in real life !

✹ nicole is happy. she's the happiest she's ever been. and she owes it all of her friends and bella, mostly bella. ever since they met at the premiere, it was like they were just meant for each other.

they texted everyday for an entire month before reuniting with each other and that was the best trip that nicole had ever taken. her and bella got closer with each other, attached to hip some might day. but one thing that did arise for nicole was her feeling for the brunette.

at first, before meeting bella, it was a simple silly celebrity crush. after seeing them on games of thrones , and some other short films nicole was amazed by their acting and followed them on instagram. and everytime bella posted pictures of himself, nicole would fangirl them over to tenzing.

then, she met bella, and it wasn't a simple silly celebrity crush anymore. she continued to admire bella's work, but this time instead of fangirling to tenzing — who was glad that he didn't have to hear it anymore — she did it to bella in person, through text or through facetime.

her feeling expanded, they were more serious but she don't want to ruin whatever they had. it's not like she could tell her feelings to just stop growing but it didn't work that way. the more she spend time with bella, the more they grew. the harder it got to contain it. so she didn't.

she started acting towards them. sending small hints. bella got some of them but others not really. possibly it's the fact that there are some stuff she says or does to bella that she does with her friends which confused bella.

soon bella learned how to difference it. and soon bella stopped blocking their own feeling for nicole and just let them flow at their own pace. everyone knows that bella and nicole like each other.

they know by the "secret" glances they always give each other, the way that their always hooked arms or have intertwined fingers or are just close with each other. the way that bella gets very easily jealous whenever nicole talks to someone else a certain way that only he gets to hear.

this birthday party means everything for nicole. she wants it to be perfect with no mistake, for bella because she deserves it. nicole wants everything to go smoothly. everything in their place, all the right people being invited, all the right props, the food, the music. nicole really means everything.

"okay, okay, okay." nicole breathed out shaking her hands away with all of her nerves. she looked at her outfit which was a black dress with thin strings, a slit on her right leg and instead of heels she decided on platform black converse.

the party wasn't for another hour but she had to go pick up bella, take her to dinner and then bring her back to the party once all the guest have arrived and once the group has everything prepared.

nicole trusts them with her entire party planning. storm was in charge of decorating, nico was in charge of the drinks, tenzing of settling up the tables and the large white tent with the help of charlotte. nicole somehow convinced pedro to help her with the food, so pedro is in charge of the food. lastly, elizabeth in charge of the dessert table and the dessert/candy.

bella knocked on her hotel room three times. standing nervously on the other side with a box on his hand.

nicole smiled at herself through the mirror one more time before picking up her purse slinging it over her shoulder and headed towards the door. her hand gazed over the door knob. even behind the door she could feel her stomach bursting with butterflies.

nicole opened the door and immediately the butterflies spread through her entire body, from head to toe. bella went speechless the second that his eyes landed on nicole and on what she was wearing.

"hi," nicole said. her breath hitching and getting nervous underneath the gaze of bella's eyes roaming through her entire body and not missing a single inch. "you look handsome."

bella's eyes snapped back onto nicoles eyes and blushed furiously. "thank you, nicky. you look beautiful, really." bella said laughing nervously and wiping their hands on his suit. she glanced down at her hands and quickly blurted out, "i, uh, i got you something."

"bels, you didn't have too. holy fucking shit." nicole gasped as she opened up the velvet box. bella smiled widely at her reaction and a smug look appeared on their face feeling accomplish. nicole ran her fingers through the beautiful pearl necklace that laid pretty inside the box. "can you help me?"

"yeah, yeah." bella said nodding his head and grabbing the pearls from the box and held it up. nicole spun around and held her hair up exposing her bare neck. nicole could feel bella's warm hands grazing on her neck as they put on the pearls. "it's perfect."

"thank you, bels. i love it. i love it." nicole breathed out quickly turning back around and throwing her arms around bella who laughed and wrapped his own arms around her waist. "thank you, thank you."

"you deserve it and so much more." said bella.

"now," nicole pulled away settling her hand on their cheeks. their faces inches apart. bella wanting nothing more than move an inch closer to taste her lips but she stayed. "time for me to gift you, you're late birthday present."

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"i can't see anything. are you going to murder me? because this is the best way to murder me." bella rambled on holding their arms up even though nicole was guiding them. "beautiful dinner and now you're going to kill me. seriously, i'm expecting a knife through my heart. even though you've already stolen it."

"smooth, bells, smooth." nicole laughed leaning her head on bella's arm and taking it off continuing to lead bella up the driveway and to the side of the house. bella smirked at what she said but it immediately dropped when he almost bumped into a wall.

"nicky!"

"you're the one who isn't following me and deciding to go your own way!" nicole scolded opening up the fence pushing bella gently in first and going behind her. nicole gave tenzing a thumbs up and then held up three fingers.

"i'm definitely getting murdered." bella said nodding his head and putting their lips in a tight line.

their main friends tenzing, charlotte, storm, nico, and elizabeth all gathered around in front of them with confetti shooter. once nicole put down the last finger, she took off the blindfold from bella and they all yelled, "surprise!" at the same time while popping the confetti.

"surprise?" nicole jumped in front of bella holding her arms open and smiling widely at bella who was still in shock looking at everyone. "don't leave me hanging, bels."

"oh my gosh!"

and so, the party started. after nicole and bella had their moment they all went into their party mode. the music filling the backyard, everyone either getting tipsy or is already drunk, more people walking in from every kind of movie or show that bella's been and had made friends with.

it's perfect, maybe even more perfect, too perfect. nicole didn't pay attention to that. she was too busy jumping and dancing around with storm and elizabeth. somehow nico found out that she has a talent to making drinks so her and pedro made drinks for them, pedro making sure not to add too much alcohol inside.

tenzing landed on dj duty putting on the most up beat music and making sure that there were beat drops. charlotte greeting everyone and passing out food and making sure that everyone gets water.

"nic, hey nic!" pedro shouted cupping his hands over his mouth and anxiously calling nicole. the girl wiping the sweet from her forehead and looked over at pedro confused. nicole told storm that she'll be right back before making her way over towards the man. "girls talk asap."

"why? what happened?" nicole asked following after pedro who moved away from all the loud music. nicole's face dropped noticing how nervous pedro face is. "pedro?"

"um, so, uh, she's here." pedro spitted out. nicole frowned her eyebrows tilting her head to the side not understand who she is. pedro sighed deeply, "her. la bruja."

la bruja, being the code name that pedro and nicole gave sophia. the girl that— "what the fuck?!"