Love Aint Always Pretty novel Chapter 66

Metanoia

- the journey of changing one's mind, heart, self, or the way of life

66

"Thanks for tonight Damon." I say as he parks his car back in the basement.

"Sure thing. Anytime Savannah."

Both of us headed out of his car while I was still thinking of texting Nick back. After all these months he makes his way to me again asking if how I was. How insensitive is he still asking me that question? What could he possibly be thinking about while he was typing it asking me how I could've been these months after he left me just like that. My anger is now even more igniting again but I try to ignore Nick cos that's what he did to me.

Damon and I headed inside the elevator together until we reached our floor and walked out to the hallways. My mind was still thinking about Nick and I wanted to know about all these unanswered questions I have in mind. I wanted to know where he was, why he left me and why did he just text me now. But I'm scared of his answer, what if his answer will be related to his past again? I'm not ready to hear more from it cos I thought it was everything I needed to know.

But what if Cameron was right? What if there's more I need to know about Nick?

Damon and I headed out of the elevator and walked to each of our apartment. I literally stopped walking and froze when I stood right close to my door. Damon stops with me and looks into me then stares back at where I was looking. He's there. He's standing there right in front of my door. Im not hallucinating. I know I see him. I know what I see right now. And now I'm having a hard time breathing. My heart is going crazy and crazier every second I remember how he left me. I'm not ready to face him. I'm not ready.

"Savannah." He calls out to me.

"Nick..." I say breathlessly.

Nick's eyes moved to Damon and then Damon quickly marched his way to his own door while he glued his eyes on Nick. "Will you be ok?" Damon asked me.

I nod. "Yes. Thanks again Damon."

"Anytime. Goodnight Savannah. See you tomorrow." Damon says.

Damon marched his way inside his room which leaves me alone with Nick in this hallway. He's looking right at me while I was fighting myself from crying. I don't want to cry in front of him I want him to think that I wasn't affected when he left me. I want to slap Nick so badly. I want to pull his hair. I want to rip all of his skin from his body.

As I look at him longer, Nick still looks the same. He wore his usual clothes and his black leather jacket that I love the most when he's wearing it. Nick is really here. I couldn't believe it. I walked closer to my door and ignored him. I tried my headrest to ignore him.

I was having a hard time fishing my keys from my bag as I feel my hands shaking while I try to open my goddamn door. Damn where's that key.

"Savannah." Nick calls out to me.

I bite my lip hard cos my tears are already blurring my vision and I'm still trying hard not to let it fall on my cheeks while I'm still trying to insert my key to open this fucking door.

Damn this fucking door!

"Baby.." He calls out again.

I took a deep breath in and faced him.

"Don't you dare call me baby. Don't you dare." I say as my tears are now falling.

Nick tries to walk closer but I push his hands away from me. "Don't touch me Nick. I don't need you here. What are you still doing here? Why did you still show up huh? I thought you're gone. You left me right? I don't need you!"

I faced my door again and tried struggling to open it once more and finally I did it. I hurriedly rushed inside my apartment and Nick was fast enough to follow me in. I tried to push him out of my door but he was too strong. I turned on the lights while he closed the door as I face him. My tears are still creeping out from my eyes.

"What do you still want from me?! Why did you still show up?!" I yelled at him.

"Savannah--"

"Shut up! Shut the fuck up!" I yelled again. I took a deep breath in.

"I don't wanna hear what you're gonna say to me! I'm so tired of this! You're here the first days, you say sweet things to me, you kiss me, you hug me, you make love to me and then the following morning you're gone. Just like that Nick. It's just like you're making me feel I'm your girlfriend for one day and the next day I'm not." I spit.

He didn't answer me but instead he's just looking into my eyes.

"Nick I'm your girlfriend. Why do I don't feel it at all? I have a label with you now but I don't feel it cos we never showed it to anybody! I should know where you were and you should be telling me about it! You were gone for seven fucking months without telling me and now you show up in my apartment like nothing happened?! Like what the actual fuck Nick?!" I yelled at his face.

He stared at me intently and I was trying to catch my breath. "Why did you transfer?" He asked.

"It's none of your business." I spit.

I crossed my arms together and tried to take a deep breath in. My tears are filling up my eyes again but I quickly wiped it away before it could fall.

"Who was that guy?" He asked.

"Nick stop acting like this, will you? You're doing this again! It's sickening!"

"I have the right to know who that guy was! I'm still your boyfriend."

I laugh humorlessly. "Boyfriend? You still have the guts to call yourself you're my boyfriend?" I shake my head.

I slapped Nick's cheek as hard as I could while my tears kept falling.

"Boyfriends don't leave their significant others for seven months without letting them know where the actual fuck they went to! You were never there for me Nick! Seven months!"

He looks at me intently and still no words were coming out from his lips.

"You can't just tell me you love me one day and then leave me the next day. You can't do that Nick! I didn't know you were this troubled! I can't believe you could do this to me! I fought for my parents for you but I guess they were right. You were only here when you wanted to fuck me and then you'll just leave me the next day and you'll be gone for so long without telling me. You drive me insane Nick!" I yelled again. I didn't care anymore if others could hear me screaming.

"Well guess what Nick. I'm tired of this bullshit. I'm so tired of whatever we have or we had. I don't even think what we had was a relationship cos it didn't feel like it." I say as I wipe my tears.

He brought his head down and held the back of his neck. He sighs heavily as he tried to pull his head back up and looked at me. "I came here for two things Savannah." He says.

I don't want to hear the reason why he came here for. I don't want to know about that. I don't think I'm ready to hear whatever he's gonna say to me but my lips are trembling cos I know he's gonna say something bad that will terrible ruin me.

"First, I wanted to see you." He says.

I took a deep breath in and my heart just feels heavier every single second I am spending more time with Nick in this room for the first time after so long of being away.

"Second." He adds.

My lips are trembling. My heart is aching. My ears don't want to hear what he's going to say next. My hands are cold and shaking. My tears are gathering behind my eyelids and it's falling more and more.

"Let's end it." He blurted.