Chapter 3~Just You And Me

 Note From The Author: My game got messed up recently and I lost my color skins, I was unable to re-download/find Aleppo's skintone. This is why his skin is darker than it used to be. If you know where I can find his old skintone, please tell me :)

Today was my last day before I was to run away. I would have Aleppo go with me, but he has to arrange his mother's funeral and meet with the bank to see what he inherits. We both woke up bright and early in the morning, so we would have more time.
First, we met in my room, still the same old gray walls. But it was bearable with him in the room. I had decided that I wanted to dress all fancy today, since we may not see each other for a while. I wore a lace dress, he wore a yellow suit.

I couldn’t wait to start our day together. I was so excited! 

We held each other for a minute before we left.

“You look beautiful in that dress, Snow.” Aleppo always knew how to make my heart flutter!

“And you look so handsome in that suit.” I said, smiling.

We kissed each other, though it was quick, we had to leave before my sister woke up! My parents were all ready gone, probably at some fancy place with their snobby friends, or something.

“You ready to go, Snow?” Aleppo asked.

“Yes, let’s get going, just be quiet so we don’t wake my sister.” I cautioned.

Our first destination, was a cherry tree orchard. Aleppo said it was where his mother brought him as a child before she became our maid. We kissed once more, I could practically feel the energy flowing through us when we kissed there.

Next destination, was the beach. I always favored this spot, as it was always quiet here. All the other people in town preferred the Silver Crest beach on the other side of town.

“I like your hair like this, you know. It makes your face look even more beautiful.” He complimented. Like I had said he knew how to make my heart flutter!

We stood out in front of the ocean. The waves washing only a few feet away. I never realized that a beach could be so…calm. There were no more sugargulls overhead. And no more sugarcrab that used to pinch people’s feet whenever they did come here. It felt like pure serenity.

High tide must’ve come in right then, as water all of a sudden engulfed my legs, which made me jump.

“Oops…hehe” I giggled at my clumsiness.

 We shared another kiss, I was beginning to get good at this, I think.

“Snow, I’m glad that I met you, I always knew you were special. I love you, Snow.”

“Aw, I love you too, Aleppo.” I was breathless. He loved me! He really did love me! He even said it himself.

We kissed again, I think he was an amazing kisser, at least from my experience with him.

                             And again…

                              And again…

      

Berry, I sure was lucky to have him! I kept replaying the moment where we first said that three letter phrase to each other in my mind. It was like a song stuck in my head, except it wasn’t annoying at all…

We had walked back to my house, but before we got there, Aleppo stopped and reached for my hands.

“Remember, I’ll never stop looking for you when you leave. I wish I could go with you, but I also love my mother too much to not give her a funeral and such…”

“It’s ok, I would’ve liked to go to her funeral, but it’s going to be after ‘my wedding’…I’ll wait for you, I only have eyes for you..,” I spoke, the last few words a whisper.

“Same with me, only eyes for you.” He spoke. My heart once again, was set aflutter. It seemed to do that whenever he spoke, now.

As we slipped back into my room, he touched my cheek. It tickled, making me giggle like a giddy school girl.

We held each other close, and gazed into the other’s eyes. This was my colorful life. With our day of just us ending, we saddened at the thought of not knowing where the other was and if they were all right.

  Here are some cutesy shots of Snowflake!

 

Chapter 2~All Goods Things Come To An End 

“Hey Aleppo. What brings you into the garden?”
“You, I guess.” He said shyly, smiling.
Aleppo and I were growing closer, and I think we both were possibly developing feelings for each other. 

As day bore into night, we left the comfort of the bench. Standing in the garden, Aleppo grabbed my hands and held them for a while. I looked in his eyes, and he looked into mine. I think he felt the same indescribable feeling I had felt as I looked in his. 

 As we were gazing at each other’s eyes, Aleppo’s mom, Golde, was getting into the pool for a late night swim. 

 

 

Aleppo and I embraced each other, but something caught my eye before I could get too comfy in his warm embrace. 

 

“Aleppo! Your mom, I think she is drowning!” I screeched.

“Mooooommm!” He screamed as he ran over.
I felt a tear hit my cheek, just as Golde started to tire.
When Aleppo dove into the pool, I held my breath. She can’t die. Not if I was to run away. Who would be with Aleppo? 

Aleppo dragged her out of the pool and tried to do CPR. I tried to call 911, but there was no service. But it was too late. And just like that, Golde was gone. Aleppo watched as she faded away. I couldn’t bear to see him so stricken with grief. Aleppo was heartbroken. My mother and sister were only crying for his mother because they had no one to cook for them or do their laundry for them. 

