Rhona Final FF

Seven years she waited restlessly, seven years her heart ached miserably and for seven years the love she had for her young Noah diminished slowly. The man in whom she had not only given herself away to and also given a piece of her heart to was no longer in her reach. Her eyes no longer cried but it was through the beat of her heart which no longer skipped that this depression and heartbreak was reflected.These were the thoughts and feelings of young Allie before she fell hopelessly in love with her new profound love, young Jack.

 Although young Allie found it almost impossible to open her heart to any other man again after losing contact with her first love Noah during the war making her bitter towards him, she was surprisingly unhesitant to give her heart away to young Jack, a young man who had just returned to America as a young Painter from London. Like Noah he too was not from a wealthy background and whose social status was far from elegant.

Young Allie found comfort in her love with Jack as he was somewhat similar to her first love…Noah.

Young and vibrant, both young Allie and Jack shared something very special in common. They both grieved the loss of a piece of their fragile hearts…Jack had lost his beloved England Rose after being separated from in the Sinking ship he had managed to survive from.

As their love grew young Allie and young Jack became more than young lovers but soul mates almost destined to be together them also voyaged the world together. The happiness in which they established between one another helped ease the pain of their past love lives, the wounds that were in placed in their hearts were mended by one another. However, the more Allie fell in love with young Jack the more she realized that he reminded her of her first love, young Noah.

Jack had a sense of humor that could make her giggle endlessly just as young Noah had, the gleam in Jacks eyes reminded her that whether noon or shine their love would never die out which made it harder for young Allie to forget about young Noah even more because she always felt that their souls were connected. 

Unfortunately the perfect traits of young Jack that reminded young Allie of Noah caused her to be even bitterer towards young Noah because he had broken her delicate heart.  

Young Allie and young Jack made each other feel complete, they loved to love. Painting, reading, singing and making love passionately to one another made life seem like a blissful song with no end. As the years progressed, Allie felt the hurt fade and her heart become fonder of young Jack, exploring the world side by side and discovering something new about one another each day. Their love never grew old.

Until…

“Excuse me madam, can you please tell me where the men’s room is on this ship?” Young Allie turned around and gasped holding her mouth gob smacked “This is impossible…I must be dreaming. Noah?.”

“Yes siree sure am, just who might be asking?”

Young Allie removed her hat and exclaimed angrily “You prick! What are you doing here?” Young Noah was astonished “Allie! Is that really you? I don’t know what to say”. Young Noah tried to embrace young Allie, but sadly Allie refused to respond happily to young Noah. “C’mon Allie, why are you being like this? This is the happiest day of my life! I’ve been searching for you for more than seven years I lost contact with you because I was abandoned out in the Vietnam rainforest during battle so all my belongings were lost including the notebook with your contact details, I searched every state in America looking for you, I bumped into your mom in the first year and she told me you had moved overseas. So for the past 10 years I’ve travelled all four corners of the world in search of you, my darling Allie.”

As young Noah stood admiring young Allie and her beauty waiting anxiously for her response, young Allie not only felt time had stood still at that moment but her heart beat began to skip she was unsure of how to process it all, she was unsure of whether or not she was to be furious at her deceiving mother or to be mad at the universe and how she was supposed to feel about Noah.

But before young Allie could say anything young Jack intervened the awkward conversation excitedly yelling “Honey, c’mon lunch is about to be served so I’ll go save us a table and you can invite your new friend if you want, see you in the lunch bar”. “Alright, be there in a sec” young Allie replied happily. “Ummm in case you’re wondering, his name is Jack, and I love him very much and we’ve been travelling together for a while now. Good to see you I have to go now Noah”, but before young Allie could storm off angrily young Noah held her hand and said with all the strength and confidence in the world “He seems like a good guy…and…well…how can I put it…I’m glad to see you’re happy Allie…and err…I guess my search for you after many years is now over…I’ll be off to my room now…At that moment young Noah walked sadly to his cabin room, while young Allie’s eyes filled with tears of confusion watched him, the man she thought she once loved and had forgotten about was slowly beginning to fall in love with again.

That night as young Allie lay in bed and watch her beloved young Jack sleep soundly next to her she found herself unable to comprehend why her life had turned out the way it did. While at the same time young Noah laid in his bed sadden that his dearest love had found a new piece to her heart, he had travelled far and wide across the globe in search of her, his other half.

So he went for a stroll out on deck for fresh air and gazed upon the sky, as he gazed a shooting star went by and so he wished “ I wish for love that will awaken the soul and make me reach for more, a love that can plant fire in my heart and bring peace to my mind”.

Noah then smiled as he had accepted the fact that although his long journey of love had ended he felt a sense of comfort knowing his young Allie had found someone new to love her faithfully and wholeheartedly so he was to let go and move on. As he turned to return to his cabin he found young Allie standing in front of him, and she whispered in his ear “my daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away” Noah smiled and said “my dearest Allie I know because you said it the first time we kissed” tears began to roll down Allies apple red cheeks, Noah held her and wiped her tears and whispered “before you go on, I want to say I’m sorry I wasn’t there and that things have come to an end, we must let go” Young Allie shook her head vigorously with tears “No Noah! Why did you have to come back! Now I’m caught in the middle between you my first love and another wonderful man, Jack who’s just as loving! Noah I hate that I still love you! I can’t and I will not let you go!”

Noah held young Allie as if he’d never hold her again, with all the strength he had within him he held in his tears and whispered “My dearest Allie, letting go does not leave emotions of resentment, jealousy, regret nor giving in or giving up It certainly isn’t about failure or defeat but letting go is to treasure memories and to overcome and have the courage to accept change and have the strength to keep moving forward to whatever life will take us”.

Allie slowly wiped her tears and laughed “Thank you Noah, I always knew you had a soft spot in there somewhere, I’m sorry things turned out this way. But despite our circumstances I’ll always love you.”

And so young walked away from the man she once loved and resented for the last time. Noah smiled, but just when he thought things were settled he saw a beautiful red haired woman at the tip of the ship, almost about to commit suicide by jumping off so he ran and stopped her. As the young woman wept in Noah’s arms he gazed into her hazel eyes and felt a sense of care for the beautiful woman she was pleasing to the eye he thought and said “Darling your far too beautiful to go to waste “I’m Noah” the young woman smiled and replied “Thank you Noah for saving my life it is a pleasure to meet you. I’m England Rose.”