You're my Favourite Person
It was early Saturday morning when Waverly abruptly woke and sat up when she heard her phone ringing. She tried to desperately blink the sleep out of her eyes so that she could locate her phone, but to no avail. She therefore started reaching blindly for her nightstand where her phone would be, and luckily, before it went to voicemail, she managed to pick it up.
“Hello..?” Was said as Waverly huffed rather loudly and flopped back down on her back.
“Shit, I’m sorry, did I wake you?”
Waverly stayed silent for a moment before realising who she was talking to, “Nicole?”
“Yes! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you…”
Waverly shot back up and was now sitting in her bed, back against the headboard, more awake than ever. “Don’t be silly, I’m glad you did,” was said smiling.
A moment of silence passed before Nicole said, “okay, so I was thinking of making some breakfast, and then I was thinking of the incredible meal you cooked for us last night, which leads me to: would you care for some breakfast? It won’t be as amazing as your dinner, but I will do my best to at least make it edible!”
Waverly couldn’t stop smiling at Nicole’s gesture, and she kept wondering how she could be so lucky as to have met her. “Actually, that sounds perfect. I can be over at yours in... Well, I’m not entirely sure, I’m not sure I even know where you live now that I think about it,” was said with an awkward laugh.
Hurrying to save Waverly from further embarrassment, Nicole came to the rescue, “nono, I woke you up, I can bring everything over - I don’t mind. Just give me thirty minutes, is that okay?”
Yet again charmed by Nicole’s action, Waverly nodded and happily answered, “that’s- yeah, that’s great. I will see you in a bit!”
“Great, see yah!”
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As soon as Nicole hung up she started cooking up what would hopefully be a decent breakfast for the two of them to enjoy. Nicole wasn’t much of a cook, but she did really wish to impress Waverly – at least a little bit.
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Waverly had hung up and resisted the urge to go back to sleep, instead dragging herself out of bed and downstairs to the living room. She turned on the TV to see if anything new and uneventful had happened in Purgatory over the night, while laying down on the couch figuring getting dressed would take too much effort and she couldn’t be bothered.
A few minutes after she’d gone downstairs she received a text from Nicole,
Nicole: Hey, you’re not allergic to anything, right?
Smiling and shaking her head she typed out her reply,
Waverly: Nope! I’ll eat pretty much anything.
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As soon as Nicole received the text from Waverly she nodded once to herself, looking over what she’d cooked up, before seeing Lincoln walk in to the kitchen, “morning buddy!” She said as she picked the cat up and held him like a baby, petting his belly, “sorry little man, but I’ve got to go again… I’ve got a breakfast to deliver and share with a wonderful person who, by the way, I’m pretty sure you’ll fall for just as much as I have.” She kissed the top of his head and sat him back down on the floor before picking everything up and getting in her car, starting the drive over to the homestead.
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Waverly rushed to the door as she heard someone knock, and as she pulled the door open she was met with a grinning Nicole holding a basket with food.
A smile quickly found its way to Waverly’s face as she sighed happily and said, “you are so amazing. I mean seriously, this is amazing!” She gestured for Nicole to come in, “first I get woken up by the most beautiful voice telling me breakfast will be at my door in 30 minutes,” Nicole raised her eyebrows then, “then 30 minutes later – bam! Here you are, at my door, with a beautiful smile and a basket full of food!” Waverly stopped for a second to breathe before continuing, “I mean really, what more could a girl ask for?”
Nicole laughed and said, “well, nothing I suppose. Though I have to warn you, I’ve been told I’m not a great cook! Meaning every time I do actually cook, there’s about a 50/50 percent chance the food will actually end up being edible…” She shrugged her shoulders and gave a sheepish grin while handing Waverly the basket she was reaching for.
“I’m sure it’s not that bad,” Waverly said as she started setting the table and unpacking the food in the basket. There was French toast, berries, chocolate chip pancakes, syrup, coffee, orange juice… Nicole had really gone all out on this one. Turning to face Nicole again, Waverly said, “I mean it all looks insanely good… And I’m really hungry so I’d eat just about anything – especially if you made it for me.”
Nicole was flattered, and decided to seize the moment – carpe diem and all! So she walked up to Waverly, reached for everything she was currently holding to set it on the table. She reached for a piece of hair that had escaped Waverly’s messy bun and tucked it behind her ear, “I don’t know what you’re doing to me, Waverly Earp, but I cannot stop thinking about you. When I left last night, all I wanted to do was be with you…” She gently caressed Waverly’s cheek, “God, you are so beautiful.”
Before Nicole could say anything else, it was Waverly who all but leapt forward, connecting their lips for the first time in a soft kiss. Nicole responded immediately, wounding her arms around Waverly’s waist as Waverly wound hers around Nicole’s neck. It was a kiss so full of emotions they were both struggling to keep on their feet, almost paralysed by the feeling.
