SN: Hi! Did ya miss me???? *looks around to see people looking at her weirdly* *crickets are heard in the background* Ahahaha....haaa...haa...okay...nevermind. I bet you guys didn't care whether or not I was gone or not..... Actually, I bet NO ONE is reading this right now. *shrugs* Oh well....I guess no one cares. Anyways....read on.
~Love Triangle: Chapter 7~
Key:
"- - -" dialogue
'- - -' thinking
_- - - _ italicized words
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(SN) Sapphie Notes
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Important Info: None today....cuz no one cares.
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Recap:
"Why, Endymion, why? Why didn't you tell me about your betrothal to my own cousin....Lindsey!!!"
Selenity said in between sobs. "Why did you have to hide this from me? Why did it have to be your
father who told me instead of you?? Endymion...why?" Selenity said as she wiped tears from her
eyes. "I guess I have no choice....our engagement is off."
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King Edmond strolled over to Endymion, who at the moment was being swallowed by a mob of
girls, after Selenity's sudden exit. He made his way through the huge group of girls surrounding
him. Finally, King Edmond made it to the middle and pulled Endymion away from the swarm of
girls.
"Oh god!! I thought I'd die in there!! I thought they'd eat me alive!!" Endymion said, trying to catch his breath.
King Edmond let out an unenthusiastic chuckle.
"Endymion. I thought I should tell you something." King Edmond said uneasily. He tried to mask
his nervousness.
"What is it, Father?" Endymion asked, still trying to breathe.
"Well, while I was dancing with Selenity, something came up." King Edmond paused a moment.
Endymion had finally caught his breath and looked at his father. "She seemed quite uneasy when I
mentioned that you were once betrothed to Princess Lindsey." Suddenly, Endymion held his breath,
as if someone held him at his neck.
"W-what??" Endymion blurted out.
"Well, after I mentioned that, she left. She said she needed to be excused. I thought that maybe...I should tell you. Maybe you should attend to her." King Edmond said, avoiding Endymion's eyes. He knew that he had done something wrong.
"Oh no! I have to find Selenity now!" Endymion said. Just when Endymion was about to go to find
Selenity, King Edmond grasped his arm. Endymion stopped and looked at his father.
"I'm sorry." King Edmond said. His light blue eyes held sorrow and regret in them. Endymion just
nodded. King Edmond let go and Endymion ran off, looking for Selenity.
// In the back garden- where Selenity is \\
Selenity wiped her eyes. She had to tell Endymion that their engagement was over. She couldn't
marry him knowing that he was once betrothed to her own cousin...Princess Lindsey. She slowly
stood up from the stone bench that she was sitting on and headed back for the ballroom. She took
two steps forward. Suddenly, she bumped into someone. Without looking up to see the person she
bumped into, she apologized.
"I'm sorry. I didn't ---"
"Selenity..." She looked up to see Endymion standing in front of her. Suddenly, tears filled her eyes and she began to cry. She turned around quickly and hid her face in her hands. "Selenity..."
Endymion softly called out. "We need to talk, Selenity." Endymion said gently. He gently placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her around so she could face him. Selenity's face was still
buried in her soft hands. "Come on, Selenity. We both know we need to talk about this." Endymion
said while taking her hands away from her face. He looked at her and gently wiped away her tears.
Selenity looked into Endymion's eyes and saw the gentleness in them. Endymion held her hands
and led her to the edge of the lake. They took a seat on a nearby bench that overlooked the vast,
glimmering, moonlit lake. Selenity now cried softly as Endymion held her delicate hands.
"Selenity...I don't know what to say....except that I'm sorry." Endymion began.
"Why?" Selenity whispered. "Why didn't you tell me about your betrothal?" Selenity asked calmly.
Endymion could feel his heart race.
"I didn't tell you because I wanted to protect you." Endymion said.
"Protect me?? Protect me from what??" Selenity asked, raising her voice a little.
"I wanted to protect you from getting hurt." Endymion said with defense in his voice.
"But it didn't work! Look what happened! I got hurt!!" Selenity said as more tears began to well up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Selenity. I never meant for you to get hurt this way...or find out this way." Endymion said.
"So...did you think that I'd never find out? Did you plan on keeping this a secret from me forever?" Selenity asked, trying to hide the anger in her voice. Endymion hung his head.
"Actually...I was hoping that I'd never have to tell you." Endymion said reluctantly. "I thought that I'd spare you some pain by keeping it from you." Endymion paused. He could feel Selenity's cold stare. "I was going to tell you....but when the betrothal was called off, I thought that it didn't matter. I thought that since the betrothal was called off, I didn't need to tell you. I mean...there was no reason to." Endymion said, shrugging a little.
"What were you thinking??? There was no reason to tell me?? It didn't matter anymore??
