I breathed in the warmer air as I walked out of my last class of the day which was sadly an extremely long lab that left me exhausted. I caught ,myself in the reflection and scrunched up my natural curls an made sure my foundation and lipstick were still looking pretty good.

I clicked on my phone to see I had a zero texts but a few social media notification. I sighed as I opened my Instagram and scrolled through my own feed, looking at pictures of Nix and I smiling goofily, or pictures of him sleeping and even eating. There was very little of that these days. He was never home and worked long hours, or to be honest I don't even know if he was actually working or just trying to avoid me. Whenever we seen each other it wasn't pleasant and filled with many under the breath snide comments. He was honestly back to the same Nix, he was earn I first encountered him.

I was craving a smoothie from a shop Pheonix once took me that was located in the downtown area, so thats where I decided to go once I reached my car in the parking garage.

After mild traffic, I found parking and walked into the smoothie shop , where as usual it was crowded and the line was long. I opted for going back on my phone while I waited until a familiar voice sent an annoyance of chills down my spine.

I turned and seen my one and only boyfriend, if I should even call him that these days , walk in with three other officers and smiling and laughing. There was about three people behind me in line, so they weren't directly behind me but I didn't take any chances so I kept my back to them and my head down , lost in all the texts I don't get.

"Thats her?" I heard one whisper in thick hispanic accent.

I cursed myself but didn't turn around, even though I was annoyed at Nix for saying anything.

"Shut up." he mummered , followed by more whispering.

I tried to block it all out until one officer cut the line and stood right next to me, startling me slightly.

"Grant. But they call me Gio because its cooler" He stated reaching his hand out to shake mine. We got a few looks as people were confused as to why an officer was introducing himself to me.

"Mia. But you already know that." I stiffly replied , but still shaking his hand.

"So whats up with you and the kid? Ive only known you for about 30 seconds but man, you two are similar." He whistled glaring back at a red faced and unhappy looking Nix.

"I mean, no offense or anything but I find it slightly rude you know all about our relationship issues." I replied annoyed that Nix has the whole Seattle police department knowing the struggles of our relationship.

"None taken." he shrugged. "He was wreck before you don't get me wrong, but now he's even more so without you." he casually stated as we moved up a spot in line.

I just hummed in response , happy Nix felt some type of way in this messed up situation.

"Don't tell him I told you. I mean It was my idea , but tonight he is going to text you and ask to take you out on a date so you guys can actually talk everything out. Say yes for all of our sakes please. Were all sick of him coming into work with red eyes and an attitude from lack of sleep." he chuckled slightly.

"Alright." I shrugged, not wanting to show I was slightly happy to finally get everything I've wanted to say off my chest good and bad.

"That was easy." He shrugged glancing back at his boys , this time I didn't bother looking.

Gio moved forward in line with me up the register. "Whatever the lady wants."He motioned towards me handing the man his card.

I smiled softly and ordered by drink, of coursing thanking Gio and taking berry flavored smoothie, walking back out of the shop.

As I passed the rest of the boys, including Nix I slowed slightly, hoping he would say something , even wisk me away and we can live happily ever after.

My breath hitched slightly as his hand slightly reached out and touched my elbow before letting it fall back to his side and giving me a small nod.

I looked into his green eyes and so badly wanted to jump into his arms, but I didn't. My pride and ego wouldn't let me as I quickly left the small smoothie shop and got back into my car.

As soon as I got in, I let my head rest on the steering wheel sadly. I was way too young for these worries. I envied my friend Minnie who had fun light flings and no deep relationship issues. I just wanted to be happy.

After my small breakdown, I put my car in drive and took myself back to my apartment .

As soon as I got inside I sat in front of my T.V and decided I deserved to binge watch for the rest of the night and indulge in lots of Chinese takeout, so thats exactly what I did.

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When It was finally time for me to go to sleep, my phone buzzed and it was from the one and only Nix.

"Date tomorrow?" It read with a little red heart emoji.

"What time I should I be ready?" I replied , snuggling further under the blankets of my big empty bed.

"6:30?"

"Ill be ready." I replied, feeling as if a ton of bricks were lifted off of my chest.

"Ok. Sleep well." He ended the messages, and I didn't feel the need to reply.

This date/talk would be interesting. I loved Nix yes. With all of my heart, I felt something special with him and he gave me such joy, but the amount we argued and fought over even the smallest things at times was beginning to become too tiring. My brain fought with itself a little longer before I finally fell asleep.

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"Can we please go to the park tomorrow?" my brother begged, climbing onto my bed and sitting extremely close to my face.

I pushed him away slightly, not wanting to smell his cheese it breath for too long.

"Did you do all of your makeup homework?" I questioned right after sending my message to Mia. "Ok. Sleep well."

"Yeah. Daddy made me do it all day long today. He's going to pick the rest of it up for me tomorrow he said. So park?" He asked again.

I narrowed my eyes at him, knowing there was no way he sat all day and did work. "You're not lying right?" I asked raising my eyebrows at him.

"Ok, only a little bit. I didn't do it all, but daddy said I have until I go back to school to finish it, because I told him it hurts my stitches to think too long." He babbled out.

I rolled my eyes at him and set my phone down on the nightstand. "Mhhm my ass. But whatever, as long as you do it by then or els me and Dad are going to both yell at you." I warned him.

"Okay" he whined. "So park?" He asked again.

"Jesus, yes Ill take you to the park." I breathed out at his constant asking.

"Who are you texting? Is it Mia? Can we FaceTime her?" he begged.

"Nick." I groaned at him in annoyance.

"Fine ill stop asking questions. But make sure she comes over soon. Maybe to the park with us. That would be fun." he talked a mile a minute while getting under my blankets with me.

"Why are you trying to sleep in my bed with me?" I questioned , but still helped him cover himself with the warm blankets.

"Because Daddy is at work." He rolled his eyes at me like it was obvious.

"You've really got to start sleeping in your own bed kid.I promise you will be safe and nothing will get you." I practically begged him, while shutting off the small lamp besides the bed.

The kid had small separation anxiety and was literally terrified to sleep in how own room alone.No matter what my dad and I did, he refused to sleep in his room and would cry loudly for hours.

"Why have you been staying here again?" He asked, once he was finally comfortable.

"Because." I took a breath "Mia and I are not the best of friends right now." I tried to explain since his questions would never stop unless I gave him a good answer.

"Oh." He replied playing with a random string from the blanket. "Are you ever going to be best friends again?" he asked.

"I really hope so. Im seeing her tomorrow actually." I explained. "I have something really important to give her." I continued talking , but it useless Nick's breathing was already slowing and he was drifting into sleep.

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