Once Upon A Broken Heart

In my choir class we had to write a 600 word essay inspired by the music of Beetoven symphany #5. so... here it it:)

Beth’s eyes widened as Nathan got down on one knee and said, “Elizabeth Rose Taylor, I love you. Will you marry me?”

            Beth’s face turned bright red. “Yes, I will.”

Beth wondered how things could go from being so right to so horribly wrong. Nathan had always been ‘the one’ for her. Tears began to fall from Beth’s eyes as Nathan kept screaming.

“YOU ARE CHEATING ON ME AREN’T YOU???? WHO IS IT? WHO DOES ‘LITTLE BETH’ LOVE MORE THAN HER FIANCÉ?” His face got more red as he waited for an answer.

            Beth began to raise her voice. “No one! I swear I’m just late because I had to stop for gas!” She fell to her knees, “Please don’t be mad.”

            “Do you promise you’re not hiding anything from me?”

            “Yes! Nathan, I swear!”

            He calmed down a bit, “Alright. I forgive you. Now let’s go to bed.”

            When Beth awoke Nathan was gone and there was a note that read, “Dear Beth, I had to go get my tuxedo fitted again. Today’s our big day! I can’t wait for the rest of our lives. Love always, Nathan.” Beth smiled and began to get ready for her wedding.

A few hours had passed before Beth got in the limousine and headed for the beach. In the limo Beth found a single red rose with a note that said, “Elizabeth, you are my rose. Our relationship may have its thorns but you always stay beautiful and bright. Love always, Nathan.”

When the limo arrived on the beach, someone opened the door while “Here Comes the Bride” played on the organ. Beth stepped out of the limo, grabbed her bouquet from her uncle on the left of her, and walked down the aisle with her dad who was on her right.

The minister spoke in a deep voice, “Do you, Elizabeth Rose Taylor, take Nathaniel James Beethoven to be your wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?”

“I do.”

“And do you, Nathaniel James Beethoven, take Elizabeth Rose Taylor to be your wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?”

“If I didn’t I wouldn’t be here.” He said with a smirk.

“Then may we have the rings please?” Each of them put the ring on the others’ finger. “You may now kiss the bride.”

The night after their honeymoon, Nathan and Beth went out with their families. As usual, Nathan got home before Beth. He was getting angrier by the second as he waited for her. When Beth walked through the door with her sister Anne, Nathan began yelling, “WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG THIS TIME BETH?? DID YOU STOP FOR GAS AGAIN?” He walked up to Beth and shoved her against the wall, “YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A WOMAN! YOU"”

Anne sensed that something was wrong. “Whoa! Nathan, calm down a” Nathan pushed her as hard as he could and she hit her head on the coffee table.

“ANNE!!” Beth yelled as she ran to see if her sister was okay. “Nathan! You knocked her unconscious!”

Nathan shot her a look that warned her to stop talking, “You’re a worthless piece of crap. I never loved you.”

Beth collapsed onto the floor and clutched her chest. Nathan stood as still as stone as Beth lay lifeless on the floor. When Anne regained consciousness she blamed Nathan for her sister’s death when really, Beth simply died of a broken heart.

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Superb twist at the end.
I loved the way you began and ended it with high drama.
You are a great writer and were born to write.
Keep writing as writing defines you.