I'm Not Going to Break
As Waverly was starting to wake up, she turned around to bury her face in her pillow, and as she did so she felt two strong arms tighten their hold on her. She smiled into her pillow at what seemed to be a reflex from Nicole’s side while blushing furiously into her pillow – very happy Nicole couldn’t see her face right now.
After a moment, Waverly seemed to have gotten her blushing and smiling back under control, so she decided to lift her face from the pillow to look at the sleeping beauty next to her. Waverly thought Nicole looked gorgeous where she was, peaceful, fully relaxed, not worried about a single thing.
Taking a minute to look at the beautiful girl next to her, a smile spread across Waverly’s face, and she brought a hand up to run through Nicole’s hair. Nicole stirred for a moment before slowly opening her eyes – blinking a few times before being able to keep her eyes open for more than half a second at a time. Once able to do just that, she looked at Waverly for a second, smiled, and shook her head before burying her face back into her pillow to hide a blush of her own.
Waverly laughed then, and said “oh come on, Nicole, let me look at that pretty little face of yours, please?”
When Nicole only shook her buried head, Waverly thought it was time for more serious measures – because if she was up, Nicole was going to be up too. As Nicole was currently lying on her stomach, face buried deep in her pillow, Waverly figured she wouldn’t notice if she simply sat up and climbed on Nicole and straddled her. So naturally, that is exactly what Waverly did.
Nicole, noticing Waverly placing herself on top of her, started laughing while she turned her head to the side so she would be able to talk out into the open, “hey, what are you doing?”
“Shh,” Waverly answered in a whisper, bending down and placing a kiss at the back of Nicole’s neck. She could feel Nicole shiver as her lips came in contact with her skin, and smiled triumphantly to herself as she realised just how much power she seemed to have over the girl beneath her.
Nicole closed her eyes and took a deep breath to steady and keep herself under control, something she felt she failed miserably at as she practically gasped the second time Waverly brought her lips to the back of her neck and shivers ran down her spine.
“Ooh, you like this?” Waverly teased.
Nicole let out a huff and quickly turned around under Waverly, causing the girl on top of her to let out a squeal as she wasn’t prepared for the abrupt movement. Once turned around, Nicole proceeded to sit up, bringing Waverly – who was now sitting on her lap – closer to her. Waverly’s automatic response was bringing her arms around Nicole’s neck, while Nicole’s hands found their way to Waverly’s hips to firmly hold them in place.
The two of them took a moment to just look at one another, a moment during which Waverly tucked a strand of hair behind Nicole’s ear, saying, “my God, you must be the true definition of beauty”.
Nicole leaned in then, passionately kissing Waverly, and although the kiss seemed to last only a second, it said everything Nicole didn’t know how to say with words.
Waverly searched Nicole’s face for any signs that she didn’t want any of this, any signs of regret. When finding none, she all but threw herself at Nicole again, kissing her with every little bit of energy she had. She could feel Nicole’s hand run up and down her back in the most careful of ways, as if afraid a firmer touch could break her. Thinking about this, she couldn’t help the smile that took over her lips – something she soon cursed herself for letting happen when Nicole pulled back.
She was smiling too now, “what?”
Waverly looked down then, shook her head, and said, “oh it’s nothing, it’s just silly really.”
Nicole placed a hand under Waverly’s chin to lift it so their eyes could meet again, but Waverly still avoided looking at her – simply closing her eyes. “Hey, look at me please?” That voice… That voice could make Waverly do anything, so she opened her eyes again and looked at Nicole who was nervously smiling. Nicole carefully cupped her face, “I bet it’s not silly. Anything that makes you smile I want to know because I want to be the reason you smile – I want to know what makes you happy.”
Waverly could feel her eyes start to water, but quickly blinked away the tears. She didn’t understand how anyone could care so much about her – it truly was surreal to her. “Uh, it’s a little bit stupid, maybe even awkward! But really it was just the way you were touching me that made me smile.” Nicole furrowed her brows in confusion then, “you see, when you touch me it’s like you’re taking care of the most precious thing – a thing that could break any second. A thing that needs to be handled in the most careful of ways.”
