• Chapter 1: Those horrid letters...Chapter 1: Those horrid letters...

    “No, mom for the hundredth time I don’t need a ride to school, I’ll walk.” I said as I walked out the door. I swung my back pack over my right shoulder and began to march to school.
    My name is Elizabeth Miller, I am 14 years old and go to Eastwood Highschool. Now there isn’t much that is special about me really. I am really short 4 foot 11 to be exact. I have dirty long blond hair and blue eyes. My face has a couple of freckles and that is about it. I have been a freshman for about two weeks now and so far so good. I am an average student, I get b’s and c’s and there isn’t much to me, just another face in the crowd. My boyfriend on the other hand is a lot more unique than myself.
    His Name Is Orpheus Brise. He is almost 6 foot and is probably the sweetest guy you could meet. He is one of the guys that was not so pretty then turn to a hunk. He has short black hair and green eyes. The only thing that is a little weird with him is that his face is full of scars and scratches. We have been together for three years today.
    I am so exited to see him, he is always so romantic. For my 13 birthday he got me 130 red roses! It cost him all his saving but he told me that it was for a special occasion!
    I am now about 30 feet from the entrance of the school and my head is up in the clouds when I bump into someone. “Oops, I am sorry.” I say to him.
    “No need to apologize little one, and by the way, happy anniversary. Doesn’t even seem like 3 years does it? I Love you so much.” Orpheus said with a soft voice as he kissed my forehead. He does that a lot and I love him for that. He also calls me little one, not because I am short just because his mind works more like an adult than a 15 year old kid.
    The first time I said ‘I Love You’ was a complete accident, we were alone together and I was listening to music singing along. Well he went out to get us some drinks and I was still singing along and said ‘I love you’ and well here we are now.
    I snuggle up to his chest for that is only as far as I can reach and say, “Happy anniversary cute one.” I get on my tip toes and kiss him softly. A loud bell rings. Time for first period.
    I bite my lip and skip off to my class trying not to be late, again. The class seems to drag by, I have never really liked English, it was my worst subject and it as just SO boring. I stare out the window watching to bird nuzzle each other, and I smile, thinking that those birds are Orpheus and I. The bell rings again, second period here I come!
    I don’t mind Geography to much, I like how the earth was formed and shaped, its is interesting to me. I try my best even though the teacher could be a little nicer to me and some of the other students. I finish my work early and began to doodle, making little hearts and stars and such, nothing important. Bell rings for the third time. Food break.
    Orpheus of course has work to do, I see him writing as I head over to our table. Now, our school is really big. I think the last count was like 2,600 students and it is hard to get a table but Orpheus looks scary enough to always find one that our friends can all share. He is talking to his best friend Mitchell as he is finishing his work.
    Now, I don’t mind Mitchell at all he is nice also, he is really quiet and only talks to certain people. He is 6 foot 3 inches and is always asked to join the basketball team even though he sucks at basketball. He has brown hair and eyes with his face covered in acne. He wears glasses and if he could he would spend all his time on the game systems of computer, for he is a master computer geek.
    I sit down next to Orpheus and rest my head on his shoulder. He wraps his arm around me, he is always so warm and so odd though. I look what he is doing and of course it is some designs for Jewelry. He wants to be Jeweler when he grows up and he is not half bad. He reaches into his pocket and brings out a small box.
    He stands up and goes behind me and wraps his arms around my neck. I look to see what he is doing and he is setting a beautiful Pyrope Garnet necklace encased with gold. I look at him in shock, the design is a rose and it is beautiful.
    “Orpheus it’s beautiful..” I look at him in shock, he has never made anything for me, he always said that he would give me something when it meant something very important. FRICK- the bell rang. I look down in disappointment. “I want to try something at lunch ok.” I say with a wink, I collect my bags and skip off to my next class.
    P.E. is hard, we always have to run which I hate so very much. I also hate dressing in front of the other girls, I am not so happy with my body, I don’t have much up top and I don’t have the curvy figure that ever guy wants. When I get to the track, of course I see Orpheus zipping through the course, he isn’t in my class but he has P.E. also, I love to watch him... I run with course now with a time of 10 minutes which isn’t that bad for a mile but still not perfect I am kinda out of shape, not fat just not full of muscle. I get dressed with my regular clothes and go to lunch.
    I eat quickly and go to the restroom and try to clean my face and put on some lip gloss. I hate putting on any makeup I think it’s pointless, but I want to look nice for Orpheus. He loves the taste of strawberry. I wait for him at our table, but for some odd reason he never shows up. The bell rings that lunch is over and I slug my way to class feeling sad.
    I fiddle with my necklace during class, tracing each curse, it was so sweet of him to make this for me. I start to wonder how in gods name did he do this though? I know you have to have tons of heat to melt gold and the jewel looks expensive. I do my Biology work and finish up the lab pretty quickly, I love biology and how the human body works. The bell rings for the last time and school is over, I sigh in relief. I walk outside and look for Orpheus.
    I spot him walking out of the boys restroom looking very pale, “Hey, are you ok? You don’t look so good?” I say to him as I feel his forehead which for some odd reason is ice cold.
    “Not really I feel horrible, I am sorry but, I think I am going to go home I don’t want to get you sick.” he said with a shiver as he hugged me goodbye and left. I watched him walk away. His whole body looked tensed and strained. I went home and finished my homework.
    “Hey honey how was your day? What’s that around your neck?” my mom said as I went into the kitchen for a snack. Our house isn’t that big and it’s just my mom and I, my dad died when I was 4 and she never re-married.
    “Good, and Orpheus made this for me. Mom he made this for me for our anniversary!” I put my hand under the rose shaped necklace to show more light to it. It was truly beautiful.
    “Wow, really? So, your home early, you usually stay a little later, and what did you get him?” she asked with a serious face.
    “Well, I was going to try something cute but he felt sick after school and went home.”
    “Honey I am sorry, and don’t be doing anything that you wouldn’t do in front of me ok? I don’t my daughter to be tongue wrestling with Orpheus.”
    Well she did get one thing right, I was planning on trying that out, I sw it in a magazine and thought it would be, well, hot. We are taking our relationship slow, we had our first kiss after a month of dating, and that’s about the farthest we’ve gone which is nice of him not to push me, wait till I was ready.
    “I know mom, I wasn’t thinking about doing that” I lied and left the room and slipped into my P.J.’s. I loved the feeling of silk on my legs, I hate wearing anything to girly but I love it -curse my mom and victoria secrete!- I drift off into slumber dreaming of Orpheus and I on a warm beach gazing at the sun as our lips embrace each other. I smile in my sleep.

