"Are you laughing at my singing?" he asked pretending to be offended.
"Me? No! I would never do that." she said with an innocent smile.
Nick flicked his paint brush and spots of blue covered her overalls she was wearing and her face too.
"Carter, your gonna pay." she said as she slapped the paintbrush across his face leaving a big blue streak.
Nick gaped his mouth open and stuck his hand in the paint can then rubbed it on her cheek. Soon in was a full-out paint war. After about five minutes of paint throwing, brush flicking and laughing, Nick held his hands out in front of him.
"Okay, okay, I surrender!" he said laughing.
Claire gave a satisfied smile and put her hand and paint brush out, offering it to Nick, so they wouldn't fight anymore. He grabbed it from her and as she went to start to clean up she turned and slipped in a puddle of paint. She grabbed Nick's wrist for balance, and they both ended up on the floor laughing hysterically.
"We really need to clean up." he said trying to catch his breath.
Claire nodded as Nick stood up and offered a hand to her. She took and they began to clean up the room.
"I have some clothes in my car, do you mind if I shower here instead of driving all the way home?" he asked.
"No, go ahead." she said picking up the paintbrushes.
"Want to take the first shower, or the second?" he asked with a smirk.
She rolled her eyes, "Just go take a shower, and I will finish cleaning up."
Twenty minutes later, Nick came out of her bathroom all showered and clean. She grabbed her clothes and brushed by Nick into the bathroom.
"You can watch Tv, or make yourself something to eat. I won't be long." she said.
Nick nodded and headed off to the living room, as she entered the bathroom. He sat down on her couch and flicked on the Tv, on to a football game. He noticed and old photo album underneath the coffee table, so he grabbed it and begin looking through it. He recognized Claire and Angie as freshmen standing in front of the college. There was a bunch of pictures of Angie and Claire, Claire's friends, Angie and Aj, then there was a few pictures of Claire with this one guy.
Fifteen minutes later, Claire came out of the bathroom and jogged down the stairs to Nick.
"Hey, I was just looking through this album, whose this with you?" Nick said pointing to a photo.
Claire recognized the picture of her and Josh, the boyfriend who cheated on her.
"Oh just an old boyfriend, let's go get the movies now." she said grabbing Nick's hand and pulling him up before he could ask anymore questions.
Claire and Nick drove over to Blockbuster and they both went inside. The roamed up and down the aisles for a few movies to choose ending up with, 'Practical Magic' and 'Titanic' as Claire's choices, and 'Final Destination' and 'The Haunting' as Nick's. They went up to pay and Claire had to practically jump in front of Nick so he didn't pay again.
They headed out to the car and drove over to Aj's house. They got there and went inside. Angie was in the kitchen opening all different sorts of chips, sodas and other junk food, as Aj was feeding his dogs.
Claire went in over to one of Aj's dogs and started petting it.
"Your dogs are so cute, every time I see them I want to take them home with me. Same with Nick's pugs, they are so adorable." she cooed.
Nick rolled his eyes at her and she poked him in the side.
"Be nice to me." she pouted.
He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her cheek, "Aww, you know I am only kidding."
Angie and Aj both stopped what they were doing and were staring at Nick and Claire. Nick looked at Aj like he was crazy then realized that Aj and Angie might not know how good of friends him and Claire had become. He took his arm away from Claire and she just laughed as she grabbed a soda.
"Practical Magic is the first movie we are watching!" Claire announced.
"Oh no, we are watching The Haunting first!" Nick declared.
Him and Claire eyed each other then raced to the VCR, Nick got there first.
"Yes! The Haunting first, like I said." he flaunted in Claire's face doing a little victory dance.
Claire just rolled her eyes and plopped down on the couch, "Aw, grow up."
Angie leaned over to Aj, "Could they be any more obvious that they like each other?" she whispered in his ear.
Aj just laughed and grabbed two bowls of snacks, as Angie grabbed the rest.
They all settled down on Aj's wrap-around couch. Angie and Aj on one half, Nick and Claire on the other. The Haunting began and Claire shot Nick an evil look as he just grinned widely.
