Chapter 1
The Beginning of My Life
{Viola}
"The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking."
New World
Pathways' End
Spackle Tent
5:37pm
I HAVE NEVER been so exhausted and yet so determined to fight the comforting sensations of sleep in my entire life.
So, here I am waiting and waiting and waiting and more goddamn waiting, for a boy who practically died two months ago to wake up.
Sounds strange, right? I think so. No matter how many times, 1017 or the Sky or whatever they bloody call him, tells me the medicine of The Land can save him, an image of Todd's life disappearing in my arms whisks away even the slightest bit of hope.
And yet, Ben can still keep hoping, no matter how many times I shoot him down with obvious facts, he always says, "He'll pull thru Viola, he'll come back to us."
I want to believe it. I really do.
Because my heart keeps breaking.
Because my heart keeps breaking every time I look at his lifeless body.
I sigh heavily and close his mother's journal before pulling my feet up onto the chair and wrapping my arms around the book.
My eyelids begin to droop as I rest my head on the back of the spackle chair.
What's the point in fighting it?
Todd's noise hadn't made a murmur all day and honestly, I was really hoping that I would dream of him.
Sighing once again (this has become a really bad habit for me), I close my eyes and let my mind drift into a deep sleep full of laughing and very-much alive Todds.
Viola?
Sleeping
Ben?
Ain't here
Hurts
Been shot
1017?
Shot me
Son of a-
Viola?
Viola?
Ain't waking up
Ma's book
Reading to me
Can't read
Shut up!
Viola?
Exhaustshun?
Sick?
No
Viola?
People?
Noise
Too much noise
Viola ain't waking up
Scared
Shut up!
Viola?
I could feel myself slowly drifting out of the dream, being torn away and shoved back into the harsh reality of a world where Todd ain't waking up.
But, what it that?
That sound.
It sounds like Noise.
Viola?
Ain't waking up
It sounds a lot like Todd's Noise. Warm, sleepy and just so like Todd.
I want to see him.
Viola?
People?
Noise
It sounds afraid, confused and unsure. But it's definitely Todd. I know it is.
My Todd.
Scared
Shut up!
Viola?
And my hearts beating so fast I can hardly breathe. But-
I don't want to hope.
I don't want to see that it's not real.
Oh, please.
Please let this be real!
And, I open my eyes.
And I hope.
And I see something.
Something I know so well.
And I hear something.
Something I've longed to hear.
It's him.
Awake.
Alive.
Todd.
Viola
A/N: Hi! As you know this is my fanfic Of My Life. I hope to write some really entertaining chapters that are just packed full of Todd & Viola fluff and maybe some good drama! Got to have a bit of drama, haven't we? Now I know my first chapter isn't very long but I hope it still inspires people to read more. I'm really trying to capture the characters of Todd and Viola but I'm not sure if it went well or not :/ Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it! And Todd is awake! YAY!
Words that are in:
Italics and quotation marks are when someone is speaking.
Italics and Bold is Noise
{Viola} - Person's point of view
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