Okay! So yay! We're almost done with the CP day, and then after that I've got like 8 chapters for Jeff to find out. (: So Enjoy.
Chapter 15
Nick smiled to himself, tilting his head to rest against Jeff's. It was so simple, but so nice to just sit with him like that. Nick could've stayed like that all day and he wouldn't have minded.
"Aww Jeffy, that's so cute," a voice had scared him. It was his sister. Jeff opened his eyes and found half his family standing there. He rolled his eyes, blushed and lifted his head. He'd been dreading this, but also excited to introduce Nick to his family. As his boyfriend.
Nick looked up at the sound of a voice, being taken off guard. He blinked a few times before he realized who it was, blushing and biting his lip nervously. He didn't know how to talk to humans at the best of times. This was going to be interesting.
Nick didn't say anything, still unsure of himself as he got to his feet, gently squeezing Jeff's hand and following him to the line.
"Okay, I'm sure all of you are just dying to ride it," Jeff said, and got up, keeping his hand in Nick's and went the little ways to the entrance of the line.
Jeff bit his lip to hide his growing smile and squeezed Nick's hand back. He was unsure of how his parents were going to react. His mom normally sat things out, and held everyone's things, so she wasn't there. They walked until the end of the line, and then turned back to everyone.
Nick smiled to himself when Jeff squeezed his hand back. It felt kind of perfect to hold his hand, and he was just trying to figure out what he was supposed to say to Jeff's family. He really sucked at talking to humans. He decided he probably should just avoid talking.
"So uh, hey," Jeff said, and gave them an awkward smile, not letting go of Nick's hand.
Nick looked up at Jeff when he started talking, rubbing his thumb gently along his hand in an attempt to reassure him.
"I knew it," Johnny said, and smirked. Jeff blushed and looked away. He was more interested in what his dad had to say.
Nick bit his lip nervously when Jeff's brother spoke, leaning against Jeff, trying to offer him some support.
Jeff gave his dad a nervous smile, and looked at him hopefully.
"Hey, I don't believe we've met," his dad said, and offered his hand to Nick, "Mark."
Jeff beamed and let Nick's hand go for a second. He was so relieved that his dad was accepting. Now he just had to get to know Nick at least a little bit, and it'd be perfect.
Nick wasn't sure what to do right away. He knew this was really important, especially to Jeff, so he had to try. He smiled nervously as Jeff's dad offered his hand, tentatively taking it, "Uh, Nick Duval. Nice to meet you." He smiled softly.
Nick looked over at Jeff for a moment, biting his lip nervously. He wasn't sure what he was doing. He'd never done anything like this before, but it was important, so he had to try.
Jeff tried to hide his excitement, and slipped his hand back into Nick's. That was the hard part, and now it's done. Now their day was the most perfect it could be.
His dad chuckled, "It's okay son, I won't bite," he said, "You two like each other, I'm okay with it."
Nick sighed softly, letting out a relieved breath as Jeff took his hand. That was the worst part over, right? He just had to avoid saying anything stupid. He couldn't be sure what would be a stupid thing to say though. He'd just have to avoid talking.
Nick smiled at Jeff's dad, turning to Jeff and smiling nervously. He'd never been quite so unsure of himself before.
Jeff beamed, and moved forward the little bit in the line, and turned back to his siblings, "So have you ridden anything yet?" he asked, trying to get the subject off of him and Nick. He knew it was incredibly awkward for Nick.
"We were going to ride Raptor, but the wait was like an hour, and that ride is not worth anything over like 30 minutes," Jessica said, and shook her head. It may be a fun ride, but she's right. It was just an inverted roller coaster.
Nick stayed close to Jeff, knowing that that was really the best thing he could do. He didn't say anything just in case, just listening to Jeff talk. It was nice to listen to his voice, and he was just glad the topic wasn't on them anymore.
He looked around them at all the people, a small smile on his lips before looking up at the sky for a moment, and then back at Jeff. He could keep doing this all day, really, just as long as Jeff's hand stayed in his.
Jeff chuckled, and watched Nick. He really did seem so out of place here, with them. The line was a little bit long, and they had gotten closer to the front now, almost to the cut off.
Nick just wasn't sure how to be around people. It was strange. He wasn't used to it, and that was probably pretty sad, but he just really didn't know what he was supposed to do.
"What have you two ridden then?" Josh asked, raising an eyebrow. Jeff knew what he was implying.
Nick bit his lip, trying to stop himself laughing when Josh spoke, rolling his eyes, and subtly leaning further against Jeff.
