Miranda's POV:
We walked for days trying to get to sexton. We saw a few trucks and the drivers tried to pick me and Syl up each time. We knew what they wanted and we weren't stupid enough to go with them. Alex was sure to keep me close to him as every truck passed by though just invade. Finally we saw it. The sexton sage town. Everyone stopped and Jon was the first to speak.
"We finally made it!" He exclaimed. It's been a while since I've seen everyone so excited but me and Alex weren't as excited as they were. We knew there was no chance that we would be let in but we still kept up the charade. Alex even pulled me into him and kissed me. We stayed like that fore a good five minutes with no interruptions because Matt and Syl were doing the same. We were all yelling and laughing before we calmed down and walked to the heavily guarded entrance of sexton. Matt was the one to speak.
"Excuse me sir. Is this sexton university?" He asked although he knew the answer.
"It is. But no outsiders come in unless they are workers from white nor or they have a pass. You don't look like you have either." He spat.
"But we do sir." Matt said handing him the three passes.
"Okay so you have three passes. But unless I'm seeing things I see five of you. Now who do I let in?"
"Well we have decided that in will be my brother, my wife, and I going in." Matt said while grabbing Jon and Syl's hands.
"Ok then come on in my friend here will show you where to go." And with that they were inside while me and Alex were on the outside. We were about to leave when the guard spoke again. But this time he was kinder.
"There's a town called white birch about ten miles up the road. You can find a place to stay and a way to earn food there." He said while pointing.
"Thank you sir." I said kindly and we were walking off again. This was actually the first time we were ever separated from those three. I hope we will all be ok.
Alex's POV:
We were sent off to walk again. Me and Miranda finally let the sadness we felt show. It we getting dark so we both decided to camp near the road for the night. She laid next to me with her head on my chest. She let out a long sigh and I could tell something was wrong.
"Are you okay Miranda?" I asked her quietly.
"Yeah I'm just thinking," she sat up and looked at me," what's goon to happen to us Alex?" I really didn't know how to answer that. I hadn't thought that far ahead I just wanted to get to the town.
"Well I can honestly say that I don't know. But I do know that we are going to get married and live the best life we can in this world." I said trying to make her stop worrying. I think I succeeded because she smiled at me.
"How do you always know just what to say?" She said still smiling.
"Because I know what makes my fiancé happy." I told her with a smile on my face as well. With that she kissed me and we fell asleep in each other's arm again.
~the next day~
Alex's POV:
We finally made it to the town. You could tell it was a dump compared to sexton but it's our new home. I looked down at Miranda. We were walking close to each other with my arm around her shoulder. She was smiling knowing that we could actually stay here for awhile.
"You ready?" I asked her.
"As ready as I'll ever be. Are you?"
"As long as I'm with you I will always be ready." I told her with both of us smiling. She have me a quick peck on the lips and we walked into town.
We found our way to town hall and were asked a series of questions to gain entry to the town and to get jobs.
"What are your names?"
"I am Alex Morales and she is Miranda Evans." I answered for both of us.
"How old are you?"
"I am eighteen but will be nineteen in three days. She is seventeen and will be eighteen in May."
"Ok I will just put you down as nineteen since your birthday is so close. So are you two planning on getting married or are you just friends?"
"We would like to get married but is there a church we could go to to do it?"
"Sir the world may be grey but we will always have churches to go to. Do you want to get married today or would you like to wait until she is eighteen?" I looked to Miranda for an answer to that. I didn't know if she was truly ready to be my wife. She looked up at me to and just smiled. I knew that was the yes I was looking for. So I answered for us.
"Yes we would like to get married today." I answered happily. The man just smiled.
"Alright let me get you your job details and get your marriage license ready. Then I will show you to your new home. Your job details will have everything you need to know to get to work tomorrow. I'm sorry but no honey moon for you two love birds. I will just need about five minutes." So me and Miranda went to sit down and wait for our new lives to start. Together. He actually do only take five minutes and after a lot of paperwork. With Miranda's last name already being changed on them. We were off to the church.
