Davina and Eloise didn't fall in love with each other the minute they laid eyes on each other; in fact, they hated each other. Davina Craig was an out and proud Lesbian who wanted to live her life to the fullest in a new stage of her life, of starting college. Eloise Russell, on the other hand, was a devout Christian raised in a conservative household where things like being gay were labelled a sin.
Davina was living her life, and it disgusted Eloise, not just because she was gay but because she shared a room with someone who was giving into sin, someone who didn't care about the consequences. Eloise envied Davina because Davina was able to live her life, but Eloise wasn't.
Eloise had liked girls since she was a little, and she knew it was wrong, which was why she tried to keep it hidden to not express that side of herself; she never even told her parents because she believed she had it under cover.
So sharing a room with someone who was like her but didn't care to hide it made her blood boil; it sickened her. She thought she could live with Davina without problems, but she just couldn't help herself.
When Eloise walked into the room, she saw Davina kissing a girl, and Eloise couldn't keep her facial expression to herself; she had to reveal that she was disgusted and she didn't like that her roommate was gay.
Davina confronted her, told her she knew that she was nothing but a bigot. Eloise wanted to just let it go, but Davina wanted to press on further. So out of anger, Eloise told Davina that being gay was a sin; she quoted scriptures to let her know how wrong being gay was, but Davina didn't want to hear it. Davina called Eloise a hateful bitch, a soul-sucking religious freak. And then stormed out of the room.
Eloise placed her hand on her chest, hurt by what she had just called her. A hateful bitch. Eloise didn't care about the bitch part, but she knew for a fact that she was not hateful; in fact, she was convinced that her preaching to Davina was out of love.
She knew this, so why was it that another part of her was telling her that she was indeed harsh, that she hated the fact that Davina was able to live her life, or that she hated the fact that it wasn't her that Davina was kissing.
Davina wasn't just beautiful; she had a very beautiful soul. She was carefree, extroverted, and very friendly. There were times Eloise would just look at Davina and question her beliefs. Davina was a nice person, so how was it possible that she was going to hell simply for being a homosexual? Sometimes she didn't think the bible made any sense.
But when she'd realise what she thought, she'd blame that thought on the devil and continue with her Christian ways.
But things were getting hard for her. She grew up in a conservative town, where everyone was Christian and Republican. She wasn't really around diverse people until she moved to California for college.
She even met a trans woman who helped her with her stained dress; she didn't know she was trans until she told Eloise the next day. Eloise was shocked because she didn't look trans. But she was also confused.
She had met a lot of people in the queer community, not just Davina, and they were all nice and good people. She was taught back home that these people had an agenda to spread the homosexual disease. But they just weren't; they just wanted to survive in a world that hated them.
For weeks, Eloise began to question her faith without guilt, and it was harder for her to blame it on the devil. She began to question God, why he would make her gay and then send her to hell. It was evil, because for years she had prayed to God to change her sexuality, but to no avail, she was still gay, she was still into girls, she was still into Davina.
One day, Davina walked into the room to grab some of her things. Eloise called to her.
"What?" Davina said coldly, which was fair because Davina had only been nice to her, but Eloise had treated her like the devil.
"I-I just wanted to apologise," she said, and Davina faced her and crossed her arms.
"Alright, go ahead."
"I'm sorry, I just-" she stopped and then she started crying. She began to rant about how she'd been raised Christian and how she always followed the rules and obeyed her parents and never got into trouble, but she couldn't remove one thing that might not make her the perfect daughter her parents wanted her to be.
"I'm gay, Davina," she said. That was the first time she ever uttered that out loud. She admitted it to herself two days ago, but she didn't think she'd say it to someone that soon, but she had to. "I'm so sorry if I made you uncomfortable." Eloise sniffed. She was able to get Davina's full attention, the anger on Davina's face disappeared and then was replaced by pity.
Because she understood, even though she didn't grow up religious, she understood.
"I didn't hate you, I never hated you, I only hated myself for what I was."
"Hey, hey. It's okay." Davina walked closer to her sad roommate and held her. Eloise had always wanted this closeness, had always wanted Davina to hold her. "I completely understand, and I'm so glad you told me. There's nothing wrong with you, Eloise, you are perfect just the way you are, and I'm sorry for saying this, but if God can't see that then screw him." Elose laughed, and so did Davina.
Davina began to wipe away her tears with her fingers, and then the two stared at each other for a long time until they shared a passionate kiss, a kiss that could make the whole world explode, and they wouldn't care because they had each other.
Eloise finally accepted herself. She started attending LGBTQ meet-ups, went to gay bars for the first time, attended pride rallies, became Davina's girlfriend, and it took a while, but she eventually came out to her parents. They disowned her, except her younger sisters promised to love her forever; she was grateful for her sisters.
She didn't care about her parents not loving her anymore; it was their loss, she had all the love she could ask for.
Eloise now lives on her own, but she would spend the summer with Davina's family in Cupid's Hollow. They were so kind to her; they treated her like she was theirs. She loved them. And she also loved Cupid's Hollow, but she preferred to live in L.A.
Which brings their love story to this moment: Eloise and Davina are in a tent in the woods making out with each other, and when they kiss, they forget themselves.
They decided to camp outside before heading back to college the next day for their final year. Davina is a business major, and so was Eloise, but since her parents disowned her, she could do what she really wanted, and that's theatre.
The two already have their life planned out. When they're done with college, they're going to live in a bigger house, Davina is going to be a successful events planner, and Eloise is going to be one of the best filmmakers in Hollywood.
"Oh my God, you're obsessed with kissing," Eloise says, laughing.
"It's not my fault your lips are so addictive," says Davina, staring at her lips. She leans over, but Eloise stops her.
"Nooo, no more kissing."
Davina puckers her lips. "You don't love me anymore."
"Okay, you are so dramatic," Eloise says which causes Davina to laugh.
Davina plays with Eloise's sandy blonde hair, and Eloise traces Davina's dark skin with her fingers.
"I love you," Davina says.
"I love you too," Eloise tells her. They lean over each other to share another kiss, but they stop when they hear the breaking of a twig.
"What was that?" Eloise asks.
"I don't know." Davina's eyes widen when she sees a shadow figure headed their way. "What the fuc-" an axe goes through the tent, hitting Eloise's back. Davina lets out a scream when she sees blood gushing out of Eloise's back. Eloise is dead; whatever is here has just killed her girlfriend.
While screaming, Davina rises to her feet, and she falls but gets back up. When she leaves the tent, she sees a tall masked individual with heart-shaped eyes and a bloody axe in his right hand.
Davina isn't going to fight this person; she makes a run for it, screaming and shouting for help. But unfortunately, she underestimates the power of this killer.
The killer throws the axe straight at her, and it lands on her back. She stops, she feels the pain of the sharp blade on her back, and her knees touch the ground, then she falls to the ground.
The killer removes Eloise's heart from her chest; it glows, the heart of someone in love. She heads over to Davina and then does the same thing. Her heart is also glowing. This satisfies the killer.
The killer hears the ringing of a phone, and he tilts his head, then follows the sound to where the phone is, and then he sees it's lying next to Eloise. He picks up the phone and looks at the screen.
Dad
The call stops, and a message comes in from Eloise's father.
Dad: I'm very sorry, Eloise. Your mother and I are sorry; we shouldn't have cut you off. We have learned, and we are sorry. We love you, and we accept you for who you are. We miss our daughter. Please call us.
The heart thief throws the phone to the ground and then makes a jump, leaving the woods.