Teaching Love ~ Chapter 7

It was Saturday night and Gwen couldn't suppress the excitement of tomorrow and she danced around in her house and would burst in giggles now and again at just random thoughts of what tomorrow would bring. She lay down in her sofa and looked down at her ticket. She smiled widely.

How long had it been since she had felt this happy?

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"You're taking me to the fair tomorrow right?"

"Sure thing, sweetie." Gwen happily remembered staring into her father's face. He had been so sure of meeting her there the next day, but sadly that day never came.

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"He's not here?" she began crying. "He promised to be here!" she had shouted at her mother before freeing her wrist from her mother's hold.

"Don't do this, Gwen, please. Its complicated-"

"No! I don't want to!"

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Gwen thought back to the days when she was quite young. Part of her regretted her harsh words towards her mom, the last things she had said to her had been much to cruel. "But I didn't know." she defended herself in a whisper.

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"What do you want to do?"

"Park!" Gwen had exclaimed loudly. She recalled her first boyfriend. She had believed him to be like her, to be true and, and, well, like her.

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"What a mistake," she chuckled bitterly.

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He had asked her to be his girlfriend constantly. Gwen had taken his attention for love and being alone all the time she thought he had really meant it. She had agreed.

From then on things became ugly and she began seeing the world in a different light. From then on she would get back with him and then separate for many reasons and again together. It was a vicious cycle. At first she had thought it to be okay, but now, now…

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"I can't get out even if I want to."

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"Boo!" she yelled as she poked his side. Startled, Starrk turned to his side and there Gwen stared with bright brown orbs up at him with a huge smile painted on her face.

She had let her hair down and it came down in thick waves. She looked very different, from her usual self who wore a high ponytail or maybe it was her spring dress. Someone as daring as her gave off a complete different aura with a light spring dress and sun hat.

"So what do you think?" She twirled around before him.

"About what?" he asked, acting completely clueless.

She narrowed her eyes and pointed at him accusingly, "I saw your face before so don't even try to cover it with a 'what do you mean'?"

He chuckled. Though her whole appearance has taken a whole 180 degree change her attitude was the same.

"C'mon!" Not being able to just stand there while there was so much to see she pulled him towards the center of the park where everyone gathered at game booths, food booths and so much more.

Gwen didn't hesitate to show Starrk around. She had been there many more times before him and every year it was for the most part the same. Starrk happily let himself be dragged down here and there or suddenly stopped at to see a booth up close.

The evening went with Gwen asking if he could buy her some snacks which at the beginning he had tried to dispute, but after failing a couple of times he gave up and now at her signal he already knew without asking to get whatever she asked.

Gwen happily munched on some popcorn. "I don't really like popcorn," she admitted as she continued to chomp on it. "But this one tastes so much differently."

Starrk stared at her in curiosity and took some popcorn from the large bag she held and ate them. As Starrk gazed around the joyous atmosphere he couldn't help but drift off. He wasn't the type of person to go to such a gathering, he really preferred to stay away from such events, yet with Gwen he found himself doing everything he thought he'd never do.

"Starrk!" Gwen yelled. Starrk turned to find her far away at a distant booth. He gave her a small smile acknowledging her and began walking towards her.

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It wasn't far to where he had to walk. Just a couple of booths away but in those few steps he thought he had seen something, someone. His eyes widened as she passed by him, leaving him startled and speechless. He wanted to say something, call her back, when he turned around it was someone like her, but not her. He sighed heavily before walking towards Gwen again.

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"Win me a lion yeah?" she begged excitedly as she pulled on his arm. He shook his head. Gwen frowned and hauled him closer to the booth. "Please?"

"I'm not good at games," he stated. He looked down at her. Her face had turn cheerless. "Its not that I don't want to- I just won't win," he found himself explaining.

"You're so boring and oooold!" she whined as she gaze longingly at other couples who gave the game a try.

"And that is one of the many reasons why this won't work."

"What won't work? Here try it!" She waved to the man attending the booth and then elbowed Starrk. Starrk grimaced at her and reluctantly took out a bill and in turn got three bean bags.

"What do I do with these?" he asked Gwen.

"Eat them," she giggled. "No, dummy! You throw them at the cans, pfft what else?" She impatiently pointed at the stacked cans. "But make sure you throw it hard and you have to knock all of them down too-" but before she could go on explaining Starrk began throwing the bean bags.

"Wah you did it!" Gwen screamed in full bliss as she jumped up and down and hugged Starrk. "You did it! I can't believe you really did it!"

"Choose your price," the man over the booth said.

"The lion-"

"-Nooo!" Gwen interrupted. "I changed my mind!"

"No. How can you do that? You said the lion first."

"Well now I want that one," she pointed to a purple bear.

"That one is ugly, here," he said as he placed a lion plush in her hands.

"But I like the other one a bit more," she grumbled, but nonetheless hugging tightly her won price.

"Next time," he brushed off her complaints as he led her towards the outskirts of the park where the fair area ended. He was tired and wanted to be out of so many crowds.

"Next time?" Gwen beamed all of a sudden. "You're bringing me next year?"

Starrk laughed before shaking his head. "Not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean?"

"Nothing, forget it."

"No! tell me!" Gwen started, but Starrk didn't speak any more on the matter.

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Starrk and Gwen eventually came to a small lake that otherwise in an ordinary day would have had many more people around it, but because of the fair was left pretty desolate.

"Starrk?" Gwen voiced softly, not her usual tone at all as he took a seat beside her. He looked to her. She smiled wholeheartedly. "Thank you for today. For a second I almost felt you'd forgotten."

Starrk turned back to the small lake before them, the glistening lights from the fair being reflected here and there. "I didn't."

She smiled again. "Thank you," she whispered as she placed her head against his arm. At first Gwen had felt him get tense, but after a few seconds he didn't push her away or tell her not to. Whether it was the darkness or the sheer happiness that day had brought, whichever it was, the two fully basked in each other's presence.

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So another chapter successfully completed! :D Been feeling a bit sick and super tired lately..I'm not so sure what it is so I might stop updating for a while..but i really don't want to so hopefully I get better! :D haha

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