zibby || nick robinson

.06

author's note before jumping into the story —
sorry it's been so long since i've updated... yet again. my class load was crazy this semester and barely had time to pick this back up. here it is though. i plan on writing another chapter soon. this one is quite long compared what i wrote before for chapters and super unedited as always. hope you all enjoy! thanks for all the support and lovely comments i got while i was gone. much love!

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i woke up with nick being gone from my bed. how heavy was i sleeping? i rubbed my eyes before grabbing my phone. the screen read 8:37 am. i sighed i adjusted myself to sit up. out of the corner of my eye, i saw a piece of paper on my nightstand.

zibby,
thanks for letting me come over and sleep in your bed. i needed a break from my house and just everything.
nick
ps you're cute when you sleep.

holding the note in my hands, i brought it to my chest and absolutely melted. there was so much about nick i didn't know, but when he was with me i felt so at peace. i'm starting to feel myself really like him. just the thought of him makes my stomach do flips. i wanted to know him more, know all parts of him, even parts he doesn't want to share. it's going to take some time, but i just love being around him. i can wait.

i picked up my phone again and decided to check my messages from erin.

erin: YOU KISSED?
erin: BITCH WHAT
erin: DETAILS
erin: NOW
erin: LET ME LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU

i giggled before responding explaining the whole date to her. i knew she would eat this up, she lived for romance. i mean i do too, but now that i'm experiencing all of this, i really don't know how to put my thoughts together. at times i want to pinch myself because it doesn't feel real...

opening up my messages to nick, i sighed before typing.

me: when did you end up leaving? and how did you not wake me?

while i waited, i opened spotify and began playing some of my music. i got up from my bed and turned the volume all the way up before tossing it back on my bed. i sang along to sunflower by rex orange county while walking to my closet trying to find an outfit for the day. i grabbed a tank top and a pair of floral flowing shorts tossing them onto my bed beginning to change. i looked in the mirror with slight hatred in my eyes feeling uncomfortable about the way my thighs looked in the shorts. my thoughts were interrupted from a notification going off. i picked up the phone and saw nick replied,

nick: not too long ago, maybe like 7? it wasn't hard not to wake you, you were dead asleep babe

me: you could have woken me, i wouldn't have minded. i appreciate the note though.
me: you're always allowed over nick, okay?

nick: thanks zibby, what are you doing today?

me: nothing, i was just gonna sit around the pool and try and do a lil reading.

nick: you mind if i come over?

me: what did i say like not even a minute ago?

nick: okay okay, i'll see you later zibby

i bit my lip reading the message and rereading it all over again. i slid my flip flops on and the book sitting on my dresser before heading downstairs and out back to our pool. i set my things down before walking over to where we kept sunscreen. taking the hair tie that was on my wrist, i flipped my head over to gather my hair into a high pony tail. i made sure to pull out some pieces to frame my face otherwise i felt like i looked bald. i sprayed the sunscreen onto my body, double spraying, not wanting a burn. i returned over to the lounge chair picking up my book and opening to where i had slept off. it was great expectations by charles dickens. wouldn't be the first time i read it, but i was rereading again for my literature class for senior year of high school. i loved it the first time i read it, a second time i was bound to love it even more.