Tomorrows

O N E C H A R L I E

A/N
this takes place directly after nick and charlie :)

laying here in his arms almost made me forget about everything that's happened. almost. but then the last two weeks flash through my mind. we were both still naked from the night before. i grab onto nick tightly. as if he were going to disappear at any moment.

he squeezes me back as if he knows what i'm thinking. he has a weird way of doing that, knowing what i'm thinking. i crawl on top of him and plant a kiss on his lips. "i love you," i say quietly.

"i love you too," nick responds.

suddenly his bedroom door opens. "Nicky?" his mums voice says. i grab the duvet and bring it up over us. his mum knew we had sex but that doesn't mean that she needed to see me laying on top of her son completely naked. "oh well then. i see you two have gotten back together."

nick and i both start laughing. i climb off of him and he sits up still covered by the duvet. he hands me my clothes and starts getting dressed himself. once i hear the door close i start getting dressed.

"awkward," i say. nick just laughs. and i swear to god. that's the best sound i've ever heard. i laugh a little too. i walk over to his closet and raid it for a jumper.

"what do you think you're doing sir?" nick asks. i ignore him. there are soon arms around me, pulling me away from the closet. but my hands are already grasped around a navy adidas jumper. i kick my legs out and we're both laughing.

everything is perfect again.

—-

nick insists on driving me home even though i could easily walk. the sky is getting dark by time we pull into my driveway.

i get out of the car and so does he. we walk into my house holding hands. tori is sitting on the sofa playing mario kart with oliver, who even at nine pauses the game to run over to me and get me to pick him up. which i do.

"ollie you're almost as big as him mate," nick says laughing.  oliver just smiles and hops down running back over to the sofa. we join them.

"glad to see you back nick," tori says.

"glad to be back," nick says. he wraps an arm around my waist and i wrap one around his shoulder. the four of us sit like that for about twenty minutes before mum walks in.

"oliver. bedtime. oh nick! you're back. i haven't seen you round in a while," she says.

"erm yeah," he says. he looks at me. 

"is it okay if he sleeps over tonight?" i ask to break the awkwardness. she crosses her arms but nods.

"if his mum is okay with it," she agrees. i smile and take his hand.

"night tori!" i say as i lead nick up the stairs.

"goodnight you two."