friends [muke af]

the boy with the white eyes deleted scene number six - envelope

the boy with the white eyes deleted scene number six — envelope 

“Mom?” Luke called out, walking through the carpeted hallways in shorts and a crewneck. He has officially reincarnated into a Floridian. 

“In here!” She called from their office. 

Luke walked across the living room, past the empty bedrooms of his siblings, and all the way to the other side of the house where his mother sat at a computer. He stared at every detail of the house, trying to name the items in his head like his therapist told him to. 

“I need a—um—what’s it called—a thing.” He held up the letter for Michael and Clémence in his hands. He rewrote it almost five times, trying to make his handwriting better each time. 

He had one letter for Clémence, trying to use words she’d understand to describe what Florida was like ad the adventures he went on. He ended it with an, “I miss you.”

The other was for Michael. He wanted to seem happy, cheerful, like he didn’t need the older lad in his life. He ended it with an, “I love you.”

“A what?” Ms. Hemmings asked, looking up from the computer screen and at her lanky son. 

“A thing,” he tried again, forgetting the name of the item he needed, “like the thing to mail papers.”

“An envelope?” She went through a few drawers, pulling out a crisp, new one. “Who’s that for?”

“Michael,” he answered, leaning over the table to fill out their address. He knew it by heart. 

“Are you two—?”

“No,” Luke sighed. He moved to the return address, filling it out as well.
His mother held out her hand with a stamp on it, he gladly took it, placing it on the right corner. “How’s he doing?”

“I think he’s well. Clémence lost her first tooth the other day, she tried to pull out the others as well.”

The blonde women laughed, looking up at Luke once more to see stars shining in his eyes. With all of her heart, she hoped they would get back together. That they would end up together once more. Some things are meant to be, and she knew they were one of them.