A/N:
Yikes.
I've been evil, haven't I? But the inspiration ahs been slipping.
The good news is I've finally ensnared a few muses, bashed them together in my bedroom and should now be able to churn out a ridiculous amount of stories...
Well, at least in theory. (
CHAPTER 3
Elizabeth picked at her food, occasionally putting fork to her mouth. She wasn't hungry at all. Not even the sweet and sour pork got her excited.
Jessica enthusiastically bubbled on about cheerleading practice and which guys she was stringing along that day. Liz watched her out of the corner of her eye. How did she do it? How did she manage to view relationships in such a carefree way?
Elizabeth rarely gave away her heart, and when she did, she gave it all away. When the relationships end, she was always left absolutely devastated.
Todd and Jeffrey were the only 2 boys she'd loved so far. And she thought the world had stopped when both of them broke it off with her.
But she never realised that life could go on. And life had go on. So far in fact that Liz's heart had rekindled its passion for someone new.
"Liz, you were supposed to tell em something, weren't you?" Steven's voice broke into her thoughts.
Elizabeth turned to look at her brother, who was staring back at her in concern.
"Sorry?" She replied, hastily taking a bite of rice.
"You wanted to say something?" Steven replied, sharing a smile with Jessica.
"Um, well..." Elizabeth hesitated momentarily.
"I'm going to be the editor next year."
A very brief silence followed before it was broken by jessica's voice.
"Really? Oh my god, Lizzie! Argh!" She ran up, hugging her sister fiercely. "My sister's going to be editor! Yes!"
Steven laughed and congratulated Liz, who finally broke out into a smile.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Liz lay in bed that night, unable to sleep.
"What's going on with me?" she whispered.
She couldn't get him out of her head. His voice, his hair, his eyes, his lips..
Liz closed her eyes. She could feel his lips on hers, kissing her softly. She knew this had to stop. Once and for all. She couldn't continue going on like this.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Mr Collins walked into his office, setting his briefcase down on the next. With a sigh, he sat down on the chair, wishing he didn't have a 9 o'clock start.
"I need to find a new job," he murmured to himself with a chuckle.
A soft knock was barely audible on the door, so quiet that Mr Collins only heard it the third time.
"Come in," he called out, shifting term papers around on his desk.
He looked up, only to be greeted by Elizabeth's beautiful smiling face.
"Mr Collins, I need to talk to you," she whispered, sitting down across him.
He could feel his heart beating quicker. Here she was, sitting right in front of him.
"What about?" he asked her, bravely smiling.
Liz bit her lip, her eyes falling to the floor. She couldn't look him in the eyes. She just couldn't.
"This is so hard for me to say," she whispered.
He leaned forward, anxious to hear her news.
"You can tell me anything, Liz," he whispered in return, his husky voice causing spasms of pleasure to sweep through Elizabeth's body.
Taking a deep breath, she looked him the straight in the eye.
"I can't work on the Oracle anymore."
There we go!
Hope that keeps your appetite satisfied for now!
Yikes.
I've been evil, haven't I? But the inspiration ahs been slipping.
The good news is I've finally ensnared a few muses, bashed them together in my bedroom and should now be able to churn out a ridiculous amount of stories...
Well, at least in theory. (
CHAPTER 3
Elizabeth picked at her food, occasionally putting fork to her mouth. She wasn't hungry at all. Not even the sweet and sour pork got her excited.
Jessica enthusiastically bubbled on about cheerleading practice and which guys she was stringing along that day. Liz watched her out of the corner of her eye. How did she do it? How did she manage to view relationships in such a carefree way?
Elizabeth rarely gave away her heart, and when she did, she gave it all away. When the relationships end, she was always left absolutely devastated.
Todd and Jeffrey were the only 2 boys she'd loved so far. And she thought the world had stopped when both of them broke it off with her.
But she never realised that life could go on. And life had go on. So far in fact that Liz's heart had rekindled its passion for someone new.
"Liz, you were supposed to tell em something, weren't you?" Steven's voice broke into her thoughts.
Elizabeth turned to look at her brother, who was staring back at her in concern.
"Sorry?" She replied, hastily taking a bite of rice.
"You wanted to say something?" Steven replied, sharing a smile with Jessica.
"Um, well..." Elizabeth hesitated momentarily.
"I'm going to be the editor next year."
A very brief silence followed before it was broken by jessica's voice.
"Really? Oh my god, Lizzie! Argh!" She ran up, hugging her sister fiercely. "My sister's going to be editor! Yes!"
Steven laughed and congratulated Liz, who finally broke out into a smile.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Liz lay in bed that night, unable to sleep.
"What's going on with me?" she whispered.
She couldn't get him out of her head. His voice, his hair, his eyes, his lips..
Liz closed her eyes. She could feel his lips on hers, kissing her softly. She knew this had to stop. Once and for all. She couldn't continue going on like this.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Mr Collins walked into his office, setting his briefcase down on the next. With a sigh, he sat down on the chair, wishing he didn't have a 9 o'clock start.
"I need to find a new job," he murmured to himself with a chuckle.
A soft knock was barely audible on the door, so quiet that Mr Collins only heard it the third time.
"Come in," he called out, shifting term papers around on his desk.
He looked up, only to be greeted by Elizabeth's beautiful smiling face.
"Mr Collins, I need to talk to you," she whispered, sitting down across him.
He could feel his heart beating quicker. Here she was, sitting right in front of him.
"What about?" he asked her, bravely smiling.
Liz bit her lip, her eyes falling to the floor. She couldn't look him in the eyes. She just couldn't.
"This is so hard for me to say," she whispered.
He leaned forward, anxious to hear her news.
"You can tell me anything, Liz," he whispered in return, his husky voice causing spasms of pleasure to sweep through Elizabeth's body.
Taking a deep breath, she looked him the straight in the eye.
"I can't work on the Oracle anymore."
There we go!
Hope that keeps your appetite satisfied for now!