A/N: Sooo this is coming a little late after the last chapter but oh well, I feel like writing it now so now here comes another chapter and hopefully it wont be too poorly written cause trust me, I'll go over it 3 or four times to make sure it isn't too cheesy or cliched now has too many errors. Anyways, enjoy!
Just to clarify, I obviously don't own the characters and don't claim to!
EDIT: THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN EDITED AS I FEEL LIKE IT ADVANCED ON A BIT TOO FAST SO HERE'S A SLOWED DOWN VERSION AND TRUST ME, THE BITS I TOOK OUT WILL GET EDITED BACK IN IN LATER CHAPTERS! ENJOY!
Neither Nicole Haught nor Waverly Earp were great believers in any of the clichés that movies and Hollywood liked to perpetuate but right there and then, sitting in that booth in the back of the cafe with their hands joined across the table, they both could have sworn that they'd known each other for years, maybe in previous lives or something equally as cheesy, because they felt so comfortable and at ease with one another after only a couple hours, like they'd been best friends, at the very least, all their lives.
Waverly smiled at Nicole, some of her earlier confidence finally slipping away now that they were away from the hustle and bustle of Shorty's to a more calm and natural and even almost a bit shy version of her, the one Nicole figured not a lot of people got to see and in that moment she felt strangely honoured, to be allowed to see Waverly as more herself, it made her feel kind of special. She smiled back softly, gently brushing her thumb over Waverly's knuckles before reluctantly tearing her gaze away to look back at the counter, hoping someone would be there to notice and come over to serve them. Luckily there was and a young waitress with long blonde hair and all together too much make up on and too much cleavage showing came rushing over to serve them. The young girl, Waverly immediately noticed, seemed to be paying just a bit too much attention to Nicole as she attempted to casually lean over her once she made it over. Waverly didn't like that at all and she felt a deep frown form on her face which startled her slightly. She'd only known Nicole for a few hours and of course while they had an undeniable chemistry between them that did not mean that Waverly got to be possessive or jealous in anyway, at least, not yet anyway.
Nicole didn't seem to notice the girl really as she squeezed Waverly's hand and quickly rattled off an order for them.
"One black coffee for myself and a chai tea for the lady." Nicole said, smiling softly at Waverly and throwing her a small wink. Waverly smiled back though it was a slightly tight smile and Nicole couldn't quite figure out why. She shook it off though as Waverly's smile seemed to grow more genuine again after a few moments.
"So Miss Earp, tell me a lil about yourself, considering all I know so far is that you work for your sister and are clearly a beautiful tease," Nicole joked, dimpled grin on full display and Waverly felt her cheeks heat up ever so slightly at the incredibly thinly veiled compliment. She chuckled and squeezed Nicole's hand in response before she began to excitedly natter on about her interests.
"Well, I totally love history, y'know the old and weird kind that most people don't know about. Usually the more off the beat and track it is the more I like it. Oh and I loooove reading, its one of my favourite things to do, always has been. I spent so many days in the library in high school its a miracle I was and still am so well liked around town. And I often do a lot of online classes to get new degree's in new subjects cause it's just about the only way to get any kind of decent and smart education in this town, I mean, not that I didn't totally pass all my forms of education with nothing but straight A's, but it's just a whole lot harder online but I still pass with flying colours. And oh my god I just realized what an awful ramble that was and how much of a huge nerd I must seem like to you and oh god I should just stop cause your totally gonna run off if I don't stop, Nicole why aren't you running or stopping me oh god." Waverly rambled on and on before she buried her face in her hands, having now retracted it from Nicole's hand on the table and Nicole just smiled gently and watched adoringly, completely taken with the cute way Waverly was so absorbed and excited by the prospect of talking about herself and the things she loved.
"I highly doubt you could do or say something to make me want to run away Waverly Earp," Nicole replied with complete sincerity as she took both of Waverly's hands from on her face and held them gently in her own. She smiled softly and genuinely and Waverly smiled sadly in response.
Oh if only that were true, she thought to herself before she shook her head and laughed lightly, a small blush tinting her cheeks again.
"Besides," Nicole said noticing the slight sadness slipping onto Waverly's face and moving quickly to try and keep her mind off of whatever could possibly make the beautiful woman sad, "I like your rambling, its kind of cute," she admitted, head ducking slightly in embarrassment at the truth. At this admission Waverly felt herself smile and felt the slight pinprick of tears begin in the back of her eyes and a soft blush dust across her cheeks. This is ridiculous, She thought, I've known her for a few hours and already she's saying just the right things… Waverly sniffled at which point Nicole looked up and frowned slightly. "Oh, I haven't upset you have I?" She worried and quickly launched into an apology before Waverly quieted her with a shake of her head in response.