I started to play my guitar that Aleppo gave me for my birthday last year. I tried to cheer him up, he asked if he could take a go at the guitar. I handed it over. 

He must have been very upset to be able to be so angry while being in the presence of music. I was afraid he’d break it, so I politely asked for it back.

Now came the difficult part, he realized that she really was gone and that he would never see her again. I let him cry on my shoulder. He needed all the love and support he could get.
“There, there. Aleppo, it’s going to be okay.” I told that she was in a better place than being the maid and chef that was filled with horrible people like my mother, father, and sister. 

“I just can’t believe she is gone. Her life was so short.Why must all good things come to an end?” He sobbed.
That was true, she was only fifty and could’ve lived for twice that age. 

“Young man, now that your mom is dead, you can no longer stay here. You will be kicked out when you turn eighteen, in the mean while you can take your mother’s job.” My father spat at him. Aleppo’s mother just died, and now they’re kicking him out? That was just low. Even for my family.

“I can’t believe how so many bad things can happen in just a few months. First you have an arranged marriage, my mom died, now I have nowhere to live.” He was visibly shaken from the whole experience.

I took his hands and swung them around a bit. It made him smile a bit. But the grief was too strong for him to keep smiling.

“I have some more bad news, my mother informed me earlier that the wedding is actually going to be in a week, which means I have to leave the day after tomorrow.” I explained.
“Then we need to spend the rest of today and all of tomorrow together.” He smiled. 

“Starting with this…” He said softly. 

He kissed me right there in the garden. I must say that was amazing!
It was my first kiss ever! I was glad it was with him.

Before this beautiful night ended we cuddled on the bench in the garden. Tomorrow was going to be the best day of my life, I just knew it. 

 

 

 

~It's A Colorful Life~Chapter One~The Only Way To Escape

“Hey, Aleppo, I have some horrible news.” As I said that, my eyes were fighting the tears that were forming in my eyes.
Aleppo was my only friend. His mother was our housekeeper and chef and that was the only reason they were allowed to live here.

“What is it, Snow?” He asked, concerned.
I was terrified now over the news my mother told me only two months ago, I didn’t know why I didn’t tell Aleppo until after so long. My birthday was in a six weeks. A month and a half.

“Two months ago my mother told me that she had arranged a marriage for  me with a man who I’ve never even seen with my own eyes.” My eyes were losing their fight against the tears and one slipped by.

“I have decided that I must run away” I took a deep breath. “It’s the only way to escape this.” More tears slipped past, my eyes were no longer fighting them now.

Aleppo looked at me. He looked sad, I was his only friend too, besides his mother. If I left, he would be so upset. I realized that’s why I must’ve delayed this moment, so he wouldn’t stop me.
“Snow, are you positive that’s the only way…?” His eyes were pleading me to stay, but I knew I couldn’t, and I knew I could never come back.

“It…it is I must say. It really is the only way.” More tears spilled onto the floor.
I was at the point where I had a choice. I could leave and never look back and leave Aleppo behind. Or I could stay and still have the comfort of a good friend, until I was married and forced out of the house. Either way we would end up separated.

“I don’t want to leave you behind, and make you feel like I left without a second thought. But this is the point where I have to do something...” My voice was barely a whisper.

“Aleppo, I don’t want to leave you behind, but we would end up separated anyways. As soon as I’m married to that man, I have to leave with him. And I heard he lives almost across the whole Berry Planet. I’m sorry.” I was almost bawling now, I couldn’t contain myself.

Aleppo took hold of my shoulder. He spoke to me in a soft voice:
“It’s okay, Snow. I’ve seen how horrible your family is. And I’ve seen how much it affects you. If you must run away, then do just that. I will find you eventually, just where are you going to?”
I wished I could tell him, but I didn’t know where I was going to go.
“I don’t know where I’m going. I don’t even have a map or any money for a taxi or a bus. But do you promise that you will find me… eventually?”
He answered with pure sincerity and confidence in his voice:
“I promise, Snow, even if it takes years, or my whole life to find you. I promise I will.”

I could feel how sure he was of it, I know he would try his best to keep his promise.

“Thanks, you have no idea what that means to me.” Now I was sure that I was running away.

Even if I had no idea where, I was. It was the only way to escape.

Author's Note~I hope you like it! And comment if you have anything you want to say about my story.  I luvs my comments!