Not so platonic (Corina)

Dates before prom

(A/n): I spend too much time at school to think of stuff Cora would do at school so I'm just gonna make some time skips, I'm also gonna change my method and write the chapters in Spanish first and then translate them, anyways enjoy!

Cora's POV
Senior prom is next Friday and Nina is gonna stay at a hotel for a couple days but I would really like if she stayed at my place, I've planned some things for us to do when she's here, we'll go to the theatre, go get some ice cream and tonight we'll have a slumber party, I only told her about the slumber party because I want the rest to be a surprise; we'll probably watch a scary movie, I like them, I don't know if she does or if she gets easily scared but I hope she doesn't mind.
She'll be here on Monday and will stay until Saturday and I'm really exited to show her my hometown, I miss her.

Nina's POV
I've got my outfit for prom ready and I'm almost done packing everything I'll need for going to Cora's, in the end I settled for a black dress with sequins; I'm sure Cora planned one or two things for us to do as well but she only mentioned a slumber party and said the rest would be a surprise for me, I want it to be Monday already to be with her, I really miss her and I bet she'll look great no matter what she wears.
My phone went off, I checked it and it was a text from Hannah, she has helped me to plan some "dates" with Cora before.
Hannah 💕: yo Nina
Nina: sup?
Hannah 💕: are you ready for the big day?
Nina: you make it sound like we're getting married, it's just Cora's senior prom
Hannah 💕: you're right, when that happens I call dibs on being a bridesmaid
Her comment made blush a little
Nina: what are you talking about?
Hannah 💕: about how when you and Cora get married I want to be there, be a bridesmaid, who knows maybe even give you the rings and be the flower girl
Nina: shut up, first this is entirely platonic and second keep this up and Scotty and Mark will be the bridesmaids and you'll be lucky if Cora chooses to invite you.
Hannah 💕: are you sure that you know what "platonic" means?
Nina: I'm just playing along
Hannah 💕: sure what's next? Kaedi being a soprano? Kaylah hating crawfish?
Nina:🙄
Nina: shut up Mrozak
I ignored her texts from then on and opened Twitter and Instagram to check my feed, it only had some post from Cora and Scott, sometimes I wonder how can they be so childish and random, I mean Cora is still in highschool technically but Scott is an adult, they're both super cute though.
Why can't time go by faster?

Time skip to Nina's arrival

Cora's POV
I'm at the airport waiting for Nina, time seemed infinite to me but finally in a couple minutes we'll be together, God that sounds so weird, I mean, not like weird weird but I feel like most people don't get this excited for something as simple as seeing a friend after some time apart or maybe they do but I'm just not used to feeling this way, I don't know.
I'm also excited about her meeting Mabel, I'll finally be able of being with my favourite person and pet in the whole world...
"Cora?"
I turned around and saw Nina smiling at me standing in from of me with her luggage
"I...um...w-what?" I blushed because I'm a little embarrassed that I was so deep in thought to even realise she's already here "Oh, Hi Nina" I said and pulled her in for a hug, soon as I do I'm intoxicated by the smell of her perfume and I can't help thinking of how much I missed it, how much I missed all of her, her smile, her skin, her touch, her voice, her essence...
"Cora are you OK? You're very distracted"
I blush once more because I realise that I was enchanted admiring her, analyzing her.
"Yeah, I was just..." I looked down at my feet and closed my eyes "staring... at you?"
"Yeah, I could see that, let's go shall we?"
I nodded "yeah"

