New Body, New Life

Chapter 9

Niklaus's POV

It was the end of the movie and Lydia was sleeping with her head resting on my chest, I didn't want to wake her up so I pick her up in bridal style making Hope and Rebekah looking at me and then change glances between each other.

"What? She fell asleep and I decided that it was better not wake her up." I try to reason

"We didn't said nothing, Nik." Rebekah said with a smile that said everything.

"Dad, I really like her so if you hurt her I will be very angry and you know that no one likes to see me angry." She said and I smirk because she was really like me.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything."

"Good, because she is the closest that I have to a best friend." She said, I just nodded and walked away.

I always felt bad about my daughter not have any best friends like is usual a girl have during her life, for how much Hope tried to show me she didn't care about that, I knew she wanted to have a best friend like girls of her age had but that she didn't had one because everyone were afraid of me so didn't like to see their kids hanging out with my daughter and she never once blame, she was the best daughter I could ask for...

I decided to put Lydia in the guest room next to Rebekah's room, I lay her down, took her shoes and even that she was already sleeping, I decided to kiss her forehead and wished goodnight and when I turn around to be with Hope and Rebekah, I felt Lydia holding my hand making me turn once again to see her, she had woke up but she still seemed sleepy.

"Can you stay here with me? Just for awhile..." She said with a sleepy voice and I nodded with a smirk.

I took my shoes and lay down next to her, then I felt her resting her head in my chest putting her arms around me making me smile, I wrapped my arms around her waist making her be as close to me as possible.

"Thank you for staying here with me" she said.

"No problem" I said and then kissed the top of her head and start to stroke her hair.

I don't know why but every time I'm around her, I feel like we already know each other and that I can be completely honest with her.

***

I woke up and Lydia wasn't in the bed anymore but was in the nightstand a folded paper into 2, which had written To: Niklaus

"Good morning Nik! Thank you so much, not just for last night staying in here with me but for everything... I woke up first and you look so peacefully sleeping that I decided let you sleep a little longer. See you soon, Lydia Martin." I read out loud and for some reason I was smiling like a stupid teenager falling in love. What am I saying? I'm not falling in love.

When Hope was preparing to go to work I decided to go with her to see Lydia, when we arrive to the bar, I saw Lydia hugging some guy and with a really big smile on her face and for some unknown reason that made me get crushed inside, I felt anger and sadness and also some jealousy but it was stupid I feel like that, it's not like she was my girlfriend and then I realized that I was truly falling for this girl.