The smile, that came naturally to me, feels alien on my face. It's been eons since my heart has last decided to smile for someone.
After Maxon died, everything became fake; the smile, the laugh, the life too.
I wish she smiled back at me, but when she doesn't, I don't feel surprised. She is so startled that her eyes go back to staring at the floor, without passing me even a second glance.
She stirs something inside me.
Something that has been asleep for a long time.
A life that I have long forgotten.
A real life.