Forbidden Love

Part 2:

A bright light shines before my eyes and the only sound I could hear was a crash. The sight of fire frightened me, but not as much as when I saw my parents dead...and then I woke up...

Elizabeth's POV

Dizziness takes over me the second I try to stand. My legs feel like jelly, and my sight has temporarily left me. I cannot hear anything except for a loud 'thump,' and ringing. Darkness took over me completely the moment I hit the ground.

I open my eyes to reveal a practically empty classroom besides the teacher.

My first thoughts are, 'What happened, and why am I on the floor?'

I then hear my teacher clear her throat, as if to gain my attention. I look her direction and give a look of confusion in hopes of receiving some sort of answer.

"You fell asleep in my class again, Miss Johnson. The bell woke you up, but you immediately turned pale and fell on the floor."

I have never been more confused in my entire life. That is, until the memories of my bad dream flood my head, and once again, I feel dizziness. My hand immediately goes to grasp onto the desk closest to me to prevent me from falling over.

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After being sent to the nurse's office, I am "sent home," but I decided to take a walk and stay as far away from my house as possible in hopes to avoid the lecturing from my parents about how important it is to stay in school, even though I was sent home for fainting in the classroom.

After walking for about a half a mile, my mind begins to drift to the boy that keeps showing up around me. As if on cue, I see him walk by me, and I try to stay away from his line of vision, but obviously I'm not very lucky.

Just as I turn my head, I feel a hand on my shoulder. I jump, startled at his sudden action. I want nothing more than to yell, "What do you want?!" in his face, but as someone who doesn't speak, I can't do that.

"Hey Lizzy! What are you up to today? Aren't you supposed to be in school right now? Whatever I'll tell you about my day. Anyway..." I zoned out as he began rambling on about nothing of importance.

Then a thought comes to my head...did he just call me Lizzy? Where the hell did that nickname come from?

I raise my hand to his face to signal him to be quiet as I reach the destination that was never originally in my mind. Apparently while Isaac was talking, we had made our way up a hill, leading to a field of green, which looks out over the border of the horrid city of Aurora.

A cool breeze blows through my rich brown hair as I sit cross-legged at the top of the hill. I feel a sense of calmness take over me as I look out over the city. I can faintly see few buildings on the other side of the border...the border in which I'll never be able to legally cross...the border in which I wish nothing more than to cross over, even if only for a split second.

I hear a voice say from beside me, "You've thought about it haven't you?" I slightly tilt my head in confusion, hoping for some sort of explanation on what he just said. "Haven't you ever thought about crossing the border, even if just to see it?" I look Isaac in the eye and nod my head, inwardly sighing. "I have too. I wonder what it's like on the other side...probably more free." I nod in agreement before turning back to face the area in front of me. The rest of the time there, we were filled with silence.

I don't know how long the two of us were sat there together in silence, but I do know that since we first arrived, the sun has started to lower in the sky.

I am almost startled when I finally hear Isaac's voice again, asking me if I wanted to go with him to get something to eat. I hesitated before nodding, knowing that we would get looks of disapproval and possibly suspicion, but if anyone asks, we could probably get away with saying we're related. I mean, our eyes and hair are similar colors...

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We walk with a few feet of space between us to a little café somewhat closer to my house.

The waiter gives us a suspicious glance when Isaac orders for me, but I point to my throat and shake my head trying to let him know that I don't talk, which is something I've gotten used to throughout the years that I've gone without speaking.

The two of us eat in a comfortable silence, and we split the bill on our meals so it wouldn't seem any more suspicious than it probably already looks, even though the thought of us having to do that is dumb and unreasonable.

As we begin to make our way out of the restaurant, I glance at a clock above the door, which reads 4:52pm. I begin to panic, knowing that I have to be at work at 5:00 and I don't know how long of a walk it is from here. Besides, I can't show up with the guy who almost caused me to get a lecture from my boss, which could lead to me being fired...if that even makes any sense.

I tap Isaac's shoulder and touch the back of my wrist to signal time, and his first reaction is to bombard me with questions about what the time is for. Finally he guesses work, and I frantically nod my head, and he rushes to lead me in the right direction of where I need to be. However, this can be quite difficult because he's walking at least 10 feet in front of me so people won't know we're together, and I almost lost sight of him twice.

After only a couple minutes, I am able to recognize my surroundings and practically sprint into the store with a little under a minute left before my shift starts.

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When I make it home that night, I don't even bother showering or even changing my clothes before I faceplant into my bed and fall asleep faster than I think I ever have before.

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(A/N)

This is the second part of my story, and I'm really hoping that you guys (the very few of you there are) are enjoying it so far, even though the major plot hasn't developed very far yet. Don't worry, things should begin falling into place within the next two chapters or so.

Also, I know people don't usually read Author's Notes (I rarely do), but I would like to hear your ideas because, again, this is my first book, and I want to know a little bit more about what you would like to read. I will definitely consider any suggestion(s) you may have, so please let me know!

Last thing: I don't have an updating schedule, and probably won't (at least for a while) because I find it hard to find inspiration for my own writing within a reasonable amount of time, so I might update two or three times in one week, or possibly only once in a time span of two weeks. This will at least be for now because I'm usually pretty busy with school and choir and stuff, but right now I'm on Christmas break, so I'm trying to write as much as possible, so I will have chapters to publish, even if I don't have time to write a new one.

P.S. (Ik that wasn't the last thing, sorry) As a reminder, I'm still not planning on making this book very long, but if I get more ideas for it, I will definitely write more to it, so please give any input, or even just leave an encouraging comment, and I will take any and all ideas into consideration and find out some way to make it happen.