Thanks for waiting for Chapter 1, everyone! And a big thanks to everyone who reviewed, your support helps me to improve on my writing, (Especially Awesome Rapidash, thanks for the suggestions!)
Well, I won't ramble, so here's the next part!
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Chapter 1: The Pain of Love.
Muffy closed the door; Griffin was serving Nami, Kassey and Patrick, talking to them. He looked up as Muffy entered.
"Muffy! How was dinner's round Jack and Celia's?"
"It was lovely, thank you, Griffin. Need any help?" She asked him.
"No, it's alright. Go upstairs and have a rest, they'll be leaving in half an hour anyway." Griffin replied.
"Thank you." Muffy waved at the three customers as she walked through the door to her room, the three smiled at her as she waved.
"It's good to see Muffy back on her feet." Kassey spoke.
"Yeah…she was so gloomy for a month, now she's so happy after the past two." Patrick replied as he sipped a Blue Moon.
"I wonder what happened…" Nami added as she chugged down a glass of MooMoo Milk.
Upstairs in Muffy's room, she was pacing around, deep in thought.
"I've waited two months for this plan to set in motion…and if they've invited me over for dinner, I think I can finally take the next step." Muffy thought.
"I think Celia needs to see a bit of reality…she won't be getting a happily ever after…at least, now while she's with Jackie."
She froze. Muffy had just said Jack's nickname that she had called him. She sat down on the bed and a tear dropped as she remembered the darkest day of her life…
It was spring, April, when Muffy had told Jack to meet up with her at the north spring of the valley. He had come...and Muffy had something for him.
Muffy was by the river when Jack came, she held the gift she had ready for him…
"Jackie!" She waved to him as he came over, she hadn't realized at that time, but Jack had a difficult thing to do
"Muffy…" Jack began.
"Oh Jackie! I'm so glad you came!" Muffy smiled as he stepped in front of her.
"What's all this about?" He asked her.
"You see…Jackie…no, Jack…I'm sorry, I need to be serious about this…"
Jack looked puzzled as Muffy turned her head to look at the river, as blue as a sapphire, when she turned back to him.
"Jack…I need to tell you…I'm crazy about you…more then in love with you…with you, I feel like I can never be sad…"
"Where are you going with this, Muffy?" Jack asked.
"Jack, please…"
Muffy held out a ring with a ruby encrusted into it.
"Jack…will you marry me?"
Jack suddenly had a look of shock on him as Muffy blushed red, looking at him.
"Oh, please say yes…" She thought, it was like begging.
"Muffy…I can't marry you."
Muffy suddenly looked surprised.
"I-If you're not ready…I can wait…"
"No…I'm not in love with you…I've been hiding my true affections for someone else…"
"W-who?!?" Muffy demanded.
There was a tense silence as the sun on them was covered in grey clouds, a brisk wind started to blow around them.
"…Celia." Jack spoke at last.
"Celia?" Muffy nearly yelled, she was angry and upset. How could Jack have kept her thinking she had loved him all this time?
"Yes…she's so wonderful…and we…we've accepted that we love each other…I went to her house…and…"
"You didn't kiss." Muffy demanded.
Jack tilted his head to not look at her in the eyes. Then, he slowly nodded.
"No…" Muffy's eyes began to water.
"Muffy…we can still be friends…"
"NO!" Muffy suddenly slapped Jack and ran down the road leading to the valley, but she didn't stop. The clouds suddenly shook with thunder and lighting, it suddenly began to rain.
Muffy didn't stop till she was at the beach. She fell to her knees and cried, her head in her hands.
"This…this can't be true! I want…I want to die! Jack was my only reason for living!" She thought desperately. She stayed there, crying until the rain had stopped…
Muffy was brought back to the present, that had been four months ago, it was now August. A month later, Celia and Jack had got married. Those two moments had left a scar in her heart which she was sure would never heal…
Muffy got up and opened her bedside cabinet. The ruby ring was still there, dust over it. She picked it up and examined it.
"I'll keep this…for when Jack is mine. Now, I'll make it happen." She said evilly.
She pulled out a piece of white paper and a pen…and she began to write.
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Aw! Poor Muffy! Didn't that just give you a tear? Well, maybe not, but now I hope you have a good idea of how much it affects Muffy and she will stop at nothing to split Celia and Jack up…
Again, thanks for reading, I appreciate reviews and stay tuned to Chapter 2!
