Ch. 2 Someplace Special

"Wow Nick this is beautiful." Madison gasped at all the lights of the city sparkling in the dark of the night matching the twinkling stars.

They had arrived at the shoulder spot right next to the Welcome to Briarwood sign.

"I know I found it the night after I moved here. I just sat up here for hours I couldn't seem to stop thinking of this girl I had met who convinced me to stay with my sister." He smiled as she blushed and looked towards the ground.

"So Nick what is your sister like?" Madison asked quickly changing the subject

"Well she's nothing like your sister that's for sure." He replied chuckling "She knows the way she wants to live her life and she does. She's got a little girl who's 4. I don't know it's just weird being called 'Uncle Nick' you know?"

"Ha-ha yeah I guess that must be weird. So why did you bring me here?"

"I don't know really, I guess I just wanted to show you. You like it right?"

"Yeah I do. This place is beautiful, it's kind of sad though I mean I've lived in Briarwood all my life and I've never really taken the time to look at the beauty of it all." She replied with a hint of regret in her voice.

"Hey are you cold? 'Cause if you are you can wear my jacket…I mean I don't want you to catch a cold or anything." He had started to ramble. He only rambles when he is extremely nervous.

"No I'm okay Nick. Besides if you gave me your jacket than you would be the one catching the cold."

"Seriously Maddie take the jacket. I'll be okay I don't really catch colds." He said as he had to physically put the jacket in her hand.

"Thanks. I didn't realize it would be so cold tonight." She said as she slipped into the oversized jacket and secretly inhaled his smell.

"No problem. You know it looks pretty good on you."

"Yeah but I don't think I can pull off red as well as you do" she said as her face was starting to grow pink.

"I think blue is defiantly your color. It brings out your eyes."

"My eyes….all anyone can ever talk about are how beautiful your eyes are Nick." She said stepping closer to him to feel the warmth radiating off his body

"Really? Ha-ha well I guess my eyes are pretty beautiful" as he jokingly bats his eyelashes taking a few steps closer to her almost filling the gap between them.

"Hey do you know what time it is?" she asked as she was suddenly aware of the lack of space between their bodies.

"Umm… It's like 11:36. Why do you have a curfew?" He asked as she created space between them as she headed towards the bike.

"Yeah my mom told me I had to be back by 11. She's going to kill me; I can't believe we stayed out here so long."

"Hey don't worry. I'll take you home now. If you want I can tell your mom that it's my fault you were out late." He said as he worried that he was getting her into big trouble.

"No it's okay. My mom will understand you don't need to do that." She replied surprised that he offered. As he started the engine she wrapped her arms around his chest again and rested her head on his back hoping that the ride would take longer than it had coming to the spot.

Once they reached her house she jumped off the bike and handed him his helmet.

"Thank you for tonight Nick. It was amazing." She said as she quickly gave him a peck on the cheek and ran into her house leaving him there speechless.

He sat there for a moment totally stunned at her forwardness….. Until he realized that she still had his jacket. As he drove off toward his sister's house he made a mental note to ask her about the jacket tomorrow at work.

The next day at work Madison carried Nick's jacket in her hands. She had a smile on her face still remembering Vida interrogating her about why she was wearing Nick's jacket and how lucky she was that their mother wasn't home yet. She looked around the store for any sign of Nick.

"Hey Toby…Where is Nick wasn't he supposed to be working today?"

"Oh yeah he was but he called in sick earlier something about catching a cold." Toby replied eyeing the piece of pizza that a boy brought into the shop.

As Toby went to yell about no food in the store while he was fasting Maddie hurried into the back to set Nick's jacket down next to hers and made a mental note to take it back along with some chicken soup during her lunch break.

Sorry it's kinda short. I know the ending was a little rushed but I wanted this finished reviews are always welcome.