Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjD2BaUtKO
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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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXex7KlPvNm
silence615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgYozEz1zv
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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvdP7L1aJN
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVarE9e38s
A hundred days have made me older615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjPnColPwg
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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6na9hsgSbh
A thousand lies have made me colder615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9whxTWtBKu
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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pG8ehi94m
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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK91v2ukXH
silence615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHMEOW32Hh
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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eYfsoaGym
Door opening.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMLPZkYoeP
Earphones falling.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y6RUNe8jm
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbykWp0vKf
Door closing.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaQGu4KQ4K
And then Maddy's parents called mine.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm059DVKESU
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0HFTORXqo
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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkzAZLn8JY
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEmYXbUhTv
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 older615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dYjpHLItR
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOu52RF7tV
A thousand lies have made me colder615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFpJmDHAWu
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 dreams615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMXioSB2qd
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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzDJDmnViO
She'll be waiting for me.
silence
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