When they finally broke apart moments later and out of breath, they looked at each other for a moment before Waverly let her forehead fall against Nicole’s. She closed her eyes, re-imagining the kiss they just shared, smiling at the memory. When she opened her eyes again, she quickly found Nicole’s looking at her, that deadly smile firmly plastered on her face. “I can’t believe I actually convinced myself not to do that last night…” Nicole let out a laugh, and Waverly continued, “I mean just… Woah.”
Nicole pecked Waverly’s lips one more time before letting go and saying, “I know,” getting back to setting the table and making last minute preparations to the food.
Waverly was still stood firmly in place, blinking a couple of times, not completely convinced this is real yet, before shaking her head at herself and getting back to work and lending Nicole a helping hand.
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After having eaten what had eventually turned out to be an amazing breakfast cooked by Nicole, who seemed a little bit surprised she’d made this happen too, they were sat together on the couch playing what was now their 3rd round of go fish. Nicole was sat with her back against one arm rest, her legs crossed in front of her, and Waverly was sat mirroring her position on the opposite end of the couch.
Sceptically, Waverly peeked over her cards, squinting at Nicole who was doing the same, before cautiously asking, “have you got any seven’s?”
Nicole eyed her cards for a second before returning to her sceptic stare-off with Waverly, finally answering, “go fish.” She watched as Waverly carefully picked up the last card in the so called ocean and asked, “have you got any queens?”
“Ugh, yes…”
Nicole picked up the two queens Waverly had passed on to her, and knowing she only needed one last card to win the game, she went on, “do you have any three’s?”
“Damnit!” Waverly exclaimed, feeling as defeated as ever as she’d just lost two out of three in a childs card game.
“Aha, I win!” Nicole exclaimed happily, throwing her arms up to emphasise her point of winning.
“Only because you knew that was the last card in the ocean though…”
Acting offended and putting a hand to her heart, she said, “Why, I would never! You’re so mean.”
Throwing her hands up, Waverly said, “you’re right! You’re right, I’m sorry. Can you ever forgive me?”
Pretending to be thinking it over, tapping her chin, Nicole finally answered “we may be able to work something out…”
Waverly sat up then, and crawled over to Nicole. Now straddling her, she bent over and steadied herself by placing one arm on either side of Nicole’s head. Their faces were now mere millimetres apart, and Waverly could feel Nicole’s breath against against her skin, “yeah?”
Nicole’s breath was jagged and nervous as she allowed herself to quickly glance down at Waverly’s lips for only a moment before returning her gaze to meet Waverly’s eyes. Smiling nervously, she finally said, “yeah.”
A devious smirk found its way to Waverly’s face as she locked her eyes on Nicole’s lips, “how about I do this…?” Waverly asked before closing the small gap between them and kissing Nicole with all her might.
Nicole sighed into the kiss and wound her arms around Waverly’s neck, mumbling something like “this is good,” causing Waverly to smile against her lips before pulling back. After taking a moment to catch her breath again, Nicole spoke up, “you are definitely forgiven.”
Waverly laughed and laid her head down on Nicole’s chest, content in the silence being held by two strong arms.
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After a while and a lot of thinking on Waverly’s part, she said, “I can’t believe I’ve only known of your existence for about a week, but already after these past two days I’ve found you’ve become this huge part of my life I can’t imagine living without now…”
Nicole found herself smiling at this, and responded, “I know what you mean… It’s crazy, but I have this feeling that everything is right, and everything is good, when I’m with you. I’ve never had that feeling before…”
Waverly propped herself up then to be able to look at Nicole as she said, “its like all of a sudden everything else just disappears and all I feel is good and right.”
“Exactly!”
Waverly gave Nicole a quick kiss before laying back down, “it scares me, but its also the best I’ve ever felt.”
Nicole dropped a kiss to her hair then, and hugged Waverly to her just a little bit tighter in response.
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The day had quickly gone by, the two not having done anything but looking at each other, talking and playing board games. They’d ordered a pizza a little while ago and was expecting it to arrive any minute, while nearing the end of an intense game of Trivial Pursuit for Kids.
Waverly had nearly all her pieces, only missing one, whereas Nicole was in about the exact opposite position. “I swear to God, this game is unfair, you are so clearly much smarter than me,” Nicole said as she realised there was no turning back and she was definitely losing.
Taking a moment to just look at Nicole, Waverly said “it’s trivial pursuit for kids, Nicole… I’m pretty sure the box said it was suited people between the ages of eight and twelve. I guess I’ve just had more luck with my questions!”
