Friends/Enemies

Bella pov

Next morning i wake up with baxter licking my face i smile , something about being with him makes me feel relaxed.

I get off the bed and rub baxter head and get ready for today .

Once I'm ready baxter and i head to the kitchen , i take out some bacon and cook it for baxter and make my coffee once I'm done i sit down and baxter begins to eat his bacon while i sip on my coffee.

My aunt went to work and Alex as well so I'm home alone.

I receive a text and i check my phone to see it's Nicolai

Text message

Nicolai: hey bella good morning ,im heading to work now and was wondering if you're feeling ok to meet for lunch , you can bring baxter or i can pick him up after work ?

Bella text:

Hey Cola Good morning , I'm feeling fine today and I wouldn't mind meeting you for lunch and I'll just bring baxter with me he's the best company. So where should we meet ?

Nicolai text:

Im glad you're feeling better and we can meet at the station if that's ok ,the guys are cooking .

Bella text:

If im being honest I haven't been to the station since the accident, but i guess it's time right , to move on from my bubble of being closed off .🙄

Nicolai text:

Oh im sorry bella I didn't know and if you're not ready I understand, we can go out for lunch instead.

Bella text:

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Nicolai text:

We can eat pizza

Bella text:

No im ready to do this I'll meet you at the station what time should i go ?

Nicolai text :

Only if you're ready and 12 is ok

Bella text :

Ok see you at 12 , have a good day and stay safe

Nicolai text:

Thank you 😊

End of text conversation.

Bella pov

We'll baxter what should we do till 12 ?

Baxter pov

Woof woof

Bella pov

Ok let go to the park ,it's a beautiful day out .

Baxter pov

Woof .

Bella pov

We walk to the park and i throw the ball and baxter runs for it ,

He bring it back with his tail wagging and drops it in front of me .

I rub his head and give him a treat and grab the ball and throw it .

He runs to get it I'm looking at baxter so I didn't realize someone was behind me till i was pushed , I stumbled a little bit .

I look back and it's the nurse ,

I ask what is wrong with her and she says "stay away from my man "

I look at her and ask who is your man ?"

She rolls her eyes at me and says "Nicolai "

I chuckle

"Oh really that's funny since according to him you're just an ex"

She try's to push me again but baxter ran barking at her bearing his teeth "woof grrr woof"

She looks and says "watch your back"

And runs off.

I rub baxter head and say thank you for the assist and he does a cute dog smile.

I don't know if i should bring up this incident to Nicolai or just let it go at this point it seems she has it out for me for reasons i still don't quite understand.

We stay playing at the park till 11:45 I whistled at baxter to come along so we can start our walk to the station.

As we start to get closer to the station i begin to get nervous , feeling anxious .

Once we got to the fire station parking I stopped walking so baxter stopped as well.

I begin to see memories of when my dad would bring me to work with him, of memories I haven't thought of since he left me, the memories are bitter sweet , I didn't realize i had tears coming down my face .

It felt like my heart was constricting in my chest ,i had a lump in my throat that I couldn't seem to swallow down, my heart aches as the memories continued to flood my mind.

I didn't realize that baxter had went to get Nicolai.

I was so stuck in the memories that I didn't see that Nicolai was trying to get my attention I didn't notice i wasn't alone till I felt myself being held in a warm hug .

A hug that told me i wasn't going to feel so alone anymore, a hug that said it was ok to feel and let go the hurt I desperately held in so I wouldn't look weak or better yet feel so weak.

Because in this world though i had my aunt i felt completely alone and lost without my parents.

I look up with tears in my eyes to see it's Nicolai who held me so close .

To be continued 😉