Beautiful Boy

mascara

amara haven

Nic and I had planned to leave a week after we talked, giving us time to pack, but also tell my family.

We sat on his bed, him sketching while I tried to muster up the courage to call Lillian.

I took a breath and clicked the call button.

Nic set his sketchbook aside and took my hand to reassure me.

"Hello?"

I hesitated, "Hi, it's uh- Amara."

Nic squeezed my hand.

"Oh, Amara! What's up, honey?" She asked.

"I have something we need to talk about with my sisters, perhaps over dinner?" I replied.

"Of course, why don't you come tonight?" She offered.

"Okay, yeah, sure," I agreed.

"Rick is moving in, isn't that exciting?" She gushed.

I hung up.

Nic giggled and I glared at him, making him stop instantly.

"We're going tonight," I said.

"We?" He raised an eyebrow.

I panicked slightly, "Well, I thought that-"

I stopped when I saw him suppressing a smile, gently hitting his shoulder.

"Hey!" He exclaimed.

I giggled, standing up to leave.

"Absolutely not!" He jumped up and caught me around the waist, "Apologise."

"No!" I protested, trying to free myself of his grip.

"We agreed on no more hitting," he said.

"I hardly hit you, you big baby!" I tried to push him off of me.

"Lunch is in five, you two," David walked past the open door and we both froze, Nic's arms still around my waist.

I took the opportunity to break out of his grip and run downstairs.

He chased me, both of us laughing hysterically.

"Aren't you two a little old to run around the house like maniacs?" David smiled, watching us.

I paused at the bottom of the stairs when David spoke, which Nic clearly didn't expect

He bumped into me, still on the bottom stair and we both giggled.

He threw his arms around my shoulders and kissed my head with an eccentric 'mwah.'

I rolled my eyes and slid out of his arms to see what David was doing in the kitchen.

"Whatcha making?" I asked, sitting at the island.

"BLTs with those homestyle fries you guys like," he replied.

Nic sat down next to me.

I nodded to what David said, "That sounds good."

He smiled.

"We're going to mine for dinner tonight," I said.

"Oh, how come?"

"To tell my Mum and sisters that I'm going to LA with Nic," I replied.

"Oh, yeah, okay," he nodded, "Could you two go find Daisy and Jasper? I think they were outside."

We both nodded, heading to the backyard.