Nicole interrupted Waverly then, “but that’s because to me you are the most precious thing…”
“And that is so, so, sweet. And honestly, the smallest of touches you give me feels amazing and just out of this world. Every time I need to hold on to something just to make sure I stay grounded and don’t float away. But I’m not going to break. I so much love the way you touch me, but I’m not going to break.”
To emphasise her point, Waverly kissed Nicole then, hard and with power, causing Nicole to let out what sounded very much like a whimper. She continued to explore Waverly’s body like before, only now her touches were firmer and more confident.
After an intense make out session they broke apart, both of their breathing uncontrollable as of yet. “I could easily wake up like this every single day and never get tired of it. I don’t think I could ever get tired of waking up next to you,” Nicole said in-between breaths.
“I know, me too,” Waverly agreed. She then tried to climb off Nicole, only to be held in place by Nicole who was now showing off the best pouty face she could make up – a face Waverly found it impossible to ignore, “hey! No. None of that, put that way away please.”
When Nicole didn’t stop, Waverly tapped Nicole’s now stuck out bottom lip, repeating what she’d just said, “Nicole, I’m serious. I can’t look at that, it’s too much.”
Nicole kept going, and in all desperation Waverly leaned in to kiss Nicole, intending to just tease her and not actually have it escalate from there into another make out session or anything of the kind. This plan did, of course, not work out very well – something Waverly only seemed to realise as she returned to reality and realised she was now shirtless and once again breathing heavily.
She gave Nicole a disapproving look, but all she got in return was a sheepish grin and a shrug. Waverly shook her head as she reached for her shirt again, and as she pulled it over her head she said, “that was cruel.” Nicole still didn’t say anything, a smile still gracing her face, “on the bright side, that pout did just go away…”
Nicole pecked Waverly’s lips one last time, and that’s when Waverly realised she would do anything for this girl. “As much as I do wish this morning would never end, as much as I wish we could just stay right here, in this bed, forever, I did kinda want to do something today if you’d like to spend another day with me? You don’t have to of course, I just think it could be-“
“Hey,” Nicole said laughing, “yes. We’re spending the day together – what’s the plan?”
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They'd spent the day together, going back to the café where they first met, walking around down town and simply enjoying the day and their time together.
They were now stood in Waverly's doorway, trying to say goodbye for now as Nicole had to go into work the following morning. Waverly had her arms placed around Nicole's waist, not yet ready to say goodbye.
"You could just sleep here – I'll get up early with you! I don't mind..." Waverly suggested.
"As lovely as that sounds, and as much as I loved waking up next to you, I do need to get some sleep to be able to stay up all day tomorrow. Can't be staring at you hours into the night and not be rested for work," Nicole answered sadly.
Waverly nodded her head in understanding with a sad smile, still not completely on board, but knowing she had to let go eventually.
Feeling bad about the situation, Nicole gently cupped Waverly's face, running her thumbs along her cheekbones. "Hey," she said when Waverly avoided eye contact, "I'll call you tomorrow, I promise." When Waverly still wouldn't meet her eyes, Nicole bent down and placed a soft kiss to her lips. She could feel Waverly respond immediately, which only made it that much harder to leave.
When they broke apart, Waverly asked again, "you promise you'll call me tomorrow?"
Nicole smiled and firmly nodded, "yes. I wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Good," Waverly started, "now give me a kiss I can live on til I hear your voice again."
Not being one to disobey orders, Nicole smiled a devious smile as she bent down, and while kissing Waverly with all her might, she walked Waverly backwards til she hit a wall. She moved her hands to Squeeze Waverly's ass for a second before bringing them to the back of her thighs, easily lifting her up.
Waverly let out a squeal and a moan as she wrapped her legs around Nicole's waist, running her hands trough red locks.
Eventually the need for air became too great and Waverly was forced to pull away, cursing her lungs for not being able to withstand more. She let her forehead fall on Nicole's shoulder, who was still carrying her, until she managed to get her breathing under control and be sure her legs could carry her again.