Endymion...of course it matters!! I should have a right to know about it!! How could you not tell me about it sooner???" Selenity asked, losing control of her anger. Endymion didn't know what to say. He knew Selenity was right.
"Selenity...I don't know what to say except that I'm so sorry and I regret everything I did." Endymion said, his voice low.
"Saying sorry and saying that you regret it is not going to help you or me. I mean...come on!! You didn't tell me that you were betrothed....to my own cousin!!!" The last sentence Selenity said was cold and sharp. Endymion felt as if a thousand ice cold spears had pierced through him. "What's worse is that you called off the betrothal!!" Selenity added. Suddenly, Endymion lifted his head and looked at Selenity.
"WHAT??" Endymion couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Yes. That's the worst thing! You called off the betrothal to my cousin! How could you do that?"
Selenity said, lowering her voice.
"Selenity!!! I called off the betrothal so that I could be married to you!! Selenity...I want to marry you!! And ONLY you!!" Endymion said. Selenity looked at her hands. She let out a sigh.
"But still...you called off a betrothal. That's very disrespectful." Selenity said.
"Selenity! Can't you understand! I called off the betrothal to be with and marry YOU!!" Endymion
said.
"I know...but a betrothal is a betrothal. It isn't something that you can just call off."
"Yes it is! And anyways, a betrothal is the most horrible way you can get two people together!! A
betrothal is forcing two strangers to love each other!!! And _marry_ each other!! How much worse
can that get??"
"You make it sound like a betrothal is a bad thing." Selenity said.
"Because it is!!" Endymion said, raising his voice a little. He let out a heavy sigh. "Look, Selenity. The reason I called off the betrothal is so that I could marry you. Because I love you. And _only_ you. I'm sorry to say this, but there was no way that I could've loved Lindsey the way I love you."
A tear slowly slid down Selenity's cheek. She let out a sigh.
"But, Endymion. You still called off a betrothal. A betrothal is something important to me. You've offended me by calling off the betrothal, even if you did to be with me. I....I just can't forgive that." Selenity said, her voice almost as low as a whisper. Another tear slid down her cheek. "Endymion...our engagement...." Selenity began.
"No!! Selenity, don't even think about it!! There's no way that I'm going to let you break off our engagement." Endymion said defensively.
"But we have to! I can't marry you knowing that you were once betrothed and called it off." Selenity said, avoiding Endymion's gaze. He let out another heavy sigh.
"Do you still love me?" Endymion asked with hopefulness in his voice. Selenity's lips trembled.
"Yes...I still love you." Selenity said quietly.
"If you still love me, then you'll know that breaking off our engagement isn't right!" Endymion said, trying hard to convince her not to break off the engagement.
"No, Endymion. You have to go back to Lindsey. You can't stay with me. It doesn't feel right."
Selenity said, turning her head to the side. She couldn't look at Endymion. Endymion hung his
head.
"So...this is goodbye?" Endymion asked solemnly. Tears welled up in Selenity's eyes and her lips
quivered. She didn't want to let him go, but she had to. She didn't feel that it was right to keep him. There was a silence between them for a while.
"Yes." Selenity said finally. She turned to face Endymion. She looked into Endymion's eyes and
saw the hurt in his deep blue eyes. She leaned in close to him, wanting to give him a kiss. Just
when their lips were about to touch, she pulled back quickly. She just couldn't kiss him. It didn't feel right anymore. "Goodbye." Selenity whispered. She got up quickly and ran away, not wanting to stay around him any longer. If she did, she would never be able to leave him.
Endymion sat on the bench that overlooked the vast, glimmering, moonlit lake...alone. He sat there quietly, thinking about what Selenity did to him. She left him, with their engagement broken off. It hurt him, like she had driven a thousand knives into his heart. He got up from his seat and walked along the edge of the lake. While he was walking, he saw a female figure in the distance. He walked closer to it, hoping it was Selenity. As he got closer, his hopes began to vanish. The figure became clearer and soon, he realized it was not Selenity. It was Lindsey.
"Hello, Lindsey." Endymion said lowly when he reached her.
"Hello." Lindsey said quietly. Her back was facing him. Endymion gently placed his hands on her
shoulders and turned her around so that he could see his face. Lindsey stared into is deep blue
eyes. He cleared his voice a little. "Lindsey...there's...something that I have to tell you." Endymion said, playing with her golden, sun-kissed hair, twirling it in his fingers.
"W-what is it?" Lindsey asked, her voice trembling a little. Endymion still twirled her hair in his fingers.
"I didn't realize it until now...I should've told you sooner." Endymion said, now tracing her pale pink lips with his finger. Lindsey closed her eyes and opened them again to see two pools of dark blue staring down at her.
