Chapter 53
Two days later...
They arrived in Florida mid-afternoon, the weather on the way back was much better which caused them to arrive earlier in the day than they'd both expected.
"Whew, I'm kinda glad to be home." Nick smiled.
"Yeah, me too. It'll be nice to be back in my own bed and real meals from now on."
"You mean you're hungry already? What about that huge breakfast that your Mom made us this morning? I can't even begin to think about food." Nick moaned, rubbing his stomach.
"I'm talking about later Nick, not right now." Nyla chuckled, rubbing at her eyes wearily.
She was more than kinda glad to be home, she just wanted to move on and try to live her life. She really needed to talk to Scott, and she'd call him as soon as she got home from Nick's.
They'd have to have a serious talk that's for sure. She'd done a lot of thinking on the drive home and she knew that things with them would no longer be the same, not after what she'd done. Nyla however, wasn't sorry, she'd never be sorry for what'd happened, and what'd she done. What she was sorry for, was the fact that she'd betrayed her relationship with Scott, that she was sorry for because he didn't deserve it.
She'd have to tell him of course, she had to be honest with him and maybe he'd forgive her some where along the line. Above all she hoped they could still be friends, cause she knew their intimate relationship wouldn't survive this and she didn't know if she wanted it to.
Nick yawned as he pulled into his driveway next to Nyla's car, cutting the engine and sitting there.
"Mmm...home sweet home."
"Feel that sun? That's why I love it so much here." Nyla smirked.
"Here here!"
"I guess we should start unloading."
"Yeah, I hate unpacking." Nick frowned.
"Me too, but it has to be done eventually and the longer you hold of Nick, the worse it is."
"Yeah yeah, that's what you always say."
"Am I right?"
Nick mumbled, opening his door and sliding out. Nyla grinned, slipping out her side and reaching in back, grabbing some of her bags and starting over to her car.
He watched as she strolled over to her car and unlocked it, fanning her face against the heat and sat, turning it on and starting the air conditioner. Sighing, he headed up to the door, deactivating the alarm and unlocking the door, stepping into the welcome coolness.
Starting back to Nick's truck, Nyla reached around back as much as she could, and started grabbing her bags and bringing them back to her car. "Here, let me open the back here." Nick called, appearing out of nowhere it seemed, opening the trunk and putting the seat up.
Nyla came around, grabbing more bags, turning just as another car pulled up behind hers. Bringing a hand up to shield her eyes against the sun, she took a deep breath as she realized it was Scott's car, narrowing her eyes, she saw there was someone with him.
Nick blinked, was that Celeste in the car with Scott? He squinted as the door swung open and out stepped Scott and then on the other side, Celeste.
After shutting the doors, Celeste and Scott made their way up the driveway and stopped before them.
"Welcome home." Scott smiled a bit, looking over at Nyla.
"Hey Scott, thanks." Nyla smiled, walking over and hugging him tightly.
"Hi Celeste." Nick whispered, walking over to her, hugging her gently.
"Hey."
Scott pulled away and looked over at Nick. "How are you doing Nick? Feeling ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine thanks. Colds don't last that long with me."
Nyla looked over at Celeste and cleared her throat. "How, how are you Celeste?"
Celeste blinked then looked away quickly, "I'm alright thanks, glad to see that you're...well."
There was a long uncomfortable silence before anyone spoke, Nick was the first to break the silence.
"Uhh, Celeste, you didn't bring your car, is something wrong with it?"
Celeste slowly looked over at him then at Scott.
"That's uhh...there's something that...we all need to talk." Scott sighed.
Nyla blinked, this didn't sound good. She looked over at Nick who looked at her and shrugged.
"Yeah ok, let's go in. Nyla, make sure you put anything that'll spoil in your car. Do you...uhh...still have the dip or whatever?"
"No I think...I left that...there."
"Ok, then...let's go."
Celeste looked at Scott again before moving up next to Nick, following him up the driveway and into the house. Nyla followed, walking next to Scott.
"So, how are you Scott?"
"I'm great, more importantly, how are you? Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm ok, sleepy as hell, but I'm ok." She smiled.
Scott looked at her and smiled sadly and Nyla looked down quickly.
Nick held the door open for Celeste.
"I'm glad you're ok Nick." She whispered, looking down.
"Thanks." He responded softly, watching as Nyla and Scott walked in and closed the door after them.
