A/N: Ok, this is it, the final chapter. Thanks for everybody who read it, and extra thanks to everybody who reviewed it. You all get cookies. Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed my fic, and I apologize in advance for the epic shortness of the last chapter. And without further ado, I give you chapter 5!
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Chapter 5
Nick's POV
"Good night Pearls."
"Good night Mr. Nick."
I walk out of Pearls' room and I'm about to go downstairs and finally work on my files when I notice a light on in Maya's room.
I suppose it couldn't hurt to talk to her for a bit…
Boy, I give procrastination a whole new meaning.
I knock on the door, and Maya says "Come in!" I walk in and Maya's watching Season 1 of the Steel Samurai, which she forced me to buy for her after our first case.
"What's up? She asks.
"Oh, nothing, just seeing what you're up to."
"I'm watching the Steel Samurai, duh! It's like you don't know me at all!" Maya teases.
"Uh huh. Haven't you had enough Steel Samurai for one day?"
Maya looks over at me and gasps. "Nick, you can never get enough of the Steel Samurai! That's like asking if you can get enough of double cheeseburgers or if you can get enough of Samurai dogs!"
Oh boy…
"And anyways", she continues, "I was kind of too distracted thinking about you to watch most of the movie." Maya turns her attention back to the TV, blushing. "By the way…I was wondering…Are we, well, you know…dating?"
"I sit down on her bed and wrap an arm around her. "If you want to, then definitely."
Maya lays her head on my shoulder, and says "I'd like that very much."
And for hours, we just lied there on her bed. We didn't say anything; words couldn't describe how we felt. The 2 of us just lied there, enjoying each other's company. Eventually, I felt Maya's breathing start to slow, and looked down to see she had fallen asleep. I got up and turned off the TV, I turned off the lights, and decided to stay with Maya for the night. I pulled the sheets over us, gently kissed her on the forehead, and before I fell asleep I whispered into her ear
"I love you."