Herrrro dere you lovely people you. I hope your day has been fine. Here is a new chapter of
"Stole My Heart" to make it even better (;
Stole My Heart
I think I started holding my breath when Nick pulled into the driveway. I didn't even realize it until he opened my door. I unbuckled myself and got out.
Nick stood next to me, looking up at the manor. "Jeff," He said quietly.
"Yeah," I shut the door.
"I don't think that I can do this." He looked at me, with this sad, unnerved look. "I can't tell him I'm gay. Not yet." He was shaking his head.
"That's okay," I said. I reached out and put my hand on his arm. "I'm not asking you too. You can't come on anything but your own terms." I chuckled. "Unless someone barges in on you lying in bed, naked, making out with another guy." I winked at him and he smiled a little.
"You are an angel," He whispered to me.
"I try," I said, flicking my hair out of my eyes. Nick chuckled.
"Come on," He said taking my hand and bringing me up the front walk. He led me up onto the porch and through the front door. He shrugged of his jacket, hanging it in a little alcove to the right side of the foyer. Then he helped me out of mine and hung it up next to his.
"Nicholas!" We heard Charlotte call. She came around the corner and broke out in a huge smile. "Hello dear!" She said engulfing Nick in a hug. She kissed both of his cheeks and then turned to me. "Jeffery, darling," And she hugged me too.
"Oh hello," I said.
"Come on, Come on" She said. "Benjamin is waiting in the dining room." She looped her arm through mine and guided me through the house. When we came to the dining room the first thing I saw was Mr. Duval's back. He was sitting at the head of the table, writing on a legal pad with some folders spread out in front of him. "Benjamin!" Charlotte called. "I told you to put those away!"
"Just one more moment love," Benjamin called.
"No, now." Charlotte demanded. "Our son is here."
I heard Benjamin sigh and then he started to pile up all his papers. When he had them all stacked he stood up and turned around. "Nicholas hello," He said to Nick. Then his eyes fell on me. "Where is Kimberly? Who is this?"
"Kim's having Girls Night Out," Nick said stepping forwards so he was standing next to me. "This is my friend Jeff."
Charlotte patted my arm. "Here dear," she said. "Come sit here." She sat me down to Benjamin's right. Nick pulled out the chair across from his dad and waited till his mom sat down and he pushed her in. "Thank you Nicholas." She said. Then Nick sat across from me.
I looked at the display of food set across the table. There was roast beef and mashed potatoes and at least three different kinds of vegetables and gravy and bread and it kinda amazed me. Dinners at my house were never this grand.
"So, Nicholas," Mr. Duval started. "Where did you meet Jeff? Does he go to school with you?"
The way he said 'school' reminded me that Mr. Duval did not approve of Nick's passion for art.
"No," Nick said quietly. He cleared his throat. "No, Kim and I went out the other night to a night club, and I met him there."
"A night club?" Mr. Duval said with distaste as he helped himself to a slice of roast beef. As soon as the meat hit his place, Charlotte and Nick started serving themselves, and I followed suite. "I swear, you kids these days have no respect for your education. Do you even go to college Jeff?"
"Uhm, not anymore." I said dumping a scoop of potatoes onto my plate. "I did two years at a local community college back in Ohio."
"Oh, you're from Ohio?" Charlotte said.
"Community college?" Mr. Duval said.
I nodded. "Yeah," I said quietly. "Could you pass the peas?" I asked Nick.
Nick was busy glaring at his father, but after a minute he did pass the peas.
Charlotte cleared her throat. "So how did you end up in New York if you re from Ohio?"
"My friends and I are in a band together and we are striving for a record deal, so it was either New York or Los Angeles, and Blaine, our lead singer, his boyfriend goes to NYADA so he refused to go anywhere but New York."
Mr. Duval mumbled something under his breath that sounded horribly like the word "boyfriend". I looked at Nick, and felt my heart drop a little. I couldn't imagine what growing up with this guy would be like.
"That's so sweet," Charlotte said picking up a forkful of food.
"What does your father do?" Mr. Duval asked with his mouth full of what looked like a mix of meat and potatoes.
"Benjamin!" Charlotte scolded. "Do not talk with your mouthful!"
Mr. Duval sighed, swallowed, looked up at me and asked again. "What does your father do,"
"Well, uhm," I said. "My dad died a few years ago." I told him. "But he was an EMT."
"Oh sweetie," Charlotte said reaching out to take my hand. "I am so sorry sweetie."
"Thanks." I said. I busied myself with my food. Nick reached his leg out to me and rubbed his foot against mine. I looked up at him and smiled.
"His mom is a teacher, at some prep school that he got to attend for free."
"That's cool," Charlotte said. "What prep school?"
"Dalton Academy." I said.
"Oh I've heard about Dalton. It's supposed to be really good isn't it?"
I nodded. "It was."
"So are you an only child like Nicholas?"
"He's got three brothers and a sister," Nick said, I smiled at him again and out of the corner of my eye I saw Charlotte smile at him too.
"How long have you been in New York?" Charlotte asked.
"Uhm, just about two years."
…
Nearly two hours later Nick and I were back in the foyer, shrugging into our jackets.
"Thank you for doing this, Jeff." Nick said quietly.
"Hey," I said reaching out to him. "No need to thank me."
He brought his hand up and brushed my hair out of my eyes. He trailed his fingers along my cheek then stood on tiptoes and kissed me.
He pulled away far too fast, cleared his throat and opened the front door. "Let's go," he said.
"Yeah," I followed him out the door, turning around to pull it shut. Mr. Duval was standing a little ways down the hall, staring at me.
"Good night Mr. Duval," I said. "Thank you again for dinner."
Mr. Duval jerked his head forward in a sort of nod.
'Oh God,' I thought. 'What if he saw Nick kiss me.'
"Good night," I called again. I pulled the door shut and headed to Nick's car, where he was holding my door open for me.
"Let's blow this popsicle stand." He said. I grinned.
"Let's," slid into the car and Nick shut the door behind me. He walked around the car and got behind the wheel.
:What do you want to do now?" He asked as we pulled out of the driveway.
"Hmmmmm," I said. Reaching my hand over and putting it on his thigh.
"Yeah," Nick said. "Let's do that."
Man that felt like it sucks. I keep repeating Jeff's story don't I? Maybe I should come up with something new.
I'm sorry this took so lang. I just couldn't figure out how to write the Duval Family Dinner. I'm not even sure that I like what I wrote. Plus, I'm also watching "Easy A" right now and I'm not entirely sure that I could tell you what I just wrote… just… Penn Badgley… I'm pretty sure I was the only girl in the world that liked him when he was The Other Tucker, but then apparently he got really popular after he got on "Gossip Girl" I think he's on…
But anyway, hope you like this chapter.
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