Uni Reunion (A Nick & Charlie Story)

Chapter 2

"Here we are" we both step out of the car; I see my Mum leaning her side of the car just next to us.

"Hey Mum, thanks for joining" she smiles engulfing me into a hug.

"My pleasure darling," I squeeze her a little harder in the hug. Not having my Mum during Uni has been the hardest thing ever, apart from not having Charlie at my side.

"You ready to eat Charlie, dear?" I turn to watch his reaction, he doesn't seem stressed, only happy. A clear smile on his face.

"Yes, I'm ready Mrs Nelson" she scoffs at his pleasantries.

"Please, I've told you before, just call me Sarah" he nods, a tiny shade of pink appearing on his cheeks. He's slightly embarrassed about being called out.

"I'll get you boys inside and get us a table" I smile, giving my Mother's shoulder a gentle squeeze. Charlie walks over to me, his cheeks still baby pink.

"First name basis, eh?" He chuckles.

"Shut up" I smile at him, my heart fluttering like crazy. I missed him saying that to me out of no-were. I grab his hand locking fingers together and walk him inside.

I look around for my mum, I notice her near the middle back of the place. It's not dark but it's also not in the brightest part of it either. Which I appreciate.

This is only a family get together, me, my Mum & my boy Charlie. There's nothing more important than this. But curiosities do get the better of me.

"Mum... have you heard from Dad" Her face shows sympathy almost immediately.

"Nick..." I'm so upset with my own father. He's such a dick.

"I'm the only child he has that made it to Uni, you know yourself how much David fucked up..." Mum immediately reaches out to grab my free hand that sits on the table. I've not spoken too much about my dad or my brother in front of Charlie, but I get the feeling he doesn't need that much information, especially from my silly little emotional display.

"I know son, but it is his loss. And your brothers... you're in Uni now, me and Charlie couldn't be prouder of you" Charlie squeezes my hand gentle, letting me know he's there for me, a small smile shows on his face.

I want to kiss Charlie right there. He's being cute.

"I know Mum, I'm thankful I have you as a mother, you're more understanding than those 2 pricks ever will be" mum cocks her eyes-brows agreeing with me.

"Yep! You know yourself- they wouldn't be very supportive of you" even though it's just a fact... a true one at that... it still annoys me.

"Yeah, well... you're the only person I wanted to tell anything too. Blood related you know" she smiles and leans over to hug me, I let go of Charlie's hand for a split second and wrap both hands around my mum's neck. Holding her tight.

After mum returns to her seat, I immediately grab Charlie's hand again and bring it to my lips giving it a gentle kiss of respect. He smiles back at me in return.

Dinner went fairly well, we all had a laugh, Mum told me a short story of how one time Charlie visited her whilst I was away, Nellie was that excited to see him, she jumped into his arms making him fall backwards. It sounded super cute, sad that I missed it though. I would've wanted that photo for my phone background.

"Well boys, it's getting late. I should head back to my room, you two taking the room then, son?" I look to Charlie; he smiles at me so intently that I needed to spend more time with him.

"Yeah, Mum. Definitely" As mum hands me the room key, I tightened my hand around Charlie's and head back to my car. But not before we both gave my mum a hug and kiss for the night.

"You excited?" I ask Char turning on the engine.

"You've no idea" I smile again, honestly, I've not smiled this much in months. I lean over, I grab Charlie's jaw in my hand turning his face towards me and gentle place a kiss on his lips. I look at his eyes, his beautiful brown eyes staring right back at me, a small smile creeps onto his lips. His cheeks turn pinker than before. Before I knew my own actions, I spoke the words I've wanted to say since I left for Uni.

"I love you, Charlie" I subtle whisper, barely loud enough for him to hear but he replies anyway.

"I love you too, Nick"

I park outside the hotel-

Since we didn't need to check in as I already had the room key, I checked it for the floor, which was Floor 3 that we were on.

"You good with lifts?" He nodded quickly; he was uneasy in this lobby. A lot of new folks around. I immediately wrapped my arm around the back of his waist helping him to the lift and pressed the button to open it and vastly close it behind us.

I don't say anything, but I turn to Charlie and put my body against his, I kiss his forehead and he lays his head just under the crook of my neck, I held his head there in assurance that he was okay and that he was safe with me.

"I missed you" he whispers sighing into my chest. I sigh in response because I could feel how sad but happy, he was to be here.

"I missed you more" it's true, every single day I thought of Charlie. Every single day I wanted to just pack my shit up and leave. I hated being away from him. I knew he needed me, but I also wanted to get a good degree, so I could get a good job... become financially stable so I could support both Charlie and I when we got our own place together in the future.

The ding from the lift sounded and we parted from each other, my arm returned around the back of his waist to keep him close to me...

We got the door and I slide the key card into the reader and within seconds we were inside. No one was watching us anymore. We were hidden from the public eye.

"Char, you feeling any better?" He looks to me, his face beams at me with a smile as wide as the Grand Canyon and he just wraps his hands around the back on my neck.

"I'm feeling so much better now that I've got you back" he went onto his tiptoes to reach me with his lips, so I gently backed him up against the wall and met his lips with mines in a slow but passionate kiss.

I moan from the kiss, with our bodies pressed against each other. I could feel his breathing change, I could feel him twitching against me.

I missed this so much.

Him twitching against me, only made me grow.

"Do you want to do this?" Agreeing to this hotel room wasn't just so we could have some 'fun' time, I genuinely wanted to cuddle and have a few secret stolen kisses with him, but as soon as we stepped inside this room, I felt something change in the atmosphere. He changed. I changed.

"This, aside from actually spending time with you in general- was all I could think about..." I didn't need to respond with words, I simply picked him by his ass, he wrapped his legs around my torso so not to fall as I was walked over to the bed and I gentle placed him down, his legs were still locked around me so I'm just hovering above him; but I can't help but look into his eyes. The eyes that fell for me slowly, but also the eyes that I fell HARD and FAST for.

"You've no idea how much I missed you, Charlie!" He continues to smile, look right into my eyes- but at the same time I feel nervous. The first time we ever kissed I was so confused, nervous and scared. But I knew from that night what I wanted.

When I visited Charlie's that following day to apologise for my horrible behaviour when I left him, stupidly. I knew I needed to see him- but I couldn't find the words... he was apologising and saying he didn't want to lose me. I had to shut him up somehow. But when I grabbed his face to get him to look at me- everything inside me that was prepared to ramble a whole speech on how I didn't regret the previous night's kiss... the words had left my brain and the only thing I could do was action. So, I kissed him, but that kiss, I remember so vividly, it was heavier, deeper, more intense... I felt there was more passion— even with Charlie raising his body to match my height. I couldn't help but just kiss him... and afterwards is when I found the words. Almost like my soul knew what I needed to do before a verbal apology was given.