"No, no it's nothing as serious as that," Waverly replied and Nicole sighed and smiled ever so slightly in relief, "It's kind of silly actually…" Waverly chuckled sadly at herself before wiping away her unshed tears with her unoccupied hand that she had retrieved from Nicole's two.
"I'm positive its not, it made you want to cry after all," Nicole gently grasped her hand still in her grip now with both hands, softly rubbing her thumbs back and forth over Waverly's knuckles in a supportive and comforting manner. Waverly smiled weakly but gratefully before taking a deep breath and continuing on.
"It's just that, well, no ones ever been interested in me before and everyone just usually tells me to shut up when I start to ramble like that…" Waverly shrugged at this truth and Nicole felt her frown return in full force and felt her heart break ever so slightly. She just couldn't believe that anyone would want this beautiful goddess of a woman to ever stop talking, especially when there was such passion and joy in her words and movements. Waverly felt the tears prick back up again and didn't wipe her eyes to stop them, feeling utterly ridiculous but unable to shake the small voice in the back of her head that kept saying useless things but unexpectedly another pair of hands did. Suddenly both of Nicole's hands were gently cupping Waverly's cheeks, thumbs carefully wiping away the tears as they tried to fall to the table and a small smile gracing her features, almost there as if to assure Waverly she was allowed to cry.
"Well they're all stupid cause you an' your rambling are impossibly adorable Miss Earp and I could listen to you for days if you'd let me." Nicole smiled and Waverly's heart fluttered in response as she realized Nicole was 100% serious. She also noted that Nicole's voice had a slight southern drawl in that moment and she found it really cute, especially as she imagined Nicole with a full blown accent.
"Thank you," Waverly whispered out somewhat hoarsely in response, her vocal chords feeling tight with bottled up emotions and she smiled again before continuing on, "So, I uh kinda just noticed, you have a little bit of an accent it seems..?" Nicole smiled bashfully but nodded and her chest swelled up slightly with a sense of pride.
"I do indeed. I'm from Texas, born and raised for the most part so I guess sometimes the accent really slips through." Nicole explained, "But that's usually only when I'm really caught up in a moment or emotion yknow?"Nicole winked at that and Waverly's heart felt like it was doing somersaults and she couldn't help the way she instinctually leaned forward so that their faces were once again mere inches apart and they could feel each others warm breaths being gently puffed out through their noses. Nicole looked dazed and completely ready to lean in and kiss Waverly again but before she could they were brought back to reality by the waitress from earlier arriving with their orders. They reluctantly leaned back from each others personal spaces and back to a respectable distance as she placed down the two drinks, quickly and tersely for Waverly and exaggeratedly slowly for Nicole, who's shoulder she leant on to support herself but also to attempt to shove her unimpressive cleavage in Nicole's face and suddenly it snapped in Nicole's head and she realized why Waverly had been so off earlier.
"Just so you know, my numbers on the cup sweetheart," The waitress said in an altogether too sweet voice. She winked and slowly pulled away from Nicole, throwing a smirk over her shoulder to Waverly who ground her teeth in response, positively seething with jealousy despite how ridiculous she felt for feeling that way. Nicole nodded a curt thanks in response, finally catching on to the not so subtle flirting of the waitress and no longer thinking it wise to be as kind and give the wrong message to the young girl, especially if the expression on Waverly's face was anything to go by.
Once the girl was gone Nicole reached into her back pocket pulling out, of all things, a sharpie, which Waverly, who had been paying close attention to Nicole's movements, watched on in confusion at. Nicole then uncapped the sharpie and grabbed her cup, holding it up at an angle and doing something. Once she was done she set the cup back down and Waverly could now see a big black square blocking out where the girl had put her number. Waverly smiled and glanced smugly at the waitress who had been watching in shock before she quickly retreated to the back rooms of the cafe with a frown on her face. When she turned her attention back to Nicole she caught sight of the tiny smirk just barely showing on her face and laughed softly before reaching down to her cup and curling her hands round it before lifting it up to take a small sip, enjoying the feel of the slight burn to her tongue. She dropped her cup back down to the table, tongue darting out to wet her dry lips and she caught Nicole staring at the movement by her mouth and smirked herself.
Nicole coughed and returned her attention to her cup, a soft pink blush now dusting her cheeks and ear tips as she realized she had been caught. For the rest of the date she did her best not to look at Waverlys mouth and embarrass herself any further.
A/N: So, hope y'all liked that, there'll be more to come soon, I'm actually really enjoying this little AU so I'm more on top of writing for it and posting for it. Anyway, let me know what y'all think and if you want more, etcetera etcetera and as always, thanks for reading!