"Realize what?" Lindsey asked.
"Lindsey..." Endymion began, gently cupping her face. "I...I love you." With that, he pulled her close to him and kissed her.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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~Love Triangle: Chapter 7~
Key:
"- - -" dialogue
'- - -' thinking
_- - - _ italicized words
//- - -\\ scene change
(SN) Sapphie Notes
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Important Info: None today....cuz no one cares.
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Recap:
"Why, Endymion, why? Why didn't you tell me about your betrothal to my own cousin....Lindsey!!!"
Selenity said in between sobs. "Why did you have to hide this from me? Why did it have to be your
father who told me instead of you?? Endymion...why?" Selenity said as she wiped tears from her
eyes. "I guess I have no choice....our engagement is off."
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King Edmond strolled over to Endymion, who at the moment was being swallowed by a mob of
girls, after Selenity's sudden exit. He made his way through the huge group of girls surrounding
him. Finally, King Edmond made it to the middle and pulled Endymion away from the swarm of
girls.
"Oh god!! I thought I'd die in there!! I thought they'd eat me alive!!" Endymion said, trying to catch his breath.
King Edmond let out an unenthusiastic chuckle.
"Endymion. I thought I should tell you something." King Edmond said uneasily. He tried to mask
his nervousness.
"What is it, Father?" Endymion asked, still trying to breathe.
"Well, while I was dancing with Selenity, something came up." King Edmond paused a moment.
Endymion had finally caught his breath and looked at his father. "She seemed quite uneasy when I
mentioned that you were once betrothed to Princess Lindsey." Suddenly, Endymion held his breath,
as if someone held him at his neck.
"W-what??" Endymion blurted out.
"Well, after I mentioned that, she left. She said she needed to be excused. I thought that maybe...I should tell you. Maybe you should attend to her." King Edmond said, avoiding Endymion's eyes. He knew that he had done something wrong.
"Oh no! I have to find Selenity now!" Endymion said. Just when Endymion was about to go to find
Selenity, King Edmond grasped his arm. Endymion stopped and looked at his father.
"I'm sorry." King Edmond said. His light blue eyes held sorrow and regret in them. Endymion just
nodded. King Edmond let go and Endymion ran off, looking for Selenity.
// In the back garden- where Selenity is \\
Selenity wiped her eyes. She had to tell Endymion that their engagement was over. She couldn't
marry him knowing that he was once betrothed to her own cousin...Princess Lindsey. She slowly
stood up from the stone bench that she was sitting on and headed back for the ballroom. She took
two steps forward. Suddenly, she bumped into someone. Without looking up to see the person she
bumped into, she apologized.
"I'm sorry. I didn't ---"
"Selenity..." She looked up to see Endymion standing in front of her. Suddenly, tears filled her eyes and she began to cry. She turned around quickly and hid her face in her hands. "Selenity..."
Endymion softly called out. "We need to talk, Selenity." Endymion said gently. He gently placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her around so she could face him. Selenity's face was still
buried in her soft hands. "Come on, Selenity. We both know we need to talk about this." Endymion
said while taking her hands away from her face. He looked at her and gently wiped away her tears.
Selenity looked into Endymion's eyes and saw the gentleness in them. Endymion held her hands
and led her to the edge of the lake. They took a seat on a nearby bench that overlooked the vast,
glimmering, moonlit lake. Selenity now cried softly as Endymion held her delicate hands.
"Selenity...I don't know what to say....except that I'm sorry." Endymion began.
"Why?" Selenity whispered. "Why didn't you tell me about your betrothal?" Selenity asked calmly.
Endymion could feel his heart race.
"I didn't tell you because I wanted to protect you." Endymion said.
"Protect me?? Protect me from what??" Selenity asked, raising her voice a little.
"I wanted to protect you from getting hurt." Endymion said with defense in his voice.
"But it didn't work! Look what happened! I got hurt!!" Selenity said as more tears began to well up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Selenity. I never meant for you to get hurt this way...or find out this way." Endymion said.
"So...did you think that I'd never find out? Did you plan on keeping this a secret from me forever?" Selenity asked, trying to hide the anger in her voice. Endymion hung his head.
"Actually...I was hoping that I'd never have to tell you." Endymion said reluctantly. "I thought that I'd spare you some pain by keeping it from you." Endymion paused. He could feel Selenity's cold stare. "I was going to tell you....but when the betrothal was called off, I thought that it didn't matter. I thought that since the betrothal was called off, I didn't need to tell you. I mean...there was no reason to." Endymion said, shrugging a little.
"What were you thinking??? There was no reason to tell me?? It didn't matter anymore??
Endymion...of course it matters!! I should have a right to know about it!! How could you not tell me about it sooner???" Selenity asked, losing control of her anger. Endymion didn't know what to say. He knew Selenity was right.
