𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝙼𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚠𝚊𝚢.
In which a loving Family in San Diego University go for their big break...b...
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Ricky Bowen I hide the gifts behind my back as I walk into the coffee shop. Athena had already gone in and was pretty sure already in the back coloring or some shit.
I greet Paul with a smile before heading to the counter and seeing Nini's smile slightly fade. Though it's like a knife to my gut, I kept my forced grin up and meet Nini face to face.
"Hey Neens." I say, clearing my throat.
"Hi Rick." She answers, voice normal. "Can I get anything for you today?"
"Uh no. No, I'm fine babe, thanks." She raises a brow.
"No. Nothing?"
"No, I'm not really in the mood to eat or drink anything so...uhm..thank you..though." She looks at me oddly before nodding. I rub the back of my neck and continue to smile. "How has your day been so far?"
She breathes in and holds it, her collar bone and neck revealing heavily before it dropping as she breathes back out. "Fine. It's been busy but..it's fine."
The awkwardness was biting me in the ass. She's my girlfriend, and clearly it was my fault about whatever happened last night but I should still be able to talk to her y'know?
I bite my lip before sighing.
"Can I head to the back? I wanna kiss Athena bye." I make sure to angle my gift to make sure she can't see them. I mean the bouquet is small so it isn't really that hard, but the other one might just be the most difficult thing ever.
"Mhm. Knock yourself out."
I click my tongue before pushing myself off of the counter and to the back, where Athena sits on a chair and on her iPad.
"Hey darling," I kneel in front of her and kiss her forehead, "Uhm..don't give mom a hard time today. She's a little tired.." I swallow, "can you do that for me?
She looks at me deep within my eyes and simply nods. "Okay."
"Thanks." I stand up. "I love you."
"Wait.." she puts her iPad down. "Uh..is it cuz of last night?"
"Hm?"
"Momma tired? Last night?"
"Oh." My mind completely stops as I stare at the child. "Uhm...just a..just a little bit don't worry about it darling, okay?"
She sighs and nods once more before going back to her iPad. I lick my dry lips and head back to the front where Nini stands, attending to a customer. I jump as I find Nick standing right next to me, arms crossed.
