The Search

Chapter 14

It's time. I must make this right. I will find Eli. I will fix this no matter what I have to do. It shouldn't be that hard.

I run around the town like a mad woman. I don't want to go to his house unless it's a last resort. His parents will laugh and hate.

There he is. Eli. Like a ghost of a dream.

"Eli!" I yelled. He kept walking. "Eli! Eli! Eli, please!"

He turns to face me. "Aira!" Eli's face ranges somewhere between anger, relief, and excitement.

"I have to talk to you," I tell him.

"What? You said it would be better for both of us if we stopped talking," Eli's voice has a venom in it. "Correct?"

"Yes, and I'm sorry for that. I want to take it all back," I apologize.

"It's a little late," he snorts.

"Eli, I was wrong. So very wrong. You know I was," I explain desperately.

Silence greets me.

"You can't be out of my life. I had a plan to give you a poem but that doesn't feel right. Nothing feels right without you. I need you back." I feel the words tear out of my chest. They were all true. Tear form in my eyes.

"Dry your tears, I cannot bear to see you cry." He steps closer. "I missed you. I thought you were gone but here you are. You're back. I gave up. I got engaged. I lost myself and am about to married. But somehow, you're back."

"I will work this out," I vow, steppiing right next to each other.

Eli chuckles lightly. "This really is a messed up system. No choice on whom you spend the rest of your life with. Just teenagers. No way out. One chance."

I nod to agree with him. "We will cheat the system. I swear we will." I grab his hand.

He looks shocked at this gesture. I'm kind of suprised. Aren't couples supposed to do this kind of stuff?

"I've got it!" Eli says. "We will get married as soon as possible."

WHAT?!