Crimson [840658]

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Waking up was something I never usually liked very much, because it meant I would have to get up and get on with my life. But today when I woke up it was different, not just because when my eyes opened I realized I was tangled amongst Nathan and the blankets, but because I felt almost, happy.

I couldn’t be a hundred per cent happy, that wouldn’t come for a while with Daniel and everything. But being back here, with my family, Nathan and the boys, Sandy and Codie back on UK soil too, it almost felt too good to be true.

Nathan slept peacefully next to me, his brown hair flopping down messily over his forehead, his eyelashes fluttering slightly as he dreamt. I was content with watching him, I could have watched him for hours on end, but that would have probably been creepy. So I settled on snuggling up to him closer, though his eyes didn’t opened he shifted positions so his arm draped over my waist. Smiling I closed my eyes again, there was no rush so why not make the most of it?

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Something tickled my cheek in an annoying manner, it was a constant little brush against the skin that wouldn’t go away. Fluttering my eyes open the first thing I noticed was Nathan, the second was how close to me he was, as he lent on one elbow facing me, and the third was the realization that the tickling sensation I had felt on my cheek was in-fact Nathan kissing me. “Hey” I mumbled with a smile as his eyes lit up. “Morninnnn” he rolled out with a smirk, still on his elbows he shifted until he was on his front looking over at me again. “Where did your shirt go?” I asked waking up a little more now, when we had gone to bed last night he had a shirt and boxers on, but sometime in that timeframe he had become more or less naked (not that I was complaining, because a shirtless Nathan was a pretty damn good sight) “Oh, I got too hot in the night so I took it off” he smirked again and the corners of my mouth tugged up “Does my half nakedness bother you?” he added and I could feel my cheeks blushing a slight pink colour. “Pfft, no” I wasn’t going to lie, I always tried to be as honest as I could, at this was one of those moments. “Good” he chuckled inching closer to me, so his bare chest came into contact with mine (not that I was topless or anything, I had my favourite set of pyjamas on, which consisted of some frilly orange shorts and an oversized top with the word ‘soul’ written in blue and pink).

“You know, I was thinking about you last night” Nathan said matter of factly, I raised my eyebrows at him “And what were you thinking of?” I pushed, the closeness of him was sort of distracting seeing as I could feel his skin and hear his light breathing. “Us. How much I like you. How I just simply can’t get you out of my head” I giggled, it sounded like he was just going to break into a Britney Spears song “Well what are you going to do about it?” I asked teasing him, he paused for a moment and just looked at me. “This” without any sort of hesitation his lips met mine again, though I was just as caught off guard as yesterday I was ready for it. Kissing him back I moved my hand to his bare chest, I don’t know what he made of it but I was too caught up in the moment to think about it properly.

When I pulled away to catch my breath he smiled back at me “I want to say something else. I know you have a crazy life, and my life is crazy too, but through all that craziness and in all seriousness I really do like you. So, uh, Hannah will you be my girlfriend?” I just stared at him without doing or saying anything, did I hear him right? “I – of course I will” he broke into a grin and took my small hand in his slightly larger one.

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When we did get out of bed, after just lying there and talking for a bit too long, Nathan told me he wanted to take me out on our first official date to a restaurant. He booked a table ahead and the rest of the day was spent talking, joking and eventually getting ready to go out.