"You okay?" Nicole asked her, smiling and seeming as proud as ever of what she could do to the girl by simply kissing her.
Lifting her head again, Waverly said, "yeah, sorry."
Nicole shook her head, "please don't be sorry about this."
"No! No, I didn't mean- I'm not- That was some kiss..." Nicole hummed in agreement and Waverly continued, "suppose you'all have to set me back down right about now if you want to drive away tonight."
Nicole's face looked like a question mark, and Waverly looked down, causing Nicole to do the same. "Oh! I'm sorry," Nicole said, still not letting go of Waverly - a bit reluctant to do so...
Waverly felt a smile take over her face, "uhm... Nicole?"
"Shhh, just a minute longer."
Waverly nodded and took the opportunity to lay her head back on Nicole's shoulder and embrace her for a minute more.
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When Nicole woke up to her alarm the next day and Waverly wasn't next to her, her mood dropped to about as low as it could get at 8am. She sighed as she switched on a light and got out of bed, already sure this day was going to be an exhausting one.
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The clock was nearing 11 and Nicole had been written up for front desk duty all week, but already she was bored out of her mind. The only thing she could think about was her gir- Were they girlfriends? She didn't know exactly what they were – she’d have to talk to Waverly about that - but all she could think about was Waverly.
Little did she know, Waverly had slept horribly and woken up cranky and irritated - something very unlike her might I add. Which is why she'd decided to take matters into her own hands, she knew what she had to do.
Just as Nicole was handing over her latest report, out of the corner of her eye she saw someone walk in. She lifted her head, and as soon as she saw Waverly her face was taken over by a huge grin.
"Phew, you're here. I was so sure I was gonna mess up completely and you wouldn't even be here right now..." Waverly said as she sat a cup of coffee down on Nicole's desk.
Nicole shrugged and said, "desk duty - one whole week of it actually!"
"Aww I'm sorry, Nicole..."
Nicole waved her hand then, "nah, it's a rotation thing, this week it's me, next week it'll be someone else! It's okay. Honestly quite dreadful at times, but I'll live." Waverly nodded, and Nicole just now looked down at the cup Waverly had sat in front of her. Nicole snorted, and while laughing she asked, "officer Haughtstuff?"
Waverly rounded the desk while shrugging her shoulders, pulling Nicole’s chair out and placing herself in her lap. Nicole raised her eyebrows in question but didn’t ask or signal for Waverly to get off, “you will not believe how grumpy I was this morning when I woke up and you weren’t there. Hence my coming here… Speaking of, I really hope I didn’t overstep or anything!” Hurrying off Nicole’s lap, she continued in half panic, “I mean I can leave, it’s okay, you can tell me to leave I would totally understand…”
Nicole’s smile only grew, and as it did Waverly seem to realise she was rambling again and stopped. Nicole reached for her and once she caught Waverly’s arm, she tugged on it, silently asking Waverly to take a seat again. “Hey, I don’t mind this at all. You’ve just made my day!” Was said as she pecked her cheek, “and I do think maybe I can believe how you felt this morning because I felt about the same… It just felt so empty without you when I was going to sleep, and waking up and not seeing that gorgeous face of yours was a nightmare.”
“Yes!” Waverly exclaimed, “I slept probably worse tonight than I’ve ever done – all because you weren’t there lying next to me…”
“I know, baby, I’m sorry.”
“No no, it’s okay, I understand… I just wish you were there when I woke up is all.”
Nicole took a minute to think, and the longer she thought about it the more she needed to know. “Hey, Wave? What are we?”
Waverly looked at her like she was crazy just then, “uhh, people...? What are you-“
“No, I mean like us, what are we? This relationship? If it even is a relationship! I mean it depends what you want really, because I would love for this to be a relationship, but if you don’t want that then that’s completely fine because I’d rather have some of you than none of you…”
Waverly raised an eyebrow, “are you done…?”
Nicole let out a small laugh, “sorry, yes.”
“Nicole, I would love to be in a relationship with you.”
In the most hopeful voice, Nicole had to ask, “for real?”
Waverly kissed her then, before pulling back and answering, “for really real.”