Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvWD1WKkx2
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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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaj6n8vjQT
silence598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi92zW3oqSU
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEHb9lZ4kn
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVPMnzXrhY
A hundred days have made me older598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFfiYfWj7X
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7qpofkSgL
A thousand lies have made me colder598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOHzR5Syqp
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnundyMCLto
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYs1lo1oa3
silence598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtosOvpDiU7
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefo3AHYzSv
Door opening.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdL7U4nFBj
Earphones falling.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QyYoS9Bl6
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAininpkp7c
Door closing.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DLsJWPhO7
And then Maddy's parents called mine.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHro8L7IH1V
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTqMtLFQ3P
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUvXZuql4g
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo8dQIm9Pu
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 older598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmzqb20miP
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwdulSJoqV
A thousand lies have made me colder598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOV5fZWJi4
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 dreams598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMnzOU0HFS
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3m52eG94gn
She'll be waiting for me.
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