Tell Me It's Love

Tell Me It's Love - Part 9

"Bailey, wake up!"

Bailey slowly opened her eyes, blinking a couple of times as she did.

A sudden pain rushed all over her neck, a result from the sitting position she had fallen asleep in.

She looked around the room and slightly moved her head to the side. A smile crept onto her lips as she looked over at Nick who was stood at the side of her bed. He was wearing his blue coat which had been zipped right up to the top. He also had his black shoes on his feet, the laces carefully tied up. His right hand was clenched as though he was holding something, almost afraid to let go.

"What do you have there then?" Bailey asked. She looked away from Nick and down at the book, now closed, that was resting against her legs.

Picking up the book, Bailey swung her legs off her bed, reaching the carpet. She placed the book back down on her table and looked back up to Nick, waiting on his reply.

"Mummy gave me money for some sweets from the shop!" Nick exclaimed, a big smile beaming across his face.

Bailey laughed and shook her head. The things he got excited for, she thought.

"But I can't go on my own, will you come with me?" Nick said, still smiling.

Bailey smiled back at him and stood up from her bed.

"Of course I'll come with you" Bailey said moving towards Nick, "on the condition that I get some sweets too" She playfully stuck out her tongue and reached out her hand, gently ruffling his hair. He giggled and shook his head away.

Bailey grinned and moved her hand. She stepped out of her slippers and walked around the room in search for her shoes. Once she had found them she put them on. Grabbing her jacket and her phone she walked back towards Nick and reached out for his hand. 

Nick smiled up at Bailey and lead the way out of Bailey's bedroom.

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Bailey walked with her hand safely holding Nick's. The sun was shining in all directions and only a few clouds were in sight. Bailey loved sunny days. Everything seemed to be more happier when the sun was out. 

Bailey put her free hand into her jacket pocket and took out her phone. She read the time to be 2:37pm.

"Bailey?"

"Yep?" She asked. She put her phone back into her pocket and turned her head to her side to see Nick looking down into his bag of sweets. 

"Is mummy ok?" He lifted up his head and bit the side of his lip.

Bailey stopped walking and looked down at Nick. His face was showing signs of true concern, mixed with a scared expression. He looked as though at any minute he would start crying.

Bailey knelt down in front of Nick and placed a small, soft smile onto her face. She sighed and looked on in thought, thinking up something soothing for her reply. She hadn't realised that Nick had noticed how different their mum was acting as well. It proved to her that she wasn't imagining the change in her mum's behaviour.

She looked back up at Nick to see a single tear fall from his eye.

"Aw Nick don't cry. Mum is fine, she's just..a little tired out from the move" Bailey said, her heart beating under her jacket. 

She wasn't exactly lying to Nick. Their mum was tired from all of the moving and the work that needed doing around the house. But, Bailey still thought there was more to it than just that.

Bailey lifted her hand up to Nick's face and gently wiped away the tear that had fallen. 

"You have no reason to worry. I promise everything will be ok" 

Bailey smiled as she watched Nick nod his head slowly.

He sniffed and lifted up his head, looking around where they was. His eyes stopped and a look of confusion appeared on his face.

"Bailey.."

Bailey noticed the confusion on his face, "Yeah?"

"Why is that boy with curly hair looking at you?"