Wonderland | ✎

r.e.m.

DÉBUT

Blazing lights amidst the darkness.

The press of skin against skin. The blaring bass; the room shaking. Multi-coloured vision. Neon signs. Bodies tangled together. 

He was there. This was his party.

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I

Someone's hair between my fingers.

Soft, long strands weaved between my delicate hands. Arms around my waist. Face shadowed by the dark. I brought him closer to me.

Our lips touched.

More than once.

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II

Danger.

Hands held in the dark. Parting, in secret.

I looked back to the boy I grasped with my hand. The boy whom my best friend loved. He smiled at me. A secret smile.

No one ever knew.

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III

A warm body next to mine.

Sunlight creeped behind the closed curtains. The sheets rustled.

He lifted his head, messy brown hair dangling around his face.

My chest ached. That smile. Those dimples. I knew them all too well.

I traced his moles and freckles like a stargazer mapping a constellation. A constellation that made up all the brightest stars in the universe.

His breathing quickened.

And when he looked at me and gave a lopsided smile, it was clear.

He loved me. 

And I loved him.

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FIN

My eyes opened.