Myshuno 2014 - Entry #5
Prompt: "I don't want to be in love like the movies . . ."
Story: Arrendale Heights
Word Count: 426
Notes: This goes along with the same theme as #4. I wish I had combined those two on my card because I could have written them interchangeably. Also, highly spoilery. (You know, if I ever get beyond writing at a snail's pace ever again.)
"Maura, I'm so sorry. It's my fault."
"What how is it your fault? You had nothing to do with it."
"Not intentionally, but my parents never would have voted the way they did if they didn't want to keep me and Vince apart. If I hadn't sneaked around behind their backs, they wouldn't have wanted him gone."
Maura frowned. "I think they were wrong about forbidding you from dating him. I know they have their rules, but he's not what they think."
Judith sighed. "And the worst part is that we were never really dating. It was all an act that we cooked up. It was never for real."
"What?" Maura stared in absolute shock.
"I was helping him impress some girl he liked and he was . . . helping me fit in," she admitted with embarrassment. "I feel so bad about this. He's a good guy. It's just not fair that he should be sent away."
Maura frowned, still trying to wrap her mind around this ruse. "Why didn't you tell your parents the truth if it was all made up? Why were you so adamant about a relationship that wasn't even real?"
"It was the principle of the matter," Judith said stubbornly. "Why should they be so against me and Vince, but fine with you and Jeremy dating? Oh, they gave plenty of reasons, but most of it sounded like some stupid double-standard. It's not fair to me and they weren't being fair to Vince either."
Maura studied Judith carefully. "Are you sure, it wasn't because you were starting to develop feelings for my brother?"
"No, we've become friends, but that's all."
"Oh my gosh," Maura clapped her hands together and her face lit up with excitement. "This is just like in the movies. Two people pretend to be together, then just as fate pulls them apart, they realize that they've really fallen in love with each other after all. This is the part where you run to him and confess that you are really in love with him."
"No!" Judith said firmly as Maura practically swooned over the idea. "I'm not in love with Vince and besides, I don't want to be in love like the movies. That's just dumb."
"What do you want then?" Maura asked dumbfounded. "How could you not want a movie style romance? Doesn't everyone dream of being swept off their feet?"
"I don't know," Judith replied with a frown. "I'm not sure what I want, but I know that's not it . . . That's not me."
Story: Arrendale Heights
Word Count: 426
Notes: This goes along with the same theme as #4. I wish I had combined those two on my card because I could have written them interchangeably. Also, highly spoilery. (You know, if I ever get beyond writing at a snail's pace ever again.)
"Maura, I'm so sorry. It's my fault."
"What how is it your fault? You had nothing to do with it."
"Not intentionally, but my parents never would have voted the way they did if they didn't want to keep me and Vince apart. If I hadn't sneaked around behind their backs, they wouldn't have wanted him gone."
Maura frowned. "I think they were wrong about forbidding you from dating him. I know they have their rules, but he's not what they think."
Judith sighed. "And the worst part is that we were never really dating. It was all an act that we cooked up. It was never for real."
"What?" Maura stared in absolute shock.
"I was helping him impress some girl he liked and he was . . . helping me fit in," she admitted with embarrassment. "I feel so bad about this. He's a good guy. It's just not fair that he should be sent away."
Maura frowned, still trying to wrap her mind around this ruse. "Why didn't you tell your parents the truth if it was all made up? Why were you so adamant about a relationship that wasn't even real?"
"It was the principle of the matter," Judith said stubbornly. "Why should they be so against me and Vince, but fine with you and Jeremy dating? Oh, they gave plenty of reasons, but most of it sounded like some stupid double-standard. It's not fair to me and they weren't being fair to Vince either."
Maura studied Judith carefully. "Are you sure, it wasn't because you were starting to develop feelings for my brother?"
"No, we've become friends, but that's all."
"Oh my gosh," Maura clapped her hands together and her face lit up with excitement. "This is just like in the movies. Two people pretend to be together, then just as fate pulls them apart, they realize that they've really fallen in love with each other after all. This is the part where you run to him and confess that you are really in love with him."
"No!" Judith said firmly as Maura practically swooned over the idea. "I'm not in love with Vince and besides, I don't want to be in love like the movies. That's just dumb."
"What do you want then?" Maura asked dumbfounded. "How could you not want a movie style romance? Doesn't everyone dream of being swept off their feet?"
"I don't know," Judith replied with a frown. "I'm not sure what I want, but I know that's not it . . . That's not me."