Novel & Cerita Before We Were Strangers

But I have to remember that she's the enemy. "I'm sorry, I know this is going to be awkward, but I really don't want to go to Boston." She takes me by the hand and leads me to the couch. "I hear you, I really do. I don't want to make you do something you don't want to do. But can we talk about it?" "I really don't want to. No offense, you're very nice, but we're total strangers." "True." Her lips press together. "That's the thing with this family. We all started as strangers. Well, I guess Ash and I didn't, but you get what I'm saying. Once you're in, you're in for life."

I paused which stretched too long. I forced a small smile. “Occupational hazard, I guess.” But he didn’t smile back. Instead he leaned forward slightly. “Strange." He murmured. My pulse quickened. “What is so strange in it ? Many people do it .” “ I don’t know why it feels… familiar. Like I have seen it before .” The word hit harder than it should have. I tightened my grip on the cup. “Maybe you’ve seen it somewhere,” I said lightly. “People have habits.”

The three strangers walked out without saying a word. Eli remained where he was. His jaw tightened. “They found me.” He started after them. At the same time, Mike, Lila and I stepped into the hallway. The crowd pushed everyone in different directions. I lost sight of Mike for only a second. That was all it took. Someone bumped into my shoulder. “Sorry,” the stranger said calmly. I turned. It was the tallest of the three new students. He leaned closer, speaking so quietly that no one else could hear. “Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.”

We walked together again, brushing shoulders once or twice, not speaking, but not needing to. I didn’t know what we were yet. Strangers? Classmates? Something else?

finally It wasn’t trying to control us anymore. It was trying to make us strangers.

The other two are strangers, unfamiliar weights and a human scent that doesn’t belong to our crowd. The two strangers worry me slightly more on reflection. They hadn’t been here when the night started, I’m fairly sure of that. And the state of everyone suggests things had escalated well beyond what any of us had planned. I have a vague, blurry memory of the music getting louder and the lights getting lower, of someone laughing too hard and someone else crying a little, the way people do when inhibitions just… dissolve. Not all at once. Like a slow tide going out. I’ve seen this before. Not often, but enough to recognise my own handiwork.

Because the truth was simple, even if I didn’t want to admit it. Before all of this, before the poison, before the long nights and the quiet conversations and the shared space that had forced us into each other’s orbit— We had been strangers. Living separate lives. Walking separate paths. Existing in the same place without ever truly meeting. But now… Now there was no distance left to hide behind. And that made everything feel a lot more dangerous than I was ready for.

My online boyfriend had been my sister's nemesis. He and my sister had been desk mates in high school, always competing for the top spot in their grade. He ranked first, while she ranked second. They could barely stand each other, yet they both ended up attending the same university in our city. Every time my sister came home for a break, she spent days complaining to me about him. This time, she came home with her suitcase and an unusually bright smile on her face. Mom teased her. "How come you did not mention your favorite nemesis this time? You seem to be in such a good mood. Do you have something going on?" My sister laughed and handed Mom a gold necklace. "Here. Your future son‑

“Before we were mates, we were lovers, it is not only the mate aspect that is keeping us together.” “Consider it as lovers who have broken up,” he said so nonchalantly that Aurora felt her jaw dropped in shock. “I mean it when I say that I want to have nothing to do with either of you, we would do each other good by going back to what we were before; strangers.”

My heart started to race within my chest heavily, worried if it was going to be another war to happen. Dad saw me and immediately send me back inside, I obeyed him, but I didn't go back upstairs. I stare through the glass of the door curious as to why the group of strangers was here and why were they just standing in front of the house and just staring as if they were lost. No, I can't take another war, I worry as I saw dad strongest pack members encircling the strangers, ready to take them down. Suddenly, the strangest thing happened that I immediately went outside. The strange people were now bowing down before our house.