"I fall in love with the wrong people at the wrong time, in the wrong place."
*~*~*~*~*~*
he sat behind her,
in her cotton candy colored room.
braiding her hair in a French braid.
she giggled lightly,
enjoying the tingling sensation against her head.
he smiled widely at her.
4 months.
2 weeks.
6 days.
he's been with j u l i a.
he's been without m a r a.
and he was fine with that.
he was content.
he was happy.
no he wasn't.
he was breaking.
he was tearing.
just didn't show it.
the girl in front of him had known what he did.
and she doesn't hate him.
she doesn't cower away from him,
every time his hand raises,
because she knows that it's only going to love her.
she turned to face him,
and pressed her forehead against his.
"have you ever...?"
his eyebrows raised.
he knew what she meant.
just didn't want to answer.
"... yes."
"oh."
silence.
they stared at each other for what seemed to be like hours.
"who with?"
"... no one special."
she nodded.
silence.
again they stared but this time her hand reached out to hold his.
"can you... take mine?"
he didn't speak.
he couldn't.
she asked him take something from her.
something presumably special.
that if he broke her heart,
he couldn't give back.
so he agreed.
and that night,
i s i a h w i l i n t o n,
made love to j u l i a m o n r o e.
because he knew she wouldn't pretend the next day.
and he could be happy.
sincerely, m a r a.
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Sincerely, Mara. {Wattys2015}
Short StoryStory #1 in the 'The Hourglass Effect' series. She forgot it was an act. That it was a lie. She forgot that she's broken, and can't fall in love. So she made him fall for her . Made him think she was perfect. But what she didn't know, was that the...
