Short Story - 1593 words She doesn't like the silence. He plays the cello. People go out of their way to avoid her. He's surrounded by people like a ship to a lighthouse. She has three friends. He has many friends. Her name is Kelia Drake and the longest she's gone without noise is five minutes. His name is Damian Woods and all he wants is to live in silence. It took two minutes for them the meet. Three minutes to exist in each others peace. Five minutes for them to find the noise and the silence they had been looking for.