2. Waking Up To Reality

"I did sent that note"

"You did?"

"Of course I did. I've slowly been falling for you for a while now"

"You have?"

"Yeah, I didn't know how to tell you so I wrote you that letter"

"It was so beautiful"

"Not as beautiful as you"

He grabbed her chin and placed a light kiss on her lips.

Nicki woke up with a start and looked around her bedroom.

Damn it was only a dream.

She lied back down and stared at Drake's sleeping face. He had his lips slightly parted and was snoring. Nicki began to trace random patterns on his face.

"Good morning to you too"

"Huh?" Nicki jumped and moved her hand.

Drake smiled at her.

"Oh good morning. You hungry?"

"A little"

"Right well after we get dressed we can eat breakfast"

Nicki got out bed first and grabbed two towels from the bottom of her wardrobe. She threw one of them at Drake's face then sprinted to her en-suite bathroom. Almost 30 minutes later both of them were showered and dressed and making their way downstairs to have breakfast.

"So what do you want for breakfast?"

"I don't know, surprise me" Drake walked into the living room to watch TV.

Hmm.. What could I make? I've got it.

"Aubbie, breakfast!"

Drake walked in to the kitchen was surprised to see two plates with 6 pancakes each with a side of turkey bacon.

"Maple syrup?" Nicki asked, making Drake stop dribbling.

"Yes please" Drake smiled.

She went to the cupboard to get the maple syrup and gave it to Drake. They walked over to the table and chatted through mouthfuls of food.

"So where is everyone?"

"Mum's at work, Caiah's at playgroup, Dad's at work and Jay is somewhere"

"Oh okay"

Drake watched Nicki as she ate her last pancake, some syrup dribbled down her face. He used his thumb to wipe it away. She smiled at him. 

"Thank you"

"You're welcome"

Once they both had finished eating, Nicki put the dishes in the dishwasher and then went to sit on the couch with Drake.

"I'm so bored, what do you want to do?"

"Swimming?"

"Hell no, I don't want to get my hair wet" Nicki twiddled with her hair and bit her lip.

"Hmm.. Watch TV and chill?"

"We do that all the time" Nicki sighed.

"Got it! Cinema, have lunch and the arcade?"

"Perfect! I'll go grab our coats" She ran upstairs to her room and grabbed their coats then raced back downstairs.

"Thanks" Drake said as he put on his coat.

"You're welcome, are you driving?"

"I guess so"

"I left my phone upstairs, you can go in the car!" Nicki shouted as she ran back up the stairs.

Drake went to his car and waited for Nicki. Meanwhile in the house, Nicki was just about to walk out the door when she received a text.

* Have to work till 3pm today, could you pick up your brother from playgroup?

* Yeah, what time?

* At 1:30pm.

* Okay :)

Drake honked the car horn. Nicki quickly grabbed her purse and locked the front door.

"You took your time" Drake said as he started the engine and drove down the road.

"Whatever, we have to pick up Caiah at 1:30"

"Alright, what film we watching?"

"Pitch perfect"

"Cool" They drove in comfortable silence for the rest of the journey.

"I'll park the car, you get the tickets" Nicki hopped out of the car and walked towards the cinema entrance.

Why can't people park properly these days? Drake thought as he circled the parking lot.

Finally! Drake found a nice parking space, parked his car and made his way to the cinema.

"2 tickets for pitch perfect please"

"Okay" 

"Here's your tickets, enjoy the movie!" Nicki smiled and took the tickets.

Where is Drake? Ergh.

Drake walked through the main door.

"I'm here!"

"Good, want some popcorn?"

"If you're offering to pay for it"

Nicki rolled her eyes "Fine"

They grabbed their popcorn and went into their screening. Almost 2 hours later, the film ended and Nicki & Drake were  sat in his car, talking about the movie.

"That film was hilarious! Especially when that fat Amy was hit with that burrito! I cried"

"When that Asian girl was singing and they had to zoom in so you could hear her" Drake laughed.

"I was so glad we missed the adverts, they bore me to death"

"I know!"

"What time is it?"

"1:40pm"

"Shit! Caiah!" Nicki shouted.

Drake got out of the parking lot as fast as he could and sped down to the playgroup centre. Nicki raced inside the centre and saw Micaiah sat colouring.

"Aww I'm so sorry Caiah" Nicki said as she hugged her little brother.

"It's okay" Micaiah smiled. "I got to do extra colouring"

"That's good, well go get your belongings and we can get going"

Micaiah happily went to grab his coat and bag-pack.

"Can you help me please?" He said struggling to put on his coat.

"Here you go lambchop" 

"Thank you" After he put on his bag-pack, he waved goodbye and grabbed Nicki's hand. They walked over to the car.

"Hi Drake" Micaiah said as he put on his seatbelt.

"Hey buddy, have fun?" 

"Yep, lots"

"That's good"

They drove in silence until Nicki turned on the radio.

Ain't nobody fresher than my, my clique, clique...

"Clique" Nicki sang along.

"Clique" Drake said, nodding his head.

"Clique" Micaiah rapped, looking out the window.

Nicki turned the radio down a bit and burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" Drake asked.

"Didn't you hear Caiah rapping along?" Nicki was now holding her stomach laughing.

"You know this song?" Drake asked Micaiah.

"Yeah, I heard it before" Micaiah replied in a cutesy voice.

"Your little brother has so much swag for a 3 year old"

"Boy bye"

"Nicki, I'm hungry"

"Do you want a McDonald's?"

"Yes please!" Micaiah smiled.

Drake drove to McDonald's. Nicki ordered 2 big mac meals for her and Drake and a happy meal with chicken nuggets for Micaiah. 

"Should we get some ketchup?"

"Just get a few tomato ones"

"Here's your meals and your drinks"

"Can I have some tomato ketchup please?"

"Thanks" Nicki smiled. She gave everyone their meal with a sachet of tomato ketchup.

"Thank you" Drake and Micaiah said unanimously.

"You're welcome"

They began to eat while Drake drove back to Nicki's house. He pulled up and walked them in.

"You're not staying?"

"Nah, got homework to do"

"Aww, well I'll see you later" Nicki gave him a big hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Yeah" Drake said as he was released from the hug.

"Bye! Take care!" Drake shouted to the household and walked back to his car.

This is going to be harder than I thought.