My Name is Edith, Not Elizabeth
Nov. 16th, 2018 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frostedoverroseI walked in the terminal, looking down.
"Elizabeth, over here!" a girl shouted.
"Give me the beautiful smile from the picture they selected," a man shouted.
I cringed at that. If only they knew that my name was actually Edith and not Elizabeth.
I forced myself to keep looking down at the golden carpet, because if I looked up, I knew that I would burst into tears. I didn't want to be here, away from my family. My twin sister, the real Elizabeth, and my mother had forced me to do this. She didn't like men and she sure as hell didn't want to be married to the prince, especially trapped in a loveless marriage with him.
My mom understood Lizzie's attraction, even though Mom could've thrown her out to the wolves for it, but Mom had forced me to take Lizzie's identity. If Lizzie refused, there would've been hell to pay from the Ones, because that was treason to the country, for not partaking in our citizenship duty. Besides, we need the money because our house was getting to small for four sets of twins to live in.
This is only temporary, I told myself. I don't have to win. We need the money and a bigger house. This is for my family. And they were worth it.
"Elizabeth, over here!" a girl shouted.
"Give me the beautiful smile from the picture they selected," a man shouted.
I cringed at that. If only they knew that my name was actually Edith and not Elizabeth.
I forced myself to keep looking down at the golden carpet, because if I looked up, I knew that I would burst into tears. I didn't want to be here, away from my family. My twin sister, the real Elizabeth, and my mother had forced me to do this. She didn't like men and she sure as hell didn't want to be married to the prince, especially trapped in a loveless marriage with him.
My mom understood Lizzie's attraction, even though Mom could've thrown her out to the wolves for it, but Mom had forced me to take Lizzie's identity. If Lizzie refused, there would've been hell to pay from the Ones, because that was treason to the country, for not partaking in our citizenship duty. Besides, we need the money because our house was getting to small for four sets of twins to live in.
This is only temporary, I told myself. I don't have to win. We need the money and a bigger house. This is for my family. And they were worth it.
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