Dark Venus- Nick Scratch Fanfiction

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟕

The closer we got to my house, the more worried I became. Had I embarrassed Nick tonight? In front of all his friends? He was awfully quiet, and I couldn't read his mind. All I could do was run wild assumptions. The night had started out great, if Evelyn hadn't thrown herself a pity party, we wouldn't be here. I didn't want to think about it any longer, but Valentine was right. I was selfish and I usually didn't care that it was obvious. Tonight I seemed to care about a lot of things.

"I'm really sorry about Aurora, she can be a little forward." Aurora? He meant Aurry. "I really hope Evelyn is okay." As much as it bothered me that Nick cared for anyone other than me, it never failed to make my chest go warm. I had never met anyone who cared the way he did. "What about you?" his shoulder leaned into mine. "Are you okay?"

I couldn't look at him. I was too embarrassed. Tonight felt like a disaster.

"Come on, Vee. You never talk to me." he sighed. His agitation made it harder for me to open up. "Can you please just talk to me? For once?" I stood on the first step, spinning to look at my nicholas. Pouty lips and agonizing brown eyes begging me to be truthful. I almost caved.

"I can't."

He blinked,sniffling and looking off to the side. "Right."

I sighed. "Don't do that."

"Do what?" he let his hands fall to his side, his fingers creating fists on and off. "Care for you? Desire to know you deeper?" there it was... the tug...the ache in my chest.

"There are things I cannot tell you. Things you can't know." I fought back using the same words everytime he became desperate to know more about me.

"All I want is to be a part of your life." his hands caught my much smaller cold ones. I could tell him anything he wanted, give him the secrets to the universe but his safety mattered more to me than his acceptance. Nicholas was safer not knowing.

"I can't," my voice cracked as he dropped my hands. "No." I took his hand back into my own, squeezing his fingers, begging him to stay with me, to not give up. "October 31." If I was going to win Nick, I had to let him in. He had to know.

"What?" he was confused, and he had every right to be.

"On October 31st, I will tell you everything." I gave him a smile through my tears.

"Are you in some kind of danger?" his brows knitted together.

Before I could object, the front door came swinging open.

"Venus?" Pushing Nick's hands aside, I frantically wiped my tears. I couldn't let my father see me this way.

"Mr. Lancaster." Nick sniffled, taking a step back and away from me.

"Nicholas," my father addressed him. "Where is Valentine?" of course the first thing he did was ask about his perfect child. I stared blankly at nick. My father couldn't know his precious son had run off after Evelyn. They could not know we had been hanging out with her in the first place. We would be in deep trouble for defying their rules.

Nick, perfect as ever, seemed to catch onto the fear in my eyes.

"He stayed behind with a few of my friends, I just offered to bring Venus home since she wanted to come back early." it wasn't the best lie, but it would do for now.

"Is that so, Venus?" my father now addressed me. I finally turned to face him.

Pale as ever, and darkened pupils, I smiled up at my father.

"Yes, he offered to walk me home and I accepted." I made sure to verbatim. My father nodded in agreement. It was a good enough answer, for now.

"How was the game?" He placed his hands inside the pocket of his dress pants.