Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K1PMMGya7
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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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpzxCdDpId
silence647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAPyxHV9b0
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqB5msHPAU
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFOs5z7Kpq
A hundred days have made me older647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKUbmx5Odh
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lDTA6gylw
A thousand lies have made me colder647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6Hv5WTchb
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yndiqg1Q8
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVpkRneznb
silence647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLQrEBCiNa
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy3xrLyeSR
Door opening.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKrbpggLr4
Earphones falling.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpW8tX0zwy
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XkakBPjwl
Door closing.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBahFWPzOe1
And then Maddy's parents called mine.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kTgbZmcuk
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIcgGfz6Oo
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIa7XFgAq0
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MALPE6pYF
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 older647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIhKC8Hl8w
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7LndR5fgV
A thousand lies have made me colder647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruhSLQvD9F
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 dreams647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWT4fnvYqE
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhN0TYaHjH
She'll be waiting for me.
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