Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokPXb6jW0Y
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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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mp1JvHQw8
silence649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuszEBakTZe
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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ4hsPjH5s
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhuSEwcWfe
A hundred days have made me older649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhTQxtP4LV
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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt9fPATuC7
A thousand lies have made me colder649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamrIZ34BGG
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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvzVUW62PQ
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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmrrJ9J3Fc
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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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBXiT18SrR
Door opening.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNU9HJShug
Earphones falling.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhw7ndjT8Jv
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSe2Bb5nDW8
Door closing.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikfMNYxp5r
And then Maddy's parents called mine.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WQQ7IvJTL
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRt6wzgrd8
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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugfP0VMEI5
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4mLFCMENl
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 older649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5v8efsf6je
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5mGyzE397
A thousand lies have made me colder649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2sEYcaTAF
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 dreams649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUNxEAKElX
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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQGhk7sb9J
She'll be waiting for me.
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