Nine Stars

➸ Chapter 5

"Wishing is only for those who are very doubtful of their ability to transcend from all circumstances."
― Edmond Mbiaka

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Fifth Night

It was a cold and dark night, a dark sky full of stars with only the stars giving us light. We walked into the park and sat down to the antique old swings next to each other. A place where people used to have fun and all but now, darkness seems to scare them away. I don't know how to start the conversation with Autumn, I just stared at the clean gray-colored ground for a while. She's just fragile and all, I don't know how to break it up to her. Gosh, I never knew that it could be this difficult.

As time passes by, I decided to break the silence wrapping around us. Whoo. This is it. It is now or never. I was about to talk when Autumn suddenly murmured;

" Cassidy, have you ever wondered how painful it is to see one of your loved ones go away? Leaves you, says he/she will come back but he/she never did. Left you like you were some sort of a paper that when it's used, you throw it away and it could be gone forever. I'm trying to figure out what have I ever done wrong? Did i missed something? Isn't my hardworks enough? What have been the cause for them to leave me like that? My mind was full of questions left unanswered, wondering over and over again. When will it stop? When will these broken pieces be fixed? "

And in just a blink, tears started to fall from her eyes. The best thing that I can do for her is to listen and be there for her and so I did. I patted her back and let her cried, she's like a glass. She's too fragile, once you break it, you can never undo it and change it to the way it was before.

" Autumn, stop crying. It's gonna be alright. Just believe. You know, people does that because they have a reason. A reason that they have been longing to tell you but they never had the chance to say it or maybe they never took the chance because it was too late & they're afraid. Try to understand them Autumn and maybe questions would be answered, pieces were fixed and heart was never been broken. "

" I thought she would never hurt me. The person that brought out the best in me, turns out to be the one who brings out the monster inside of me. When i needed her, she was always there. When I was down, she was the one who pick me up and made me even stronger. She was a star sent from above, now she left all the scars to me. " As she said those words, she was trembling ― knees shaking, her voice starts to crack and yes, her tears go non-stop. I felt the sadness and the pain she was experiencing right now, the question is who is she talking about?tears go non-stop. I felt the sadness and the pain she was experiencing right now and all i could do was to listen to her.

" Yes Autumn. Sometimes, the people that did so much for us to be better turns out to be a monster. A monster that haunts us every time, n o w a y o u t. But you have to be strong, prove her wrong. Show her that nobody can drag you down. " Okay. I have to stop the drama.

Therefore, i wiped her tears away telling her its all gonna be alright. Today isn't the right time to tell Autumn. I needed more time. As time passes by, she calmed down and let out a sigh of relief. Instead of talking about it again, we decided to head back home since its already getting late. And finally, after a long and quiet stroll with Autumn, we reached our homes but suddenly, Autumn came to me and hugged me tightly. Of course, i hugged her back then we bid our goodbyes to each other and headed back to our bedrooms, immediately fell asleep.

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(A/N: Yes, we skipped morning breakfast and lunch bc its gonna take a long way to go so this is the next day, I started it on an afternoon time so bare with me please ahahahahahaha. )

Thursday afternoon ; 5 o' clock pm

Aw. The rays of the sun directly greeted my eyes as i wake up. Hm, what should i do today? It's still gonna be a long day to go. I reached out to my side table and got my own dslr violet nikon camera. I looked back on the pictures I took and flashbacks started to play into my head. Memories that seem to show up so quick but they leave you far too soon. But one picture got stuck into my head, it was the day when I met Cameron and Autumn during the first day of Senior High. I'll never forget this day, this picture is the only thing I've got that reminds me so much of them.

Because I ran out of pictures to see, I dressed up and decided to go for a stroll in the park all by myself. All i want is to be alone right now. I sat down to the grass and closed my eyes ― doesn't care what others think of me right now ― feeling the cold but comfortable breeze of the wind touching my skin. And as a minute goes by, I slowly opened my eyes and let out my usual heavy sigh. Sighting two girls which are about 5-6 years old, wearing the same red polka dot dress. They were eating ice-cream and ran circles around the park. Aw, they look so cute. I wish i could turn back time and be a child again, not thinking of anything heavy.

Unreasonably, the two girls approached me and sat down right next to me.

" If you wish for something, be ready for the consequences. Face it and be brave. "

" Yes, don't let the wishes wreck yourself and your relations with other people. Think of it properly. "

I was about to tell them what are their names and why did they told those things to me, when unexpectedly they ran away from me fast just like the superhero flash. For this reason, i headed back home still thinking about the two girls.

8 o' clock pm

I thought i was gonna forget about the wish but no, i'm standing here again in the balcony staring at the stars. Well, that's unusual, only a few stars is what i see. Of course, i did what i had to do. One more day and it's all done. No more wishing, who knows on what would happen next.

I slowly closed my eyes and wished upon the stars. " I wish for a happy life and not having scars with a knife " 

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{ kenopsia ; the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet }

Author's Note: One of the reasons why i didn't had a flashback when Cassidy opened her dslr because some of you might get confused. Bc the first night up to the ninth night are all flashbacks! If ever i putted up a flashback about the day when the 3 of them met, you might misinterpret my story. Thank you. :)