Chapter 2

Lana and Blake would be forced to meet many times after the day Lana cried. The second time they met, Lana remained in fear of Blake. Blake remained distant to Lana. They weren’t comfortable with one another, but they knew that wouldn’t change anything.

Yet things would change after their thrid, fourth, fifth, nth meeting. Just as all things do with time.

And just like so, through many many many more meetings, the two children grew up. Going to the same elementary, middle, and high schools.

Their parents made sure of it. As the two continued through their journey of “getting to know” each other, Lana stayed sweet. She still hung the beautiful smile she had on the day she first meet Blake everywhere she went. She grew into a pretty young lady.

Her hair shined in the sunlight, going from its usual chocolate brown into a dark red. Her eyes were warm, honey brown which gave everyone who met her a sense of relaxation.

Her figure remained slim, but plump enough in the areas they needed to be, becoming quite the sight wherever she went. And as time went on, she forgot about her fear of Blake. She forced herself to.

She repeated everyday in her mind that she liked him, and it seemed to work fine.

She got more and more comfortable around Blake, and started to truly want to be friends with the man she was destined to marry. Blake did not.

He’d grown into a handsome young man. Girls fanned over him, drowning in his cold aura. Blake didn’t grow fond of Lana as she did to him. He didn’t try to make the effort to. He just didn’t...hate her.

His icy, blue eyes struck everyone who he looked at, scaring quite a lot of people. And creating even more of a distance than his non people personality did.

But they seemed to soften when Lana came around. They didn’t seem so cold when he was looking at Lana. Maybe he was just used to seeing her. Maybe he’d warmed up to her without knowing.

But their relationship never seemed to evolve into a true friendship. Even in high school, after 10 years of their first meeting, their relationship could only be described as Lana following Blake around wherever he went. Blake never talked to Lana first. And it was clear Lana was the only one giving any effort into the heir parent’s arrangements.

Lana often got bullied.

Despite being from such a big family, her actions of following Blake and nice personality got her much hate, and jealousy. Of course, the boys liked her.

There weren’t any that didn’t. A sweet girl with a pretty face. There was nothing to hate. But Lana rejected all of them. For the sole sake of Blake.

Girls on the other hand, naturally thought of Lana as a fake slut. Everything she did seemed to be of the point to seduce another boy in their eyes.

So Lana got pushed around, verbally abused, hit a few times, locked in the toilet, got stolen from, and more. She never made a fuss of it though.

Not because she was weak. But she knew there was no point in trying to communicate with rage filled people. So she put all of it inside her. And still faved the world everyday with a smile.

But one day, a group of girls took things too far. They held Lana on the ground, and took turns beating her face. Lana didn’t try to call for help. She knew no one would come. And just like that, on the school rooftop, Lana was beated till she lost conciousness.

She was found later. Half dead with a whiff of breath left.

It was Blake who found her. He’d found it abnormal that he hadn’t seen the girl who always followed him around.

When the view of Lana on the ground, face bloody, came into sight, he froze. He had two choices. He could save her.

He could also leave her. And she might die. And he would be free. But for some reason, the last option brought a spike in his heart. And he picked up the fragile girl in front of him. And ran, the fastest he’d ever ran, to the nearest hospital.

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