I speed down the empty road and I see Nick point to the left so I quickly turn. I see that is a windy mountain and I turn and look at him and he smirks and nods. I grin and floor it going up and around the mountain making sure not spin out in his car. We soon make it and I pull up to a beautiful country house and I park. "Here we are at Maddie's house." I say softly but still confused. I see Nick smirk at me and I softly blush. "Who do you think Maddie is?" He asks and I shrug and blush even harder. He softly laughs and pull my chin towards him. His lips are so close yet so far. I bite my lip and I see him look down before softly groaning and letting go of my chin and I smirk proudly.

"Maddie is my sister and that's my mother." He says pointing at the young girl running towards the car and an older blonde lady follow behind slowly. He winks and gets out of the car closing the door behind him and squatting down picking up Maddie and spinning in circles. I get out of the car throwing the keys into my purse and softly closing the door. "Oh my good you've gotten so big!" Nick says while placing Maddie back down on the ground. I shyly walk over to Nicks mom. "Hi I'm Bellamy sorry for coming unannounced." I say softly and the older blonde women shakes her head and softly hugs me. I hug her back and pull away. "Oh that's okay love my name is Maggie and I'm Nicks mum." She says sweetly and I smile back. I see Maddie walk over holding Nicks hand.

"You're really pretty." She says shyly and I squat down to be her height. "Why thank you, you are very pretty as well." I say softly and Maddie hides slightly behind Nicks leg making me laugh. "Come on in I have food ready." Maggie says making Nick give me a hand helping me stand up. We soon walk inside and help Maggie being the food outside so we can eat.

"I still can't believe you let her drive your car." Nicks mother says softly laughing. "Yeah to be fair I can't believe it either." He teases making me gasp and throw a piece of bread that hasent been touched on my plate. This makes him laugh and playfully glare at him neither of us realizes his mom is staring at us with a smile on her face. "Can I drive it?" Maddie asks softly from her spot next to Nick making us all look at her. "I'd let you drive. I don't know about Mum." Nick says making Maddie and I giggle. "I was safe I promise." I say to his mom making her laugh. "She was good. She was good." He says looking at me making me blush.

"So Bellamy what made you move to London?" She asks me softly and I clear my throat before answering. "Umm Noah's mom Ella married William and they both moved here and I came along. My parents passed away when I was 5 years old and I've lived with them ever since. Somehow never was adopted so I kinda just moved around with them yea know." I say softly biting my lip my urge to smoke getting worse from talking about it. "Oh I'm so sorry I shouldn't have asked." His mom says feeling bad and I shake my head no. "It's okay I promise it was so long ago. I'm just glad that I got to move here and meet the people I've gotten to know. Like Miss Maddie over here." I say winking at the young girl making her try and wink back but ended up failing.

Soon we finish up eating and Nicks mom starts grabbing the plates and I get up to help. "No please." She says but I shake my head. "Let me help. Are you sure? I can carry..." I say softly but his mom shakes her head. "Yes! Relax I've got this." She says walking away with the plates leaving me to sit alone while Nick is standing with Maddie. "You go hide. Ten seconds. Ten, nine..." Nick says loudly walking back to me sitting in his mom's seat as Maddie runs away. I smile softly at Nick while playing with the straps of my purse. "She's great." I say softly watching Nicks every move. "She's cute isn't she?" He says smiling at his younger sister with so much love.

"We're playing hide and seek. I've got about a minute. She absolutely terrible at it." He says making the both of us laugh. I smile at how amazing Nicks smile is. "Your mums great too." I say now messing with the ends of Nicks hoodie he gave me earlier when I was cold. "Yeah." He says looking down at his hands. "How old were you when they split up?" I ask hoping I'm not crossing any boundaries with him. "She actually left when I was 12." He says quietly looking back up at me and I nod slowly. "And when do you reconnect?" I ask another question my curiosity getting the best on me. "Like two years ago something like that." He say and me being me I ask another question. "How did that..." I start out but he cuts me off looking at me. "All right what is this, an interrogation?" He asks quickly and my breathing slightly picks up. "Sorry, sorry, I was just curious." I say quietly trying not to panic knowing Nick didn't mean it like that.

"I'm joking. Just joking." He says softly smiling at me when he sees how I react. I can see the curiosity in his eyes but quickly he doesn't ask questions. "The deal between me and my mum is that I can continue to see Maddie as long as I stay out of trouble. Which means no fighting. As long as I play by her rules, I get to see the most important woman in my life." Nick says looking at his sister who is hiding in a terrible spot making me softly giggle at the site. "I don't think your girlfriend would care to hear that." I say looking back down to my hands and Nick softly laughs. "Who?" He asks curiously and it's my turn to laugh. "I don't know. The girl you went to the gala with? The one you hang with and..." I start saying but Nick cuts me off. "Anna and I are just friends." He says and I shake my head at his obliviousness. "Does she know that." I bite out slightly harshly making him smirk but doesn't say anything.

