A Distance [G.G. media story]

Twelve; Real life

     Nicki laid on her couch, curled in a ball. Her clothes from today most likely very wrinkled from her position. Her eyes watering still and her nose a light red.
     Grant was running down the hall, carrying 3 bags of ice cream, 2 pizzas, and his backpack full of movies and one of his old pull overs. His two dogs trailing behind him, wagging their tails happily. As he got to Nicki's door, the dogs sat down and waited for the door to open.
     Grant knocked his knuckles on the door as he tried to balance the two pizzas on his one arm. "Come in" Nicki called.
     Grant pushed the door open and starred at the brunette as she sat on her couch, Nora and Jett ran to her, licking her hand.
     Nicki gladly pet the two fur babies as they comforted her. "Hey" Grant says, placing the pizza and ice cream on the coffee table.
     "Hi" Nicki replied, sitting up a bit.
     "Okay. I want you to go change into the most comfortable clothes you have and put this on" Grant said, pulling out his old black pull over that had the Superman S on it.
     "Grant, I know that's your favourite sweater" She says, "You don't have to do this"
     Grant sat next to her, "I know about...." He trailed himself off.
     "My family" Nicki chuckles, "Your the only guy to survive that"
     "Is that why you don't date?" Grant asks.
     "One of the many reasons" Nicki says, she grabs the pull over and gets up. "Put on a movie"
     Nicki heads to her room, Grant smiled as he pulled out one of Nicki's first movies, nightingale. Jett and Nora make themselves comfortable on the armchair while Grant sets up the movie.
     Nicki tiptoed to the living room to see Grant smiling at a photo of Stephen, Robbie, Marcus, and her.
     "We are the four musketeers" Nicki chimed. Grant turned and smiled.
     Nicki was dressed in black leggings and Grant's pull over which seemed to be 2 sizes to big. Her hair in a messy bun and her makeup washed off other than lip balm.
     "You guys are all so close, I wish I was like that with my brother and cousins" Grant says. Silently checking out the girl in his sweater.
     "We weren't always close, when me and Robbie went into High school we pulled away from each other" Nicki replied, sitting on the couch. "I had just stared in my first stand alone movie without Stephen and Robbie, and I was popular. I was about to start filming a Disney show when we finally realized we were falling apart"
     "But still, you and them have an amazing relationship. They protect you while you annoy them" Grant jokes, making Nicki giggle. "Not a lot of family's can say they are so close"
     "Well in the Amell family, we set time for each other. We do our best to maintain a healthy relationship with one another" Nicki says, "That part didn't really start until..."
     Nicki didn't have to finish her sentence, Grant knew what she was talking about. He rushed to her side and hugged her, remember what Stephen had told him.
     Nicki leaned into him as Grant leaned back, letting Nicki cuddle up to him. Grant did not mind, at all.
     The rest of the night consisted of pizza eating, ice cream sundae contests, and debating if Star Trek or Star Wars was better.

     "I'm tired!" Grant said, laying his head on Nicki's lap. She played with his hair a bit, smiling as he began falling asleep.
     "Okay, come on" Nicki says, she started getting up, causing Grant to groan. "I'm tired to. We're going to bed"
     "In.. In the same bed?" Grant asks nervously.
     "Grant. We're both adults, we can handle sleeping in the same bed together" Nicki says, Grant just nods as they make their way to Nicki's room.
     Nicki laid facing the wall, Nora beside her, Jett at her feet and Grant on the outside. As soon as Nicki hit the pillow, she was out...