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?

he kill some men who flirted

Oh my goodness.

your turn." A voice speaks to

there could be some mistake about what they told me. There

"Savannah?" He snaps.

orders but my mind 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

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 missed today, but I'm really bothered about who Nick

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

That voice.

time for this! Cameron is even adding to my problem right now. He can't see me with Nick. Cameron just can't see him being with me cos I'm sure he knows that Nick is a frat guy and Nick is wearing

Kill me now! Argh!

as he

men! I specifically told

"Ron!" I warned.

Nick asked me

his nostrils and looks back at Nick. "I should be the one asking you why you know my

asked

"He's my

were looking at me. I could tell from his

in my fucking car this instant, Savannah!" Cameron says

to yell. People are looking at

his head to me and 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.

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

and then

Nick

his car. "You

He opens the passenger door. "Now

was looking back at me. Cameron slams

away from frat men! I fucking told you!"

guy I know in WSU! You're just freaking out cos you saw his

"You don't even know that guy that well! Savannah that guy has a criminal record! Now don't tell me I don't know him

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

a senior and everyone were so scared of him cos he just got out of prison that time. Anna, I told you to stay

and take me where you wanna take me. Damn

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 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 feel

I hear Cameron tells

but an instruction. Stir. Clear. From Nick Wilde. Do you hear me?"

I paused.

and clear." I

•••••

with a note that she was out for two days for her field trip to a company where she is being offered

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

"Where's Nick?" I asked.

at me then at the

scared anymore. I don't care if

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