Tommy and Elena

by Lindo Kabini

Introduction:

Do you want to read an interesting short story? Then this is the right place! Without leaving this page, read till the end! This story is about Tommy and Elena but I can’t tell you all the details, find them out for yourself 😉

Long time ago, in 1936 there lived a king named Arthur. Arthur had only one child whom he adored very much. It was a princess, Elena. Arthur and Elena lived in a gigantic, huge and majestic castle which was primary brownish-orange and it was 20m tall. Arthur was very protective of Elena, his protection of Elena was undescribable. Arthur would check up on his daughter everyday he would always be focused on his daughter. It was quite normal because “She is my only child”, said Arthur. Elena was treated like an angel, like a very special being, Elena was popular, beautiful, well-mannered and well structured. She had a unusual aura which highly majesticized her presence. Elena was slim but yet on a medium height. 

Elena had an affair with just a commoner from the village. They met secretly at the river by the bushes everyday as they had a fixed time meeting. Elena knew very well that her father wanted Elena to marry to a prince of another village. Everyday when Tommy, the commoner and Elena would depart away from each other, Tommy would question himself non-stop, “Should I perhaps ask the king for Elena’s hand in marriage or should I just run away with her?”, “Will the king even accept for Elena to marry me? A random commoner?”, Tommy questioned and answered himself everyday and he wouldn’t stop stressing about the matter. 

One day, when Elena and Tommy met secretly by the bushes; one of the King’s servants saw them but secretly hided her visibility from Elena and Tommy. The servant reported to the king, the king was furious and also worried about ‘his’ Elena. The king quickly called one of his guards, the guard went and bowed down towards the king as the king leaned and whispered towards the ear of the guard, “Follow Elena wherever she goes, if you see her talking with a man in any kind of pleasant and flirting way, you wait for the man to get out of Elena’s sight and then you kill the man.” The majestic voice of the king with a distinctive Birmingham accent was demanding as his voice was strong, low pitched, gravelly and it had guttural tones and a clipped pronunciation. The guard would nod as a sign of accepting as the guard would stand up thus he left the room. Elena and Tommy were still talking and admiring each other as the guard sat and waited by the bushes with a serious and angry face. Elena and Tommy then said their last goodbyes to each other, they then departed from each other, the guard would watch Elena in a happy mood walking at the forest going home. The guard would look down with regret and you could see that the guard felt guilty for what he was about to do. Yet the guard raised his head and looked at Tommy who was walking away, he raised his sniper and pointed it towards Tommy’s spinal cord.

A loud gun shot noise would scare the birds as they flew away which alerted Elena that something was going on. Elena then became anxious, with a suddenly changed facial expression. “Tommy!!!” Those words escaped the lips of Elena as she turned around In a blitzing speed and ran towards the direction Tommy was. Elena ran as her dress was long and disturbing but yet she continued with anxiousness and she ran at a speed that she had never experienced before. On and on she ran, she saw Tommy lying down with blood coming out of his body fast. Elena then went close towards Tommy as she flipped Tommy’s body and made him face up, he then raised Tommy’s face towards hers, she then continuously pat Tommy’s face as she screamed, “Tommy! Help! Tommy don’t leave me! Stay with me! No! You cannot simply leave me! We have a very great future ahead of us! Help!” Elena screamed with fear. She was scared, you could see it on her face. In the middle of the forest, ‘her’ man was bleeding continuously. Elena didn’t know what to do, her mind was all over the place as she was scared, Elena cried and cried and cried.

Elena was then home, you could see that she was a mess, you could see her eyes red, with her clothes dirty and filled with blood. She was a mess but she didn’t want her father to see her like this because she thought her father would be suspicious and later find out that she had a secret affair but little did he know that her own father is the reason for the death of Tommy. She then secretly walked into her room and then hid herself. At night she cried alone and only her pillow was there to witness her pain. One morning, Elena and her father were eating breakfast as usual, it was quiet, only the sounds of plates hit by forks and knives would be heard continuously. “When were you preparing to tell me about the secret affair you had with that boy from the Telan household?” uttered King Arthur towards Elena as he stopped eating and looked at Elena. Elena stopped eating as she anxiously looked down towards the table and kept quiet. Arthur then aggressively punched the table, “Answer me! God dammit!”. 

Elena then started weeping and stood up and she ran towards the balcony she held the boundary handrails like structure with her hands. She then peaked out her head and she looked down at the ground, thoughts started running through her mind, she had memorized every moment she had spent with her dad and the fun moments they had together, and then she had a quick flashback about the little and special times she spent with Tommy. Arthur then appeared and shouted towards Elena. “I love you Dad, goodbye” Elena started crying as she had a thought of commiting suicide by purposely falling down towards the ground which was 20metres down. Arthur then changed his face as he became worried as he anxiously uttered towards Elena, “Elena, no, no my sweetheart. You cannot leave me, you’re my only child! Elena I know I’ve made mistakes; I killed that boy and I agree I shouted and I wasn’t supposed to, we all make mistakes Elena! We all do. My child, I love you more than I could express, it would become a real pain if you would do what you want to do but look, remember the moments we spent together. Remember when we would go to the park together? Huh? You remember that? Or when I’d read you a bed time story and you would say you love me? Please my child. Remember all those sweat moments.” 

Elena would then remember all those sweat moments again as she smiled but a flashback of Tommy’s death would also be on her mind. 

Now reader, yes I mean you. I want you to give an opinion of what Elena decided to do. Did she commit suicide or did she end up running towards her father and hugged him? I want you to think and answer that question in the comment section below and let me observe what you think happened in the end.