| "Sssshhhhh! Close the door quietly Charlotte." I shut Nickys front door softly, and followed Nicky into his living room. His house was quiet, as everyone was in bed. "Do you want a cup of tea or anything?" Nicky whispered. "Yeh, that'd be great thanks." We both went and sat down in the kitchen, and I watched Nicky, as he made two cups of tea. This didn't take long, and then he joined me at the kitchen table; "Party was ok tonight wasn't it?" He placed my yellow mug of tea infront of me, and sat down. "Yeh, I guess, Bryans parties normally are." I smiled at Nicky, taking a mouthful of tea as I did so. "Everyones in bed, it makes a change for the house to be so quiet!" Nicky laughed, and smiled at me - I felt myself feel warm, as I saw his dazzling smile. "What time is it anyway?" I watched as Nicky glanced at his watch; "2 am, quite late, although I'm not tired, are you?" "Nah, I'm not. Strange." "I'm glad we had that talk at the park earlier, and I told you how I felt.......I was nervous, and didn't know how you'd react." "Well, I'm not going to hide the fact it was kind of a shock, but it was nice to hear. I mean, we're going out with each other Nicky - we're in a relationship together, we should be able to be honest, and say things to each other." I took another mouthfull of tea, and he did the same. "Yeh, I know - you're exactly right." He reached over and held my hand tightly. "It's great how we can talk like this isn't it, I mean, we're just so close, you're very special to me Charlotte, very special." "And you're special to me Nicky, I'm so lucky to have you. There were loads of girls eying you up at the party tonight!" "Nah, there wasn't!" "Honestly, there was.......I don't think they could believe you were my boyfriend! Don't tell me you didn't see all the girls staring at you when we got to Bryans?" "Honestly, I didn't.......you were the only girl I had my eyes on all night." "Awwwwwww, you're so sweet!" We both laughed. The glint was in Nickys eyes, the glint I loved. "Comming upstairs, to listen to some music or whatever?" "Yeh, why not!" We both went upstairs, I followed Nicky. We were both careful not to make much noise, as we didn't want to disturb anyone. "Sorry if my room's a mess....." "Don't worry about it...mine is ten times worse!" I sat down on Nicky bed, whilst he sorted out some music. Within a few minutes, music began to play. He then came and sat down beside me. "Niamh still not back yet?" "No, she'll be back soon though......she's probably with that Keiron boy........say no more!" "Nicky.............." Nicky looked at me suspiciously. "Yes......?" "You know what you said at the park.............?" "Which part?" "You know.......when you said you were in love with me......?" "Yes, what about it Charlotte?" "Well.........don't take this the wrong way or anything, but.......well, you've never been in a relationship like this before have you, and....well....how do you know you are?" "Are what?" "In love with me?" Nicky smiled at me, slightly red. "Because I just know......it's a feeling. I do love you Charlotte, very much. Like I said before, you're very special to me. You're perfect. You're all I think about." I felt myself blush. "But, how do I know you're not just saying that?" I moved closer to Nicky. "Well, I'll just have to convince you then.........actions speak louder than words" Nicky moved towards me, and we began to kiss. As Nicky's arms wrapped around me, I felt them become tighter. We kissed more, and I felt so safe in Nickys arms, like no one could ever harm me. I felt Nicky unzip the back of my dress, as I began to open his shirt. CHAPTER 16 - KNOCK FIRST I felt myself become instantly nervous,although not in a bad way. I'd never even had a boy attempting to unzip my dress before, let alone actually actually unzipping it. I could tell Nicky was nervous aswell, and I fumbled before actually managing to open his shirt fully. When I opened the final button, he looked up at me, and stared deep in to my eyes - Nickys eyes were warm, and reassuring - what nerves I once had were then gone. Nicky took his shirt off, to reveal a well toned, and perfect body. I felt myself blush, as I'd never seen Nicky topless before. His skin was so soft and smooth. As Nicky placed his shirt on the bed, some coins fell out of his shirt pocket. He bent down, to pick them up off of the floor, and as he did this, I noticed something. "Nicky.......you never told me you had a tattoo!" Nicky picked up the coins, and placed them in to his shirt pocket once more. "You never asked!" He smiled, deviously. The tattoo was on his lower back, and was a kind of pattern, made only of the colour black. It actually really suited Nicky, and was a detailed, well done tattoo. "It suits you, I can see it's a good one!" "Yeah, well, I got it done last year, but my parents don't know about it, nor does anyone else in my family for that matter!" "You're joking!" I laughed, I couldn't believe it. "You do like it though........really?" Nicky stared at me again, with his normal piercing blue eyes. "Yes........infact I think it is rather sexy." "Really?!" "Yes, I do." "Only my friends over in Dublin know about it - one day we all decided to get one, an identical one, and so we did. There was four of us - Anto, Cos, Louis, and myself. I really like my tattoo, but please don't tell anyone about it............my parents would probably go mad! Don't even tell Niamh.......she doesn't know either!" "Okay, I won't mention it to anyone else! It's our little secret!" I smiled at Nicky, I knew he trusted me fully, like I trusted him. He leant over to kiss me, pulling me closer to him. As our lips touched, I felt butterflies in my stomach. We began to kiss, slowly, and softly. As our kiss progressed, and became more intimate, I heard a door shut. I pulled away, wondering what it was. "What is it Charlotte?" Nicky looked puzzled, obviously he had not heard it. "I just heard a door close downstairs." "Oh no, It'll be Niamh back from the party! I totally forgot about her!" Nicky quickly grabbed his shirt and attempted to put it back on, before Niamh reached the top of the stairs, and I began to fumble about, trying to zip up my dress, but it was no use. Niamh entered the room, not even knocking first. "Ooopps! Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt anything!" Niamhs face went slightly red, as she seen Nicky trying to re-button his shirt, and myself trying to zip up my dress. Both Nicky and I knew the situation looked suspicious, and although we knew nothing had happenend, it was unlikely Niamh would believe that. Niamh spoke again, awkwardly; "I should have knocked first......ummmmmm, got to go to bed, goodnight." With this statement, she quickly left Nickys bedroom, and shut the door behind her. Nicky and I just looked at each other, and then burst out laughing. "I know we shouldn't laugh, but did you see her face!?" Nicky smiled, "Yeah, it was classic!" We laughed some more. "She'll never believe nothing happened between us tonight.........it looked so suspicious!" "I know." Nicky smiled again, "but nothing did happen!" "I know, we both know that! Do you think she'll say anything to your parents?" "Nah, Niamh wouldn't do that - she's a good kid." "Okay, I suppose that's one good thing!" "There is another to have come out of all this though........." I looked up at Nicky; "What's that then?" "At least It will teach Niamh to knock first!!!!" |