Ashes [Jasper Hale] [2]

00 ; breakeven

When hearts break they don't break even.

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"So how you holdin' up, Ash?"

"Well, Jake, I gotta say... I'm good. I mean, it hurts as well. And I feel all choked up some moments, but then I'm fine. And there are days when I sleep as best as I have ever, but then there are days that I lay wide awake, and I started praying to a God that I stopped believing in long ago, I mean... I'm still alive, but I'm barely breathing. But I'm alive, and I'm holding up. And it gets better. Time heals all wounds. I'm certain that one day I'll only have a scar left."

"He didn't say goodbye, did he?"

"It's better. That way I don't remember as Jasper that broke up with me, I remember him as the Jasper that wished me to enjoy my party. A memory of happiness, is no longer happy, but a memory of sadness will always remain sad, and I don't have a sad memory, see? I'll heal. I'll be fine, I'll build myself up again from my ruins, as I've always done. Let's make pancakes."

"Sure."