Daydreaming

How Cliché

"Aw come on. You could never do that!" I exclaimed to a very drunk Nick. "Says you. I could so get Miss Ella 'to good for anyone' Johnson to kiss me." His blue eyes held a hint of seriousness in all of his humor. It's two in the morning on a Friday night, and we broke into my sisters liquor cabinet while her wacky kids sleep soundly upstairs. She and her husband always come home late so I usually end up spending the night here, but having a half way drunk boy next to me changes that. We sat on the living room floor next to the coffee table endlessly rambling on about ideas that came into each other's mind. He called me chicken about something so I challenged him to kiss the upmost annoying snob at our school. "Nick, no you couldn't. You are so full of it. She is so stuck up that she wouldn't even glance at you!" I hit his arm, and shock was very evident on his face. "Are you saying I'm ugly?" I giggled and shrugged my shoulders in response. Suddenly I'm laying in the floor with him hovering over me. His legs are straddling my waist, and his arms are pinning mine above my head. "Annie. Say I'm sexy." His hot breathe reeked of alcohol as it fanned across my cheeks. "I'm sexy." I chuckled at my own response, but it only annoyed him. "I think you're sexy too, but if you want to get up you have to say 'Nick is the sexiest man I know. I just want to kiss him over and over again until my lips bleed." Huffing out an exaggerated breathe I repeat everything he said before, except I added on, " I also challenge Nick to kiss Ella Johnson, and if he doesn't get the kiss then I get to pants him in front of everyone at the mall." His body still on top of mine, but his face merely inches away from the tip of my nose. "Really? What if I do get the kiss? What is my reward then?" I scrunched my face in thought, until I replied "You can then challenge me to do something!" He grinned at my choice of words. "Sounds good to me. Only my challenge for you will be worse." He stood up and walked into the kitchen grabbing the nearest bag of chips. "Oh really? Prove to me that you can get that kiss first and then I'll worry." The handle on the front door jiggled with the sound of keys being fumbled around along with a few cuss words. They're home. Nick and I exchanged glances before he ran to the spare room, and I went to clean up the bottles left in the living room. This isn't the first time he's come over. He is my best friend, but my family chooses to be blind to that, still pointing out that he is a teenage boy with bad things on his mind. I'll never tell him this, but I agree. Just as I put the last bottle into the cabinet, they stumble through the door signaling they're a little buzzed, but I won't say anything because I don't want to argue. "Hey guys. I already called dad, and he's on his way. If you just want to go ahead to bed that's fine. I could lock everything up for you." I Ask while I take a seat on the couch. "Thanks Annie bug. I appreciate everything. I'll see you this Sunday for dinner. Tell mom to bring some spinach dip, okay? Night honey."She gives me a quick kiss then slowly makes her way upstairs. "Night!" Her husband hands me twenty dollars, "thanks Annie." I nod my head then return to messing with my phone. I have to wait for them to pass out before I go upstairs to get Nick.

It's been 15 minuets. They should be asleep by now. I tip toe up the steps and make my way to the last door on the left, the spare room. "Nick! Take me home!" I whisper yell. He grumbles before coming out from under the bed. "I'm under the influence. You should drive. " I really don't wanna drive, but I know he's right so I grab his keys from his back pocket with a wink, and head downstairs. Clicking off the lights, I locked the doors and pushed Nick out through the front. We climb into his old jeep, and I remind him to buckle up. "Annie. You are just so hot. Why haven't we ever kissed before?" Now I know he is drunk. Sometimes when He is like this, Nick is the most horniest boys I know. The funny part is he doesn't ever remember what happens when he is like this. We've seriously made out before, but he doesn't recall any of it. "Just one kiss Annie. I won't bite. Unless you want me to." He smirks then sneaks his hand onto my knee. I focus on driving with a shake of my head. "Nick. I'm trying to pay attention to the road here." He pulls his hand higher to my upper thigh. "Do I distract you, Annie? I think I like that enough to keep going." I drive a little quicker to get to my house, because there is no way I'm taking him home like this. "I hope you're going to your house. If you take me home then I'll miss you." I silently blush, "Yeah Nick. Were going to my house, but no funny business!" He removes his hand, and turns forward, " Okay." There soon after, we park a good distance away from the house to give the illusion that he isn't there. Stepping out of the car I didn't realize how cold it really was. A chill goes up my spine with a shiver. Nick notices my disturbance, then with a quick jog to my side he asks "Let me carry you. I'll put you down when we get to the door." I look him up and down while he stands there with his arms open. "Okay fine, but don't run it will only make you more drunk." He picks me up bridal style, and I wrap my arms around him and nuzzle my head into his neck. How is he so warm? Not much later were at the door, and I'm more tired then ever. He sets me down gently, and I unlock the door with the key under the mat. "How cliché." I slap his arm, and step inside. He follows after, and shuts the door with a quiet lock. I take his hand and lead him upstairs. Once were finally inside he decides to strip to his underwear. "Nick. You can't just get naked like that!" He shoves his clothes in to my drawer, and turns down my bed covers. "Whatever. You like it!" I grab my pajamas, and walk into the hallway to the bathroom. I quickly change and simultaneously brush my teeth. My phone lights up on the counter with a text, 'HURRY UP. I NEED YOU.' Freaking Nick. I pull my second sock on and shut the bathroom door gently. I slide down the hallway to keep from making noise with my feet. "Can you not? I was in the middle of putting my shorts on." He patted the space next to him, "Really you didn't have to put on any clothes at all." I switch the light off, and climb into the big bed. His arm snakes around my back so were facing each other. I rest my eyes, and start to drift to sleep. "Annie, do you ever fantasize about me?" A grin appears on his face as my eyes snap open. "What do you mean fantasize? Like sexually..?" He shook his head yes in response. Well I mean he won't remember any of this tomorrow. "To be completely honest I do. I think that you are completely hot, and it just happens. Sorry I'm not sorry." I sigh in a smile then close my eyes. "I knew it. You dirty girl." He laughed at the end then settles down too. Without opening my eyes I ask "what about you? Do you fantasize about me?" I hear a sigh escape his lips, "Annie. I'm a boy of course I do, but In all honesty it's not dirty things.. Most of the time." What does he mean by that? "Go to sleep, Nick. You're drunk." Yeah. He's just saying things.

