Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla6KLYoOhX
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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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1MY8MyMEV
silence616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvahKlsNBY
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqMDVeZCuG
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyVtHADIs1
A hundred days have made me older616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAwW5sVYQX
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2QFpKFWGs
A thousand lies have made me colder616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxxnGeEQFB
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuJkbvI5nb
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD3oqUDP2u
silence616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxO23GJSZtC
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYqyu2ePjE
Door opening.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYtUSZYUp8
Earphones falling.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9frovObS92
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxG51bq3XNA
Door closing.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CW2dmAJiO
And then Maddy's parents called mine.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JsoeTw3Az
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclHHBXosYl
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxaGzBFJKC
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlOrFoaDWu
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 older616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg3Q24Qhmf
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBnKbtGiQp
A thousand lies have made me colder616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTobI6JrO0k
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 dreams616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXex4vf99Sg
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn10K0BWH1v
She'll be waiting for me.
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