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Post by dusty on Jul 19, 2006 21:33:52 GMT -5
"Alley..." she whispered, her words slightly slurred from the tears. She pulled back from the other for a moment and lifted the sleeve of her left arm. There lay a series of cuts and burns, in a kind of pattern, etched up her arm horizontally. She let the tears fall on them and she winced, the salty tears burning against her raw flesh. She sighed and looked upwards to the sky. "I killed him..." she whispered, before getting to her feet and moving away, fully preparing herself for Alley's reaction, if there even was one.
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Post by alleycat on Jul 19, 2006 21:44:38 GMT -5
Alley looked at her friends. She wasn't surprised and she wasn't shocked either. She did wonder why Dusty had moved away. "Dusty at least he's gone. Right?" She made no reaction to it. She had done the same with one or two people that had hurt her. She stood up and looked at Dusty. "I've done it too." She was looking at Dusty's scars. She pulled Dusty's sleeve down. Hugging the other girl tightly. "OH Dusty"
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Post by dusty on Jul 19, 2006 21:49:38 GMT -5
Dusty stood frozen for a moment before wrapping Alley in a tight hug of her own. "Really..." she whispered. "In front fo your boyfriend?" she said, her voice shakey as she remembered the look of shock on Avalanche's face. She sighed deeply and whispered in Alley's ear. "He left his mark on me... twelve scars and broken bones... a heart that seems un-healable and a past that haunts me everynight... i know its the same for you Alley and mush worse... but..." she broke off. "You see i'm not strong like you are..." she cried, her sobs echoing through the hot humid night air.
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Post by alleycat on Jul 19, 2006 21:54:12 GMT -5
Alley looked at Dusty for a moment. "I've never had a boyfriend but i have done it infornt of someone who i loved deeply he died that night as well though." She looked away. "I'm not strong Dusty. If it weren't for other like Jackle i'd be in an insane asylum." She started pacing again and then she just jumped into the water face down of course holding her breath. Floating there.
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Post by dusty on Jul 19, 2006 22:04:43 GMT -5
Dusty squeeled and ran down to the waters edge. "ALLEY!" she screamed, jumping in after her and swimming out to meet her. She tugged on her arm and gave her a scared sort of glance. "Alley... whats wrong.. what are you tryin' tah do?" she half accused, she got scared easily and when she got scared she got cold and sometimes mean. "Tryin' tah give me a heart attack?" she looked at her in frustration as tears streamed down her cheeks. "No you know what... just don't answer that!" she snapped and dove under the water.
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Post by alleycat on Jul 19, 2006 22:45:30 GMT -5
Alley hadn't meant anything by it. She flipped on to her back tears silently falling down. She hadn't meant to scare Dusty of make her angry at her. She couldn't help it. She didn't want to think. She'd never hurt herself though she had tried before it hadn't worked. As a matter of fact Jackle had stopped her and had gotten extremely angry at her that she never even thought of doing it again. She swam back to shore and got out collapsing on the ground sobbing. Why did life have to be so hard why could she for once...why could things go right.
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Post by dusty on Jul 19, 2006 23:20:08 GMT -5
Dusty pulled herself out of the water and shivered, even though it was hot and humid, she had chills. With a sigh, she moved over to where her friend lay, sprawled across the sand. She knelt beside her and stroked her hair kindly. "I'm sorry Alley.... i didn't mean to yell like that..."
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Post by alleycat on Jul 19, 2006 23:27:33 GMT -5
Alley shook her head setting up. "Its okay. We are just a little emotional right now. I want it all to stop. I wanna stop being afraid. I want the memories to stop flashing." She cried harder. "I wish the scars would go away. She moved the braid to where it was down the back of her shoulder reveiling a deep gash on her neck for the horrible night.
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Post by dusty on Jul 19, 2006 23:32:10 GMT -5
Dusty genlty rubbed her friends back. "I know... i do to..." she gave her a sad sort of smile before lifting her shirt to reveal eight angry red and white scars slashed across her back. "One night..." she whispered, letting her shirt fall again. "The only way to get over the fear is to face it and embrace the memories, don't run... they make you stronger... besides, they can't hurt you anymore...someone really special told me that..."
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Post by alleycat on Jul 19, 2006 23:39:43 GMT -5
"They can't but others can. Other that in my way got away. They can always come back." She lifted a small piece a cloth from her right wrist what she used to cover a gash in her wrist that she had made herself. "A failed attempt but an attempt noneless to truely run away. Jackle got so made a me that night. It scared me so much. that i'd never do it again. ever. doesn't mean i won't think it but i'll never do it." She lifted the back of her shirt to show the marks form the warden before synder at the refugee. The whip marks where healed by now but there was still the scare form the night her parents died in the center of the whip marks.
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Post by dusty on Jul 19, 2006 23:44:01 GMT -5
Dusty ran her her hand softly over the marks, her mouth open slightly. She sighed and gently rubbed the others arm. "Listen... I think you and i need to stick together..." her eyes sparkled with tears as she slowly lifted her other sleeve, to reveal the deep, angry scar that had been her brutal attempt. "Never again..." she whispered, hiding her face in her hands as fresh tears shook her body. She now had something... some one... some people... to live for.
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Post by alleycat on Jul 19, 2006 23:48:37 GMT -5
Alley ran a finger over the scare. She nodded when Dusty said never again. "We'll stick together no matter what the leaders say." She had a shoulder to lean on. One that knew how it felt. One that had had them same things in a way happen to her. She held Dusty close. Someone to keep her living.
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Post by dusty on Jul 19, 2006 23:57:59 GMT -5
"Thats right... i don't care what Spot says... or What Prince says... We've got eachother and thats all that matters..." she whispered, holding her friend tightly, leaning her head on her shoulder. She felt exactly the same way, having a hand to reach out to when no one else was there, gave Dusty a clear guiding light that made her want to hang on... for Alley and for herself.
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Post by alleycat on Jul 20, 2006 0:05:14 GMT -5
Alley nodded. They could help eachother out when they fell into the deepness of a dark whole. They had a shining light. She was Dusty's Dusty was her's. She snuggled into Dusty and looked up at the sky sighing in happiness for the first time in a long time.
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Post by dusty on Jul 20, 2006 9:48:44 GMT -5
Dusty hugged her friend tightly, laying her head on top of the others, staring at the sunset in the distance. She was so thankful to have a true friend, someone who understood her and helped her out of tight situations... but it was more than that, it was the pain that they shared that brought them so much closer than most friends ever get.
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