He takes two steps back. Closer to the portal.
I can't stop myself. "Ben," I call. And I'm not even embarrassed about how helpless my voice sounds.
Don't go.
"I'll come back for you." He takes another step back. "I promise."
Stay.
"Janelle Tenner," he says. "I will always fucking love you." And then he takes one more step back. Into the portal.
And the blackness swallows him whole.
Stichwörter: fiction science-fiction crying science-fiction-romance ya unraveling ben-and-janelle
Those deep set eyes that look like they could tell stories for days, and that wavy brown hair that feels soft between my fingers. I try to memorize the angles of his jaw and the lines of his lips, because I know.
I know this may be the last time I ever see him.
Breathe fills my lungs, my throat relaxes, and I can't help but smile. Because I can see what he's thinking as clearly as if he'd spoken.
He doesn't want to leave - he doesn't want to go home.
He's going to choose me instead.
Stichwörter: science-fiction science-fiction-romance ya unraveling ben-and-janelle bawling countdown
The pivotal moments in your life are always made up of smaller pieces, things that seemed insignificant at time, but in fact brought you to where you needed to be.
Elizabeth NorrisHumans have precious few instincts, but that's because we don't listen to them. We let logic and knowledge get in the way. My dad always said that when instincts are at war with something society has taught you, listen to your instincts first and ask questions later.
Elizabeth NorrisCertain moments in my life are imprinted in me memory.
They're easy to recall with perfect clarity, whether I want to remember them or not. Any small thing can trigger them: a phrase, a smell, a thought. It brings everything back like I'm reliving that moment, a brief scene in the movie of my life, complete with how horrible I felt at the time. And I usually felt horrible in those moments that I want to forget that stick around.
Stichwörter: life memories moments
I was here.
I lived.
I mattered.
This is a good way to go.
Stichwörter: janelle
This is the second fucking time I've gotten shot when I was with you. I don't think we can be friends anymore.
Elizabeth NorrisEven though I wasn't there, you were always with me. Always.
Elizabeth NorrisEverything that tried to stand between us doesn't matter.
We might have broken a little.
But now we're stronger in those broken places.
And we're going to face whatever comes next together.
You suck at working with someone," I say, because it's true.
Elizabeth NorrisStichwörter: janelle-barclay lol-comeback
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