You Can Not Run Away My Love - Ameris C (top 100 books to read .txt) 📗

up after that and continued walking. At dawn we left her at another small tree so Silver and I could go find wood to start a fire. Before we began to pick up wood we sat at a broad river. "The sun before twilight is perfect, it always sets so you can see it." He murmured as we stared at the sky. "Yea it is. I wonder-" I started but then faded out. "You wonder what?"
"Nothing never mind,"
"Tell me,"
"Nah you won't want to hear it."
"Yes, I do." I sighed and turned to him. "I wonder why it took me all this time,"
"Well, I don't know."
"No I mean, why didn't I fall for you before? I mean you always told me you loved me, I was just wondering why that didn't work. Or why I never fell for your words?"
"What words?" His expression made me wonder if he even knew.
"You always tried to convince me I loved you,"
"I never even tried, I left that for you to decide yourself." Well then, that answers that question.
"Can I ask you something?" he asked after a second.
"Sure,"
"Can you just be open for a second, I have waited very very long," I got caught up in my breathing, "Sure," I breathed. He leaned in slowly, probably making sure I meant it. He held my face in his hands and pressed his lips slowly to mine. His breath was the scent of pine. It made me dizzy, he caught me before I fell into the river. He tried to hide his smile but he tried even harder to hide his laughter. I crossed my arms, "Stop laughing at me!" I sniffed irritated. "I'm not, sorry," after that while we picked up dry sticks and leaves he smiled the whole time. I picked up a pine cone and chucked it at him, it hit him in his back, I quickly turned around. "Violet!" he complained. "What?" I asked innocently. He picked the pinecone off the ground and held it up. "Looks like the trees don't like smiling," I shrugged and turned around again. A force hit my side and I went flying into a pile of leaves. I saw Silver, but he turned me around so he wouldn't land on me. We both landed in the pile with an explotion of leaves. "Silver!"
"What? I motioned my hands to indicate the leaves around me. "Looks like the wind doesn't like throwing things," he shrugged and laughed. I tried to take the smile off my faceand pretend to be mad. He got up, "Arn't you coming?"I just sat there, my arms crossed. "Oh come on don't be mad at me," I just kept my place. "Please." He asked, his voice low. He sat next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. "I can talk you out of being mad at me, or do you want me to knock you out?" He asked leaning in. I sat up quickly. He chuckled "Thats what I thought." He was right in the place where I dropped my twigs and he picked them up. "Its your fault." I stated. "For what?"
"For making me faint,"
"I told you to have an opened mind, but no you overloaded yourself,"
"You are such a liar,"
"Oh so if I do it again you wouldn't faint?"
"Of course not!"
"We will see," he continued to pick up sticks and walk toward our camp. When we got there Stella was a sleep on the blanket. A few minutes later when we got the fire started again we relaxed. I noticed two things, one Silver was planning on making me faint again and two Stella wasn't breathing. "Silver! Stella." I said panicked. He immediatly picked her up and began to run. I followed behind him. A few minutes later we were in a town. We asked if there was a doctar or a nurse or something, a lady pointed to a grey building with a chainlink fence around it. We rushed in and set Stella on a bed and begged a doctar to see her. He asked what happened we told him her story and how we found her not breathing. We stood outside against the wall of the building. The doctar came out and said if we would have arrived sooner she would have been able to live, he took us he was sorry, but she was not longer alive. Once he left I leaned my head on Silver's chest. Tears started to flow and stain his shirt with salt water. He stoked my golden hair in rythm. We left, a few people said they were sorry, Silver never left myside. He didn't say much. We made it back to our camp, we promised we would stop by later to have a ceremony for her.
"We are here today to witness the death of Violet Trien's sister. Stella Trien died today at noon for cancer in her trechea and lungs. Miss Violet's husband is a medicin man, but didn't have the right medicines to care for her properly. The three have been traveling since there reuniting in Janie Village where Violet was reunited with her sister on last time. But Violet doesn't feel bad for hersister being alone, for Stella and Violet's parents are now with there youngest daughter. Would anyone want to say a few words?"
"I would minister." Silver spoke. I quickly looked up to see his face, because I haven't since her death. His eyes were purple with sadness.
"I have only known Stella for a very short time, but in that time Violet and I cared for her, I could see Violet cared for her very much and with that much care being shown I could not help but care for her also."
"I would also like to say a few words." I whispered when he was done. "Stella, was very important since the minute I found her. I was very thankful that Silver could care for her, even if she didn't survive. No one knew her better then Silver and I."
"Thank you both. Lower the casket." The minister said with sad human eyes. He was lucky because his eyes didn't change color with his mood. We left right after they had piled the dirt onto her. We headed back to the camp. We picked up the two blankets she used, the cup she used and the medicine she used. We couldn't decide wether to send it down the river or burn it. But we went with the river because medal didn't burn. We walked to the river we were at last night and tied her things up in the blankets. Silver smashed the glass vial and let the purple run into the water. We wrapped the rest of the broken glass into the blankets as well and sent it floating down the river. "Can I ask you something?" Silver asked after we have been sitting in the same place for an hour. "Sure,"
"Don't get sick and don't ever die,"
"That's not a question."
"I know its more of a demand." I smiled, "That's an easy command,"
"Good,"
"Can I demand something?"
"Yes,"
"Kiss me."
"That is a demand." He leaned in. His pine smelling breath floated through my veins, replacing the blood. His arms wrapped around me, my hands in his hair. I fought the dizzyness. He pulled away and chuckled, "Don't faint,"
"Shush, I'm trying,"
"So am I,"
"Seriously?"
"I'm not that strong,"
"Good maybe you will faint this time,"
"Maybe," I kissed him on the cheek and tried to stand up, "No you don't," Silver laughed as he pulled me back down by my hand. "Opps," he muttered as we fell into the water. "Silver!" I complained, the water in this river was very warm. "Sorry," he sighed "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," he stood up and held his hand out to me, he helped me up and out of the river. "I guess we better hurry to get to the Valley of Water."
"We should fit in." we gathered the rest of our things and continued to walk, Silver was in a hurry cause he was afraid of me getting sick. So we ran the rest of the way. We burst into the brick red house and immediatly went to change. He said he was going out to get more blankets and other eccentials, so I enjoyed the time to think.

