Love Aint Always Pretty novel Chapter 54

Ergelkeria

Translation: stupidity

Origin: Basque

54

SAVANNAH'S POV

I was woken up by the sound of my phone ringing. I didn't know I fell asleep crying last night? I reached for my phone and noticed that Tracy was calling me. I pulled myself up from the bed and day down. I pushed my hair off my face and answered her call.

"Good morning Savannah! Are you with Nick right now?"

"Y-yeah. Why?"

"I knew it. Why'd still have to ask." She laughs softly.

"You left the party with him? I was so worried, neither of you would answer my calls." She adds.

I smiled. "Sorry."

"It's alright. Just wish him a happy birthday for me."

My eyes widened. "Birthday?"

"Yeah. It's Nick's birthday today. Ohhh, I'm sure he didn't tell you. Anyways, he loves something that is with chocolate and he doesn't like butter."

I smiled.

Tracy yawns. "Gotta get some sleep now. Just got back from the dorm. Take care both of you."

"Alright. Thanks Trace. Have a good sleep." I hang up.

I stared at my phone and it was just five in the morning. Trace called way too damn early on a Sunday. I stepped out of my room and headed down the stairs. I noticed that Nick wasn't up yet so I marched to the kitchen and confirmed it that he's still asleep.

Even though I'm mad at him for mentioning Catherine last night while we were having sex, it's still his birthday today, how could I stay mad when it's his day? I guess when I'm too in love with someone, I can't seem to stay mad at him for over a long time cos I know I can't live without him.

That's why I always end up forgiving Nick even if it means that I'm allowing him to hurt me again.

I opened the fridge and there was nothing to make that is chocolate flavored. I don't know how to bake either. I don't know any chores but at least I gotta try. I started opening the top shelves and noticed that there were baking stuffs. I hurriedly grabbed a chair and reached for everything. I placed every single thing out on the table and started wishing that there were instructions.

Cupcake.

Yes, that's a lot simpler than a whole huge cake. I saw mom making some cupcakes before, I just hope I get to do it right. I started reading the package directions and followed every step carefully until I came up with the mixture. It wasn't that hard when it's already readymade. Good thing the label read as German chocolate, I hope Nick will love it and I hope I won't over-bake it. I started preheating the oven and filled the cupcake pan with the cupcake liners. I'm glad Nick has the stuff in here.

About twenty-two minutes of waiting for the cupcake to be baked, it was finally ready. I grabbed it out the oven and let it cool for a while. I gazed at my watch and it just turned quarter to six. I started placing the icing on top of the cupcake and sprinkled it with little red and white heart sprinkles. I was happy with what I made cos it looked like it was made by a pro. I placed small thin candles in between the top of the cupcakes.

I washed everything that I used and cleaned the kitchen off with the mess I made and I was already sweating at six in the morning but it was all okay. This was for the man I love. I placed everything back to where it was and once the kitchen was clean, I placed the cupcakes on a plate then grabbed the lighter as I headed up to Nick's room.

Knock knock knock...

No one answered the door. I tried again.

Knock knock knock knock... But louder this time.

It opens. Nick stands before me, wearing his white boxers alone while he was rubbing his eyes with his tousled hair. He still looked gloriously handsome even if he just woke up. He stared at the plateful of cupcakes then looked at me.

"Happy birthday." I say with a smile.

"How'd you.." He sighs. "Tracy, didn't she?"

I nod.

He looks at me and I'm sure he's still contemplating about what happened last night. He opens the door wider, telling me to come inside. I walked my way in and both of us headed to the bed. He sits right across me and his eyes were still locked with mine.

"You're not mad anymore?" He asked.

"Still mad." I quickly say. "If you were on my shoes and I said the names Channing or Aries out while I was fucking you, wouldn't you be offended by that?" I asked him.

He held the back of his neck.

"No. You don't need to answer that. I'm sure it won't hurt you the way it did to me last night." I say.

I started lighting up the candles of the cupcakes anyways and we were both quiet again.

"Where'd you get these cupcakes?" He asked.

I shyly smiled. "I... Made them."

"You did?" He asked with disbelief in his voice.

We're looking at each other now. I nod. All of a sudden he hugged me. Nick hugged me. Nick is hugging me. My heart loves it when he hugs me. I missed this. I missed how he'd hug or kiss me out of the blue. I hug him back a little quick and then pulled ourselves away.

"It looks ugly, I know. You don't have to tell me that, but hey... First timer." I say.

He smiled. "It's perfect Savannah."

I pulled up the plate to him. "Blow your candles." I say.

Nick started blowing off his candles and he was still smiling at me. "No one had ever made me a cake or cupcakes on my birthday." He says.

