Miranda Utzman

The Village

I was always warned not to go into the forbidden woods. I never believed the stories but listened anyways. People go in and they never come back. Don't blame them though, there's got to be more than this little village. "Gwenn it's Dinner time" momma yells breaking my concentration. "Happy birthday sweetie" father says as he kisses my cheek. Today is my 18th birthday and everyone is expecting me to tell them what I plan to do with my life and if I'm going to accept Jonathans proposal. Jonathan is amazing in everyway, he's the most handsome man in the village and the smartest one too! I'm not too bad myself but I wouldn't need to lift a finger if I married him. He's two years older than me and chose to follow his dads footsteps as a doctor. Everyone plays their part and if I say yes to him I'll be expected to play mine and have his children right away. Not that having his children would be terrible. We both have bright blue eyes and great bone structure so I know we'd have beautiful babies, but I'm still so young and have so much life I want to live. I convinced my family to hold off life conversation until the following day. I'm still not sure what to tell them but I know in my heart the village life isn't the life for me.