POV: Librarian
Stimulus word: Librarian. Duh.
Dedication: Amy and Becky, of course.
I love my job.
I love books, and it seems incredible to me that I can spend all of my working days with so many of them, right here in my home town. I'm a librarian, you see- at Forks High School- and proud of it!
I love watching and listening to the few students that venture into my library. My daily insight into the minds of America's youth is made so much brighter at Advent, of course- Christmas is so close I can see it, touch it, breathe it- and the students are all so happy!
All except one, that is.
Bella, I think her name is. She was a great cause of gossip for a while, a few months back- the new girl in a small town –and then…
Nothing.
She spends every lunch here now, and most of her fourth periods. Most of the time, she determinedly tackles trigonometry (an awful subject, honestly).
Sometimes…
She's in another world, I think. She doodles aimlessly, wincing every now and then, staring at the wall, and just talks quietly to herself. Every day, the same thing:
He's gone.
Then, as the bell rings, she hurries out with her bag and coat, dropping her doodles into the bin.
One day, I was bold enough to pick up that paper, And suddenly…
I understood.
The paper merely says, hundreds of times all over:
Happy Christmas, Edward.