We walked in to see a few people praying and the pastor coming up to us with a huge smile on his face. Miranda was practically jumping for joy.
"Well do we have some new members for our congregation here?" The priest asked. Something seemed familiar about him but I couldn't put my finger on it. I think he had the same feeling because he was staring at me like he knew me.
"I'm father Mulrooney it's very nice to meet you." He said while reaching his hand out for us to shake. Miranda did with a smile and when he reached out to me I shook his hand but added a question.
"Excuse me if I'm rude, but you wouldn't happen to have taught at St. Vincent De Paul's in New York would you?"
"Actually I did teach there. How did you know?" He looked puzzled.
"I'm going to have to ask one more question before I answer yours. Do you remember a student named Alex Morales?" Father Mulrooney brightened up at that comment.
"Why yes I did Alex now will you please stop asking questions and give me a hug?" With that I did as I was told and hugged the man. I wasn't expecting to ever see him again I'm so happy! He released me from our hug and looked at me.
"Wow Alex you've grown so much. Excuse me for asking though but where is Julie?" I stopped smiling but kept my composure.
"She passed away." I said sadly.
"Oh I'm sorry son. My condolences."
"No apologies are needed sir. At least she is in a better place." I tried to say that happily but Miranda could tell I was sad. She grabbed my hand and I looked down at her. She smiled with the smile that reminded me that everything would be okay.
"Well who is this beautiful young lady?" Father Mulrooney brightened up when he looked over to Miranda and she chimed in.
"I'm Miranda. It's nice to finally meet you I've heard do much." She smiled at him.
"The pleasure is all mine." That's when he pulled her in for a hug as well.
"Well now that all the intro introductions are done. These two actually came here so you could bless their marriage father." I practically forgot that guy was here. But Father Mulrooney looked at him and he looked even happier than before.
"Well Alex I must say. Congratulations to the both of you. Now if you will just follow me." He motioned us to the front of the church. That's when he positioned us in front of him and grabbed his bible to read from. I can't believe it I'm actually getting married.
"Now I am going to keep this short because curfew is in a half an hour. Alex do you take Miranda to be your lawfully wedded wife. To love and to cherish till death do you part?"
"I do."
"Alright then. Miranda do you take Alex to be your lawfully wedded husband. To love and to cherish till death do you part?"
"I do." She squealed. I guess she couldn't really believe it either.
"Okay. With the power invested in me by The Lord and the town of White Birch I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride!" He told us. And I don't hesitate. I pulled Miranda close to me and did just what he said. We were now a couple and I wasn't going to let anything happen to her.
After that we were shown to our new house. It was a one bedroom apartment really but it was our new home. Together. We didn't have much so it didn't take long to unpack. Thank god Matt said to leave us the rest of the food because it turns out everyone gets paid on Fridays which is today. But since we just got here and everything is scarce we haven't earned anything and have to wait till next week. They didn't even give us anything to live off of either so Matt really saved our butts. We actually had just enough to make it till Friday but me and Miranda both agreed to make it last a little longer though just in case. I wonder if it's this hard for Matt and them. But all I care about is my beautiful new wife. We could do whatever we wanted now.
"So Alex what do you want to do?" She questioned running her fingers along my chest.
"I don't know but I think you have an idea huh?" Her smile only widened and she grabbed me by the collar of my shirt.
"Only if you say your ready." She said with a seductive tone.
"Definitely." The time we spent together after that was by far the best time of my life. We were now each other's and I definitely wasn't letting her go now. We were both happy now. We just had to get used to our new lives here. On Monday she would begin working as a live in assistant. Meaning I would only get to see her on weekends. And I would be a bus driver. I hope she gets a nice family to work for. And I hope the people who ride the bus I drive aren't jerks. At least we had fun tonight.