02-13-2010, 10:27 PM
♥ I Stitched a Tale! ♥
Username: x_CannibalisticCows
Word Count: 643
Theme: Tear Jerker
Entry: Invisible
’Why won’t she look at me anymore?’ Colby frowned, his eyes lingering on Laura, too long to pass off as a glance. He watched her from across the school cafeteria, all their old friends sitting around the table. It seemed that the coming holiday had couples popping up left and right as their friends paired off. Alex, his best friend, was sitting beside her – to close to be considered friendly- their hands kept brushing against each other. He almost wanted to yell at him “You want to hold her hand don’t you! Just take it! Or do you know I’m watching!”
Laura had been his, and he was hers through and through. They had been “the couple”, the two that had been dating “forever”. Suddenly, at the start of semester two junior year, she wouldn’t look at him. She didn’t say anything to him... No one did. It was as if he was invisible to them – the silent treatment was driving him crazy. It had been almost a year since that time, and still, not so much as a glance. Standing, he walked over to an open table, closer to the group.
“So, Laura, are you going to go to the valentines dance?” Colby had taken her last year, maybe that was where he had done something wrong. No it couldn’t be that, she was glowing the whole time.
“Oh, well. I don’t have a date.” She sounded dejected. Why? Why? Why?
“Well, why don’t you go with Alex? He’s loner too.” Laughs, blushes, glances from the corner of their eyes. They were both considering it.
“Well, actually me and her have...other plans that night.” A round of ohhs around the table. Did he still call Alex his best friend?
“Oh come on! Just for an hour or so... whatever it is can wait.” They looked at each other again, they were going to give in to the other’s pleas.
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The music was loud, the decorations cheesy, and Laura looked beautiful. She arrived with a group of girls, but I could only see her. The feather light pink dress floating around her legs gave off the impression that she was floating. My angel... Our song came on. I wanted to ask her to dance... would she say yes? Walking up to her, I took a deep breath.
“Do you want to dance?”
She turned, looking surprised, but she smiled her sweet smile, nodded and said ‘yes’.
Hearts racing, I extended my hand, but she reached past me, and took Alex’s instead.
The twirled, and rocked, and danced closely. I watched, as my love danced with him. If it was at all possible, my heart broke all over again. “Why Laura? Why won’t you look at me?” I felt the tears coming, the hot saltwater feeling foreign on my face.
“Can we go?” She asked him, he nodded, taking her hand and leading her out.
“Lookout, someone spilt some water.” He lead her around it, around me. They wouldn’t even acknowledge my presence? I fallowed, and watched as Laura got into his car, driving down the highway. There wasn’t anything up there... besides the beach where couples often when to... It hurt to think about it.
I fallowed the car, though, I was confused when it stopped on the side of the road. They got out, and walked over to something on the side of the road. I could hear Laura crying, as she clung to him. She used to hold me when he was sad.
“I miss him.” She said, between sobs. I noticed now, as I got closer, Alex was crying too.
“I do too.” Who did they miss? I looked down to the figure in front of them. It wasn’t possible. It wasn’t real. This was some sort of sick joke.
It was a small cross, it read. “RIP Colby Ellik.”
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