"I don’t know about this little sleep over. After the nice little show on the couch, I think Nicky-Boy should head home for a nice, cold shower." Aj stated, glaring towards Nick.
"Oh, Aj, please. Nickers is my buddy. He’ll behave, won’t ya Nick?" I smiled, pinching his cheek softly.
"Oh, of course!" He smirked, crossing his fingers in plain sight. Aj shook his head and looked towards Theresa.
"I don’t know if I should trust them… What do you think?" he asked, meeting her unique blue topaz eyes.
"Aww, let them have their fun, but just to keep it fair, I’ll sleep in your room…" Theresa suggested, grinning slyly.
"Hmm, maybe, but…" Aj started, but was cut off by the phone. "Hold that thought…"
He quickly picked up the phone, "Hello?" His face seemed to falter slightly, listening to the person. "Oh Amanda, hey, yeah, I’m fine…"
Aj walked slowly from the room, to talk to his semi-ex girlfriend in private.
"Well, guys, I hate to be a party pooper, but I’m tired. I’m just gonna go to my room and go straight to bed." Theresa sighed, disappointment written all over her face.
"Hey Babes, if you want you can join our slumber party. You can stay with me and Nick…" I said, stopping when she giggled and shook her head.
"Nah, that’s quite alright. I ain’t into three-somes!" She chuckled, knowing what I had meant.
"You sick little thing… Go straight to bed, Missy!" I told her in a mock scowled.
"Yes Mother." All three of us bust up laughing after that. Aj returned to the living room after he hung up the phone. We all calmed down slowly from our fit of laughter.
"What’s up Age?" I asked, listening to the loud crash of thunder boom outside again, causing me to move a little closer to Nick.
"Oh, nothing, just Amanda." He left his sentence hanging at that, taking his original seat next to Theresa.
"Well, like I said before, I’m going to bed. Nite Peeps!" Theresa pushed out a fake yawn and rose from the couch.
"Yeah, I agree. I’m going up too. This day’s been almost too exciting. Nite J. Give me a minute before you come up, okay Nickers?" I stood as well, ruffling my cousin’s hair before trailing after Theresa out of the room.
Nick nodded, and looked towards Aj, who was watching Theresa leave, for the rest of the sentence he had started before.
"What did Amanda want, Bone?" he asked, popping his fingers one by one.
"She wanted me to go over to her place tonight, but I told her I couldn’t ‘cause my cousin and her friend are in. So now she wants to meet them both and go out clubbing with us when we go. I think then is when I’m gonna call the relationship quits." Aj explained, running a hand through his messy hair.
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"Trease, Amanda probably called to break up with him. That’s why he’s slightly out of it. He likes you. He’s got the hots for you all the way!" I tried to cheer up Theresa but it didn’t seem to work. She ignored me, and yanked her over-sized white night shirt from her suitcase. She gave me the ‘You’re-so-full-of-shit’ look.
"Fine, but I guarantee that if you sneak into his room tonight, and tell him you’re freaked out by the storm, he’ll let you sleep in his bed." I tried again, noticing a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "See, all better. Well, I better head to my room and get changed for bed. See ya in the morning, but not early." We gave each other a small hugged and I left the room, entering my own to get changed into my pajamas.
I pulled off my tank top and jeans and searched through my suitcase for my silky pajama pants and white top. I didn’t even hear Nick walk in until he gasped harshly. I spun around, crossing my arms over my satin covered breasts.
"Sorry… I thought I gave you enough time to change…" I felt his stares engulf every curve and feature of me.
"I had to talk to Theresa first. Um, could you at least turn around for a sec so I can get changed?" I blushed furiously, after what happened on the couch and in the haunted house, this was too freaking weird. He nodded, stealing one last glance before turning his back to me. I quickly pulled on my pajama bottoms and turned away from his back to remove my bra and pull on my white cotton spaghetti strap top.
"Okay, I’m decent now." I stated, trying to keep my cool as much as possible. I walked to the window and stared outside. "The storm seems a little calmer." Suddenly another streak of lightening tore through the dim sky and the low, grumble of the thunder made me jump slightly. "Okay maybe not…"
"Alright, well. Sleeping arrangements…" Nick began, watching me climb into the large bed.
