He Won't Leave Me

She looks at me and sees through the faade, hears the words that I truly mean, the words I cannot bring myself to give life to.

       “What do you mean?” I breathed, my voice raspy from withheld tears and desperation. We’ve been through this time after heart wrenching time and the words I know he will utter are imprinted forever in my mind.

     “I never want to see you again.” The cold words struck immediately, hitting just as hard as the first time, a bolt of lightning shooting through my flesh and bone to my soul. I watched as he turned and walked past as if he hadn’t just incinerated my very being. The flood raging behind the dam of my eyelids threatened to run over and I found that I had neither the strength nor the desire to hold it back any longer. I felt the bitter, salty tears slide down my face, slowly extinguishing the inferno in my chest. 

Innumerable sobs wracked my body and finally after opening my eyes I found that I was staring at a black screen, credits rolling quickly by.

“What are you doing?” I jumped at the sudden question, blinking furiously when the blinding lights snapped on.

I rushed to wipe away all traces of dampness from my cheeks, which were burning a bright crimson now that I had been caught.

“I don’t understand why you even watch that movie; all it does is make you cry.” My mother walked into the room, her tone a mixture of amusement and mild curiosity.

“I don’t know, I guess I keep hoping that just once he won’t leave her.” My voice cracked, a lit match striking the tinder of my heart, “A happy ending.”

She looks at me and sees through the façade, hears the words that I truly mean, the words I cannot bring myself to give life to. Without hesitating, she wraps her arms around my huddled form and readies herself to wait out the long storm ahead.

Because, she knows, as any woman knows, tears may not heal a broken heart, but they ease the soul. 

Author's Note

This was a sentence expansion project for my LOGOS class. the original sentence was "I was sad when i watched the movie." reviews?

Reviews

[Aranee]

This is beautiful, *sniffs*
I like the whole concept of the story.
When I first read it, I thought that the first part of the story was happening in real life.
But then as I read on, I realised it was part of a movie.
Yet that part of the movie was reflected in real life.

I love the effect.
I also feel that way whenever I watch a soppy sad romance story.
Always watching and hoping that the ending would change.
I can relate to this story.

Overall I think you've done a definite brilliant job.
I hope to read more of your works.