"We rode Dragster, Maverick, SkyHawk, Millennium, and then we ate, and now we're here. Oh yeah, and we went through the Asylum haunted house. Good one too. I'm just excited for the new one, and Terror Island," Jeff explained, and got excited again. The Screamsters would come out in a few hours, and Jeff couldn't wait until the first Overlord speech of the year.
He smiled up at Jeff as he went through all the different rides they'd been on. It didn't seem like they'd been on that many until Jeff went through and listed them all like that. He loved the way Jeff got so excited like that when he spoke about it, shaking his head and chuckling, "Body of a seventeen year old, mind of a five year old, I swear."
Jeff laughed, and playfully shoved him a little bit, "Oh shut up, if you didn't love it, you wouldn't be here," he said and rolled his eyes. He wanted to kiss him right there, but he'd wait until he'd ditched his family again. It would be weird to just kiss him right in front of them.
The line progressed, and they made it passed the turnstile and into the station, with Jeff once again, dancing a little to the station music.
Nick grinned, "It's cute." He murmured under his breath, following Jeff as the line started to move again. He would've kissed him, but he didn't know whether or not that was the right thing to do at this moment. Instead, he just moved along with Jeff, leaning aback for a moment, and snickering as he watched him dance, rolling his eyes and smiling fondly.
Jeff laughed, "We can ride in the back this time, and you can see the difference between front and back. I like the front better, just because of the rush, but the back is fun too," Jeff rambled, and picked a line to go to. The last seat was long, so he picked the second to last. His siblings went off and got the front, or the middle. When none of them were looking, he snuck a kiss on Nick's lips quickly and smiled at him.
Nick nodded, following Jeff as he chose a line, not really minding where they went, it was just nice to get to send all this time with him. He looked over as Jeff's family moved to a different line, and smiled to himself as Jeff kissed him, biting his lip in an attempt to stop himself grinning, "I was kind of hoping you'd do that." He chuckled softly.
Jeff beamed at him, "I was hoping I'd do that too," he whispered, and wrapped his arms around his waist from behind, and resting his chin on Nick's shoulder, because he was the taller of them. "I feel like this is all just some super perfect dream of mine. It can't be real," Jeff whispered and chuckled a bit.
Nick chuckled, leaning back against Jeff and sighing happily. He kind of loved their height difference. When Jeff wrapped his arms around him like that it made him feel so safe. He didn't even know why. Jeff was human, and he was a demon. It shouldn't have made him feel any safer, but it did. Nick looked up at Jeff, smiling fondly. "I promise I'm real. I can pinch you if it'll help," he chuckled.
Jeff chuckled, taking a step to the side to move them up a little bit. "That's okay. I'd rather stay in this dream, thank you very much," he said quietly.
Nick nodded, leaning further against Jeff. He could've just stayed like that all day, really. It was nice. He felt like nothing else mattered when he was like that.
"You smell really good by the way," Jeff commented after a little silence. Well it was far from silent in the loud station, but neither of them had talked for a minute.
Nick raised an eyebrow, chuckling softly, "Thanks. I don't think anyone's ever said that to me before." He turned to look at Jeff for a moment, leaning up to kiss his jaw.
Jeff blushed, "Yeah… Did I actually say that out loud?" he asked, and sighed and laughed at the same time.
He moved forward to the end of the gate. They'd be going next. He got excited again.
Nick laughed, "Yeah, you did. But it's okay, it was cute." He grinned, nudging Jeff's shoulder. He followed Jeff to the end of the gate, rolling his eyes and smiling fondly when Jeff got excited again.
"I swear I'm like bi-polar when I'm here?" Jeff said, and laughed again.
He rested his hands on Nick's shoulders, "You are a little kid trapped in a teenagers body, I'm sure of it."
Jeff rolled his eyes and blushed deeper. It was embarrassing when he did that, and it happened quite often around Nick. "Yup, I'm just a little kid. I swear I can be mature when I want to though," he said, and gave him a smile.
Nick grinned when Jeff blushed. He loved having that affect on him. Jeff was the only one who'd ever managed to make him blush before, so knowing he could do the same was very reassuring.
Nick leaned forward, pressing a kiss to Jeff's cheek, "It's adorable, I promise. I like it."
Jeff saw him lean forward and moved to catch him off guard and kiss him on the lips. "Ha, sneak attack," he said and grinned when the gates open and he bounded to his seat.
Nick blinked a few times, not expecting Jeff to suddenly move like that. He chuckled, leaning against him for a moment, "Cute." He couldn't do anything but watch as Jeff rushed to his seat, rolling his eyes and smiling fondly as he followed him.
Jeff gave him an awkward smile, trying to playfully raise his eyebrow and flirt. Completely awkwardly and funny.
