Love Aint Always Pretty

Verklempt

- completely overcome with emotion

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Before Nick and I went back to the city proper, we dropped by a diner to get some snacks on the road. Nick went to the bathroom while I was left to order what we could eat on our way back. I stared at the menu right before me while I was waiting for my turn on the cashier for our take out. If I can only buy everything on that menu cos it looks so delicious.

"Miss?"

I moved my head to my right and saw that old woman again from the grocery before. I looked around to find Nick but he wasn't around. My head moved back down to Mrs. Tonkin.

I smiled. "Hello Mrs. Tonkin."

"I'm glad I saw you again. I really need to tell you something important." she says.

"Something important?"

She nods. "Are you alone? Have you left Nick already?"

My brows starts creasing.

"I really don't understand why I should leave Nick." I tell her.

"You have to be careful. If you don't know him that much. He's a very dangerous man." She says and I could see the fear in her eyes while she tells me.

I looked around again.

"Why?" I asked.

"He will kill you." She tells me.

My eyes widened.

"Like how he killed them." She added.

"Them?" I asked.

"Mom! There you are."

I looked around and another man walked towards us and grabbed Mrs. Tonkin. He held her on his arms. "Let's go?" He asked her and she nods.

"Listen to me and be careful." She tells me once again.

"What are you even saying mom?" He asked her.

"She's seeing Nick Wilde. I'm just warning her, son."

He moved his head to me with huge eyes and seemed to be in fear too when he heard Nick's name.

"Please be careful around him." He says to me. "Cmon mom. Let's go." He tells her right away.

I watch them walk away from me while I was left in total confusion. I'm so confused. I'm so lost. But I couldn't believe what I just found out. The look on their faces makes me want to believe it. Nick killed someone? Who? How many?

Oh my gosh!

Did he kill Catherine?

some men who flirted to

Oh my goodness.

A voice

some mistake about what they told me. There could be some misunderstanding or a mistake identity about that. Nick couldn't have killed

"Savannah?" He snaps.

is still bothered about what they said to me. It makes me want to believe them and what they said. Now, looking at Nick, they could be right. He is mysteriously secretive. He doesn't want me to know about his past. He doesn't like answering questions. What happened eight years ago Nick? What did you do eight years ago? What's that thing you don't want

drove back to the city and got back to WSU around two in the afternoon. I wanted to ask him about it. I wanted to ask him about what I found out. I wanted to ask him who it was if it was true? Mrs. Tonkin said, them, now I want to know how many. I wasn't in the mood to get to the rest of my class today cos of what I found out. I didn't really care about

of the door. "So that's why you weren't here the

That voice.

isn't a good time for this! Cameron is even adding to my problem right now. He can't see

Kill me now! Argh!

say as

to stay away from frat men! I specifically told you about that! And now you're with this

"Ron!" I warned.

know him?" Nick asked me with confusion in his

back at Nick. "I should be the

Nick asked

"He's my older brother,

at me. I could tell from his face that he couldn't believe what he heard

car this instant,

to yell. People

Cameron is mad cos he turns into a complete different man. I'm so dead. I'm really totally dead once we'll be alone. He's gonna be so mad

fuck about these people looking at us, now get inside the fucking car or so

and then glared

Nick

towards his car. "You don't have to

to!" He opens the passenger door. "Now get

while he was looking back at me. Cameron slams the door and starts the engine right away. He leaves the campus while drives so abruptly

from frat men! I fucking told you!" He starts

a dickhead Cameron. Nick is the nicest guy I know in WSU! You're just freaking out cos you saw

well! Savannah that guy has a criminal record! Now don't

true. Nick really did

a murderer! When he stepped in WSU as a freshman, I was a senior and everyone were so scared of him cos

and take me where you

telling me he's a killer. I love him so much and my love for him is

Savannah." I hear Cameron

a warning anymore but an instruction. Stir. Clear. From Nick

I paused.

clear." I

•••••

a note that she was out for two days for her field trip to a company where she is being offered for an internship. I'm happy for her but I just need her now. I need to know about everything cos if she won't

of the room and hailed a cab. I need to find the answers. I need to know the answers of my questions. When I arrived where I needed to be, I stepped out of the cab and ran to the front door.

"Where's Nick?" I asked.

then at the men

Tell me now or I swear to God!" I say, I'm not scared anymore. I don't care if this was the house of frat men. I just need to talk to

aside and looks at me. "He's upstairs. But he doesn't