15. Little Gestures

I woke in the night to Newt moving. In the moonlight I saw him rustling with the blanket.

Sweat was dripping from his forehead and a pained expression was plasteted on his face..

He was having a nightmare.

I placed my hand on his cheek and he instantly relaxed.

Then he reached over and felt on the bed between us. I scooted closer and he grabbed me and pulled me into his chest.

"Beth," he mumbled in his sleep.

I smiled. Warmth overcame my body and I snuggled closer, placing a leg over his waist.

I drifted back to sleep quickly.

Noise woke me again. It felt as though I just had went back to sleep, but the sun in the sky showed otherwise.

I was sitting up as Newt came walking in, a plate in hand.

"Good morning love," he said, leaning over and kissing me quickly.

"Morning," I mumbled. I had never been much of a morning person, so I wasn't about to make an exception for Newt.

"Beautiful as always," he said with a smirk.

I flipped him off and looked to the plate in his hand.

He sat it down on the foot of the bed. I gladly took it up. It was scrambled eggs and toast with jelly.

"I asked Brenda how you liked your eggs," he said turning his back towards me as he pulled off his shirt to change.

I noticed the way his muscles moved in his back as he undressed.

He glanced over his shoulder and smiled. "Admiring the view, are we?"

I nodded.

He winked before he turned again and put a clean shirt on.

I took a bite of toast.

I suddenly wanted to touch him. I wanted to feel him with me.

Standing, I quickly walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his front. His back was still facing me.

He placed his hands over mine on his stomach.

It was the little gestures like this that I loved more than anything. Especially with him. No one could be like him.

He turned around and hugged me back. I heard his heart beating quickly through his shirt.

"Do I make you nervous?" I teased.

"Extremely," his lips twitched.

"Good," I stood on my tippy toes and kissed him softy.

"Jelly," he licked his lips.

I blushed and wiped my mouth with the back of my hand.

"Missed a spot," he said, reaching up and rubbing the corner of my lips.

He pulled my chin up and kissed where I think the jelly was.

"So sweet," he whispered.

I turned away and crawled back on the bed. I continued eating while we sat and talked about what we were going to do that day.

I was walking to the garage in hopes of finding Brenda and Jorge when I ran into Niko.

"Hey," he said as he run up to me.

"Hey Niko, whats up?" I asked.

"Oh just causing trouble," he said with a smirk.

I laughed, "Yeah, you were always good at that."

We both laughed at old memories.

"Well," I said. "I would ask if you wanted to catch up, but I am going to see my sister."

"Oh, no worries," he shrugged. "I was actually going to ask if you would want to come to a party tomorrow night. The kids were getting restless so they are doing something to get their minds off things."

"Oh," I thought for a second. "I don't know Niko."

"Come on," he grabbed my hand. "It could be a chance for us to catch up."

I sighed. A party wouldn't hurt. It could be a way just to let loose for a while.

"Sure," I finally agreed.

"Great!" He clapped his hands together. "The old clothing store on the conner at ten."

I nodded and smiled.

"See you then," he said and kissed my cheek before running off.

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What do you think Niko is up to?

Hint, nothing good:)

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