I woke up the next morning with Nathan's arms around me. My head was resting on his chest, rising and falling as he breathed quietly. I looked up at him and he had faint, dark circles under his eyes. "Nathan..." I whispered, putting my hands on his cheeks. Nathan slowly opened his eyes and looked at me. "Morning love." he said groggily with a smile, stretching his arms. "Did you sleep well?" I nodded, looking up at him. "You look like you didn't though." Nathan shrugged and ran his hand through my hair. "You woke up in the middle of the night...and I didn't go to bed until you went back to sleep." "I woke up in the middle of the night?" Nathan nodded and set his head on mine. "But you look so cute sleeping."
I giggled and buried my face in his chest and he laughed. "Um, Cadence..." "Mhm?" I felt Nathan's hand rest on the back of my head and hold me closer to him. "What are we?" "What do you mean?" I asked quietly, looking up at him. Nathan sighed and put his lips to my forehead. "Never mind." "Okay..."
There was a loud knock on the door and it was pushed open by Tom. "You two awake?" "No." Nathan grumbled, cuddling back up with me. "Don't be a smartass, Nath." "I'll be a smartass if I want to." Nathan laughed as Tom walked over. He sat on my side of the bed and I rolled over and looked at him with Nathan's arms wrapped right around my waist. "How are you feeling Lovie?" Tom asked, putting his hand on my head. "Better..." "We have a day off today Nath...what do you two want to do?" "Cuddle in bed all day." Nathan mumbled, hugging me tight. I managed to choke out a laugh, but Tom knew I was uncomfortable. "Nath, can I talk to Cadence alone?" Nathan nodded before rolling out of bed and heading downstairs.
"You don't want to be around Nathan...do you?" I sat up and shook my head. "I don't want to get close to him..." "He's not going to be like your other boyfriends, Cadence. I can promise you that one. Don't be so scared. You can't fly unless you let yourself fall." he gave me a kiss on my head before leaving and Nathan soon walked back in. "Everything okay?" I looked over at him and nodded. "Can we go out for breakfast?" Nathan looked at me and rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh...yeah, sure."
After we were both washed up and dressed, we headed out. We walked silently with Nathan looking at the ground. "You're going to run into someone and hurt yourself," I laughed, taking his arm in mine. Nathan looked at me and I smiled. We went to this cute little cafe for breakfast and we were both pretty silent. "So," Nathan began, wrapping his hands around the mug in front of him. "Why don't you want to get close to me?" I looked at him, caught off guard. "What are you talking about?" "I heard you and Tom talking," he said, looking down. "You don't like me, do you?" "I...I never said that..." I mumbled. "It's been implied ever since you got here...what's going on, Cadence? Why don't you want to get close to me?" I took a deep breath and lowered my head. "You scare me."
We were both quite for a while until Nathan finally spoke. "I scare you?" I nodded slowly, not making eye contact with him. "Why?" "I don't know, okay Nathan?" I snapped. "So even after cuddling in bed last night, after I spent all night taking care of you...I still scare you?" "Okay, let me rephrase...I'm not afraid of you, you make me nervous." I muttered. "Now I make you nervous?" he shook his head and took a sip of his tea. I could feel tears begin to form in my eyes as I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came out. "Cadence..." I looked at him, choking back tears. "Just give me a chance...please?" he reached for my hand on top of the table and he squeezed. "There's no reason to be scared." I looked at him and he just smiled that sweet smile of his that made my heart melt. He laced his fingers with mine and smiled at me. "You can't fly unless you let yourself fall."
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