~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER SEVENTEEN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Across the river~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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MY POV
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Amby, Lea and Jazzy left my room so now I was alone again. The glass on the floor was cleaned and all the glass that were in my feet were out and now my feet were bandaged. I don't think my mirror will be the same again, though. Maybe I should get a new one? I did break it, in the first place. I guess getting a new one would be a good idea. Ya, I'll go get a new one. Before I knew it I was already outside. But I wasn't walking to my car, I was walking towards the forest where I saw him. I had to know him. I don't know why, but I had to. I knew they were bound to find me but it wouldn't hurt to try to find him.
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AIDAN'S POV
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I was walking around outside, going over what had happened. Jess's friends keep giving me dirty looks, Kage can hardly speak to me and Ryan's been busy hanging around Amby. I wish it could've been different. I especially wish my father didn't arrange all this. 'You need an heir to the throne', he says. 'Amanda is the perfect way to get it'. Why now? Why did I have to meet her now? My thoughts were running wild and I didn't know where I was walking towards, but personally, I didn't care anymore.
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MY POV
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By now I was deep in the forest. I didn't bother to mark a trail. What was the point? I would get lost anyways. Just like I did right now. I sighed and sat down on a log.
Well, great. I'm lost again.
Smooth. Very smooth.
Shut up. I'm not in the mood.
Are you ever?
The stupid voice in my head won't leave me alone. Sometimes I'd like to bang my head against the wall to shut it up.
Like that'll help.
Do you ever stop talking?
Yes. Just not around you.
Ugh. I hate that voice. After a while, I decided to get up and walk around more. No point in just sitting in one place for hours. I didn't know how long I was walking for but I soon arrived at a little river. It looked calm and peaceful. I sat down beside it and ran my fingers lightly through it.
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AIDAN'S POV
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I came to a little river and I looked down at it. I was already in the deepest part of the forest and the darkest. It's probably been an hour since I left the house and I don't think I'll be head back any time soon. I was stupid enough to tell her and I'm even more stupid for kissing her while I was engaged. When I told her it was nothing that was a lie. It definitely wasn't nothing. It was everything. In all the girlfriends I've had I've never felt that. It felt so different. It felt like something I couldn't explain. And as cliche and I sound right now, it's all true and I'm tired of denying it.
FINALLY! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK YOU THAT LONG TO ADMIT IT!
Too bad it's too late.
Then I finally noticed her. Jess was sitting right beside the river looking into it while running her fingers through it. How I had missed her I'll never know but there she was. She looked up and for a few second our eyes locked. Then, as if it was just my imagination, she disappeared. Was it just my imagination? Were my eyes playing tricks on me?
I pondered that for a while but I knew she was right there. Where she was running her fingers through were little ripples in the water. She was actually there. But how did she disappear?
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Author's Note: You have no idea how difficult it was to write this. I've been having major writer's block so I had to force myself to write this, if it's terrible, you can tell me. I already know it is.
