Short Stories

Growing Up

Prompt 1: You are a kid's imaginary friend. He's growing up and your fading away.

     As a child, young Layla's best friend in the whole wide world had beautiful silver eyes and spiked hair. His name was Chris and the two were inseparable. They're favorite thing to do was making up scenarios and acting them out, costumes and all. By the end of the day they'd be rolling on the floor laughing and being told to get ready for bed. Everyday was the same, full of enjoyment and getting into trouble but one day Layla noticed something off about Chris. As they grew up, Chris began to acknowledge her less and less. No matter what she did, Layla couldn't get his attention and that scared her the most. You see, Layla was no ordinary child; She knew that there would be a point in time where she would fade out of existence if she couldn't get Chris to acknowledge her again.

     Layla tried everything to get his attention; pulling his hair, tapping on him constantly, screaming and crying in his face until her tears were no more. Over a year passed and Layla had had enough. She looked at Chris one last time as he got ready for school, took a deep breath in, and watched herself fade from existence, one last tear falling to the floor.