Good Eats (Nova)

[Nicolas Constantine]

Nick's mind had been thinking of nothing else for the past couple days now. He couldn't stop thinking about Nova and the day they had met at school. He flipped his phone in his hands nervously, not knowing whether to call her or not. She made him feel different than most of the other girls, she was special and he knew it.

Nick sat up from his bed which he was laying on and sighed. He would do it, but he decided to text her, as he wasn't in the correct mind frame to talk to her at the moment. He typed it out and sent it.

"Hey, Nova! Are you busy tonight? If not did you want to get together?"

He left it vague, but she would know what he was referring to once she read it. He would just wait for a response and hopefully it would be alright and she would remember to give him information such as time and address. Or if she didn't offer her place, there was always his...

[jiro]

It was just one of those days! You know the type...After getting lost and being up all night for a few days, poor poor Nova was finally getting some much needed sleep. She had been out wandering around, looking for stores that appealed to her specific likes! A giant CD store with a great variety! Things along those lines. But, the poor girl never seemed to run into what she needed, she always seemed to get horribly lost. But it was all fun for her, where as other could possibly get annoyed at it all.

So, Nova was doing what she did best... during the day! Sleep! Yes, she was curled up in many blankets, on a big comfy bed with many pillows. She was one of the lumps in the bed...One of them! ......... zzzzzz ZZZZZZZZZZZZ... The tanned girl was going to rip apart any one that woke her up! Well, okay not everyone! There was only one person that could wake her up and live... Then her phone began to play loud music... really loud kind of creepy music! Loud enough to wake the sleeping beast. Throwing off the covers, Nova dove for the phone, grabbing it and going over the edge with a THUD.

Automatically the girl knew who it was! The song said it all! It was the intro of Wings of Despair! A Kamelot song, which could only mean one thing. Nick. The song and the fact it was Nick, were really the only things keeping her from throwing her cellphone out the window, after all she was really tired! Finally! She had only been super eager since they parted. There was a smile on her face as she read over the message....finally.

"Hey, Nova! Are you busy tonight? If not did you want to get together?"

It was about time!

//HU NUXK!! U'n deew ribufjr!\\

Yes, her text message was some horrible scramble of letter! That was only because Nova could barely keep her eyes open. She was just waking up, therefore her vision was blurry and she was having a hard time keeping her eyes open! Quickly, the girl got to her feet and bolted to the bathroom, where she'd wash her face.. and try to wake up! "COME ON WAKE UP!" With that, Nova took both hand and slapped her cheeks,"Wake up!" then the laughter started, just because of her strange behaviour. Drying her face on a towel, the tanned girl quickly pulled her cell phone out of her pocket.. and send him another message.

//Hi Nick! Sorry about that!... I can't explain it! So don't ask. I'm free tonight! So why don't you come over soon? Uhm.\\ Nova stopped before finishing the text, only to look for some piece of paper with the address on it. She wasn't quite used to living in an apartment building. //I liiivveeee at! 121 Kenworth Avenue, apartment 109!\\

And so it was time to begin! Cleaning her room, showering and getting ready, cleaning up the kitchen, and starting basic prep of dinner. Nova ran about, humming to herself and dancing around as she went into her room and made the bed, picking up things from her floor and straightening things.

"Whats got you so happy Nova?" A voice came from behind.

Turning around quickly, Nova saw her Auntie standing in the door well smirking. She just smiled at the woman, still kind of dancing on the spot. Perhaps she was just being too obvious. But surely her auntie would understand? Though, it hit her then and there! She hadn't asked permission to have someone over! "Uh, Auntie! Can I have someone over?" The girl questioned as she looked down at the ground, still feeling a little bad.

"Sure thing!..." The woman advanced, noting the clean room.. Which was indeed a miracle! Nova had no sense of organization most of the time, so something had to be up. "So, who is he?"

"What?!!? How did you...what?" Nova panicked! Looking a little shocked.. She was amazed that Auntie had actually caught on.

"Sweetie, its obvious! Also, if he does anything you don't like..crush him like a bug! Or I will.." She scowled for a moment, before starting to laugh, "So, what are you two going to do?"

"I'm going to make him dinner!" Nova gave the woman a smile, she was kind of proud of herself.

