When Jake first sees Emily at a theater performance, he just knows that he has to get to know her better. But Emily’s parents disapprove of their careers, claiming that an aspiring actress and a scriptwriter have no future. It’s only later, after the couple are married, that the parents try to pay Jake off.
When I first laid eyes on Emily, she was up on stage, performing in a university theater production. Her presence was magnetic. I sat there, utterly mesmerized.
As the lights dimmed and the curtains closed, I knew I had to meet her. Little did I know, she felt the same spark. After the show, I mustered the courage to approach her.
“Hi, I’m Jake,” I said, feeling my heart pound in my chest. “You were incredible there.”
“Thank you,” she replied with a warm smile that reached her eyes. “I’m Emily.
I haven’t seen you around before. Are you a student here?”
“Yeah, I’m studying scriptwriting,” I said, trying to keep steady because there was a sense of excitement that ran through me. “I’d love to write something for you someday.”
Emily’s eyes lit up.
“That sounds amazing! I’ve always wanted to be part of a project from the ground up,” she said. From that evening, we became inseparable.
Emily, an aspiring actress, and I, a budding scriptwriter, bonded over our shared dreams. After graduation, we packed our bags and moved to a place to chase those dreams. Emily landed a few roles, while I started writing scripts, hoping one would get picked up.
“Don’t stress,” she said, when I massaged her shoulders one evening. “It’s just one of those things that takes time. But you’re trying and that’s the important thing.”
I nodded.
“I know,” I said. “It’s the waiting that I’m not too happy about. But I’m constantly writing.
So, that’s something.”
We supported each other through thick and thin, but Emily’s parents were the constant thorn in our side. They didn’t approve of our career choices. “They’re very stuck in their ways,” Em said one day as she was cooking.
“They think that I should have married a wealthy man and become a stay-at-home wife. My mother thinks that I shouldn’t act either.”
“Your mom is crazy,” I said, opening a can of soda. “She just hates that you’re with someone who writes stories for a living.”
“She just wants me to be like her.
An exact copy of her. And I want the exact opposite of that,” Emily said. A few months later, I proposed to Emily.
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