I closed my eyes for a second, a momentous second and as I opened my eyes I wished that was my last blink. The truck was driving towards the cottage and the man next to me smiled as he looked over my body."What- what are we doing back here? No-no don't bring me back here", I yelled at him as I clawed at his skin, hoping he wouldn't leave me here alone. The truck stopped in front and a worried Daniel came out of the door, that is after he saw me he was relieved."You never told me she was so beautiful and she looks so young for being 43, she looks as old as my daughter who just finished college, I mean your wife is hysterical but hot", their voices muffled as I tried clawing myself out of the truck, knowing they would catch me if I did, I had myself and that was it and no one was coming to save me. I would do every single thing I could to get out of this hell-hole. And that's when I felt the breeze from the car window."She's just having a rough day today, she was exhausted from la
"Now, now, lay the rocks sharpest from dullest and keep your eyes open, or this just may be you next", he said cautiously to John, like a scary presenter at a circus full of mischief and secrecy. Daniel's arms stroked my arm and he leaned into my hair and sniffed it. I moved my head away as fast as I could, and he walked away. My hands were still handcuffed to the cabinets as I pictured Nolan rushing in and saving me. I based my life off of trying not to depend on someone else, but at this moment I missed him, and if I ever saw him again could I let him fix the parts of my life Daniel had ruined?Daniel unhooked the handcuffs from me and I turned my head as I saw John with a newly wounded black eye. He was handcuffed to the chair and his ankle was now covered by the blanket, but his were chained to the floor."Now Lorelai, so many times I've told you that you love me so much, you're just blinded by this rebellious attitude of yours", he pushed my head against his knee and he pushed
John's screams as Daniel tried to touch my body was the reoccurring nightmare that could never be skipped in my mind. I had been probed, picked at, pointed at, talked about all in front of my own face. I had been photographed and touched to being judged as I sat there trying to escape this nightmare.Daniel was always there, he wouldn't ever go, he would always wander in my head and never leave until he ruined a moment for me.They all knew my story, I could tell as they gave me looks from the hallway. I was the new buzz around the hospital, I was talked about it and photos were taken from the plexiglass window as they laughed watching me.My mind was never an escape from their words, their eyes, all I saw was a girl who was broken grabbing at the wood that kept me away from the world. I felt every moment, the feeling of not being able to breathe, of not being able to say a word. His hands as he touched me, didn't he realize all of this is wrong? Why couldn't he have stopped it, wh
"I'm so sorry about all of this", he kissedmy head as he laid next me in the crammed hospital bed. I felt safe, I felt everything I could ever feel loving him. Magic, butterflies it was all there."I'm just glad you're with me now", I snuggled into his chest as he held me keeping me safe from the bad world that surrounded us."I missed you like crazy", he said as his head was leaning against mine and tears wept from my eyes."I missed you too", I whispered to him as he smiled at me."I'm so sorry, I should have told you about her, I'm so sorry", he percussively apologized as he whispered into my ear."It's okay, I'm here, Melody is here, and we're all safe", I said looking straight into his eyes."Melody, wher-where is she?", I suddenly remembered after being overwhelmed with all these warm, safe feelings surrounding Nolan."She's coming with my mom, she just reminds me of someone", his eyes looked me up and down and smirked at me. He kissed my head as I held his hand rubbing
Nolan's POVHer slight snores kept me sane, as she nuzzled her quaint nose to my chest. Her smell was of lilacs and her hair was of the smoothest and silkiest feeling. Her hands wrapped around my chest as she held me securely.Something about her made me feel alive in a sense of happiness, and well-being. She was the light in the darkness, the end of the tunnel, she was my happily ever after.Something about her was different when she came back, I could tell. Experiences change people, and I knew for a fact this one did. She would flinch at my touch and also crave it at the same time.And the moment I saw her eyes through the plexiglass window, she had stopped fighting and let the nurses and doctors help her. That was the scariest moment I had seen her go through, it was like her eyes were on fire and then it all stopped.Natalie's POVHis eyes were beaming at me as he smiled happily against my slender fingers that brushed his smooth face. The tiny little bed fit us perfectly as
The flowers bloomed happily, in all shades of the fluorescent and pastel rainbow. The blood red rose that stood upward in front of the field beamed at me, with the rugged thorns clashing anything that would dare to put a finger on the stem.I was tempted by my own curiosity, my own feelings of danger for this single rose. The rose was me guarded and kept away. I bent down to study the marvelous waving rose in the wind. So happy she once was. So loved she is now. So surrounded by happy beings and she can't seem to forget about her past that darkens her every petal, she's dying inside.My hand reached around the stem, letting the thorns pierce my hand, harshly. I felt the burn of my hand and I sucked it in. My hands swiftly pulled at the stem, wanting to free the petals from what was holding it captive. I pulled and heaved and pushed but the flower wouldn't budge, it felt safe cornered and kept away from the flowers who loved her dearly. I pulled my hands away from the piercing stem,
