Adelyn

Chapter 30

I woke up in Nathan's bed. I don't know how I got here but judging by the boy laying on top of me, I'm assuming he moved me. He's laying with half his body on me. His head is on my chest and his arms are wrapped around my stomach holding me close to him. His hands are underneath my sweater so his skin is touching mine.

He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping. You would never think that he went through all that he has. He acts cold to everyone but me and the people he's close to. Being only me and Jared. He can be sweet when he wants to. I can tell he was definitely a momma's boy.

He's never been rude to me once, not on purpouse. He treats me with so much respect it's overwhelming. I know his mom raised him right, and I wish I would've gotten the change to meet her. She sounds like she would've been a lovely woman.

I tilt my head up to look at the clock and see that it's almost 10 am. I try to slide out from underneath Nathan, but the moment I move he tightens his grip. "Nathan I need to get up."He responds with a "Mmmm?". "Nathan it's nearly 10." He opens his eyes and looks up at me. "No, stay and cuddle with me." He places a kiss on my jaw and nuzzles his head into my neck.

"Fine, 5 more minutes." He nods against me and mumbles back "5 minutes."

5 minutes turn into 20 minutes. I got to comfortable in his hold and decided to just let him hold me. I would let him hold me for as long as he wanted if I could. We eventually got up and around for the day but it took me awhile to get Nathan to finally get out of bed.

He wanted to sleep for longer, which was a little unusual since he's usually an early bird. He must just be really tired from last night. It could have been a little overwhelming for him.

I help him change his bandages on his bullet wound and clean his knuckles that had dried up blood on them. We worked together on cleaning up his room. He tried to convince me not to help him since he made the mess but I insisted.

Now we are staring at the holes his fists made in the wall. "What should we do about it?" I ask. He crosses his arms and presses his finger to his chin like he's deep in thought. He hums for a moment before speaking. "We should put up some pictures over them."

"What pictures do you want to put up?"

"Pictures of us. Me and you." He says, My eyes light up at that thought. We don't have any pictures of us up anywhere. I like the fact that he wants pictures up of me around.

"Okay which ones?" I ask. "I want some of the ones we took on our birthday, and some of the selfies you took of us. I was thinking we could also put some up on that open wall as you walk in the front door." I smile at him. "Why over there?" I ask.

"Well the wall is looking a bit bare, and I want it to be the first thing I look at when I come home."I blush at his words. He wants me to be the first thing he see's.

"Okay we can do that."

"Good." He leans down and locks me into a passionate kiss. He wraps his arms around my waist pulling me closer to him. He pulls away for a moment to catch a breath. He presses his forehead against mine and looks into my eyes.

"I love you." He whispers against my lips. "I love you too." I whisper back. He grins. "God, I cant get enough of you saying that." I smile up at him. "Well, I love you." His grin gets wider and I can feel his heart beating rapidly. It makes me happy that I make him feel this way.

We stay locked in a hug for awhile before we pull away from each other. We picked out the pictures Nathan wanted to put up and sent them in to get printed out, now we just have to wait before we can go pick them up. We head downstairs and I began cooking waffles, as a late breakfast, per Nathan's request.