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Chapter 6

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     Me and Rowan pulled up to the skate park and I saw Lorelei and Tom waiting for me. I grabbed my skates and stepped out of the car, putting them on.

     I was excited to show Rowan how good I was at skating. I could do flips and turns and spins and all the crazy stuff! I could even dance while on skates! Roller skating brought a lot of stress off my shoulders since tomorrow I knew I had to go back to college and go back to my job.

I work at a local skate shop. I get payed pretty well for a small business, probably because we make most of our money on our online store. My job is to package the roller skates and ship them out to people while also being a cashier. It's pretty fun actually. I love my job.

Since I never buy groceries I have a ton of money just sitting around in my bank account. The only thing I use it for is bills, rent, and taxes. The extra (which is a lot) gets used for self care needs and little space stuff and clothes.

I strapped up the last part of my rollerskate and stood up. I rolled around for a bit getting used to the feel since it's been awhile.

After a moment I stared at Rowan and shouted, "HEY! Watch this!" Before I rolled down into the pit part.

The look on Rowan's face was absolutely amazing as I rolled down and did tricks in the pit. He ran over to the edge and had such a look of fear on his face. It was priceless.

I rolled up out of the pit and laughed my ass off at Rowan. Lorelei and Tom were too. I could tell Rowan felt a bit embarrassed for being a bit protective of me.

"So ni-ni , is this the guy your going on a date with?" Lorelei asked, rolling over to me and hugging me loosely with her arms on my shoulders.

"Sure is," I responded.

I rolled over to the ramps and climbed up the highway one. I had never done this one before because of how steep it was and probably dangerous. All the other roller skaters never even attempted this ramp.

So let's be reckless shall we?

Rowan stared at me, he probably though I did this all the time.

"Nico! Get down! You know no one can do that ramp! You've never even tried!" Tom scolded, rolling over and trying to get me down.

I laughed and stared at Rowan's shocked face before he too came over to me and started trying to get me down.

This was priceless.

"Baby boy please come down I don't want you to get hurt," Rowan pleaded, holding onto the edge of the ramp.

I laughed and went rolling down the ramp. It was all good, I didn't fall or anything. It was fun! I laughed and rolled off from the momentum as everyone stared at me in shock.

This is why I love roller skating! I get to impress people and leave my bad thoughts in my head. It truly was one of the only things that made me happy.

We stayed there for about 2 hours before Rowan and I decided to head off.

"Am I going back to my house?" I asked, climbing in the front seat of the car.

"I have work tomorrow so unfortunately yes baby boy." He sadly replied, putting the car in ignition.

"Okay. What's your job? It's okay- I have class and work tomorrow too." I asked.

"Business. I'm a CEO. I made my own company when I was 22. What do you go to school for and what's your job?"

"Well I'm an astrophysics major in college and work at a rollerskate shop. I package up skates and ship them out to people and I work as a cashier."

Rowan nodded and started driving. We sat in silence as he pulled up to my apartment parking lot. I grabbed my stuffy and paci in the back seat and almost opened the door before I remembered to do something.

I was going to give Rowan a quick kiss before I headed off to be romantic and make tomorrow's date go smoother, but he held the back of my head and deepened it. Someone was eager.

It started getting more passionate and before I was able to pull away he gave me one hickey. So much for waiting for a date.

"I gotta go Row," I giggled as he held on to me.

"Row?" He asked, raising his eyebrow

"Yeah. I thought it'd be cute since everyone calls me Ni or Ni-Ni. You can be Row and Ro-Ro." I giggled, booping his nose.

He rolled is eyes and smiled before giving me a quick kiss and saying, "I'll pick you up at 5 baby boy."

I nodded and got out of the car and headed up to my apartment. I couldn't stop smiling and giggling as I thought about our kiss and how silly we were with each other. I felt like I could be myself around him. I hadn't been this happy in a long time.

I laid down in bed and turned the light off. I snuggled up into the covers with Honey and my paci and fell into a nice peaceful sleep.

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I woke up feeling relaxed and refreshed. I sat up and messed with my shiny brown locks that sat on my forehead. I sat there for a few moments holding Honey and sucking on my paci. I should probably stop because I have to get out of little space before work. It wouldn't be good if I showed up in the mind of a 2 year old.

I took a quick shower and got dressed like this:

I walked out of my apartment and got in my car. I sat there for a few minutes looking at my phone before getting the car started and driving to work.

As soon as I pulled up I got a call from Rowan.

"Hello!" I giggled, smiling into the phone.

"Hey Ni. Just wanted to call you to let you know I'll get ya at 5 and we're gonna go to Olive Garden. You don't have to eat too much if you don't want to bud but I still want you to eat, okay?"

"Okay. I'll try and eat for you," I responded, and I could almost hear the happiness through the phone.

"Okay. Bye bye baby,"

"Bye bye dad- Ro-Ro."

Fuck! I almost called him daddy! What is wrong with me?

I slapped my face and put my phone in my pocket. I stepped out of my silver Dodge Caliber and walked into the store to check in. Today was going to be long day.