Love Aint Always Pretty novel Chapter 9

Gesten

Translation: gestures

Origin: German

9

Alec arrived right after our foods were served. He sat down right next to me, so I was in between him and Nick. The boys randomly talked about cars, the initiation tomorrow but not the specific details cos we were around with them. They talked about the recruits and mostly Alec was blabbering about the party tonight. Another party on weekdays.

Can't they just spend a night quietly?

"Ugh! You guys have been talking about cars for the entire dinner." Tracy whines.

I just kept twirling my finger around the straw and noticed that the three men were both quiet after Tracy whined about it. Though it was true, I just didn't bother it cos I dont want to say anything wrong that will make this night worst than that night when Nick said those words to me. Dinner was delicious though and I just focused on my drink.

All through out dinner, I was just observing Nick and I dont know why I was doing that either. He doesnt smile a lot even when he's with his friends and his voice is really deep but not gruesomely deep, more of like sexy deep and he's so secretive and mysterious. He looks so cool and is really intimidating at the same time. It's like there's more to him than just what he shows to us. He's perilously handsome when he's on side view, yeah maybe in any angle. Damn, his beard makes me wonder how old he is but it suits him though.

I noticed a lot of stuff about him while he was eating too, he smells his food before eating it, he keeps playing with his fork in between his forefinger and middle finger while he's listening to someone talking, he ordered orange juice so Im guessing he likes orange juice, he doesn't dip his fries on ketchup so Im thinking he doesnt like ketchup too, and he pressed his burger down before he ate it so it became a little slimmer. No guy I have ever seen to do that.

"Savannah, were you even listening to me?" Tracy snapped me out from almost admiring what Nick was doing the entire time we were eating.

"Sorry, what?" I asked her and feel the three guys looking at me.

I gazed at them then looked straight to Tracy, "You've been zoning out." she says.

"Sorry. I was just... thinking about something. What were you saying again?" I asked nicely.

"I said there's this party tomorrow for the recruits who will pass the initiation, do you want to go? Please go?" she asked me.

I pout. "I cant. My siblings are coming over tomorrow to pick me up."

"Oh yeah, Savannah said he had a brother." Clyde blurted.

"Really? Is he going or did he go to WSU too?" Alec asked.

"Well he--"

"Guys, stop butting in our conversation. It's girl talk. Will you please mind your own?' Tracy arched an eyebrow and the three men looked away.

"Thank you." Tracy said sarcastically.

I smiled as I take a sip from my juice.

"So this brother of yours, what's he like?" she asks.

"He's pretty tall. A jerk too like any other brother." I said, forgetting that Nick was Tracy's brother.

"True. I totally agree to that. Im glad we share the same agony having older brothers." Tracy gazed at Nick who gave me the look while Alec and Clyde were laughing on their seats.

I bit my lower lip and just continued sipping on my juice.

"Is he old? How old is he?" Tracy asked with a smile.

"He's twenty-five." I answered.

"Oh! Just a year older than Nick." Tracy chimes.

My eyes flared for a moment, damn he's that old? I gazed at him and he looked unhappy when Tracy brought up the topic about his age. I noticed that Alec was gazing at Nick too then at Tracy, Clyde was just staring on his drink and she realized that she said something bad.

"Sorry." She says with her head down low and Im sure she was addressing Nick.

Goodness, it was just a god damn age why would they take it so seriously? The entire table was insanely quiet.

"Anyways, back to the frat party tomorrow, please come along with us. Please? It's going to be around eleven so Im hoping you'll have time to go with me." she quickly changed the topic.

"I told you Trace, parties aren't my thing and Im sure Im not invited to that." I said.

"Hell, you are. Any friends of Tracy is our friend. Right Nick?" Alec blurted out.

I gazed at Nick while he was busy finishing his juice. "Sure. I think."

"See? Now you dont have to feel like a gatecrasher anymore, the El Presidente himself invited you. So please go." Tracy begs, again.

"I'll try, okay? Im not sure my brother and little sister will allow me to go but I'll try."

"Awwe, you have a little sister? I've always wanted a little sister." Tracy cooed.

Nick quickly cleared his throat, "We gotta go."

Alec and Clyde synchronizingly turned their heads around where Nick was looking at who were also looking back at us with grins on their faces. It was a bunch of three guys who looked like they're kind, you know some frat men. Nick stands and they all followed right away, even Tracy, so I had to stand up too.We passed by the table of those guys they were looking at a while ago.

"Hey Nick." one guy called out from their table.

Nick stopped and stared at them, "Hey Baxter."

Then all of us halted and looked over their table.

"You got some new babe with you." Baxter rubs his chin while looking at me.

Shit, he meant me? Im a babe? God damn he winked at me. This blacked haired guy with an eyebrow piercing is eyeing on me and it was totally gruesome though he's kind of hot, a little bit, but not as goodlooking as Nick nor Alec.

"She's off limits too Baxter." I hear Alec say.

Baxter laughed, "Oh, with who now? Nick? He's--"

"By me."

All of us turned to the the door of the diner where the voice came from. I see Aries standing there and he starts to walk towards us with his friends right next to gim. The poeple around were starting to get tensed, even the waitresses around were looking at us. I think these guys with Baxter are from another fraternity cos I could feel the intense tension.

"Hey angel." Aries hooks his arm over my shoulder and winked at me.

I gaped but then I recovered and played along. Baxter and his friends went dead shut for a second and he just smiled, "Better hold her tight Aries. She's kind of..... innocently hot."

"Let's go guys." I hear Nick say who headed out of the diner first and I think every customer in here, aside from us, exhaled in relief that we were leaving. We headed out of the diner and walked towards the cars parked.

"Who were they?" I asked Aries whose arm already left my shoulder.

"They were from Lambda Chi Alpha." Tracy answers me since nobody seems to care about what I asked out.

"Stay away from them angel, those guys who beat me up the other night came from their frat." Aries says to me.

"If they touch you, tell me right away."

I turned to Nick who was looking at me, " You hear me?" he asks and sounded dead serious.

I nodded. He cares?