What about Catherine? I wanted to ask him.

But I just smiled it away. I don't want to bring Catherine up on this marvelous Sunday morning that me and Nick have.

"Should we eat it?" He asked.

"You eat it. It's yours. If it tastes bad, blame the package instructions."

He laughs as he takes a cupcake the he takes a big bite. He's looking at me and I was waiting for any foul comments from him cos I'm sure it tastes bad.

"Gosh! C'mon and say something already." I blurted out.

He smiled. "It's perfectly sweet..."

"Really? Is it good?" I asked.

"It's insanely delicious. Just like how you taste." He smirks.

I blushed.

I bite the inside of my cheek cos Nick is killing me right now. Oh he's always killing me and I don't want to show him my sheepish smile. He tears the paper out then all of a sudden he placed the cupcake close to my mouth.

"Taste it." He says.

I shake my head.

"Come on." He begs.

"No thanks. Too early for sweets for me."

"Well alright then you forced me to do this." Suddenly he gently pushed the cupcake to my mouth that made the icing stick on my lips. He laughs with his eyes almost closing as he pulls his head back.

"Nick!!" I called out as I hit his arm.

I was about to wipe my mouth with the back of my hand but he holds it to stop. I know he's going to put more on my face. "Nick don't even think about adding more icing on me!"

He chuckles again. "No. Let me wipe it off of you."

I stare at him as a warning.

He placed the cupcake back on the plate. "There. Now come here."

I moved closer to him. "You look beautiful with a blue mustache on." He cracks.

"Nick!" I called out to him again.

He laughs. "Sorry. Okay no more jokes."

Suddenly his head leaning forward to me while he opens his mouth and his tongue starts licking off the icing from my mouth. His eyes were looking at my lips but I was looking at his eyes. I could feel his tongue slightly touching my lip as I watch him swallowing the icing down his throat. His eyes moved up to me and we both locked our eyes with each other. He starts closing his eyes and kissed my lips. I closed my eyes too and kissed him back.

His hand holding my neck while my hands were on his lap, close to his crotch. I really didn't mean to put my hands that close to his crotch, I swear. His tongue invading my entire inner mouth as I fight my tongue against his tongue. I moaned on his mouth as our kiss get deeper and harder.

He pulls himself away and rested his forehead against my forehead. "Thank you for today."

I smiled. "You're lucky it's your birthday today."

He smiles before kissing my forehead. "Shower with me? I wanna make it up to you for last night."

I bite my lower lip. "You better."

Both of us stand together from the bed and he grabbed his towel while we walk together to the shower hand in hand. I started taking my clothes off from me and he's watching me as always before he slips himself off of his boxers. His length is growing a little now.

I lead him to the shower and we stand inside the cubicle fully naked while he stands behind me. I started turning on the shower as I feel his hands grabbing my waist moving up while he kisses my neck as the water runs over my breasts the same time he gropes them making me moan. I feel his erection growing now pressing against my ass. I bite my lip as I stroke his considerable length.

"I'm ready when you're ready." He whispers to my ear.

I smiled.

"Ready when you are Channing." I say.

"What did you call me?" He exclaims.

I laughed. "Hurts doesn't it?" I smirked as I look at him over my shoulder.

I feel him kissing the back of my right shoulder that causes me to smile.

"I was just joking. Relax frat boy." I turn around to face him.

His blue eyes looking right into my soul.

I smiled.

"I'm always ready for you Nick."

Call me stupid for always doing what I'm doing, but I'm just in love with Nick.

•••••

That rainy night, Nick came back to the house and I have been waiting for him to get back home. He runs towards the house with a plastic bag on his hand.

"Why did it have to pour?" He asks while brushing the top part of his hair.

He goes inside the house and starts taking off his wet shirt. I hurriedly gave him a dry shirt that I prepared once he gets back home. He wore it around him and then I gave him a cup of coffee that I made for him too. He placed the plastic bag on top of the table and I sat down right beside him.

"Where were you?" I asked.

"I went out to buy this one for you." He pulls out a box of ice cream.

"You gotta try it before we leave. Only our town sells this kind of ice cream." He stands from the chair and grabbed two spoons from the drawer.

I smiled back at him. "Here." He says

I grabbed the spoon and he starts opening the ice cream for us. "I promise you, it's really really good." He tells me.

Nick looked much more excited for me to taste it and it was really cute of him.

I scooped one spoonful and ate it. I feel the sensuous taste from the ice cream. It was really pleasing to my palate. Nick is right. It is amazing!

"This. Is. The. Best." I say.

He smiles. "I told you, this is the best ice cream in town."

