Short stories

~21~ Bring it back

~Sarah~
Takin is slow isn't easy if as far as you go

I slowly began to spin on the podium that held me in place, I stared blankly ahead, watching as the glass continued to surround my vision
"Mom it's beautiful" a voice says making me slightly fall as my podium is shaken.
I adjust my head slightly to see a young girl maybe 13
"I'll name you Sarah, that's my friends name and she told me Sarah means princess" she starts rambling on but I stare ahead contemplating the name I had been given
Sarah

Is only half as far as you and I both know yeah

My podium is shaken again and I hear the wind of the clockwork inside of the musical podium beneath me.
"You look so delicate" the young girl says
"So intricate"
"Kaitlyn come down for dinner!" Kaitlyns mother shouts
And she runs out of the room shutting the door behind her, after a few minutes I leave my pose feeling my silky red dress spin into the right place on my body. My hair in a firm bun.

Coming out from above a little something and it's only because

I step down from the podium sitting on my knees, 5 minutes pass and I set my foot back into its original place on the podium just as Kaitlyn runs back into the room, my eyes travel to my hands not in there original position.
Kaitlyn gently takes the music box down and places it on her bed then to her work table. She brings out a notebook writes a few things down and then flips the page not allowing me to see it, and she starts drawing lines...?¿....

I don't ever wanna see you in love, but I know

This routine happened daily well mainly once a week, as the older she got the glass started to not be dusted as often, I stayed stiff and waited, but months passed away into years still, the music that was played by the podium beneath me was barely played...my podium barely spun....

That you've been comin off strong lately, and I can feel it that you been thinking you might have another shot at me.
Thinking possibly, somehow but not now.

I stared blankly ahead as Kaitlyn left for school, as soon as the door shut I slipped my foot out of the lock system for my foot and flopped down dangling my legs over the edge of my podium, at around noon I hear a slam and shouts
"Go to your room!" Kaitlyns mother shouted.
What?
I hear the clomp of shoes on the floor and the door to kaitlyns room slams open then shuts close as throws her backpack at her bed
"Oh and your grounded, so give me your phone" Kaitlyn groans annoyed and hands her phone to her mother, her mother leaves and Kaitlyn flops on her back.

And it's been spinning around like hurricane and the sound of the thunder is beating my head to the ground... But I know.

She rests her head on her hands staring at the wall opposite of me, I slowly climb up and try to lock my foot back into place.
And I stop when I feel the glance of two giant eyes on me... I hear a loud thud and then my done being moved from the shelf, I fall from the sudden jostle.
"Your moving" she says because I've fallen against the glass
Her eyes are wide, but mine are probably bigger.
I blow steam on the glass and write my name on the glass, she looks confused and then quickly runs to her desk and writes the letters down.
"Oh Sarah?...." She stops
"I named you that" she says brightly
I nod my head and sit on my knees and watch her, we sit like that for a few hours.
Finally she looks up from her sketch showing a portrait of me kneeling.
I clap my hands and nod my head.
Stepping down from my stand I lean on the glass and watch her while slowly sliding down.

That I can't go back to her to this, to what we used to have, it's black and burns, my god this is so sad, it'll only make things worse.

~3days later~
I see Kaitlyn grab a giant bag and start shoving clothes in there an angry frown sprawled across her face. She moves from place to place and stops by me, she looks down at me picks me up and gently places me in her bag.
"Come on Sarah" she says and I feel jostled around, soon after I am pulled out of the bag and placed on a new desk.
I watch Kaitlyn unpack her things, I lean against the glass again, this time i hear a small crack, I lean away from where I see the crack already leading away.

And I mean if you still believe that there is still something between you and me and baby honestly, your not the one for me, and I can't go back to this to her to what we used to be.

The crack starts to grow
"Oh nonono" Kaitlyn says picking up the dome and inspecting the crack,
"No nonono"  she says
"What do I do?" She says
She sets my dome down on the carpet
"I'm broke my family hates me and your breaking" she starts to sob

And I can't go back, to this, to her, to what we used to have

I push against the glass making the crack grow but it suddenly stops, I take my lock in place and throw it at the glass it shatters the glass, and I fall into the carpet and I slowly feel my porcelain skin breaking as well, I hike up my skirts and rush towards Kaitlyn, I climb on her pants and stay on her knee

It's black and burns my god this is so sad it'll only make things worse

I push on kaitlyns hand and she looks to me.
Her eyes grow wide.
"What?" I say
She leans on my shoulder....
IM BIG! IM REAL!
I hug Kaitlyn close
"Does this make us REAL friends now?" I ask she nods
"You've been my only friend" Kaitlyn says

If we bring it back, if we bring it back, if we bring it back, if we bring it back