Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2pjNhhMdM
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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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iA9nhI8At
silence683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnImFoAxJ8
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqX9bVkUZG
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWjZP6H7bL
A hundred days have made me older683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0y4G7xxI9
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaeGgNdyno
A thousand lies have made me colder683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUHCwa8Pwc
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdS5X7pyAv
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqRydwcl5p
silence683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkb01rqUz9
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph75ELGOfS
Door opening.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhgWYSmzVG
Earphones falling.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9VqsMQeVK
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrgv4ZfAKL
Door closing.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL8Qap6dTj
And then Maddy's parents called mine.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjk2VsjmSor
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEUopDZWEW
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTvNepY2hI
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUHAoz069X
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 older683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdbuCDasyl
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QN1aBP22G
A thousand lies have made me colder683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NIib8tAQZ
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 dreams683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx4p9xmLeV
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfH2Q6e2gkt
She'll be waiting for me.
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