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Afraid To Love
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"Why are you afraid to love Sydney?" Irina asks in monotone.
"It's not that I'm afraid to love, it is that I am afraid to lose the love." Sydney exhales.
"How can you though, be afraid to love. How can you ever experience what love is like if you never take the final step, take the chance to see if it works?"
"If I take that final step for one person, I may never be able to turn back. If something were to happen to that person, I would be afraid to love again."
"So are you telling me you would like to live your life having never known what love felt like?"
"I have felt love once, but he was taken from me. I won't let that happen again to me."
"One occurrence does not foretell the future. It is not previously determined that you will lose those you chance to love. It is a strange force of nature that decides it. And may the force decide it to come to an end, you cannot just give up. Being let down once only teaches you lessons about the future."
"I am afraid to set my heart up to be broken. I am afraid once I have broken it again, for the first time, I will not be able to put it back together."
"Sydney, you should know this by now, life is not worth living without love. So you think I could stay sane living in this cell without love. My love for you is what keeps me breathing. Living each day to its end and then starting over again in the morning."
"What you do not understand, is that you do love, secretly inside of you. Otherwise, you would not be able to exist on this earth. Tell me, Sydney, why do you even bother getting out of bed in the morning, if it is not for Vaughn, then what is it for?"
"I wake up in the morning for revenge. Revenge on SD-6." She answers simply.
"That is love Sydney."
"What is love?"
"Love comes in many forms, revenge is only one."
"It is terrible to say a person loves revenge!"
"It is only terrible if the revenge is wanted for the wrong reasons, for injustice. You want revenge to quell the hurt you felt for Danny."
Sydney stares in silent contemplation.
"Once you get that revenge, Sydney, what will get you up in the morning then?"
"I don't know, that is the future."
"Exactly. One can never predict what is to happen, no one can predict love. Only the forces of nature can determine our prospects and our future. It is good to love. It keeps you going. You should love Vaughn. Take the chance."
Sydney leaves quietly. And Irina takes the opportunity to love her daughter more.
Afraid To Love
*
"Why are you afraid to love Sydney?" Irina asks in monotone.
"It's not that I'm afraid to love, it is that I am afraid to lose the love." Sydney exhales.
"How can you though, be afraid to love. How can you ever experience what love is like if you never take the final step, take the chance to see if it works?"
"If I take that final step for one person, I may never be able to turn back. If something were to happen to that person, I would be afraid to love again."
"So are you telling me you would like to live your life having never known what love felt like?"
"I have felt love once, but he was taken from me. I won't let that happen again to me."
"One occurrence does not foretell the future. It is not previously determined that you will lose those you chance to love. It is a strange force of nature that decides it. And may the force decide it to come to an end, you cannot just give up. Being let down once only teaches you lessons about the future."
"I am afraid to set my heart up to be broken. I am afraid once I have broken it again, for the first time, I will not be able to put it back together."
"Sydney, you should know this by now, life is not worth living without love. So you think I could stay sane living in this cell without love. My love for you is what keeps me breathing. Living each day to its end and then starting over again in the morning."
"What you do not understand, is that you do love, secretly inside of you. Otherwise, you would not be able to exist on this earth. Tell me, Sydney, why do you even bother getting out of bed in the morning, if it is not for Vaughn, then what is it for?"
"I wake up in the morning for revenge. Revenge on SD-6." She answers simply.
"That is love Sydney."
"What is love?"
"Love comes in many forms, revenge is only one."
"It is terrible to say a person loves revenge!"
"It is only terrible if the revenge is wanted for the wrong reasons, for injustice. You want revenge to quell the hurt you felt for Danny."
Sydney stares in silent contemplation.
"Once you get that revenge, Sydney, what will get you up in the morning then?"
"I don't know, that is the future."
"Exactly. One can never predict what is to happen, no one can predict love. Only the forces of nature can determine our prospects and our future. It is good to love. It keeps you going. You should love Vaughn. Take the chance."
Sydney leaves quietly. And Irina takes the opportunity to love her daughter more.