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Chapter 3 - Untitled [Febuary 2019]

It was a light inside me that shone like the sun. A cool blue radiating out of my chest, I held it softly between my fingers as my grip slowly lowered around it.

It was beautiful.

He was beautiful.

I felt like he was staring back at me, although the orb had no eyes, I wanted to protect him like a puppy.

He was warm when I touched him, light and fluffy, a pure positive feeling that surrounded what I imagine is my soul.

I want this feeling to last forever.

"█████"

The words hit me like a punch to the gut. My breath wavers and I can feel pain beginning to overwhelm the light between my fingertips.

"█████?"

I blink in pain, hard and with a grimace, a shiver goes down my back and when I open my eyes

He's gone

"█████, we're having dinner. Are you ready to come downstairs?"

I turn my head towards the door and shout "Just a minute!", before standing up and walking towards it.

I wavered at the door knob for just a second, but that second felt like hours in my mind.

It's almost silent at the table.

Forks clang against the plates, and a cold sniffle comes out of my father, as he wipes his nose with his left sleeve like a child would.

My mother seems like she wants to say something, but stops herself before she gets my name wrong again.

"So.. "