At Cora's place
Nina and I got to my house because we were having our slumber party first.
"Cora is that you?" I heard my mom call from the kitchen, I think she was already cooking dinner.
"Yes mom?"
"Can you give me a hand?"
"Just a second, I want you to meet Nina first"
My mom hurried out of the kitchen "Is she already here?"
I nodded and moved a little to the side enough for her to see Nina but not completely for some reason, like I wanted to protect her but I know my mom would never hurt her.
My mom gave me a teasing smirk and I blushed again, I looked down and started to fidget with the handle of Nina's suitcase drumming on it with my fingers.
"Nice to meet you Nina"
"Same Mrs. Wilson"
"Oh please darling call me..." She was interrupted by a big fluffy animal: Mabel.
She started sniffing Nina and even though she's the sweetest dog ever I was still hoping to God she'd like her.
Nina walked into the living room and sat cross legged on the couch with her back facing Mabel while my mom and I watched her curiously. She let Mabel approach her on her own pace.
After a while Mabel started trying to get Nina's attention, she slowly turned around and extender her hand out to Mabel with her palm facing up, Mabel licked it and Nina took it as permission to pet her chest.
"Nina what are you doing?" I asked her quite speechless.
"Some dogs don't like to have strangers on their territory and some don't like to be stared in the eyes, they take it as a challenge and I didn't want her to feel like I'm invading her space or threatening you" she explained happily while petting Mabel's head which was now on her lap.
"That's... Wow, how do you know that?"
"I read it in a book" she shrugged "does she know any tricks?"
"Yeah, she knows the basics: sit, 'down' and 'shake hands', why?"
She just winked at me, stood up, walked to me, got something out of her suitcase and stood beside me.
"Mabel come" she said and Mabel obeyed her immediately "down" she commanded and Mabel obeyed "sit" Mabel followed her order again, Nina crouched in front of her "shake hands" she said and extended her hand out to Mabel again, Mabel extended one of her front legs and put her paw on Nina's hand.
Nina gave her a treat and petted her with one hand and shook her paw with the other "Nina Ann Nelson, very nice to finally meet you Mabel, Cora has told me wonderful things about you" she said jokingly making both me and my mom laugh " where can I put my luggage ma'am?" She asked my mom still petting Mabel
"In Cora's room, honey please show her where it is"
"Of course mom, follow me Nina" she petted Mabel one last time, stood up and walked towards her suitcase, we both grabbed the handle at the same time
"What are you doing?"
"It's my luggage, I'll take it"
"You're my guest, I'll take it"
My mom giggled "why don't you both take it and come down to help me? With all the fuss I turned off the stove and I could really use some help"
"Yes mom" I said taking the handle on one side of the suitcase and Nina took the one on top of it. We took it to my bedroom together and when we were about to go downstairs she spoke "where is your bathroom? I've gotta wash my hands, I don't think cooking right after petting Mabel is very hygienic" she asked smiling at me.
"Last door on your right" I said pointing at the hallway.
"OK, thanks, I'll go in a moment"
"Sure" I said and walked downstairs and to the kitchen to help my mom.
"She's a keeper" she said as soon as I walked in.
"What?"
"With everything she did just to be here with you I think I will be mad if you two are nothing more than friends" she mumbled.
I turned around to see if Nina was already downstairs "what do you mean?"
"Oh, nothing, just thinking out loud"
I wanted to ask her more about it but I heard footsteps in the living room.
"So where do we start" she said clapping her hands together as she walked into the kitchen, she had her hair up in a messy ponytail now, I really like how she looks with her hair like this.
"You two make the mashed potatoes and salad and I'll make the steak"
"OK" she said and started looking in the cabinets for stuff she thought we'd need with so much ease it seemed like she had done it a thousand times before.
She got salt, pepper, powdered garlic, from another cabinet she got two bowls, a knife, a cutting table and a potato masher, I went to the fridge and got milk, butter, lettuce, tomatoes and a cucumber. We set everything in the counter in front of us.
"All right, we have almost everything we'll need, can you bring the potatoes please?"
"Sure" I said and went to the kitchen sink where there was a bowl with some boiled potatoes that where still steaming, good thing my mom peeled them before boiling them.
I went back to the counter and took the knife, I cut the potatoes in smaller pieces so it would be easier to smash them, Nina added some salt, pepper and powdered garlic and I added some milk and butter and starter smashing it, Nina started to make the salad but accidentally cut her finger with the knife and started yelling in Tagalog.
"Ang iyong ina prick! anak ng isang asong babae!"
(Fuck dammit! Son of a bitch!)
My mom stared at her a little scared and I ran to her side to check if she was OK, it usually amuses me when she speaks Tagalog all of a sudden but the cut seemed pretty bad and I wanted to make sure she's fine.
"Are you OK?" I asked after taking her hand to check it, she looked at our hands together and blushed a little.
"Y-yeah, sorry for yelling, I got carried away" she cleared her throat "I'm fine, it's not that bad, sorry if I scared you" she said the last past to my mom.
"It's fine honey, go with Cora to the bathroom to get that patched up, just, what was that?"
"What was what?" Nina asked confused.
"What you yelled"
"Oh, that" she chuckled "that was Tagalog, why do you ask?"
"I had never heard it before"
"I sometimes speak it accidentally or when I'm with my mom, she's from Philippines"
"Are you bilingual?" my mom asked smiling.
"Yes ma'am, I speak English, Tagalog and when it comes to Selena Quintanilla some Spanish" she said getting excited.
"We should go patch that up I said pointing at her finger that was still bleeding a little.
"Right, lead the way" she said.
We walked to the bathroom and she washed the cut while I got the first aid kit, I got some rubbing alcohol, cotton swabs and a band aid.
I poured some alcohol on the swab and took her hand "this might hurt a little" I said before cleaning her cut, she winced a little and when the cut was clean started to shake her hand real fast, I didn't know why but I didn't question her.
"Now the band aid" I said and put it on her finger and remembered something I learned on Spanish class "Sana, sana colita de rana, si no sana hoy sanará mañana" I said and kissed her hand.
"Thanks Cora" she said before laughing a little to herself.
"What's so funny?"
"Not funny, I think you're cute though".

  ...

After my dad came home and I introduced him to Nina we had dinner and it was bedtime now, I had planned on a slumber party tonight but I'm kinda tired and I think Nina is too so I guess we're just gonna sleep.
We went to my bedroom again and she got her pyjamas out of her suitcase and went to the bathroom to change her clothes, I did the same in my room.
She came back in without knocking and I blushed because I was topless, she looked away, I put my hoodie on and cleared my throat. I walked to my bed and pulled the covers, got in and waited for her to do the same.
When she did she kept some distance between us, I scooted closer to her, I hugged her from behind and kissed her cheek before sighing contently " goodnight Nina" I said and snuggled into her neck.
"Goodnight Cora"

Nina's POV
After dinner with Cora's parents we agreed on sleeping and leaving the slumber party for later. I had gone to the bathroom to change into my pyjamas and I forgot to knock the door before going into Cora's room.
I opened the door and she was topless with her back facing me but turned around when she heard the door, instead of going out and wait for her to tell me when to come in I closed the door behind me and looked down at my feet.
I heard her clearing her throat and when I looked up she was already laying in her bed, I layed next to her but left some space because I still felt a little... Um... I felt kind of turned on but when she spooned me and kissed me I felt like my heart was gonna beat out of my chest.
"Goodnight Nina" I heard her say.
"Goodnight" I managed to answer.