Systematic Hearts

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"Will you make me a promise?" Burk asks. We are still sitting on the bench next to the pay phone, but my tears have slowed.

I lift my head from his shoulder and groan, "No. No more promises." I don't need promises after what happened with Carson. I thought I knew what I was promising, but I obviously didn't.

Burk chuckles, "No, I know, but hear me out. This is important," I look him in the eye and nod. He continues, "If you ever have feelings for Carson again, or anyone else, but mainly Carson don't hide it from me. Tell me. It will hurt me, because I think I have fallen in love with you, as illegal as this is. But, I'll get over, you were Carson's first. Just promise me you won't hide that from me, okay?" Wow. I was expecting something like the promises Carson and I gave. That was nothing like it. This confirms it, I knew what I was doing. Burk said he loved me. And Burk knows I may love someone else later on. He is not making me promise my love towards him, but my honesty. That I can promise. I hope.

"I will promise you that. My honesty," I smile, and he smiles back. He slowly leans in and kisses me. His lips fit perfectly with mine. I feel free. I break apart, "We shouldn't do that in public."I say remembering the System. I have broke. The law three times now, possibly more. I can't show affection for anyone other than Carson. Nobody other than my other half.

Burk stares at me for a moment and then it hits him too, all he says is, "The System," I can see anger in his face. I stroke his hair and he seems to calm down a little, "They leave me alone for my life, and then, they make it so I break the law when I fall in love?" I want to comfort him but I don't know what he is feeling.

"Look, I don't know what your going through, but you don't need to worry about it, no one on the street will know that we aren't each other's half. Yeah I'm nervous and obviously you ar-" he cuts me off with another kiss, a long hard kiss. He pulls apart, "Law?" Is the only word, question, that I can get out.

"I don't care about Laws. Or the System, I care about you." He takes off my necklace, I realize his already gone , and I can't help my self from smiling. Gosh, I love Burk.

...

I stand in he airport terminal waiting for Carson to come off of his flight. I know it is going to be awkward, or I think it will be.

The door finally opens and Carson is the first off the plane. He pulls his carry o over to us and smiles. I reach my arms out and he embraces me. He whispers, "Charlie is at your parents house, all taken care of, no talk of the past." I hat crying so I swallow my tears.

"No talk of the past I agree," I just gave up my son. Charlie is now my parents responsibility. They are his parents now. At least I know they will be good to him.

I pull away fro the hug and I let out a wavering sigh, Carson Catches it. "It's time to move on, you know what your doing, sister, and I know what I'm doing," I can see the unshod tears in his eyes. But he doesn't let anymore than the shimmer show his feelings. I hope that is what I look like too. Not too many feelings showing.

Burk doesn't seem fazed by the hug. Good, I hope he isn't one of those guys that gets jealous of other guys around me. So far he has given me freedom. Maybe I don't know a lot about Burk, but that's what I like. I will learn, I will meet him, a new person. One of many experiences I missed with Carson. The System ruins things like that for people like me. And they should be stopped, they made Carson wait, and then get stuck with me. The System made Burl a dead other half, or a missing alive one. They forgot o log my sister's death! And they say she could be alive! What are hey thinking? They take opportunities from people. We should go back to the old ways, and I hope someone will agree with me.

...

Burk apologized to Carson. Carson replied with, "Look, I don't think Andy and I fell in love, we were excited, rushed and pushed by a System that doesn't know it's people. We forgot we were like siblings in a way, I don't want to loose her as a sister and she said the same about me. I hope you don't mind, but we are like family and there is no apology needed. I am here to find my sister-ish." All Burk did was smile and thank him. They are getting along pretty well now. This is too good. Too good to be true.

Except the fact that we are breaking the law.
...

We walk out of the airport and go to the rental shuttle. I look in the window and see someone, someone really familiar. Then it hits, it is like I am looking in a mirror.

Alice.
Is.
Alive.

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