“Nick!” Demi squeals as he nuzzles his face into her neck, laughing as he does. “That tickles!” She giggles and wraps her arms around his neck, his laugh only tickling her skin more.

“Hey, don’t blame me. Blame no shave November.” He smiles cutely up at her.

“I’m not complaining, I like the scruff. Especially when you go down on me.” She smirks as pecks his lips, her fingers curling up in his hair and tugging at it gently.

Nick laughs and kisses her a little deeper this time, pulling her body closer to his. “Good to know. I might have to grow it out more often.”

She lays back on the bed and smiles over at him. “It’s just sexy. I love it. But don’t get a full on beard. It’d look funny.”

Nick scoffs and shakes his head. “Babe, I could totally pull off a beard.”

She raises her eyebrows and laughs. “No. Sorry, but it wouldn’t look good.”

“Wanna bet?”

She looks at him and laughs a bit before she realizes he’s right. “20 bucks?”

“You’re on, Lovato. And you’re going down. Literally.” He smirks and she smacks his chest.

“Whatever!” She laughs.

Nick’s on his phone, waiting at the bottom of the stairs while Demi gets ready for an event that if she doesn’t hurry up and come downstairs for, they’ll be late to. And he hates being late.

“Babe…” He calls, still scrolling through emails. 

“Don’t rush me, I’m coming.” Demi says, her voice carrying down the stairs.

He sighs and looks up as he sees her exiting their room, a black clutch to match her dress in one hand and the other gracing the railing. His breath is literally taken away as she walks down the stairs. 

She raises her eyebrows at him as she sees the look on his face. “You okay?” She laughs.

He clears his throat a bit and nods, taking a deep breath. “Yeah… You just… You look, uhm…” He clears his throat again and lets out a nervous laugh. He leans in and kisses her gently, hoping that it’ll calm him a bit. He smiles softly at her and she laughs. “You look gorgeous, Dems.” 

Demi watches his in anticipation, biting on her lip as she holds the step ladder. “You got it?” 

“Yeah, just a second…” Nick reaches up some more and attaches the plug that lights the star to an extension chord, sighing as it finally lights up. “There we go.” He grins and steps down, looking up at the tree and dusting off his hands a bit. “How’s it look?”

“Perfect.” She grins and kisses his cheek. “Best Christmas tree ever!”

He chuckles and folds up the ladder, going to put it back out in the garage  while Demi admires the tree. When he comes back, she’s got the fire going stronger and is cuddles up on the couch with Elvis’ head in her lap. He settles down next to them and kisses the top of her head, wrapping his arm around her shoulders and pulling her into him. 

She sighs softly and closes her eyes, a light smile playing on her face. “It’s gonna be the best Christmas ever…” She mumbles sleepily.

He smiles, his fingers playing in her hair. “Of course it is, baby.”

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Nick walks up behind her and squeezes her hips, causing her to squeal lightly and laugh, which of course makes him laugh. She leans her head back on his shoulder and grins as he bends his head to kiss her softly, her hand reaching up to tangle in his hair. “Hey baby.” He says with a smile as he pulls away, their lips still gently grazing each others. 

“Hi.” She says quietly before she kisses him again, a light laugh playing in her voice still. 

He snakes his arms around her waist and rubs her stomach gently, glad she’s actually in a good mood today. She’s been getting more aggravated as the weeks have continued, but she has her good days here and there where she’s just happy to be pregnant. He kind of loves those days.

“How’s baby?” He asks, rubbing little circles over her shirt. They still haven’t decided on a name yet, but the baby name books are stacked high with post it notes and lists in the front cover. They have a top three, but Demi doesn’t think they’ll know for sure until the baby’s born.

She shrugs, leaning back into his chest and holding onto his arms. “Good. She’s starting to get really good at kicking though.”

“Is that good or bad?”

“It’s good if she wants a career in playing soccer. But bad for me cause it kind of hurts.” She pouts and Nick just smiles. 

“I’m sorry. Maybe she’s just excited to come out.”

Demi huffs and lets out a light groan. “Two more weeks.”

“Unless she wants to come early. I wouldn’t be opposed to that.” He kisses her cheek.