Jeff laughed and buckled his seat belt and pulled down the yellow lap bar. It was their second time riding it, and he was so excited. He really was just a little kid. But Nick liked it, and that was okay.
Nick snickered as Jeff gave him that look, shaking his head.
He followed Jeff to their seats, buckling his own seat belt. He could easily get used to doing things like this with Jeff. He had more fun with Jeff than he'd ever had with anyone else before. It was kind of amazing, really.
Jeff was just laughing the entire time on the ride. They may have just gone more than a mile of track in under 20 seconds, but it was an amazing ride.
Nick loved the sound of Jeff's laugh. It was addictive. He could listen to that sound for ages. It meant Jeff was happy, and he'd do anything to keep Jeff happy like that.
As they pulled into the station again, Jeff was still laughing. At their hair, and the exhilaration, and the fact that today was perfect. Just thinking about it made him want to scream and cry and laugh and do everything and never stop.
The ride was over very quickly, and Nick grabbed Jeff's hand as they got off the ride, pulling him close as he ruffled a hand through his hair and kissed him quickly, chuckling softly, "You're adorable."
Jeff laughed again, "Awesome," he said and wrapped his fingers with Nick. It seemed like none of his siblings had gotten on yet, so they just went to see the picture.
Nick grinned when Jeff's fingers wrapped with his, gently squeezing his hand. He was absolutely positive that holding Jeff's hand had to be the best feeling in the world.
"I think I should find my mom and say hi, and then we can go… do something. Maybe go to the front of the park on the right side. We haven't done anything over there yet," Jeff said, as they came out of the small picture pavilion.
Nick nodded when Jeff spoke, knowing it was probably a good idea to say hi to Jeff's mom. He still didn't know exactly how to act around humans. He really needed to work on that, especially now he had Jeff. He smiled softly, bumping their shoulders together, "Okay. Sounds like a plan."
Jeff smiled, "Okay, she's probably over on the Dragster bleachers," he said, and started to make their way there. It wasn't very far, and he headed up to stairs to where his mother was, in fact, sitting.
Nick followed Jeff as they made their way to where they assumed his mom would be. He smiled fondly, leaning against Jeff for a moment. It was nice to just walk with him. Nick had never felt more comfortable with anyone in his life.
"Hey mom," he said, and gave her a smile, and hugged her briefly before sitting down next to her.
"Oh hi Honey," she replied and smiled at the two of them.
"So, you've met Nick," Jeff said, and gestured to his boyfriend. She didn't really know yet that he was, but Jeff wasn't trying to keep it from her.
Nick bit his lip nervously when they came to Jeff's mom, unsure of what he should do. He'd met her before, of course, but this was different. This seemed so much more important somehow. Nick was always worried he was going to say the wrong thing to humans. He just smiled politely, giving her a small wave, "Hi Mrs. Sterling."
Jeff bit his lip to try to hide that smile. No one ever calls his mom 'Mrs. Sterling', and it's funny when they do.
"Oh Hun, what did I say? Please, call me Stormie. Mrs. Sterling makes me feel old," she said and gave him a smile.
Nick bit his lip nervously, looking down at the floor for a moment, and rubbing the back of his neck, "Right. Sorry…Stormie." That felt strange. Nick was so used to being formal and this felt like a very important time to be formal.
"So are you two having fun?" she asked them, and looked at Jeff.
"Oh, yeah. Rode the three big ones and then went through that one haunted house in the back. In fact, today has been perfect," Jeff said, and blushed.
"Oh yeah?" she asked, and gave him a look.
Nick looked over at Jeff when she asked if they were having fun, a smile growing on his lips. Nick just wanted to see Jeff happy, and he'd never seen him happier than this. He hoped he could keep Jeff this happy. He'd do anything to keep that smile on his face.
"So yeah, awkward, but we're going to go. Probably Wicked Twister. Text me if you need me, and we can meet up again," Jeff said, noticing the bad situation Nick was in. He seemed so awkward around his family. He gave him a look that tried to say he did good, but he didn't know how it came across.
Jeff stood up and walked the couple steps over to Nick and took his hand again, walking down the little bleachers, looking backwards to his mom, who was watching them. She smiled and rolled her eyes and Jeff laughed a little and headed off the bleachers back to the midway.
It wasn't that it was Jeff's family, and that's what made him awkward. It was human interaction in general. It had been years since he'd tried to be nice to humans. It wasn't that he was necessarily mean to them. He just never spent time with them enough to try nice. He didn't know what he was supposed to say anymore, and he kind of hated it. He missed feeling normal.
When Jeff took his hand, he smiled softly, gently squeezing, more to reassure himself than anything else.