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Submitted to Contest #309
ECHOES OF A NAME She didn't mean to stare.Not really.The crowded cafe was full of people --- all nameless, all fading into a blur as she doodled in her notebook, half-dreaming into the pages.Then he walked in, and something in her stirred. Not with desire, not even interest.But with recognition.A wordless knowing that settled like a song in her bones.He didn't command attention like a celebrity. No, it was subtler than that --- like thunder trying to disguise itself as silence. He was dressed plainly, his dark hair swept back in casual waves...
Fay tried to come to terms with what she was feeling. But no matter how she tried to spin it, no matter how many different angles she looked at the situation from, she couldn't make sense of it. She had always known life was short, that we were only in this world for a limited amount of time, but this was the first time she had experienced it with someone close to her. Just yesterday, she and Cree were your ordinary, happy teenage couple. Kissing in the rain, sneaking out at night, going to parties, just...being in love. And today, Fay'...
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