"I had so much fun tonight." Nick said glancing over at her quickly, before returning his eyes to the road.
"Me too. It's a night I will never forget." she said.
Nick smiled and drove on back to her apartment. On the way home, Claire fell asleep in his car. When they got to her apartment, Nick leaned over.
"Claire?" he said shaking her softly.
She opened her eyes tiredly and blinked a few times, before sitting up and stretching. She opened the car door and turned to Nick before getting out.
"Wanna come up for a soda or a coffee?" she asked.
"Are you sure your not too tired?" he asked before saying yes.
She smiled and put her hand on her hip, '"Come on Nick."
He laughed lightly and shut off the car engine. They walked inside the lobby to her apartment and took the elevator up to the fifth floor.
Once inside the apartment, Claire took off her shoes and jacket and told Nick to sit down. She strolled into the kitchen and put on a kettle of hot water, since she was having tea.
"What do you want to drink?" Claire called into Nick.
"Anything's fine." he said.
"Tea?" she asked with a giggle.
"Sure." he said laughing too.
Claire waited till the water was hot, made two mugs of tea and brought them out to Nick. She walked by him out onto the balcony.
"Come on." she said.
She opened up both of the balcony doors and sat down in one of the seats. Nick came over and sat down in the other, as Madeline, Claire's cat, climbed into his lap.
Claire sipped her tea and sighed, "This is my favorite place in the world."
Nick looked out at the view of the city, and could see why it was her favorite place.
"It's really beautiful." he said quietly.
After they finished their tea, he got up and headed towards the front door, with Claire following behind him.
"Thanks for bringing me tonight." she said sleepily.
"I loved spending tonight with you." Nick said before kissing her cheek, "Goodnight."
"Night Nick."
Claire went in and showered, then went to bed with sweet memories of the night dancing in her head.
The next day, Angie invited Claire out for lunch. The two girls were sitting and talking about nothing in general, when the subject of Nick came up.
Angie put her drink down, "So what's up with you two? You kiss-"
"On the cheek!" Claire blurted out.
Angie shot her a look and continued, "You spend almost every day together-"
"We like the same things..." she interrupted again.
Angie laughed at Claire's interruptions and just shook her head.
"He cares about you a lot more than you think." she said.
Claire sighed and put down her glass of soda, "And you know all of this, how?"
"Aj says whenever he is with Nick, your name comes out of his mouth. A lot."
Claire just smiled and took a sip of her Diet Coke.
"How are you and Aj?" Claire asked.
Angie looked like she tensed up when she heard Aj's name.
"We're fine." she answered too quickly.
Claire put down her drink and looked at Angie, wondering what she was hiding.
"Ang?" Claire said lightly.
Angie looked up at Claire with tear brimmed eyes. Claire felt a pang of worry go through her. Angie was not one to cry, so she knew something was wrong.
