Welcome To My Life: Getting Ready - Prompt 73

The handles on the faucet creak as Nebula turns off the water to the shower head. He shook himself, flinging the excess water that always made the fur on his ears cling uncomfortably. He pulls back the curtain and steps out as he swipes the towel from the counter.

As he dries himself off, Nebula walks through the door and back into his bedroom. Nebula was grabbing clothes from the top dresser drawer when he heard the familiar tune of “You’re so Creepy” by Ghost Town start to blare. An unstoppable smile found its way onto Nebula’s face as he stops what he was doing to quickly grab his phone from the nightstand. He answers and turns on the speaker.

“Good evening, my baby bat~” Nebula cooes as he sets the phone on top of the dresser to start pulling his clothing out.

“Good evening, pumpkin~” Came the sweet tone of a woman’s voice. Veronica’s voice.

Nebula was smitten by Veronica the moment he laid eyes on her 3 years ago. He joined his little brother’s idol group as a last minute filler since someone dropped from the group a week before a big performance. Veronica was the fierce but kind leader that kept the group of wild energetic teens in order. It didn’t take Nebula too long to muster up the courage to ask her out and the rest is history.

“My dad is wondering if you’re still coming to dinner.” Veronica says before he could ask why she called.

“I didn’t offend him did I?” Nebula could hear Jackson’s, one of Veronica’s dads, worried whisper in the background.

Nebula couldn’t help but chuckle as he slips on his fishnet stockings. “Yeah, of course I am. I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I took so long in the shower. I’m just putting on clothes and then be right over.” He stuck one leg into his favorite pants. They were black with blue, yellow, and green foxes on the bottom right and color splotches on the left knee.

“Oh, what took you so long in the shower, hm~?” Veronica teases in a low voice, probably so her dads didn’t hear.

Nebula grins as he leans closer to the phone to say in a low rough voice, “I got distracted thinking about you~”

“What were you-“

“Does he like spaghetti? How does he feel about angel hair?” Jackson’s worried question cut off their conversation before Veronica could even ask.

Nebula laughs and starts putting on his blue belt as Veronica sighs, “Yes, dad, he likes spaghetti. He’s going to love you guys, so don’t worry.”

“I also like angel hair.” Nebula sticks his arms through his sleeve holes and pulls the shirt over his head. “Could you also ask for bread and butter?”

“Oh, I made Italian bread. Do you like Italian?” Jackson asks, pausing Nebula as he was putting on his choker.

Nebula feels his face warm up from embarrassment, “Was I on speaker?” He was hoping Jackson didn’t hear their earlier banter.

Veronica snickers, “Yeah, but he’s so worried he didn’t ever hear.”

Nebula sighs with relief and quickly finishes putting on his accessories the his black leather boots. “I’m leaving down. I’ll see you soon.” He says while grabbing his keys and walking out the door.

“Okay, baby. See you soon.” Veronica kisses into the phone then ends the calls.

Nebula sits in the driver’s seat and looks up at the cute Polaroid photo that Veronica took of them on a picnic date. Her beauty was breathtaking and he fell more and more in love with her everday.