Aj had fallen asleep long ago, much to Angie's dismay and Nick was on the edge of falling asleep.
"Nick, I can't believe you've never seen the entire Titanic movie." she said.
He just shrugged and closed his eyes. Claire sighed and moved over next to Angie. Aj woke up and moved next to Nick, and fell back asleep within minutes.
Angie peeked over at Nick and Aj sleeping then turned towards Claire.
"What's up with you and Nick?" she whispered.
Claire turned her eyes away from Rose and Jack kissing on the deck of the boat, just as it hit the iceberg.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Angie rolled her eyes, "Hello! You two obviously like each other. Every time I call you, your with him and he looks at you like he just adores you."
Claire blushed a little, "Well we are friends. I know you want us to be more, but sorry, we're not." she laughed lightly, "And I know we spend a lot of time together, but we just get along perfectly. But does he, uh, really look at me like that?"
Angie laughed and then covered her mouth to make sure she didn't wake up Nick or Aj.
"Yes, I haven't seen him look at any girl like that, since ... I have never seen him look like that actually." Angie informed her.
Claire smiled and looked over at Nick, he was a great friend who she cherished.
"I almost forgot to tell you! We were in the paint store this afternoon, and we go to pay, and the lady at the counter was like 'Oh it's nice to see a young couple get along so well' or something like that. So I figure, Nick's gonna be like oh we're just friends. He wraps his arm around me, kisses my cheek and says 'Yep, I love my sweetheart.' I almost busted out laughing right then. Thank god we went out straight to the car, we laughed for twenty minutes straight." Claire giggled.
Angie started laughing and just shook her head.
"So do you like Nick more than a friend?" she pushed.
Claire sighed and hit Angie with a pillow. She looked over at Nick and saw him quickly shut his eye. She managed to keep in her laugh.
"Nick Carter is the sexiest man alive. Every second I spend with him makes me weak at the knees. I would do anything to be his one and only." Claire said in a dramatized voice.
She looked at Nick really quickly and this time she caught him with his eyes open.
"Did you actually think I thought you were asleep just then?" she smirked.
Nick shrugged, "Yeah but I know you meant all that stuff you said."
"In your dreams Carter." she said throwing a pillow at him.
The pillow missed Nick and hit Aj right in the face. He sat straight up.
"What? What? What's happening?" he asked confused.
Claire and Angie laughed at him as Nick just patted his shoulder, "Go back to sleep bone."
Before they put in the third movie, Nick and Angie switched seats, so Angie was back next to Aj, and Claire next to Nick. By the middle of the third movie, which was, Practical Magic, Angie and Aj were asleep. Nick gazed over at Claire and noticed she was shivering slightly. He grabbed the blanket from the back of the couch and put it over the both of them.
"Thanks." Claire said snuggling up close to Nick.
They say there awhile longer until Claire looked over at Nick and his eyes were fluttering closed. She quietly got up and shut off the VCR and Tv. Then she shook Angie and Aj awake, and told them to go to bed, and she'd talk to them tomorrow. She silently cleaned up the empty soda cans and bowls from snacks. Then she shook Nick lightly and his eyes opened slowly.
"Come on, I'm going to bring you home." she said in a soft voice.
Nick sleepily got up and put on his shoes, then followed Claire outside. She drove Nick to his house, and brought him inside. She practically dragged him up the stairs to his room and put the blankets over him as he laid down.
"Goodnight Claire." he mumbled.
"Night Nick."
She tiptoed back downstairs, drove home and went to sleep too.
The next day, Claire had class from eight am to four pm. Then at 4:30 pm, she went to her mother's house for dinner. She ended up spending the night there, in her old room, and going home the next day.
When Claire got home, she took a shower and changed into a big comfy sweatshirt and pj pants. She made herself a cup of coffee and was just about to go out to her balcony to overlook the town, when her phone rang. She grabbed the portable phone and headed out to her seat. She sat down and clicked the phone on.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Nick. How are ya?"
"Good. You?" she asked.
"I'm good. I was on the phone with my mom yesterday and one of my cousin's wedding is this weekend." he said, "And I was wondering if you wanted to go with me?"
"I would love to! I love weddings, they are so pretty. So what day is it?" she asked.
"In two days. It's an outdoor wedding at noon. So want me to pick you up around 10 am, since it is an hour and a half drive there?" he asked.
"Sure. I can't wait to go." she said.
She took a sip of her coffee and looked in at the room her and Nick painted.
"Thanks for helping me paint the room, it looks great." she said.
"Your welcome, I had fun. I have a beep, hold on." he said.
Claire said okay, and took another sip of her coffee as Nick switched over to the other line. Claire's cat, Madeline, came and curled up on her lap. She patted her cat and smiled as it began to purr.
"Claire?" Nick's voice rang through the phone.
"Yes?"
"That is my mom, she wants me to come over to dinner. She loved having the whole family over." he laughed.
"It's the same with my mom. Well I will let you go. Bye." she said.
"Bye Claire."
Claire hung up the phone and relaxed as she patted her cat. She rested her head on the back of her chair and let the sun shine on her. She thought to herself how she hadn't felt this happy in a long time.
