The Betrothed (BoyxBoy)

Prologue ✔️

Okay, so this is my new book! I didn't intend for the prologue to be this long, but I guess it just kind of ended up that way. It might be a little draggy, but have patience! Heheh... Anyway, the prologue isn't really a *must read* chapter. It just gives background information to clear up some confusion as the story starts. Happy reading!

* This chapter has been edited but may still contain grammatical errors. *

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The café was filled with emotions that day. There was a bunch of chatter going on in the line for coffee, some people were out on a date, and others were hard at work, studying for a test they have have in school. This is the positive side of the mood inside the café. One in particular, however, has tainted the positiveness. Janice and Arthur Young were both teachers in the LAUSD and the school districts were having problems with funding.

They had just found out that they were being laid off and couldn't do anything. They lost their jobs and their parents were retired. They both knew that if this kept going on, they will soon have to live in the streets. The only thing they could do was look to Chelsie and David Lewis for help.

The couple remained seated in the corner of the café holding on to each other. They held each other tightly trying to calm each other down, however, it didn't seem to do the job. More and more sobs just came out as the people around them continued on with their lives. For Janice and Arthur, they believed that there was no life left for them to live.

A man of similar age to Arthur and a woman of younger age to Janice entered the café. They both scanned the whole room in search for their friends in need. Once they connected eyes, the new couple didn't send them sympathetic smiles, but instead flashed them with genuine smiles as if there was nothing going wrong in the world.

"Arthur! Janice! How are you?" the man, David, asked. They went around the table for the empty chairs. David pulled a chair out for Chelsie and helped her sit. He himself sat right next to her.

"David, we need your help," Arthur spoke up.

Chelsie looked up to the other couple and noticed their tear-streaked cheeks and red eyes. She saw the quick breaths that caused their chests and shoulders to look like they were spasming.

"What happened?" Chelsie asked, her expression turned from her smile to a concerned one.

"We were laid off," Janice deadpanned.

For a while, nobody had spoken anything. The Lewis couple especially couldn't think of anything to say. They spent the few quiet moments just processing what was happening, but they couldn't make any sense of it. They knew that the school system was having problems with funds and were aware of the lay-offs happening in the area, but they didn't expect it to happen to their very close friends.

The Young and the Lewis family have been friends for decades. The men of both couples were the bearers of the families' names. It was a year ago that David's parents had passed away. They received the family business, Lewis Donuts, from their parents so they can support their own lives.

The Young couple was never a wealthy family to begin with. They continued to struggle for money to this day and it has been made worst now that Janice and Arthur were laid off from their jobs. Their parents are both retired so there aren't any funds coming into the family anymore.

Both couples have a deep bond that had started in high school. They shared many good and bad memories that only strengthened their relationship with each other. They even made goofy promises such as betrothing their first borns in the future, which was all forgotten now as all of life's problems came their way.