"Good good! The way to a mans heart is through his stomach!" With that the woman turned and walked off, laughing as she did so,"Have fun.. I won't bug you..much

With that, she looked in the mirror mounted on her dresser and started to brush out her short hair, making sure it was just right! She was a girl after all, still worried about how she looked.. Her hair! Things like that. It was only to be expected. Clothes... What on earth do you wear?.. wargh! She panicked and rummaged through her dresser drawers, looking for something good looking that she could cook in. In the end, she ended up settling for a short white sleeved button up blouse and a black skirt... it was simple and she could cook in it. That and everything else was in the wash.

[Nicolas Constantine]

Nick's phone buzzed back after a couple minutes with a reply from Nova. If you can even call it a reply... he didn't know what to make of it. He decided that it was sent by mistake, so he waited another few minutes for a reply that didn't leave him wondering what alien code she knew.

His phone buzzed again, just as he thought, with an apology and an invitation to come over her apartment soon.

He texted her back. "Apology accepted, silly. I'll be over in a half hour." He gave himself so much time because not only did he have to get ready, he wanted to look presentable to her and any family that might be living with her. But mostly to look good for her.

After showering and drying off, he chose to wear a nice black button-up dress shirt that hugged his fit body, and just a pair of dark blue jeans that matched his eyes. He grabbed his accessories and car keys and sped off towards her place in the Beemer.

Once he got there, with five minutes to spare, he found her apartment and knocked on the door, waiting for her to answer. He hoped he'd get a wonderful greeting.

[jiro]

"Apology accepted, silly. I'll be over in a half hour."

She got his final text message, but really paid no mind to it! She had a lot of things to do and only a half an hour to do it! So, she left her phone on the bathroom counter and continued to scurry about, straightening things, cleaning things, preparing the food so it would be somewhat done..somewhat. She was in a panic, after all who wanted have have someone special come over to a somewhat messy house? Not Nova! She'd sooner let her hair fade then let Nick into her.. kind of messy apartment.

It didn't take long for the place to be neat, tidy and oh so wonderful! Yes, it would surprise her dear Auntie Alexandra, that's for sure! Smiling, the tanned girl looked around the apartment, feeling rather proud of herself! After all, she still had time to go put on her socks! Which were located in the bathroom, for some reason or another. With that the girl dashed off to the Lu to equip her socks! After all, feet were icky and not meant to be seen.

Then.. there was a knock at the door! "Oh crap!" Nova muttered to herself as she as she grabbed the socks.. and tried to put them on, hopping about on one foot. Then she heard it, Alexandra left her room and headed to the door. Nova listened to the woman's foot steps as she got to the door..passed it! went into the kitchen and then headed back to the door...creeeeeaaaaaakkkkk...

"noo." Nova continued to grumbled as she hopped about, pulling her socks all the way up to the knee. Yes, black knee high socks.

"Why....hello there young man.." The woman spoke softly, her voice slowly going from sweet to sour!"You must be the young man...my dear Nova was speaking of earlier!!..." There was a shrill evil cackle and the dark haired woman pulled Nick into the apartment with one hand, holding a rubber chicken with the other,"May I add little man! You are not to make my darling niece...." She waved the chicken about, trying to be threatening.

And Alexandra was cut off! Yes, by the sound of Nova falling into the bathtub! Thankfully it wasn't filled with water. Her but planted in the tub, while her legs dangled over the edges of the tub. She had one sock on properly, while the other one was only halfway to the knee. "Oww...." Nova groaned as she brought a hand up to her head.

"And that was my charming niece falling into the bathtub..I'm going to head out now! Do have fun and be good." The woman giggled a little and walked out the door, purse and rubber chicken in hand... yes, it was best never to ask about Auntie Alexandra.

[Nicolas Constantine]

Nick waited a little for someone to answer the door. He thought it would be Nova, but it was an older woman who answered it instead.

"Why....hello there young man.."[/b]

"Uh... hi!" he said cheerfully.

"You must be the young man...my dear Nova was speaking of earlier!!..."

He was about to speak, but the woman yanked him into the apartment. What kind of greeting was this!? And she was holding a rubber chicken?

"May I add little man! You are not to make my darling niece...."

Little!? I'm not little...

KLUNK.

A noise cut her off and he heard a whimper of pain come from the other room. The lady put on a nice facade again and walked out the door as she spoke.

