𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙 •𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆•

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟛 - 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗
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𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝.

She likes to help out around the apartment.

She thinks of it as "earning her keep". But Nick doesn't like the idea of that.

He's out right now. Nora has no idea what he's doing.

He had told her to stay in the house. He made sure she heard him.

Nora curses under her breath as she drops a shirt.

She gets on her knees and grabs it. That's when she sees something under the bed.

It's a paper.

Nora takes it. Standing up, she unfolds it.

It's an approved application.

For 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦.

When was he going to tell her about this? Was he just going to leave, and not says anything?
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Nick walks through the door. He closes it behind him.

Nora was waiting for him.

"What is this?" She questions, holding the application up to him.

He looks at the paper then back to Nora.

"Nora.." He starts.

"You're leaving!?"

He steps forward. Stopping in front of her, he mumbles, "Dammit, Nora..."

"When are you leaving?" She asks, tears in her eyes.

He doesn't respond at first. He reaches to touch her face. She stops him.

"When, Nick?"

"In a week." He responds.

Nora takes in a shaky breath. Why is he doing this?

Nick puts his hands on her cheeks. "Nora..."

She shakes her head, grabbing his wrists. She pulls his hands away from her.

"No.."

She walks past him, walking to the door.

Nick grabs her wrist. "Don't do this. Just let me explain."

She stares at him for a moment. "Nora.." He warns.

Nora doesnt listen. She pulls away from him and walk out the door.

She can't be here. Not now.
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Ellie opens the door. She sees Nora.

"Nora? Where have you been?"

"I've been with Nick.." Nora confesses.

"What!?" She hisses.

Nora walks inside. Ellie leads her up the stairs.

"Another sleepover?" Yells Mrs. Smith.

"Yes, mom. Don't bother me.." She yells back.

They finally reach her room. Nora sits on the bed.

Ellie shuts the door behind her.

"𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦? No way..." She says. She sits next to Nora.

"He's leaving for college.."

"Oh, that's fucked up."

Nora sighs. "But this is my fault. Am I 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 reacting?"

"No. sunnyvalers are 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴. He's just like his father. Cruel. That's the word I 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 used to describe sheriff Goode."

He said he didn't want to be like him. Was he lying?