The Forced Marriage (SHORT STORY)

Lunch date

I pulled into the school pick up line with ten minutes to spare. This would be the first time I have seen Grace in years. I had to make it perfect. Whenever we were friends and all her favorite flowers with lilies. So I had my secretary buy her the biggest bouquet of flowers she was able to find. And let me say the bouquet was big.

I grabbed the lilies and got out of the car fixing my hair and suit. I leaned in the front of my car and waited to finally see her beautiful face once again.

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Gracie's POV

I was so nervous all day that I had not payed attention in any class and in fourth period Chemistry I was called on for an answer and I didn't even know the problem!

Know I'm in my sixth period College Prep class and I was only paying attention to the clock.

Five minutes left

Four minutes left

Three minutes left

Two minutes left

One minute left

And the bell rang... I was shocked and scared to move. How did I look? What if he blew me off? What if... is all I could think.

I finally got the courage to walk out of the school and see if I could spot him and I did... Immediately. He was sitting on a Black Lamborghini with a huge bouquet of flowers... Not to mention them being lilies. He remembered them being my favorite flower.

Flashback
"GRACE HURRY UP!" Finley yelled from across the tree trunk over the fast moving river.

"Finley I am scared!" I yelled sitting in the middle of the trunk.

"Then I will come get you." Finley said walking over to me and picking me up.

"Finley!" I yelled as the tree trunk snapped and we went falling into the river.

"Grace!" Finley yelled trying to get to me.

I tried to swim I tried to stay above water but I couldn't.

"Grace! Swim this way!" He yelled in some grass.

I began to push my towards him but I couldn't.

"I can't!" I screamed moving farther down the river.

Finely jumped in the water catching up to me.

"It's okay grace I have you..." he said wrapping my around him pulling me to land.

We laid on the ground on top on a bunch of lilies.

"What a ride!" Finley said sitting up.

"Yeah." I said sitting up picking at a flower.

"Aren't these your favorite?"

"Yeah..." I smiled as he picked a few and held them out for me.

"Thank you.." I said reaching for the flowers but them being pulled away.

"Can I have a kiss?" He asked.

"No." I said looking forward.

"Grace.." he whispered in my ear.

I turned my head to have our lips connected and us kissing.

"Grace I have feelings for you. I have for a long time."  He whispered to me. Grabbing my hand.

"Me to.."

"But... We can't happen."

"I know." I began to cry.

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Flashback over

That was the night that we had sex. The last time we were actually together. At the time it was true that we couldn't be together because he had been five years older than me. But... Just a few years later we would be engaged.

"Grace?" I snapped back to reality and seen Finley smiling at me with the lilies in his hands.

"Finley!?"

"Holy hell your more beautiful than before. I have missed you so much!" He said pulling me into a hug.

"Yeah. Me to." I said pushing away from him.

"Shall we?" He asked holding his arm out for me to loop with.

I smiled at took his arm as he led me to his car. He opened the car door for me and sat me inside.

I sat with the lillies in my lap shaking like an earthquake as he ran over to the other side. He paused at his door for a second then opened it getting in buckling his seatbelt then turning the car on.

"Safety first..." he smiled pointing to my seatbelt.

I grabbed it buckling it as he began to turn the radio on. He blasted with loud rap music. I screamed as loud as I ever have.

He quickly turned it off.

"Oh shit Grace I am so sorry are you okay!?" He said touching my shoulder.

"Yeah... Just spooked I guess."

"Well... I am sorry and starving!" He said patting his stomach. "If I don't get some food anytime soon I might just die."

"Yeah... me to." I laughed as he began to drive to the restaurant.

After a ten minute drive he pulled into Kamoseze (I made this up. I think!?)  which is this super expensive Chinese restaurant that is my favorite but to expensive for me to ever eat at.

"This is still you favorite... Right?" Finely said realizing my facial expression.

"Yes... It is." I said surprised by his remembering of this.

"Good. Shall we go inside?" He asked me unbuckling and flashing me a pearly white smile.

"Yeah." I smiled unbuckling as well.

Finley got out of the car and came and opened my door holding it open for me.

"Finley..." I said grabbing his hand and pulling him back before he walked away.

"What's wrong?" He asked me grabbing into my other hand. So know I was against the car and holding both of his hands.

"Do you... We are getting married in three months!" I said beginning to cry. "I am only fifteen. Your the only guy I have ever been with. I wanted a life. And know I'm going to be a fifteen year old bride. I wanted to travel. I..."

"Gracie. We can travel I promise. We will go anywhere you want. I will give you a life maybe not the life you want but it will be a life I try my hardest to give you. I promise Gracie. I thought I would never be married. I never thought I would see you again after that night. Gracie I told you everything that night I finally confessed myself to you... We have sex and then you just ditch me. You wouldn't answer my calls or text. I thought I had hurt you or I done something Gracie it killed me." He began confessing to me, but it only made me cry more.

"Fin... I didn't know what to do after that night. I thought everything was going to change. I thought you would leave. Finley what was I supposed to do!" He grabbed my head and hugged me brushing my hair with his hands.

"Well... It all ended up as us getting married so... I know this is probably not what you want. I am not anywhere near the husband type but I will try my hardest to be the man you deserve."

I laughed and had realized our moment and wiped my tears away.

"Can we go get food know?"