Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkMHUEuM8G
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I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJTP2vYLLM
silence654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQCvvjPMji
I'd like to think, that once the night sky spreads its wings and brings the dancing stars to light, and wretched, sinful Isabelle still hasn't returned home - I'd like to think that perhaps her parents might regret the words they said, might regret the palms of their hands stinging red against my face.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBjuCCJIeI
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgmoJX6kYW
A hundred days have made me older654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0jxQhxGvR
They told me that God loves us all, and will always be with us; but now, tears streaming onto my clasped hands and down into the river, silence is the only response.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBJ7DVNl91
A thousand lies have made me colder654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV50EJwzsE9
They never met her. Never met Maddy. They heard her name, spoke to her parents, but they never met her, and I hate them for that, more than I hate them for the scars on my cheeks.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu97LCyv5Nt
They just heard about her. And when they did, they forgot about Isabelle, that poor girl became me; the one they couldn't love. Their daughter was killed by a phone call.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfkt7Sg6rv
silence654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmxS3jpu9V
We were lying about why I was there, and we were lying side by side - lying side by side, earphones in to maintain the charade of studying - I could've lived in that moment forever. Just holding her hand in mine, knowing she was right beside me, seeing what I was seeing, hearing what I was hearing, feeling what I was feeling.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIdbfx3005
Door opening.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4GUCMhL21
Earphones falling.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lIAw5Drca
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEblivfgkH
Door closing.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcZMKEdt4w
And then Maddy's parents called mine.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqHvfZRSb8
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3bevarBkP
I lay my head down in the river, floating hair making a red halo on the surface of the water, newly sprouted reeds grasping desperately at my scalp.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGrPO3Oq5H
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShDE4gRd3T
I slowly push off the bank with my feet, and as my ears submerge, I can hear her singing the song, the song we both loved so much -
A hundred days have made me older654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ052g1t9tgB
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy48nTiLtQS
A thousand lies have made me colder654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIChF6j25L
And I don't think I can look at this the same
I can hear her singing, I can hear her, and I'm coming Maddy I'm coming -
You're still with me in my dreams654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKQ2Y2zkb9
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
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I'd like to think, that beyond this bristling carpet of reeds and half-hearted, long-forgotten blooms, she'll be waiting.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvn1P4gZeS
She'll be waiting for me.
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