Before We Knew It Novels & Stories

Loud and indifferent and completely unaware of everything that had just happened inside a quiet room on a quiet floor above a quiet street. “Your father knew my mother,” Elliot said. “Yes.” “And neither of us knew that for four years.” “No.” He looked at her. “We were connected before we ever met.” She looked at him steadily. “We were,” she said. “Not the way anyone arranged or calculated or used. Something older than all of that.” She paused. “Something that was ours before anyone had the chance to make it something else.” He held her gaze. The morning moved around them. “Sera,” he said.

Noah’s POV Neither of us knew how to react, what to say, or what to do next. The words I’d just bleedingly confessed hung in the freezing air between us.The ocean filled the silence, waves rolling rhythmically onto the shore before dissolving into a hiss of white foam and retreating back into the night. I stood perfectly still, barely daring to breathe, my shoes slowly sinking into the damp sand. The biting coastal wind swept across the open bay, but right now, I couldn't feel the cold.

I had a strong feeling that I know where that came from, but I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t tell who it was. Slowly, a small hole appeared at the ceiling of the bedroom. The birds started to flee and flew out there. When the last bird that was left was gone, the hole closed once again. Clara hurriedly went to our father’s side and held on his arms. I saw how my family was clothed with fear.

For now. I didn’t know how long we had before whatever was out there came back. But for now, we were safe. For now.

And I thought that whatever came next. Whatever his past was carrying toward us. Whatever the unknown phone call on a Monday morning had set in motion. We were in it together now. One soft kiss at a door had made us in it together. And I was not afraid of what together meant. Not even slightly.

We let ourselves stay just for a beat longer, reminiscing how lovely it was. If only we knew that our world was about to come crashing down.

Because we knew the truth. We would not go down easy.

A promise. For tonight, that was enough. For tonight, we could forget the world outside this room. But in the morning…the war would start again. And neither of us knew what we’d become by the end.

But I knew, with absolute certainty, that we had definitely been exposed and there is no out of this one. And things were about to get very complicated.

The decorations were done the food was delivered in time and all the guests started arriving and I eventually forgot what had happen in the morning. *********** Well well well ....not the past he is the present & never know even the future and forever as well.. Let's just keep that decision on Anna *********** __________♡♡__________