July

Snow

TW: Mature language, implied ed.

Y/N Pov:

My head is still killing me when I wake up on the couch.

I can only assume that Nick had slept in the bedroom that night, as he was nowhere to be seen.

I was so tired after my adrenaline wore off that I didn't even change out of my work clothes. I can't even remember what time I had fallen asleep.

I pick my sore body off of the couch and head to the kitchen for an aspirin.

While getting some water from the fridge I noticed a plastic bag leaning against the off-white fridge.

never noticed this before...

I place my water-filled cup on the counter and lean down to see what's in the plastic bag.

I untie the bunny knot and peek inside.

my notes...

he had kept them

I picked one of the sticky notes out of the bag and read it

'i love you, Nick, always and forever xx.'

A small smile painted my face as I held the note in my hand. I started to place it back in the bag when something caught my eye.

'always and forever -Nick'

he wrote back...

My eyes started to cloud and my nose began to run. My tears were interrupted when my phone's alarm started to ring on the couch.

I ran to the couch in a hurry hoping to not wake Nick.

I turned off the alarm and carried my phone back to the kitchen with me to take my aspirin.

I threw my head back and swallowed the pill. I kept my head up, trying to finish my cup of water when my phone went off again.

I already turned my alarm off. what the h-

"Clay?!" I say in a half yell half-whisper tone as I answered the call.

"Good, you're awake. When do you start work?" He sounds wide awake despite how early in the morning it was.

"Umm, 2ish hours? why?" I take the phone away from my ear to look at the time.

6:12 A.M.

"Perfect! I'll meet you at your apartment." I can hear him get up from the couch and struggle to put his shoes on one-handed.

"I- Uhm- I don't kn-" I eventually gave up trying to talk my way out of it, because he had already hung up.

dammit

I wasn't in the mood to hang out with anyone right now. I was still trying to collect my thoughts from last night.

I let out a small sigh and place my empty cup in the sink. I walked to the door and sat on the ground as I put my boots on.