Our Little Nerd

Pizza

Sophie's Pov

"7 to 13 minutes 'till the pizza's ready. You can go play meanwhile" I told Elliot and Sarah who were sitting in the kitchen with us. Big grins -which were adorable by the way- grew on their faces as they hopped down from their seats and ran upstairs.

"They like you" Nick muttered looking up the stairs.

"Sarah and Elliot?"

"Yeah, they never really like their babysitters. Well Sarah does but Elliot doesn't." Nick chuckled shaking his head.

"That's a good thing, right?" I questioned as I tilted my head to the right.

"It's fantastic" Nick turned to look at me and smiled. He sat down on a stool next to the island in the middle of the kitchen. I blushed mildly and turned away.

"Don't, you look cute when you blush" Nick smiled shyly at me as I turned around. His comment only made me blush even more. "Yep, cute" he stated once more.

"Sooo... What do you think about my gang?" Nick asked changing the subject and sipped his sprite.

"Well I've only met Kyle and Ricky and I don't even know them that well..." I say looking down.

"Then what do you think about them?"

"Kyle seems actually pretty nice and sweet. He's funny and... a bit like you actually" I raise my head and smile.

"Is that a good thing?"

"It's fantastic" I quote him and wink.

"So what about Ricky?"

My body tenses a bit when he mentioned him. I rememberd the punch he gave on the first day and his warning.

"I don't really like him..." I mutter quietly.

"What did he do?" Nick asks, his sounded worried and a bit angry. I guess he knew that he had done something. Ricky is that kind of a guy, you know?

"Nothing..."

"Tell me, please" Nick says softening his voice.

"The first day, when I started in here... He punched me, straight in the gut" I looked away from him.

Suddenly I felt his arms on my shoulders "Are you okay?" he asked looking at my eyes for any signs. "It's been 2 days, I'm okay" I assured him. "That son of a bi-" I cut him off by placing my hand over his mouth. "Seriously, I've had harder punches" I chuckle. Nick grabs my hand and takes it off from his mouth "What?!" he almost shouts, still holding my hand. Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said that... "Umm... Forget that I said that" I started to turn around but Nick grabbed my hand and pulled me to him. "I can take care of myself you know" I said facing him. "But you don't have to do it alone" Nick almost whispered to me smiling sadly.

"Is the pizza ready?" Elliot came running down the stairs alone. I pulled my hand out of Nick's hands and picked Elliot up and placed him on one of the stools. "Thanks for the reminder buddy" I smiled at him as I ruffled his hair. Elliot smiled back at me and watched as I took the pizza out of the oven.

The amazing scent of the pizza filled the room. "We have to let it cool down a bit" I spun around to face Elliot. "Okay... How long?" "About 5 minutes should do it" "Sure" Elliot shrugged and looked around. Nick kept looking at me as I ignored him.

"I miss mom and dad..." Elliot muttered looking down. I got next to him and hugged him "I know how you feel" I pulled away from the hug "I miss my parents too" "Where are they?" "Business trip, like always" I shrugged and walked to the pizza. "Go tell Sarah the pizza is ready, will you Elliot?" I smiled to him which he responded the same way and went to get Sarah.