"What?" Jack quizzes.

"Jack, get up... get up now..." She speaks springing out of the bed and grabbing fresh underwear and putting them on.
"Calm down, Nik. Darlin' what is going on?" Jack asks curiously with his 'ridiculous smirk' spread across his face again.
"Matt has just got in the taxi, he's on his way... Jack, you need to leave," Nikki panics.

She frantically dashes around the room and throws Jack's clothing at him, "Nikki, calm down... it takes an hour to get from the airport to here, we have plenty of time," Jack responds as he slips into his boxers and walks across to his lover, embracing her tightly and kissing his head. "Please calm down, just think about your actions, he will know if you're all wound up..."

Jack says smoothing his hand down her blouse and smiling at her as she carefully buttons it up, "I love you, Jack," Nikki smiles happily.

An hour later Nikki is sat in her kitchen holding a mug of tea looking at Matt who is sat opposite her eating some toast, she smiles slightly before glancing down at her phone to see a message from Jack telling her that she will be fine and to get it over and done with. "How about a walk later?" Matt quizzes.

"Sure?" Nikki smiles slightly, she looks at Matt and sighs. Nikki knew she was in the wrong all these months she had been seeing Jack behind her boyfriend's back had now made her slightly guilty, regretting the idea of telling Matt about Jack today. But Matt had never made her feel the way Jack does, Jack made her feel so loved, wanted, and desired, but it had been so long since Matt had made her feel anything like that, he just seemed to rub her up the wrong way and annoy her.

Within the hour Nikki and Matt had gone for a walk choosing one of the nature areas just outside of London, Nikki decided to drive there due to the time it would take by tube. It wasn't long before they pulled up in the empty carpark of the nature reserve. The pair put their coats on and go for a walk around the fishing lake before returning to the boardwalk where they stand looking out over the water. Nikki had noticed how shifty Matt had been during their walk seeming slightly nervous about something, maybe he knew she was going to break up with him or worse. Before Nikki can even think of how to tell him it's over she turns to see Matt down on one knee holding a ring in his hand. "Nikki? I love you, will you marry me?" He begins.