Reflection

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All the memories melted away as she stood up and ran to embrace him but when she reached him he didn't reach out to her, he didn't show signs of longing or warmth just.. disgust.

She tried to take a step back but he grabbed her firmly by the arms and led her to the waters edge.

"Look at the water, what do you see?"

She looked down. She saw her own reflection, her face full of fear, her brown hair sticking to her neck and shoulders still wet from the water and her clothes looking like a thick layer of skin, tight against her slim figure. Then she looked beside her were her saviour's reflection should be but.. it's not.

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