1 year later
Nic's POV
"And...we're done." Lauren said as I slumped down on the sofa, exhausted and pained. My lower back and shoulders are killing me from carrying all these heavy furniture, bags and moving things around.
Lauren sat down next to me and rested her head on my shoulder. "You can't be serious?" She asked as she looked up at me with her beautiful brown eyes.
I raised my eyebrows at her as she shook her head at me, disappointed from my lack of energy. "What? I did all the work while you've been bossing around." I answered while rolling my eyes.
"I moved the table." She pointed at the coffee table that lie in front of us. She gave me the duh look as I wanted to slap that precious face of hers. Didn't she see the work that I've done?
"Really? Who brought the bags inside? Who placed that t.v. that you're seeing in front of you? Who placed all the furniture in this room? The kitchen equipment? This sofa you're sitting on? Our bed?" I asked sarcastically.
She placed her hand on her chest and acted hurt. "Don't start with me. The kitchen equipment you're talking about, are in their boxes!! You're waiting for me to unpack them. I placed all the food inside the fridge so you could eat it all!! The pictures on the wall, I placed them. Our clothes in the closet, I put them in there!!" She fired, eyebrows connected from frustration. Oh shit, she's mad for real.
"Are you on your period?" I asked, petrified.
"Yes and it hurts." She cuddled into me and I hugged her, shushing her from tearing up. I told her to lay down as she was hesitating to let go but she slowly did and held her lower abdomen in pain. I went to grab some painkillers with water so she could swallow them. I brought the usual heating pad and filled it with hot water. I wrapped a towel around it so it doesn't feel to hot. This became normal for me to do so since her period is always a bitch for some reason. I'm lucky enough to not feel the pain.
I went back to her to see her face scrunched up from agony and I felt sympathy towards her, but I didn't show her; no one likes to be stared at sympathetically. I gave her the cup of water and the painkillers so she would swallow them. I sat beside her on the couch. "Wait, have you eat? You have to eat first so the painkillers would work."
"Yes I did." She said and swallowed it. She laid down on the couch and I removed her hand that she placed from her stomach. I lifted her shirt off a little bit and placed the heating pad on her lower abdomen.
She sighed and tried to relax although the pain is still visible in her eyes. "We'll wait and if it didn't work, I'll bring some oil or cream so it would easy the cramps." She nodded and I shook my head at her. Why didn't she tell me she had her period? I wouldn't have let her off the bed and do anything for that matter. And why did I forget it's her time of the month? I feel stupid.
I heard my phone ringing and I hastily took it out of pocket to see my dad calling. I stood up and walked away from Lauren to not disturb her and answered the phone. "Hey dad."
"Hey Cole, how's the apartment?"
"Good. We finished unpacking most of our things. Actually, I think we unpacked everything except the kitchen equipment." I answered, looking around mine and Lauren's new apartment. I felt pretty proud of myself from what we accomplished.
"That's good. I know you're exhausted from moving in to a new home but I was wondering if we could go fetch our suits together." He suggested and I could feel hope as he spoke those words but I knew I was about to tear that down.
"Is Jonathan going to be there?" I asked, knowingly how both of our parents are trying to fix our broken relationship.
He paused which gave me just the answer I needed. "Dad, I can't." I said like always whenever Jonathan is mentioned in our plans and I heard him sighed sadly.
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Time Goes By [COMPLETED]
Romance(This book has its flaws, read at your own risk) Nicloe Erickson or Cole is an outcast straight A's student who was bullied throughout of highscool, and being an out-of-the-closet lesbian doesn't help either. She was humiliated and manipulated cou...