Silver's POV

I walked the fimiliar roads in search of the thing I really came out to get. I forgot after all of these years where I had hiden it. I lived here way before Violet joined me and my mother had given me, there it is. I walked over to a little crooked stone with its sides chipped away. I picked up the stone and crushed it my hands. I smiled as I saw the beautiful diamond that lay in my hand. The golden band didn't even have one speck of dirt or dust on it. 'What do you have there?' A voice murmured, I froze and my hand atomaticly made a fist around the ring. 'Come to our river so I can see it,' the suducive voice murmured. I unwillingly turned and began walking. I made it to a hauntingly fimiliar river, and there on a giant boulder she sat. The wind blowing her flame colored hair, she stood and appeared next to me. She kissed me with force, but I couldn't denie it. "You finally are going to propose, hold on." She fixed her hand and pushed me to the gound on one knee. "Go head I'm ready," I stood up and put the delicate ring into my pocket, "I'm not proposing to you Sinthia,"
"Don't worry, you will, by the way come back tomarrow." She kissed me again and dissapeared. I hate her! 'Oh one more thing. I forbide you to propose to her,' My hands clenched in fists. I loved Violet. I arrived back at the house, Violet was still sitting on the couch. "Silver? Whats wrong?" She asked as worry layered her speech. "I'm sorry Violet, I need to be alone," I went to our bedroom and sat on the bed. I let my head fall into my hands. Two hundred years I have been free from her, and now I went to the place that was the safest place in the world to me. 'Welcome home,' the door opened a crack and I prepared myself to kill Sinthia. But Violet stuck her head through. "Can I come in?" I uncrossed my arms and nodded. "Are you ok?" she sat on my lap, like she did when ever I felt mad. "No,"
"Do you want to talk about it?" I shook my head, "Is it about Stella?"
'Say yes,'
"Yea it is,"
"It's ok, she is with her parents now,"
"I know."
'Tell her you don't feel well and your going to take a walk,' I guickly thought about a way that can get me out of the spot I was in. "Violet. I dont feel very well, I'm going to take a walk, but I hope you I I love you more then anymore else in the entire world. No matter what I say further or what anyone else says."
"I love you too," I sat up and walked out of the house. 'I'm too impatient, forget tomarrow, come see me now.' her voice rattled around in my brain. I tried to disobey but her power was too strong. Again I found myself at the dreaded river. She stood on the bank, "I have been think, Silver. I can see you really love this Violet, so I'm thinking I should take you away. Too much affection is bad for your mind if you are only playing a game,"
"No games!" I snarled.
"Tiss tiss, you do really love her, too