Nick's pov;
The president declared openly in front of everyone, "After I talked with the art directors of this company, we agreed to give this project to DA company this year as well."
Everyone clapped after he completed his speech.
Henry left the meeting room as soon as he heard that our company won this project.
I stood and went forward to represent our company.
"Congratulations on getting the project.", The president complimented me and I thanked them in return.
After talking with them regarding the project stuff, I left for my hotel.
The cab to my hotel still hasn't arrived yet. While waiting I spotted a sweet shop nearby. I took a picture of that sweet shop and sent it to Elena.
She called me after seeing the picture.
"Are yo
I woke up to the sound of my alarm while blinking my eyes and looked around. She wasn't in her bed. I stood and walked out of her room.I heard some sounds coming from the kitchen. I walked in the direction of the sound. Elena was making something."You're up. Will you eat pancakes with eggs and bacon? I don't know what you like so I…"I hugged her."W-What happened? Did you have any nightmares?``She asked me.I broke from the hug and said, "Are you okay?" While asking I held her chin and checked her lips, it was back to normal.She chuckled and asked, "What are you doing?""I'm checking if it's still…""Still what?"She asked me like she didn't know that her lips were swollen yesterday. Let's leave it like this."Nothing."
Nick's pov; I can't believe she bought Skillet band tickets to console me. Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband John Cooper and wife Korey Cooper along with Jen Ledger and Seth Morrison. The band has released ten albums, two of which, Collide and Comatose, received Grammy nominations. It's hard to get tickets but she still managed to get them for me. I wonder why she's trying this hard to console me. I was so eager to hear her story before but after what happened these days I don't want to know how she proposed to him and stuff like that. But I still want to know how they broke up! "Hey, Nick! What are you thinking about?"Carol asked me. "Nothing. Why did you call me out here?" "If it's Elena, you wouldn't have asked q
My phone rang, making me wake up from my sleep.Who's calling me in the morning?I checked who it was. It's Carol."What do you want?"She screamed on the other side.Ugh! My ear!"Hey, Carol! Did you call me in the morning to scream inside my ear?" I bolted out to her."You said you aren't dating her then what's with all the pictures about?"She asked while chuckling on the other side."What pictures?" I asked her in confusion."Hahaha. It seems like you haven't seen it yet. I don't want to ruin the surprise. See it for yourself. Check out your girlfriend's Facebook page. Bubye."What is she blabbering about?I let out a sigh.I visited Elena's Facebook page. I scrolled through her feed.
We finished eating."I feel like I want to drink something?"She behaved like a spoiled kid."What about water?" I teased her back.She stared at me."You don't have any fruits in here to make fresh juice. I wonder how you spend all your money. You don't have vegetables or fruits to eat at home. You don't have instant foods either. You don't wear expensive clothes. You don't wear heels. You don't put on a lot of makeup. You don't hangout daily. What are you doing with the money that you're earning?""Woah! I don't have any food at home? I realised after hearing it from you. I must buy eatables tomorrow after coming from the office.""I asked how you spend money?""I don't.""What?""I-I… I spend only on merch since other things will be bought by my brother."
Nick's pov;Kiss.Why do people kiss each other? There are many reasons to kiss the person in front of you.Mainly, it's because you like that person and want to take your relationship further. It's what everyone thinks but a kiss can also begin, continue or ends the relationship too.There are also kisses out of a relationship which is from lust.But our kiss doesn't fall under any of these conditions. And I still wonder why I kissed her all of a sudden.Is it because of the environment? Is it because of our closeness? Or is it because of the release of oxytocin?(Oxytocin - hormone released to arouse or relaxes you)She said I kissed because to reconcile with her and said that's maybe my way with others too. I wonder where she got that from?I couldn't figure out why she took my kiss as a re
Nick's pov;I came to a nearby take out restaurant near Elena's place since we're both tired of cleaning the place and didn't cook for lunch.Mi Casa Americana. The only place in Anaheim which has great Mexican food to my taste and which is also close to her place.I ordered the chicken nachos and fries as appetizers. The shrimp salad(shrimp served with crispy lettuce, juicy tomatoes, red cabbage, carrot and cheese), Mexican BBQ chicken salad(Grilled chicken served with same ingredients as Shrimp salad)and ordered a main course as Carne Asada Plate(Marinated steak served with rice, beans, lettuce, jalapeno, onion and juicy tomatoes) and Chile colorado(Beef served with rice, beans and sour cream.While they were packing the menu which I had ordered, I got a call from an unknown number.I answered, "Hello?""Is it Nick?" The caller from the other side ask
"Where are you now?" Elena asked me on call while I'm working at the office."At the office, ofcourse." I answered back to her."What!? Why did you go to the office today?""Why?""Did you forget? you're the one who said that my brother is coming today. I thought I'd introduce you to him.""We already met, Elena.""But he asked me to bring you along with me when he sent the address.""Why?"She ended the call.Woah! Did she just end the call?(Nick Winston 25, graphic designer. got rejected by a girl on a call for the first time in his life.)"When did you start laughing like an idiot?" Chuck asked me."Hmph!""Ah! The stern face again. Who was on the phone? I bet it's
Elena's pov;In Elena's workplace,"Hey, Elena! Did Matt say anything about changing his department?""No, why?" ,asked while I was responding to the emails which I received for the past two days.She leaned over to me and said slowly, "I heard that he changed his department here again.""What!?""Yeah, and I also saw him leaving Bill's cabin this morning when I went to give the scheduled appointments to Bill.""Stop spreading the rumours again, He may have come to discuss some work with Bill.""Really?""Why are you scaring me even before you know it for sure?" , I returned back to checking the mails.Alex came while I was still looking into the mails and informed, "Bill asked for you." And left to his place.
