The next day dawned early for Jordyn. She hadn't slept well the night before and after that had finally fallen into a restless sleep. She was confused at Nick's actions the night before, not that she really minded. But still...it was a little confusing when all the signals pointed to him not wanting to get involved. 'And then he had to go and kiss me, damnit...,' She thought as she trudged downstairs after showering.
She ate breakfast and cleaned up the minor mess she made and then proceeded to clean the rest of the place. It wasn't exactly messy, but Jordyn was a bit of a perfectionist and had to clean at least once a week or more.
The doorbell rang about an hour or so later, just as she really got into dusting the living room. She wiped her hands on her jean shorts and walked to the front door, pulling it open. There stood Nick, looking very irresistible in khaki pants and a dark blue button-down shirt. He smiled and pulled a bouquet of flowers from behind his back, "Hi."
Her jaw dropped a little, no one had ever bought her flowers, "Hey....what are these for?"
He shrugged, "I dunno..just felt like gettin' you flowers.."
She smiled, "Well thanks..come on in...where's the munchkin?"
"With my mom."
"And why are you so dressed up?"
He followed her into the kitchen where she put the flowers into a vase of water, "Had a meeting in Orlando with the guys...what are you up to today?"
"I'm cleaning. Why?"
"Welllll...me and the guys are planning on having a barbecue...wanna come?"
"Short notice, much?"
Nick smiled, "We decided on it at the last minute..c'mon, it'll be fun."
"Nick..I really need to clean..."
"Pllllease Jord...it'll be fun...LeighAnne and Kristen'll be there.."
She sighed, "You're going to just...beg until I give in, aren't you?"
"Yep. And Brayden'll be at my mom's for the entire weekend..so we can all get rip, roarin' drunk...if you want to."
She laughed, "I'm not a big drinker anyways...why is he at your mom's?"
"Mom likes to have him for a weekend or two every month...and he loves hanging there..."
"Ohhh.."
"Yeah..it's only for two days....then I start going stir-crazy without him.."
She smiled, "Alright...lemme pick up the stuff in the living room and then go change...and I'll go with you to this barbecue thingie...."
Nick grinned, "I knew you couldn't resist me.."
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever...I'll be back in a few."
Nick made himself comfortable in the living room, watching as she picked up magazines and newspapers and other assorted things and put them in their respective spots. She then smiled, told him once more she'd be back and disappeared upstairs. Nick flipped through the channels on the tv repeatedly, not finding anything of his interest.
Jordyn finally reappeared about fifteen minutes later, her hair pulled back with just a few peices falling out, wearing a knee-length blue jean skirt and a dark red spaghetti strap top. He smiled, "You look great.."
"I look like crap..if I had known you were gonna invite me to a thing with all your bandmates and their significant others, I would have never started cleaning.."
"You look fine Jordyn..I promise..."
She smiled, blowing a peice of hair out of her face, "Thanks...you ready?"
"Yep..come on."
She didn't protest as he grabbed her hand and led her out of her apartment, in fact, she really liked holding his hand. Nick wasn't acting weird, persay, but he was very unlike his normal self. He opened the car door for her and waited until she was in all the way and had her seatbelt on before closing the door and making his way to the drivers' side.
"Nick..what's wrong?"
He looked over at her, "What do you mean?"
"You're acting....odd."
"I am?"
She nodded, "You've never opened the car door for me.."
"I'd never kissed you either...till last night.."
She blushed a little, glad he was paying attention to the road and not at her for the moment. "Yea...I know.."
"You're cute when you blush.."
She blushed even more and chuckled, "You suck."
Nick cocked an eyebrow, "And just how do you know that Miss Jordyn?"
Her eyes widened and she laughed harder, "You are so mean!"
He just grinned and continued driving, getting onto the interstate at the Orlando exit. "Where is this thing at?"
"Brian's..."
"Oohhh..."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Did...did you mind it...when I kissed you?"
Jordyn really wanted to think on her answer, and tried to quickly because well....it wasn't hard. "No..I didn't. I was just a little surprised."
"why?"
She shrugged a little, "I don't know. I guess...I never thought that you would be interested in me like that...I didn't think you wanted something....more..."
Nick kept his eyes forward, on the road in front of them, "Truthfully..I still don't know what I want....but, I do know this...I like being around you Jordyn...I like you alot. I'm still very confused...and a little hurt and lost...."
She smiled and reached her arm over around his shoulders, gently rubbing the hair at the nape of his neck, "Well..if I can help in any way, I'll try to help you find your way back.."
He smiled, "Thanks. So..it's okay...if I hold your hand...and kiss you?"
She nodded, "It's very much okay. It's weird though..."
"What is?"
"Yesterday, your son just so happened to ask me if I liked you.."
"Liked me?"
"Like you liked his mommy...."
Nick's eyes widened a bit, "Ohhhh....and what did you answer?"
"I told him that I did.."
"Really?"
"Yea.."
Nick couldn't help but smile, "Well...good..."
"Yeah..I think it is too.."
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