Classic ~ Nick Austin (COMPLETE)

17. Don't Need Your Help

I jolted awake, sitting up as I did so as I steadied my breathing. Nick sat up slightly, placing his hand on my back as he did so and his head on my shoulder.
"Nightmare?" He whispered and I nodded slightly.
"I should be used to them by now." I whispered back, leaning my body into him as he wrapped his other arm around me in a hug. My eyes started to water and my breathing hitched in my throat. "I don't want them anymore." A single tear rolled down my cheek as I stared off into the space in front of me.
"I know you don't. I don't want you to have them either." Nick whispered as his lips pressed to my temple. His thumb went to wipe the tears that had stuck to my face, my head flinched as his skin lightly ran against mine. Please don't notice, please don't notice, I thought once I realised that I had flinched. "It was me, wasn't it? In the dream. I did something." He asked and I nodded slightly.
"Yeah. I wish it wasn't, I don't want to be scared of you." I whispered and his brow furrowed.
"You're scared of me?" He asked again and I shrugged slightly.
"I am now. I mean not now but when you touched me, it kind of flashed back to the dream." I whispered as his hand dropped from my face.
"I'm sorry." He replied and I shook my head.
"No, I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm this fucking broken." I groaned and he shook his head.
"You went through a lot of shit. It's completely understandable for you to be going through this shit." he reassured me, his hand rubbing up and down my back.
"Thanks Nick. I appreciate you doing all that you do for me." I whispered and he smiled softly.
"I can't imagine doing anything else." He shook his head, before leaning closer to me and pecking my cheek. "Come on, lie back down." He whispered and I did so as I wrapped my arms around his waist. I didn't fall back to sleep, I just watched as he closed his eyes, his face slowly relaxing as he drifted back off to sleep.

At about 9:30, I decided to get out of bed. I left Nick to sleep as I walked out of the room and down the stairs into the kitchen, where Avani, Dixie and Anthony were drinking coffee together.
"Morning guys." I smiled as I walked over.
"Morn..." Dixie started as she glanced over her shoulder, stopping when she saw me as a broad smile.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" I asked and Anthony laughed slightly.
"No, I think the look is because of your outfit." He smirked and I looked down to see Nick's over-sized clothes.
"Oh, yeah. Well I wanted to stay the night and I wasn't going to sleep in my bikini." I explained as I walked to the fridge to take out the milk before pouring myself some coffee.
"So... where did you sleep?" Dixie asked, the smile still on her face.
"You know where." I replied, walking over to them and sitting next to Avani as Dixie chuckled to herself.
"Morning guys." Nick's voice echoed through the kitchen, I kinked my head around Dixie to see him stumbling in, now wearing a grey tee shirt. He caught my eye with his, bringing a small smile to his face as he poured himself some coffee.
"Morning Nicky." Avani smiled, he nodded back at her as he walked around, taking a seat next to me. His hand moved to under the table, resting it on my thigh. I turned my head towards him, giving him a small smile as he winked back at me. My heard turned back away from him and towards Dixie, who was giving me a 'you guys are so cute' look making me roll my eyes.
"When are you playing next, Ronnie?" Vani asked, so I turned my attention away from Dixie.
"Um, tonight." I replied, as Nick's hand slowly rubbed up and down my thigh.
"We should go, the four of us." Anthony suggested, pointing between the others who were with us.
"Yeah, that sounds like fun." Nick agreed and I nodded slightly.

"Count me in." Zach's voice rang through the air, making Nick squeeze my thigh slightly.
"Who... Who are you?" Dixie asked and I heard Nick chuckle slightly.
"Um, Zach is my friend from home." I replied and Dixie nodded.
"Oh, hi, I'm Dixie." She smiled and he nodded.
"What's your deal?" He asked somewhat flirtatiously.
"She has a boyfriend." Nick growled, but his face remained calm and happy.
"Oh, sorry." Zach said, holding his hands up defensively.
"You okay?" I whispered to Nick and he nodded slightly as he gave me a small smile.
"Yeah, of course." He smiled back at me.
"So how do you and Ronnie know each other?" Dix asked, Zach glancing at me before going back to her.
"Uh, we met in middle school, uh, I thought she was cute and I guess she thought I was two because we dated for like a year or so..." At this point Nick moved his hand away from my leg, "But called it quits when she decided she wasn't ready for a serious relationship. You know? Before she dated Tommy for five years." He explained and everyone laughed, everyone except me and Nick.
"Okay maybe not now." He whispered and I glanced over at him.

"Let's go for a drive or something." I said, taking Nick's hand in mine.
"Sure, where we going?" Zach asked and my brow furrowed as I shook my head.
"No, you're not coming. Me and Nick are." I replied as he followed us towards the front door.
"I'm not coming? Ronnie, you're meant to spend time with me, you're meant to entertain me. I mean, I'm your guest..." He started but I cut him off, letting go of Nick's hand as I yanked my head and body around.
"I didn't invite you. You are my brother's guest. I don't need your help. I don't want your help. Please go away." I snapped, retaking Nick's hand as I pulled him out of the house and over to Nick's car.
"You okay?" Nick asked as he climbed in the driver's seat.
"Yeah, just drive somewhere. Please." I instructed and he nodded.
"Yes ma'am." He smirked, starting the car.
"What an ass." I groaned as he pulled out of the driveway. "I mean bringing up the fact that we dated, like I know he did that just to stir shit."
"Yeah, were you going to tell me that?" He asked and I looked up at him.
"What?" I asked in return.
"Were you going to tell me that the two of you dated?" He asked again.
"Um, honestly? No. I mean, he's leaving soon, hopefully and I don't think I'll ever see him again. So I didn't think it was necessary to bring up shit. I mean it would just start a fight, a stupid fight." I answered and he nodded as he took a deep breath.
"So, just checking, you're not into him?" He asked and I laughed slightly.
"What?! No of course not! Ugh are you kidding?" I replied, I noticed a small smile crawl onto his face.
"And, just checking... you are into..." He started and I smiled.
"Yes." I replied, the small smile that was on his face spreading into a bigger smile.
"Okay." He replied, nodding slightly. "So do you want to go somewhere in particular or just drive around for a while?"
"Just drive around. I'm sick of people." I groaned, and he nodded slightly.
"Yeah it gets that way." He agreed, I smiled up at him as his hand reached across, holding onto mine. "When you went to Addison last night, Zach tried to tell me that you'd rather be with him than with me. He's still into you, Ronnie. I'm sorry if I acted weird at breakfast but, I don't know what came over me. He just made me so mad."
I sat up slightly as I thought back to how Tommy acted when Nick started showing signs that he liked me.
"Oh." I whispered, he glanced at me for a quick second realising what I was thinking about.
"Fuck, no not like that. Not that kind of mad. Just the kind that made me think about losing you before I even get you." He explained and I nodded.
"Okay." I whispered again, he pulled over the car, turning towards me.
"Don't pull away. I can see you pulling away." He whispered, I raised my shoulders into a shrug. His hand reached over, cupping my cheek, me flinching away for a second before allowing him to do so. His eyes flicked from my eyes to my lips, then back up to my eyes again. "Are you over him?" 
"I... I don't know." I whispered back, "I think so."
"Good enough for me." He replied, pulling my cheek slightly as our lips lightly brushed against each other before he pushed them against mine. My hand slid up to the back of his neck as my other pressed against his chest, his hand that wasn't touching my face moved over to my waist, pulling my body closer to him. We kissed for a few minutes, before he pulled away resting his forehead against mine. "Please, don't pull away."