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Elena's pov; At the dining table, I looked around the table, Edward, Amelia, Mitchell, Nick and me were all sitting and having lunch together. "If Mom and dad were here. It would be one whole happy family." I uttered while I'm eating. Nick held my hand and said, "We're still a family." I gave a smile and continued eating. "What are you two speaking?" Amelia asked us. "Nothing. She was just talking about the house." "What are you talking about?" Edward asked. "This house looks really huge." "Yeah, it was passed on to us. This house belongs to Amelia's father." "Where is he?" "He passed away." "I'm sorry." "It's fine. By the way, sin
Elena's pov;After two weeks,"Hello… what? Wait... I can't hear you properly. Wait. I'll call you back later."I ended the call with Nick and asked the doctor who was talking to the nurse while she was applying an ice pack on my hand,"How's my hand, doctor?""Looking good. It seems like you still need to wear this splint for another week. Did you put pressure on your hand?"I shook my head and said, "I fell on it without knowing.""I said to be careful. There's inflammation on your hand so you have to wear a splint to avoid further accidents.""Actually, I got a flight to catch now. Is it okay to travel with this hand?"He gave me a stare and said, "Yeah, you can but be careful. And… don't fall. If you are about to fall, then do it on your right side." And left the room.I asked the nurse,
Elena's pov;(Dec 25, 2021)At the skillet concert,"How about your hand?" The security asked me after checking my concert ticket."It's fine. I'll take care of it.""But…""Please, I have a confession to make today. My boyfriend is inside. Please allow me inside. I'll assure you. I'll look after my hand carefully.""Okay. Go inside.""Thank you."I walked past the security guard and entered inside the concert hall. It was lit with beautiful lights and decorated in the Christmas vibes.They already started the concert?They were performing, "Awake and Alive" on the stage.Now, I must find Nick among this crowd. What if he didn't come? No, no… he will be here. I'll find him here. I walked among th
Nick's pov;I'm in the cafe by the window waiting for Elena's brother. Edward.I looked at the time and came to know that there's still ten minutes to go before his arrival. I let out a sigh and looked outside the window. It was snowing outside and inside there were Christmas vibes with the music and lights. Tomorrow is Christmas, I thought of taking Elena to somewhere special but it seems like it's not possible now.I got Iced Americano for myself and started drinking it while I was waiting for him.After some time, he arrived. He waved at me when he spotted me and walked towards the table where I'm seated at."How are you?" Asked when he was about to sit on the chair."Good.""Why are you sitting alone? Where's Elena?" Asked while looking around for Elena."Um… let's order
Elena's pov;"When will the cast be removed, Doctor?" I asked the doctor curiously."When do you want to remove the cast?""What about... Today?"He gave me a stare and said, "If you want to get cured quickly then you have to wear this. Did you forget when I said that? Actually, I wonder whenever you ask this. You haven't asked about your recovery time even once instead you're so concentrated on removing your cast. Answer me, what are you going to do after I remove the cast?... or are you worried that you couldn't use your phone since you got hurt in your right hand?"I looked at him when he raised that question to me."So that's the reason behind it. Phone has become the most important thing for this generation."Matt walked in while the doctor was talking to me. He walked to where he was sleeping and took something and
Elena's pov;Someone knocked on the door continuously which woke me up from my sleep. I took my phone and looked at the time. It's 10 already. Did I sleep that long? I turned to my right side and found an empty bed. Where's Matt? I think he's the one who's knocking."Come in!"The door opened."Why are you knocking on the door? Why don't you just come in?"My eyes almost popped out when the person walked into the room."Nick?"How did he come here? How did he know that I'm here? He didn't have any expressions on his face which made me puzzled to find what's going on in his mind. He walked to me where I was lying on the bed. As he was approaching, I tried to get up from the bed.Nick ran to me and stopped me from getting up and made me lie down on the bed again. I remained silent since I don't k
Elena's pov;Five days have passed with a routine of taking a lot of tablets at every meal of the day with the doctor checking up in the morning following the ice pack massage for my hand at night before going to sleep. Finally, they changed my bandage around my head so I got a new one today. I walked around my room with my right hand tied around my neck with a strap. It felt different in the beginning keeping my hand still but I got used to it as days went by but at the same time I wanted it to recover soon. After the nurse was done with the bandage, Matt asked me, "Are you ready?"I nodded with a bright smile. It's been days since I got to see the outside world. Hahaha."Take care, Elena." The nurse said with a smile on her face while leaving the room.After she left, I walked along with Matt out of the room. He walked beside me to make sure that I didn't get hit by someone or something. 
Elena's pov; I couldn't open my eyes since it felt heavy but I was able to smell it... It was something different when I sniffed. It felt like... medicine, antiseptic and soaps? Where am I? I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't, so I tried opening it slowly and opened in the end. When I opened my eyes, it hurt because of the bright light. I blinked again and again and got adapted to the light and I could see where I am properly now. There was a white ceiling above me and I came to know that I was lying on a bed. I tried to move my head to either side to look where I was. The setup, it looked like… A hospital? Why am I in the hospital? When I tried to remember what happened... Last night… I was going with Matt… The accident!!! "MATTT!!" , I shouted out of my lungs. I tried to get up from the bed but before doing that someone ran into the room and stopped me by saying, "You shouldn't do that mam, lie down on the bed, please."