Dickinson01
Before Emily met Alison, the word practice was simple
Practice meant singing to her reflection in the mirror. It meant waking up early on Saturday
mornings and taking swings in the batting cages, meant tossing a ball around with her
friends. It meant dancing in her room until her hips moved the right way. It meant open
textbooks on her bed and stacks of math homework.
But then she met Alison, and practice somehow came to mean bloodshot eyes and tear
stained cheeks and her chest cracking open down the center until her heart spilled out like a
wilted rose left in the sun to rot.
**Or 4 times Emily helped Alison practice for her 'firsts' in life and 1 time it wasn't just
for practice.