“I would. I’m not ready just yet.” She frowns a bit and laces her fingers together with his, biting her lip as she thinks about the daunting day that motherhood will come and she won’t know what to do.

Nick looks down at her and smiles gently, squeezing her hand and making her look up. “No matter when she comes, you’ll be a great mom.” She nods a bit, but he can tell she doesn’t believe him as usual with these kinds of things. “Would I lie to you?”

She smiles and laughs a bit, nodding her head. “Yup. You lied to me about not being able to come to Texas for Christmas!”

Nick scoffs. “That’s cause I was going to propose! I wanted to surprise you!”

“Whatever, Jonas.” She laughs and rolls her eye.

“Okay, Jonas.” He shoots back with a smirk and she just laughs again, shaking her head as he wraps his arms tighter around her.

“Hey baby…” Nick says quietly. He sets the bag of soup down and crawls into bed with her, laughing a bit as she sniffs and mutters a weak “hi”. He kisses the top of her head and she coughs, moaning as she snuggles into the blankets.

“Go home, I’m gonna get you sick.” Demi mutters.

He just smiles, laying back in bed with her. “I don’t care. I brought the first three seasons of Ancient Aliens so we can have a marathon.”

Demi laughs a bit and then coughs, making a soft noise of discontent. “You’re gonna get sick.” She sniffed.

He leaned down and kissed her gently, despite her efforts to move away. “I don’t care. With you is where I want to be.”

She sighs and pouts, tugging at his shirt a bit as he lays down under the blankets. “Baby…”

Nick chuckles and reaches over, grabbing her soup and pulling her into his lap and letting her sink into his chest. “Just eat and let me take care of my girl, okay?”

She sighs, but nods and takes out the soup nevertheless. “You’re too sweet. It’s not even ok.”

He laughs and kisses her head, tightening his arms around her. “It’s perfectly acceptable for me to wait on my sick girlfriend.”

She sighs but smiles up at him, kissing him gently. “I love you.”

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Nick’s jaw clenches a bit, his hand forming into a well rounded fist. He takes a deep breath and looks away for a moment, but he can’t not watch her. God, she’s gorgeous. He sips his drink and bounces on his toes a bit, his eyes diverting back over to her as she laughs at whatever the guy across from her is saying. She touches his arm, making more anger rise up in Nick.

He shouldn’t be this jealous, but dammit.

He kind of hates this guy she’s talking to even more as the minutes pass. Especially when he leans in closer to her. Nick takes a deep breath and takes a long sip of his drink, finishing it off and setting the empty glass on a nearby table. He walks over to them, hands in his pockets, anger still swelling but God knows he can’t let that show.

“Demi…” He smiles as he stands in front of her. She turns and smiles brightly.

“Nick, hey!” She hugs him and he lets his hand linger a bit, keeping it on her lower back even as they pull away. She turns to the guy in front of her and smiled sweetly, making Nick’s jaw clench again. “This is Nick… My uh… Friend.” She nods and Nick bites his lip before nodding at the guy in front of him, who he knew could feel the awkwardness.

It only takes a couple of minutes before he bows out and then Nick sighs. “Can we go somewhere?”

Demi nods and lets him escort her away from the party. They find themselves in a narrow hall filled with coats and it takes Nick about 2.5 seconds to push her against the wall and start kissing her. She’s surprised, but nevertheless kisses him back.

“Nick…” She breaths, her hands resting on his chest as he leans in closer.

“I don’t like being introduced as your friend…” He says lowly, breathing deeply as he presses their foreheads together. “And I don’t like seeing other guys flirt with you and not being able to do anything about it.”

“I know…” She looks up at him, biting her lip. There was nothing they could do, though. If they came out as a couple, they would just end up breaking up because of the gossip and the rumors. And neither one of them wanted that.

Demi pulls him down closer and kisses him deeply, feeling him sigh into it. “You gotta admit though… This whole sneaking away at parties to make out thing is kind of hot.” She smirks, still holding him close to her as he steals more kisses.

Nick laughs and shakes his head. “Almost makes it worth keeping a secret.” He whispers as she laughs, only making him want her more with each second.

I could definitely see that. Haha