Forsaken
“Her nose twitched as I did but she still didn’t wake up.
The sun started creeping up in the sky, casting a golden glow through the window. The metallic glint reflected off of Jessica’s shoulder, the wings exposed under the small straps of her tank top. They were the most terrifying and beautiful things I had ever seen, all at the same time. I recalled how my stomach had quivered the first time I had seen them. A sure and unarguable conformation that everything she had told me was true.
A small smile crossed my lips as I briefly pressed them to her forehead and climbed out of her bed. My silent feet led me out of the apartment and into the shower.
As the scalding water poured over me I felt happy, content. I hadn’t had that feeling the last few weeks.
I hoped that maybe things were finally settling down, like we could move past this unsolvable problem and just be us again.
When I had gotten the call while I was in Kenya, I never would have guessed how my life was going to change. While... I had lost the only two family members I had left, for I now really felt like an orphan, my world was finally going to be made complete.MoreLess
The sun started creeping up in the sky, casting a golden glow through the window. The metallic glint reflected off of Jessica’s shoulder, the wings exposed under the small straps of her tank top. They were the most terrifying and beautiful things I had ever seen, all at the same time. I recalled how my stomach had quivered the first time I had seen them. A sure and unarguable conformation that everything she had told me was true.
A small smile crossed my lips as I briefly pressed them to her forehead and climbed out of her bed. My silent feet led me out of the apartment and into the shower.
As the scalding water poured over me I felt happy, content. I hadn’t had that feeling the last few weeks.
I hoped that maybe things were finally settling down, like we could move past this unsolvable problem and just be us again.
When I had gotten the call while I was in Kenya, I never would have guessed how my life was going to change. While... I had lost the only two family members I had left, for I now really felt like an orphan, my world was finally going to be made complete.MoreLess
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