December 31
For months, I'd prayed for the new year to come. I needed a fresh start, a clean slate. Mine was tainted by you. I was branded by the fiery ashes of our friendship, scorned by unrequited love.
And I couldn't brave the burns any longer.
I wanted, needed, to be free of the guilt and pain. I wanted to be free of you and everything you were to me. I spent too long praying you'd come back to me, wishing for another chance to change your mind.
But eventually, I ran out of tears.
Holding Snow's hand, I vowed that when the clock struck twelve, I'd be a new and better person. I vowed to purge my mind and life of you. I vowed to stop wanting what would never happen.
YOU ARE READING
Letters To You
Short Story-in which a girl writes a series of letters to the boy who broke her heart-