A/N: I was sitting there watching Older and Faraway. I saw that Halfrek was obviously Cecily, so I wanted to write about how she became Halfrek. That's all I have to say. Enjoy. OH, except that William's hometown is a small town in England called

Hallie

Preface

"Has anyone seen William recently?"

It was the cry throughout the town. Where was William? No one knew; no one could guess. None of them had ever bothered to really know William, so they had no idea of where he would go after being turned down by Cecily, the object of his affections for so long. Would he go to the creek? Poets liked to write about nature, didn't they? Who knew? William was the only one of true artistic nature among them.

And as Cecily cried, she realized this. She realized how she loved William and how she would break down if anything ever happened to him. William was the only one she could ever care for.

But now he was gone. Because of her.

Cecily grew angry. No, it wasn't because of her! William shouldn't have run off so quickly. She should have been given time to explain. God, he should have waited. Why hadn't he? Was there someone else? Did he have someone else to comfort him? Cecily clenched her teeth. She should have known.

She curled her fingers into a fist and murmured a curse. One thing was for sure: this girl wouldn't run her fingers through William's hair the way she'd dreamed of doing.