I am repeatedly asking the girl if she is okay, but she is too busy trying to save the already-broken watch.
I sit down in front of her to tell her I am sorry, but as soon as I kneel down, she jumps up startling me.
"Hey? Are you alright? I am so sorry about the watch."
She just gives me a quick nod and runs away. "Is that were the gates are?" I shout behind her.
She turns back, and shouts back a low-pitched 'yes' which is barely audible.
That's when I really see her face.
It's the girl in the plaid skirt.
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Short StoryHer solace was the tears she shed in the middle of the night, when she knew there was no one to listen to her sobs or notice her wet pillow.. He found salvation in the blood that often oozed out of his hand. When their paths meet, will the blood be...