Finally, Nicole smiled again, “I really like how you’re trying to find reasons why I’m losing other than me being not as smart as you, when in fact the problem is really just that you are way smarter than me.”
Just as Waverly was opening her mouth to give some other explanation to why she was winning they both heard a knock on the door, and Nicole got up to go answer it. She opened the door and greeted the delivery guy who handed her the pizza after receiving his payment and tip. As soon as she said thanks and closed the door, Waverly was on her way with money for the food, but soon realised Nicole had already taken care of everything. “Nicole, you didn’t have to do that… You brought over breakfast and you’re my guest,” Waverly said, but Nicole just shrugged and placed the pizza on the living room table.
As they ate, they’d decided to skip the movie and just sit and talk instead.
“So. Do you have any brothers or sisters?” Nicole asked.
“Yes. There’s my older sister, Wynonna, she lives in town, I’m sure you’ll meet her at one point! She’s kinda known for getting into trouble… Then there was my eldest sister, Willa, who died when I was little.”
“Oh,” Nicole said, reaching for Waverly’s hand, “I’m sorry.”
Waverly just waved a hand as to say it’s okay, “don’t be. It was a long time ago, and I don’t really remember her… And now it’s my turn! I never did ask you, but why did you want to be a cop?”
“Ooh that’s a great question!” Nicole answered Excitedly, “and well, I wanted to be a cop because when I was younger, I realised some people don’t have anyone to stand up for them. And I always thought everyone should have a voice.”
Thinking this over for a minute, Waverly said, “isn’t that kinda what lawyers do though..?”
Smiling, as if expecting the response, Nicole simple stated, “well yes. The difference between myself and lawyers is that where they are trying to right a wrong, I’m trying to stop it from ever happening. Basically, I’m trying to keep lawyers from working.”
“That’s a very good answer, officer!”
“I also became a cop because I like to protect people, help people, and remove or put down dangerous situations…”
Waverly looked at Nicole then, “I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone as kind hearted as you before.”
Nicole shrugged and said, “that’s because there are just assholes living in this town.” Causing Waverly to laugh, “no, but seriously, I’m glad you think so.”
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It was getting late, and they were both feeling pretty tired despite not having done anything all day. Nicole was about to say she should go when Waverly asked, “hey Nicole?”
Raising an eyebrow at her, Nicole answered, “yeah?”
“Will you stay over tonight?”
Nicole was a little taken aback, not expecting Waverly to ask her directly – if at all – to stay over. She smiled, none the less, and happily answered, “I would love to.”
They made their way upstairs to Waverly’s bedroom where Waverly threw an old shirt at Nicole for her to sleep in, while finding another for herself.
As they were climbing into bed, Waverly noted how Nicole was seeming pretty nervous, and she smiled to herself thinking about how the woman who had seemed so confident and sure of herself only hours ago, had suddenly turned into this nervous and unsure mess that stood before her. She therefore grabbed her hand and guided her to sit down at the edge of the bed. She straddled her and kissed her passionately, and Nicole responded immediately, bringing her hands to Waverly’s back.
It lasted only a moment, but it seemed to calm Nicole down which was Waverly’s goal all along. She gently nudged Nicole’s shoulder to get her to lay down, and as she did, Waverly crawled over her and laid down beside her. Nicole turned to face her then, and as she placed an arm over Waverly’s middle, Waverly snuggled closer to her and nuzzled her face in Nicole’s neck.
They laid together for a moment before Nicole just had to ask, “you know before, this morning, you said something and I’ve just been thinking about it for a while now.” Waverly lifted her head a little bit then, “you said you like my voice?” It wasn’t meant to come out as a question, but it did anyway.
Letting out a light laugh and the insecure question slash statement, Waverly nuzzled her face back into Nicole’s neck as she answered, “yeah, I like your voice.”
They were both quiet for a moment, Nicole not entirely sure how to answer that. Luckily, Waverly spoke up before she had to spend more time thinking about it, “and I like your smile, and your laugh is heavenly… Not to mention your face – I really like your face. And your eyes. And really I just like all of you… But maybe mostly your voice. It’s comforting, it makes me feel safe.”
Nicole was kind of glad Waverly couldn’t see her face now because of the dark, because her face and warped into one of pure and true happiness, a face splitting grin spreading across it. “It’s always been like this, you know. You should’ve heard it coming out of a five-year-old Nicole.”
Waverly laughed then, and Nicole could feel her smile against her neck, causing her own laughter to fill the room with Waverly. Eventually the laughter died down, and Nicole could hear Waverly’s steady breathing. Almost certain Waverly was now fast asleep, she dropped a kiss in Waverly’s hair and whispered out, “I think you’re my favourite person.” Waverly barely caught it in her half-asleep state, but did so right before she fell into a deep sleep with a smile firmly playing on her lips.