Promise you won't leave...(Nick and Jojo)

Part 11

Jojo pov:
On Saturday morning, I woke up because of Nick, again. He had stared at me from very close to my face for quite some time before he shook my shoulder and I woke up. 'Good morning, he whispered, still too close to my face, so I turned away, sat up and yawned. Just as everyday, I had slept in a hoodie, so Nick wouldn't notice my bandaged arms. Ive made the mistake of staying up too late and thinking too much again, just like almost everyday, so I cut myself again. This time it was just four deep cuts, so nothing to worry about. However, I got up and already started feeling dizzy, and just before I fell down again, Nick grabbed my arms and held me. He slowly let me back down onto the sofa and sat next to me while I held my hurting head. 'Jojo, I'm really worried about you. You haven't seen you eat anything at all for the past days. Don't you think this might be unhealthy?' 'Nick, please don't worry about me. It's just a waste of time. And I'm really just not hungry, believe me.' 'Well, it's not that easy to stop caring about someone you really like from today to tomorrow. It just doesn't work like that.' 'I know...', I sighed. He got up and brought me a glass of water. I drank it and Nick helped me get up again. I decided to take a shower, since Aileen was still asleep. Nick put his arm around my waist and I put mine around his shoulder. He helped me to get to the bathroom. I let go of him. 'Are you sure you don't need help?', he said caring, but still he smirked a little perverted while saying it. 'It's fine.', I laughed and locked the bathroom door. I took off all my clothes and looked at the wrack I saw in the mirror, myself. I took off the badages and looked at the fresh wounds and scars. I showered and already felt better after that. I left the bathroom and found Nick taking care of Aileen. 'So, you wanna go to a beautiful place today. I usually go there alone but I won't leave you and Aileen alone. It wouldn't be fair. So you're coming with me.' He said and he got dressed. About thirty minutes later, we reached a bench on a cliff at the coast. It was away from all the houses and traffic. You had a perfect view of the sea. 'Huh, now what do you say?' I was astounded,'Wow, I love it here. And the view is just straight up fucking amazing.' We sat down. I held Aileen in my arms. She slept. Everything was quite, we could just hear the noise of the sea. It wasn't the bad kind of quite, on the opposite, it was a beautiful moment between Nick and me, in a weird way, even if we just sat next to each other. After some moments, I said,'Nick, I noticed that I barely know anything about you. You don't talk a lot about yourself, am I right?' 'Yup, you're right. I'm just not very interesting. There's not a lot to talk about myself.', he sighed. 'This might sound weird but to me you are very interesting and mysterious. I don't know why but there's something about you that makes you different and special.', I answered. He stared right into my eyes. I don't know why this happened but I felt so shy all of a sudden. Once again, I noticed his pretty eyes. After a little while, I looked away embarrassed. 'So what about your Family? Parents? Any siblings?' ' Well, my parents kind of hate me because...well let's just say I've made mistakes and they sent me away because of some minor shit they 'couldn't handle'. I'm just glad I got away from them. And I do have a younger brother, who also thinks just like my parents. Don't worry, I'm better off alone and I'm happy where I am now.' 'Oh, I'm sorry. By the way, how did you get the money for the flat, if I may ask? Because let's be honest, you are one year older than me and I can barely keep Aileen and me fed.' 'Well, I've been gambling for a pretty long time. Since I was fourteen, actually. I've lost a lot, but I've won a lot too. People often say that gamblers always lose all their money and get addicted to it, so they can't stop. But that's not exactly true. Sure, you can lose everything, if you do it wrong and you sure as hell can get addicted to it. But I stopped last year because I had won a shitload of money, like seriously enough for a long time. That's why I can afford a lot.' 'Gambling? Come on, you can't tell me what you did was legal.' He sighed,'No, it wasn't. Not at all, actually. Some people I know are in this 'business', that's how I got into that. But I'm not doing it anymore, I swear', he said in a tone like I was mad at him or something. To reassure that I was not, I answered,'It's fine, seriously. I totally get it, Nick.'

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