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Aphrodite

Xia Just

Submitted to Contest #96

Emerald sits on her bed with her face in a pillow after just being dumped for another girl. Her best friend, Aspen, sits next to her trying to soothe her crying. Emerald sits up and loudly proclaims, eyes red and puffy and voice hoarse, "I will never love again. This is the last time I fall in love only to be dumped." Aspen shakes her head and sighs, knowing how easily her friend falls. Meanwhile, someone else is listening to this one-sided conversation between friends; a goddess, Aphrodite of love and beauty. Her heart breaks for the girl...

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