The Story of My Life
The Truth About My Words
Flashback: 5 years ago
“Oh my God Shawn, you’re back! You missed so much school!” I wrapped my arms around him and he wrapped his arms around me.
“I’m glad to be back! I missed you guys tons!” His smile was huge.
“Why were you absent anyway?” Our friend, who was also called Niall asked.
“Oh I had to be there for my sister. Her best friend died.” Shawn’s blue-green orbs seemed a bit distant, far away.
“Oh my goodness.” I felt the sadness of this girl, though I knew absolutely nothing about her, save for the fact that she’s Shawn’s sister.
“Shh Niall, don’t cry,” Shawn said, knowing I’ll break into tears sooner or later. I breathed in and out and managed to keep myself together.
“You said they were close.”
“They were very close. Almost like a couple, but they weren’t.”
“Did they not fancy each other?”
“They did not. They loved each other to bits, though.”
Snapping out of my daydream, I finally realized the full extent of Shawn’s words. I had just lost someone who meant just as much to me as Nigel did to Selena. I loved-and still love-him to bits, but we couldn’t possibly be in a relationship.
Suddenly, I drift off into another daydream, this time more relevant to the question Selena had asked.
I inquired about the girl in the picture. I was stricken by her beauty, the way her brown curls framed a porcelain face and oh, how long her eyelashes were!
"Shawn, this girl, who is she?"
"My sister."
"And the boy is?"
"Nigel the dancer and mathematical genius."
"I know I've said this a million times, but they're close!"
"You have no idea."
"I wonder what she'll do without him."
A silence filled the room and I answered my own question.
"She'll revive him through herself."
Oh Nando's. I have completely forgotten how deep I used to be. My words, though spoken at a time when I was only trying to guess the aggravating trials that death brings, were and are true. When you lose someone so close to you, you never want to forget him or her so you revive him or her through yourself. Now that I have actually witnessed the death of a best friend, I fully understand the words that I uttered so long ago.
I turn to Selena and tell her those words I told her brother so many years ago.
"You want to revive Nigel through yourself."
“Oh my God Shawn, you’re back! You missed so much school!” I wrapped my arms around him and he wrapped his arms around me.
“I’m glad to be back! I missed you guys tons!” His smile was huge.
“Why were you absent anyway?” Our friend, who was also called Niall asked.
“Oh I had to be there for my sister. Her best friend died.” Shawn’s blue-green orbs seemed a bit distant, far away.
“Oh my goodness.” I felt the sadness of this girl, though I knew absolutely nothing about her, save for the fact that she’s Shawn’s sister.
“Shh Niall, don’t cry,” Shawn said, knowing I’ll break into tears sooner or later. I breathed in and out and managed to keep myself together.
“You said they were close.”
“They were very close. Almost like a couple, but they weren’t.”
“Did they not fancy each other?”
“They did not. They loved each other to bits, though.”
Snapping out of my daydream, I finally realized the full extent of Shawn’s words. I had just lost someone who meant just as much to me as Nigel did to Selena. I loved-and still love-him to bits, but we couldn’t possibly be in a relationship.
Suddenly, I drift off into another daydream, this time more relevant to the question Selena had asked.
I inquired about the girl in the picture. I was stricken by her beauty, the way her brown curls framed a porcelain face and oh, how long her eyelashes were!
"Shawn, this girl, who is she?"
"My sister."
"And the boy is?"
"Nigel the dancer and mathematical genius."
"I know I've said this a million times, but they're close!"
"You have no idea."
"I wonder what she'll do without him."
A silence filled the room and I answered my own question.
"She'll revive him through herself."
Oh Nando's. I have completely forgotten how deep I used to be. My words, though spoken at a time when I was only trying to guess the aggravating trials that death brings, were and are true. When you lose someone so close to you, you never want to forget him or her so you revive him or her through yourself. Now that I have actually witnessed the death of a best friend, I fully understand the words that I uttered so long ago.
I turn to Selena and tell her those words I told her brother so many years ago.
"You want to revive Nigel through yourself."
Notes
I finished it instead, sorry for being troublesome and messaging you, co-author!
-Topaz
I forgot to check the "completed" box, but it's over :(
Had a fun time writing it and I hope you all enjoyed it~
4/21/14