"And that was my charming niece falling into the bathtub..I'm going to head out now! Do have fun and be good."[/b]

"Yes ma'am... " he muttered, half frightened by her, half frightened by the chicken.

Once the door closed and he was left in the apartment, he ran into the other room where he heard the noise, and found Nova slumped in the tub. He looked at her with a smile and a look of sympathy.

"Nova, you silly girl, what happened?"

He offered her his hand to help her out of the tub.

[jiro]

So, Nova sat in the bathtub, trying her best to wait out the pain in her butt. She listened to the sounds of her Auntie leaving, followed by foot steps getting closer. It could only be one person! Yes, Nick got to see Nova in yet another embarrassing moment! In a bathtub, with her panties probably showing, though she just wasn't up to moving yet, or more so she couldn't because of slippage! A bathtub had no grip in the position she was in.

"Nova, you silly girl, what happened?"

"I went to rush for the door, slipped on the floor and fell." Nova couldn't help but laugh a little at her story.

She saw the smile, yet still feared that he would soon tire of her horribly klutziness. After all, there is only so long that her accidents can he put up with.. She smiled back at him weakly, trying her best to get up again, but failing again! Then Nick offered her a hand, with that she accepted it. Her face was slowly going red, as she pulled herself up. Though, just as she thought it would be safe to stand up, Nova lost balance! Mostly because the ground was still a little far away from her foot, once again the girl fell backwards. Grabbing onto Nick's shirt, the tanned girl pulled him down with her.

"owww..." Nova groaned once more, resting her read on Nick's head.. Which was probably smack dab in her chest, which still didn't seem to click in. "I'm really sorry Nick, I couldn't find my footing!" The girl said softly, trying to ignore the pain in her butt.. "Are you okay?"

[Nicolas Constantine]

She grabbed his hand to help herself up, but failed as he lost her footing and went crashing back into the tub. Of course she had to grab Nick's shirt on the way down, so he fell on top of her, his face right in her chest. At least they were nicely sized and the impact was cushioned.

"I'm really sorry Nick, I couldn't find my footing!"

He lifted his head out of her cleavage. Apparently she either didn't notice he was in between her twins, or she didn't mind.

"Its alright, love. No worries."

He surveyed the awkward position they were in.

"Lets try to get out of this safely."

Nick put his hands on either side of Nova's midriff and pushed himself upward. He then bent over and he would grab Nova's waist and hoist her up, over his shoulder with a little grunt. Nick was a lot stronger than he looked. Once she was clear of the tub, he would set her down and smile at her.

"There you go."

[jiro]

Smiling weakly up at Nick, Nova only noticed that his face had been buried in her chest, as he was picking her up.. Her face turned the brightest shade of red, especially after she realized that: he had called her love. That was something she had not expected at all, for some reason or another. As she reached the safety of the ground, she looked up at Nick and smiled at him.

"There you go."

"Uhm, thanks." She looked down, still wearing a faint smile on her face. "Sorry about that!" Her gaze was still focused on the floor, she was once again twisting her rings with her thumb; damn nervous habits they just made her feelings all the more obvious. Yes, she liked him, but he had been face deep in boobland. Shaking her head, the girl tried to get it all off her mind..

She needed a distraction!

Then like a gift from god the fire alarm went off, then it hit her! Like the three o'clock wall! She had left almost all of dinner on the stove! It was cooking away.. Well, not anymore! It was quite frankly burning away.. With that the tanned girl bolted from the bathroom, around the corner, down the hall, and into the kitchen! Yes, they were having a little bit of a fire. Rushing to the side of the oven, Nova reached over to turn the stove off.. Then came throwing all of her hard work into the sink. Grabbing the frying pan with the fire, she rushed to the sink and turned on the taps; hoping to at least save the pan. Sad to say the apartment was filling with smoke, the pot of rice too joined the team of burnt!

"Great!" She grumbled a little, moving the pot of rice into the next sink, unleashing a smokey demon as she took the lid off of it."Nick! I'd head for the balcony if I were you!" She laughed nervously while filling the smoking crater that was a pot with hot water. The poor kitchen! Poor Nick... Poor Nova's sense of self worth! Cooking was what she did the best, but she royally screwed it all up.

[Nicolas Constantine]

"Uhm, thanks. Sorry about that!"

Nick just looked at her and smiled.

