STRAWBERRIES × CIGERETTES

Chapter 1 | Prologue

Emily Stone And Noah Hunter have always been neighbours. They both were 2 when they met each other. How? That's a story for another time.

They went to the same preschool and spent most of their time together creating nothing but chaos.

But this chaos soon came to an end when Emily's dad got transferred to California and they had to shift there permanently. Emily's parents had an arranged marriage so their relationship was not all rainbows and unicorns. There were fights but nothing too big for the little Emily to worry about.

Emily always had Amelia, her caretaker as both her parents were working.

Emily left New York and Noah and hoped to begin a fresh start but little did she know that everything just got worse. Accidents happened, they got hurt, everything ruined but Emily stayed strong enough to handle herself with the help of Amelia who had soon adopted a baby girl with the same age as Emily.

Nina and Emily became best of friends. Amelia thought that Emily had finally forgotten everything bad and was coping up until she decided to end her life.

God gave Emily one more chance and she changed her personality. Instead of becoming that little weakling she now became a strong and confident girl. Although her anxiety attacks kept creeping in but she fought.

Amelia worked two jobs to take care of both the little girls. When Nina and Emily grew up they began to do part time jobs.

On Emily's 17th birthday, Amelia gifted her a professional camera and told her to capture everything that made her happy and gave her a reason to stay alive.

After a ton of hardships she finally got accepted to the NYU with a fashion designing course and shifted back to her old house in New York.

She met Noah and he cured her the way not even a therapist, doctor or medicine could do.

On the other Hand, Noah Hunter changed too when Emily left. As he grew up he felt a piece of him always missing. He had his three friends and his parents who supported him through thick and thin. He felt empty, he smoked and drinked but nothing made him feel the way Emily did when she returned .

Noah had always wanted to be a professional football player and now that he had gotten accepted to the NYU, he made it a goal.

Emily and Noah had unknowingly cured each other. Hidden secrets were revealed and puzzles were solved.

No matter what happened Noah had pledged that whatsoever happened, He would Never let Emily go.

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"Mom!" Little Emily cried as she went waddling to her mom who was sitting and talking to the Hunters.

"Mommy!" She yelled making all the attention go to her.

"What's wrong Em?" her mom asked.

"Noah broke my dolls arm. Again." She said wiping her tears.

"Hey that's not true!" Little Noah came running from behind.

"Noah" His dad said in a warning tone.

"What! She was disturbing me. She kept taking my car!" He exclaimed.

"Because you won't play me!" Emily yelled, looking towards Noah.

"You're annoying, I have no fun playing girly games with you!" He replied making Emily cry.

" I will never talk to you! " she said as she ran to her room.

" Ughh, I'll go talk to her" Noah rolled his eyes and went upstairs while both their parents laughed.