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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021
Submitted to Contest #102
There has always been something magnetic about our nature - pulled to and from each other each year. We could be six or sixteen and I'd find you; sometimes negatively charged, but positive I'd raise your spirits. We played kickball every lunch - the red rubber ball crashing into the wire fence; shaking the players that waited anxiously on the other side, fingers intertwined with the chicken wire. I’d quietly shift from my place at the front of the line, summoning the confidence to try once again at a game I didn’t know how to win, but...
My nose pressed up against the car window, I waved - my hand beginning to tire as I watched her clouded, red eyes - a give away to her otherwise cheerful expression. And then she was gone. Seven hours away for seven years now; only photos taped to my wall to remind me of those eyes. That was the first time I said goodbye. After Jenna left, I found myself wandering; helplessly alone. I chose paths without direction and blindly leapt forward. I had not been looking, but I found a friend. Katrina - a companion I’d take for granted for the...
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