SNAP!
All the stiff bones in her body cracked as she sat up right at a neck-breaking speed.
Breathe, she reminded herself.
Sweat poured down her back, arms and forehead like a gushing waterfall.
She gasped for the vital oxygen as if she were a newborn baby.
I'm alive? What?! H-how...? A strong pair of arms wrapped around her.
''Oh, thank you Jesus, chicken and all things Holy!'' A familiar voice incredulously whispered near her ear, sending the tiny hair on her neck to stand on their ends.
''STOP THIS INSOLENCE, NOWWWWWWW!'' Her muscles felt weak, the pressure from the arms were suffocating her and her throat felt like sand paper was grating against the inside.
The arms reluctantly unwounded from her feeble frame. A tall, broad shouldered being took a step back.
No way...
Her heart lurched into her throat. Hot tears sprung to her tear ducts. Is she in Heaven: where only good people are?
No, that is truly impossible, I would not be allowed within a galaxy of it.
Running a large hand through his autumn brown hair, his beryl eyes glimmered from the sun filtering through the blinds of the window. He cocked his head to the side before showing her a face-splitting grin.
''I-Is that really you...?'' Shock, anxiety, disbelief, seeping out of her maudlin whisper.
''Oh, yes, my sweet Effie. The Queen has finally seen me as the King I truly am and she can't wait to bed me,'' he ruffled her hair. She closed her eyes feeling his fingers on her scalp; he was real.
She wanted to choke-slam him, but an even greater feeling swept her senses.
It was overwhelming. Devastatingly overwhelming.
Relief.
She didn't say anything as she bowed her head. Her long, ebony locks masked her visage. She bit her chapped lips as her petite physique began to tremble. The traitorous liquid sinfully leaked out as whimpers escaped her parched throat.
''H-hey, why are you crying all of a sudden? Did my stupid face s-scare you?'' His thick eyebrows knitted together forming a crease in his forehead.
''E-E-E-Elijah?'' Her voice was strained. She swallowed the lump in her throat.
He took a step closer, ''Yes, Ephedra?''
''Where am I and what happened?''
He sighed. ''Well, it is kind of my fault... so... I guess... I was helping you with the homework about love due in six days for English in your apartment but then you got all flustered when I asked if you ever had a boyfriend. When you were about to punch me in the throat, you slipped and passed out. Man, I was so worried!''
She couldn't believe it. She began to hysterically chuckle. Fancy having the most crazy episode of your life only for it to be a dream, typical cliché scenario for an average girl.
She smiled. It was good that nothing happened.
Eli got up to get her water. "To answer your question, no."
He looked at her perplexed. He really did have the memory of a gold fish. "Come again?"
"I have never had a boyfriend, for your information."
"Great, I'll be your first and last, then." He casually smiled. Needless to say, Ephedra choked.
Two years later...
Although Ephedra Alastor was proven to be innocent for the murder of her mother due to lack of evidence, she was diagnosed as a psychopath. She went to therapy and although people were afraid of her - Eli was not. He loved her. They had each other.
She couldn't bring herself to forgive her mother. She woke up in a cold sweat every night reliving the day her father was found. But Eli's arms would wound themselves around her and rock her until she fell asleep.
"Amor mio, Effie."
"What do you mean?"
"I love you, Effie." He would laugh, give her a bear hug and kiss her forehead.
She would not ask him what it means as she was quite confused. Did he ignore her question or is that what it means? He would never clarify. She liked the game they played so she never searched it up.
Some things were left better unknown.
Some things were left better unquestioned...
Author's note:
THE ACTUAL ENDING AFTER TWO YEARS LMFAOOOO. I didn't realise I had a draft that I liked RIP😂
ANYWAYS, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO VIEWED, LIKED, VOTED WHATEVER. FOR THOSE ORIGINAL PEOPLE HERE IS A BONUS CHAPTER. AN ALTERNATIVE ENDING. FOR THE LONGEST TIME I JUST GAVE UP ON IT AND DECIDED THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER WOULD BE THE LAST ONE BUT THE PLOT WAS TELLING ME "SIKE BITCH, YOU THOT"
As always, constructive criticism, feedback, votes and a follow would be appreciated.
Hope you enjoyed Effie's and Eli's adventure. IDK if I can be bothered for a sequel😂❤️
Love you guys, let's see if I can come up with another stories that I don't leave for 2 years😂
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Residue
Mystery / Thriller"Do you know what she did to me? She made me sell my body so she could get money to pay the dealers! I'm dirty. I'm dirty. I'm dirty. I'm dirty. I'm filthy, filthy, filthy!" She was sobbing. Ephedra Alastor's life became a mess the day her father's...
