When We Were Novels & Stories

Staring at the cracks on the totem, she sighed and suddenly smiled. Putting the totem in the box, she reburied it. A plane rumbled as it tore through the skies overhead, and Lisa left, starting her new life after putting behind the old memories they shared.

We were building something new. Together.

Before he walked out the door, he said solemnly to me, "Give me one week to take care of things, Evie. After that, we'll go on a one-week vacation to Mountain City, where you've always wanted to go." When I was young, and my parents were still alive, they brought me on a long vacation in Mountain City, which was why I always had a soft spot for it. When Kevin and I got together, I was constantly talking about going to Mountain City for a short trip, but he rejected the idea because of work.

And if they broke, I was just an orphan again, standing on a porch with nowhere to go. Suddenly, the local radio station transitioned into a new track. The opening chords..acoustic, slow, and haunting hit the speakers. My heart stopped. It was our song. The one we’d played on repeat during that rainy summer in tenth grade, sitting in the back of this very truck, talking about everything and nothing until the sun came up.

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She tried her best to explain but failed. "So you two got together right away?" Derek asks. "Of course, not! I worked for him and we got stuck in the year 2000. That's when it all happened. I doubt you even remember the time we crossed paths in that year." Celine informed him. "We met when I was just 10 years old? It's getting very confusing!" Derek replied. "Wait you two! I think you're both confused about everything. Let me tell you how it all happens." Drake volunteered seeing how confused they already are.

Forever. We were going to be a family and I couldn't wait.

Morning. We had until morning.

We were not simply surviving. We were forging.

It hurts! Especially, I still remember the times when we got to know each other as if it just happened yesterday. FLASHBACK It was a vacation and we were just having fun. Catleya and I was going to the town for a walk because that was the first week after our 3rd year high school year ends. It also timing that there’s a festival in town so we were excited. It was about seven o'clock in the evening.