Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMt6dcao2h
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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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq77aMT8RzH
silence648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQDANKeOaC
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhaZEoGU8M
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7vNCdyQlO
A hundred days have made me older648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zsp6MaKRd
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjprq6aVVa
A thousand lies have made me colder648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA4HiESH7e
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1eRMfHIQy
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7raNTncdI
silence648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0ud87vbif
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvyTtPQCo1
Door opening.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDyHfTbZi2
Earphones falling.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi14Mij1Mbv
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqfh8j2Aa6
Door closing.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm62y4g5dc
And then Maddy's parents called mine.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkSoMu3gQM
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmFmQ5cyhd
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1XTQAjRut
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPSmExoSdu
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 older648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMCBMFA4Ss
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3NsTzXfvQ
A thousand lies have made me colder648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwGEyq3FOS
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 dreams648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Bd43qpE3h
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71Zzp9bdoA
She'll be waiting for me.
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