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Chapter One: Convincing.

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Chapter one: Convincing.

"Speak now or forever hold your peace."

Two months earlier.

"Mom, dad," I sighed hopelessly, "I don't want to marry Nathan."

"What?" My dad spoke angrily like I had just commuted a crime.

"I don't love him, I hardly know him." I told them, afraid of what they might say.

"I don't care, his father is very important to my company and we've made a deal." My dad responded.

"Mom, you have to realise this isn't what I want. I want to love a man, not being forced to marry some guy I hardly know." I turned to her with my pleading green eyes.

"I honeslty don't care Elizabeth, your father has made this choice and you are marrying him whether you like it or not." My mom replied.

"It's not fair! I'm only nineteen, I want to live my life, by doing what I want not what you want." I yelled, wanting to cry.

"Enough is enough, Elizabeth. Stop this nonsense." My father spoke harshly.

The conversation went on and on of me trying to convince them that this deal sucked. I ignored the rest of their lecture and ran upstairs to my empty room and a tear slipped down my face. No one cared what I wanted. No one cared at all about me, they cared about themselves and their feelings.

I couldn't do this.

I couldn't kiss someone I hardly knew. I didn't know anything about him. I didn't even have feelings for him, he could be an evil bastard for all I knew. He could rape and kill me or he could be sweet and gentle but when I looked at him, his eyes were pure evil and it scared the lights out of me.  I only have known this guy for a week.

I was too young. I didn't even want to marry anyone yet. I wanted a career and I wanted to go to collage. I wanted to be a professonial dancer and maybe have kids someday and marry with the man I loved. I didn't even know his last name.

My thoughts got inturupted by a knock at the door that echoed throughout the house.

"Elizabeth," my father shouted, "your fiancée is here"

Oh god, save me from this nightmare.

I slowly walked down the stairs, I saw his creepy looking face as he stared at me and gave me an evil smile. "Come on, Elizabeth. We are going out for a coffee and a bite to eat." Nathan said as he grabbed a ring box out of his pocket.

"It's a ring, isn't it?" I rolled my eyes miserably as he opened it and grabbed my ring finger and placed it forcefully onto my ring finger, it felt numb for a few minutes.

He smiled like he really cared but only in front of my parents, my mom smiled and a tear fell down her face. Tears of happiness? My father looked mad at me and gave me the look to smile and to show appreciation.

I smiled. "That's so sweet, I love it. Thank you Nathan."  That was obviously sarcasm.

"No worries darling, anything for my princess." He said. Did I just blush? No, no, no. I will never like him. Ever.

I hated it when he called me that. We got into his fancy car and drove off to a really expensive cafe. People would say to be greatful I found a weathly fiancee. Well, I was not.

As we both sat down and ordered what we wanted, he looked into my eyes and grabbed my hand. "I have a very important thing to discuss with you, Elizabeth."

"What is it?" I asked as I rolled my eyes.

"We are going to move in together and when we are married, you will do everything a wife should do. Cook, clean and the rest because you will be my wife and we are going to make a family." He smiled.

I was really scared when he mentioned the word family. I was scared of what he might do to me. I still hadn't had sex yet and my last boyfriend wanted it but I wasn't ready. I was still not ready, even though I was nineteen but I guess he wasn't the right guy.

I snapped out of my thoughts and listened as my face turned red. I wanted to say no but I was too scared and he looked me in the eye. "I know what you are thinking and you don't have a choice Elizabeth, this will happen. I love you and you willl love me back. We will be a perfect family you, me and a child."

"I-I," I stuttered on my words. I was speechless and I couldn't defend for myself.

"When we're married, you can't do a thing about it, hun." He smirked.

My eyes stared into his and he looked cold, I looked away wanting to stick up for myself but I felt like my mouth couldn't open. Maybe I was too scared he would tell my father since they are such good friends.

A few hours later, he drove me home. I jumped out of his car but before I could leave, he grabbed my wrist. "Remember what I said, Elizabeth."

I nodded and pulled away from his hold and I ran back to my house. I ran inside and slammed the door, I slid down against the door and I had my knees against my chin and I just cried. I cried and cried. I didn't want a marriage, I was only nineteen. Still living my life as it came. I wanted to love someone and I wanted to be loved.

I hated my parents.

After ten minutes, I saw my fathers car keys. I grabbed them off the hook and I took his car. I went to my favourite place in the whole city. The dance studio. The place where I could be free and let the music take over.

It was heaven.

*

"Elizabeth!" I knew that voice from anywhere. Claire was my best friend, we had been friends ever since we were in kindergarden and we did eveything together. Her birthday was a day after mine so I was older than her by a day. She helped me with everything, she had always been there for me no matter what. She always loved dancing and we had been taking classes together since I could remember.

We always come here and dance like the band Little Mix. We loved their dances.

"Hey, Claire." I smiled as we met outside the dance studio.

"What's happened?" She could always see past my fake smile. We sat down and I told her about Nathan, my parents and how this sucked, she was always on my side whether I was right or wrong.

"I want to find someone, Claire. Someone I love, like you and Andrew." I told her. They had the perfect relationship, they loved each other and it was really cute. I was so jealous.

She hugged me. "Why don't we turn the music up and dance until we run out of breath?"

I nodded and we found a free practice room. Claire grabbed her CD out and turned it up so loud. I took my jacket off and joined her and we danced to the routine we made up.

"Elizabeth!" Someone shouted my name after a few moments of dancing.

And I knew exactly who it was.

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