Keeping You Safe
Nico woke up hearing footsteps in the room. She looked up, seeing Patrick walk in with something to eat for her. Slowly she pushed herself up so she was sitting.
Patrick set the tray on the bedside table and sat on the edge of the bed. "This is my way of apologising."
Nico nodded slightly, looking up at him. "I won't do it again."
He nodded. "I don't want to have to do this again." He passed the tray to her. "I understand he's your friend, and that I can't keep you two apart. But I will not let it come between your school work. Am I clear."
Nico nodded as she took a mouthful of a sandwich.
Patrick stood up and left the room, closing the door behind him.
Nico picked up her phone, seeing a missed call from a number she didn't recognise. Setting the half eaten sandwich back on the plate she called the number back, waiting for the person to answer.
"Nico?"
"M-mum..? Is something wrong?" She questioned, keeping her voice low and level.
"I don't know, sweetheart. You tell me."
The voice on the other end was soothing, concerned and motherly, just as it should have been.
Nico gulped in a breath of air. "Nothing's wrong here mum."
"Why do you sound nervous?"
"I..I'm fine."
Sienna blew out sharply. "I had a visit from your friend today." She spoke, keeping the same tone of voice.
Nico rolled her eyes. Dylan. "He's worried.. but there's no need to be. I swear."
"Nico please."
"What? There's nothing wrong." She wanted to tell her everything, she couldn't risk Patrick listening behind the door. "I'll talk to you soon..."
Sienna took the hint. "He's in the flat isn't he."
"Yeah..."
"And you don't want to risk him hearing. Keep this number, okay? I'll call you tomorrow during your break."
"Okay."
"I love you, Nico."
"Love you too..." she spoke quietly and the line went dead. She finished her sandwich as she replied to a text from Peri. She looked up as she heard a knock on the door. "Yeah?"
The door opened, revealing Maxine. "You've got a visitor."
"Who?"
As if on cue, she spotted the flash of blue before the rest of the body appeared, Dylan walking into the room from behind Maxine. "Don't worry, he's gone out." He answered her questioning look as the door shut behind him.
"You didn't need to tell mum you know."
"Actually." He sat on the end f the bed, looking into her eyes, already dark with slight irritation. "I did. You weren't gonna listen to us so I had to do something."
"How did she seem?"
"Worried...but to be fair I had just told her that her dad was kicking her kid around." he shrugged.
"Dylan!"
"What?! She was gonna find out eventually! You know how bad I am at hiding stuff."
She sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Fine..."
"Speaking of... how are you feeling?"
"Doesn't feel like every bone in m body is broken anymore." she commented dryly, rolling her eyes at the irritation on his face. "You walked into that one." she added childishly, sticking out her tongue for added effect.
He shook his head and smiled. "Ok I won't try to care next time."
"Fine by me." She smiled, setting the empty tray on the floor and lay back. She motioned for him to move next to her.
He sighed and crawled up the bed and positioned himself behind her, his arm across her stomach.
"She says she'll call me tomorrow."
He nodded. "That's good."
"I'm not mad at you." She turned her head so she could look at him. "I know you were trying to help."
"But you're a stubborn one." He smirked.
Nico giggled and nodded. "Yeah I guess you could say that." She turned her body so she was facing him fully and she smiled. They were just two friends comfortable in each other's company, and she loved him completely.
