Chapter 4: Genna

I felt bad for Arianna. Crew is trying his best to get Elijah to have a good conversation with her. Well he is having a hard time just getting him to talk to her. Earlier while i was up stairs with Crew while he was unpacking he told me something. He told me that Elijah is very strongly against the arranged marriage, because his father is forcing him into it. Crew says it is tradition and apparently Elijah is not happy about it. Crew warned me that Arianna is going to have trouble getting to know Elijah because he is stubborn and will not want to cooperate with his fathers wishes. I sat here and thought about these things while Crew was trying to get Elijah to talk.

"Elijah! Don't roll your eyes at her. She is just trying to talk to you," Crew yelled at him. He just kept glaring at him saying nothing. Then he just stood up and went up stairs. Back into his room. Arianna stood up about to go after him.

"Don't," Crew said to Arianna. "He is not going to want to talk for a little while. I need to talk to you about Elijah," Arianna sat back down and looked at Crew as he continued on, "when we were little we were so excited about our arranged marriages. That all changed when Elijah's mom died. When she died Elijah's dad got very pushy about the arranged marriage. Elijah rebelled against the idea of marriage. He slept with many women to anger his father," Arianna's face fell when she heard about Elijah sleeping with others. Crew saw and continued with "but don't worry that is why we are out here for now. That way he has no choice but to get to know you. I am here for if pulls any shit like he did just here," Crew pointed at the spot Elijah was sitting.

"Thank you, but you do not need to do that," Arianna said. "I am going to take Bailey out for a walk,". Arianna got up and left. Crew and I sat there waiting to hear the door open and close before we started to talk.

I got up and went to sit next to the crew but I still kept my distance.

"Thank you for doing that for her but you really don't have to. It's also going to take Arianna a little while to get used to the idea of marriage. Same with me." Crew sat up straighter and turned toward me. His emerald green eyes staring right into mine.

"And what do you think about arranged marriage," he asked me. I was nervous to answer his question, but I did anyway.

"I am very nervous, and I don't want to at the same time. Back home I had a boyfriend and I miss him," I told Crew this very carefully. He did not react to it like I expected him to. It was like he knew already.

'"I see. I understand that will take you a while to get over him," he reached for my hand and he held it as he said, "but i will be here for you when you are ready to open up,". I nodded. Then we non verbally agreed to move on from that conversation and he let go of my hand.

"So did you play any sports?," he asked.

"Well yes I actually did. I was dancing and I was also swimming,``I responded.

"Which one was your favorite?,"

"I could not tell you. I loved doing them equally,"

"What's your favorite color?,"

"I think it would be green," I said. "What about yours?,"

"Well i like green, and blue,"

"But what is your favorite?,"

"Um, I would have to say green," he said. "What's your favorite food?,"

"I love a good sandwich," I told him. "What's yours?,"

"Well I like some good french toast in the morning. What is your least favorite food?,"

"I hate oranges and pork. What about you?,"

"I do not like durian,"

"What is durian?,"

"Well it is a fruit from a tree. It is native to Thailand. It tastes and smells awful," he described. We sat and talked for hours. Around eight o'clock was when Arianna came in. She sat and talked with us for a little while before going up stairs to bed. She went to bed around ten o'clock, but me and Crew stayed up and talked until twelve o'clock. Before we went up stairs and crawled into our separate beds and drifted off to sleep.