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Amelia - Prologue

October 1, 2011
By normgrl GOLD, Jacksonville, Florida
normgrl GOLD, Jacksonville, Florida
13 articles 11 photos 105 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do we eat to live or live to eat?


January 25th

It happened again. It happened again and I ran – ran as fast as I can, in need to get away. From my past. What does it matter anyway? I thought about this while I was at the pier and realized that it means everything. That it was my fault in the first place. My fault and no one else’s. If I didn’t leave…if I just stayed for another hour or so and kept an eye on Melanie…she would still be alive. Her and Anthony, they’re both gone and it’s all because of me…

If I wasn’t so worried about getting to Jacob’s house, my brother and my best friend…they’d still be around. Melanie would be here for our annual Movie Friday crying along with me as we watch Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s character meet for the first time – love in their eyes. And Anthony, he would barge in with a bucket of ice cream and Kleenex, thirty minutes late as usual. But no. I had to be selfish; I had to leave them behind – and for what? That idiot of a boyfriend.

So, yeah, I’m the reason. The reason why the two important people in my life are dead. And I’m all alone…with my mother gone and my alcoholic of a father in rehab… I have nobody. Absolutely nobody. But I guess those are the consequences, right?

Yeah, that’s what I thought.

x Amelia



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normgrl GOLD said...
on Jul. 12 2012 at 2:40 pm
normgrl GOLD, Jacksonville, Florida
13 articles 11 photos 105 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do we eat to live or live to eat?

Aw, thank you SO much! I'm glad you liked it. Well, most of it are based on real experience. But hey, you know, the sad stuff is part of life, I guess :) 

on Mar. 28 2012 at 8:23 pm
AddisonP. BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Omg omg omfffffg loooooove it u r soooo talented. I noticed you write a lot of sad stories... I hope it's not from experience!(ya in not good at happy endings either...)