Fantasy 2 (3)

The next afternoon I headed for the cafe Amy told me to meet her. It had medium sized windows, plants here and there, at every table , warm lights, and a cozy vibe. It calmed me a little. After staying up all night thinking about everything.

"Elisa!" I spotted Amy already sitting on a window side.

"Hey" I said and sat across her.

"So I heard what happened yesterday from Sam. And he told me you looked a little stressed" She said .

"Yeah, actually I don't know what to do , i mean, I know Dominic is a great person but neither do I know him nor am I ready for this nor do I want to marry right now. I want to study. Also I've seen enough people getting heartbroken " I said almost on the verge of breaking. I was too much,father , mother,uncle, aunty,everyone.

"I know , its overwhelming ,you know i was first engaged to Dom." She said .

I looked at her shocked. "What?"

"Yeah, but we always saw each other as siblings and Sam and I eventually had feelings for each other. " she paused.

Wow.

She continued "So we convinced our parents and then Sam and i dated for half an year. "

Then after another pause she said,"Listen when i heard Sam i knew you were troubled , so i thought that i should tell you one thing that Dominic is a great guy ,he will keep you happy, and knowing him, I know he didn't really talk to you, so i called him here , look he's here " She pointed and left.

"Hey" Dominic sat where Amy was sitting a moment ago.

"Hi" I replied , obviously awkward.

"So Amy might have told you already." He begin, but I just kept quiet, since he saw that I was listening, he continued.

"I know it was sudden, and that I didn't really asked for your opinion, but trust me Elisa I swear if you give me a chance I will definitely keep you happy, and you would never have any complaints or discomfort, my family is good too, you would be loved, I know that it will be too sudden , so please give me your answer later if you want." He said and started to leave.

I grabbed his sleeve and said "Yeah its way too sudden , so if you want me to give you a chance , you will have to put and effort, and we should spend some time, so that we can know each other better."

"Yeah" He smiled warmly.And after a long time I felt relaxed and calm, maybe his smile do have some magic.

"Also we can stay in touch but I still want to study and make my career so if you can wait for me,I will put efforts too, and I will be grateful to you for waiting " I added.

"I will wait. No matter how long it takes" He replied.

We went out together and Dominic left saying his father called.

"So ? Is everything sorted?" She asked.

"Yeah" I said .

"Perfect!~ now we can go shopping~" She looked more happy , so to go in with the mood, i went with her . But I didn't knew that it would be a disaster.

We reached there in 10 minutes. As Amy was looking through the dresses she reached out to a dress and said "Elisa look , it will look perfect on you" she was so busy in talking to me that she didn't notice that a familiar looking girl grabbed the same dress.

"Hey, i grabbed it first ,so let.go." the girl said haughtilly.

"Yeah,so what, also i don't think pigs like you need pretty dresses"

"Ugh its you" She said crunching her face.

Wow, what's wrong with her.

"Yeah ,so what?" Amy replied.

Now I remember, she is Dominic's distant cousin that flocks over him, that aunt's daughter.

She looked at me and said "You! I saw you flirting with Nick , don't you dare go near her or else you will regret it"

"Umm, sorry I don't know you and I didn't flirt with anyone and fyi I live in his house, also i don't think you are in the positionto tell me what to do " I replied clearly pissed.

"You will regret ever coming here, he was mine and will always be " She declared and left .

"Woah! That was a slap in the face" Amy said when she left.

" I know, lets go now , its enough already" I said. I think they dated.

" Yeah let me take you to my favorite places" Amy said . She really lifts my mood.

After shopping she dropped me off .

I greeted everyone ,then went to the room to rest.

Half an hour later I heard a knock , i was siiting on the bed.

"Yes" I said . And Dominic walked in , but he looked unhappy.

"Hey , how was your day?" He asked .

"It was good, we had fun,with some little problem but it was alright." I replied.

"Yeah ,Amy told me , I will make sure Nadia doesn't bother you anymore. " he reassured me .

"Its fine, also I think she really likes you and maybe you should talk it out. " I suggested .

She didn't look like a bad person , maybe she was just unhappy about losing her boyfriend. Although no one said that.

"I do have a history with her, but trust me Elisa she's not that good" He insisted.

"It's alright, you can tell me when the time seems right" I replied.

"Yeah I will , you should rest now, goodnight" He said and left.

That was something. But I don't have a good feeling about this.

Two days went by, now I know his family better and Amy and I hang out often. So much that, Sam whines that Amy doesn't love him anymore and now dhe loves me.

So today we will go to the bookstore as we promised.

We reached the bookstore and as we entered I thought I was the happiest person , I love books and there were books , novels of every genre. We roamed around the book store for an jour and after taking the books we went to the counter

"This is the best." I said , obviously over the moon.

"I know" Amy said.

