A/N I'm back with another story! I hope you all like this one!

To Have and To Hold
Chapter: 1

Cirque Du Soleil
By: xStarfirex

I sat under a tree that shaded me from the sun. It was around 2pm and here I was with nothing better to do. I was sitting on a bench under the tree near the beach. I wore a brown skirt and a pink tank top. I had a book in one hand and an ice cream cone in the other.

"Hey honey," a boy with red crimson hair, much like mine, came walking toward me with a pink covered book in one hand. That book looked oddly familiar? Where have I seen it before?

"That book…" I began. Before I could finish my sentence, he showed me the book and a smile appeared on my face.

"Can I have your autograph, miss?" He said and I got up and gave him my famous bone-crushing hug.

"I bought your book and I read it, it was awesome!" He said.

His name is Roy Harper, and he is my fiancé. He is twenty two years old and he has red hair and blue eyes.

"It's so sad that Elizabeth and Daniel broke up and that Elizabeth got engaged to the horrible Nathan instead," Roy explained.

"Yeah, but on the bright side, Lizzie found her long lost brother, Brian, and Nathan isn't horrible, he's just rich," I argued

"Rich, but tough. Nathan was so quiet and secretive before Lizzie came into the picture."

"And that's what makes my book so interesting," I said. At least he stopped arguing.

My name is Kory Anders. I am twenty one years old and I am engaged to Roy Harper. It's an arranged marriage actually. My father, Galfore, struck a deal with Roy's father and well here we are today, engaged to be married in five months. I have crimson red hair and emerald green eyes. I am an author and I have written my first successful novel which, by the way, was a bestseller. It's titled "To Have and To Hold."

Roy and I were walking on the pier. I looked through that telescope and far off from the shore, somewhere in the ocean I saw a group of people swimming with the dolphins. They all looked happy. And why wouldn't they be?

"Look what I have," Roy said. I turned around to face him and he held up two tickets. I let out a small squeal before I grabbed the tickets from his hand. I examined them carefully and yes, they were real.

"We're gonna see Cirque Du Soleil later at eight," he said.

I've always wanted to see that show. I've heard it was an awesome show. I mean, it is. Can you defy gravity like that and survive? Imagine all the pain they went through during rehearsals. Anything to make money, I suppose.

That night at eight, Roy and I drove down to Long Beach. There was a huge circus tent there and I became more curious as to what was inside it. We parked and I practically dragged him inside the tent because he was going way to slow. We found our seats and I discovered we were sitting on the third row. Cool! One-hundred dollar seats, things couldn't get better.

I suddenly heard people murmur and whisper stuff. There were only two words I understood from all the whispering. Richard Grayson. The richest bachelor in Jump City. I personally thought he was kinda… hot. What am I saying? I'm getting married! I turned around. At first I couldn't see anything because of all the flashing lights. Then as I squinted my eyes, I saw him. Richard Grayson in a pair of dark blue jeans and a blue shirt. Clinging to his arm, was a very thin blonde. She must have been a size two in jeans! She had layered hair that ended a little past her shoulders and blue eyes. She wore a light pink mini skirt and a white tank top. Isn't she ever cold? I see her modeling in magazines all the time. She doesn't wear jeans, well at least not all the time. Her name is Summer Moth and she is such a daddy's little girl. Her dad's rich because he owns a series of hotel chains. She also has a snobby attitude she shows to everyone, all except Richard, her fiancé. Her and Richard's engagement was just an arranged marriage, by their fathers. In Richard's case, his adoptive father. They are scheduled to be married in six months. A month after my wedding.

Richard and Summer walked to the first row and sat down, Summer still clinging to his arm. The show started and we watched in amazement as the performers did their amazing stunts. The show was two hours and thirty minutes. An hour into the show, there was a thirty minute intermission and everyone got up and exited the tent. Either to use the bathroom or buy food. Roy bought us ice cream we ate it during intermission.

After intermission, the show continued. One of the "clowns" was pretending to be a director and he needed four people from the audience to be the "actors." This was the part where I hated the fact I sat in the third row, which was very close to the stage. The "clown" pointed right at me and I had no choice but to get up and be part of it. Two random guys were chosen too. But the last person who was chosen practically gave me a heart attack. Richard Grayson was chosen.

