"And because of that, I can't love you."

Tancred's storm that night rained that line. He'd held off the rain until he knew Emma's plain was out of the country, at least, then let it rip, releasing it like whole ocean's where coming down at one time. Streets were flooding horribly.

His parents tried to talk to him through the door, but he did not listen, could not respond. He only sat on his mattress of his surprisingly calm room with his head pressed into it and tears, yes, tears, flowing from his eyes.

"And because of that, I can't love you."

But she did anyways. She loved Tancred with all her heart and soul and being, but couldn't put the pain of them of being such a long distance away. It tore her to shreds thinking about Tancred's face when she'd told him. He looked like a statue, still and lifeless. She couldn't take it, so she ran past him and to her home, where Julia and Paton were waiting. (A/N: Paton's going with them. I decided this because Ms. Jenni N. brought up a good point. We can't separate Julia and Paton! So it's turning out like this)

The cab was just pulling up as she arrived. Her aunt and soon-to-be husband began loading their luggage into the cab. Everything else was getting sent to them at a later date.

The plane ride took a long time, but Emma didn't notice. She couldn't get Tancred off her mind. He was the only one she'd told about her sudden departure of the country. She hadn't even told Olivia or Jamie. What she couldn't believe was that everything had happened just the way she'd always hoped, but she'd just let it slip through her fingers. Tancred loved her. That was her biggest dream, for him to realize that. But now that he had, it only seemed like it was a nightmare, torturing her ruined spirit and cursing her.

Love.

I love Tancred Torsson.

She said this to herself as the plane rode through the sky. She'd done this many times before, but knowing how he felt about her in return made the words fit and completed Emma. They were the piece to the puzzle she'd always been missing.

The plane landed in an airport just outside of a city in Michigan (A/N: had to put my home state in there XD). Julia was moving her bookstore here and had rented out a building to do this, with a little apartment up on top, much like the one back where they'd lived before. Stepping inside, Emma thought it looked much like the one back there, too.

It was now Thursday. On Monday, Emma would start at the Fletcher School for the Fine Arts. Much like Bloor's, it took in endowed students. From what Emma was told by Paton, who had done much research on the school, there were only five other endowed, most of them Emma's age, maybe a year older or younger. All were on the same side, no fights between them. No drama to ensue.

Today was Thursday.

Yesterday was Wednesday.

On Wednesday Tancred had told her he loved her.

On Wednesday, she'd told him she couldn't love him back.

It took until Thursday for Emma to realize what she'd done.

It would take a lifetime to get over this decision.

"And because of that, I can't love you anymore"

It rung in their heads simultaneously for days as they sulked in their beds, ignoring the knocks on their doors and worries from their friends. They would come to on Monday, each deciding to pretend nothing had ever happened.

Sorry it's such a short chapter. it's just like a filler so you can see what's to come. Next is Monday and with Emma i have put in a twist you will either hate me for or think is utterly ridiculous considering I've used it in this story already haha... can you guess what it is?

And I put in my home state but I'm not naming a city, following Jenni Nimmo and how she didn't name her city in the charlie bone books.. i wouldn't be able to think of a name, anyways. I definitely wouldn't want to use my city. that would be insane.

Okay, so on a completely different note, i just put up a poll on my profile for my writing purposes when it comes to my original writing. It's asking what sort of stories/ genres you are interested in. If you can't reach the poll/want to tell me what you like that's not on the poll/ like something very specific, tell me in a review please.

So on that note
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