ONE YEAR LATER
“Lucy, are you ready?” Danny asks me from the other side of the bathroom door.
“Almost, give me another minute,” I reply. I still have to put my make up on. After I do, I look at myself in the mirror. My hair is now down to the middle of my back. I quickly pull my hair back into a ponytail and I walk out of the room.
"Happy Birthday." Danny gives me a hug. “Ready for this?”
“I guess. I can’t believe that it’s already been a year since Emily died.” A single tear slides out of my eye.
“It’s amazing how fast time can go by.” Danny wipes the tear away with his thumb. “Do you have the journal entries?”
I hold up a copy of Emily’s journal. “Yeah. Do you have the lighter?” Danny nods. “Then we’re all set.” We walk outside to his backyard. Mom and I moved in with Danny before school started.
Mom is standing by the tree. She walks over and hugs me. “I’m so proud of you, Lucy.”
“Thanks, Mom.” I hand Danny the papers and he smiles at me before he starts the lighter. I nod and soon Emily’s journal - well, a copy of it - is burning. Danny drops it on the concrete so he doesn’t burn anyone or anything. As I start crying, Danny pulls me into him. I adjust my head so I can still see the paper on fire.
Danny holds me even when the paper isn’t burning, because I’m still crying. No matter how much therapy I go through, I know that I’ll never be able to recover from losing Emily. I also know that no matter what happens to me, Danny will never leave me. And I smile.
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Teen FictionLucy White is a 16 year old girl that lives in Florida. She isn't normal, though. Ever since she was young, she has pretended to be someone she's not. To be deaf and mute. And the only people in her school that know her secret are her twin brother...
