Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTlgTe2PMb
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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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzNka5hRVO
silence684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JXRNhr9ss
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi60hV4CdmE
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWeljU9n7A
A hundred days have made me older684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrLcj0ieuP
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoLTljDkf8
A thousand lies have made me colder684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFtDCej3OD
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtbsSA0RCR
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB6MGBpBQL
silence684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7Ib0KssGs
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDEfXHlc8Q
Door opening.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTvDJwXOeZ
Earphones falling.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ922lKpcJ4D
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0OMfghimT
Door closing.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJMVnDxIJr
And then Maddy's parents called mine.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZHuVqZFk6
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHqn4VG9y2
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuyz11Waor
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzlOOxsSIg
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 older684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBbqjFKgWi
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJNQXCZxnO
A thousand lies have made me colder684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKGBQOiCIo
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 dreams684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYalA7rrUct
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvs1glJbEJn
She'll be waiting for me.
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