"Its alright, Nova you don't have to apologize."

He was about to lean over and kiss her, but a weird beeping noise distracted him. Nova bolted out of the room towards the kitchen and Nick then realized that the noise was the fire alarm. Nick shook his head. Boy, oh boy, was Nova a handful...

He walked out into the kitchen and saw Nova quickly dousing their entire meal, smoke filled the room, and she seemed to be embarrassed as hell. He was about to ask if he could help because the disappointed look on Nova's face really broke his heart, but she interrupted him.

"Great!... Nick! I'd head for the balcony if I were you!"[/b]

Nick sighed.

"Sure thing, Nova..."

He went over to the siding glass doors and opened them, going out onto the balcony and taking a seat in a nice chair, leaning back. He left the door open a little to let some of the smoke out of the room.

Poor, poor Nova...

[jiro]

"Sure thing, Nova."

His words seemed to hurt her for some reason, they opened the wound a little more. She had heard him sigh, surely Nick was getting tired of the trouble she caused just by being her. The thing was, she hadn't expected to be away from the stove for longer then the estimated sock time.. But falling into the bathtub! Dragging him down with her.. She sighed heavily, disappointed in herself for allowing such things to happen. Standing there for a few moment longer, Nova tried to pull herself together. There was no way she wanted Nick to see her sad, or anyone really! Since it usually lead people to leaving her and she didn't want Nick to leave her.

The smoke was slowly starting to fly out the door, but it would talk a little while longer. Which meant, they'd be sitting on the balcony for a while. Leaving the smokey apartment the tanned girl joined Nick on the balcony, silently she sat on a chair that was a ways away from him. Looking over at him, Nova used one of her award winning: 'yah, I'm fine so don't worry smiles.' Though the truth was, she was a little down about it all. Since all she had wanted was to make Nick something super yummy, but it seemed that fate was transpiring against her!

"I'll start making something else once the apartment clears out." She paused for a moment, looking for the right words to say. What does one say in a moment like that? Especially after pulling the guy into the bathtub.. She was drawing blanks as what to say. Her hands were once again fidgeting.. twisting rings around and around. Her visage of happiness seemed to slip for a moment as she looked down at her hands, she was disappointed with herself. How could I let that happen? I should have turned them down.. What if he doesn't want to try my cooking anymore? He wouldn't still be here if he didn't want too But I think he's just being nice.. No one is ever that nice.. just for the sake of humouring someone. Well, I'm sure he really wants to escape now..Don't think that way! Hey, since when am I nice optimistic voice? What should I do? Sheesh! Make conversation? About what?

Nova looked up slowly, though quickly turned away from Nick and looked off into the distance. She was trying to think of something... anything to talk about! Sadly, it seemed nothing came to mind, the girl was stumped.. Locked in an awkward silence.

[Nicolas Constantine]

Nova joined Nick out on the balcony after she finished dousing the fires and throwing away the burnt food, waiting for the apartment to air out. She sat down in the chair at the other end of the balcony and started acting nervous and looking sad, like what she had done was the end of the world. There was an awkward silence and Nick didn't like it.

Why should he be the one who was upset? Yeah, he was hungry, but that wasn't much of a reason to be disappointed, she was the one who offered to make him the meal in the first place, and she said she's start over. What was really plaguing Nick's mind was how much of a walking hazard Nova was. He really cared for her and he didn't want to see her get hurt, especially if it was from her own accord. Well, he'd just have to be there to prevent it.

He looked over at her and smiled, smoke still billowing out of the crack in the door. He waited until Nova noticed him and he would pat the seat of his chair to motion for her to come over and sit on his lap. Hopefully the smile would be enough to let her know he wasn't upset at her because right now, he couldn't find any words of comfort.

[jiro]

There was a pause of silence, then it hit her! She was being a horrible host! Yes, being down about the food was no way to entertain a guest! Especially as one as special as Nick.. Nova looked up and smiled, trying to think of something to say! After all, it needed to make things better and as if nothing ever happened, or at least that's what she wanted it to do; whether or not it worked was another thing. She was still drawing blanks about what to talk about, she just looked over at him; still smiling away.

Though, then she saw it. It seemed like Nick was motioning for her to go over there, it would be rude to decline that; right? He was trying to make her feel better, right? Probably, he was a sweet guy that way. Nova stood up and walked over to Nick, she wasn't quite sure what to do. So she sat down on the arm of the chair, smiling down at Nick.

