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

Part 24

Jojo pov:
School that Wednesday was pretty bad. Nick had kept being worried about me a lot more since he found out about my selfharm. He basically watched me from a distance every break if it was possible. We met behind the school in the big break. 'Jojo, I have to talk to you.', he said when he jumped over the bench where I was sitting. 'Sure, what's up?' 'Jojo, please. It is killing me, worrying about you so much. Please, let me help you. Let me take you to therapy. I care about you and I want you to get better. Please, Jojo...' I just shook my head, 'Nick, it's not that easy. I can't trust them. I can't talk to anyone about that. About anything. Except for you. Please don't make me go there.' 'Jojo, I can't help you. Those therapists are professionals. They know how to help you. I don't. I'm afraid I'll lose you, Jojo', he said, stroking over the back of my hand. 'I...I don't know.' 'Jojo, please, do it for me, at least try going there one time, I'll even come with you. If you don't like it, we won't go there again. But we'll get through this together. I'm not leaving you.' I slightly smiled at him,'Okay.'
He looked at me and smiled too. We looked at each other way too long. Inside of me, a warm feeling took over. Then the bell rang. I looked away from him, blushing. He just giggled knowingly. He knew exactly what he was doing to me and how he effected me, didn't he?
After that schoolday, Nick and I decided to go to his special place.
We stayed there until the sunset and talked. We went home with moonlight shining down on us.
When we were at the same exact bridge where I had met that old man, Nick suddenly stopped and watched the river flow along. I stood next to him, holding Aileen in my arms. 'Do you know how much I admire you?', he said. I just looked at him in disbelief. 'I admire you so much for staying strong. I don't know what I would have done if I was in your situation. You are so strong, Jojo. You are stronger than anyone I've ever met. I think you're the most perfect person I've ever met. It might not seem like that, and I wish I could take all your sorrow off of your shoulders. But you are perfect. Perfect for me. I just wanted to let you know. You are a fucking great person.' 'Thank you Nick. But I would not have been half as strong if you hadn't litterally saved me. I will always see you as my hero. You really did save me from my uncle, from the other students, and at some parts even from myself. I really really appriciate your help so much. I would never take that for granted and I still have no idea what I did to meet such a great person like you. I'm just...I'm glad I met you, Nick', I said, hugging him. We let go of each other, but we still stood very close. Nick said in a deeper and calmer voice than I am used to hear from him,'Me too, Jojo.'
In that moment, I felt some kind of bond between us. We just stood there, looking into each others eyes. And then, Nick started to slowly move his face closer to mine. Our faces were just centimeters apart from each other. I didn't know what to do. I was afraid that this would ruin our friendship, but there sure was something more for him inside my heart&head. But was I ready for this? I didn't know. I blushed and looked away from his eyes in embarassement. He stopped for a moment, but then he slowly took my chin and lifted it, so that I had to look at him. He softly put his lips onto mine. In that moment, I forgot all my sorrows. I felt happiness. The kiss was full of emotions. He let go of my chin and placed his hand softly on my neck.  In the next moment, I pulled away from him. I didn't know why. I was just very insecure. He looked a little disappointed, but mostly worried.'I'm sorry. I just don't know if I'm ready, Nick. Sorry for disappointing you.' He smiled softly. 'Jojo, if you need more time, I'll let you have some time. I don't want you to feel forced to anything. I really care about you. And you did not disappoint me at all. I just didn't mean to, I don't know, make you unconfortable.' 'You didn't make me uncomfortable. I feel...happy.' I smiled at him, my face was probably red like a tomato. He smiled back and stroked through my hair.
Then, we headed back home. Both of us were smiling, noone said anything. And there it was again, that soothing silence between us.

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Oh, now let's get this story REALLY started *evil grin* 😈😅