Nicki POV
I left the office with Aubrey about an hour early, Lydia had agreed to cover for me so I could get my life together.
"What was it that you called me this morning?" He asked while we were in the car.
"Youve been thinking about that all day, havent you?" I replied.
"Honestly yes."
"All good.. I hope." I shot a smile at him.
"So is that my new nickname?" He asked.
"Only if you like it." I bit my lip.
"Well in that case.. I love it." He put his hand in mine.
"I love you Aubrey." I laid my head on his arm.
"I love you too."
At the house we sat on the couch together.
"You wanted to talk?" He asked.
"Yes." I nodded, "about us."
"Alright."
"I want us, to just be us. You know?" I began, "i mean, I want us to figure out what works and doesn't work for us together."
"I only ever go to Lydia because I want everything to be perfect and the way you like things to be Nic." He defended.
"I know, and I appreciate that. But you're not Lydia, so when you do that it makes it so that I don't get the chance to get to know you. Then I can't figure out what you like and dislike because you're spending too much time being like Lydia was." I explained.
"I told you, Lydia had to learn and figure out all of the things she knows about me. Lydia and I had our ups and downs, we had to grow to become what we ended up being." I continued, "That's what I want with you. I want us to make mistakes, because then we can learn from them. I want us to take the time to get to know each other, instead of you learning everything about me through Lydia and me still not knowing much about you."
"I understand Nic." He held both of my hands.
I kissed him.
He laid me on the couch and deepened the kiss.
We pulled away and stared into each other's eyes.
"See, I learned something already." I joked.
"What'd you learn?" He cocked an eyebrow at me.
"That you love being on top of me." I snickered.
He blushed and looked away in embarrassment.
"But thats a good thing," I pulled his ear to me and whispered, "because I love it when Daddy is on top of me."
I pecked his cheek before he turned to face me.
"And by that?" He asked.
"I think its pretty self explanatory." I smirked.
"You're telling me..."
"Yes. Is it so hard to believe that just because I was a lesbian means I don't love sex as much or maybe even a little more than a straight girl?" I said as-a-matter-of-factly.
"No not that, its just surprising because of you know.. How professional you are." He covered up.
"Mmm.. I clean up well huh?" I grinned.
"So.. What was that about us figuring things out again?" he asked, getting off of me.
"Hey... Why'd you get up?" I whined.
"So we can talk."
"Ugh" I teased.
"No seriously come on, lets start with... I dont know, like setting boundaries or something." he offered.
"Fine. How bout, you cant sit in my office and throw shit at me all day." I suggested.
"Deal, but that means no more seducing for thrill." he stated.
"I... Can... Do that." I sat up.
"And another thing." he pushed my hair out of my face.
"Yeah?"
"Honestly... Sometimes I feel like you don't have enough time for me in your life." He confessed.
I took a deep breath, trying to think my words out thoroughly. I wrapped my arms around him and laid my head on his chest to buy me some time as I thought.
"Nic?" He asked.
I pulled away and looked him in the eyes, "maybe you're right."
"W-"
"No no let me finish."
"Okay." He gave in.
"I'm busy, I'm used to working long hard hours and not having much time for the people around me." I explained, "Lydia and I were able to make due with that. And, as we have already come to realize.. What worked for Lydia and I doesn't always work for you and me. Therefore, I'll change that, and we will come up with a schedule we both can agree on. Okay?"
He smiled.
"Come on let's work it out right now and we can give it a test run tomorrow." I pecked his lips.
"Okay, what if you leave at this time everyday, this gives us down time before the evening." He suggested.
"Then thats 2less hours I have to actually work." I thought aloud, "fine.. I can go into work earlier."
"You get there at 5:30 already Nic."
"4:30 isn't too much worse." I defended.
"What if you didn't have the same schedule everyday?" He pitched, "you have alot of things to balance, work, sleep, us, your friends, OJ.."
"So.. How many hours do you NEED to work in a week? Give me a minimum." He began.
"Eh... 50-60 I guess if I work mad hard." I estimated.
"You need to take the weekend off Nic." He said sternly.
I grabbed a piece a paper and started scribbling, "what if I can get 60 hours in.. And just work half days on the weekend."
"How so?"
"Okay so 10hours a day plus a 1hour lunch break Monday through Friday is 5am-4pm." I analyzed, "then 5hours without a lunch break on the weekends."
"No lunch break?"
"I'll go in from 6-11am. It'll be about lunch time by the time I leave." I reasoned.
"Now the rest of your time?"
"Okay sleep.. I can deal with what 6hours a night?" I guessed, "so if I need to get up at 4am I need to be asleep by 10 each night."
"You also have that extra hour for weekends."
"So 11 on the weekends." I scribed.
"I'll make sure you're in bed on time." He placed his hand on my lap.
"Whats daddy gonna do if I dont keep up with my bedtime?" I teased.
"I'll make you take a sick day." He warned.
I stuck out my tongue, "touché"
"Whats next?" He refocused the subject.
"Okay.. Us?"
"Well, I think I deserve at least 4hours of your day on a weekday." He stated.
"Lunch hour, and 7-10pm." I calculated.
"And weekends?"
"6-11pm" I crossed my arms.
"Interesting."
"4-6pm with OJ on weekdays, 6-7 with friends.. Aka Lydia and Vanessa." I noted, "Lunch with Lydia and OJ on the weekends, 11-1. 2-4 is spent with just OJ. And 4-6 is with Lydia and Vanessa."
"Alright thats all 24hours of the 7days in a week Nic." He took the paper.
"Now I just learn this schedule and make it work." I shrugged.
"Well right now... Its my time with you so..." He raised an eyebrow.
QOTD: If I were to do a sequel... Where would I end this one? And what would go on in the sequel?"
AOTD: I mean... I started the prequel. But umm...