Val inspired me to write a story too. Sorry for copying the 'third person' style, but that was all I could think of now. (:
Any resemblance to any character, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Not.
Keys
For the first time ever, songs failed to relieve the ennui. Plucking the music from her ears, she stared into the colourless sky and her heart gave a slight shudder. She turned around, her eyes taking in the still surroundings. Despite the sun, a chill dipped onto her flesh, where someone had soldered an ugly, permanent scar into it. Then her handphone rang. Message received. Reading it, a smile lit her face and her heart and as briefly as it came, it went - and what remained was that slight bitter taste of the Justea drink she liked so much.
Or did she still?
She glanced back down at her toy. Be honest, she whispered to herself. A tinge of happiness did linger, yet she knew that those few words on her hands were much of empty hope. Sweet, but empty. As much as she wanted to move on,
fate didn't budge more than an iota.
The new prospect felt right, but something said it didn't. It
is a
prospect afterall. She shook the thoughts out of her head. Control, control. What is wrong with you? Haven't your fingers been burnt enough? What else do you want to try burning!
Only that this one is nothing like him..Various emotions surged through. Self-pity wasn't her, but she couldn't help feeling sorry for herself. Then Mockery entered, and Regret followed. The familiar 'if onlys' started swimming into her vision. If only.
With yet another violent shake of her head, she told herself to snap out of it. There's no point in reminiscing anymore. No point holding on, when a precious bond called 'friendship' is so willingly smashed, just like that. No point holding on, when you have brought yourself into this. Move on, girl. Move on.
If she can do this to a close friend of 5 years, what more an acquaintence of 10 years. It is of course easier to believe someone you've trusted with your life for many, many years, than to believe the words of a kid who is... Deluded. Why, he would never do such a thing. She knew him fully well, or so she thought. (Perhaps it was an ego issue.) How could that she be compared to herself? She knew him better than anyone else. She knew..But she didn't know that love is blind.It was so freaky that her mother had actually predicted this acrimony 2 years ago. When everything was pure, nice and clean. She dropped an ominous warning which fell on deaf ears and an innocent heart. Now, this set of ears have heard more than enough, and a heart, sullied.
Yet her mother, when she revealed the story ever so slightly to her, said that she has always been praying hard for her. Speechless for once, she turned her face away to hide the sorrow and remorse which threatened to betray her forced, nonchalant emotions.
If she only knew what her daughter has been made of. If she only knew.
to be continued... Maybe.