Chapter 158

Niko arrived without Joe and Lucas about an hour after he had given his speech.

"Where are they?" Reyna asked after they had exchanged greetings and he had fresher up and changed into something casual.

"They're over at Lucas's." He replied her as they made their way to the rooftop.

They settled into a recliner each, bed each other.

They didn't say nothing for a long while. They just sat there in the full glare of the moon, with the dark night sky an be them, while they just held hands as they fed their eyes with the beauty that was the sky.

They looked at each other from time to time, just staring deep into each other's eyes.

"Whatchu thinking about?" Niko asked, his thumb grazing the back of her palm in sweet gentle motions.

He had fully shifted his gaze off of the sky now and focused on her. She was still staring at the sky though.

She lingered a few minutes, as if waiting for the question to sink in before she responded.

"I don't know." She started. "Was j