All I ever wanted in life was someone to share it with, someone to love me, someone to listen to my stories and my midnight thoughts, someone to ridiculously laugh at me, and as I stared at that special someone I still couldn't believe it. He was all real and all mine.It was a freezing cold afternoon as the month of December approached clashing the fall days. It all felt so surreal as I laid on his open chest, after everything we've been through, I deserved this. I deserved the everlasting love that could never separate us, I deserved happiness and with the person I feared the most locked away in another country, I felt safe and fearless.Sometimes in just the middle of the night I would just wake up and hug him, just feeling his warm body hugging me was a feeling nothing can ever replace.I flipped my slender body over and traced the dips of his chest, kissing them each a bit as Nolan's expressions hinted that he was ticklish there."This is a nice way to wake up", his eyes slow
I hugged Tyler as happily as I could. I ran upstairs as the guys looked so confused at me, but I had the perfect night for her and there was no planning needed. I searched for the book we all worked hours on and as I brought it downstairs the guys knew exactly what book it was."Avery wrote down ideas she was going to do for my proposal and she said this one was her favorite", I handed him the paper smiling with glee. Nolan came down and wrapped his hands around my waist."You told her huh", He said as Tyler nodded and I looked back at Nolan."Yes and you need to go home, otherwise I have no clue if she'll say yes", I pushed him out the front door as he left the book with me."I just love her so much",he said before he closed the door as I realized the love and passion he carried for her.I walked back to the foyer and peered into the living room."Did you tuck Mel in?", I asked him as he nodded his head and took a seat on the couch."Look at you two all parent like", Alec said
3 years later I jumped out of my seat, rushing to turn in my 1,000 word essay written in the span of three hours. I slipped it on the professor's desk and held onto my pair of books, rushing out of the school's doors. People rushed and sprinted past me, as I looked down the street for my red ride. Like a proper man Dallas was, he was leaning against the car, reading. It was the last string of our junior classes before we went on a much needed and deserved spring break trip. Dallas and I had been looking forward to spring break, ever since we had planned it. Davina and I had planned a trip, with some of our other friends. Each couple was all going to head down to Greece for the remainder of the week. We both needed a break massively, especially some alone time with just the two of us would be good. I needed just time basking in his gaze and the suns. It sounded heavenly. Especially because Dallas and I were going to drive down to home for two days, right before the trip. I needed to
"Melody Clemente". My principal dearly said as I walked across the stage and shook his hand, I beamed at the person next to him and instead of the handshake that normally would have been given. He hugged me, Nolan had been something of a father figure the past few years. He loved my sister like she was the whole solar system, and he loved me too. He saw me as his own flesh and blood, he cared so much. "I'm so proud of you". He said, his eyes glistening as I opened my own eyes. He held his breath, as he kissed my cheek and I walked across the stage. I smiled as I walked down the stage and took a seat. The hundred roll call of students I had become frequented with passed by, my heart smiling as my friends passed by. The people I had learned to love, to cherish. As soon as it was over, I ran to my family. Each with hugs and bouquets of flowers, each and every single one of them had shown up. Avery had come as well as Caroline and Alison too, and Leah as well, and Vi and her had been t
One year Later Tomorrow was a big day. The end of a chapter and the beginning of a new one, filled with adventures, sadness, and joy. But most importantly that independent feeling of searching for yourself amongst the other millions let out to the world. And it was amusing, satisfying and uplifting to know I was able to take this journey on with my best friend. "Mel". Natalie knocked on the door, then opened it. And as she stared at me in the exceptional white dress I had picked, tears watered down her face. I was going to be let out on my own, no longer hers. But the world's in a way. "You look beautiful". She gushed, my cheeks blushing a maddening red. She wiped the tears from her cheeks as I turned to face the mirror, my own reflection beaming back at me. "Tomorrow's a big day, huh?" She said, her voice rising and soft from the tears. She understood it, the feeling of saying goodbye, letting go. "What if I'm not ready?" I asked her, my voice stumbling on the next words to come
