Tonight, there was a farewell party to celebrate the summer camp season finish. Jacky was a sweet innocent –faced girl, wearing a snow-white dress that reached to her ankles and it blew in the wind, which made her look like an angel. Her short pixy jet-black hair shone in the sun like a million stars. Besides of all, my eyes were only set on one thing, the rose pendent that hung from her delicate neck.
I walked slowly over to Jacky, kicking tiny pebble on my way and thinking how I could get that pendent from her. “ You look beautiful tonight, specially with your pendent”, I crooned “Someone gave it to you?”
A small smile appeared on her lips as she replied “My mother gave it to me before she passed away”, as she tightly clutched the pendent closer to her chest.
I nodded slowly, I felt pity for her but I won’t let my sorrow ruin my plan. I paced around her and thinking how I could get the pendent from her. I imagined it would be more beautiful on me. “ Can I touch it Jacky?”, I asked sweetly.
“Of course you can, Shelby”, she simply replied with a shrug like it was no big deal.
My hands touched the smooth surface of the rose. My fingers moved along the pedals to feel how it was carefully made. A small smile started to appear on my lips, as I thought of a good plan to steal the pendent from Jacky. My thought was interrupted by her gentle voice.
“Beautiful isn’t it, Shelby?”, Jacky asked, looking straight at me but her mind was in thought of her mother.
“Yes it is, yes it is “, I replied dreamily as I remembered a beautiful place I used to play deep in the forest not far from here, when I came here last summer. Tall trees looming over the sparklering Lake with white butterflies flew around the lake like falling snow surrounded the place. Straight over the lake, where there’s no big trees join together, a big open yellow field of flowers spread as far as there is no ending. It seem like an open door to wonderland.
“Jacky, I know a place where we can collect lots of flowers and make a ring flower to put on your head. I’m sure you will like it and even make you look more beautiful than anyone else here tonight”.
“Really! I love flowers, where is this place?”
“Not far from here “, I said happily as Jacky so easy fell into my trap.” Come ,we go quick and come back before anyone notice our absent’.
Jacky looked to the camping site, though for a little while, a little cloud of worry appeared on her face. Quickly I comforted her. “It’s ok, just 5 minutes from here”.
She looked at me and started to follow me as I walked ahead.
We were walking thought the forest for a while, until Jacky broke the silence.
“Shelby, are we there yet?”, Jacky asked nervously.
“Nearly there “, I replied calmly as I pointed to her the sunny area in front of us.
Suddenly, there were many beautiful butterflies flying above Jacky’s and mine heads. We could smell the flowers in the air.
“WOW... It’s ……… beautiful “, exclaimed Jacky.
“Haven’t I told you so! You’ll see more as you get closer.
She was so exited by the lovely sight, she ran quickly to the edge of the lake and stopped with her mouth hanging wide open. I stood behind her. Putting my hands on Jacky’s shoulders. I slowly smooth her neck. “Jacky, we will walk over the lake on that big tree over there. Once we get to the other side, there’s lots of flowers as you can see and I will make the flower ring for you.
“Ok”, was her only reply.
“First, could I ask you a big favor?”
“Yes, Shelby, what is it?”, Jacky asked as her eyes fixed on the view in front of her.
“I would like to borrow your pendent for a while. When I walk over the lake, I want see the reflection of myself in the water. Is that ok with you?”
Jacky looked at me for a few seconds and shrugged her shoulders.” I guess that’s alright, not a big deal, you can have it “. Jacky took the pendent off and put it on my neck.
She leaned her head to one side as she looked at me. My hand shook as I slowly touched “my own” pendent and said in a dreamy voice “Thank you Jacky, you don’t know how I feel with this pendent”.
Jacky looked like she wanted to ask something, but she turned around and started to walk to the fallen tree.” We better go now, I can’t wait to go to the other side”.
Jacky’s voice was just a whisper in my head; I woke up from my daydream, smiled, as my plan was almost success. I let Jacky walked ahead and I slowly followed behind. Inside of me, I sang the victory song, as I know soon Jacky won’t exist on earth.
Half an hour later, I was skipping through the forest, singing to myself in a soft voice as I felt the coldness of the pendent on my neck and as the same time hearing the screaming voice in my ears, begging for help from Jacky, while she tried to get herself above the water in the lake .
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