Guarded Hearts || A Nika Muhl Romance

12.

Lauren's POV

"You guys really aren't coming to the away game tomorrow?" Paige asks Nika and I during a break in practice.

"Can't," I answer. "I have a friend coming over," While it may seem that I've only been talking and making friends with the women's basketball team, I have made some normal friends from my photography class. The one coming over tomorrow night named Bailey has planned a couple of hangouts but they never got out of our texts.

"And I'm broken," Nika says, smiling but it's obviously fake. I know she really misses playing with the girls.

"You are not broken," I argue, facing Nika. "Just temporarily... unable," I finish, trying to hide my laugh at my poor attempt at making her feel better.

"Okay love birds," Paige says, getting up and rolling her eyes.

"We aren't love birds," I shout at the back of her head.

"Yeah," Nika adds in. "Just friends who happen to do things together," The last part earns an "ew!" from Paige and Nika waggling her eyebrows at me.

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"I mean you might as well come over," I say while driving Nika home. "You're gonna be alone and I'm already having someone over,"

"I'll think about it," She says, opening the door as we're at her apartment.

"You will not think about it!" I call through the open window at her while she's walking away. "I don't want you to be alone!"

"That or you're kinky and wanna fuck in the bathroom while someone's in the other room!" She yells back.

"Nika! What the fuck!" I scream, mortified. I think she might be the kinky one.

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"She just fucking bailed," I say to Nika, through a mouthful of chips and looking down at a text. We're sitting crisscrossed on my living room floor, a random movie on my TV, and snacks everywhere. I even cleaned my house in preparation for Bailey. Great. I assume we're not friends, she's literally canceled on our plans minutes before multiple times. Like what the hell??

"Guess your kinky dreams are gonna have to wait for another time," Nika says, scooching closer to me.

"Excuse me?" I say, smiling and getting up to sit on her lap, wrapping my arms around her neck so that I'm looking down at her. "Are you calling my dreams weird?"

"Oh my god never," She jokes, being taken aback, then lowers her voice slightly. "I have some of my own, so,"

"Oh you do, do you?"
"Mmhmm," She mumbles, reaching up to kiss me.

"Care to share with the class?"

"No, but I'd care to share with you," At this, she stood up, carrying me with her, and lies me down on the couch.

~~~~~

After a crazy little, um, sex break we'll call it, Nika and I decided on a movie after getting comfortable on my living room floor with Chinese food. I tried to avoid watching the game tonight so as not to upset Nika and I think it's working pretty well considering she's sitting across from me giggling her fucking ass off.

"Gay or straight?" She asks laughing, clearly already knowing the answer because of what we literally just did less than 30 minutes ago.

"Is that even a question?" I smile, entertaining her and shoving another general tso's in my mouth. "My turn! Okay, funniest word, poop or fart?" I should have none what this would do to her because it absolutely set Nika off. She's a giggling laughing mess on the floor, snorting her water through her nose while I just sit back and watch her with the biggest smile on my face. She's drunk if you can't tell and the cutest drunk I've ever met.