Win Her Back | 941 words | no warnings
For @hipsterhandsomejack‘s birthday that was two days ago! I’m sorry I was late getting this out!
Paige’s at a lost at how she’s up so early. Even with a set alarm clock, she’s shocked to find herself awake and ready to go at 8 am.
She’s got a mission, though, and has no time to commend herself for such a feat. Today was a special day and she needed to get started before Nikki had awaken.
With a grunt, the Brit heaved her body out of bed, such a lonely bed. As she fixes the sad thing, she sighs, looks around the room with disdain. This isn’t her room, their room. Just the lowly guest room Nikki has her confined in, since the whole lingerie fiasco.
But Paige wasn’t about to complain. She’s feels lucky enough that Nikki even let her stay in their home, as well seemingly trying to work things out, albeit slow as hell.
As Paige folds back the top of her comforter, she smiles and nods to herself. Today’s going to be a different day if she had anything to do about it. AJ’s out of her life, Nikki’s coming around, and it just so happens to be Nikki’s birthday today.
It’s time to put ‘Operation: Get Nikki Back’ into action.
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She sneaks into Nikki’s room after about an hour or so in the kitchen, a tray of Nikki’s favorite breakfast food balancing in her hands.
She’s a little disappointed to find Nikki awake, tapping furiously away on her phone, as she wanted to wake up her love in one of those cheesy, over romantic ways she hated, but Nikki loved so much.
A bashful grin settles on Paige’s lips, as a somewhat annoyed, but confused look crosses Nikki’s face.
“What is that?” Nikki asks, breaking the tension filled silence. Her icy irises scan Paige up and down, before landing on the stack of French toast. Despite Nikki’s closed off demeanor, Paige can see the excitement bubbling underneath and she internally cheers herself on.
“You know what it is.” Paige answers playfully, shimmying as much as she could without spilling the tray over. “It’s your birthday, Nicole. I wanted to do something special for you.” She continues her way into the room and hears Nikki scoff.
“You didn’t have to.” The Bella responds, almost immediately. She sounds angry, but she pushes the end button on her phone and places it on the bedside table regardless.
“But I wanted to. I love you.” Paige retorts and has to remind herself not to feed off of Nikki’s agitation if she’s wants her plan to work, reminds herself that she deserves this. She cheated on Nikki and she has to pay the price, even if that price is the worst case of passive aggression she’s ever been on the receiving end of.
Nikki scoffs once again, this time adds a roll of her eyes and a cross of her arms. “Thanks, anyway. I guess.”
Paige takes what she can get and nods, taking the few strides over to Nikki. She places the tray over Nikki’s middle and, somewhere deep down, admires her work. A stack of French toast, dripping with sweet syrup, some scrambled eggs, three pieces of bacon and a bowl of fruit, complete with a glass of mimosa.
When her eyes flicker to her girlfriend (could she still say that?), she catches a starry eyed expression on her face and it makes butterflies explode in her gut. She actually clutches at her stomach, the smile on her face becomes shaky as she thinks about just how much she really loves this woman.
“You… You like it, Nik?” She stutters.
Nikki looks down at the floor for a moment and Paige begins to panic. She was sure this was her last chance to show Nikki how much she loved her and was willing to do anything to save their relationship and if she messed this up…
Paige can’t even imagine life without Nikki. She draws a blank for the what-if scenario and it has her frightened.
Nikki finally looks up, her pretty face soft and kind. Her Nikki.
“Yeah… Thank you. A lot.” The twin responds, a delighted smile kissing her lips and Paige falls in love all over again. She’s so busy staring at her, she almost misses Nikki picking up her fork to dig in.
“Wait.” Paige holds out her hand and uses her other to dig into her sweatpants pocket. Nikki looks at her confused as Paige pulls out a small robin blue box.
Nikki’s eyes widened and she gasped aloud, her body shakes in disbelief.
“Okay. Okay. Remember, you have food on top of you before you freak.” Paige beams, chuckles, as she pops open the box.
“Is this from Tiffany’s?!” Nikki squeals. She lifts her head to peer at the dazzling diamond earrings that sit pretty in the box. Her smile drops and she stares back up at Paige.
“Those are the earrings—“
“You’ve been wanting?” Paige finishes, and a blush overcomes her pale complexion. “I know. I thought they’d be a nice birthday gift, y’know?”
When she bends down to give them over, Nikki wraps an arm around her neck and carefully pulls her into a hug.
“Thank you.” Nikki whispers into her ear, pressing a fleeting peck to Paige’s temple.
Paige can only nod, her body overcome by sudden and absolute joy. She doesn’t know what to do with herself. This was all she wanted. Just to be back in Nikki’s good graces and make up for her mistake.
Nikki lets her go after a moment and takes the box, appreciating the shiny present.
“How about…” Nikki begins, caressing the earrings. “You sleep in here tonight?”