"Selenity...I don't know what to say except that I'm so sorry and I regret everything I did." Endymion said, his voice low.
"Saying sorry and saying that you regret it is not going to help you or me. I mean...come on!! You didn't tell me that you were betrothed....to my own cousin!!!" The last sentence Selenity said was cold and sharp. Endymion felt as if a thousand ice cold spears had pierced through him. "What's worse is that you called off the betrothal!!" Selenity added. Suddenly, Endymion lifted his head and looked at Selenity.
"WHAT??" Endymion couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Yes. That's the worst thing! You called off the betrothal to my cousin! How could you do that?"
Selenity said, lowering her voice.
"Selenity!!! I called off the betrothal so that I could be married to you!! Selenity...I want to marry you!! And ONLY you!!" Endymion said. Selenity looked at her hands. She let out a sigh.
"But still...you called off a betrothal. That's very disrespectful." Selenity said.
"Selenity! Can't you understand! I called off the betrothal to be with and marry YOU!!" Endymion
said.
"I know...but a betrothal is a betrothal. It isn't something that you can just call off."
"Yes it is! And anyways, a betrothal is the most horrible way you can get two people together!! A
betrothal is forcing two strangers to love each other!!! And _marry_ each other!! How much worse
can that get??"
"You make it sound like a betrothal is a bad thing." Selenity said.
"Because it is!!" Endymion said, raising his voice a little. He let out a heavy sigh. "Look, Selenity. The reason I called off the betrothal is so that I could marry you. Because I love you. And _only_ you. I'm sorry to say this, but there was no way that I could've loved Lindsey the way I love you."
A tear slowly slid down Selenity's cheek. She let out a sigh.
"But, Endymion. You still called off a betrothal. A betrothal is something important to me. You've offended me by calling off the betrothal, even if you did to be with me. I....I just can't forgive that." Selenity said, her voice almost as low as a whisper. Another tear slid down her cheek. "Endymion...our engagement...." Selenity began.
"No!! Selenity, don't even think about it!! There's no way that I'm going to let you break off our engagement." Endymion said defensively.
"But we have to! I can't marry you knowing that you were once betrothed and called it off." Selenity said, avoiding Endymion's gaze. He let out another heavy sigh.
"Do you still love me?" Endymion asked with hopefulness in his voice. Selenity's lips trembled.
"Yes...I still love you." Selenity said quietly.
"If you still love me, then you'll know that breaking off our engagement isn't right!" Endymion said, trying hard to convince her not to break off the engagement.
"No, Endymion. You have to go back to Lindsey. You can't stay with me. It doesn't feel right."
Selenity said, turning her head to the side. She couldn't look at Endymion. Endymion hung his
head.
"So...this is goodbye?" Endymion asked solemnly. Tears welled up in Selenity's eyes and her lips
quivered. She didn't want to let him go, but she had to. She didn't feel that it was right to keep him. There was a silence between them for a while.
"Yes." Selenity said finally. She turned to face Endymion. She looked into Endymion's eyes and
saw the hurt in his deep blue eyes. She leaned in close to him, wanting to give him a kiss. Just
when their lips were about to touch, she pulled back quickly. She just couldn't kiss him. It didn't feel right anymore. "Goodbye." Selenity whispered. She got up quickly and ran away, not wanting to stay around him any longer. If she did, she would never be able to leave him.
Endymion sat on the bench that overlooked the vast, glimmering, moonlit lake...alone. He sat there quietly, thinking about what Selenity did to him. She left him, with their engagement broken off. It hurt him, like she had driven a thousand knives into his heart. He got up from his seat and walked along the edge of the lake. While he was walking, he saw a female figure in the distance. He walked closer to it, hoping it was Selenity. As he got closer, his hopes began to vanish. The figure became clearer and soon, he realized it was not Selenity. It was Lindsey.
"Hello, Lindsey." Endymion said lowly when he reached her.
"Hello." Lindsey said quietly. Her back was facing him. Endymion gently placed his hands on her
shoulders and turned her around so that he could see his face. Lindsey stared into is deep blue
eyes. He cleared his voice a little. "Lindsey...there's...something that I have to tell you." Endymion said, playing with her golden, sun-kissed hair, twirling it in his fingers.
"W-what is it?" Lindsey asked, her voice trembling a little. Endymion still twirled her hair in his fingers.
"I didn't realize it until now...I should've told you sooner." Endymion said, now tracing her pale pink lips with his finger. Lindsey closed her eyes and opened them again to see two pools of dark blue staring down at her.
"Realize what?" Lindsey asked.
"Lindsey..." Endymion began, gently cupping her face. "I...I love you." With that, he pulled her close to him and kissed her.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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