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Adeline Callahan, the girl that time forgot, the one that is considered dead to the public, struggles day after day opening her eyes. She struggles day after day getting up and paci...
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"She's fallen too far with salt in her scars."
-—–— The night breeze blows into the car, sending a chill down my spine. I curl up even more, bringing my legs closer to my chest as my soft hair falls over my face. I tug my drawstring hoodie slower to me for warmth, but it provides very little.
I lift my head, my eyes flickering around the car and land on Cole, who's sitting on the edge of the train car, his legs dangling over the edge as his black button up shirt whips on his body because of the forceful wind. I stand and stride over to him involuntarily.
I gaze up at the stars, then plant myself next to Cole, who doesn't seem to notice my sudden presence. The crescent moon shines up high, the skies pitch black. I avert my gaze and focus on Cole who's leaning against the train door, his umber hair waving as the wind weaves through.
"Are you alright?" I ask, and Cole turns his head to me, his midnight blue eyes trained on me.
"Yeah, I'm all good, just tired," he says. He drapes an arm round my shoulder, pulling me closer to him. My head comes to rest on his shoulder. I glance at him then down to the dark juniper colored grass. We stay silent, but it's not a comfortable silence, so I decide to break it with the first thought that comes to mind.
"Back in the hotel, I asked how you knew all the train routes and you said that you've done it before...what did you mean by that?" I quickly regret asking as soon as the words left my mouth. Cole stiffens from beside me, his eyes never lifting.
"I-I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking, I-I didn't mean to h-" my words are cut short when Cole's hand grabs mine, giving it a soft squeeze that immediately shuts me up.
"Do you want to know?" Cole says in a hushed tone.
"I-If it hurts to say, then don't. I can't stand it when you're upset, it just makes me heartbroken," I whisper.
Cole turns to me, his beautiful eyes focusing on mine. "Do you remember when I said that my family and I used to visit Mexico City all the time, but we stopped coming?" He asks, and I nod recalling back the conversation.
"There's a reason why we stopped coming, a reason that left my family heartbroken, and it was all because of me. I-I did something unforgivable on accident. It was an accident that could have been prevented," he stops to take a breath, his irises glassy.
"I-I," he chokes on his words, struggling to come out with them. But what he says makes my heart stop.
"I killed him...my father...I killed him," tears come cascading down his face now, but he doesn't bother to wipe them away. I bring my hand up, my fist full of my hoodie sleeve and I wipe at his tears, but they keep coming.
"Ever s-since that accident, my family hated me, and I don't blame them...my brothers became abusive to me, as for my mother would never talk to me. I-I tried to explain to them that it was a complete accident, t-that I didn't m-mean to shoot, but they didn't listen. T-that's why I left, I became the unwanted child, so I figured that with me gone, the could at least try to heal without my f-face present. It's m-my fault he's gone, and there's nothing I can do about it. So that's why I was on the train that day, I was running for the second time. running from my problems and family...because they've done nothing but attack me mentally and physically...and I deserve it. Because of what I did, my family was torn apart...because of what I did, our family will never be the same."
The tears still flood down his face, staining streaks.
"I-I was afraid to t-tell you because I was afraid that you were going to leave me, because you were scared of me. I was afraid to open up because I was afraid that you were going to hate me. And I don't want that, you are the first person ever since my father died to make me smile, to make me happy. I don't want you to leave, but I understand if you want to...because of my mistake, once we get to Cambridge, you can leave, if that's what you want," he stares down at our laced hands, refusing to glance at me.
My heart aches for him. He was afraid of loosing the little bit of happiness he had, he was afraid of it being ripped from him. Just like me, he was afraid of loosing it...just like me.
"Cole," I cup his face with my hands, forcing him to look at me. "I'm not going to leave, you mean too much for me to do that...you are my distraction from the world. You have changed my view of the world. You've saved me in a way that I can't explain. Please, don't ever think that I'd leave you, because I would never," I stare deeply at him, taking a breath. "Y-you are the first person to actually want to get to know me, to want to care for me...you are the first one to show me the feeling of love, and you are going to be the last. I'm never going to leave, please, never think that I will," I close the space between us, kissing him with passion.
And we stay like this, under the glinting stars and shining moonlight. We don't pull away, we stay within each other's arms.
Once again, it feels as if the world is slipping away, with every passing second.
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