broken souls, seal the deal (zoe/harper)
Oct 20, 2013 7:37:21 GMT -5
Post by k!ah on Oct 20, 2013 7:37:21 GMT -5
t o b i a s holbrook.
pita patter, pita patter, the sound of rain falling onto my window pain was the only sound that could be heard. There was no voice in my head, all was a silent buzz. Something that I had missed, something that put my whole body to rest. For years that voice had been droning on and on in my mind, constantly reminding me about things that would tear my heart in two. Reminding me of things that would make me snap, that would make me hurt the people I love. Make me hurt the people who were slowly being pulled away from me. But not today, today I was my own person.
I lay silently on my bed, my ears listening intently to the rain. It had been years since I have done this, and It made me feel as though I was 12 again, lying on my bed, just this time I took up more room, my feet nearly hanging off the edge. A rare smile slips onto my lips. I remembered when I was only tall enough to take up half the bed. Each night I would try and stretch my legs out hoping to reach the end of my bed with my toes, hoping that when I woke up the next morning I would be three inches taller. Of course that never happened, but that didn’t mean I stopped trying. Never give up, that’s what mum used to whisper into my ear at night, before I would drift off into a heavy sleep, her words dancing in my dreams. Never give up… never give up…
Suddenly my smile drops from my face and I fly off my bed, no longer feeling the peace of the rain. I didn’t want to remember what my mother used to say to me at might, it only made it hurt. I wanted to know what shat she would be saying now, if the aliens hadn’t of invaded my home… but I knew that was never going to happen. These kids were here to stay, I knew that, I really did… I just didn’t want to believe it. I wanted it all to be a nightmare where I could just pinch my arm and I would go back to when I was four and happy.
But I knew that could never happen. This was my life, and I was stuck in it weather I liked it or not.
In a frustrated rush I pick up a rain coat that used to be my brothers and race for the door, wanting to desperately escape the house that no longer felt like a sanctuary and more like a prison. I felt as though I was trapped in the house, trapped with memories of the past, memories of when I was actually happy…Someone yelled out as I reached the front door, but I ignored them, ripping the door open and taking a step out into the pouring rain. I had barely enough time to put of the worn out coat before I was soaked to the bone. But strangely enough I didn’t care- all I cared about was getting as far away from the house as I could. I didn’t want to be there a moment longer than I had to. For so long that house had held me prisoner, for so long I have been cast away into the past, always wishing that I could return my life back to the way it used to be… but I knew it was no good. I knew that the life I used to have, and so badly wanted back was far gone by now. My family didn’t miss it, so why should I?
My feet splashed in the puddles of water, my toes making squelching sounds as I practically ran into the pouring rain. I didn’t know where I was going, or for how long, all I knew was that it was my time to leave, my time to leave, time to take my life into my hands. I don’t make a sound as I race through the rain, my eyes set ahead of me, not even looking back once. I would miss them, god would I miss them, but they had given me no choice really. They had chosen the invaders over their own son, and now it was my turn to shoes myself over them.
pita patter, pita patter. he rain echoed through my racing mind as I ran away from the place that I had once called me home.