How Soon Is Now

Part One - Chapter Eleven: Being Seen Together

Nicola was slightly confused when she didn’t see Ryan again after she had told Fernando that she was a witch; she knew that whatever had happened had to have been important.

It had been two weeks since Nicola had told him that she was a witch and things were going so well between them, she was surprised how curious he was about her life, she was used to bottling up.

Nicola jumped as she felt Fernando wrap an arm around her shoulder; it had been a long while since she had been this close with anyone that wasn’t a member of her coven.

“I was wondering if you wanted to grab lunch,” Fernando asked with a smile, the cold November air making his cheeks red but he didn’t care; he was happier than he had been in a long time.

Nicola smiled at him as he started to lead her towards his house; the blonde knew that he was taking what they had between them seriously even if they weren’t actually dating yet.

Nicola sighed as she allowing him to do so, she couldn’t find it in herself to deny him anything; she was happy for the first time in a long time.

“Nando,” Nicola said softly she knew that Lydia was getting suspicious with the amount of time that she was spending away from home; plus she didn’t like the divide that had opened up within the coven since Neena had returned.

“Please Nicola,” Fernando pouted making Nicola sigh and nod, he smiled before pressing a kiss to her lips; he wanted to ask her to be his girlfriend and now that he was officially done with Olalla there was nothing to stop him.

“Nando, you know we have to be careful,” Nicola whispered catching a glimpse of Lydia and Nathan watching them; the two brunette twins didn’t look happy with what they could see.

Fernando glanced at her, he knew that Nicola wasn’t fond of being affectionate with him in public however he hoped that would change when he asked her to be his girlfriend; he wanted to call her, his in public.

Nicola glanced back at Lydia, this would lead to a talk when she got back to the house about getting close to a mortal; they weren’t going to let this go especially if Ryan had been the one to rat her out.

“Nena?” Fernando asked following her gaze, he spotted Lydia who quickly turned on her heel and stormed away followed by her brother; he didn’t know much but he knew this couldn’t be good.

Nicola sighed as she looked at Fernando, he looked at her confused wondering why Lydia was trying to control every aspect of Nicola’s life.

“I’ll explain later,” Nicola promised looking at Fernando with a weak smile, the longer that she could avoid going home the better; she didn’t want to deal with Lydia or Nathan right now.

Fernando nodded his head, he drew Nicola close and started to walk down the street knowing that he wouldn’t forget to ask; he wanted to understand everything about her.

It was strange knowing that he was sort of dating a witch and Fernando knew that it was always going to take some getting used to; Nicola was always going to have her powers and he would never asked her to give them up for him.

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Sitting in Fernando’s kitchen, Nicola watched as he prepared them some lunch; she knew he wanted answers about why she was so nervous about Lydia earlier and she didn’t blame him for being curious.

“What was that about earlier?” Fernando asked setting down a plate in front of Nicola, he moved to sit down and looked at Nicola; he was still learning everything to do with her life.

Nicola eyed Fernando, she didn’t know what he was expecting her to say but she knew that she could trust Fernando; the last two weeks had shown her that much.