7 Minutes in Heaven | Grayson Dolan

11:55

reese

(120 seconds after)

i smile to myself. i smile. courtney is giving me a big tight hug for the last time for most likely forever. i smile, crying my heart out as i grip her tightly. although i hated her for dragging me to the party, i loved her with all her little flaws.

i smile as i let her go and watch her wipe her tears, no longer drunk. she steps inside her house, waving slowly. i smile tighter, happier than ever. i finally had what i wanted. i finally got what i needed.

i race back around the block to my house, slip in through my window and see the packed up bag in front of my bare bed. i look back at the door, the desk still standing right in front of it. i feel my smile fade, tears dripping down my cheeks.

i remember coming through that door, crying, laughing, smiling, shouting, angry, screaming, sobbing, sighing. i did everything. and i hated that door. i just hated it. so many memories i just wish to forget. i grab the bag and hop back out.

i pull out my phone, glancing at the screen a last time. the time reads 11:55PM, just five more minutes till i'm 18. i muster my courage and unlock my phone, quickly sending the picture of my last image with grayson onto my hidden email account.

i lock it and grip onto it tightly. i crane my hand backwards,  reach high up and let the phone slip out of my fingers. it goes flying in a high arch into the trees and bushes, a small splat to be heard from afar. for a split second, time stops for me.

i go through everything i had experienced tonight with grayson. what i had felt in our moments together. how much they meant to me. how glad i felt with him. how safe he made me feel. how loved i felt. how i realized that i had fallen in love with him.

i start walking towards the bus stop, collecting the money out of my pocket to buy my ticket. i walk swiftly, my soles pressing hard against the pavement. i can still see his smile in my mind, his bubbly laugh is to be heard in my head. his fluffy hair is still between the skin of my fingers.

he is on my mind. he is controlling everything.

and now i'm leaving him, leaving him here, alone and strayed. i couldn't bare to bring him along with me. it must be a sign. if he finds me again somewhere, we are truly meant to last. that is why i am leaving him.

i sit down on the ugly orange plastic seat of the bus stop, dropping the duffel bag in front of my feet. i blink hard as i pull out a letter my mother once gave me for my 10th birthday. i know every word off by heart.

the bus comes closer, i can hear it. it halts in front of me, i get up and rush into the warmth. i give him my money and sit down in the quite empty bus. i look outside of the window pane, houses passing by in a blur. i blink away my tears as i smile.

yes. i loved grayson. and i know, deep down in my heart, that our paths will meet again. he used to be a complete stranger to me, someone i would've never even dared to face yet alone talk to. and now i've fallen for him so hard.

all because of a stupid game of 7 minutes in heaven.

☁︎

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made a playlist to this book:)
maybe reread with the music for a better effect;))

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