Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pVhhoDRqL
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt25qxBszxK
silence511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vbpln9yXr
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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UU6rIFoYe
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I3rX9ggQQ
A hundred days have made me older511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPKCEJcTtK
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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRLJiOUpdK
A thousand lies have made me colder511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxMSxB5KSc
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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5K1UR5JiTi
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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGJBoXuG45
silence511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Cckx2Ks1Y
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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAn0NZ6YcL
Door opening.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTvAb3uTBT
Earphones falling.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rxl6AH7KF
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaizrZEMnC
Door closing.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdWGDof52i
And then Maddy's parents called mine.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MXHW2GHRf
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN0Ar3YJNt
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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5ylQJT2uK
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHnVjSMlEo
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 older511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwpqtPnUiD
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwwjgiBPAT
A thousand lies have made me colder511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMICpeYWJbQ
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 dreams511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKr2fqcSTr
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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYEdmIuslt
She'll be waiting for me.
silence
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