Title: Every Marriage is a Mirage (EMM)
Author: Arista Ramabra
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize. The plot belongs to a movie I saw… well… I saw the beginning and end but not the middle so I'm making up my own middle- the idea goes to the movie though. The title belongs to a playwright who wrote a play for my mom who has a theatre group in the states. And any characters that you recognize belong to the one and only Joanne Kathleen Rowling.
A/N: Enjoy!
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Chapter 1- Almost a Year
James stood silently at his window, thinking about the past year of his life. He ran a hand through his ever-messy black hair, his eyes traveling up to the skies, pausing at the stars.
"So like her," he thought. "So bright and fiery." Had it almost been a year? Almost a whole year? A year ago that he'd made the deal. A year ago that their lives had merged. He loved her- that much he knew. He also knew that he really wanted to stay with her… he still was finding it hard to convince himself he'd be completely happy living with one woman. After all he'd had to change his thinking from 21 years in one year.
He didn't know what exactly it was but something about her drew him to her. To be very honest she was pretty… but not any beauty, she was smart… but not a genius, caring and loving, trusting people until they gave her a reason not to. She had a combustible personality… a bit of a red-headed temper. She stood up for what she believed in and never let anyone walk over her- something that James learned very quickly into their relationship. She was nothing special really but somehow he'd grown to like her and married life no matter how much he'd denied he'd like it to his father.
James on the other hand was drop-dead GORGEOUS, practically a genius, had almost no temper (almost) and while he was very caring towards his friends he seemed a bit heartless- especially towards women. She had taught his to respect women and love them for their faults and weaknesses as well as their perfections. He had never believed the saying "opposites attract" until he'd met her, married her, and later fell in love with her.
At first he'd shuddered at the very mention of the word "marriage" refusing to even think of it in other terms than "taking the fun out of life." But after marrying her he'd found that even married life had its advantages: granted dates for every occasion, actual food almost everyday, never an evening spent alone… the list had increased as the year had progressed. He'd found that every marriage was indeed a mirage.