He was a boy who liked smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. She was a girl who liked the smell.

"Jump. That's all I have to do. And it only takes one step. To leave this godforsaken world... to be free". Emily had never been the popular one. Nor the nerd. No, she was the invisible one. She used to be full of confidence until that night. Abused and depressed, she ends up resorting to the quickest and easiest escape from the pain. Suicide.

Try to hear, don't leave me hoping. Please, don't try to quit. Just answer this one simple thing, Can you hear it? Won competition to be published in Creative Communication 2016 Spring Anthology

Charlie doesn't speak, so he paints.