Chapter 2

Nina looked over at the three of them and saw that Roman had a fast food bag, Brian had a paper bag and Han held a box that had a picture of a coffee maker on it.

"Brian, why did you go out and buy a coffee maker?" Nina asked him. Brian looked at her confused until she pointed to Han and the box.

"I didn't buy that Han did. He wanted coffee and rather than go out and buy a cup every time he wanted it, he felt that he should buy a maker instead. I told him to keep it on and out only when he wanted coffee because you don't drink caffeine and don't like looking at coffee makers in your kitchen." Nina was territorial with her kitchen and Brian remembered that. Roman headed for the kitchen but stopped when Nina glared at him. He slowly backed out of the kitchen doorway and sat at the dining table with his food bag.

"Well how long do you plan to stay here Brian?" Nina asked him. Then she noticed that Dom and Mia looked broken. "What's up with them?" Nina asked as she gestured to Dom and Mia.

"Nina I don't know how long we're going to stay and they are like that because Dom's girlfriend Letty was killed before we came here. It hasn't been that long and they are still grieving, you remember what that was like Nina." Brian was referring to when her father died, that was how she had the house in Chicago, he had left it to her already paid off.

Nina nodded and turned back to her homework.

-Later-

Nina sighed as she looked at the obstruction in her view. The coffee maker that Han had bought was sitting in her kitchen and she wanted it out.

"Nina?" Mia asked as she came into the kitchen. "Why are you giving the coffee maker a death glare?"

"Because I dislike it and rather than go and glare at Han for bringing it into my house, I'll glare at it." Nina told her.

"That doesn't make sense Nina." Nina shrugged and unplugged the coffee maker, dumped the coffee and placed it all back into the box. She quickly put the box under the counter.

"All better." Nina said to her. Mia shook her head, giggled and walked out of the kitchen. Nina walked out of the kitchen with a glass of water. She sat it on the coffee table, grabbing her laptop and curling into the recliner. The way she sat, she faced the kitchen and her tattoo on her lower back was showing.

Han walked into the living room and saw Nina. When he saw the tattoo and figuring out the date and meaning, he quickly walked over to her. He slipped his hand over the tattoo. Nina felt his warm hand on her lower back. She turned her head to face him with a questioning look on her face.

"What are you doing?" Nina asked. Hand kept his hand there and gestured with his other hand for her to go back to her computer.

Nina picked up the laptop but before she could go back to the paper she was doing she felt Han pick her up, sit down and he placed her on his lap. Nina ignored the butterflies that started in her stomach as she worked on her paper in Han's lap.

After a while, Nina shifted a little on his lap.

"Don't do that." Han whispered in her ear. She froze as the butterflies doubled and his arm came around her waist.

"Sorry. Why am I on your lap?" Nina asked as she went back to the paper.

"To cover your tattoo, the way you were sitting showed it perfectly. I'd rather him ask why you are on my lap than about the little girl you lost." Han explained to her. She turned to face him after shutting her laptop. "I figured out that she was your daughter from the date of birth that is under her name on your tattoo."

"Brian doesn't know about Hannah, and I would like to keep it that way. I don't need him to worry or pity me over something that happened when he was gone." Nina told him. Han nodded and smiled at her. He lightly kissed her hand and she turned back around. She opened the laptop again and finished her paper. The rest of the guys came into the house and found the pair watching television, Nina still on Han's lap.

"Nina, why are you on Han's lap?" Brian asked as he walked farther into the living room.

"He put me here." Nina said as she went to reach for her glass of water only to have Han hand it to her. "Thanks. How did whatever y'all had to do go?" She asked as Brian, Dom and Roman sat down on the couch.

"Fine." Brian replied. Nina nodded and settled back against Han's chest. Han was comfortable and didn't feel like moving so Nina ended up staying on his lap until she had to get up to make dinner.