Meet Nova Stark. She's actually not your regular 21 year old. She's only ever gone to community college in her small town, Dusk Valley, in New Orleans. She works in the local bakery to help provide to her not so rich family, ever since her father di...
It was the next day and I couldn't help but notice how quiet the house was. It way quieter now that mom wasn't here, bustling around the kitchen at the start of the day. I sighed to myself as I got up and got dressed. I wore my off the shoulder white frilly top and my black skinny jeans.
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Today was the first day of working at the Scott's home. It was a change, but I'd have to adjust to my new work schedule in order to pay off all these bills. I drove our car to the Scott's and I awaited what today would bring me.
I knocked on their door and Noah answered.
"Hey Nova, what're you doing here so early?" Noah asked curiously.
"Hey Noah, I'm filling in for my mom. So I'll be around here more," I chuckle.
"It'll be nice to see you more," he said as he let me in.
"So any requests for breakfast?" I ask.
"Uh not really," he chuckled, "Make whatever you want. I'm sure it'll be delicious."
I chuckle and say alright as I head to the kitchen. I begin to make waffles and fry some bacon for the breakfast. Once the bacon finished, I set it on a plate and I turned around to see a shirtless Holden, looking at me curiously with his beautiful hazel eyes.
"Hi Nova, what're you doing our kitchen?" He chuckled.
"Well, I still need to pay bills and such, so your father let me fill in Mom's old job," I say.
"Nova, I can help you out if you want-," Holden began to offer.
"No, it's alright Holden," I say cutting him off.
"The offer still stands, if you ever need it," he says, once he realized I wasn't going to take the offer.
"Thank you, but I'd rather earn it," I say.
"So what're you making?" He asked, "It smells delicious," he adds on.
"Just some homemade waffles with bacon and syrup," I say. As if it was on cue, the waffle maker dinged and I took out the waffles and added a new batch.
"Would you like any help?" He asked.
"Uh not in the kitchen, but if you'd like you can set the plates at the dining table," I say.
Holden nods as he heads to the cupboard to get the silverware.
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"Breakfast is ready!" I call out throughout the house.
Noah and Atticus head downstairs and once Atticus comes down, he greets me, while Noah remarks on how wonderful the food smells.
Once everyone sits down, Holden notices I wasn't going to join them.
"Aren't you going to join us for breakfast?" He asked.
"Oh no, that's alright. I've already had breakfast," I say.
While everyone was eating breakfast, after I finished the dishes, I began to dusting up the house a bit. I never realized how many bedrooms the house had and once I stumbled into the library, I was in awe. The walls were covered in bookcases, filled with books. I couldn't help but look around, until I heard a voice behind me.
"I see you've found the library," Atticus said.
"Oh I hope you don't mind, I was just dusting-," I said.
"It's fine Nova," Atticus assured me, "Tell me, do you enjoy reading?" He asked.
"I love reading, Atticus. It's one of my favorite things to do. Is it so obvious?"
"To a fellow author and reader, it is," He chuckled.
"Do the boys spend a lot of time here?" I ask.
"Well, Holden always loved reading with his mother and Noah was always into action and reading gives him that. Noah spends his fair share of time here," he says, "Just so you know Nova, you're welcome here as well."
"Really? I wouldn't want to intrude..." I say.
"Please Nova, I insist. You don't need to be jumbled up with work just to be here. You're welcome anywhere throughout the house," he says.
"Thank you Atticus, I'll keep that in mind," I say.
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Later that day, I had finished cleaning around so I decided to make a batch of lemonade and sandwiches before I head out to the bookstore for my shift. I went up to Holden's room and knocked on the door.
"Come in," Holden said from the other side of the door.
Holden's POV:
Nova came into the room, shyly and said, "I have to head to my shift at the bookstore soon, so I made a couple sandwiches and lemonade if you guys get hungry while I'm gone," she said.
"You don't have to do that, you know," I say.
"What do you mean?" She asks.
"Nova I've seen how hard you work. You already work two jobs, not counting this one and you shouldn't have to. If you ever need help, you can come to me, you know," I say to her genuinely. Nova was now working three jobs and it's extremely hard to balance that.
"Holden, I'll be fine on my own. I just have to to readjust for now. I don't want to have to borrow money from you because then it'll be even more harder to pay it back and-," she begins to say.
"You don't have to pay it back Nova. I'd just be happy to help," I say to her.
"I would have to pay it back. I can't just take money from you and not do anything in return. It wouldn't be right. Plus, I like working, it keeps me busy," she chuckled.
"Alright then. Just don't overwork yourself too much," I say.
She nods and says, "I'll be fine, but thank you for the offer."
I smile at her and say, "Anytime." And with that she leaves.
Once she heads out, I head to my fathers office and knock on the door. "Come in," I hear him say.
"Hey Dad, um, I was wondering if we could pay Nova a better paycheck?" I say getting straight to the point, "She already works two other jobs and I've offered to help her out but she refuses. So I figured, at the very least, we could give her a better salary."
My dad chuckles and says, "I was already planning on it but I'm glad you care for her. She's a good one, that girl."
I nod in agreement, and says, "Yeah, she really is." I guess that was when I realized how smitten I was with Nova.
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