Friday, April 1st
who is this voice
don't recognize it
person talking
no
another one
people talking
what are they going to do?
if they're trying to hurt me
there's nothing i can do
can't move at all
wait a second
they're pulling me out
hear murmurs
soon they become
comprehensible words
"comeoncomeoncomeoncomeoncomeon"
over and over again
a man
speech muffled
commanding and enraged
as if he's going to hit something if he doesn't get what he wants
what does he want?
he wants me to wake up
wake up
feel hand on hair
"she's so pretty"
a girl
words are
beautiful
light and yearning
voice is muffled too
talking about herself?
how vain
smile
smile attempt
mouth won't move
figure it out
talking about me
pretty?
lips tingle
memory trying to
call
to
me
can't hear
only one thought in my mind
wake up
need to wake up
for her
and the man
called me pretty
"her heartbeat is getting faster"
woman is loud about this
hear
crash
knocks something heavy to the
floor
man doesn't notice
or just
doesn't
care
"she has to wake up"
man says
voice hard and determined
"others didn't"
what does he mean
"she looks too young for
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Restart - An Original Novella
Short StoryWhat happens when the universe loses gravity? Stephanie doesn't have a care in the world. Her parents love her to the edges of the earth, her younger sister illuminates any darkness with her luminous personality, and her best friend is loyal through...
