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Updated my Theloise fanfic, Unanswered Questions! Keep reading this post for a snippet of ch. 8
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If you're new here, hello! I am writing a Theo Sharpe x Eloise Bridgerton fanfic. You don't need any knowledge about the Bridgerton show to enjoy it.
Here is a summary:
When academic rivals Theo Sharpe and Eloise Bridgerton find themselves paired for a project, they think it's the worst thing to ever happen to them. They push and rile each other up, getting on each other's nerves with every argument.However, that's just the beginning of a complex string of misadventures, mystery and melodrama they find themselves in. Things heat up when a mysterious new pamphlet makes its way around Mayfair Academy while Theo finds himself embroiled in strange meetings and agreements.
Stubborn, arrogant Eloise and sharp-tongued Theo are forced to confront the shadows they run from, making difficult, but necessary decisions that unfold a story that will change their lives more than any book they have ever read.
With obstacles thrown in by mysterious secret societies and meddling grandmothers, will the two rivals put their heads together or be driven further apart?
Here is a snippet of my latest chapter:
The results were posted on the softboard outside their classroom the following week. When Eloise had elbowed her way through the crowd of students, she read the sheet several times. She knew she had to be hallucinating, because why else would the boy who turned an essay that barely brushed the word limit edge her out by seven whole marks?
He was the last to stroll up to the softboard, his hands deep in his pockets as his eyes lazily flicked over the sheet.
“Good try, Bridgerton”, he said, as if he was bored. She had stood there, fuming as he explained to their classmates that he had just handed in something he wrote in the last minute.
“What book did you pick?”, one of her classmates asked eagerly.
“I picked the most basic novel”, Theo said, carding his hand through his hair carelessly, “Emma.”
Eloise would not have been surprised if steam was blowing out of her ears.
“His paper discussed some unique points”, Professor Fairwater had explained patiently, when Eloise demanded to know how he managed to score above 90. It was a feat all of her seniors had told her was as easy as getting Professor Berbruke to keep off the booze in a college event. In other words, impossible.
“What qualities of his essay stood out to you, ma’am?”
“He criticized the novel, and gave compelling arguments to support his opinion. He even explained what we could learn to avoid while writing a character centric story.”
Eloise had marched right up to Theo to wipe that stupid smug look off his face. It wasn’t just about the marks anymore. It almost felt like a personal attack.
“How could anyone possibly dislike Emma? Jane Austen had intended to create an unlikeable character. If anything, disliking the heroine only proves the brilliance of the novel.”
“It’s quite simple, really”, Sharpe had drawled, “There is a difference between an interesting unlikeable character and an insufferable, obnoxious one.
That wasn’t the boiling point. It had tipped over when Theo had fixed her with his cool look of disdain and said, “You keep bothering me with this, Bridgerton and I’ll know which category you’d fall into.”
The next morning, Eloise found Jane Austen’s Persuasion on her desk with a note attached.
“You’d find You have pierced my soul. I am half agony, half hope much more romantic than If I loved you less, I’d talk about it more.”
She had returned it to him without so much as opening it.
“I read your essay”, she had told him, “The only thing that was special in it was that you had an unpopular opinion.”
“No”, he had replied smoothly, that I chose quality over quantity.”
Since then, there were four significant changes :
Eloise had avoided reading any submission of his.
Eloise had learned to know when he was approaching the softboard just by his footsteps.
Eloise officially identified him as a threat
And worst of all, Theo started raising his points, in every single class.
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