The "clown" instructed Richard to hold me and tilt me, as if he was going to kiss me. Then random guy number one would come in through this fake door and find me and Richard tilting. He would take out his fake gun and shoot Richard. We had many outtakes. I could see, from the corner of my eye, that Summer was getting kinda pissed that her precious fiancé was holding someone else. Richard looked right into my eyes and smiled at me. I would have fainted then, but Roy was watching. I looked into his eyes also. When he touched me, did I feel a spark? I could have sworn I did. Maybe I was just imagining. He gave me a loving smile and I felt lost in his crystal blue sapphire eyes. I had forgotten to do my part and now the "clown" was yelling at me and Richard, just no sound came from his mouth. He is a clown after all. We kept doing the scene over and over again until we finally got it right. After, as we took our seats, the audience applauded. As I walked back to my seat, I saw fury build up in Summer's eyes. I knew she was wishing she had played the character I played. She must think she could act better because she was in a movie once. She must be thinking I'm a noob. Well guess what, princess, I don't care what you think.

I got back to my seat and Roy complimented my performance.

"You did great, honey," he said.

As we watched the other half of the show, I couldn't help look at Richard from time to time. He was sitting almost right in front of me anyway. I remembered his eyes were filled with love. Pure love. Love that Summer doesn't deserve.

The show ended and the audience gave a standing ovation. Reviewers were right, the show was awesome!

It took a while for everyone to exit the tent, but we got out. Roy went into one of the bathroom stalls and I waited outside. Just then, out of nowhere, Richard came walking towards me.

"You did a great performance earlier," he complimented me? Richard Grayson, rich arrogant jerk, complimented me? I must be dreaming.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Grayson," I replied.

"Please, call me Richard," he said.

"Ok, Richard, if you say so."

"You're Kory Anders, right? You authored my favorite book, To Have and To Hold, I love that book." He complimented me again! This must be my lucky day.

"You do? Wow, looks like I have a another new fan," ok, that was stupid of me to say.

"I really loved your book, but my girl- I mean- fiance didn't really like it much, I tried to change her mind but she can be hard-headed sometimes." Sometimes? Hello, she's always hard-headed! Wake up and open your eyes, Richard!

"It's ok, some people just don't appreciate talent," I joked. He laughed.

Summer suddenly came running towards Richard.

"I'm sorry, Ritchie-poo, did I make you wait? I went to the gift shop and there was a long line," Summer excused, "Oh, who's your friend?"

"Summer, this is Kory, you know, the author who wrote, To Have and To Hold," Richard introduced us.

"Oh yes, Kory Anders! I loved you book!" she said with fake enthusiasm. Oh yeah right! You didn't even read it! Fake!

"Oh, well, thank you!" I said with the same fake enthusiasm. But she's too stupid to know I was faking it. Richard must have pretended he didn't know I was using fake enthusiasm. Oh well!

Roy came walking up to me with a bouquet of roses in his hand. When did he get those?

"Oh my god, they're beautiful!" I said as he handed me the roses, "when did you get them?"

"Just now, at the gift shop," he said. I saw the jealousy stirring up in Summer's eyes. I could tell that it's been a while since the last time she received roses from Richard.

"Oh, Roy, this Richard, Richard, this is Roy, my fiance," I said, introducing the two. Summer cleared her throat, "And this is Summer."

"I know, Summer and I already met," Roy said.

"You did? How?" I questioned.

"Gift shop," he answered and I nodded.

"Well, we have to get going, honey, we don't wanna be late," Roy said.

"Late? Late for what?" I asked.

"You'll see, well, nice meeting you, Summer and Richard," he said and took a hold of my waist and lead me to the car. I could see from the corner of my eye, Richard and Summer were walking behind us. Then I realized their car was parked near ours.

A/N Did you like it? Yes? No? Exceptional? I hope to update this as soon as possible. I have a week off from school because of Spring Break and I have nothing better to do. I also plan on updating my other stories. I'm sorry for all those awesome reviews out there that have to wait for me to update my stories. Sorry guys!