LOGINStellaOne Year Later…The beach breeze is warm against my skin. The sound of laughter and light conversations fill my ears, causing me to smile more than I have for in the past. My brother's sit on the opposite side of the table, while my parents, Lillian, Adrian, and I are on the other.We decided
StellaI was discharged from the hospital just a few hours ago. Adrian kept me in his car while he ran out to the store and bought all new groceries for me, buying me snacks and drinks for me to eat while I relax at home. It is a really kind gesture from him, something that he never would've done fo
Adrian looks at me and I shake my head, signaling for him to stay. He silently nods and remains in place, watching as the room is slowly vacated, my father remaining behind. His eyes flicker between us, the way I instinctively reach for Adrian’s hand.“What is it that you’re doing, Stella?” my fathe
StellaAdrian stayed by my side for the rest of the night. He held my hand and called the nurses over when I needed more pain medication to ease the stinging and burning feeling inside of my body. He helped me adjust my pillows and got me more blankets, bribing the teenage girls next-door to offer u
Stellathe first thing that I can hear is the faint beeps of a hospital machine. There is a hospital like ambience, just beyond my consciousness, rooted in reality, it is in a place where I am not. I can listen to the sound of nurses and doctors talking, but I fall back into a state of unconsciousne
AdrianMy heart races inside of my chest. I can’t think straight and I feel so dizzy, having to sit down since my legs feel like jelly. I tried to convince myself that everything is okay, that Stella is not in need in that Clara is just over exaggerating what she said on the phone, but something in
StellaThe car ride home is awkward and silent. The radio plays some random pop song and I can barely bring myself to look at my date, who drives me back into the heart of the city, after a less than ideal date.He was on his phone the entire time and ordered for me — a simple side salad with light
StellaThe boxes in my apartment tower over everything that I own. The cardboard boxes fill my vision no matter where I turn to look, turning my once cutely decorated apartment into a cat’s dream with the amount of boxes that sit across it.I moved back in just a week ago and my parents thought that
AdrianThe windows of my car are all rolled down and the wind slips inside, mixing in with the music from the radio. The streets are mainly empty, except for a few cars here and there, and I take my time going down the roads of the city.The lights from the skyscrapers and streetlights fill my visio
“Fine, be like that, why the fuck should I even—”The man is cut off by a bullet lodging itself inside of his skull. The room goes still, my heart racing inside my chest as he falls to the floor. Another gunshot sounds out and the other men inside of the room begin to fall one by one.I close my eye







