The girl

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In the middle of forest she stood by the edge of a lake. The girl, always in my dreams, and it is always the same. Her light blonde hair, as is her dress blowing back as her head is bent down looking at the water. She is barefooted and wearing only a strapless white sundress, then it became a cliff she is standing on the edge of. I want to call out to her but I can’t and she takes a step back and for a minute I think maybe she did hear me. But then she flings herself off of it. And I wake up screaming. 2

Thomas James walked down the stairs, with his backpack on one shoulder. He had dark smudges under his eyes as if he hadn’t slept in a while, he pushed his dark hair out of his eyes as he made his way to the kitchen, where his mother was sipping coffee looking worriedly up at him. Tension in the room was thick, so thick it was choking him and he snapped at her causing her to jump. 3

“Could you stop, please?”4

“I’m sorry, Thomas. I’m just…” she got up and moved around the table to stand next to him and reached out a hand. “Ever since your father walked out. You’ve been acting so….”5

He pushed her hand away.6

“I’m fine.” He snapped and then felt instantly sorry because his mother’s bottom lip quivered as if she would start crying any moment. It had been stressful on the both of them when his father walked out on them. His mother working two job and him, working such late hours. It was new to them both and…….. the dream. His mother’s eyes were downcast and she looked so small and hopeless. Gently he laid an arm on her shoulders and pulled her close.7

“Mom, I’m sorry. It’s been hard on both of us.”8

“Thomas-“9

“Mom, don’t feel bad, it isn’t your fault, dad ran around on you with that lady. Or decided to marry her. We just have to deal with it. As long as we got each other it is okay, right?” 10

She nodded and he kissed her forehead and left the house to walk to school, that was two miles away.  Walking to school, he passed a forest that reminded him of his dream, and he stared at it as he passed it and for a second and could have swore he saw a flash of white. His heart beating a little bit faster then it should, he started walking faster. 11

During the school day, he couldn’t keep his mind on his work but it was on her. And it started to drive him crazy. Every time he saw a blonde or white, his heart would jump. He was seeing her everywhere. I got to get out of here, he thought grabbing his stuff out of his locker and stuffing it in his backpack when he saw something shiny. What the fuck?, reaching down he carefully pulled out a kitchen knife. How did this? What is going on? Glancing around he quickly put it back in his bag and stepped out of the school. He began to walk home. Passing the forest, he thought he heard something and stopped. He neared and looked closer.12

“Hi.”13

Jumping, he turned around to see her, and backed up.14

“Y-Y-you it’s you.”15

She tilted her head and her lovely hair fell to one side and she came nearer to him and before he could stop her, her lips met his. Thomas melted and felt himself being led deep inside of the forest but he was too busy letting his hands roam and kissing her to notice or care. Deeper and deeper into the forest, He wondered why he couldn’t think straight. She pulled away and he looked at her. She turned her back to him and then he saw the lake from his dreams and alarms went off in him. Get out of there, they screamed; he didn’t listen too intrigued with the girl. She began to pull down her dress and it slid down her comely body and she turned her head back to her. A slow smile formed on her lips as she began to walked into the lake. She turned her body to him and motioned him to her. He quickly took his clothes off and joined her eagerly. Their lips meet again and he was lost again, forgetting everything, his mother, school, and life. 16

Two days later, they found him in the forest with his wrist split and he had bleed to death. Not too far away, a girl dreams of a dark haired boy, standing by a lake. He glances up at her before a knife appears in his hand and he runs the blade over his wrist and she wakes up screaming. 17