Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M10FS3BWm
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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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sHi77ttqG
silence635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxD8vmjomFt
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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALvIlSLLJz
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRROaNVZXY9
A hundred days have made me older635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jc0K8jR78
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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYhRw4WCmK
A thousand lies have made me colder635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYGCI9sa4g
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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFT7eHLVSHa
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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxoTA5rUC2
silence635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglcZ8hY4AG
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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLzf0GHvbQ
Door opening.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidBTIP6QCn
Earphones falling.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCsI2BkeXq
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvwlmy2Z7s
Door closing.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4Kt9Cujz9
And then Maddy's parents called mine.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oqe4J8ZG8
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm1tIh8KA7
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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNCopHdZj9
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmqEBerfnf
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 older635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznjr7mTT4x
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWRc58Mtp1
A thousand lies have made me colder635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzM5d1ci9Ho
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 dreams635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5V6yZvpp5r
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.635Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTad8xygrtt
She'll be waiting for me.
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