The New Girl (Deanoru)

Chapter 3

Clothes were flying out of the closet and laid everywhere on the floor. Karolina could not understand how it was so hard to find just one good outfit. It's not like she's never been dressed in front of Nico before and yet why does she care so much now that Nico is actually coming over to her house. It's just to study, no need to be so extra. Is she overcomplicating this? Most likely. Will she stop though? Most likely not.

Just as she's about to try on a new outfit, a huge DING DONG's heard at the door. Damn it! Nico is already here and god her room is a mess. No time to change outfit, the one she's wearing at the moment is gonna have to do. It's a white crop top with some ripped jeans. Simple but neat. Karolina quickly picks up all the clothes that were trashed around her room and shoves them into her closet before closing it. She looks at herself one last time into the mirror, fixes her hair and smiles before rushing down the stairs to open the door.

"Hey Nico!"

"'sup"

Nico gives her usual head nod and smiles at Karolina. A moment passes before Nico continues on, "So.. you gonna let me in or not?"

At that comment, Karolina's cheeks turn red. She was so busy being mesmerized by Nico that she actually forgot to let her in. What a dumbass.

"Hahaha of course, sorry about that."

Karolina steps aside from the door and Nico walks in.

"My room is just upstairs, but would you like anything to drink?", says Karolina as she walks towards the kitchen.

"Umm I guess just cold water. The goth look is dope but does not mix with this hot ass weather I tell ya"

While Karolina's off in the kitchen, Nico walks around a little bit. The walls are filled with frames and all of them contain pictures of little Karolina. Looking at these pictures, the corner of Nico's mouth goes up a little bit. How adorable is it that she gets to see a cuter version of the girl she might or might not be crushing on.

Finishing her small quick tour of the living room, Nico joins Karolina in the kitchen where the taller girl hands her a glass of cold water. How refreshing. If Nico wasn't so preoccupied drinking her glass of water, she could've probably noticed how hard Karolina was staring at her lips, full of thirst.

"So what do you need help in?", says Karolina, snapping out of her daze.

"Um I really don't understand derivatives."

"Alright, let's head upstairs in my room and see what we can do."

After literally three hours of talking about x's and a bunch of rules that Nico could barely understand, her brain was officially fried. She couldn't take it anymore.

"Ok, that's it. I'm done. I can't do this anymore."

"I mean, we have been working non-stop for a while. Maybe we should stop for today. You made a lot of progress though."

"I suppose so. Thanks a lot for helping me out."

"Anytime. If you ever need more help, you know where to find me."

Did Karolina just wink at Nico when she said that? Oh most definitely.

Nico starts to notice how close they were actually sitting. Their arms slightly brushing against each other, fingers almost touching. Her heart is pounding so loudly, she could swear even Karolina could hear it.

Karolina was staring at her, looking for some kind of reaction at the remark she just made. Was that too forward of her? She holds her gaze a bit too long and now Nico's eyes meet her.

The stares linger for a while and Nico thinks fuck it. She leans in slightly, testing the water. At her relief, she sees Karolina leaning in as well. Karolina enlaces their fingers together and their foreheads touch. Time seemed to have stopped at that moment because all they wanted to do was enjoy this moment. As Karolina's eyes drop to Nico's lips, she can't help herself but lick her own. Her lips were so dry and she was so thirsty for Nico.

Just as she's about to go in for a kiss, her room door swings wide open causing them to jump apart. They're red from embarrassment.

"Ahem. Err, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt anything. I just wanted to ask if Nico was staying for dinner."

"It's fine, Mom. Nothing was going on.", replies Karolina as she rolls her eyes.

"That's nice of you, Miss Dean, but I should actually get going. My parents are waiting for me at home."

"Oh please dear, call me Leslie. Such a shame, hopefully you can stay the next time you come over."

"Of course."

After that comment, Nico returns the warm smile Leslie Dean offered her and gets up to pack up her bag. They slowly walked down the stairs and reached the door. Nico turned around to say goodbye to Karolina, but she couldn't look at her in the eyes afraid of what she'll do when she looks into those beautiful blue eyes of her best friend. Yeah, best friends, because that's what they are.

"Well, uhh, see you tomorrow at school, Karr"

Given the situation, Nico wasn't sure if she should give Karolina a hug before leaving. She stood there awkwardly waiting for some kind of response. Luckily for her, Karolina is a very affectionate person in general and immediately reached out to hug Nico before she stepped outside the door.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow Nico."

As Karolina closed the door, she let out a huge sigh. It's like she was holding her breath in the whole time. Holy shit, she and Nico almost kissed. Wait until she tells Gert. With that thought in mind, she couldn't stop smiling to herself as she was making her way up to her room.