Chapter 3
Hello all! Thank you for the lovely comments. As I said before and will probably say a million times, they encourage me to continue writing this fic! Anyways, I kind of left the story on a bit of a cliffhanger (kind of sort of). So I will pick up there. This story isn't necessarily following the plot line that occurred towards the end of Season 15, but I will try to incorporate it in as much as possible! Also, I was somewhat inspired by the song "Strangers" by Seven Lions when writing this chapter. Give it a listen, it's a pretty rad song. Thanks again my lovelies! Please R&R! –Nora
"What do you want us to be?" Nick asked, which got Amanda's heart racing. Amanda somewhat dozed off for a moment or so, somewhat thrown off by the question. No man had been this straight forward with her.
"Wanna know what I'm feeling?" He proceeded to ask, trying to fill the void of silence. Amanda nodded, still unable to formulate a clear sentence.
"I'm not the kind of man who uses women for a simple fuck, Amanda. I don't do one night stands. I've never been that kind of man, nor will ever be. I have these feelings for you Amanda, and I have had them for quite some time now. Probably since I first met you, but I never acted on them, because I was married at the time. I buried them for a long time, because I never really realized how I felt about you until my divorce was finalized. Maria and I were incompatible, to say the least. She had bad PTSD when she came back from Iraq, and I tried so hard to help her, but I wasn't there enough. Then came the affair-" Nick said, shaking his head. Amanda grabbed his chin, and tilted his head up. He was ashamed of what had happened, and he never let anyone know that, until now. Amanda kissed him sweetly.
"Wanna know what I feel?" Amanda asked him.
"Please do" Nick said sweetly, smiling a little bit.
"I've never felt this way about a guy before, Nick. I've never had great luck with my former 'relationships', and it's well documented. Nick, you make me feel like a million dollars every time I'm with you. You make me feel like a woman, like I'm beautiful. I'm nervous as hell about beginning a relationship with you, but I want to so bad. More than you will ever know." She said, her voice emphatic.
"You have no idea how bad I wanna call you my girlfriend." Nick said, leaning over Amanda, his hands pressing against the backboard of her bed. Amanda smiled sheepishly.
"So." Amanda said, smiling.
"So. There's one more thing that I feel that we need to do to solidify this relationship, girlfriend." Nick said smiling, brighter than he probably ever had.
"Mmm what's that, boyfriend?" She said leaning in closer to him, smiling just as big.
"I need to take you out on a first date." He said simply.
"That sounds perfect." She said kissing him, smiling at the same time. Amanda had never been this happy in her life, and was happier that it was Nick who was making her feel this way.
"We both have tomorrow off, how about tomorrow night, say 7 o'clock?" Nick asked.
"That sounds perfect. What did you have in mind, sweetie?" Amanda asked.
"Oh it's a secret. I'm going to try and sweep you off your feet tomorrow night. Dress nice is all I'm going to say." He said winking.
"Okay. Tomorrow night it is then" Amanda said, kissing him.
Tomorrow would be the best night, she thought to herself. They made love the rest of the night, the first as boyfriend and girlfriend.
Somewhat of a filler, I know! Next chapter is Nick and Amanda's first date! R&R!