A Dying Wish

Chapter Eighteen: That's How You Know She Is The One

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

|Pablo Picasso|

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Inside the club it was like dancing on the Northern Lights; beneath the dry-ice smoke swirled an array of blues, acid greens, hot pinks and gold. The music played over the dance floor as if had fused with the bodies. Elsa's hand managed to obtain a table that lay in a quiet area of which they could talk.

"He's studying to be an architect. He's a vegetarian, he plays the drums, on the weekends" Anna exclaimed as she took another sip of her cocktail. It was clear on Elsa's face that she was not interested in anything she was saying, "Oh, are you ready...he's British," Anna stated with an eager smile, but Elsa did not share the same expression.

"Why not?" Anna questioned in shock. Surely anyone would want a date a guy as she had described, "you went out with that other guy."

"Yeah, and was weird," Elsa admitted as she took a sip from her own cocktail, "I felt a little weird to be dating when I'm working for my fiancee's family, while they're planning our wedding," Elsa reminded her sister as she took another sip from her drink.

"On that, can I ask you a quick little question," It was not a questioned to be answered, Elsa knew that, "why are you torturing yourself? Jack has given you an out, so you can just take it? You can go home, you can have a normal date," Anna asked her sister as she raised her eyebrows.

"Have you seen many of my x-boyfriends? The last thing I'm capable off is a normal date," Elsa jested in a serious tone which earned a sade smile from her sister, "I know this might sound weird but, in a way, living with Jack, he has shown me what I ultimately want in a relationship," Anna rolled her eyes, Jack was not a guy you based on for a relationship. Jack was a guy you had a one night stand with, nothing more.

"I'm starting to really miss the sex part," Elsa admitted to her sister who laughed.

"Oh, sis, I'm so sorry," she chuckled as her phone began to ring. "I'm just going to check that's not my cell," Anna began to rummage through her purse but saw no trace of a phone, "that not good. I think I left my cell phone in your apartment," Anna nervously stated.

Anna began to apologise while Elsa shrugged it off like it was no big deal, as it was, in fact, no big deal. The two girl quickly finished their drinks before making their way towards the exit.

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"I know where it is, I'm really sorry," Anna sated yet again as she opened the door to Elsa's apartment. Elsa just smiled towards her sister's nonsense.

"SURPRISE!" They exclaimed loudly. Elsa jumped back in fright but noticed everyone she knew holding balloons.

"I figured if you had to go all through the bad stuff of being engaged you might as well the good parts as well," Anna informed her sister with a smile as the entire female family of Elsa's and Jack's came forward and dragged her in. Everyone was there. Everyone was there to celebrate with her.

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"What were we talking about?" North questioned towards Jack as they both sat on the patio of North's home.

"Jeff Proskey," Jack informed North as he leaned back in his seat, not caring for the conversation they were having.

The lingering light was defeated by the rapidly falling night. The once salmon and purple sky transformed into a vast expanse of jet-black that engulfed the city. A canopy of luminous stars emerged amongst the ocean of blackness. Some were dull, merely flickering into existence every now and then, but there was an adequate amount of shimmering stars to illuminate the dark, moonless night. A trembling gush of wind inaudibly drifted across the skyline. The blinding city lights gradually subsided ever so subtly, filling the shadow-emitted sky with a pleasant silence.