Too Young For This {13} -An Arranged Marriage Story

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The next day, I kind of avoided Alister.
I know, I know! It's not what I should be doing. I should be talking of helping or doing something a girlfriend…fiancée…would do… But I don't know how or what…
When Harmony left in the morning, I was going to talk to him about it, I really was! I got all the way to his office door, hand on the knob, but I chickened out! And then at lunch when he was in the kitchen I couldn't even bring myself to walk into the room. And because I'm so cowardly, I didn’t go into the kitchen for the rest of the day, meaning I ate nothing at all, just because I was afraid he'd show up there.
I just couldn't face him…
Then when he came to bed that night I pretended to be asleep when he tried talking to me.
Okay, I'm going to stop describing all the horrible things I did to you guys because it's just making me feel even more…horrible!
The day after that, well it was Saturday. I forgot what we were doing today. I didn't think I'd be doing the stuff I was doing today for another ten years.
I'm talking about wedding dress shopping if you've forgotten too.
"Eli!" Kerry called from somewhere in the room. I looked around for her but saw no one. Then she appeared from a doorway that hadn't been there a moment ago and whoa! That means this house has secret passages! Or maybe I'm jumping to conclusions…
Kerry touched a book on the shelf and the bookcase slid in front of the doorway. Sweet! There are passages! I'm going to have so much fun later.
"Are you ready to go?" she asked.
"As I'll ever be I guess…" I said quietly, twirling my ring. Every time I looked at it I swear it kept getting bigger and bigger. But then I'd look at the stones and realize how perfect it was and then I'd think about what it meant and I'd panic…
"Eli?"
"Huh? What?" I snapped out of my daze to be met with Kerry's shining smile.
"Nervous are we?" she asked.
"Kinda…"
"Well, don't be! It will be fun, I promise!"
She led me by the hand to the car waiting for us outside. Damn, not car, limo. And I repeat, damn!
Then she surprised me and went and sat up front with the driver and I was alone in the back with Alister… Damn damn damn damn damn damn!
"Elena, are you okay?"
"Y-yes, why do you ask?"
"Because you're acting really weird and you've been…avoiding me lately. Did I do something wrong?"
I tried to say something along the lines of, hmm, I don't know, "No", but it came out as, "Nactmeg," also know as a nervous jumble of letters resulting in a face-palm moment. Someone please show me the word nactmeg in a dictionary so I don’t feel like a complete idiot…
"Uh… I don't know how to respond to that," he said, tilting his head down a little closer to me. I looked at him and thought I saw something on his cheek, but he turned his head away to fast.
"I mean…um…no," I muttered. "I-it's not you, I'm just…nervous?"
"That was more of a question than a statement you know," he said. I nodded and looked out the window, watching a few rain drops start to fall from the grey clouds.
Then it was quiet for a while. Alister didn't press the subject of my awkward behavior, but I felt bad about dodging it. I wanted to ask about, well, what I overheard, but I still couldn't bring myself to do it. I figured if he wanted me to know, he'd tell me, right?
An hour later we were still driving silently.
"Elena are you sick? I can't usually get you to shut up and now you aren't saying anything at all, it's strange."
"I'm thinking," I replied.
"About what?"
"Stuff."
"Like what?"
"Like…flowers."
"Flowers?"
"Yeah." Just roll with it Eli, maybe he won’t get too suspicious. "Flowers are pretty and they smell good. I like purple ones and white ones. Calla lilies are my favorite though. They're so white and calm and delicate and pretty…"
"Okay then… any other thoughts on something other than flowers?"
"Now that you mention it…" Finally, a chance to ask the question that's been burning my mind! Here it goes: "If a cow laughs does milk come out of its nose?"
He laughed. (Yeah, you thought I was going to ask him about his dad. You thought wrong, haha!)
"I don't think it works like that," he answered.
"Oh, okay. I wish I brought my-" I didn't have to finish my sentence because Alister held out my iPod to me. "How did you…?"
He shrugged. "Clarisa had a hunch that you'd want it so she gave it to me to give to you."
"Makes sense I guess," I muttered, taking it from him and trying to ignore that spark of electricity that shot through me when I touched his hand. I put the ear buds in my ears and pressed shuffle while leaning my head against the window.
I whispered along to the lyrics of Love Story by Taylor Swift.
We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air.

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns.
See you make your way through the crowd
and say hello
Little did I know
I sang the next part a little louder, unaware of it though, I tend to lose it when I'm listening to music.
That you were Romeo; you were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
And I was crying on the staircase,
begging you, 'Please, don't go.'"

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'"

So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew.
So close your eyes; escape this town for a little while.
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said "Stay away from Juliet,"
But you were everything to me; I was begging you, 'Please, don't go,'"

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'

Romeo save me - they're tryin' to tell me how to feel;
This love is difficult, but it's real.
Don't be afraid; we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story - baby just say "Yes.'"

Oh.

I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever comin' around.
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town,

And I said,
"Romeo save me - I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you never come.
Is this in thy head? I don't know what to think-"

He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,
"Marry me, Juliet - you'll never have to be alone.
I love you and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad - go pick out a white dress;
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'"

Oh, oh.

We were both young when I first saw you...
And then a Jonas Brothers song started and I kept singing. But a few seconds later, I was hearing more than one song. I pulled out an ear bud and looked over to see Alister pressing a button, raising the volume of the radio.
"I had to drown out your wretched singing," he explained, and I gasped. "I'm kidding!" he said quickly. "I just like this song."
I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
I'd make you believe
I'd make you forget
Alister started to sing. Yes, you read that right, Alister was singing this next part. Don't worry, it shocked me too.
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire at the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire at the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
Call a doctor, I swear I'm having a heart attack! He can sing! Oh my God! Freaking out here!
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I miss the sound of your voice
The loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet
Perfect words that you said
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
I'd make you believe
I'd make you forget
I found myself singing along to the next part. Why, I'm not too sure, but it felt right.
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire at the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire at the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love

I miss the pull of your heart
I taste the sparks on your tongue
I see angels and devils
And God, when you come on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
On the 'hold on' part, I kind of, well, leaned onto his shoulder and uh… hugged his from the side as I just let him sing. It's not my fault! I get really into songs and uh…I have no excuse for this really.
Sing sha la la la
Sing sha la la la la

Come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire at the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire at the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me, drown me in love

It's all wrong, it's all wrong
It's all wrong, it's so right
So come on, get higher
So come on and get higher
'Cause everything works, love
Everything works in your arms.
When he sang the last line, he hugged me back. I didn't know if this meant we were getting closer, or if the feeling burning through me was awkwardness. But I sort of loved it.