Snow// Theodore Laurence~little woman

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"Laurie when are you going back to your grandfather?"  Laurie had asked Clara out to a picnic and she happily accepted. Clara needed to talk to Laurie about what they where doing, if they were even doing anything. She needed to figure out her feelings with Laurie especially since she had someone who she loved waiting for the right moment to get down on one knee for her.

"Soon." Laurie answered lying down on his back.

"You've said that about a dozen times." Clara smiled looking down at Laurie and admiring the way his eyes danced along the sky.

"Short answers save trouble." Laurie shrugged watching the clouds above him.

"Well he is expecting you" Clara said poking a finger into Laurie's shoulder. She knew Laurie would be throwing away his future if he didn't make something of himself so she was just trying to give him that extra push to do it. "So why don't you do so?"

"I'll only plague him if I go." Laurie explained sitting up "so I guess i'll stay and plague you for a little while." he said squeezing Claras cheeks.

"Stop it." She laughed pushing his hand away. "If you won't go see your grandfather then, what do you intend to do in life?"

"Write an Opera maybe even take you with me."

Clara sighed, looking away from Laurie and up into the sky.

"What do you want me do Miss Clara March?" he asked following suit with Clara and looking up at the sky as well.

"Go and work for your grandfather and make something of yourself." She answered looking towards Laurie who just shook his head

"Your not playing fair." He said standing up and beginning to walk away. Clara stood up as well walking side by side with Laurie.

"What's George doing?" Laurie asked Clara clearly not wanting to talk about his grandfather and what he should be doing with his life.

"He's in London on business. He'll be back in a few weeks." She informed the breeze in the air causing her head to sway around behind her.

Laurie then stopped walking, he looked over at Clara almost taking her in a way, he then took a deep breath in "Don't marry him." he breathed.

"What?" Clara whispered, she stopped walking to stare at Laurie.

"Don't marry him." he repeated shaking his head. His brunette hair tossing side to side as he did so.

"Why?" Clara breathed her heart beat quickening.

"Why? you know why." Laurie said.

And Clara did she knew right then and their that Laurie Laurence was completely head over heels for her, and she didn't know how to react.

"No. No" Clara felt tears make there way into her eyes. She shook her head in disbelieve. She wouldn't believe it how could she. She wouldn't allow Laurie to feel this way, he was being mean to her she didn't deserve this.

"Yes." Laurie insisted placing a light touch onto the shoulder of her dress.

"No Laurie stop it." Clara snapped shoving Laurie's hand off of her  "this ain't fair Theo, none of this is fair."

"How is this not fair?" He asked watching the way that Clara's breathing quickened.

"I have been jealous of you and Jo my whole life. I have always wanted to be Jo. I have spent years envying you two, and now i'm expected to marry someone Theo," Clara cried wiping the tears that began spilling from her eyes "I will not be the person you settle for just because you cannot have her. I wont allow myself to let you in."

She began to breathe heavily as hot tears flowed out from her eyes and onto the he ground beneath her, she took a deep breath."Not when i've spent my entire life loving you." She admitted, she then turned away from him not wanted to look at his face.

Clara didn't know what to feel. This is what she had wanted ever since she had meet Laurie, the Clara five years ago would have fainted if Laurie had admitted his love for her. But now that's it happened Clara doesn't know what to think. She had imagined Laurie telling her he loved her in her head maybe a million times before, but not like this. Laurie would grab her hands a lopsided smile on his face as he stared into her eyes, she would be blushing because he can make her blush with just about anything he does. She would look down at the flower field surrounding them as he said the words 'I love you' she would then look up at him with wide eyes as she would admit her feelings back. Laurie would then lean and kiss her, and he would be the most splendid person to kiss. They would tell their families about their feeling for each-other and they would be over joyed ( maybe except for Jo ) They would get married and have five kids, three boys and two girls, and it would all work out in the end.  Expect it didn't and none of her silly little fantasy is real.