"Sorry about that!" She laughed a little, feeling a little silly about getting so worked up about it all."So you met my Aunt! She didn't threaten you with anything right?" She was kind of worried about that, her aunt had a tendency to be a little out there. After all, it was apart of who she was, much like Nova's klutziness.

"Don't take anything to mind... She's a little different." She couldn't help but chuckle again, it was just so amusing. Alexandra had threatened her with giant gag scissors when she got there... Why? Nova couldn't really remember, it was probably to try and cheer her up. Alexandra was always looking out for her.

[Nicolas Constantine]

Nova came over and sat on the arm of the chair. Not really what Nick wanted, as he would have rather she sat on his lap, but as long as she was near him, it didn't really matter.

"So you met my Aunt! She didn't threaten you with anything right?"

Nick looked up at her with an annoyed look on his face.

"Yeah, she threatened me with a rubber chicken..."

He sighed.

"Don't take anything to mind... She's a little different."[/b]

Nick smiled lightly up at her, his eyes shinning in the fading light. He took her hand and held it, rubbing his thumb along her hand.

"Don't worry about it. You're a little different, too, but that's what I like about you. Haven't we gone over this already?"

[jiro]

She could tell just by the look on Nicks face, that her dear auntie had done something out of the ordinary. Which could only mean, there was threatening going on! Good lord, she could only imagine what she'd threaten a guy with! A giant knife... Perhaps a frying pan! Or something along those lines.. She gave him a symphatic smile.

"Yeah, she threatened me with a rubber chicken..."

Nicked sighed and Nova just smiled at him, he was a good sport! Putting up with all the oddities that seemed to surround her, that was more then she could ever ask for. It was way more then she really had expected from him! After all, there's only so much any one can take of...different things! Like a creepy aunt! Or an insanely accident prone girl! She continued to smile, a little red in the face. "A rubber chicken? That one's new!" There was a little bit of laughter from Nova, she had to find it amusing."When she offered me a home here, she probably still assumed I had my long hair! So she threatened to attack me with giant scissors! If I didn't cheer up that is." Darn, she put her foot in her mouth, but hopefully he wasn't listening. "Then a smiley dancing flower.. if I ever skipped class again!" She couldn't help but laugh at that one. After all, she had skipped class with him.

Then Nick took her hand in his, wearing a faint smile on his face. She was so glad he was one to listen and not tune out what she had to say. It was just one of her fears! Ending up liking a jerk who wouldn't listen, perhaps it was just due to the fact the only male in her life was like that. Her face turned a little bit more red as he rubbed his thumb against her hand, she smiled a little more at that. It was just how she was.

"Don't worry about it. You're a little different, too, but that's what I like about you. Haven't we gone over this already?"

"I know I'm different silly.We have gone through this, I was merely say you need not worry about that woman... The worst she can do is poke you with the rubber chicken. I'm sure she wouldn't actually do so." She laughed a little. Over joyed by the fact that Nick liked her regardless of all her oddities and faults.. Well, the one's he knew about at least. Nova would have to make sure that they were the only one's he'd ever learn of. She was still stuck on the idea of people leaving her if the found out about certain things, which is kind of what made her so paranoid about liking someone.

"So, how've you been lately? Have you been up to anything fun?" The girl questioned, in attempts to make some form of conversation. She straightened up a little, it was kind of awkward sitting on a chair arm; though she wasn't sure where to move. Nova got a little fidgety, trying to find the perfect way to sit on the arm; it wasn't working out so great.

[Nicolas Constantine]

"I know I'm different silly. We have gone through this, I was merely say you need not worry about that woman... The worst she can do is poke you with the rubber chicken. I'm sure she wouldn't actually do so."

Nick laughed. A rubber chicken! He realized that that was a one in a million type of weapon and how ridiculous he was to think that the woman could harm him with such a item.

"You're right, you're right."

"So, how've you been lately? Have you been up to anything fun?"[/b]

"I haven't been up to anything different than usual. School, music, training, etc. How about you?"

He saw that she was getting uncomfortable sitting on the arm for this long. He smiled lightly at her.

"You can sit on my lap if you'd like..." he said, still holding her hand.