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Authors: Brina Courtney
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her lips. This wasn’t really living, was it?
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The next morning Victoria hid under her covers. She knew it was only a matter time before Kate would come find her. So she would bask in the time she had to hide away from other people while she could. The sheets smelled so much better, her mother must’ve changed them while she was in the shower. She wrapped herself in them like a cocoon. They enveloped her. But nothing could keep the nightmares away.
The shot. The blood on her hands. Levi taking his last breaths. And then … darkness. Always darkness. Victoria was now living in a dark world. Levi had taken all of his light with him.
Victoria smelled the strong scent of hot tea before she climbed out from under the covers. She knew who would be standing there, and she was ready to fight for her sadness.
“Good morning, Victoria,” Kate said in a particularly annoying, cheery voice.
“ It’s not. You’re supposed to understand me. Does it look like it’s a good morning?” No morning would ever be good again. Why couldn’t Kate see that?
“ I do understand you, Victoria. I understand that you’re in a really horrible place. I know that this isn’t the real you.”
Victoria interrupted, what she was sure was a well-thought-out speech. “The real me is the me with Levi. If you find her, let me know.” Victoria pulled the covers back over her head and breathed in the sweet smell of laundry detergent. She could live like this for the rest of her life, who said that she couldn’t?
All of a sudden, blaring light hit Victoria from every angle. It was the first time she’d seen the sun in days. Her skin was turning a strange opalescent color and reflected grossly against the natural sunlight.
“What the hell?”
Kate stood near the open window with the tea in her hand, smiling. How she had managed to remove the comforter and open the blinds at the same time didn’t seem possible to Victoria. It angered her even more. She just wanted to punch this lady, or scratch her eyes out.
“Victoria, natural sunlight is good for the grieving process. I can tell none of my peace and love crap is going to help you. And so instead I’ve decided I’m just going to give it to you straight. What I do is for you, and it’s good for you, I promise. I’m a trained professional and I’m here to help you. Now, I know you’re going through a really horrible time right now, but that doesn’t allow you to be angry at someone you just met. Besides, all your paleness was freaking me out.”
Victoria knew that most of this was just an act, Kate could be flexible. But it didn’t stop Victoria from hating her even more. If she was going to be here to try to “save” Victoria then she should at least be herself.
“ You know what, Kate? If you’re going to be here and do this with me, which by the way I don’t need, you better be real. I’m not some child you can tell what to do. I’m an adult. And considering your own paleness, I know that you don’t care that my tan is fading.”
Kate smiled with the corner of her mouth as she looked over the frail person in the bed. “Victoria, you’re right. But it seems to me that anger is the only way to get you out of your bed. And my job is to get you out of that bed and back into your life.”
Victoria was shocked by her honesty. It took a second for it to register in her ears, everything just sounded like static lately. But once she was sure that what she was hearing was correct, it stung her like a bee. She sunk herself back into the bed and pulled her knees up to her chin while she sobbed.
“What if I can’t do that? What if I can’t live without him?” She expected Kate to come over to her as she’d done yesterday and stroked her like a child, but instead Kate remained by the window and watched as Victoria cried. The sobs shook her to the core just as they’d done the first and second day, and she cried until there were no more tears left.
A long time had
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The next morning Victoria hid under her covers. She knew it was only a matter time before Kate would come find her. So she would bask in the time she had to hide away from other people while she could. The sheets smelled so much better, her mother must’ve changed them while she was in the shower. She wrapped herself in them like a cocoon. They enveloped her. But nothing could keep the nightmares away.
The shot. The blood on her hands. Levi taking his last breaths. And then … darkness. Always darkness. Victoria was now living in a dark world. Levi had taken all of his light with him.
Victoria smelled the strong scent of hot tea before she climbed out from under the covers. She knew who would be standing there, and she was ready to fight for her sadness.
“Good morning, Victoria,” Kate said in a particularly annoying, cheery voice.
“ It’s not. You’re supposed to understand me. Does it look like it’s a good morning?” No morning would ever be good again. Why couldn’t Kate see that?
“ I do understand you, Victoria. I understand that you’re in a really horrible place. I know that this isn’t the real you.”
Victoria interrupted, what she was sure was a well-thought-out speech. “The real me is the me with Levi. If you find her, let me know.” Victoria pulled the covers back over her head and breathed in the sweet smell of laundry detergent. She could live like this for the rest of her life, who said that she couldn’t?
All of a sudden, blaring light hit Victoria from every angle. It was the first time she’d seen the sun in days. Her skin was turning a strange opalescent color and reflected grossly against the natural sunlight.
“What the hell?”
Kate stood near the open window with the tea in her hand, smiling. How she had managed to remove the comforter and open the blinds at the same time didn’t seem possible to Victoria. It angered her even more. She just wanted to punch this lady, or scratch her eyes out.
“Victoria, natural sunlight is good for the grieving process. I can tell none of my peace and love crap is going to help you. And so instead I’ve decided I’m just going to give it to you straight. What I do is for you, and it’s good for you, I promise. I’m a trained professional and I’m here to help you. Now, I know you’re going through a really horrible time right now, but that doesn’t allow you to be angry at someone you just met. Besides, all your paleness was freaking me out.”
Victoria knew that most of this was just an act, Kate could be flexible. But it didn’t stop Victoria from hating her even more. If she was going to be here to try to “save” Victoria then she should at least be herself.
“ You know what, Kate? If you’re going to be here and do this with me, which by the way I don’t need, you better be real. I’m not some child you can tell what to do. I’m an adult. And considering your own paleness, I know that you don’t care that my tan is fading.”
Kate smiled with the corner of her mouth as she looked over the frail person in the bed. “Victoria, you’re right. But it seems to me that anger is the only way to get you out of your bed. And my job is to get you out of that bed and back into your life.”
Victoria was shocked by her honesty. It took a second for it to register in her ears, everything just sounded like static lately. But once she was sure that what she was hearing was correct, it stung her like a bee. She sunk herself back into the bed and pulled her knees up to her chin while she sobbed.
“What if I can’t do that? What if I can’t live without him?” She expected Kate to come over to her as she’d done yesterday and stroked her like a child, but instead Kate remained by the window and watched as Victoria cried. The sobs shook her to the core just as they’d done the first and second day, and she cried until there were no more tears left.
A long time had
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