"Nick, come find me!" We head Maddie yell out making me smile at the young girl before turning back to Nick again. "Five? Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Ready or not here I come." He yells out to Maddie slowly getting up. "Good luck." I tease him and he leans down and whispers in my ear "thank you" making a shiver go down my spine. I sit there and watch Nick happily play with his younger sister. Without them noticing I take a few cute photos so I can send them to Nick later.

After a while we head inside and I notice that Nicks mum wants to talk to him so I turn to Maddie. "Hey Maddie would you like me to paint your nails for you in your room?" I asks smiling even harder when I see the excited look. She looks at her mom and she nods before rushing to her room. I see her mouth a "thank you" and I just smile and nod before following after the energetic girl. I reach her room and we sit at her desk that is next to an open window. "That's very pretty nail polish Maddie." I compliment as she hands me the polish. I start painting her nails slowly. "It looks like confetti." Maddie says quietly as she watches me work and I nod in agreement. "You're so right. It does look like confetti." I say before looking up seeing Nick and his mum in an argument outside.

"I wasn't going to say anything, but you can't expect me not to notice." His mom says to Nick making him sigh and turn around. "You're being ridiculous." Nick says annoyed and I feel guilt consume me knowing that it's my fault that Nicks in the argument with his mom but I hide it with a smile so Maddie doesn't get worried. "Why isn't William keeping tabs on you?" His mom asks following him. "I was in the ring." He tries to say but his mom shakes her head no. "You don't get cuts like these wearing gloves Nick, so stop lying to me." She grabs his right hand looking at the cuts he got from punching Tom and Ronnie. "Mum won't let Nick come to my football match." Maddie says sadly and I look down at her. "I'm sorry pumpkin." I say and she looks up and giggles at the nickname I gave her. "No street fights, no racing and no drugs, or you lose your privileges with Maddie." His mum threatens making Nick stop in his tracks. "Okay this wasn't my fault." He tries to explain but his mum won't listen.

"No, no, no, no. Your body is your own." She starts out but Nick shakes his head and walks away. "I'm not gonna deal with this shit. I'm gonna go get a drink." Nick says walking away and towards the back of the house. I remember that I have the keys in my purse so he's probably going to go grab them and leave. A few minutes later right as I finish painting Maddie's nails I hear his McLaren drive away. "All done." I say and she giggles and hugs me before saying thank you and rushing to go do something else.

I walk into the kitchen and I see my purse sitting on the counter open and something sticking out. I see it's a note and it's Nicks handwriting. It says be back later love. I sigh and stick it back in my purse before grabbing it and walking outside. I sit in the same spot where we ate earlier today and I take my vape out of my bag. I make sure no one is around and I take a long hit. I hold it in for a few seconds before slowly blowing the smoke away looking up in the air. I hit it a few more times till I hear the door open and I quickly blowing the smoke away and place it into my purse. I see Maggie walk out with two mugs and she sits down next to me. I blush from getting caught smoking.

"I'm sorry for smoking I thought no one was around. That was very disrespectful of me." I ramble on and she just softly shakes her head and smiles. "It's okay love thank you for not doing it in front of Maddie." She says softly and I nod my head and take a sip of the tea she brought out for me. "May I ask why you smoke?" She asks and I nod my head. "My parents died when I was young and I umm watched and let's just say it umm scarred me. Then umm Noah's father was not a very good man toward either of us mainly me. I was diagnosed with severe anxiety and they wanted me on meds. My mother was a pill addict so I said no and chose to smoke instead. I only smoke Nicotine nothing else and I haven't touched anything else or ever will." I say telling her something I've only ever told Ella and Noah.

"Oh I'm sorry hunny that must have been very hard." She says and I softly nod and laugh wiping away my stray tears. "Does Nick know?" She asks and I shake my head no. "I'm scared that his perspective will change of me." I whisper out slightly embarrassed. "Hunny from the few hours you have been here I've never seen Nick look at someone the way he looks at you. He would never judge you." She says and I nod my head looking up keeping my tears at bay. "He won't be far. He just needs to blow off steam." She says sipping her tea and I smile grateful that she switched topics.

"I think it's great you two have reconnected." I say hoping I didn't go too far with adding my opinion. "Would have been nice if I hadn't had to leave in the first place. I umm... I was... well am an alcoholic. Did he tell you that? I left him and his dad because I needed to get well. During my treatment, I tried to reach out to Nick, but he uhh, he wasn't ready so for years, Nick has been trying to deal with all this by himself. All the anger he feels for me comes out through his fists. Or on the road. Families can be complicated can't they? Welcome to ours Bellamy?" She says smiling at the end and we both softly laughs.