Forbidden Love
Chapter 21
"A dose of reality"
After Valentine's Day, they had to get ready for the May Festival. It was decided at the last minute that there was going to be a play: "Pygmalion". Those who wanted to be in the play will have to spend a lot of time rehearsing, since there wasn't enough time until the Festival. Terry had the audition and he was s o good, he got the main role. He had caught the acting bug since he spent his summer with his mother and he wanted to be in the play to see if he was going to love it as much as he thought. He had studied the role pretty fast, he had a photographic memory. Candy was helping him with his role during weekends and he took advantage to spend less time with Elizabeth.
- But Terry, I can come, I won't bother you, I'm going to look at you study your role.
- I'm going to be rehearsing with Candy. You and her don't get along at all…
- I promise, I won't talk.
- You don't get along with Candy Lizzie…
- She could leave us alone. I'll rehearse with you…
- I've been rehearsing with Candy from the beginning and you know we don't have much time until the Festival. I won't have time to take care of you…
- I miss you Terry…
- I promise I'll come to see you, if I have time…
- Ok then…, said Lizzie angry, since you don't want me… I won't come!
- Don't be angry Lizzie; this role is very important for me, that's all. And there's a lot to learn…
- All right, said Lizzie with a softer voice, because she saw that Terry wasn't changing his mind, I'm going to wait for you to come and see me, even if your role is more important than me…
Terry didn't contradict her, because it was the truth. He was forced to be with her by his father, their relationship was already a lie, she was telling everybody that they had slept together, another lie… he wasn't going to lie by denying what she was saying, she only spoke the truth: his role was more important than her.
- I'll talk to you later, said Terry.
- I love you Terry …
- Good bye Lizzie, said Terry hanging up.
- You don't want to see Elizabeth?
Terry was startled and he turned around to look at is father.
- Are you eaves dropping now too, Your Grace?
- It's not nice to blow off your future fiancée…
- Dad…
- We had a deal Terry…
- I have to rehearse my role, dad. Elizabeth is going to distract me…
- And Candy is going to help you?
- To learn my lines dad. We don't have much time, I have to be ready for the May Festival…
- You're going to be in the play?
- Does that bother you?
- If it's preventing you from spending time with Elizabeth and more time with Candy…
- I didn't do it on purpose… Candy is helping me learn my lines…
- Elizabeth could do it…
- Dad…
- All she has to do is follow the text and see if you don't make mistakes…
- Dad, Elizabeth only has one thing in mind and helping me learn my lines is not one of them…
- You should do what she wants… it's good for a boy to get experience…
- Are you telling me to make love to her?
- I'm telling you that if she wants to wait, you can get experience elsewhere…
- Really? With women of easy virtue?
- There must be some girls your age who…
- Dad, would you like it if they talked about your daughter like that?
- My daughter is not the kind of girls who sleeps with boys…
- I'm glad you know that…
- But it wouldn't bother me if you get more experience…
- Dad! If you want to know, Elizabeth and I…
- Oh…oh! Well good for you son, were you her first?
- Dad! We are not having this conversation!
- Very well, you're on a good path…
The duke got out of the room leaving Terry alone. He hated lying, but it was the only way to end this conversation. If his father thought he was intimate with Elizabeth, he was going to stop harassing him to get experience elsewhere.
The duke went to his bedroom and he found Georgie brushing her hair.
- Are you ok, darling?
She didn't answer.
- Now what? Said the duke
- I heard you with Terry…
- Oh…
- I can't believe you're encouraging him to sleep with girls!
- Darling, boys have to get their experience somewhere…
- You're encouraging my son to make love! He's just a teenager!
- Georgie, calm down…
- What if Elizabeth gets pregnant?
- Well, since he has to marry her…
- Oh my God! Richard!
- Listen Georgie, a boy…
- Your father encouraged you like that?
- No, I was foundling the maids and…
- Spare me the details!
- Darling, calm down… I wished my father had told me about it, that why I'm talking about it with my son…
- You shouldn't encourage him… Teenagers nowadays do whatever they want everything that's forbidden in fact… Terry doesn't need you to encourage him… But you know it could backfire… since he's got your blessing, it's not forbidden anymore, thus it's less appealing…
- He would be less tempted to do it? Maybe or maybe not… I was young too… I'm sorry if I upset you… I want my son to be able to…
- I don't agree with you… but apology accepted…
He took her in his arms. They never let the sun set on their anger…
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Terry and Candy were in one of the living rooms repeating his role.
- You know everything Terry; I don't see why you're worried…
- You think I'm ready?
