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Authors: N.A. Alcorn
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her fingerprints leaving track marks through the dust. Her heart beats loudly in her chest as she slowly opens the sentimental box. The musty smell assaults her nostrils, leaving her feeling reflective and reminiscent.
Tears prick at her eyes as she affectionately smiles down at the picture of her graduation day. Her father grinning proudly at the camera, his gray eyes filled with pride. Her mother’s smile gentle and warm, encompassing the tenderness of Maria Walker.
“I miss you both… so much ,” Sloan whispers into the stillness of the room. “I’d do anything to have just one more day with you.”
Peaceful silence fills her ears as she holds her mother’s locket in her hand. Her thumb rubs back-and-forth motions over the sentimental inscription. If Sloan lived a normal life, she would wear this locket close to her heart every single day. It would be a lovely, poignant reminder of her mother—the one woman who gave her unconditional love and was always there for her no matter what. She was her shoulder to cry on, the one person she could tell anything.
She misses that the most—Maria Walker’s wise words, gentle heart, and open arms. If she could have her mother back for one day, she’d want to spend it in her parents’ old house, sitting at the kitchen table, listening to her mother talk about life, love, and everything in between.
The wise words her mother once told her when she was young and devastated over missing Nix echo inside her mind . “If you really need him, Sloan. If you’re both meant to be—fate will bring him back. It might not be tomorrow or next week or even a year from now, but he’ll come back, sweetheart.”
Her eyes find the crumpled envelope that holds the letter—the only letter she saved from Nix. The last letter she received from him before everything fell apart. She hates that she’s never received closure from that relationship. Even now—so many years later—Sloan doesn’t understand what happened.
Was it the distance? Or did he just stop loving me?
She has tried to convince herself that the distance is what made it impossible for their relationship to continue. They were young and had zero control over the life circumstances that seemed to continually be placed in their path.
When she reflects back on her relationship with Nix, it’s hard for her to believe that they met so young. Sixteen is hardly old enough to understand real love, but in her eyes, that’s exactly what they had. They had a love that was almost too strong for their naïve minds to comprehend. She regards that period of her life as one of the best.
When she moved to Honolulu, she was furious that it was halfway through her sophomore year of high school. She was exhausted of being the new girl everywhere she went, but she knows now that she got damn lucky that year. She met him . A boy who took her under his wing and made the year she spent in Honolulu the best year of her teenage life— her whole life .
God, did I love Nix.
There is still a small ache deep inside her chest when she remembers that period of her life—the point in time when everything was ripped apart at the seams because her father was transferred to Naples. Despite the promises they’d made to each other, their love story was cut short. To this day, she still has questions.
Why did his letters, his phone calls just stop?
The only other time in her life where she felt more pain was the day she lost her parents. The pain of losing your first love is something you never really get over. And it’s even harder when that relationship ends without a goodbye, without closure, with so many unanswered questions.
Sloan received her final letter from Nix one year after her family had relocated to Naples. Shortly after that, her family was on the move again. John Walker was transferred to Naval Air Facility Misawa in Honshu, Japan. She tried to convince her young heart that this was the final straw for Nix. She told herself that he
Tears prick at her eyes as she affectionately smiles down at the picture of her graduation day. Her father grinning proudly at the camera, his gray eyes filled with pride. Her mother’s smile gentle and warm, encompassing the tenderness of Maria Walker.
“I miss you both… so much ,” Sloan whispers into the stillness of the room. “I’d do anything to have just one more day with you.”
Peaceful silence fills her ears as she holds her mother’s locket in her hand. Her thumb rubs back-and-forth motions over the sentimental inscription. If Sloan lived a normal life, she would wear this locket close to her heart every single day. It would be a lovely, poignant reminder of her mother—the one woman who gave her unconditional love and was always there for her no matter what. She was her shoulder to cry on, the one person she could tell anything.
She misses that the most—Maria Walker’s wise words, gentle heart, and open arms. If she could have her mother back for one day, she’d want to spend it in her parents’ old house, sitting at the kitchen table, listening to her mother talk about life, love, and everything in between.
The wise words her mother once told her when she was young and devastated over missing Nix echo inside her mind . “If you really need him, Sloan. If you’re both meant to be—fate will bring him back. It might not be tomorrow or next week or even a year from now, but he’ll come back, sweetheart.”
Her eyes find the crumpled envelope that holds the letter—the only letter she saved from Nix. The last letter she received from him before everything fell apart. She hates that she’s never received closure from that relationship. Even now—so many years later—Sloan doesn’t understand what happened.
Was it the distance? Or did he just stop loving me?
She has tried to convince herself that the distance is what made it impossible for their relationship to continue. They were young and had zero control over the life circumstances that seemed to continually be placed in their path.
When she reflects back on her relationship with Nix, it’s hard for her to believe that they met so young. Sixteen is hardly old enough to understand real love, but in her eyes, that’s exactly what they had. They had a love that was almost too strong for their naïve minds to comprehend. She regards that period of her life as one of the best.
When she moved to Honolulu, she was furious that it was halfway through her sophomore year of high school. She was exhausted of being the new girl everywhere she went, but she knows now that she got damn lucky that year. She met him . A boy who took her under his wing and made the year she spent in Honolulu the best year of her teenage life— her whole life .
God, did I love Nix.
There is still a small ache deep inside her chest when she remembers that period of her life—the point in time when everything was ripped apart at the seams because her father was transferred to Naples. Despite the promises they’d made to each other, their love story was cut short. To this day, she still has questions.
Why did his letters, his phone calls just stop?
The only other time in her life where she felt more pain was the day she lost her parents. The pain of losing your first love is something you never really get over. And it’s even harder when that relationship ends without a goodbye, without closure, with so many unanswered questions.
Sloan received her final letter from Nix one year after her family had relocated to Naples. Shortly after that, her family was on the move again. John Walker was transferred to Naval Air Facility Misawa in Honshu, Japan. She tried to convince her young heart that this was the final straw for Nix. She told herself that he
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