Between Loves (The Pendant Series Book 2) by Austin Cynthia

Author:Austin, Cynthia [Austin, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-06-02T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Foolish Games

Adrian was already in the kitchen by the time I’d re-entered the house.

“Are you hungry?” he yelled. “I can fix you something to eat if you’d like.”

Unable to contain my dry humor, I responded, “You mean you can make something besides a sandwich?”

“Of course. I have microwave popcorn.”

I laughed and accepted the snack.

While Adrian fumbled around the kitchen, I searched for the remote control and began browsing through the guide when I saw that the remake of The Great Gatsby had just begun. I loved this movie and so I quickly flipped it on.

Adrian entered the room and sat on the other end of the couch. He stretched his arms out so that his fingertips were almost touching my shoulder. I tried to remain frozen in my spot but eventually the buttery smell of popcorn got the best of me and I scooted closer to him and plunged my hand into the bag of the addictive treat.

“Did you find a movie you want to watch?”

“If it’s okay with you, this is one of my favorites,” I gushed.

“Well then, let’s take a journey into the mind of Miss Sidney Sinclair, shall we?”

We sat back and watched the tragic love story that always seemed to capture my heart. I loved the latest film adaptation with the bright colors and the latest songs remixed with a bit of jazz, giving them a reminiscent feeling of the roaring twenties. The lively dance parties were so extravagant that I always wished I could just jump right into the screen and participate with the party-goers. Their outfits were so eccentric yet everyone seemed to be full of confidence. Everyone was so happy, lost in a story full of money, glitz, and glamour.

The ending always left me with a bitter taste in my mouth; a disgusted feeling in the pit of my stomach and my heart, leaving it feeling sad, empty, and unfulfilled. I was terribly sad because Gatsby had let everything in his life slip away except for his one true love. Everything he had done was for Daisy Buchanan.

I was disgusted by how Daisy could betray someone she claimed to love so much and instead stay with a man who treated her like dirt. I concluded that Daisy deserved her husband, Tom Buchanan but Gatsby, well, Gatsby deserved so much more.

His only crime was falling in love with the wrong woman. If only he had never met her, his life would have been so much different.

The film ended in the same way it had begun; with Daisy still looking sad and pathetic in her unhappy marriage as she yearned to be with Gatsby, but the viewers watching the movie no longer felt sorry for her. She was the creator of her own destruction.

Watching the credits scroll across Adrian’s flat screen TV, I sat on the couch thinking of Tom Buchanan. I thought of the scene when he and Gatsby were both pleading their case to Daisy as they begged her to choose each of them.

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