Thank you for all of the lovely reviews! I enjoyed reading them very much. I just want to let everyone know right now that there will be no Zach or Cammie in this story. That means no Zammie, but there is quite a bit of Gilliseph! (Gillian and Ioseph) I hope you enjoy this story!

That's right spies of the world, Gillian and Ioseph were best friends. Now you're asking yourself, 'How is this possible? Didn't Gillian kill Ioseph? How could she kill her best friend?' To find the answer, you must continue on through their lives' stories.

We skip ahead five years to 1849…

August 1849, Roseville, Virginia-

Seph waited at the usual spot for her. She had another date with that stupid Blackthorne boy. He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time: 7:33. She was 33 minutes late. Just then he heard some rustling from a nearby bush. This was followed by a very loud shout of, "BOO!"

Seph swerved out of the way and Gilly landed on the ground in front of him. She quickly got up and tackled him to the ground but he flipped over at the last second so that he was pressing her shoulders to the ground and he was on top of her. They stayed like that for a while, smiling into each other's faces. Then Seph said, "Looks like I win again."

Gilly pushed him off of her and said, "Shut up. Oh, and I'm sorry I was so late."

"That's okay," Seph said putting his arms around her waist. "I know how you can make it up to me." He smirked.

Gilly put her arms around his neck. "I'm sure you do," she said. Then Seph leaned down and kissed her. They kissed for over nine minutes before finally coming to a stop. Then Gilly looked at him sadly. "I have to tell you something."

Seph could see the sadness in her eyes and sat down next to Gilly. "What's wrong, Gills?"

She sighed. "You know how when girls turn 16 their supposed to start courting?"

Seph was confused. "Yes," he said slowly.

"And then when they're 17 they should be about ready to choose who they're going to marry."

"Gills, where are you going with this?"

She looked away. When she looked back there were tears in her eyes. "I want to marry you, Seph. But my parents won't let me. They say that it's improper for a girl with my blessings to throw it all away on a poor orphan boy. They don't understand."

Seph looked at Gilly and brushed her hair out of her face. "Gilly, you don't have to marry me. I can wait. As long as I have you, I don't care how long I have to wait."

Now tears were falling down her face. "No. They want me to marry Jonathon Blackthorne."

Seph froze. He hated that boy with all of his heart. His father had founded an exclusive school for young men somewhere in Georgia. Whenever Jonathon was on summer break, he would find as many ways as possible to keep Gilly away from Seph. Now he knew why. "Do you…want to?"

"God, no! Why would you even ask me that? He's a conceited prig!"

"Did he already ask you?"

"Yes. He asked today. I told him I'd think about it, but then my mother kept fighting me on the subject. That's why I was so late."

"Well, what do you want to do?"

Gilly thought. Then suddenly, she had an idea. "Do you remember 5 years ago, when I first brought you here, what I told you?"

"Yes. You told me that we should runaway together."

"Exactly! We can change our names and live faraway from here. Think about! You're 18 and I'm 17, so we can get jobs to pay for a house, and we could have a family! It would be perfect!"

"It would be perfect, but jobs aren't so easy to come by these days. And the ones that are don't pay very well."

Gilly thought. "Then let's just runaway together. It'll be just the two of us. No one to tell us no or where to go. (ALADDIN QUOTE!) We can do it." She took his hands in hers. "I know we can."

Seph looked at Gilly. "I don't know, Gills. It just seems like everyone is trying to keep us apart. Maybe it's best if we just let them had their way."

Gilly's face darkened. "You promised."

"What?"

"The night I brought you here you promised we would always be together. I won't let you break your promise."

Seph thought. "Fine, Gilly. I'll follow wherever you go. Like I said, as long as I have you, I'm happy."

Gilly smiled and kissed him again for a long time. When they were done, they sat together on the crest of the hill and watched the sun slowly disappear.

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