Shape of my heart

6

Sunlight creeps into the room and rests upon Nicole's face causing her to wake up first. Brian is still holding onto her and lightly snoring. She enjoys the view of him as he sleeps. She lays a light kiss on his lips. He softly stirs but remains snoring. She manages to get out of his embrace to go use the bathroom. When she gets back in bed, Brian puts his arm back around her to pull her closer.

"Good morning honey bee." Greets Brian, eyes still closed against the morning light.

"Good morning babe." She rolls over and gives him a gentle kiss.

"Mmmm I could definitely get used to that."

"I bet." She kisses him again.

"You keep that up and you won't be going anywhere today." He teased, finally opening his eyes to look at her. He was in awe of her beauty. He had seen what she looked like when she wakes up before but this morning felt different.

"I wouldn't mind that at all actually." She grins at him. "I need a self help day to be able to recover from last night and all the wine I drank."

"How about we start with breakfast? Are you hungry?"

"Starving. Does that mean you are cooking?

"It sure does. Meet me in the kitchen so we can see what we have to work with."

"Okay. Sounds good." She smiles and rubs her nose against his before exiting the bedroom.

She heads down stairs to the kitchen and grabs a water bottle out of the fridge. She gets her phone out her purse to check her messages.

Aj

Good morning sweetie. I hope you enjoyed your day yesterday. Missing you and that beautiful smile. Maybe we can get lunch later. Let me know.

Joey

Was thinking about you all night and wanted to see if you're free to do something today. Call me when you can.

Nicole lets out a sigh. She had already forgotten about Joey and Aj from how great the date went with Brian. She thinks about the situation for a moment. What am I going to do? I love Brian but I still want to be fair to the guys. I need to figure this out and soon. She ignores their messages and sends her assistant an email about her not coming in today. As she types, she feels arms wrap around her body and kisses along her neck.

"You look so cute when you're focused on something." Whispered Brian into her ear before pulling away.

She gives him a faint smile before finishing her email and placing the phone on the counter.

"What's up babe? Something wrong at the office?" Asked Brian, looking at her from across the island.

"No everything is good. Just a lot on my mind."

"Anything I can help with? You know I'm always here if you need to talk."

"No it's fine babe. You know how I get when I overthink sometimes."

"Are you sure?"

She looks into his pretty blue eyes and feels a tugging sensation on her heart. Should I tell him? I don't like keeping secrets from him especially when he's involved.

"Yeah I'm sure. So what's for breakfast."

Brian opens the fridge and looks around.
"How about eggs, bacon and pancakes? That sound good?"

She smiles over at him. "Yes it does sir."

"Great. So I'm guessing you want it the usual way I make it?" He says as he takes the ingredients out.