Ten minuets pass, and my mind won't stop thinking what he meant by him thinking about me. It's heart warming, but what does it mean? Presently , I feel a pair of lips on my forehead, "I'm not drunk, Annie. I took four sips. Honest. Night my love." I don't move. I'm frozen in his words. Does he think I'm asleep?

Thursday

I'm sitting at my lunch table watching Nick approach Ella for the literal tenth time this week. He exchanges a few words with her, and before my eyes she barely brushes her lips against hers. What. What did he say to her!? How in the hell? What just flipping happened? He strides over the seat next to me, and doesn't say a word. "NICK. What the hell did you just do?" He sets his water down and looks at me, "What are you talking about? Oh! The kiss! Well, I beat your challenge." He smirks triumphantly. "What did you say to her this time that won her over?" I was In complete awe, and by the looks of everyone else, they're shocked as well. He looked at his shoes then into my eyes, "Maybe I'll tell you soon. The big thing you should be worrying about is how I'm going to challenge you. Ah, yes. Looking forward to that." He turned his focus forward and ate his remaining food. "I'm gonna die.."

Saturday

*via texts*

HEY NICKY BOY.

DONT CALL ME THAT

CAN I COME OVER?

IDK. ARE YOU GONNA KILL ME

IM NOT INTO THAT STUFF.

BRING CHINESE

I'm glad I'm going over to his house. We never hang out there. I tell my dad I'm staying the night with Kenzie, and pack my clothes for an overnight stay. With a kiss to my dad's head I walk outside to my car. I slide my Sam Smith CD in the CD player. "I'm not the only one" plays through the speakers as I drive through town to the Chinese place. The red building appears In short distance so I turn left into their parking lot. I step out, and lock my doors. My phone reads 630 p.m. almost missed it. Dinner hour. Geesh. The place is almost packed, but it's a medium sized line. What did he want me to order? I hit speed dial, calling Nick. "WHAT? NICK, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT? WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT? ANNIE, I CANT HEAR YOU." I hit the speaker button knowing it's my microphone. "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT? OH, I WANT TO EAT YOU, ANNIE. NICHOLAS!!!" I hit the end button quickly. Many peoples eyes widen, as they turn around and stare at me. An angry mother turns around sending daggers through her eyes at me. I mouth a sorry, and put my head down in shame.

I bang on Nick's door with the brown paper bag in hand. "Gosh, Annie. What's wrong?" I could have slapped him right there. "You embarrassed me!" He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, "what do you mean?" I laughed as I realized he didn't know he was on speaker. I was practically rolling on the floor. He looked at me like I had two heads as I turned red in my face, from laughing. Once I catch a breathe I realized he took the food from me, and started setting it up. "Can you stop being crazy now?" I shook my head and headed to the living room and sat on the floor in front of the tv. "You were on speaker phone, and the whole place heard you say that you wanted to eat me." I giggled when I finished my sentence. He chuckled a bit but didn't laugh as hard as I did. "Did you not find that as funny as I did?" He looked at me and shrugged, "I wasn't lying. I'm glad they heard me." What? We watched How I Met Your Mother reruns, until Barney said his usual 'challenge accepted' phrase. I then turned to Nick. "What is my challenge?" He put his empty carton down, and picked up his soda for a drink. "Can you handle it? You have to do it. If you don't I get to pants you in front of the school during lunch. Same for the reward as yours was for mine." I nodded my head, "Of course. I would never back down." He turned his whole body towards mine, "Annie, I challenge you to kiss me." It surprised me. "That's it? Kiss you?" He nodded. I let out a breath. I locked eye contact with him. Putting both hands on his cheeks, I neared his face. "Easy." With that, our lips connected. It was long and slow. Very tedious with his soft pink lips. I pulled away and stared into his once sky blue eyes now dark. Strange. "I challenge you to kiss me harder." With quick response he wraps his arms around my hips to pull me to his lap. My hands tangle themselves into his curly blonde hair. His mouth is forceful, and his tongue slipped into my mouth fighting for dominance. Damn. His hands cup under my thighs and pick me up our lips never disconnecting. He lays me on the floor, and his hands on my waist. Soon air gets in the way making us split. Our foreheads resting on each other's. "I've been wanting to do that for a while now." He leans down and his lips linger on mine. "I challenge you to be my girlfriend." Again his mouth is on mine. I smile and say into the kiss, "How cliché."

A/n

Sooo... Did ya like it? I thought it was short and sweet. What did Nick say to Ella to get her to kiss him? ✌️✌️