Marriage, a Heartstopper Fan-fiction

Chapters Forty Two Flashback-10

"Charlie if you wanted to hangout with just your friends you didn't have to lie you could've just said so" Nick said with a heartbroken look on his face, he absolutely hated it when I lied about to him, but I think once I tell him what we were actually up to he wouldn't be upset anymore. "We weren't hanging out, they were helping me set up the surprises I have for you" Nick smile came creeping back, "What surprises?" I come up behind him, standing on my tippy toes to be able to reach my arms around his neck cuddling him from the back. This was really hard because Nick is quite a bit bigger and taller than me. "I can't tell you it's called a surprise" I say into his ear. He grabs my hands from his neck pulling me around so i'm now standing in-front of him "Well what's the surprise for it's not my birthday" I smile and say "if I tell you it will ruin the surprise." Tao then says from the couch "Charlie does your boyfriend have no patience at all" I laugh well Nick stands there looking unamused with Taos comment "Patience my boyfriend please he doesn't know the meaning of that word" Nick elbows me in the side and I just keep laughing.

I pull my phone out of my pocket to see if Elle has texted me anything but then I realize what time it was, we needed to leave for our first surprise. Nick has a really cute bucket list that I may or may not have read without his knowledge. I'm pretty sure he didn't want me to see it because he never showed it to me plus when I came over one time it was on his bed and he quickly pushed it into the crack between the wall and the bed. I could tell by his red flushed face that day that he was extremely embarrassed about it. At that time I didn't know what it was and the curiosity ate me alive, I know it was wrong to go through his personal stuff like that but I did. It was a small book and it said: Nick and Charlies bucket list. I thought it was the cutest thing ever, the first thing on the list is one that really caught my eye he wanted to go mini golfing together. It was perfect so that's what I decided to do first today before the picnic. I pulled Nick by the hand and said "my moms waiting we better go now" Tao followed behind us leaving Nicks house then went towards his backyard again to meet up with Elle. Nick lucky didn't notice Tao sneak back through his backyard towards the big field in his backyard.

We sat in the back and Tori was sitting in the front seat it shocked me a little because of course I told her my plans with Nick because I tell my sister everything but I didn't know she was coming it felt weird because me and Nick were going on a date and she hates being a third wheel so I have no idea why she was here. Nick was sitting behind my mom driving and I was sitting behind Tori so I leaned up beside her and whispered "Tori why are you coming I'm not trying to be rude but I don't want you to feel left out" She then replies " I told Michael about what you were planning and he really wanted to go so I thought it would be fine if we went too, totally platonically though" I smile that her and Michael are spending more time together it makes me so happy seeing someone who cares a lot about her. I don't know why she doesn't admit that she likes him because I know she deep down does and I think he likes her too. I whisper back to her again "So it's a double date then, great!" She turns her head and glares at me "No your on a date me and Micheal are just hanging out" I smile and raise my eyebrows giving her a are you sure look, she ignores me and says "Nick your boyfriend is a literal child you know" everybody in the car laughs except me. I lean into Nick saying quietly "Change of plans it's a double date now Tori and Micheal are coming too, Im excited for you to meet Michael he's become a really good friend to Tori and me" He says "I didn't even know the plans in the first place but anything you plan will be perfect" I look to see my mom driving and Tori sat playing on her phone so I give Nick a quite kiss on the lips.

My mom dropped us off and when Nick saw we were at Mini golf he said "Omg I've always wanted to come here with you I thought maybe you would think it was cliché and stupid" I hug him tight and say "Of course not! anything I do with you is fun no matter what we're doing." We all decided to sit on the bench in the parking lot well waiting for Michaels arrival. The bench is quite small so I sit on the ground beside the bench so my sister and Nick can sit. "What are you doing" Nick says as he grabs my hands to stand me up, then lifts me on to his lap. In response I say "Sorry" He then puts his hand over my mouth "No saying sorry you've done nothing wrong" I lick his hand so he will let go of my face. He then takes his hand off my mouth and licks his hand were I had just licked it "Eww Nick" I say well bursting out laughing at how wired we were. Micheal walks up and waves before pulling me off Nicks lap and hugging me "Charlie my man" he says in his usual happy tone. I could see nick in the corner of my eye I could tell he was a bit jealous at the fact that another guy was hugging me, so I pulled away and said "Hey Michael how are you i'm glad you could" I got cut off  by Nick picking me up and throwing me over his shoulder, he was definitely jealous. "Nick put me down" I say, he does as he's asked. Micheal then says "This will be fun I feel like I haven't seen you in awhile Charlie im glad we can all have a good time" Tori then says "Charlie has been to busy hanging out at Nicks" I laugh and say "guilty" I then say "This is Nick" well pushing them closer together. Micheal Sticks out his hand and says "Nice to meet you i've heard quite a bit about you" Nick smiles and shakes his hand "Nice to meet you too" I was glad Nick was behaving and being nice to Michael I could sense he didn't like him touching me but Micheal was definitely not into me he liked my sister for sure. Plus Michael is the best friend to Tori and he was always the nicest person to me as well. Often times when he was over and I didn't have anything to do he would invite me to hang out with him and my sister which I really appreciated because sometimes when I'm by myself in my room left alone with my thoughts I start to think bad stuff so he saved me from myself more times than I can count. I know he sometimes struggles with the same stuff I struggle with, mental health wise and coming out as Pansexual, which always made me feel like I could be vulnerable with him then we soon became very close friends.

Authors Note
I'm not sure if Michael was friends with Tori at this time in Alice's comics but for this story I wanted him to be included so I did. I have a question for everyone when it's not a flashback anymore and in current time would you guys like it if Tori and Michael were a couple? PLEASE LET ME KNOW??? ❤️❤️💖