All Chapters of Our Hearts Beat For Anne: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Anne’s povI stepped out of the reading hall with my fading lantern. The sky was cloudy and starless, creating ominous darkness. I found it very creepy. I continued down the few flights of stairs, gripping tightly to my lantern, and straining my eyes to see clearly. It tugged on my mind to go back and wait for my fellow hypers (nerds) whom I could walk with, but my brain and body were exhausted from too much reading and little sleep that I ignored the thought. Night class was a part of me. It was a thing we did around here. You know, studying at night away from our hostels and comfy beds. I’ve been doing it since my 100level, and now in my 300level in the university studying medical laboratory science, I couldn't stay a day without going. It's like my body had programmed itself because all the time I tried reading in the hostel, I ended up sleeping. I might as well blame the cozy bed that kept attracting me to lie on it. Well, the thing is, I go to ‘night class’ with my friends and

VincentThe emergency unit was packed with people. An accident has just occurred involving the collision of two commercial buses. People with different degrees of injury were moved all around me. I was scared out of my wit. I received a call informing me that my brother was involved in an accident and that I should come down to the emergency unit. Like I needed to be told that. I was left to imagine the state Andrew was in as I rushed down to the unit because the caller didn't specify. I work as a surgical resident at the Federal Medical Center in my state Alba, which is close to the school Andrew attends and where he was currently admitted. Like our dad, I specified in surgery and I was almost rounding up my residency. Drew, as I called him, had always hated medicine and opted for engineering because that was the substitute dad had chosen. Drew loathed the fact that he would be in the same line as Dad. That was why he chose the other option. Dad had always wanted me to work with h

VincentShe stared at me as I held her arm, stopping her in her track. When I made to move closer to her, she hid her face to conceal her tears and then began wiping her eyes. I stopped moving but still held onto her arm. I needed to make sure she was comfortable enough to talk to me. Slowly she raised her head but was avoiding eye contact with me. “I’m sorry,” I found myself blurting out. This made her look up, confusion written all over her stunning face. Her eyes were puffy from crying and I very much knew the reason behind it. When she arrived earlier, the nurse at the front desk had alerted me immediately. I was so ready to raise down hell on her. I had told the security to be on guard and had followed her to catch her in whatever act she was going to pull. I did catch her but in a whole different scenario. When I was following her, I kept looking at how simple she looked. All of Andrew’s women always dressed sophisticating, with makeup and all, and they had a thing in common

AnneI entered my room and sat down on my bed, holding onto my abdomen as pain shot through me. I was a bit glad my two roommates Jane and Pamela weren't around to bombard me with questions. They are sweet and caring alright, but they can also be quite annoying. I love them but right now, I wasn't ready to answer questions. I was exhausted from everything that happened. My body needed rest from all the assault. After I ran into Andrew or should I say the door he hit in my face, he took me to a restaurant and true to his words, it was an open space with lots of people. There, he poured out his heart and the pain he has been going through since he was little. He apologized severally for his action and I actually felt deep pity for him. I was touched by the way he expressed himself. it was like he had been holding it all in waiting to explode. He told me how his dad has been treating him, making him feel inferior because he failed most times in school and had to repeat two classes, how

Anne "Hello?" "Hello sweetheart, the exams are over, lets hang." Andrew purred through the phone. "You’re funny you know?" I asked laughing at his ridiculous imitation of a cat. "Yea, part of my charm. So, party at John's, come with friends." He said, shuffling in the background. "Drew, I don't like parties, come on!" I whined, diving onto my bed for comfort. The thought of bodies grinding together irked me a lot. "Yea, yea, you've told me a thousand times but seriously, you've gotta live a little. You've been studying all semester and every time I mention a party, you run for the hills babe. It won’t hurt to enjoy yourself just a little, and besides, John's lounge is close to your hostel, you can go back anytime!" He massively persuaded. "Ok! Ok! I'll think about it," I yelled in an attempt to end the argument. Drew is downright stubborn and persuasive. I’ve been trying to run away from his constant talk about going to parties but from the look of things, he had caught up wit