Addicted ~ Nate Jacobs

Chapter Forty-Four

Brenda dropped Sophie off at the hospital in the morning, leading her to Nate's room before going off to do some errands so that they could spend him alone. Sophie hopped into Nate's bed and snuggled up beside him.

"I'm so happy you're here." Nate said, smiling at her.

"I'm so happy I'm here too." Sophie said, resting her head on his chest, "How's your leg?"

Nate shrugged, "It's better. They said that so far there's been no sign of infection, so that's good. Plus, I get to go home tomorrow if everything's healing okay."

"That's really good."

"Soph?"

"Yeah?"

"Last night I was thinking about the day you told me you were pregnant and I still feel guilty about the way I reacted."

"Nate-"

"No. I'm serious. I'm so angry at myself for being so against this in the beginning, yet now I can't even picture my life without you or her in it. Obviously all of this shit happened to us for a reason, right?"

Sophie nodded, "Yeah."

"Remember the first party of the summer? At Brandon's?"

"Brandon from football or Brandon from track?"

There were literally a million Brandon's at their school, so obviously Sophie had to clarify.

Nate laughed, "From football."

Sophie smiled, "Yeah, what about that party?"

"Do you remember what happened that night?"

"Uh, god god, um I think we were really drunk and we had sex in the guest room and we fell asleep there while we were talking. Again, the only reason that happened was because you were always mad at Maddy or you two were on a break." Sophie said, giving him a bit of a glare.

"Hey, if Maddy and I didn't constantly fight, you and I wouldn't be here right now." Nate winked at her.

"I know."

"Do you remember our conversation that night?"

Haha, not at all.

"Bits and pieces." Sophie said, biting her lip.

FLASHBACK

"I actually hate you." Sophie said as she got dressed, taking a drink from her bottle.

"No, you don't." Nate smirked as he threw his clothes back on.

"Uh, yeah I do." Sophie said as Nate grabbed her by the waist and playfully threw her onto the bed, "Hey, what was that for?"

"I wanna chat." Nate said, lying down beside her.

"About?"

"Well, I have a few things that I have to get off my chest. And we're both incredibly drunk, so who knows if either of us will remember tomorrow, but fuck it. I'm tired of hiding it."

"Sounds juicy. Spill." Sophie said, propping her head up by her hand as Nate glanced over at her.

"I'm in love with you. Like, so in love with you."

Sophie giggled, "What? I think you have me confused with Maddy."

"No, I don't. It's always been you, Sophie." Nate sighed, "I literally think about marrying you and having a future with you. I know we're young, but like, maybe one day, we could be something more than friends with benefits."