We've Only Just Begun

Part 41 - Back To Normal

*ABBEY'S POV*

I woke up around 10 AM the next morning, still wrapped in Nathan's arms. It was really hard for me to open my eyes because of how much I had been crying the night before, they stung so bad, and all I wanted to do was just go back to sleep. 

Nathan felt me stirring and woke up next to me. He tilted my chin up to his face and looked at me, his face was so tired and cute that it made me laugh a little. He smiled at me.

"What?" He asked. 

"Nothing." I smiled back and then reached up to kiss him. He squeezed me tight. "Morning." I said.

"Goodmorning love. How are you feeling? You had me worried last night." He said. 

"I know, I'm sorry." I replied. I started drawing with my finger on his bare chest. "I'm alright, I think I got all my crying over with." 

"Don't be sorry, love. You have nothing to apologize for." He brought my hand up to his lips and kissed it gently. I almost started crying again but forced myself to choke back the tears. I cleared my throat and sat up on the bed. "What do you want to do on your last day here?" He asked, stroking my back. I thought to myself for a second.

"I'd love to spend some time with my parents." I sighed. "I feel like I've been neglecting them this whole time." 

"That's not your fault though, babe." He said. He put his hand on my butt and gave it a light tap. I smiled down at him. 

"How horrible do I look right now?" I asked. 

"You've never looked more beautiful." He answered. He smiled up at me, looking pleased with himself. 

"You're a horrible liar." I laughed and bent down to kiss him.

He sat up and walked to the bathroom then, and I reached for my phone. There were so many unread text messages and I had missed calls from Siva, Tom, Ollie, Becca, Scooter, and even some friends from college that I hadn't heard from in ages. I sighed and started to text them all back saying that I was fine. I texted Steph to to check on her.

"How are you feeling?" I said. 

"I'm good. Just have a small, yet never-ending headache. Just about to leave the hospital."  She replied.

"Get some rest! Our flight leaves at 3 PM tomorrow, we'll come pick you up around 12:30ish." I responded. 

"Good :)" 

Then I got on twitter and read through some of the tweets. It was actually kind of scary how worried the fans were. They were of course more worried about Nathan and Jay than me or Steph because most of the photos that the paps took were of them. But after the boys told everyone that we were in an accident the fans were, for the most part, really sweet and wished us well. 

"@darthraderrr: I appreciate all the love guys! You're the best :) xx" 

Nathan strolled back into my room then, still shirtless. I moved to where I was sitting on the end of my bed, my legs dangling off the edge. "So I'm torn between wanting to do stuff with my parents or just staying in bed with you all day." I said with a smirk. He came right in front of me, maneuvering himself inbetween my legs. He bent down and placed both of his hands on either side of me on the bed, giving me a cocky grin. He teased me then, brushing his lips across mine for a couple seconds before I pulled his face to mine, making him kiss me. I felt his lips move up in a smile and then he moved forward, making me lay down on my back. He ran his right hand up my side, his fingers lightly brushing the skin right at my hip bone, making me shiver. I kept my hands tight around his neck, making sure his lips never left mine. Right before his hand was about to go lower, my mom called out my name from downstairs. 

I threw my head back in frustration. "Ughhhhh." Nathan laughed and stood up, then walked over to his bag to put on a shirt. I walked out of my room to see what my mom wanted. 

"Yes?" I asked from the top of the stairs. 

"Do you want to go out to dinner with us tonight?" She asked looking up at me from the bottom.

"Yeah that's fine. I'm still really tired so I was thinking about just staying in bed and resting for most of the day anyway." I replied. 

"Alrighty well we'll be leaving here around 7." She said. I nodded and walked over to my bathroom to brush my teeth, and wash my face, all that. Then I went back to my room and jumped on the bed where Nath was sitting, looking at his phone. I laid down and got back under the covers again. He set his phone down and then got under the blankets with me. We stayed in bed pretty much all day. We watched some TV, slept, and kissed quite a lot. It was pretty much exactly how I wanted to spend my day. Though I'm sure that if my parents weren't right downstairs that we would've been spending it a lot differently. I hadn't had an intimate night with Nathan since we left LA, it was getting to me a bit and he could tell so he decided to tease the crap out of me. It wasn't fun. 

I was reluctant to get out of bed and get ready for dinner but I was excited to finally spend some time with my parents and not be worried about anything. We went to this local Mexican restaurant right outside my neighborhood that I grew up going to. It was really nice and I was so much more relaxed, everyone was. 

When we got home we all sat in the living room watching TV and drinking wine. 

"So Nathan, when do you go back to the UK?" My mom asked. My heart sank. I did not want to talk about this. 

"I'm not sure yet, honestly." Nathan replied. "I think we're set to stay in the US for another month." I looked at Nathan and smiled, trying not to give anything away, but he could see right through me. He squeezed my leg and gave me a sympathetic look. 

"Abbey are you going to work over there with them?" She asked. 

"I don't know." I snapped back. She looked at me confused. "Management hasn't said anything to me about it yet." I sighed.

"Well, do you want to go over with us babe?" Nathan asked. I hadn't really thought about it. I guess in the back of my mind I never really contemplated leaving the US and living in another country, but I was so invested in this job, and relationship already, that being that far away from Nathan would kill me. I mean I'm sure we could try to make the distance work, and it would work, I just would miss him way too much. 

"I hadn't really though about it, but if you boys, and Scooter, need me over there... then yeah I'd love to go." I smiled. 

"We don't just need you over there, we want you over there. I don't see why it would be an issue. We'll just have to have a chat with Scooter soon, that's all." He replied, then bent down to kiss my forehead. My heart was pounding, I was genuinely nervous but very excited at the same time. Once we talk to Scooter and hopefully get his approval, I had some major planning to do. I also had to talk to Stephanie and see where her head was at. It was going to be stressful, but hopefully it would all work out. 

I looked up at Nathan and smiled so big. He bent down to kiss me. I looked over at my mom who was smiling but she looked a bit hesitant. I could tell she wasn't too keen on me leaving the country. But she's always been the kind of person who wanted her kids to pursue their dreams, and I wasn't just pursuing mine anymore, I was living it.