Apparently I am not 100 done with Violette and Grayson yet.
This is not an epilogue, like I said I don't think I can go further with their story. But that doesn't mean I can't backtrack. What do I mean?
Some of you may remember that when I started this story I was unsure what path to go down, and I wrote a side-story type of thing that helped me develop the story. Well it was a general outline of Grayson's story. I decided to type it up and post it on here for you guys, thinking some of you may want to read it.
So here is my very first post of a story out-take. The original side-story/original love story or Grayson and Violette! The ages are off, because I wasn't sure how old to make them by this point.
Grayson knew Violette when he was young. The two grew up together on neighboring farms. Grayson was older than her by four years.
When he was twenty and she was sixteen they feel in love with each other. That week Grayson's uncle died and was sent to go help his family in another state. Before parting they vow to wait for each other.
Nearly five years pass before Grayson can return. They sent letters to each other every week at first, then over time every month. Upon his return he has not heard from Violette in four months. This does not weaken his love.
He intends on going to straight to her father to ask for his permission to propose if she'll have him. Her father gladly gives his consent, and her whole family is thrilled.
It is a week before Christmas when this all happens, and it has been cold and snowing. Violette is in the fields with her younger sister playing in the snow. The snow is lightly falling under the afternoon clouds.
As Grayson comes to the top of the hill to the field he can see Violette twirling in the snow while her younger sister giggles. Grayson feels as through he can not breath, she is the move beautiful thing alive. Her wavy light hair is freely spinning in the air as while flakes fall onto her beautiful upturned face.
When he approaches she laughs loudly and falls to the snow, not noticing Grayson. Her younger sister, at thirteen squeals excitedly upon seeing Grayso9n and runs to him. Violette turns slowly to see Grayson hugging her sister. She forgets the past five years, all she knows is how much she loves the man before her, and hopes he still feels the same.
They go on a walk, leaving her sister to head back home. When they are on a path in the woods Grayson pulls her into his arms. He declares his love, tells her how much he has missed her day upon day, and now she is more beautiful than ever. She does the same, confessing how she cried for him to return, and never wants to be apart again.
Grayson proposes and gives Violette the ring he had been saving for since the week he had left. She cries and they shared a passionate kiss before heading back to tell their families.
Two weeks later they have been inseparable and are to be married the following week. In the meantime a wealthy man and his wife have moved to the small town. They are in their forties, but because of their absolute beauty appear much younger. Being very charming the town has become very smitten, and they have taken a special liking to the newly engaged couple.
It is five days before the wedding, they are walking by the lake when a strong wind picks up, blowing Violette's hat onto the frozen lake. Grayson laughs and runs onto the ice to retrieve it. Violette yells to be careful, that it does not look solid. Grayson doesn't hear her over the now howling wind.
In a quick instant he reaches the middle of the lake and waves the hat smiling at his love before him, and then the ice cracks.
Before he knows what is happening he is submerged into the cold water that hits him like a thousand razors. Against the cold he fights to find the surface, but is met with a freezing wall.
Violette watches him fall and screams for help in terror. Not seeing another way she runs for the fractured ice and jumps in. Her heavy winter dress immediately
pulls her down and she somehow manages to slip from her coat. Fighting the cold shivers threatening to overtake her she opens her eyes to see a dark figure moving a short distance before her. She frantically reaches him, swallowing too much ice water she finds a strength beyond herself and pulls Grayson towards the whole she jumped through.
Grayson barely conscious breaks the surface with her gasping for air. He pulls himself out and reaches for Violette, to pull her out with him. Being much smaller with close to no body fat she is visibly shaking and turning a shade of blue. As he pulls her out, her body begins convulsing. He screams her name and her tired eyes barely can stay open, she is going into hypothermic shock and dying, Grayson can see it.
He begs her to stay, saying he can't exist without her. She whispers that she loves him and that they'll be together again before her eyes close and her chest stops moving. Grayson cries out holding her cold body to his weeping.
After an hour he moves her still body to the shore determined to follow his love. He jumps back into the cold water and waits to die. As he falls down to the bottom unconscious two strong arms grasp him and pull him up and through the ice. He is about to breath his last breaths when the cold turns to fire coursing through his veins. The pain lasted for what he thought was an eternity, he figured he had died and gone to hell for having sent his angel to her early death.
He was happy though that she was not here with him in this hell. In an uncertain amount of time the pain seemed to be lessening, and he focused on two familiar faces beside him. The new couple. As the pain was almost gone they told him of what was happening, what they were, and what he would be. As his heart was slowing to a stop they told him how everyone assumed him dead as well when they had found Violette. And then he cried his last tears as his last breath escaped in her name, and his heart stopped.
If you guys liked this and want more out-takes I wrote from Grayson's perspective during the story let me know, I have about two or three more I could post:)