A Tale of two Towns

Chapter 1- Life as I knew it

     I wake up earlier than most days . Outside my window is a riot of colours . From dandelion yellows to butterscotch hues, from tangerine orange to fiery reds , the leaves of Fall were a delight to open my eyes to . Sunlight brightly shone in through the window panes and lit up a slant path of air on its way making the dust look like sparkles dancing in their own way. Just like magic. Fall has always been beautiful in our town . It painted the entire town of Mysticbrooke in a palette of gold . Gold...that puts a smile on my face as i look at the ring on my finger .

I can't believe Gavin asked me to marry him! Its all I ever wanted ! I loved him with all my heart and now we can finally have our forever . I close my eyes clenching the ring close to my heart....
My smile is soon replaced by thoughts.Thoughts I keep locked up...thoughts that trouble me to the very core...
             
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"You were with her Gavin...I saw you guys! And guess what  ....you're ..you're face was plastered to hers!..." I look at the floor too week to look at him

"No.. no.. babes no..its not like that !no no  I can explain..I um..I umm..she took advantage of me ...I was ..am drunk babes" His black leather jacket hung loosely over his shoulders and his stumbled gait told me he was more than a couple of beers down .

I was crying loud enough . People at the diner were starting to stare .
"Babe i lovee you.  Its on.. only you ." He  came close " Now what do you say to us getting ouuuut"..

"Shhhh sunshine ..tell me you love me.mme. Gavinnn ...Gavin Larson...larrrrson..The mayorrr's son. Only son"he kept babbling as I helped him out, barely being able to support his weight .

He was drunk . That part I believed . But can i ever unsee what I just saw and believe the man I loved? 

As I helped him into his car, my mind raced to other things...

Things like tonight have happened before. Such incidents where I found Gavin with other girls...its happened in highschool. But Gavin loves me . He tells me he loves me . And he tells me these girls try to break what we have by getting close to him . I don't blame them . He was Mystic High's football captain, the most popular jock . He's next in line to be the Mayor since his father is Mayor Larson .  His family had been one of  the most respected ones here in Mysticbrooke. And Gavin and I were together since high school. We went to prom together. Prom. Lilitth Rye tried to get her hands on him . Gavin told me how she tricked him to kiss her when i saw them together below the bleachers benches.
Sandra from middle high tried to be with him too. He had told me all about it .
"But of course I'm just yours . And you possibly cannot believe these bitches babes" He had told me then . And i believed him.

I believed him. I believed him because i loved him . I believed him because everytime i found him with someone he promised it wasnt his fault and a promise was too sacred to me to be broken.  Gavin would not break our promise right? Of course he wouldn't.

I believed he loved me because he came back to me . Sometimes after days of disappearing on me . Sometimes months of not going out with me...not asking me out. I thought he forgot me . But he always came back . And i was too much in love with him to not welcome him back with open arms .

Things went downhill last week. Aunt Mae came home before her shift ended at Joe's Steak house. 3 hrs earlier .

She was pacing the hall downstairs vigorously . Her face had darkened with the grief of a thought .

"Aunt Mae ...are you alright?" I asked

"Oh Rory...i didnt see you there" She was still pacing
She was so much absorbed in her own agony that she called me Rory . I hated being called the short form of my name . I liked being called Aurora.