Prompt: A picture of a girl with red hair and earphones490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bjq90e3Mr
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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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTEJQgL4OO
silence490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7ssLrdaND
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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtthdbkAnF2
I pray for them. For Isabelle. And for Maddy. I pray for answers.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqsnPmdugx
A hundred days have made me older490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpygN63CtKG
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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAtGYdeHtg
A thousand lies have made me colder490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmqVk8tYdr
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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWb4HWeK8d
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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCBeRo59jC
silence490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcapqoVuK1H
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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z8dmlhcVD
Door opening.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbJOXZp7Aw
Earphones falling.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQGxJmq9w3
3 Doors Down's Here Without You cuts to silence.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMH0NfZeoJB
Door closing.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUjmnuobXO
And then Maddy's parents called mine.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNGOcAn1IK
The memories tear at me from the inside out, trying to escape into a reality that I lost so long ago.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOC27Hp1m8
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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BkxqbmtrB
The touch of the water makes me gasp - but it's no colder than I've felt for the past year.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7tYc1qyIc
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 older490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnCCVE4Eut
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIxWmbkwJj
A thousand lies have made me colder490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP53sfgX43C
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 dreams490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7mCzzvWDs
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.490Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NRurWJHMT
She'll be waiting for me.
silence
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