forum Who wants a romance o/o? (OPEN)

Started February 12, 2019 by Deleted user

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"Alright then, want to go over, or want me to drag them over here?" He asked, grinning.

She smiled shyly. "Let's go over."

Nicky jumped up, not letting go of her hand, and pulled her over. "Guys, this is Laura. Laura, this is Mitchell, Renee, Lily, and Rico." He pointed at each of them in turn, Rico giving a short nod, Renee smiling brightly, and Lily waving shyly. Mitchell had his nose buried in a book, but lifted his hand in a wave.

"Hi," Laura whispered shyly and lifted her hand in a timid wave. Her hair was in front of her face again.

Renee looked from their clasped hands, to Nicky's face. "Aaron leaves you alone in the park for like twenty minutes and you're bringing a girl home?"

Laura averted her gaze quickly and stared at her socks.

"I wanted her to get the chance to hear you guys play!" He said defensively, squeezing her hand quickly.

"I-It sounded good," she put in quietly.

"See, she's pretty and has good taste." Nicky stated, smiling down at Laura.

Laura was blushing furiously, something that was unusual for her. Dammit, Laura…

"Dammit Nicky, you broke the poor girl." Renee joked, turning to Laura. "Excuse him, he's spent too much time around Aaron."

Laura glanced up quickly and nodded. She wanted so badly to write… her fingers itched for words…

"Hey, I'm gonna take her on a tour of the house. See you guys around!" He lead her back up the stairs, an once they were definitely out of earshot, standing in the hallway, he leaned against a wall. "They're so mean to me. You looked like you needed a break though."

She smiled gratefully. "Thank you."

"No problem. You want that tour, or would you rather just sit somewhere?"

"Tour, then sit down?" she suggested hesitantly.

He nodded, gesturing around the hall. "Well we call this memory lane, because of all the pictures of us at different points."

"You all live here together?" she asked, looking at the photographs.

"Not technically, but they spend more time here than at their own places. We have a guest bedroom that's always being used, and our couch shares the same fate."

She nodded. "Is this you?" she asked pointing to one of the picture.

"Sadly. I was a weird looking kid." It was a picture of a gangly looking version of him, covered in wet sand as he posed on a beach, a large hand dug hole in the sand next to him.

"You dug that hole?" she asked, smiling a little.

"Ugh, yeah. I was looking for treasure, because Aaron convinced me that a shitty map he had carved into drift wood with a rock would lead me to a pirate treasure."

Laura laughed quietly. Again, her fingers itched.

"This is honestly probably the most interesting area besides the basement, so why don't I take you to the kitchen slash living room area?" He asked, already walking backwards down the hall.