Our Heart - The Greatest Showman {Book 2 of "One Heart"}

Chapter 10

Please read the authors note at the end of this chapter :D

Lizzy's Pov

"No, I'll stay standing if that's alright" I said quietly, not looking him in the eye.

"Of course".

I stood their waiting with my arms swinging by my side, I was unsure what to do with them and eventually decided to fold them.

The wind whistled through the trees, highlighting the silence between the two of us.  Clouds had begun to form in grey clumps and rain begun to sprinkle itself onto the ground.

"Where were you?" I asked again, more slowly this time.

"Chicago."

"Chicago!?" I felt like my tone was more serious, more scary now. I knew I  was asking him a question I already knew that I  didn't want the answer to.

He nodded slightly, knowing my next words, or more like word. 

"Why?" It was the only thing I managed to breathe out. The wind blew my short hair against my face so as to framed it. 

"Lillia". 

Well that's not exactly what I expected to hear, but it's better than what I had originally thought. 

"Lillia!?!?!" I repeated back to him,  My voice was raised a far bit. "She's not here Phillip. She's somewhere... in prison somewhere!!!" I tried to formulate the words properly but everything just seemed like one big cloud in my head. 

"No she's not Lizzy. No one knows where she went, they think she fled or something." He kept his voice calm. I'm assuming he can guess that I was pretty overwhelmed right now. 

"Well What's Lillia got to do with it anyway?" I questioned after I had a couple of seconds to process what he just said. How is she not there? I mean, how? And why does that have anything to do with? 

"I was worried."

"About what?" 

"About her hurting you again!" This time he raised my voice, a tad not much though."I was worried about her hurting you again". He repeated in a quieter voice. 

This caused me to stay quiet for a few moments and i could feel my eyes welling up e with tears. "So you hurt me instead." It quite felt like someone was taking my heart after I muttered the words against the breeze. "You let me think you were dead for four months."

Words left him. Phillip stared into my eyes and I did to his, noticing the little flecks of gold that had scattered themselves around the edges.  The rain had settled in a far bit now, but neither of us seemed to care. 

"You left me !Four months! Four Months Phillip. Four months without anything to tell me that you were alive. Four months I was alone!" I cried, letting some tears roll down my face as I clawed a hand through my hair. "Everybody was looking at me with looks of pity Phillip! They all thought I had gone mental because I didn't leave for hours for 10 weeks after you went missing! I searched for two weeks Phillip! Hoping to find you somewhere, and you were nowhere!" My voice broke on the last part. I swallowed the lump in my throat, "And what were you doing in Chicago for 4 months?" 

"Various jobs, mainly teaching at a little school. You would love it, it has..." Phillip begun, before I cut him off again. 

"No, Phillip. You can't just do that! Just dismiss the issue. I would of come with you, to Chicago to anywhere as long as I was with you." I stated, pushing my hair back again. 

"You would of been in danger of being hurt. It was too risky." He tried to reason with me, but I was just soo upset I didn't want to listen to it. 

"I'm always in danger Phillip! Whether it be walking on a tight rope or going to find your sister or even walking across the road. I'm always in danger, so are you and so it everyone else. I never minded the risk, because we always did it together".  I turned my back on him to try to calm my self down.

"What about you then?" He questioned, causing me to spin around. 

"What about me?" 

"You went in search of Hannah alone last year. Left me, twice, because it was too dangerous". 

"That was different Phillip. You know that." 

"No it wasn't Lizzy. You left me because you thought you were doing the right thing." 

"Okay, I'm sorry about doing that but that does not justify you doing the same." I said

"Okay!" He replied.

"Okay!" I repeated, throwing my hands up in the air. I didn't even realize it but we had somehow managed to get like a foot apart.  I looked up at him, seeing him closely for a while.  The rain was heavy, to the point where my usually curly hair was now slick against my clothes. 

And then he kissed me. 

He kissed me and the world fell away, the rain just becoming faded. It was slow and soft, comforting in ways that words would never be. His hand rested below my ear as our breaths mingled. I ran my fingers around his neck pulling him closer until there was no space left between them and I could feel the beating of his heart against my chest.

There is something so heavenly about a kiss in the rain, a tender moment that just won't wait. It is that burst of love that is expressed, not caring if the water soaks through to chill the skin. It is a connection that shows the strength of the feeling, the mutual need. It is a rebellion against the elements. Nature can bring the rain but our inner sunshine comes through just the same.

We separated, and I couldn't help on smiling as my head rested on his shoulder. 

"Don't ever do that to me again Phillip Carlyle." I said, smiling. 

"Never again Lizzy Carlyle." He said, pulling me off his shoulder so he could look at me properly. " We are not leaving each other ever again okay?" 

I nodded. 

"Never again." I whispered as we begun to walk back to the house. 

A/N 

So starting next week I have my trial exams (my yearly exams). So the uploading schedule will be shifted slightly. 

Our heart will be updated on Thursday and Friday night on week one (20/8-26/8)  and week 2 (27/8- 2/9) will just be Friday, while Greatest Journey will be on Saturday nights. 

Thank you. Hope you all have a great day/night/day/week/whatever you want cause you all deserve it! 

Until next time. 

love, 

Maya