Flashback
ELLIE JONES
I've never been popular. Instead, I've always just been the opposite of popular. Maybe it's because I'm ugly, or because I'm fat, or because of both. But either way, I've never had a friend in the world before. Until I met him.
I'm always in the store with mum either cleaning books and shelves, reading, or drawing. That day was no different. I was in the corner of the store drawing alone when a boy comes up to me. He offers to draw with me, and I'm not sure if he just wants to tease and make fun of me, or is just nice. Anyways, I hand him some pencils and we draw together. It felt nice to have a friend.
"Why do the kids outside call you elephant?" He asked me one day. Of course, my embarrassing nickname.
"Just look at me" Is all I say, because that's all that is needed.
"I think you look beautiful. Elephants are cute, like you. It suits you," He told me.
From then on, my hatred for the name elephant wasn't as strong as before. And it was only because of him.
Present day
ELLIE JONES
Holding the makeshift book I had drawn with my childhood best friend and this My Beaux book, I notice that both books have a tiny elephant mark at the bottom right corner. I always used to draw tiny elephants after he told me I looked cute. No one else would have known that.
The name Alfie. Alfie's real name is Alfie, but I remember the boy I met over a decade ago had a pen name Alfie. No one else would have known that my pen name is beaux either.
I sit down in shock. Alfie had lied to me. He told me that he is the author. He hid this letter from me and even wanted me to get rid of it. I thought that he is perfect, that he is the right option, the better one.
As it turns out, love is never black and white.
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Lost
Romance"Can love prevail?" When Ellie Jones, a shy quiet girl who has barely seen the outside world turns 19 meets this mystery man who refuses to form attachments, she finds that feelings develop. He gives her his name but doesn't want to know hers. She...