- You're going to be the best, you'll see.
- Coming from you…
- You think I'm flattering you? You know me better than that, don't you?
- I don't know, maybe you want me to think you're a nice girl…
- Oh? I'm not usually nice?
- I don't know… lately all we've done is learn my lines and nothing else…
- I thought this role was important for you?
- But not more important than you, said Terry approaching her to take her in his arms…
Candy pushed him away.
- Not here Terry, I don't want to take any risks, she whispered.
- Everybody is asleep…
- Terry…
- All right…
- I'm going to go to bed; you know your role by heart. You're going to be able to spend time with Elizabeth…
- Marie, you know that I pretend not to know my lines to spend time with you right?
- You're not going to tell her you know your role?
- No. For once, I have the opportunity to spend time with you…
Candy looked at him and her heart got filled with love. She loved him so much! She jumped to his neck. And he held her strong against him, laughing. They kissed for a moment and then they went to bed. Candy and Terry had found a way to spend time alone together… Elizabeth was feeling neglected… so was Archie.
- You want to come to the cinema with me this weekend? Asked Archie, we could go horse riding after…
- Sorry Archie, I have to rehearse with Terry for his role…
- Again? But he's not a little boy! Can't he do without you for one afternoon?
- Listen, he only had the weekends to learn his lines. During the week, we're at school… and please, don't get upset… after the May Festival, we'll have all the time in the world…
- The exams…
- I promise, I'll make it up to you…
- You're going to make love to me?
- Archie…
- It would be a way to make it up to me…
- You'll have to find another way, because my legs are staying closes…
Archie didn't reply. Candy sounded to strict and so cold saying that.
- Call me when you're done talking care of your little brother!
And he hung up the phone. Candy looked at the phone. How long is she going to take this sham of a relationship? She turned off her phone, because she knew Archie was probably going to try to call her back when he gets remorseful. Terry looked at her smiling.
- You're going to be forced to be nice with him…
- Nothing out of the ordinary…
- I love it when you dump your dandy for me…
- No kidding… but I don't like doing that to him anymore; I so wish I could tell him the truth…
- But you can't… and you know it.
- I know… I like spending time with you…
- You're a very good Eliza; you should've auditioned for the role…
- To pay the role of Eliza Doolittle? No thanks! I don't want to be called like the witch, even to be on stage with you!
- Ok…
- To tell you the truth, I wouldn't want our love to be seen on stage.
- You're right, said Terry smiling…
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Elizabeth called Archie…
- Hi! Are you with your girlfriend?
- In fact, no. She's with your boyfriend…
- Of course. Those damn theatre repetitions! Can't you invite her or something?
- I tried, believe me… she has to take care of her little brother…
- You should bed her. What are you waiting for?
- Who says I wasn't bedding her already?
Elizabeth jumped on the occasion; Candy the slut?! Wonderful!
- That's good; at least sure she's not in Terry's bed, that's my place!
- He's her brother…
- If you really believed that, you wouldn't be talking to me now…
- I trust Candy…
- Whatever! But make her sorry for refusing to be with you because of Terry…
- You know, ever since our first meeting, Terry always came first. It's not today that it's going to change…
- What do you mean?
- It was their parents wedding… She was calling him her "husband"… I danced with her to make her "husband' jealous…
- "Husband"?
- You see, in Candy's head, when her parents got married, they were saying they got married to be a family, but for Candy, she was married to Terry…
- What an idiot!
- I think it's kind of cute…
- Really? If that's what she has in mind, she's still thinking about him as her husband… she doesn't talk about it simply because it's completely disgusting… Oh my God! This is worst than I thought! That little twerp is not going to steal my Terry! Continue banging her! Maybe she'll get pregnant and you'll have to marry her right away…
The memories of their first meeting had completely discouraged him, unfortunately. Candy, since their first meeting, loved Terry. In her little heart of little girl, she called him "her husband", he had dances with her to make her "husband" jealous… He thought it was funny when they were little, but now that he thought about it… That's what Candy wanted back then… and judging by her protective attitude towards Terry, that's what she wanted now. She had made a scene to Elizabeth when Terry was sick, a few months ago… He didn't want to think too much. Candy was helping Terry learn his lines, full stop. Nothing else was happening… He continued telling himself that and he was hoping that he would end up convincing himself. He continued his conversation with Elizabeth, praying that Candy and Terry only had a "brotherly" relationship.
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Candy and Terry were kissing in one of the living rooms isolated in the very big castle of the Grandchesters. Elizabeth and Archie were very far from their thoughts…