Everyone else filed out of the room, Wilda throwing a glance behind her, her eyes glistening with tears.
I turned towards Rendor, who was seated beside me, looking much older than he usually did.
“Drew, I… I don’t know how to tell you this, but-”
“What happened,” I said through gritted teeth, I could hear the strain behind my question.
“She… she had a bad head injury… it was… she never had a chance… that she would survive. Drew, I’m… I’m so sorry Drew, this isn’t fair. This isn’t right.”
I turned away from him, “She’s dead,” I said hollowly.
“Yes,” he said quietly, “She died two days ago.”
My eyes were closed, I could see it in my head. Cynthia lying on the sidewalk, blood streaming from her head. Someone nearby was screaming. Rendor was shouting frantically for help.
It took me a second to realize that I was actually screaming, and that my dad was actually yelling, trying to restrain me as I struggled to get away.
I collapsed, sobbing, wishing I could wake up from this nightmare.
Inspired by
I felt myself slipping under as the pain medication took affect. “Mom?” I asked.
“Yes honey?” she sounded nervous.
“Is Cynthi…A sequel to Just A Little Knowing
About the author
Dreamer
Lost in a Paradox.
A NOTICE TO ALL MY READERS AND FELLOW FICLETEERS: hi! I’m sorry, I’m out of town. But I’ll be back Saturday the 12th, so I’ll get back on then! Thanks for being patient and waiting for sequels. I promise to leave a few before I go…
Music that inspires me:
Between the lines by Sara Bareilles. (and other Sara Bareilles songs)
Numb by Linkin Park
Various Celtic songs
Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard
Viva la Vida by Coldplay
So Long Goodbye by Sum 41
Pathetique by Beethovan
4 minutes by Justin Timberlake and Madonna
Savin’ Me by Nickleback (and other Nickleback songs)
Silhouettes by Waking Ashland
What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts
This Man by Jeremy Camp
The Call by Regina Spektor
How Does it Feel by Avril Lavigne
Various Daughtry songs
Everytime We Touch by CASCADA
Everytime by Britney Spears (don’t kill me for this one. It’s actually the only song I like by her.)
An italian song I don’t remember the name of… well crap, I’ll have to go look that up.
-I realize the above list is extremely random. I listen to a lot of random music. You should see my iPod. It gets weirder. (I like everything from Rap to R&B to Metal to Pop to to Techno to Country to Classical… I love music.)
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Random fact of the month:
There is a spider in the middle east area called the Camel Spider… it reaches speed of 30 miles an hour, screams while it runs, eats camels, feeds on humans, and can reach the size of a frisbee…. Not. These are all myths, The Camel spider’s fastest speed is 10 MPH, does not scream, has no venom, and are called Camel Spiders because they live in the desert… They are fairly large though: half a foot long, but that’s no reason to freak out… funny how wildly out-of-proportion things get when people overuse their imaginations. Source: http://www.camelspiders.net/
Random word of the month:
Lexicon: 1. A dictionary. 2. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary: the lexicon of surrealist art. 3. (Linguistics) The morphemes of a language considered as a group.
Series I’m writing (wrote):
The current ‘Remembering’ series. The ‘story after the story.’ This is a sequel to the ‘Just a Little’ series (see below). This is what happens after the tradegy. This will have a happy ending. I promise. :). Fiction. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/31422
The current ‘Smell’ Series (Main characters: Fae and Davincent) Fantasy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/26990
The current ‘I Am’ series. This is a series that examines the different high school stereotypes. Fiction. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/22387
The currently discontinued due to writers block Sand Women series. Fantasy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/7007
The completed ‘Just A Little’ series. (Main Characters: Drew and Cynthia) Tradegy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/23458
Link to first of the completed Pika series. (Main Character: Soner) Tree-hugging ‘Memoir.’ Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/17331
link to first of the completed ‘True or False’ (Main Characters: Andy, Wes, Blake, and, of course, Judie). Classic high school melodrama. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/9033
(kudos to lost_at_sea for writing part of this.)
Clippings:
What He Doesn’t Know: http://ficlets.com/stories/35999
Falling: http://ficlets.com/stories/35996
Tornado: http://ficlets.com/stories/34296
The Mortal and the Immortal: http://ficlets.com/stories/33186
Betraying Vanity: http://ficlets.com/stories/31834
Choice: http://ficlets.com/stories/31654
Upside down: Remembering: http://ficlets.com/stories/27494
Fog: http://ficlets.com/stories/27422
Made Up Stories: http://ficlets.com/stories/27292
Perverse: http://ficlets.com/stories/24453
War: http://ficlets.com/stories/23570
Fire: http://ficlets.com/stories/23569
Mistakes: http://ficlets.com/stories/23568
Sunshine: http://ficlets.com/stories/23564
Save the planet. Hug a tree.
Babynameaddicts.com is my lifeline. Need a name for a story? Go to this website!!!!!!!
Courage is the judgement that something else is greater than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
-Meg Cabot
An empty page is an open door into a world you can only dream of.
-JED
No, the world’s still the same. There’s just less in it.
-Jack Sparrow (I love you!!!)
Life is screwed. :)
Published on May 21, 2008.
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