Love Aint Always Pretty

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- 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?

kill some men who

Oh my goodness.

turn." A voice speaks

standing right next to me. I stared into his eyes, hoping that there could be some mistake about what they told me. There could be some misunderstanding or a mistake identity about that. Nick couldn't have killed someone. Nick couldn't do that. Nick won't kill someone. Nick wouldn't.

"Savannah?" He snaps.

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

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 what I

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

That voice.

right now. He can't see me with Nick. Cameron just can't

Kill me now! Argh!

say as

to stay away from frat men! I specifically

"Ron!" I warned.

Nick asked me

"I should be the one asking you why

Nick asked

my older

they were looking at me. I could tell

in my fucking car this instant, Savannah!"

don't have to yell. People are looking at us!"

looks at me so angrily. I always get really really scared when 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 at me and I'm sure

us, now get inside the fucking car or so help me

exhale heavily and then glared

Savannah." Nick

my arm and dragged me towards his car. "You don't

I have to!" He opens the passenger door. "Now

Nick outside while he was looking back at me. Cameron slams the door and starts the engine right away. He

frat men! I fucking told you!" He starts

nicest guy I know in WSU!

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

dilated. So it's true. Nick really did kill

WSU as a freshman, I was a senior and everyone were so scared of him cos he just got out of prison that time. Anna, I told you to stay away from frat men and now

car and take me where you wanna take me. Damn it." I

couldn't believe it. It's true. It's really true. Nick killed some people. I feel like crying cos I'm still forcing myself he couldn't do it even though people are already telling me he's a killer. I love him so much and my love for him is blinding me about the facts laid out

I hear Cameron tells me,

is not a warning anymore but an instruction. Stir. Clear. From Nick Wilde. Do you hear me?"

I paused.

clear." I

•••••

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 tell me the truth, it's already driving

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. I rang the doorbell and waited for someone to open the

"Where's Nick?" I asked.

boy looks at me then

or I swear to God!" I say, I'm not scared anymore. I

the boy aside and looks at me. "He's