True Love

Chapter 2: Surprise Text Message

I get it...
We're strangers, now and forever
Nothing can change you anymore
Our memories are thrown away,
you don't want us to stay...
Together

You're laughing and I'm crying
I look at your smile and I know I'm not the reason for it anymore
When I breathe, too deep
Emptiness fills my lungs and tears comes out...falling...endlessly

I stared at the notebook I have been keeping for as long as I can remember. Tears rolled down from my tired eyes and onto the notebook. Wet stains started to form on the page and the writing started to smudge. I closed the notebook before my tears could ruin all the entries I've written. I fell back onto my pillow, stared into the darkness of my room, and starting thinking. If he moved on so quickly then maybe I should too. Words chanted through my mind "but you love him". I think I'm going crazy but I have to contain my depression before it gets worse.

Time flew by and before I knew it, it's time for school. I wrestled with my covers and slammed the alarm clock because it was so loud. I pretended to sleep so that if ever my mom checked on me, she would see that I'm too tired to go to school. I hear footsteps near the door and I pulled my covers up to my face. Suddenly the door opened and I recognize the voice, it was my mom.

"Valerie, wake up it's time for school sweetie!" she said in a cheerful voice.

She sat on the corner of my bed and removed the layer of blankets that were on top of me.

"Valerie, you have to go to school. Your grades are dropping and I'm worried about you!"

I tried to smile but instead tears came out. I sat up on my bed and looked at my mom. Her face showed all the concern she had for me. I couldn't say anything, I hugged her and curled up on her lap. My mom always makes me feel slightly better.

She smoothed my hair and said, "Everything is going to be okay. If you're not ready, I understand."

I went back into my bed covers because I was really tired and my eyes couldn't stay open when I suddenly heard a beep coming from my phone. I grabbed my phone from my nightstand then accidentally dropped it onto the floor. I was debating whether or not to reach for it or to leave it and look at it later. Since I was too curious and I rarely got any notifications, I laid on my stomach and slowly reached for it. I turned my phone on, typed in my password and saw a text message from my best friend, Veronica. It read, "Valerie, he's back!"