Tessa looked between them, panicked "I came back Will"
"Tess it's too late"
She shook her head "no. no it cannot be."
Will gripped Evvy's waist "it is"
Elvira was feeling rather uncomfortable about being in the middle of this and extricated herself from Will's grip. He frowned at her and she kissed his cheek "I must go" she whispered hurrying off.
He watched her go, frowning and turned back to Tessa.
"I am sorry. She is everything to me and I will not hurt her."
"I hear a 'but' in there"
"No you don't! I love Elvira"
"And me. You love me"
"I don't think I could ever stop"
She stepped closer "So there is hope for me"
"Tessa-"
She stopped him with a kiss and Will flailed his arms. He groaned then returned her kiss with a vengeance
"No! "He pulled off after a moment "this is wrong. I love Elvira"
"You kissed me back"
"I adore her. I need her. I-I-"
Just to be sure he was really over her; he grabbed her and kissed her again. He didn't know that his Evvy was standing on the stairs, listening. She covered her mouth as she sobbed silently. She tiptoed down the stairs and curled up in a large armchair in the library. The tears would not stop flowing and she eventually cried herself to sleep. Meanwhile, Will was staring at Tessa
"I shouldn't have done that" guilt flooded his heart "I'm not in love with you anymore. I love you but I'm in love with Evvy"
He ran down the hall and into his room. He buried his face in his hands, unsure of how he'd ever face her again. He fell asleep as well and dreamt of someone he had longed to see…..
Will blinked and saw a familiar face
"Jem?"
He smiled a little "Hello William"
Will grabbed Jem and embraced him for a long moment. When they had let go, Jem sighed
"You betrayed Elvira. She seems nice from what I've been told."
"You know about her?"
"I have my ways" he winked
Will laughed "she's pretty amazing"
Jem laid a hand on his shoulder "I am here to offer you a choice. Life with Elvira or life with Tessa"
Will blanched and let Jem explain
"With Elvira, you are happy and adored all your days. Tessa comes back to the Silent City and waits. Elvira and you have three children and you live to ripe old age, terribly in love"
Will smiled softly, imaging Evvy as his wife
"Life with Tessa offers a different story. You marry Tessa and…" he hesitated "Elvira-"
"She's there too?" Will interrupted
"Yes now don't interrupt" Jem smirked "anyway, Elvira gives up her immortality that she inherited from her father and saves my life. And I marry her" Jem blushed
Will's eyes went huge "I choose between you and Evvy then?"
Jem nodded "You are able to live in the alternate world for a time but then you must choose for good"
"Then I choose the alternate life"
Jem nodded and Will went to sleep
Will woke up next to…Tessa. He stumbled down the stairs and saw Jem with Evvy. They were beaming at each other and looked completely in love. He knew that his decision had been the right one. He lived quite happily in the Other Life but the more time he was around Evvy, the more he wanted her and the more he loved her. He started to feel panicked because he wanted to be with Elvira so much.
"I want my real life back! I want Evvy!" he shouted at the sky "I want Ev!"
"Ev!" will woke up with a start. It was the middle of the night and he tried to catch his breath. He got out of bed and went to find her. She wasn't in her room so he checked the library. He saw her, curled up fast asleep in a chair. He smiled and walked closer, then noticed the tearstains on her cheeks. He paled and kneeled in front of her
"Ev?"
She stirred then blinked sleepily. She gasped and flinched away from him
"I saw. You kissed her" she whispered
"oh ev. It was a mistake. I swear"
She looked away "you said you loved me. But you kissed her"
he winced "I am so sorry…there's more"
Elvira's head shot up "what?"
Will proceeded to tell her about his dream and her face went ashen as he did
"You didn't choose me"
"only because of Jem!"
"But you didn't choose me! How can you say you love me but choose her?"
"I'm sorry. I realized you were the only one for me"
She scoffed "how can I trust anything you say now?"
"evvy. Love, don't do this"
"Do what? Tell you the truth?"
He reached for her hand but she snatched it back and he flinched
"Evvy are you immortal?"
She nodded slowly "Yes"
"Well then I am not the only one who made a mistake"
"what mistake did I make?"
"You didn't tell me!"
"I didn't realize I had to"
He rolled his eyes "kinda a good thing to know"
"Do not make this about me. You didn't choose me Will!"
To be continued
Sorry guys! Super busy. Will update soon