"hurry the fuck up Bella, I think I hear someone coming"
It was dark, darker than usual and although she would normally be able to see with the light of Alice's flashlight
she couldn't.
Bella, was frantic now, making more noise than intended, peeled through the items that Alice deemed unimportant "pack light" she told her, but nothing she owned was more important than this one thing, the one last pieces of herself before everything went to shit, the only memory she could bare. She searched for it, knowing she had left it there, knowing that without it , there was no turning back, no second chances.
"We have to go"
Alice cut off her flashlight and urgently pulled Bella's hand, Bella didn't budge
"I can't find it Alice, I can't fucking find it" Bella breathed deep to keep from crying
Alice didn't believe in holding onto the past, her present was spent running away from it. How could a stupid thing like a picture hold so much importance? She thought. Bella was a fool in so many ways, could she not see what she had become, did she really think she'd ever be that girl in the picture again? Alice knew better.
"give me that"
Alice snatched the photograph from Bella's fragile hands. She held it up to get what she thought would be a better look at it. a girl in a dress, a pink dress, standing at the top of the stairs with her hand placed on an elegant rail. She posed with a brace filled smile and rose tinted cheeks, she stood tall, still unsure of herself but tall enough to know somebody loved her. She was well feed and looked like she hadn't known a cold day in her short sweet life.
"who is that?"
Alice turned to Bella who was now finishing off the last of her cigarette
"it's me"
Alice huffed, not in disbelief, but at how the world never seemed to surprise her. The world was dark and she knew it. Bella was dark, not even a shadow of the girl in the photo
not even a fucking shadow.
"not anymore it isn't"