Little circles of heaven, and the times they were shared

OREO'S MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD GO ROUND

Nell's apartment

The sound of the door knock brought Nell out of her borderline frantic observations of his apartment, trying to make everything perfect. She walked to the door and opened it, seeing Eric standing with his bag

"Hey, come on in!" She said, backing away from the door to let him in.

"Thanks" He said as Eric took his bag off and set it on the counter.

"I got snacks for tonight" She said, pulling out a large package of Oreo cookies.

"Awesome!" Eric said, smiling.

They walked into her living room and she set her stuff down. "So what are we watching tonight?" She asked.

Eric pulled the case from behind his back. "Tada!" He said, loudly

Nell saw the Avengers logo and her eyes grew wide. "The Limited Collector's Edition of the Avengers?! Eric! This isn't supposed to be out for another 3 months and even then there are only supposed to be 5,000 of them! How did you get one?" Nell said, bouncing with excitement.

"I may have a friend, who has a friend, who is the friend of someone who works for Marvel Studios." Eric replied with a grin.

"Hetty got this for your birthday?" Nell quickly connected the dots.

Eric nodded. "Yep." He said.

"You get it ready. I'll get the milk" She said as she walked to her kitchen.

Eric loaded the DVD into her player and sat down just as Nell was bringing over the Oreos on a plate with two large glasses of milk.

Eric's apartment

Eric heard a light tap on the door, breaking him out of his train of thought. He sat there when the door knocked again. He decided he didn't want to put it off anymore so he got up and cracked the door open, seeing Nell standing at his doorstep.

"Hi" She said in a low voice that was almost a whisper. She fidgeted, trying to look at everything but him.

"Hi." He replied, his voice devoid of its usual warmth and cheer.

"Can we talk?" She asked.

"Nell…" He went to say before she cut him off.

"Please?" She finally looked at him and he could see it in her eyes.

He closed the door, undid the chain and opened it back up waving her in. He closed the door behind her as she walked into his living room and turned to face him.

She stood in silence for a few minutes, her hands fiddling with each other has she tried to find the words to say.

"I'm sorry, Eric. I'm sorry I accessed your e-mail. It's just you have been acting all weird this week and I heard you had been looking elsewhere and I just couldn't help myself. It's just that I don't want you to go. You are the most important person in my life and I want you to stay here, with me. Please, Eric? Don't go?" She said, barely taking a breath the entire time before she finally had a chance to look him in the eye, tears starting to form in hers

Eric took a breath and exhaled. "I can't leave, Nell. Not without you." He said, choosing not to hide how he felt about her.

She breathed a sigh of relief as she wrapped her arms around his waist.

"I'm sorry I yelled at you." He said as he wrapped his arms around her body, pulling her to his chest and kissing the top of her head.

"You had every right to. I should have trusted you." She said. She let go and grabbed her back, pullng out a package of Oreos. "I brought a peace offering." She smiled.

"What a coincidence. I brought one, too" He said as he pulled out a small vase with a single pink tulip, her favorite flower.

"Eric Beale, you do know how to make a girl blush." Nell said.

"All is forgiven." He said as he pulled her into a hug again.

They stood there, in each other's arms for a few minutes before they pulled away, Nell wiping tears from her eyes.

"Want to stay for a bit? I was just about to watch some Tv." Eric asked her.

"I can't think of anything else I would rather do." She smiled as she sat down and turned his TV on. He went to the kitchen, grabbing the Oreo's and returning with a plate full and milk for both of them.

Eric's Apartment

Nell lightly knocked on the door but did not hear an answer. Fishing for her keys she found the one she was looking for, slipped it in the lock and turned it. Praying he didn't chain the door she slowly opened it and was relieved that it opened all the way. She quietly closed the door, locking it after him. She stepped into the living room and found him asleep on the couch. He was in a pair of shorts and his glasses were lying on the ground. She picked them up and placed them on the coffee table before brushing a strand of his hair out of her face. He stirred, opening his eyes and blinking. She grabbed his glasses and gently placed them on his face.

"Mmm. What are you doing here?" He replied sleepily.

"You call into work suddenly and then turn your phone off for 2 days. Did you seriously think we wouldn't start to wonder? You seriously think I wouldn't start to worry?" She said, softly brushing his forehead.

"I wanted to be alone." He replied.

"Is everything Ok, Eric?" She asked.

He shook his head. "No, it's not." He said.

She knelt in silence, watching him as he closed his eyes. She gently stroked his cheek before leaning in and kissing his forehead. "You know I'm always here for you, right?" She asked.

"I know." He replied.

"Why don't you go take a shower? Might make you feel better." She said.

"Doubtful." He said.

"What if I say that I will have something special for you when you get out?" She said, smiling. He opened one eye.

"What something special?" He asked.

"I guess you are just going to have to take a shower to find out, now won't you?" She said, sticking her tongue out at him."

He couldn't help but chuckle. He finally relented as he rolled to sit up. He took her offered hand and pulled himself up. He walks into his room, turning toward the bathroom and closing the door behind him.

30 minutes later he comes out to see Nell sitting on the couch in her pajamas, a plate of Oreo's and milk on the coffee table. She pats the couch next to her as he walks over and sits down.

"Now, we can both sit here in silence and enjoy these Oreo's together, or we can sit here, still enjoying the Oreo's of course, and you can talk to me about what is going on. Either way will work but whatever you are going through I don't want you to face it alone." She said, taking his hands into hers.

He sat there for a few moments looking down before he finally spoke.

"An old friend of mine from when I was in Middle School was killed in a Gang shooting 3 days ago." He said.

Nell felt her heart clench as she pulled him against her body, softly rubbing circles into her back.

"I'm so sorry, Eric." She whispered.

He spent the next hour talking about him and the trouble they used to get into when they were young. He ate a few of the Oreo's and Nell just sat and listened, softly stroking his hair as he spoke.

After a few hours and all the Oreo's and milk were gone they lay there in silence. Finally Eric broke it.

"Can you st….I mean would you be willing…..Please stay?" He finally said.

She leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. "For as long as you need me, Eric." She whispered to him, softly stroking his chin with her fingers.

The L.A Hotel Downtown

The reception was in full swing, numerous couples were dancing out on the floor while a stream of people walked by the Bride and Groom's table, offering congratulations and well wishes. One of the caterers wheeled in the cake from the kitchen and brought it over to the refreshment table.

Sam walked over to the music booth and the DJ handed him a microphone.

"If I could have every one's attention, it's time for the cutting of the cake" He said as the room quieted.

Eric and Nell stood up and walked over to the table. A smile erupted when they realized instead of a traditional topper there were two half chocolate half blonde Oreo's on the top of the cake. Nell released his hand and picked up the cake cutter, Eric placing his hand around hers. They slowly cut out a small piece of the cake and set it down on a plate. But instead of taking bites from it like normal they looked at each other and nodded. Plucking the Oreo's off the cake they intertwined their arms and ate the Oreo's, to a massive applause from everyone.

We now bring you back to your regularly scheduled Nerd based episodes. This one was a lot of fun to write. All in all I really enjoy writing these multi scene single object style episodes. I even have a few more in the works.

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