Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephanie Meyer except the original characters Nikki, David and Marie. I also own the plot line.
I do not own any part of the Twilight series
Every night I scream your name
Every night I burn
Every night the dream's the same
Every night I burn
Waiting for my only friend
Every night I burn
Waiting for the world to end
The Cure - Burn
I look over at the clock to see its time to clock out and return my gaze to my car. A small sigh leaves my lips as I notice how much I do have left. I grab my rag off the place on top of the engine and head towards the office where my dad is.
"What's up baby girl?" he asks smiling softly as he sees me
"Can we move my car?" I ask
"You don't want to boys to see huh?"
"Not really" I smirk
"Yeah I'm going to be late tonight anyway, so I'll move it into the back area"
"Thanks"
"So what's left to be done on it?" he asks
"Well the engine and the frame are done; I have to design how I want the bodywork and the art that's going on it. Which I'll do on my computer and make sure the guys don't see. And then of course there's all the wiring and shit to do"
"How long do you give yourself?" he asks
"A few months" I shrug wryly "I don't want to rush it"
"Well take all the time you want" he smiles "But if we get busy then you will have to help with the other cars"
"I know daddy"
He smiles and I walk out of the office and over to Paul and lean over resting my head on the spot between his shoulder blades.
"Tired?"
"A little" I say my words muffled by his back, at some point he'd gone shirtless and I nearly hit my head off the engine.
"Well it's time to clock out anyway"
"Do you have patrol later?" I ask
"Not till midnight"
"Stay with me" I whine like a little kid
"Of course"
I smile into his back before placing a small kiss there without noticing I did. I untangle myself from Paul and walk back over to my car and being putting everything away. Once done I clock to two of us out and follow him to the car.
The car ride home is mostly silent as I sit there and let my brain argue with my heart. In the end my heart wins and I smile to myself as I come to the conclusion to let Paul into my heart. Be it one step at a time, but still its some progress.
Paul's Pov
When she placed that small kiss to my back I nearly trembled with a new sense of desire. Luckily I managed to control myself and finish what I was doing. On the drive home I watch Nikki out of the corner of my eye and see her smiling to herself.
As much as I want to know what she is smiling about, I choose not to ask. Instead I bask in the calmness that is radiating around us. All too soon we pull up to her house and she climbs out of the car and I follow before locking it up and following her into the house.
"Want something to eat"
I look at her like she has three heads and she giggles, a carefree sound that I love to hear, and promise myself to make her do more.
"Shouldn't have asked should i?"
"Not really" I shrug
She shakes her head and heads into the kitchen, with me following like a little lost puppy.
"Oh I forgot to mention, there's going to be a bonfire tomorrow night?"
"Is there?" she asks glancing at me from the cupboard in which she was looking
"Yeah" I nod "You kind of have to come"
"Because I'm an imprint?"
"Basically"
"I'm not busy so sure" She smiles
I find myself smiling and let out a small sigh as I begin thinking on these last months. How many times I told myself I didn't want to imprint, and then when I did I wanted nothing more then to make her fall in love with me instantly. But I know I have a long way to go, as hell she was broken when she arrived.
And I know for a fact that even though she covers it up, she is still broken now. But getting better, slowly, but still she is getting to the old Nikki that I fell in love with.
I stand from the stool on which I was sat and head into the living room and over to where the DVD's are, and smile as I see the racing ones.
"What are you smiling at?"
"Nothing"
I turn to see her leant in the doorway of the kitchen, one of her eyebrows raised.
"Nothing I swear"
"Yeah, I believe you" she teases
"I would"
"And why is that?"
"Means I don't have to make you"
"Like you could" she challenges, a smirk gracing her lips.
As she continues staring me down, her eyes a blaze with emotion and a smirk on her perfect lips I cant help but get horny and decide to turn back to the DVD's before I do something that will make her hate me.
"You win this time" I mumble
I hear her laugh softly before I hear the movements of pots and pans. I decide on a movie and pop it into the player leaving it on the main titles and head into the kitchen to help Nikki. I smile as I see her cooking, her bottom lip between her teeth as she concentrates on something.
"Need help?" I ask softly
She nods and points to the other side and I nod before walking over and begin cutting up the vegetable that is in front of me. I glance at Nikki out of the corner of my eye and cant help the smile that is on my face.
I know I have a lot of work ahead of me, to get her to allow me over that brick wall that is around her heart. But I love a challenge, and seeing as Nikki is my reward. Then I am defiantly up for it.
I don't like this chapter. I tried re-writing it but it still turned out crap
Anyway let me know what you think.
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