A Neric Love Story 👩🏻‍🦰💗👨🏼

Valentine's Day... The Best Day

Eric's POV:

I woke up early to see my hazel-eyed girlfriend laying beside me, her hair over her face and her arm on my chest. I smiled and thought to myself:

Today is the day, you don't know it yet, but today is gonna be the best day of your life. Does everyone know what they're doing? Is everyone prepared? What if she doesn't say yes? What if she has something planned for me? What if it goes wrong or we get a case... that won't happen, right?

I smiled and stared up at the ceiling and closed my eyes, but I felt Nell move her head onto my chest.

"Morning my lord" she said, smiling.

"Goooood mystical morning my lady"

"Do you know what day it is sir?"

"I believe so"

"Well, in that case," Nell began, sitting up and putting on her robe and walking into the kitchen as I hear her shout across the house. "I will make my very own avocado toast and smoothies"

I sat up in bed pulling the covers over me absolutely tired, I put on my glasses from my bedside table as Nell comes back in a while later - after singing to herself in the kitchen - with two plates and two smoothies on a large tray, which she put on top of me as she crawled back in bed next to me and smiled.

"Oh I do say, Penelope Jones, I must be a very privileged man for this kind of love, huh!?" I smirked, crunching my toast and smiling at Nell as she put her head on my shoulder.

"Happy Valentine's Day Eric"

"Happy Valentine's Day Baby"

I swallowed and kissed Nell softly on the lips, and took a sip of my smoothie.

Nell's POV:

After eating breakfast, I took the dishes downstairs in the kitchen when I hear Eric's footsteps behind me.

"Oh, baby I'm so sorry"

"For what?" I said confused turning around.

"I totally forgot- my San Fran buddies needed me back for some new tech I made-"

"Oh my gosh Eric! Why didn't you tell me!? This is our first Valentine's since you've been back in LA and now you're leaving!? Can't this wait..."

"I'm so sorry, I feel so bad, I will be back first thing tomorrow, I promise"

I started to tear up when he said that, knowing how far apart we have been before, but I knew he would come back soon. I just wanted today to be perfect, you know?

"Hey, Nell, it's gonna be okay. Here, I have something for you."

Eric handed me an envelope with a note inside it. I opened it curiously and there was a note that read:

"Roses are Red,
First you seemed to me like a threat,
But this takes you to the place
Where we first met"

"Eric? What is this? Some kind of riddle?"

"Well, as I'll be gone, just follow the clues"

"Oh, uh, okay" I replied, totally confused, but I walked into the bedroom and got dressed. Eric was also getting changed and was getting ready to go back to San Fransisco. I put on my shoes, grabbed my phone and keys, kissed Eric goodbye and drove in my mini up to ops, where we first met.

Eric's POV:

I kissed Nell goodbye and watched her walk out the front door with a small grin on her face, as she got in her car and drove to the given location on the written note I gave her.