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Second chappie (dont worry, next chapter the fun will begin it just takes a chapter or two to get there)

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Rash Decisions

Evelyn couldn't believe what she was hearing. It was all happening too fast and too soon. Her breathing was getting heavier, as if she was about to faint. A lump was forming in her throat, making it difficult for her to talk. She opened her mouth but the words wouldn't come out. Not only that, but what words could she use? She had no idea on what to say and how to say them. She didn't want to offend anyone but her opinion had to be said.

"Married?" she manage to croak out.

She looked up to see the beaming face of her mother and the proud face of John.

"Yes! Were getting married, isn't that wonderful?"

Wonderful? What was so wonderful about it?

"But you've only known each other for six weeks", she tried to make excuses so that she could stall her opinion to make up her mind on what she was going to say.

"Well, when you know who 'The One' is, you don't want to waste any time", John said while wrapping his left arm around her mothers shoulders.

The One? Her mother already had the one. Was she implying that her deceased husband wasn't the one? How could her mother cheat on her father? Sure death til you part and all that jazz, but her mother still wore the wedding ring. Didn't she?

Evelyn looked at her mother's left hand and in horror she saw that the ring was off. The ring that symbolized togetherness for eternity.

Enraged by this, Evelyn frowned and looked up at her mother; fury was obvious in her eyes.

"Wasn't Dad 'The One'"?

Her mother wasn't expecting this and straightened up in her surprise.

"Evelyn, you know I loved your father but-.."

"But what?" she said cutting her mother off mid sentence, "You just decide to marry the first person you meet down here and expect life will be peachy?"

"Now Evelyn, in your mother's defense", John said in an attempt to stop the mother daughter argument. Evelyn turned and angrily looked John in the eye.

"Who are you to dictate any of this? Who are you to flouce in and try to make us all happy families? You are not my father!" Evelyn spat.

"Evelyn that's enough!" her mother cried.

Evelyn laughed at the situation. Did they really expect her to be happy and accepting about this sudden engagement? She rose up from her seat, placed her hands on the table and leaned menacingly across the table from the two lovers, "You don't have my blessing."

And with that, she fled the room, ignoring her mother's voice. She made her way upstairs, when she stopped on the fourth step. If she went to her room, she would be confined in the four walls and then expected to come out of her tempter. No, she didn't want to have to go to her room and then be trapped in there like a caged animal. She needed to go somewhere far away from her home to think about the event that took place just seconds ago and calm down.

She turned around and descended the stairs. She opened the front door and stepped out. With all her might, she slammed the door behind her to make a point.

Walking away from the house, down the road she was alone and now had time to think. A gust of wind was picking up, which really didn't help her as all she was wearing was a dark blue cotton and lace trim tunic dress with ruffles at the sleeves along with flat leather shoes.

The wind was blowing through her hair, making it dance around and whip her face. 'I could have at least taken a coat out with me' she thought. But in her state of mind, she didn't think to get her coat.

She now reached the village centre where it was only illuminated by street lights. No one was around and no sound could be heard, making this seemingly quaint village more like a ghost town. And to make matters worse, it started to rain.

"Bloody British weather", Evelyn grumbled to herself.

She found the bench that she had found the first time she came to explore the village. Sitting down and now not caring that she was soaked to the bone, she played the scene of her outburst in her head. She knew she could have handled the news better, but it was really unexpected. Her mother was probably devastated that her only child did not except this new person into her life.

How else was she suppose to react? Was she expected to jump for joy and congratulate the couple?

Her mother couldn't as happy with John, could she? Had her mother totally forgot about her husband? Had she forgotten the promise she made to him, that she would love no other as he would forever hold her heart?

Evelyn didn't notice the fact that she had started crying when she thought of her father. If he was still here, her life would be fine. Her family would be as it was.

Why did her father have to die? He was her knight in shining armor. The man who protected his daughter against dragons and teenage boys. She looked up at the sky; there was not a star in sight. The sky had been masked with the dull grey, almost black, clouds.

"I miss you", she whispered to the night sky.

Evelyn had been gone for a while now. Her mother was probably worried sick about her, but she didn't care. She didn't want to go back to this imposter family. She walked back to the centre of the village. There were to roads that she could take. One leading to her home and the other to the harbor.

Why should she go home? Why have to live though lies and deceit?

Without thinking, her feet lead her towards the harbor. What was she doing? This was not a well thought out plan.

'Ah, to hell with plans and consequences' she thought.

Wrapped up in her thoughts, she didn't see the person coming towards her. She looked up, but it was too late as she had collided with the person and was almost knocked to the floor. Regaining her composure, she saw that the person she had bumped into was Tanya.

"Oh, I'm sorry", Evelyn apologized.

"It's ok, but what are you doing out here?" Tanya asked now, sheltering Evelyn with her umbrella.

"Oh, I was err, on a walk", Evelyn said, telling her the half truth.

"On a walk? In the rain?" Tanya asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yep, there's nothing better than walking in the rain", Evelyn said supporting her half truth while thinking at the same time how much of a bad liar she was.

"Well you be careful on your 'walk'" Tanya warned.

"No worries I will be" Evelyn smiled.

As she went on she heard Tanya say "I hope you find what your looking for".

"Huh?" When Evelyn had turned around, Tanya had gone.

"Oh well".

Evelyn carried on her journey towards the harbor. It was just as deserted as the village. Evelyn walked along the harbor, looking at the vast number of boats and dinghies. She spotted a plain wooden dinghy that looked like it had seen better days. Perfect, no one would miss this. She looked around to make sure no one was watching her or tried to stop her and descended down into the dinghy.

Once completely in, she untied rope attached to the dinghy, which bounded it to the harbor. Using the two ores on either side of her, she began to rotate them. Before she knew it, she was drifting further and further away. The village got smaller and smaller until it wasn't in sight.

Evelyn stopped rowing.

"Right, now what?"

She now immediately knew that this was a bad idea, but she was past the point of no return. Having little to no knowledge of the sea, she could now do nothing. She lay down in the dinghy and looked up at the night sky. Among the darkness of the sky, she could see a star shining through a gap in the clouds.

Smiling, she knew there was hope and so closed her eyes and was soon asleep.

Tad Dar! Second chapter done! So what do you think? Push the button, go on, you know you want to