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

Oh my goodness.

A voice speaks

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

"Savannah?" He snaps.

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

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

of the door. "So

That voice.

right now.

Kill me now! Argh!

as he

at Nick. "I told you to stay away from frat men! I specifically told you about

"Ron!" I warned.

Nick asked

back at Nick. "I

Nick asked

my older

I could tell from his face that he couldn't believe

my fucking car this instant, Savannah!"

yell. People are looking at us!"

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 he'll tell dad

people looking at us, now get inside the fucking car or so help me god

heavily and then

Nick

me towards his

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

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

fucking stay away from frat men! I fucking

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

guy has a criminal record! Now don't tell me I

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

scared of him cos he just got out of prison that time. Anna, I told you to

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

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 Nick to believe it. I wanted to scream out that they're all lying to me. I wanted to scream what

I hear Cameron tells me, calmly

a warning anymore but an instruction. Stir. Clear.

I paused.

clear." I

•••••

is being offered for an internship. I'm happy for her but I just need

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.

"Where's Nick?" I asked.

then at the

not scared anymore. I don't care if this was the house of frat men. I just need to

"He's upstairs. But he doesn't want