*NOTE* I have decided on 2 possible endings. I won't tell which is happier or more depressing. But I want people to tell me. Do you guys want the real version or my version?
If nobody replies then I do a weird ending that explains nothing and leaves the story unfulfilled. So PLEASE REPLY AND TELL ME! *NOTE ENDED*
Chapter 7: Conversing with only mother
Edward left me many messages in the hay. I would always come and find them when I would tend the horses.
He would tell me about the priests and the nuns that taught him. He would tell me about the other orphans and their antics together. He would always write that he was sad that I could not join them.
I was also sad that I couldn't join them.
I was really beginning to like Edward. He was so nice and sweet. He was also very smart. He used big words sometimes and I didn't know what they meant. And I already knew that my eyes liked him.
He wrote me almost every day. I didn't write back though. It already felt like I was betraying mother.
I wanted to talk to him though. I wanted so many times to write back and tell him all about my day. I don't know how many times I picked up the pen and began writing, but I couldn't do it. I would crumple up the paper and make sure to hide it before mother saw it.
I hid all my letters in the stables, far away from mother's prying eyes.
I read the letters many times over, memorizing every lovely printed word. I loved that I was able to converse with him, even if it was from a distance. Talking to another person was refreshing. Not that I didn't love talking to mother, but she didn't usually say much.
Then one day it changed
I skipped to the stable.
I was smiling as I fed and brushed the horses. I wanted to wait to read the letter so I could work myself up. I talked to Alice animatedly "I wonder what he did today. I bet he played with Emmett. I like him. He sounds like a lot of fun."
Alice neighed back and tossed her head at me.
I smiled widely. Even without words Alice was able to support me. She was the best friend anyone like me could ask for.
After talking to Alice some more I was finally ready to read Edward's letter.
I combed my fingers through my hair, prepping it. I knew it was a silly practice but it made me feel closer to him in a way, like he was watching me do this.
If only he could be here. I would talk to him for hours about what he did during the day and I would tell him about Alice and how special she was to me. Maybe he would introduce me to Emmett. I so wanted to meet him. But then mother would find us and something would happen and Edward would go away and I would never see him again. Then it would be me and mother, alone again.
Did I really want that anymore?
I shuffled through the hay. He didn't usually bury the letter very deep, he tried to make it easy for me to find. The hay scraped my skin in a bittersweet pain. I clutched at the spot where the letter usually was.
There was nothing
I felt my heart stop in my chest, then it picked up again double time. I shifted and pulled the hay. He must have just buried the letter deeper. Right!
I started to desperately claw at the hay. The hay dug into my fingernails and hot tears tracked down my face. I don't know why I was having this violent of a reaction to this but I was.
I finally stopped. My head was spinning and my fingernails were bleeding. My chest was rising and falling rapidly as my breaths ripped from me.
I lept up. I knew what I had to do now.
I ran back to my room, ignoring everybody who tried to talk to me. Not that many people wanted to talk to the Devil's daughter.
I slammed the door to my room behind me. I sat down at my tiny desk and started writing…
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I brushed Alice down with shaking hands.
What if he didn't get my letter? What if he was done talking to me?
More and more what if's clouded my mind but I pushed them away as I finally faced the hay. I was almost too scared to move forward. I took many deep breaths to prepare myself. I clenched my fists and then dove in.
There was a letter!
I frantically ripped it open and poured over the lovely scripted words.
I am sorry I wasn't able to write you yesterday. I couldn't get away from our teachers long enough to leave it. But I guess a good thing came out of it. Thank you for finally writing to me. I had so longed to read what you thought for a while now.
Alice sounds wonderful. She must be quite a horse for you to talk so much about her. And you're mother seems…attentive.
I'm sorry that you cannot go outside. It's a wonderful place outside… well not with the war going on right now but it still has some nice things.
For now, I'll put my letters in their usual place and I will continue writing to you. I'll put my letter here tomorrow, and the day after that and the day after that.
Since you can't see the world…I'll tell you what happens.
Edward
I clutched the letter to my chest and closed my eyes. I think I was really falling for him…
There we go! It's been a while I know, and I'm sorry.
And I also know that I really need to beef up my chapters. These things are really small. But trust me when I say I am totally expanding on the game's story.
ALSO TELL ME WHAT ENDING YOU WANT THE STORY TO HAVE!