I smiled back at him as I take another spoon of the vanilla ice cream from my cup. He's watching me eat.

"You know, after last night I noticed that you've been watching every little thing I do. When I comb my hair, put my underwear and even when I put deodorant on." I tell him.

He laughs. "You look so sexy putting deo on by the way."

"Ha-ha. Whatever."

He smirks. "I swear. It's sexy."

I look at him.

"Everything you do is sexy." He adds.

I just hide my smile and take another spoonful of ice cream. He's smiling at me cos he knows I'm holding it in.

"And I'm really sorry again about last night Savannah." Nick brought it up.

"Let's not talk about last night." I say.

I looked at him. "Let's forget it ever happened. Let's forget you ever said her name while... We did it."

He exhales.

"Why do you always say lets just forget about it? It's hurting you, it hurt you last night. Why do you--"

"Cos if we keep talking about it, it'll hurt me even more. So let's act like we've forgotten about it." I say with a smile.

He stands on his feet and suddenly knelt down in front of me while he was holding my hand. Our eyes were locked to each other and I wouldn't want to look away because Nick kneeling before me is a view that I would want to remember forever.

"I apologize for last night and for every single time I hurt you." He tells me.

"Looks like you've grown tired of saying I'm sorry now, huh?" I smirked.

"Yeah. I figured it's making you think I'm okay about hurting you. But it's not."

"And you really have to kneel down."

He smiled. "I would want to hug you but I'm wet."

I smiled and cupped his cheeks as I moved closer to him then kissed his lips.

"I guess we'll have to miss our first class tomorrow then?" He asked.

"I don't care about missing it. I wanna spend your birthday here with you."

He gave me a quick kiss.

"I have been really really wanting to do this one little thing." I say.

His brows creasing. "What is it?"

"Can we go out and be under the rain?" I asked with a smile.

"You haven't tried that?"

I shake my head. "My mom won't allow me cos I might get sick and she says the rain water is dirty."

He laughs then stands. "Alright. Let's do it." He offers me his hand.

I accepted it and we ran outside the house hand in hand, leaving the towel on the porch and we started getting soaked under the rain. We stood before each other, close to each other, as I pulled my arms up to my sides, with my head facing the sky as the raindrops hitting my face. I feel Nick kissing my neck. I smiled and faced him, he kissed my lips briefly.

"I really like it when your hair is wet." I say to him.

"Why?"

"You look so innocent when your hair covers your forehead like this."

I looked over behind him and saw a basketball ring. "You own that ring?" I asked him and he looks over to it too.

"Yeah. Me and Alec would play here before when we were in high school."

I looked back at him. "Have you ever played H.O.R.S.E. before Nick?"

"The basketball game?"

I nod.

"Wait how'd you know that?" He asked.

"When you have an older brother and you're the only one who he can play it with when you're young, you get to be influenced by the game." I say.

He smiled. "Guy's gal. Alright. Let's play."

Both of us headed to the ring and he starts grabbing the basketball. He stands right across me while dribbling the ball.

"I won't go hard on you." He says.

"Oh please. All those Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Kobe Bryant moves are all in here." I pointed to my temple.

He laughs. "Boastful. Last time I remember on beer pong, you sucked at shooting." He chest passed the ball and I quickly accepted.

"This is a bigger ball, Nick." I blasted.

He smirks. "Very boastful."

I started dribbling it, "And did I ever tell you I'm a huge fan of Miami Heat?"

"Ohhh, I'm a big Lakers fan."

"Bring it on, Black Mamba." I smirked.

"Mind you, Lebron James transferred to Cavs." He smirked.

"I'm Birdman." I imitated Chris Andersen's move when he scores.

He laughs. "Alright. Alright. You go first. Ladies first, right?" He says with a grin.

"Backboard." I tell him.

I started dribbling the ball and threw the ball up in the air, it hit on the board and boom! It landed straight inside the ring.

"Yeah!" I cheered for myself.

Nick looked surprised. "No fucking way."

"Yes fucking way." I ran to the ball and grabbed it then passed it on to him. "Your turn frat boy."

He stands exactly where I stood, dribbles the ball while eyeing for the ring and finally shoots the ball.

I laughed.

It bounced off the ring.

"God damn it!" He curses.

I laughed louder as I reached for the ball that was near me. I noticed that Nick is starting to take off his shoes and socks.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Game's changing, let's play strip H.O.R.S.E. A bit more fun."

"Are you insane? It's raining and we're outside Nick."

He's now barefoot. "So? That's gonna make it more fun."

I smirked. "Fine. Strip H.O.R.S.E."

__________

SFTC:

Set Me Free - Griffin Peterson