Roofs, Rain, and Stolen Shirts

Chapter 12- Nik's House, Again

When we walked into Nik's house there was laughter coming from what I knew to be the living room. I looked at Nik with a questioning look and he just shrugged his shoulders as well.

We slowly started towards the living room and there were plenty of people playing games.

"Oh Nik sweety, we missed you! Did you forget what today was?" That was Nik's mom.

I heard him mutter a small oh no. I turned to him, "what's wrong?"

"Its family game night."

Oh no indeed.

"Come on! Play some games sweety! Stephanie can play too." Oh no.

2 hours later and we were playing twister. I was directly under Nik on one side of the mat, and we were facing each other. I still hasn't even used my left hand so it was just slayed across my stomach.

"What are the rules with my hand here?" It was getting tiresome just keeping it on my stomach.

"As long as any part of your arm doesn't touch the ground, then your good."

I looked at Nik expectantly, it was the only thing I could think of. He nodded his head in okay, he knew what I was thinking as well.

I slowly lifted my arm and placed it on his shoulder. Well, it kept me steady and didn't make my arm numb.

And then, the group on the other half of the twister mat tumbled down and it was just me and Nik left.

"Okay Nik, right hand green!"

The closest green available was right under my head, and Nik seemed to realize that as well.

He shifted his hand from red to the green behind me. His face was extremely close to mine now and I was dangerously close to touching the ground.

"Are you trying to push me to the ground?" I whispered in his ear. He just chuckled so I looped my free arm around his neck to pull me away from the ground.

We didn't last long though. About ten minutes later we were on the floor in a fit of giggles.

At least that was the end of family game night. I though the night would be simple after that but of course, it wasn't.

Nik's mom came and told us that a few relatives would be sleeping over so we would have to both stay in Nik's room.

"Of course Mrs.Freund, you can trust us to be okay in the same room for tonight." I turned to Nik and smiled then back to his mom.

"I know I can trust you Stephanie. Sleep well!"

So me and Nik walked into the bedroom and I sat down on the bed. Then Nik started to pull blankets out of the closet. "What are you doing that for?"

"I'm sleeping on the floor."

"No your not! I refuse to allow it. This is your room after all."

"You know, I don't exactly sleep in pants and a shirt. And you don't have any sleepwear so..."

"I can sleep in my jeggings, they're comfy. And I'm guessing you sleep in your underwear, its fine."

Really all I could think was him sleeping next to me in just boxers and it excited me a little. Wait what?!?!?!? I'm so crazy.

He mubled a fine and I started to get cozy because I knew he had to get changed so I faced the other way and closed my eyes.

Soon after, I felt the bed dip slightly and the covers shift. We weren't touching but I could feel his body heat and the thought that he was next to me calmed me and I fell into a deep sleep.