Hey there! Let me start by saying that I've been writing and rewriting a bunch of GrayxClaire stories for a couple years now, but I never got the chance to publish any (or finish any, at that.) But today I will be publishing the first two chapters (the only two I have written at the moment) and I am happy to say that I will be committing to this story 100%! So, it will be a relatively long, multi-chapter story. I hope to get some reviews to see the response! Thanks in advance, lovely people.
PROLOGUE
"I'm leaving." she whispers. Her bright blue eyes gaze into his stormy ones, searching for some unspoken emotion. She grips on to the handle of her suitcase anxiously.
Tell me to stay.
She wishes with all her might, but after an eternity of silence she accepts that this is the last straw.
He maintains his silence. She can detect no emotion on his face, as he looks at her with a blank expression. She swallows the lump emerging from her throat at the sight of his indifference and fights back her tears with rapid blinks. She nods with understanding.
He doesn't care.
His brain is screaming at him, insisting that he say something, anything. Anything that would change her mind. But his lips remain sealed. After all, what can he really say? What words can escape his lips to convince a girl as stubborn as Claire to change her mind? Gray stands there, helplessness weighing down in his stomach.
Her eyes threaten to flood and so she closes her eyes and leans in, ever so hesitant, planting a final kiss on his handsome face.
Will I ever see this face again?
She takes a step back without stealing another look at him. Then she picks up her bags and steps into her brother's small car. Slumping into the backseat, she breaks. Uncontrollably, she erupts into a million broken sobs.
The car steers farther and farther away from the entrance of Mineral Town where Gray is standing hopelessly. Every nerve in his body is urging him to chase after her, yet no bone in his body will allow him to move. He's paralyzed. A bitter wind snaps at his skin and his chest is flooded with an overwhelming unease and confusion. He realizes that he may never see her again.
He should be jumping with joy but somehow, he's never felt more pathetic.
Goodbye, Gray. It'll be as if I never existed.
AN: The prologue is written in third person but the rest of the story will be told in Gray's perspective. Thanks for reading! Please review if you like the story! It'll motivate me to write ^^