Mel.
I wish you were here.
I scratched the words out, my heavy eybrows furrowed. The word 'wished' didn't sound right; it didn't look right, either. I tightened my grip on the pencil.
I miss your smile. And your laugh. Everything about you, really. Even your habit of leaving the lights on whenever you left the room. I felt like a ghost, flicking switches as I wandered round the house after you.
My hand was shaking. I couldn't do this.
I love
The pencil snapped between my fingers and fell to the desk, crumbling into dust. I unclenched my fist, feeling it ache slightly as I did so. Everything ached nowadays.
I stood up and abruptly walked away.

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The Day After Forever [WA 2013]
Romance❝If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart and I'll stay there forever.❞ John loved her. He still does. In hopes that she is here, somehow, he lists all of the things that makes no sense to him about her. All of the...