Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTepHY1WOI
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a6JiG5nyv
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTjrsTiQ0F
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2nTC1RVoA
A hundred days have made me older669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBizp6I8Ba
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgkynhqzdk
A thousand lies have made me colder669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOqQI98ddB
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzzB06utmd
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnUd3XA8Pw
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKTXbw3fFw
Door opening.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcXLBxkRR0
Earphones falling.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzW7o5jLKt
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOco6jLq0CG
Door closing.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJFq13TiUZ
And then Maddy's parents called mine.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICdANrerYE
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgNiexxGzL
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tUwC6ccZt
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4STOmftr93
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 older669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ34r7iNxh
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFsmCCatxr
A thousand lies have made me colder669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwipKvEpbQN
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 dreams669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8biKeLKdL0
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr5r6OuV4i
She'll be waiting for me.
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