Safe Place ~ WayHaught

"Haught Stuff"

~Waverly POV~

I am way too excited about school this morning and I think it's showing. Wynonna just ran upstairs to pull me out of bed like always, but I'm already up and dressed. I can tell she's confused because she's just standing in my doorway with the most priceless look on her face. I think it's cute when she doesn't know what's going on.

"You-You're dressed?" She states the obvious rather plainly. "And you're smiling. You never smile this early in the morning." Wynonna walks over to me and looks carefully at me. She's feeling my forehead as if checking for a fever.

"Uh-What're you doing, Wynonna?" I have trouble reading social circumstances, but with Wynonna, it's just impossible. She smiles at me and laughs.

"I'm just making sure you aren't possessed again." I swear I told her to never bring that up.

She can see the look I must be giving her so she throws her hands up in a surrendering motion. I love my sister so much. We're walking down the stairs now and she's being pretty typical for Wynonna. She runs halfway down the steps and then jumps over the railing, landing in a very cat-like stance on the floor below.

"So," she starts her question, "Why are you so chipper this morning?" I can't help but giggle at her tone of voice. If you know Wynonna, you know what I'm talking about.

"I get to see IcyHaught!" I smile at my nickname for Nicole, but Wynonna just looks confused. Shit! I haven't told her about Nicole yet! I start explaining the joke. "I met this girl yesterday, she kinda saved me from an impromptu make-out session with Champ." I cut myself off with a giggle before continuing. "She was looking at her schedule and walked straight into me and Champ. It was absolutely hilarious, especially cause Champ just got mad and left. Anyways, I got to talking with her and she's super sweet." Wynonna smiles at the end of my explanation and just fires a question at me.

"And her name is IcyHot? That's weird." Wynonna's laughing and I'm realizing I didn't say her full name.

"No, silly! Her name's Nicole." I pause before deciding to explain the joke. "I call her IcyHaught because her last name is Haught and. . ." I stop because I can't tell the rest without sounding more gay than I previously thought. "Oh! She's driving me to school today. I forgot to tell you, I'm sorry."

"Ohhh. . ." Wynonna smirks at me. "So, I get to meet this, Nicole Haught." She emphasizes her name and raised an eyebrow.

Before I can respond, I hear a knock at the door and I'm practically running to answer it. I open the door and Nicole is standing there with the biggest smile on her face. Maybe even bigger than my own. I step to the side a bit and motion for her to enter.

"Hey! Come in, my sister's overly protective and wants to meet you." I laugh and start leading her over to Wynonna.

When we get to the kitchen, Wynonna is sitting on a stool with Peacemaker in her hands and giving Nicole her best don't you hurt my babygirl face. I can tell that Nicole is actually intimidated by this and before I know it I'm instinctively grabbing her hand and pulling her closer. Wynonna chuckles and puts down Peacemaker.

"Hey, Haught Stuff." She greets Nicole in a very Wynonna like way. Nicole is laughing at the nickname and I can see her start to let go of the tension in her muscles. "I'm Wynonna, Waverly's big sister, well, one of them. Ya know, the not dead one." Wynonna awkwardly shakes Nicole's hand and I shoot her a look.

"You're not getting any better, hun." I tease her over her lack of social skills.

"I'm Nicole." Nicole introduces herself to Wynonna. "I'm Waverly's-uh" she looks at me, trying to figure out what to say next. "Friend?" She says this like a question and I immediately realize that I'm still holding her hand in a very not friend type of way. I let go, kind of reluctantly, and nod.

As soon as we get in her car, I look over at her and grab her hand again. "Maybe," I say while looking at our hands. "Maybe just friends, if that's what you want." Where did that come from?

She's looking at me and shaking her head. I hear her breathe in as if she was about to say something, but she decided against it. After a few moments have passed by, she squeezes my hand and talks.

"Don't you have a boyfriend?"

"I'm breaking up with him today, actually. He tried to pull some shit yesterday and honestly I've had enough of his crap. It's been over for a while now, I've just been too scared to tell him."

Nicole sighs and nods at me.

"Lets get to know each other a little more. Then, maybe we can talk about an us." She says while letting go of my hand. "I just don't want to feel like a rebound relationship."

I nod because I know she's right.

It's about to be a long day.