Safe Place ~ WayHaught

I Know You Better Now

[A/N : This is gonna be a really sweet, happy chapter. Comment what you think will happen next!]

~Two Weeks Later~

~Waverly POV~

So, the past two weeks have been really complicated. I was possessed by Mictian for about 8 days, which was. . . fun.

Seriously, Waverly? Now is not the time for sarcasm.

I don't really remember much of that, just how it started and how it ended. I remember falling asleep in Nicole's arms and waking up to her pointing my shotgun at my kneecap. Wynonna says that I wasn't me for a long time and Nicole didn't leave my side once. But she seems different. I don't know what happened, but Nicole isn't herself.

Like I can talk. . . I was literally not myself for over a week.

She hasn't been talking to anyone. She'll smile and laugh, but I haven't heard her voice in forever. It's been a week since Mictian was killed. It was 8 days before that. Wynonna says that Nicole hasn't spoken since the night everything started.

"Hey, IcyHaught!" I smile at the strong arms gently wrapping around me. School has been out of the question for a while so me and Nicole have gotten to spend a lot of time together. "How ya feeling?"

My heart almost stops when I hear her voice. At first she hums, kind of in a happy way, then she actually talks to me.

"Better." That's all she says, but it's enough.

"Nicole! You talked to me!" I jump out of my chair and almost tackle her.

"Woah, now! Calm down, Waves." She laughs out and I can't breathe. God, I've missed her voice.

"Sorry. I just got excited. I've missed your voice." She smiles at me and pulls me back into her arms.

Her eyes are locked on mine and we're just standing in the middle of the dining room. I allow myself to get lost in her eyes for a while. It's beautiful. I can see the emotions that are coursing through her brain and all of the courage to deal with them. Getting lost in Nicole's eyes is something I should do more often.

"I'm sorry, Waverly." I hear her voice again and it gives me chills. Chills in a good way.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. I love you. And if you couldn't talk or didn't have anything to say, it's alright. Because you're here. Because you've been here." I want so badly to kiss her right now.

I feel her hand pulling me a little bit closer and I think that she can read my mind because she's starting to lean forward. "I missed you." She whispers into my ear and the feeling of her being this close to me is terrifying in a good way. "And I need to talk to you." She pulls back and takes my hand again.

Ugh! Just kiss me Nicole! I swear, every time I think you might, you just don't. It's frustrating as f***.

She has my hand in her own and is leading us upstairs to my room.

~Nicole POV~

I help Waverly get situated on her bed before closing the door and windows. I run over and sit down beside her. I pull her head over so she's curled up and using my lap as a pillow. My Waverly. I smile and rest an arm over her shoulders to mess with her hair. She laughs happily and turns herself so she's facing my stomach. We haven't kissed, in any way, ever. But I want to. I'm not so scared of her leaving me or bad things happening to us. I was, before the whole 'Mictian' thing happened, but I trust her now.

Over the past week since Mictian got-um-you know, dead, we've gotten to know each other a lot more. I learned about the Earp curse, which makes sense. I learned about what happened to Willa and her Dad. I learned about Wynonna. But mostly, I learned about her. I learned about my Waverly.

I learned that she loves to drink, but doesn't have much of a tolerance. Me too. I learned that her favorite position to snuggle with me is this one. The way she is right now, curled up with her legs by her chest, her head on my legs, and her face close to my stomach. Also my favorite way to hold her. I learned that she sleeps with four or more blankets and if I try to take one, she will bite my hand off. She likes to sing, and she's really good at it. She's very open with her emotions, if something is bothering her, I don't even have to ask what it is, she'll just tell me. I learned about her past, not just with Mictian, but with her family. I learned about how mean Willa was to her. How her mama left when she was four. How her daddy hated her because she wasn't even his. How, Wynonna is the only real family she's ever had.

I learned that my favorite thing about her is her anger. Not her sweetness. My favorite thing about this girl is that if anyone hurts her family or friends, she stands up and refuses to take the bullshit.

I learned that falling in love didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would.

"Waves?" I ask, leaning my head down to look at her. I hear a small hum, encouraging me to continue. "What are we?" She's been cuddling my arm for a while, she starts smiling into the sleeve of my jacket and gives my hand a soft kiss.

"Whatever you want us to be." She whispers while looking up at me. "I want us to be everything that you want."

"How about," I pause before continuing because these words are not easy, even though I've been feeling them since the moment I crashed into her in that hallway. "Maybe, we can be in love."

"Yeah. I'd love that." Waverly sits up to look into my eyes before brushing some hair from my cheeks. "Nicole, I really do love you."

"I love you too."

I feel like our first kiss should be happening right about now, but even if it doesn't, the moment is flawless. Her hands are tracing shapes on my arm. My arm is holding her shoulders. She's smiling into the sleeve of my jacket, and nothing could ever make this moment more perfect.

I am in love with Waverly Earp.