Nicole's POV
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I knew I had a loathing feeling for Squid, commenting how about children are taken away from their parents that way by watching his videos. Sure, inside I found it entertaining and hilarious, but when Meghan's son being obsessed, I started hating him.
I commented about how he was nothing but trouble, and steals children from life of meaning, and playing outside.
That hate changed when I saw them at the small town càfe, they seemed normal, and nice. Squid remembered me even, which I don't blame him for, yet he still was nice, despite my rudeness I showed him. A smile covered my face, and butterflies erupted in my stomach.
He didn't seem fake anymore, and the feelings I have only happened once before, I felt so alone after I left my ex. It needed to happen through, he had pushed me to get in my pants, and to hell that wasn't happening till I was married and happy.
While my brain wondered, I hit the brakes as a silver car flew unexpectedly at a truck in front of me. The car missed me by a foot, and my mind panicked at the chaos in front of me. I immediately called 911 and rushed to the scene. Inside the silver car that had smelled like alcohol, laid a obviously drunk person. I checked his pulse, only to find none gave out, I breathed a shakey breath, and even more panic invaded my mind. I ran to the truck, my legs feeling wobbly, finding a man and wife, and a crying child in the back. I checked their pulses, relieved to find a faint pulse on the female. I pulled her out and to a patch of glass where a group of people stood, shocked.
"Help her!" I left her in the arms of someone less shocked and went back to get the child, holding him, whispering comforts, while the ambulance arrived, taking him and his mother to the hospital.
It all finally sunk in, I could've been one of the people that didn't make it. Hot tears streamed down my face as I got in my car and pulled over, letting the traffic go, then got back out of my car and sat at the tree line of the woods-infested town.
Suddenly, something called my name. I looked around to see nothing, which added to the possibilities I was going insane.
"Nicole!" It echoed, I was definitely losing my mind.
Then a blonde face was a few inches from mine, I would've kicked the person in the balls if it wasn't familiar. A tiny squeal escaped from me and I kicked his ankle instead.
"I saw you on the news, I was worried, are you hurt?" He looked around, slightly satisfied I wasn't hurt. "We rarely have any crashes here."
"I know! I've lived here since I was small!" I snapped, for my annoyance that somebody was caring to me, to my stress levels spiking as well.
He didn't move for a moment, then he sat down next to me.
I recoiled, despite the voices in my head telling me to rest my tired head on his chest. I shot him the best death glare possible. Through that, he ignored my glares and put his arms around me, holding me to him. Instinctively, I warmed into his embrace, but still glared at him through my eyelashes.
"Are you okay?" He asked, softly, not knowing what my reaction would be.
"Fine." I spoke through clenched teeth, wanting to not get close, to shake off his arm and run.
"I can tell you're not."
"Well, isn't that so, Captain Obvious. A father- a husband died in that accident! There was a child! I'm about to the point of pissing myself I'm so scared! I could've nearly died."
His arms tensed around me, and his eyes went dark, "to hell you weren't, not on my watch."
"Well, reality check- you weren't there to watch." I shook his arm off and moved further away.
He however had other plans, he scooted over to me and grabbed my hand and looked inside my eyes.
"How about from now on- I can and will be."
All my rage and self-loathing I had disappeared, and I leaned against him, crying.
"I don't know why your crying, I just asked you on a date. So what?"
I grinned and punched his shoulder playfully.
"I'll pick you up after work tomorrow-"
"Wait how do you know when I get off wo- Oh!" He figured I was driving home from work, when the accident happened.
I suddenly felt the need to explain everything. "I'm so sorry for all the comments, you aren't the big bad child-stealing bitch my friend says you are."
"You don't need to apologize... Wait you said a child stealer?" He started laughing, until he was nearly choking then his eyes went dark. "But not like Lee was..."
"What'd this Lee guy do?"
"Nothing important." He practically hissed it out.
I sighed inwardly and rest my head on his shoulder.
"So your friends hates my name? What'd she do if she saw me with you?" Mischief glinted in his wide blue eyes.
"She'd kill you first, then after she's done torturing you, she'll kill me. She's convinced you brainwashed her son.
"What if I brainwashed you?" He wiggled his eyebrows with humor in his eyes.
"Sure fucking seems like it." I muttered under my breath so he didn't hear.
"What was that, pretty lady?"
"Nothing!" I looked innocently at him.
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Looonnnggg chapter took up 5 pages in my notebook of amazingness
Btw Nicole curses in real life so I wanted it to be realistic as possible- if it offends anyone plss let mwah know and I'll bleep it out with magic.
And and and and and and I'm gonna write a apocalypse book with the new conspiracy theories I have... Lemme know if you wanna read about some megalodon and aquatic dino action including Nessie..
My mom yelled at me for having C's when I had F's last year. What even.
The car scene was kinda lame in my opinion it gives me a headache thinking how bad it actually sounds....
Anyway..
Love you all!!
-Wolfheart <3
