I used to know what I loved. I used to remember the desolate halls that echoed in a hollow sort of way. I used to think about the meaningless parties that ruined my hair and makeup. I used to know me. But now I'm here. And it's cold and it's dark and the grass doesn't seem greener on the other side. It's empty. I'm empty.
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We've been here for little over a week now. I'm still not used to the rickety bed that Lulls me to sleep, or the same blank wall staring black at me. Or the fact I wake up asleep in the same room as David. It's so surreal. I just want to go home.
Thanks to our 'predicament' as mom calls it, we can't even buy our own groceries at this point. We eat at a shitty cafe in the quaint town square. 'Café Terrible' or something like that. Anyway, the food isn't actually as terrible as one might assume. I mean it's not eggs in the Maldives but it's something at least. There's one waitress; Tilly, I think her name is. This bashful brunette with sun-kissed skin and big bright eyes that always seem to be smiling. How she keeps that much optimism in a place like this does unnerve me during every conversation I've ever had with her. But to be honest, it's like a little slice of heaven in a cake drenched in shit.
"Morning, Ms Rose." Talulah's chirpy voice appeared beside me.
"Hi....Tally..." my eyes narrowed slightly. I couldn't read from her facial expressions whether I was on the right track with her name.
"Twyla-"
"I said that. Anyway. Can I have one of those fruit Smoothie things? Thanks Tina." I smiled, hopefully not appearing too dismissive.
"Yep! One Fruit smoothie. I'll have that out in a few minutes." And with that, she'd been whisked away to another costumer
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Princess and the Pauper
FanficAlexis was a city girl who'd lost everything Twyla, a charming country girl who'd found her own piece of happiness. Were the two meant to meet in their lifetime?
