No Barriers for Love
Elizabeth Schnee was born in a rich environment. Everything was given to her on a silver platter, the best teachers, the best clothes and the best jewellery. But there was one thing no money could fix. She was bored.Elizabeth walked down the streets of Orlando desperately hoping that no one recognised her, until she spotted a figure outside the local mall.
“Hey Antony, ready to go?” she greeted the figure with a beaming smile on her face.
The figure was a tall boy that stood a head taller than she did. The boy’s name was Antony Potter, he had several tattoos and piercings, giving him a menacing appearance. Unlike her, his family barely survived in the city. His mother ran away when he was five, while his father drank his sorrows away and seemed to be unaware that Antony even existed.
Normally the two would never meet because they were of two worlds, the rich girl and the delinquent boy who fell in with the wrong crowd.
She could still remember the day they met, when during one of her secret walkabouts some thugs snatched her off the streets and tried to take her jewellery with a knife at her throat. She remembered how the cold grip of death almost touched her. Suddenly the two were out cold and Antony was standing over them, like a fallen Knight. At first his appearance scared her but when he brought her to a nearby arcade, she found something, something she was missing. She had fun.
Speaking of arcades, that was where now Elizabeth was currently playing a crane game. She watched the claw come down and started to pull up a toy rabbit, but when it neared the chute, it slipped and was stuck on the side. Elizabeth huffed in annoyance and crossed her arms however hearing Antony try and fail to stop chuckling made her face turn red and her annoyance became embarrassment.
“Here let me,” Antony said, stepping in front of her.
“Wait, I can’t let you spend your money on something like that,” she said, to stop him.
He just smirked and after looking around, to her confusion, he violently kicked the machine which rattled and made a loud thud. The rabbit fell in and Antony handed the doll to her. Her blush grew in redness and she gratefully took it.
“Hey, what’s going on back there?” a worked yelled out. Antony grabbed Elizabeth and ran out, with the irate worker yelling after them.
The two finally stopped next to the park, the clear blue sky slowly turning grey. The two laughing long and hard until they were blue in the face.
“I can’t believe you did that,” Elizabeth gasped out, while he was grinning from ear to ear.
“But it was fun,” he countered.
She giggled before saying, “Yes, but maybe next time let’s not damage something.” She started to walk home before looking down at her prize and ran back and gave Antony a small kiss on the cheek. “Thank you,” she whispered before leaving, a bright smile on both their faces.
People of two worlds can be as different as the sun and moon but find one thing in common and you’ll find that they are more similar than you think.
Ruan Baldwin
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