It was good until we went out of the store and two men towered us. We tried leaving but one of them grabbed me and I tried kicking him , but he held my leg before it could touch his face. As Amy tried to help, one of them threw her and she stumbled back . Before she could charge back , a black car came and they threw me in , after moments of resisting , everything went black.

As I regained my consciousness, I heard someone shouting , I could feel the ropes around my feet and hands, I didn't open my eyes , trying not to alert them. And overhead the conversation on the call.

"Miss, we have the girl , now as promised , you will pay us a good amount. " one of the kidnapper said.

"Good, yeah yeah , i will pay you , now make sure no one finds her ." The other person on call said.

Wait! That's Nadia! Tch, she said she would make me regret coming here abs thats what she thought of? Heh , I will get out of here and make YOU pay . Just how much time did it took them to bring me here , that he's informing this to her now? I will have to get out of here as soon as possible.

"Hey! Lets go and eat something" someone said from behind me,

"What about this girl?" The other asked

"Nothing! Her hands and feet are toed where can she go? Lets go im getting hungry" the other one said.

"Fine"

They left? Woah nows my chance.

I opened my eyes and the place looked like a warehouse. Tch it will be harder to escape since I don't know this place , i searched for my pocket knife. Phew it's still here , these kidnappers are quite dumb. I started cutting the ropes and freed myself, but as i was trying to figure out a way to get out when I heard footsteps. Shit! I need to hide. I hid behind a bunch of boxes and drums .

"Why do you always forget things?"

"Sorry ,let me take the keys "

"Hey that girl is gone!"

"What?! shit find her before she's out of this area!"

They both ran out again.

After realizing that they are not coming back I got out and heard several footsteps this time , I hid again , but when I saw Dominic I jumped out .

"Dominic"! I shouted.

"Elisa! Thank goodness, are you alright? Are you hurt?" He asked searching for injuries.

"Yes, I'm fine and no I'm not hurt" I chuckled at his actions.

"How did you find this place? Did you know it was Nadia's doing?" I asked as we went out.

"GPS, and yeah Amy said they were Nadia's house's ex-workers , so we tracked them out easily. " he replied .

"Oh" I said. I know he wants to say something but not saying it. Let's wait a little more. Besides it's not good to force people onto talking about their pasts.

After telling the police about everything I went to Dominic's home in his car.

The while ride was silent, maybe he knew that I needed time and space to think so he just kept quiet and I appreciated that.

"Elisa! I'm so grateful you're alright, and i'm sorry i couldn't save you." Amy approached us as we entered the house.

"It's alright, I'm fine and we both know you tried" i said trying to reassure her.

"It's all over now and she's safe now " Mother said , also trying to ease her guilt.

Thanks, mother.

"See , my son was able to find your daughter alone , you should be happy that they both will be together " Mr.James said.

"Yeah, I think it will be right" Father said.

After everyone was sure that I was alright I excused myself to rest.

At midnight, when i was unable to sleep,I went to the rooftop to ease my mind.

"Can't sleep" Dominic said standing at the end of the stairs.

"Yeah" I said.

"Strange. Since you should be tired with all the shopping and using your brain too much" He said , in a half caring and half teasing voice.

I just rolled my eyes at that.

After staring at the sky

"You know , when we were children I remember we used to play house and you would always become my wife" He said looking my way.

"Yeah?" I looked at him, surprised that I don't remember any of it.

"I just remember crying at the front door with everyone standing, and troubled, dunno why" I said.

"I know , you said that you were going to marry me and that you don't want to leave" He said telling me why I was crying.

I blushed and looked at him shocked abd he looked at me with a 'that's true' face.

After a pause I started laughing. He looked at me confused.

"Now I remember, " I said after laughing for five minutes straight.

"That's why, maybe I had feelings for you since then and when I saw you again it all came back." He said staring at me . "Maybe, i think i have started to like you too , i just need time" I said.

After staying silent

"Nadia and i dated for not too long" He begin , and I knew he would say about it.

When I didn't say anything he continued.

"I met her first at Sam's day, she was my distant cousin, we got along well, and soon we started dating" he paused .

"I thought she was a nice person,but she started coming off toxic and after finding out that she bullied a girl I tutored, I broke up with her. Then her father sent her for studying abroad, had I known that she was back I would have warned her back then,it was y mistake too." He finished.

"Listen, I don't think it was either one of yours mistake, Maybe the environment she grew up in , or maybe things that happened with her in her life made her that way, and you can't control others and their actions. Its not your fault." I said telling him to stop blaming himself .

" Also the kidnappers were stupid and I'm unharmed. Its alright now." I said .

"If you say so , we'll lets go you should rest now" he said standing up and extending his hand.

I took it and we went back.

After staying for another week, knowing them,spending time with them, we decided to leave and promised to become something, and marry each other if it was meant to be.

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Hello readers! I just went in with the flow and wrote this , if you like it or have any suggestions please do tell me i will right it more and that way . Thankyou for reading!