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?

did he kill some men who flirted to

Oh my goodness.

turn." A

I stared into his eyes, hoping that there could be some mistake about what they told me. There

"Savannah?" He snaps.

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

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

"So that's why you weren't here the

That voice.

saw Cameron. Holy shit he's here. God damn it, why is he here? This isn't a good time for this! Cameron is even adding to my problem right now. He can't see me with Nick. Cameron just

Kill me now! Argh!

as he

specifically

"Ron!" I warned.

why do you know him?" Nick asked me with

his nostrils and looks back at Nick. "I should be

Nick asked in

nod. "He's my older brother,

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

car this instant,

People are

a complete different man. I'm so dead. I'm really totally

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

and then glared

Savannah." Nick tells

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

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

inside passenger seat as I watch Nick outside while he was looking back at me. Cameron slams the

you to fucking stay away from frat men! I

the nicest guy I know in WSU! You're just freaking out cos you saw his shirt! You don't know

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

eyes dilated. So it's true. Nick really

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 I find you hanging

I heard enough! Just start the car and take me where

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 before me. I'm too in love with

away from him, Savannah." I hear

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

I paused.

clear." I answer

•••••

on my bed and Tracy left me with 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 tell me the truth, it's already driving me insane. I need answers.

cardigan and placed it over me. I rushed out 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. I rang the doorbell and waited for someone to open the door.

"Where's Nick?" I asked.

me then at the men behind

scared anymore. I don't care if this was the house of

aside and looks at me. "He's upstairs. But he