    It has been two days since our anniversary and I am getting worried about him, I tried to call him but his mom said he was to sick to talk, I guess what was worse than I first thought... I walk to school again, I always dreaded when my mom drove me, she always wanted to talk about my love life. She scared me sometimes talking about inappropriate things that won’t happen for a VERY long time. I step over cracks like a little game, trying to avoid leaves sticks and such. I finally arrive at school.
    I look around and don’t see Orpheus anywhere sigh slowly and walk into the cafeteria for some breakfast. Mitchell spots me and starts walking up to me slowly. He has a serious face on but I don’t think much of it he has the same face on always anyways.
    “Hey Elizabeth, um, Orpheus was here this morning and he wanted me to give you this.” he said as he pulls out a long envelope with a wax stamp on the back with the letters O.B. on it, of course Orpheus Initials.
    “Um thanks I guess, he say anything else?” I ask trying to pry more information out of him.
    “No he gave me that and he left, don’t know why though, he’ll probably call me later though, well seeya.” he said then walked away.
    I cautiously opened the envelope and pulled out the letter, an aroma was coming off of it, it was a beautiful smell and I loved it. I unfolded the letter and began to read:

    My Dearest Elizabeth;
    I Love you so much just remember that. I have been accepted to Winston’s Boarding school, in Transylvania. I Must leave Immediately. This is hurting me more than you know, I Love you so much, and I would do anything for you. I want you to remember that I will return for you, even if it takes me a 100 years. I love you and goodbye for now.
    Your love forever,
    Orpheus Brise

    That was it, he was gone...forever, even though he said he will return I doubt it. My legs sank and tears began to stream down my face in pain. I began to sob and I dropped the letter in font of me as tears landed on it.
    “He...Is...Gone...Forever.” I muttered... My heart then shattered.... I hand him no longer....he...was...gone....