She was smiling, the brightest I had ever seen her smile. As she was surrounded with people who loved her. She was happy, to have freedom, to not feel trapped on a hospital floor.It had been three weeks since we had arrived back, and Dallas and I had thrown her a party. A party for the masses, with her friends from the hospital visiting, even that small sweet boy who she wanted to watch a movie with. She was happy, and healthy and safe and she was responding amazingly to the medicine that she was on.It was weird to say she was okay now, I think even Dallas had no idea what to do with himself. He was completely immersing himself in his new project ever since he's gotten back. Keeping it under the wraps for me I assume, but the mysteries behind him will unveil soon, I'm sure.But I felt at peace, the kinks of our relationship fixed to the most we could try. He and I were like lightning every single day. The most amazing chemistry that lived beneath us.Vi was the
It has been five days, of waiting, of breathing each other's air in the small hospital room we were given. We spent the past five days talking. His mind apologizing for every single misstep he could've made. But the issues lied there, he needed help. He needed help more than anyone else here, signally defined by the fact that he wanted to believe that he didn't have anyone. That he was all alone.That he didn't have a system supporting him, a system looking out for him.I wanted to carry his weight, take on his pain, but he carried so much that it was already a part of him. I don't think he knew how to part with it when it was all over. And it saddened me more than anything. It saddened me that this was his life, filled with pain of all sorts. He was afraid to have a life without it I think."She'll be awake soon". I said, softly, stroking his hair to the side as he laid on my lap."She's supposed to be awake already". He said, sighing as we both stared at
He left the office with a stab in his heart, as I chased after him. He was angry, upset at every negative choice word I could think of to describe him and he hated me."Dallas. Please". I yelled out at as he turned to look at me. His eyes stone cold in anger towards me, my heart beating madly as he ravaged me with a single look, brushing into the very depths of my eyes."You don't get to follow me, you don't get to say my name. You are taking away the one person I've loved the most. The one person. I need her, and you-you don't get that". His tears strung high, his heart maddened like a lion roaring from the depths of his heart. He looked at me with hatred, something in all of these moments we shared he had never truly hated me, not like this, not like this moment."Just leave". He begged, my feet frozen in their very place. My mind lost into his eyes, the stare of hatred not of love. "Just leave". He begged again, his eyes ready to tear me apart, piece after p
The rush of the wind carried us home, well it tried to survive beneath us but the worry crept in as we loaded the plane. Vi stared longingly at the view before we stepped into the plane. Like she was saying goodbye to her heart as she left. Like her heart was being left here.Dallas had the same expression. He didn't know it, but it was written all over his face, the dread of returning. The dread of resurfacing the reality of our lives.He knew what this meant, this idea that everything was about to be gone, the memories, the truth. I think the reality of this hurt Dallas the most."Leaving is the worst part". Dallas said, his arm wrapping around Vi as she looked up at him. She smiled softly, aware of the situation she was in, aware of the world she was in. Aware of the ending to her story."I'm not getting better". She heaved out, her voice breaking, her heart melting. And I finally saw that she was holding all this in, because she didn't believe it would get th
It's a gawdy feeling. A gawdy feeling as my chest tightened staring out of the home's balcony. We were leaving today. Leaving our escape to a reality filled with nothing close to normalcy and I didn't and wouldn't be able to accept the fact that everyone was waiting for Vi to just give up. She didn't have it in her, she had the fight in her and it was apparent, apparently loud."Thinking of something?" A hand snaked around my waist, as I felt his head rest on my shoulder. I didn't know how his head was straight properly, I didn't know how he wasn't a mess, but whatever was working I hoped it continued for him."Just how- beautiful it is". Lie. An apparent lie. I wasn't a fan of forests. The empty nothing, empty nobody. They were amusing, but not what's in them. That's nothing but amusing."It is beautiful". He agreed. His small form of agreement won me over a million reasons why I should pry through his mind."I gave Vi her breathing treatment, but she's r
My stomach stormed aloud, my heart too as I looked down at Dallas from my bedroom window, there he stood with a bag of food and my work for the week. I had enjoyed the company of my personal mail boy more than I should've. I slid down my ladder out of the window as he smiled."I missed you". He said, pushing his hands around me as I looked over at him and he smiled, he moved his head to the side as I pulled myself against him. My lips locked with his as I breathed in his husky scent, the way the words rolled off his tongue."I missed you too." I said, kicking off the other bag he had brought. He moved it to the side as I heard the thud of my favorite thing, of my absolute favorite thing. He saw my curious look as he opened the bag wider and he moved the bag to the side and I saw books more and more books as I toppled over him, hugging him with everything I had in me."Thank you for keeping me from losing my mind". I said, watching as he looked at me with a proud smile