Infinity | H.S.

10

It's been about a week now and I've seen Nicole almost everyday. But I've seen more of Natalia than Nicole, since I've been babysitting her quite often. I see Nicole when she drops her off and when she picks her up but Nicole doesn't stay long when she comes to pick her up, due to Nicole's fear of the dark and what's in the dark that I've just recently learned about.

"Natalia, are you done with your food?" I ask the toddler once I notice that she's begun playing with toys again.

"Yes." She nods then gets up, picks up her plate, and hands it to me. "Thank oo, it good."

"You're welcome." I chuckle as I take it from her. I get up and quickly take it to the kitchen, placing it in the sink, before returning to the main room where Natalia has decided to draw. When I go to sit down, there's a knock at the door. I check the time on my watch to see that Nicole shouldn't be here just yet, possibly in about 15 or 20 minutes, but not right now. Furrowing my eyebrows in confusion, I head to the door to see who's here. I look through the peephole to see that my mum and sister are standing there, waiting patiently for me to open the door.

"Mum, Gemma, what're you doing here?" I ask as I open the door, giving both of them a hug.

"We came to check up on you." Mum replies. "You haven't talked to me much since you told me that you and Kelly broke up."

"I'm sorry, I should've checked up with you." I reply. "I've been kind of busy though."

"I know it's a hard time for you but I'm just so worried about you." Mum admits. "Gemma and I have been worrying ourselves sick."

"Yeah, we've been worrying a lot about you, Harry." Gemma chimes in.

"I'll start keeping in check with you both." I inform them.

"Harry, Harry, Harry!" Natalia runs up to me, excitedly showing me something that she's drawn. "I drawed you something!"

"Aw, really? Let me see." I pick her up and take the paper, looking to see that she's drawn two stick figures, one pink and the other blue, with a tree, sun, and grass.

"It's you and Mommy." She tells me, pointing to the figures on the paper. I chuckle then kiss her cheek.

"Thank you, I love it. I'll be sure to put it in my fridge." I say, in which she smiles widely.

"Who's this?" Mum questions.

"I'm Nat." Natalia tells her. "Who you?"

"I'm Anne, Harry's mum, and this is Harry's sister, Gemma." Mum introduces the two of them.

"It nice a'meet you." Natalia says.

"It's nice to meet you, too." Gemma chuckles. "Harry, whose little girl is this?"

"She's mine." I hear Nicole speak up from behind them. Mum and Gemma turn around, seeing Nicole as she sends them a friendly smile. "I'm Nicole."

"Hi, love." I greet her as she excuses herself between Mum and Gemma, stepping into the house and taking Nat.

"Hey, Harry." She smiles towards me. I lean down and peck her lips, happy to see her. Her cheeks flush and she turns back to the entrance where Mum and Gemma still are, which slipped my mind for a second. They both send me knowing looks as Gemma has her arms crossed over her chest.

"I think it's time that we have dinner together, Harry." Mum informs me. "You could bring Nicole. It'll be lovely."

"That sounds great, Mum." I reply. "When do you think we should do that?"

"I'll call you and we can set up a day." She tells me. "Gemma and I need to get going now, though, since we know that you're fine. I'll call you later."

"Okay, Mum." I say then kiss her cheek and give Gemma another hug. "You two be careful."

"We will." She says. "It was nice to meet you, Nicole. You, too, Nat."

"It was nice meeting you, too." Nicole replies.

"Nice a'meet you, too!" Natalia shouts as they walk away, causing both of them to chuckle before they get into their car and drive away.

"You know I'm gonna be super nervous when we go to that dinner." Nicole informs me after I close the door.

"Hey, it'll be alright. I'll be there." I reply. "You've got nothing to worry about."

"I'm just really bad at holding a conversation with anyone new, really." She explains. "You know this." We walk further into my house, sitting down on the couch as Natalia draws near.

"I do know this but they're pretty much exactly like me so talking to them isn't going to be too much of a hassle." I reply. "You've talked to me just fine since we've met, right?"

"Yeah, right."

"Mum, Gemma, and I are very similar so I think that you won't have a problem talking to them." I say. "They'll probably be asking me more questions than you since I didn't tell Mum or Gemma about you."

"Ooh, you're in trouble." Nicole giggles, poking my sides. This causes me to laugh, due to me being ticklish, and causes Nicole to giggle even more.

"Don't do that. I'm ticklish." I tell her.

"But you have such a cute laugh." Nicole smiles then wraps her arms around my stomach. "I'm worse than you are when it comes to someone tickling me. I kick and hit until they stop."

"Then I won't tickle you unless I'm wearing some armor." I chuckle, wrapping my arms around her and kissing her forehead.

"It would be funny to see you in armor." Nicole remarks as she rests her head on my chest.

"Really now?" I inquire.

"It'd be cute, more than likely, but it'd be funny and weird because I'm used to seeing you in skinny jeans and a t-shirt. I'd be like why the heck are you wearing armor you doofball." She explains, causing me to laugh pretty hard. I place a hand on my stomach as I laugh, my eyes squinting and causing Nicole to raise off of me. When I calm down from laughing, I look to Nicole to see that's she's smiling but also shaking her head.

"Why're you shaking your head?" I ask.

"You're a dork. It wasn't even that funny." She replies.

"I'm not a dork." I say, wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her back to me.

"Admit it, you are just a little."

"Maybe just a little."

-A/N-

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