Keys // Nicolas Brown

Act. 14 The Night Begins With The Unknown Question

"This is Alex Benedetto, the one and only. Of course she stays with us ever since we rescued her from the big bad wolves," Worick grinned as he slung an arm over Alex's shoulders and I smiled warmly at her.

"That's nice, I a-"

"Mine," Nicolas grumbled as he pulled me to his chest.

"That's very nice too," Alex giggled as she smiled at us. "I'm glad that Nicolas has someone he loves enough to be possessive over."

"Ha, ha. Very funny," he spoke before turning around and pulling me along with him as he started to go down the stairs.

"Nic!" Worick stomped on the ground to catch his attention as Nicolas gave an annoyed grunt in response.

"What about the party then?" Doug called out as I turned around and stepped up a bit, Nicolas' arms coiling around me.

"We can go out somewhere tonight to celebrate, all of us, obviously. How's that sound?" I suggested as I got nods from Doug and Alex, Worick giving me a thumbs up as well.

"How about big mama's place or Bastard?" Worick asked as Nicolas let out a load groan of annoyance.

'Hurry this stuff up,' he signed as he tugged me down another stair.

"We can go to big mama's and celebrate there, if not then we'll head to Bastard!" I called out as Nicolas spun around and went down the stairs, taking me down as well with him.

"Nic!" I squealed as he pulled me into the air, twirling me once before setting me down on his bed.

Smiling at me, he walked towards me as I raised an eyebrow at him, leaning back on the bed. Jumpin onto the bed, he held me close as I fell back, my hair spreading out over the sheets as he laid over me.

"I missed you," he groaned out as he buried himself into the crook of my neck and shoulder.

'Thanks?' I signed over his back so he could still know what I was saying as I ran my other hand through his hair.

'Still just as mean,' he signed back as I felt him smile.

'We were good friends,' I looked at him as he raised his head to stare back at me.

'Then you left me,' he joked with a grin.

'You fell for me first,' I claimed as he raised an eyebrow, impressed that I remembered.

'Can't deny that,' he admitted as he kissed me softly.

"YOU OWE ME MY DARN MONEY WORICK!!"

Breaking off the kiss, I propped myself up to see Doug standing there. As Nicolas rolled off me with a grunt, he turned to me in confusion as I told him what had happened.

'They bet on us.'

Nicolas' mouth turned into an 'o' of realization as he shrugged and laid back on the bed, annoyed someone had interrupted us.

"NO WAY DID YOU CATCH THEM?! COME ON I WANTED TO!!" Worick called out as I heard him run around upstairs before making his way downstairs.

"We were not doing anything," I narrowed my eyes at the both of them as Worick sighed.

"Awe, they're not even hugging . What a bummer!" Worick snapped his fingers as I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah man, I wish Nic would just hurry with the kisses," I replied sarcastically as I got off the bed.

As I turned to leave, I saw Nicolas perked up on the bed as I threw my hands in the air dramatically.

"Oh, so that's when you decide to pay attention to what's being said?!"

Letting a huff out, I went up the stairs to see if Alex had any spare clothing.

"Oh, I actually didn't get to catch your name," Alex pointed out as we went to her room.

"Y/N L/N," I answered her as she smiled at me.

"Great! Because I'm sure Nicolas wouldn't like it if I called you 'mine' everywhere we went," she giggled as I laughed with her.

"Woah, Worick buys you all this?" I questioned as I stared into her closet. "Who would've known he likes spoiling you so much?" I chuckled as I saw the clothes sets hanging.

"He tends to go a bit overboard, but that doesn't mean I wear all of this. Plus, I don't go out much so it usually doesn't matter," she sighed as she pushed through some of the dresses.

Okay! So you can come up with your own or pick any of them!

"Oh wow! You look so stunning with the trail coming down," Alex gushed as I scrunched my nose up.

"I'm short and I'm going to trip over this," I argued as she laughed.

"You'll be fine, then maybe Nic can catch you in his arms," she teased and I poked her cheeks.

"What about Worick with you? Have you guys had fu-"

"You bet we have!" Worick cut me off as we walked into the main room.

Alex choked on her breath she had taken in as I burst with laughter, my keys ringing together as I kept stumbling with laughter.

Yet everything died down in an instant when Alex gave me a curious look.

"Oh, I did mean to ask, what do your keys mean?"

lol I've got to shower and then stay up all night because I've got to drive to another town for work in I forget how many hours how lovely :)