CHAPTER 25- Surprise

Demi's POV

Nicko and I walked into my mom's house and it was eerily silent.

"Are you sure she said to come over today?" Nicko asked, looking around.

"Yes I'm positive, it's in my texts."

He sighed, "Well maybe she forg-"

"SURPRISE!!!!!" Nicko and both jumped at the loud screaming, and he instinctively stepped in front of me, shielding me with his body from the 'threat.' He relaxed though, once we figured out it was all fo family and closest friends.

"What the hell is this?!" I laughed, hugging my mom.

"A baby shower! Duh!" Marissa giggled, and we walked into the other part of the house to see decorations put up all over.

"Oh my God this is perfect guys!" I squealed, and hugged my best friends. I felt a warm hand on my lower back and looked to see Nicko standing there with a smile on his face. I placed my hand on his cheek and was oblivious to everything else around me, as I gently kissed his cheek and smiled up at him.

"Okay you two, i'd say get a room, but we've planned this for too long." Tiffany complained, and pulled me away from Nicko. We were separated for most of the night as he hung with the boys and I played the stupid silly games with my girls, but I could feel his eyes on me, always protective and cautious of me and the baby growing in my stomach. Everytime I glanced at him, I was proven right when I saw his deep blue eyes piercing mine from across the room.

At the end of the day, we were finally released from the clutches of my friends and walked to the car hand in hand.

"Well that was unexpected." Nicko said, chuckling and kissing the side of my cheek. I smiled back and leaned into his side when he opened the door to the car for me and got in himself.

"I was expecting something like that soon, but they totally got me." Nicko nodded and when we got onto the highway to go home, his hand slipped onto my thigh. It was sort of a thing I'd noticed about him. Even when we were two feet apart, he liked to be touching me, whether it was my hand or my back or my thigh. "Why do you do that?" I asked, gesturing to his hand, and he gave me a confused look. "Not that I don't completely love it and it doesn't make my heart melt, but I always wondered."

Nick chuckled, "I spent time without you and it flipped a switch in me. Touching you reminds me that I still have you to hold and to love. I don't know, it just makes me feel secure when I'm touching you, it reminds me that you're not going anywhere."

I smiled hugely and leaned over to kiss his cheek, "I love you."

He flashed a smile, "I love you Demi."

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Once we got home it was only around seven o'clock. Nicko was laying on the bed, his shirt off and reading a book. I sighed when I saw how he'd gotten ready for bed. At the sound, he looked up.

"Are you okay?"

I bit my lip, "I don't want to bother you, just forget it."

Nicko stood up and walked over to me, cupping my face with his hand, "You're not bothering me Demi, tell me what it is."

I sighed, "I'm hungry."

He nodded, and immediately reached for a hoodie, tugging it over his defined abdomen, "Is there anything specific you wanted or should I just pick for you?"

I blushed, "Sushi?"

Without missing a beat he nodded and kissed my lips, "Anything else?"

I raised an eyebrow, "Why are you being so nice?"

Nicko looked hurt as he grabbed his keys, "I'm always this nice. You're carrying my baby and I want to make you happy. Isn't that enough reason to be nice?"

I shook my head and stepped forward into his arms, "You're right, I'm sorry I'm just tired and I don't know..."

He chuckled and kissed my forehead, "I'll be back, twenty minutes tops, try not to get into too much trouble."

Once he left, I laid on the couch and sifted through my thousands of twitter mentions. Sure there were haters, but hundreds of thousands more supporters "#NEMIBABY" was trending worldwide again, as Madison had posted a couple of pictures of the baby shower to her twitter.

@ddlovato; I'm so grateful for everyone's support. I cannot wait to bring my daughter into this world <3

I favorited some tweets and DM'd a couple of users who were particularly excited about the baby and then set my phone down. Now I was extremely bored, hungry, tired, and sore. Suddenly the couch became more and more comfortable as I sunk into it and fell into a slight sleep.

"Demi?" I opened my eyes to see Nicko smiling at me, "Wake up beautiful, I got your food." I smiled sleepily and stood up, walking into the kitchen where a paper bag was on the counter.

"This looks so good." I gushed as Nicko set out the plastic containers.

"Well it cost enough, so it better be."

I smiled and mixed wasabi in the soy sauce container and took a roll in the chopsticks and ate it, closing my eyes in satisfaction. "Mmm."

Nicko chuckled and wiped something off of the corner of my mouth with his thumb, "Don't make those noises unless you plan on me taking you right here right now."

I giggled and ate another piece of sushi, moaning erotically and moving over to him with a flirtatious look in my eyes. "And if I do plan on that?"

Nicko lifted an eyebrow and smiled, "Well finish eating before we get too worked up then we'll go up to bed."

I slid my arms up his sweatshirt and pressed our bodies together, "I'm not that hungry anymore."

~*~

I sighed as I tossed and turned in the bed, Nicko was laying on the farthest edge he could, gripping the headboard so he didn't fall off and too afraid to even breathe on me.

"Nothing is fucking working." I groaned, getting exasperated and sitting up.

Nicko sighed, "Do you want me to hold you?"

I rolled my eyes and shook my head, "I'm just gonna go into the spare bedroom I'm so uncomfortable in this bed all the time."

He sat up with me, "Do you want me to come?"

I sighed, "No."

A flash of hurt went across his face before he leaned over and kissed my lips then my stomach, "Okay... Goodnight. I love you."

I sighed and got up, walking out and into the other bedroom. I don't know why I didn't want Nicko to come, but he was just so big and took up so much space. The guest room bed didn't help much either, but finally after about another hour of tossing and turning I drifted off into an uneasy sleep.

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