A Different Ending

She smiled. Her hair whipped in the wind on her shoulders, her eyes glowing like black diamonds. I wrapped my arms around her, smiling back down at her. Our faces were only inches apart from each other...suddenly her face dropped.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing," she replied, stuffing her face in her hands. "I-I'm just worried about....about him, you know."
I stood up straight and hugged her tightly. "Don't worry...he'll be fine."
"I don't know...I mean...all these months...and I just-"
Tears began to drip from her eyes and she buried her head in my shoulder. "Shush, shush," I said, caresseing her cheek and her hair. "It's okay..."
She looked up into my eyes and grinned. Sudden;y there were soft voices in my head, like fragmented speeches...
You wish....You're not ready for a relationship with her...You don't deserve her....Idiot....Dumbass....Stupid.....Ignorant...Child....Loser.....Loner.....Heartbreaker...
I snapped awake. Sweat poured down my head in small beads, dripping down onto the sheets unde me. I swung my feet around, sitting silently on the edge of the bed. My hands ran through my curly hair. I breathed heavily, clawing at my scalp...
I hadn't had a dream about her in years...and now it had just come back? I looked out the window. Icy, gray road stretched out as far as the eye could see...
I sighed and slipped back into bed...
Ten years ago, I had that dream over and over again- along with others....
Over time, I had forgotten about everything...
But now it was back...
The same dream...the dream that used to make me dream outloud, to wish...wish that everything could have been different...
Then suddnly my palms were wet...I wiped my red cheeks, laying back down on my back...that different ending...that lone choice...could've made a difference in my life...but the fact still remained, that that choice was never made...like a game of dodgeball, I was chosen last- if that....and that different ending never came...
Category:Bladewood
Category:Short stories