"Sleeping arrangements are, you next to me, so I have something to snuggle against while the storm is still raging. And you may wanna change out of you jeans and shirt." I answered, pulling the thick covers to my chin.
A soft shade of pink rose to Nicky’s cheeks but he began to slowly undress, first yanking his shirt over his head. "Do you have to watch me, I turned around for you…"
"Oh, Nicky, we’ve seen each other in our nickers before. But okay fine…" I gave into his pleading looks and hid my face under the blankets.
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Theresa stared at the balcony window diagonal from her bed. Another bolt of lightening ripped through the sky, making her sit up and hug the covers to her chest.
"Damn, I hate storms!" She muttered to herself, thunder rumbling the house. A noise began scratching at her window, making her bury herself under the blankets. ‘It’s just a tree or something… her mind chided, but the noise came again. Jerking up in her bed, she slowly slipped out of her bed, sneaking across the hardwood floor.
Theresa pulled open her door and crept down to Aj’s. She lightly tapped on the door, hoping he was still awake. Girlfriend or not, she just needed someone with her during storms. She heard soft ‘come in’ from the room and opened the door slowly. Aj was stretched out on his bed under the covers.
"Umm, sorry for bothering you Aj, but there was something scratching at my window and I got really freaked out and I…" A loud boom of thunder struck the house and the lamp by Aj’s bed flickered and went black. She didn’t bother finishing the sentence, she quickly jumped on to the bed and curled up next to him.
"It’s okay Theresa." Aj smiled soothingly, petting her tangled mass of honey locks. He pulled the blankets back a little and motioned for her to climb under. When she did, she rested her head on his bare chest. They both drifted off to sleep, Theresa listening to the rhythmic beating of Aj’s heart.
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I woke the next morning to a weight over me, resting on my chest and hips. I slowly opened my eyes to the sunlit room and squinted and let my eyes adjust to the brilliant, painfully cheerful light.
I looked down to find Nick sleeping peacefully on top of me, his head resting above my breast and his hips pressed tightly against mine. I couldn’t move, and I didn’t want to wake him, ‘cause I know how cranky he is in the mornings, so I laid there quietly and thought of what had happened yesterday.
Kevin had flirted with me, even touched my butt. But my mind couldn’t focus on Kevin when Nick was in such an ‘intimate’ position over me. I had to admit, he is a pretty good kisser, but I shouldn’t even have let that happen. We’re friends, we’re too close to be doing stuff that could seriously mess up what we’ve got.
Suddenly Nick moved a bit, shifting his body over mine, his head now on my pillow. His hips startled me, they were still pressed strongly against mine but now his member was insistently pushing against my thigh. Just when it started to move closer to the meeting of my thighs, I shoved Nick off of me, accidentally knocking him to the floor.
"Ouch! God, what was that for?" Nick muttered, wide awake on the floor.
"Sorry, I guess you just startled me. I didn’t hurt ya, did I?" I questioned. He shook his head and climbed back up on the bed. "You were like right on top of me and I couldn’t move, I guess I should have pushed ya the other way."
"It would have been nice!" He whined, pulling up the covers and climbing back into bed. He cuddled against me again, an arm over my waist and his head almost touching mine.
"Aww, come on Lazy-ass! It’s 10:40 already, I’m hungry, let’s go see what Aj has to eat around here." I insisted, trying to sit up. Nick’s arm pushed me backward onto my back again.
"Ten more minutes! Just ten more minutes…" His voice drifted as he buried his face into my neck.
"But I’m hungry now…" I started, realizing I just wanted to get out of that bed and a safe distance from Nick.
"Five more minutes, please…" His muffled voice answered. ‘Five more minutes, I guess I can lay here for five minutes…’ I thought, suddenly becoming aware of Nick’s hand slowly moving from my waist to rest under my shirt on my stomach. Worrying he was going to try to do more, I moved rapidly away from him.
"Come on, I’m starving here!" I faked a whine and started for the door.
"Fine!" He grumbled from the bed, dragging himself from the soft pillows and stumbling towards me.
