Roses at Midnight 2
Much to the 'leader' of Big Time Rush's pleasure, she was there waiting for him on the bench at noon the next day. He gripped the picnic basket a little bit tighter as he marveled her face, how exotic and breathtaking she looked. Primrose was with her, sitting at her feet and playing with some dolls. They were wearing matching orange tank tops and skinning jeans that had hearts on the thighs, and his eyes lingered there for an extra moment.
"Hey, perv," she joked when she saw him, and his cheeks blossomed pink roses as he slid beside her.
"So I didn't scare you off," he joked back, opening up the basket and handing her a sandwich, "I didn't know what you liked, so I brought one of everything."
It was true, and he'd even managed to make it. Of course, Ms. Knight had to tease him about it, since it was obvious he liked her. Now she was rummaging through his basket, finally pulling out a tuna fish sandwich and a PB and J, handing the second one to Primrose and taking a bite of her own.
"I try to eat healthy," she explained as he pulled out his BLT, and as soon as he heard that, he dropped that one and fished around for the peanut butter one, making her giggle.
"Eat what you want, but really fatty foods can lead to health problems later in life," she pointed out calmly, yet firmly, and he tried frantically to hide his blush.
"Yeah….but our manager has us all work out a lot," he pointed out, and she gave his shoulder a pat.
"Like I said, do what you want," she took another bite out of her tuna, and little Primrose piped up.
"But you may regret!" she sing-sang, and both teenagers blushed openly now as Nikki touched her 'daughter's' head gently for her to hush up.
"Sorry about that…." But the blonde boy shook his head, letting them finish their lunch together in silence with some water and carrots Nikki had brought.
"So now what?" he inquired, "we can do whatever you want. I have this afternoon off."
"Hm…." She shrugged, "why don't we take a job? You've got a little bit of belly." She was teasing, of course, as she patted his practically flat stomach, making him laugh softly and comply.
As they jogged, he couldn't help but think about how smart she was.
But I can't fall in love, he reminded himself, shaking his head and trying to keep his mind from creeping back to Jo.
"Something wrong?" she inquired, looking in direction and making him shake his head.
"Nah, I'm fi…." But apparently Lady Gravity thought he was destined to never finish that sentence, because he tripped on pretty much the air and went crashing to the ground.
He landed on something soft.
It was small and it smelled like peanut butter.
And flowers.
And this is really, really bad.
Primrose giggled, wriggling from underneath the blonde. He was suddenly up, having Nikki pull him by the arm in one swift motion. She scooped her 'daughter' up, asking if she was okay with worry evident on her face.
"I'm okay, Miss Nikki," she giggled her response, sneezing once and touching Kendall's red cheek, "it's okay, Mr. Kendall. I know you didn't mean it."
"That's right," Nikki was obviously proud as she down her 'child', looking to the blonde, "and are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," just really, really embarrassed, he thought as she touched his jaw gingerly.
"You're bleeding a little," suddenly, she'd sprayed something on it to make it burn, and he winced as she stuck a small square bandage on the offended skin, "there. All better."
She even kissed it lightly, and he couldn't help but think about how caring she was.
Don't fall in love…don't fall in love….a little voice chanted in his head, but he started to find himself ignoring it.
"Miss Nikki, look!" the child suddenly exclaimed, pointing to a spot in the park where some kids were doing archery.
The older girl's eyes suddenly lite up brighter than the sun as she turned, "Can we go do that, Kendall? Please?"
"Su-" but he was again not destined to finish his response, she was pulling him over there already.
As he watched her, he felt his heart start to race.
Listen to your heart now, hey, hey don't you feel the rush?
Hey, hey, better take a shot now, oh, oh….
"Will you join Big Time Rush?" he suddenly blurted out.