N I X I E X C O L E
Nixie felt weird being back in her hometown after being gone for four years. She had spent so much time in New York City, that Widow’s Peak was eerily quiet in comparison. It was the silence of mourning and loss that reeked the town as townspeople kept dropping in numbers. It wasn’t even a conspiracy theory at this point, with the amount of deaths that this town has had alone, you would think that gang violence was going on.
Sometimes the town just felt dark, cold, and cursed. Nixie believes that was why she almost felt as though a weight had been lifted off of her shoulders and she had a new freedom in the city. No one knew who she was and no one was going to bring up her sister’s name or her ex girlfriend’s name.
Widow’s Peak was different. People would watch you with their eyes and whether they said something to themselves or aloud they had a judgement of sorts for you, or they had their own opinions on your life and where you should be. It was hard because no matter where she went she would get asked how she was and people pitied her at every turn in the road that they could.
Her eyes traced the trimmings around the window in her bedroom as she laid in bed. Kat was insistent on the fact that the Harvest Festival would be fun, that it would be a good thing to get out and do with her parents. It wasn’t what Nixie wanted to do. She had been every year that Xan hadn’t been ill and honestly she had her fill on the whole thing.
Exhaling a little shakily, she could feel Kat’s arm slip around her as Kat came in for a cuddle. Her orange tinted hair shifting to move over some of Nix’s skin and as it did it tickled.
“Are you okay?” Her soft voice came in breaking the tune of silence. She nodded her head and then turned her head to look over at her beautiful girlfriend.
“We can go to the festival today, maybe they’ll have the communal piano out. I can play something for you.” She said with a grin as she leaned in and kissed Kat.
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The pair had got ready relatively quickly and decided to walk from their apartment towards the downtown area. Hopefully there was a spot to get apple pie, Nixie was starving and did not feel like stopping at any coffee shops. She had already talked to so many store owners about her return and her degree, she was just over it.
That however didn’t stop Kat from dragging her to Java Jive just on the outskirts of the festival.
“You need to eat.” Kat declared and then looked over to her in that ‘look’ that meant you better do as she said or else. “And no, apple pie does not count as breakfast.” the red head said shaking her head before the ding could be heard when Kat opened the door.
“Well, I’m not going in.” Nixie said with her arms now crossed.
“You don’t have to, you will just get whatever I get you.” Kat said with a cheeky grin.
“Better not be a bran muffin, Kat or I swear to god.” The brunette groaned tilting her head back in frustration.
“Just wait and see.” And with that the locks of red followed behind her into the store as the storefront closed. Nixie didn’t know what she was getting, but as long as it didn’t taste horrible, she wasn’t too fussed, she just liked to bug Kat when she could.
After about ten minutes Kat came out handing Nixie a hot chocolate and a morning glory muffin. [color=#de8245“Kat-” [/color]
“What now?” Kat said, almost seeming frustrated with Nix.
“You might as well have gotten me a bran muffin.” She said, rolling her eyes and taking a bite out of it.
“Yeah, but I didn’t. Maybe next time you should go into the store.” Nixie knew she couldn’t argue any further with Kat about it, she was right. If she had really wanted something else she would have gone in there and grabbed it herself.
As they started to enter the Harvest festival Nix was still eating her muffin as they looked around at everything that was going on. All the other streets were relatively empty because people were either here or working.
“What did you want to do first, babe?” She asked Kat. She didn’t really care what they did, because she had done it all. They could do the corn maze, get photos at the pumpkin patch, look at the pumpkin carvings for the contest, apple bobbing, pie eating contest, or anything. For all she was scared they could go to the face paint station that most kids went to.
“I know you will probably be against it, but I would really love it if we made our way over to the pumpkin patch and got photos done. You hardly ever agree to doing photos, and you look so cute today.” Kat said, trying to get her way with sweet talking.
Nixie rolled her eyes as he looked over to Kat, “Well, today is your lucky day. I want to do anything you want to do.” God, she sounded like a cheesy rom com, but it made Kat happy and that was all that mattered to her at this point in life.
It wasn't that Nixie didn't love Kat, it was just this place brought up so many more feelings and emotions than she wanted to admit. It was incredibly hard to be in Widow's Peak, she was so looking forward to next June when they would be going to live in Kat's hometown for a year and once that happened Nixie was sure she was ready to spend the rest of her life with Kat. Kat knew about everything she has been through and tried to help her get help when she needed it.
As guilty as she felt about these floating thoughts, part of her just felt she would never get back what she had with Erin. Sure she was in high school, but Nixie always felt a bit older for her age and that she had to mature faster. To her that was the most genuine and real relationship she had ever had. Nothing could replace it, but what she had with Kat was really good. They were good together and things were going to work out. They were patient and kind to one another, and that's all Nixie could even really ask for to be honest.