ONE
She wonders often.
How does the world work?
Is it a string of randomly
intertwined lives,
destined for the inevitable?
yet at the same time,
so spontaneous?
When she was younger,
she ran smack into a boy
with silvery blond hair
who became her best friend-
and it was a typical story
that she wished had never
ended.
She had basically barreled
straight into the the poor boy,
with the grace
of a flying starfish
wailing at the thought
of being late
on the first day of school.
Maddie laughs.
But now she cannot help
but remember
how shy his smile had been,
how his forth grade self
always had
the softest of laughter,
how his the light
in his bright grey eyes
danced with happiness
at the sight of shooting stars
and starry nights.
Her eyes refocus
on the television screen above her.
It is the boy,
with the same old silvery hair
and light grey eyes.
But his smile is cold
and there is no longer a light
that dances in his eyes.
Flashes of lights and cameras
whirl around him
as he makes his way down
a crimson velvet carpet.
Ashton Parker,
was what they called him.
She flicks off the television,
and gets back to work.
the smoothie shop is empty.
She wonders too often.
And fate is an asshole
with a very poor sense of humor.
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Arrogant with a Side of Smoothie
Historia CortaMaddie Nguyen is a homeschooled teenager who happens to be a maladroit employee of a family owned smoothie bar, who was supposed to have her senior year as an unquestionably stress-free adolescent. But that was before-before she ran smack into the t...
