Tearing Me Apart

12

Hailey's POV
"I'm gonna go on a run do you want to come?" I ask Nick as I pull my hair into a ponytail.
"Yeah sure let me get dressed" He leaves his phone on the counter and goes up to his room.
He gets a text and I can't help myself from peeking, slightly regretting it when I do.

Run behind her that ass is fineee -Richie

"Richie are you serious?!" I turn to him sitting on the sofa behind me and tackle him to it.
"Woah!! What'd I do??"
"The text you just sent Nick!! Stop looking!!"
He laughs throwing his head back and gasping a sorry.
"Yeah whatever perv" I let him go just in time for Nick coming down the stairs in his Durham practice shorts and shirt. He looks so good.
"Hey bro check your phone!" Richie yells from his spot on the sofa and Nick does as asked, his cheeks becoming extremely red.
"Ready Hailey?"
"Yeah" He heads out in front of me thankfully seeming to ignore Richie's suggestion.
"Is 2 miles to that Starbucks too far?" He asks and I shake my head taking off down the street. I hear him laugh and he speeds up to catch me, running beside me. He keeps joking around and shoving me off the sidewalk making me push him back. By the time we get to Starbucks he has fallen into a bush and my shoulder is red from his pushing.

"What do you want?"
"Um an iced coffee is fine" I don't even bother offering to pay because I know he'll get all pissy if I do. He orders our drinks and we find a table to sit at.
"Richie finally ended it with Danielle the other weekend" Nick says twirling his straw in his fingers.
"What's up with those two? Haven't they been together forever? He seems unphased by it all"
"She cheated awhile ago. He was upset then and gave her a second chance then she cheated again. They've been 'together' for months since then but at this point they're both cheating. It's best for them"
"Oh, makes sense"

We get back home and both race to the only working shower in the house.
"Hey ladies first!!" I yell and cut in front of him in the hallway.
"My house!!" He pushes me against the wall and I grab his arm pulling him back into the opposite wall.
"You said it was my house too loser" I swing the bathroom door closed and listen to him pound on the door and jiggle the knob.
"Hailey please!! I'm stinky!!"
"So am I!! I'll be quick I promise!!" I rush to start the water and jump in.

"That was like more than 10 minutes..." Nick says dragging out the plural minutes.
"Yeah I'm a girl I had to shampoo, condition, and shave"
"Meanwhile I sat on the floor because Richie said I'd make the furniture smell if I sat on it" I laugh at how ridiculous that is as he pouts and stands up.
"Is that funny?"
"Extremely I'm sorry"
"Oh I'd be sorry" He chuckles before wrapping his arms around me and hugging me tight wiping the smells of sweat and dirt across my body.
"Nicholas!!"
"Hailey!!"
"Let me go!!" I smack his arm forcing him to release me and once down I'm still sandwhiched between him and the wall.
"You still smell good" He says quietly and his eyes follow my nose from my eyes to my lips.
"Thank you" I glance down at my hands, my nails being picked at by other nails.
"Do you kiss best friends?" He mutters and follows my nose back to my eyes as if looking for an answer.
My voice hitches in my throat making my yes come out as a squeek but, by his move, he got the hint.
His lips find mine barely skimming over them before going back and pressing them to mine. I kiss back running my hand up his arm to his sweat tipped hair.
"God Hailey" He mumbles and I feel him pick up his force. My head hits the wall making him place his hand behind it.

"What is- holy shit!! Finally!!" Richie shouts and pumps a fist into the air. We pull apart Nick giving him the worst death glare I've seen. I let out a breath resting my head on Nick's and his hand falls to my back.
"I. Am. Going. To. Kill. You." Nick tenses causing me to look up and see him clenching his jaw.
"I'm sorry I heard her head hit the wall I thought something fell I was just coming to check-" Richie rambles on his probably accurate 'excuse' but I lose him pretty quickly. The way Nick's hand is resting on my back and arm wrapped protectively around me is sending sparks through my body.
"Hey" I whisper and pull Nick's lips back to mine.
"It's okay" I mumble kissing him quickly.
"I'll just go back to my spot downstairs" Richie laughs a little and goes back go where he was on the sofa.
"That was amazing" Nick smiles and looks back to my eyes.
"Yeah, it was. I gotta go" I squeeze out of his arms and slip into my room leaning back against my door.

What was that?

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