Locket Angel

6

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the day ends as angel Arde prepares herself for a deep sleep. She takes one last look at the mirror and admires herself before stripping it all off and changes into her typical nightwear. She reminisces about how wonderful her day has been and wishes her life were more like this very day. The day where she got to wear new clothing, the day where she was able to eat anything she'd like without being judged by her mother, the day where she could go anywhere she felt like. Yes, the day where she wishes she could experience everyday.

Listening to tasteful music, sweet Arde brushes her hair and thinks about her day. As she crawls into bed, she looks at her locket. Her golden heart-shaped locket given to her by her truly old friend, Al. She opens the locket and notices a small engraving of a number: "1966." Arde wonders if that was how long ago the locket was made.

1966, a year in our Arde's favorite decade, the decade she wishes she were able to experience.
"Now what could I put in here?" she asks to herself.

Her possibilities were small, but they each had thought put into them. Her first possibility was to put Al, the person who gave her the locket as a gift. He has been her closest friend for the longest time, so it would be only natural to put his picture in her locket. Her second possibility was to put herself to symbolize living to please yourself and not others. A swell concept, she thought, but it didn't quite hold as much meaning to her as Al's picture did. She forgot about the option to add her family since it was a rather forced option, especially from her mother.

The sleepy girl decided not to worry about such things and crawl into her bed, where she would fall asleep peacefully.