The Forbidden Love

Where It All Went Down Hill

   .Elijah.

August 12th, 2023

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Maybe this won't be so bad after all.

Elijah thought as he set the last of his boxes and stuff down in his new college dorm room. It's his first year and he's hoping he will make it through without too many problems or issues. He lets out a sigh and sits down on the small, empty white bed. He closes his eyes and runs his fingers through his hair. His room is plain except for the boxes and bags spread across the wooden floor. He takes out his phone, opens TikTok, and starts scrolling mindlessly from video to video ignoring the fact that he has to unpack his stuff.

Suddenly he hears a loud clatter coming from what he thought was the living room. He walks into the room and instantly freezes his mouth dropping unconsciously. He quickly closes his mouth and puts on an annoyed look.

Standing there has Ivy Haze, she looks as flawless as ever with her smooth, shiny brown hair flowing around her shoulders so perfectly it's an eyesore to look at. Her hazel eyes shimmer in the florescent lighting coming through the open window. Ivy is a straight A student and her looks.. damn her looks are magnificent as well. Despite the fact she's the most popular girl in school and every guy wants her, she's never dated anyone in her life.

Elijah clears his throat loud and dramatic for her to hear. Then speaks up, "I think you're in the wrong room." He says it with a hint of anger as he leans his tall muscular frame against the wall.

She turns around and her eyes instantly land on his large muscular arms but she quickly moves then up to his face and puts on an angry look. "No, this can't be happening." She sounds annoyed and upset as she runs her fingers through her hair.

"What?" His features scrunched into a confused look as he got up from the wall. He walks a little closer to her and crosses his arms as he stops a few feet away from her. She pulls out something from her pocket and shows him a paper with her dorm information on it. She's in his dorm. Out of all of the dorms she could've been in, she ends up in his. He sighs and runs his fingers through his dark, silky hair. "Why'd it have to be you?" he says with a hint of annoyance in his voice as he lets out an exaggerated sigh.

Ivy rolls her eyes matching his drama, "It's not like I asked for this, you know." Her voice is low and menacing as she throws her arms out in anger.

He laughs a bit. "Who knows? You could love me that much." he purposefully put a teasing tone on it as he leans in close to her.

"Oh please." She speaks, almost laughing. " I would never. You're as likable as the cafeteria trash can."

Elijah slips out a small grin before wiping it away and seriously saying, "Just stay out of my way and we won't have any problems." He turns around and starts walking back to his room.

"No problem captain. " She shouts out jokingly as she rolls her eyes once more and turns around carrying her bags into her separate room.

Everything is going to be fine as long as she stays out of my way, Elijah thought. He walks back into his room dodging the piles of bags and boxes. As he walks to his plain bed with nothing on it except his headphones and phone. He grabs his headphones, puts them on and starts blasting a random electric playlist he made. He turns around and sighs as he scans his messy room. He sets his phone into the pocket and takes one last look around the room before starting on the first box filled with bedding.