Madison slowly walked down the street taking in all the scenes that she had taken for granted before. She gently smiled as she saw Nick's bike resting in the driveway of a small house. She pulled off Nick's jacket and folded it in her hands as she walked up the driveway towards the door. She readjusted the tub of chicken noodle soup and the jacket in her hands so that she could ring the door bell.
After listening to the chime of the bell she stood there for a moment checking her reflection in the window. When no one came to the door within a minute she set down the soup next to the jacket and turned to walk away.
"Madison? Hey what are you doing here?" Nick asked as he opened the door to see her back turned as she walked away.
"Oh hey Nick. Sorry did I wake you up or something?" she asked politely as she turned around a blush creeping through her cheeks as she noticed he was in a pair of red pajama pants and nothing else.
"No not really, I heard the door bell but was just to lazy to get up at first." He replied with a smirk when he saw her cheeks turning red.
"Oh well, I just came by to give you back your jacket and I heard you caught a cold so I brought you some chicken noodle soup as well."
"Thanks, I could use some too. My sister's out of town for the week so I'm stuck here all alone. Hey do you want to stay for a while we can watch a movie or something; you can even pick a chick flick if you want. I just don't want to be left alone." He asked a little nervous.
"Ummm well I kind of have to get back to work." She explained quietly sad at the fact that she would love to spend the day with Nick but couldn't.
"Oh, okay yeah maybe some other time?"
"I can always come by after work! I get off at 4 if that's alright?" she exclaimed once she realized she wouldn't necessarily miss the whole day with him.
"4 sounds perfect, it will give me time to change into some actual clothes and clean the house a little." He replied as the smile on his face was growing with every second.
"Alright well then I guess I'll see you at 4." She smiled and nodded slowly turning around and headed down his driveway.
"Hey Maddie wait a second!" Nick yelled after her running down toward her.
"What's up?"
"Here take my jacket. I'm not going anywhere today and you still have to walk back to work and then back here. It's still pretty cold out I don't want you to get sick like me." He replied as he handed her his jacket and smiled
As she accepted the jacket and slipped it over her shoulders, Nick realized how perfect she looked. She was the type that didn't need all the make-up and just relied on her natural looks, and her look was beautiful in his eyes. She started to blush under his stare and looked down towards the ground. He lifted his hand to her chin and slowly brought her chin up until she was looking in his eyes.
"Don't do that Maddie."
"Do what?"
"Don't be so scared by me, I want you to know that I'm here for you. Please trust me."
"I trust you Nick. That's not my problem."
"Than what is it?"
"I don't know I guess like you said earlier, I'm just shy. Sooner or later I'll be more open but for now let's just get to know each other." She replied trying to look anywhere but his face.
"Okay….I understand, I guess you don't know that much about me but I want you to. I'll make you a deal, if I open up to you than you have to open up to me." He said as he stuck his hand out for her to shake. She gladly shook it.
"You've got yourself a deal but I better get back to work now otherwise Toby will make me stay later. I'll see you at 4 right?"
"Yup 4 it is. I'll see you then Maddie."
Madison then slowly turned around and headed down the street toward the Rock Porium. All Nick could do was stand in his driveway and watch her walk down. He knew from the moment he met her that it wasn't him that was something special but that it was her. She made him feel things that no one had ever made him feel, and he strangely liked that. With that thought he walked into his house to get ready for when she would return, to him 4 o'clock seemed like an eternity away.