Nicky, who usually woke up in a grumpy mood, woke up the next morning to find Lorna in her arms and she could not help but smile. She inched closer, tightened her grip around Lorna's waist, and gave soft kisses to the back of her neck until Lorna woke up. When Lorna woke up to the kisses she immediately turned around to face Nicky.
The pair gazed into each other's eyes and just smiled.
"It is so fucking great waking up next to you, kid" Nicky said as she pulled Lorna in for a kiss.
Lorna immediately remembered the night before and pulled away.
"Nicky I am so sorry about last night. I should've told you upfront that I wouldn't wanna have sex. I didn't mean to lead you on. I wouldn't blame you if you"
And just then Nicky shushed her with a long kiss.
"Were mad at me" Lorna finished with a huge grin as they pulled away.
"Hey, you slept in my bed and I got to hold you all night. That sounds like a win to me. I couldn't be happier right now if I tried, kid. So just relax, would you?"
Lorna couldn't help but give Nicky another peck on the lips before she said, "good morning"
"good morning" Nicky giggled as she pushed some strands of hair out of Lorna's face and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Everything felt so amazing. Even their small, cramped dorm room felt so romantic. Just then Lorna's stomach growled and she immediately turned red
Nicky started to laugh "You hungry, kid?"
"Maybe just a little"
"Alright let's go get breakfast then" She said as she got out of bed.
When Lorna got out of bed and realized that she was still topless from the night before she immediately folded her arms over her chest to cover up and turned around so that Nicky couldn't see.
Nicky couldn't help but giggle. "You know I've already seen them, right?"
"Uh, yeah." Lorna stuttered, completely embarrassed by the comment. She quickly rummaged through her drawers to find clothes to change into.
"I've gotta say you have great tits. Probably the best I've ever seen."
Lorna was so embarrassed. No one had ever seen her boobs before, let alone made comments about seeing them. "uh, thanks, Nicky, but can we please just get dressed and get breakfast."
Nicky giggled again and walked towards Lorna. As soon as Nicky could tell that Lorna had a shirt on she immediately turned her around to give her a kiss.
"Have I told you how cute you are yet?"
As they sat across from each other and ate breakfast in the packed dining hall, Lorna couldn't help but realize how easy the conversation was. She thought she had ruined everything the night before and that their relationship/friendship would now be awkward, but clearly she was wrong. They were having a great time talking about Game of Thrones and making bets on which strangers in the dining hall had done a walk of shame from the night before. When Lorna was least expecting it, Nicky smiled at her and reached across the table to give Lorna's hand a squeeze. Lorna immediately felt her stomach flip from the touch.
After that day, Nicky and Lorna were pretty much inseparable. Every day before classes they would give each other long kisses goodbye as if they were not going to see each other for another month. They ate dinner together every night. They even slept in the same bed every single night. They spent every night cuddled up in Nicky's bed while Lorna's bed remained completely empty. It was as if Lorna's bed was in the room simply for decoration.
Although it was quite obvious to the two of them that they were in the process of forming a serious relationship, Nicky would not admit to anyone that she had real feelings for the girl who shared her bed at night.
"So you and Lorna are getting pretty serious, huh?" Vause said one day as she sat with Nicky eating lunch.
"Um, I don't know if I'd say we're serious. We're not like dating or anything."
"Well have you hooked up with anyone else since you started hooking up with Lorna?"
"No" Nicky said as she looked away sheepishly. She knew what her friend was getting at.
"Hm. So you're only hooking up with each other. Interesting" Vause said staring at her friend with a knowing smile.
"What's your point, Vause" Nicky said getting annoyed
"My point is that having sex with only one person kind of means that you're committed to that one person"
"Oh, well, actually" Nicky started.
"What?" Vause asked confused
"We aren't having sex. She wants to wait."
"Wait" Vause said, a huge smiled forming on her lips. "Are you telling me that you're not even having sex with this girl yet and you still aren't trying to hook up with anyone else?"
"Yeah, I guess. Whatever"
"Aw, Nicky Nichols is in love!" Vause exclaimed
"I am not in love."
"Oh you so are. Or you're getting there anyway."
"Alright, fuck off, Vause. Just eat your lunch"
Vause just continued to laugh to herself while took another bite of her sandwich
Just then, Lorna entered the café and Nicky's eyes lit up. She immediately stood up to go give her girl a kiss.
"Hey Nicky I just came to give you your book. You left it in the room this morning and I figured you'd need it" Lorna said as she reached into her bag for the book.
"Oh thanks, kid, you're the best. I seriously don't know what I would do without you" Nicky said as she gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Lorna couldn't help but smile.
"Alright I hate to do this, but I gotta run or I'm gonna be late."
"Aw come on, don't leave you just got here."
"I know I'm sorry. Believe me I don't want to leave" Lorna said as she ran her hands through Nicky's giant mane.
"You're a tease, you know that. You don't even stay long enough for me to actually kiss you"
"Well you can still kiss me goodbye" Lorna said as she inched closer
Nicky grinned and leaned in for a kiss, taking her sweet time so that Lorna had to stay for longer. The two shared a long, deep kiss until Lorna's phone started ringing and brought them back into reality.
"I'm sorry, I really gotta go. See you later?"
"Definitely. I can't wait!"
With a big, stupid grin on her face, Nicky watched Lorna walk away until she was completely out of her sight. Then, she suddenly remembered who she had come with.
She slowly looked over at Vause who had a shit-eating grin on her face.
"Shut up" Nicky warned as she approached the table.
Vause who could not stop laughing simply replied with "hey I didn't say anything"