Disclaimer: I don't own The Penderwicks, but then I don't think Skye would like the thought of being owned by anyone. lol
Author Note: This is set in the future, but it isn't in any way compliant with The Penderwicks in Spring, because honestly that just didn't sit well with me. So that's why there's fan-fiction I guess.
Anyway enjoy!
Chapter 1 (Skye's POV)
Mornings always did have something special I guess.
Feeling the stone in between my fingers I noticed a spot on the horizon. It was just a glimmer in the darkness now, but I knew that in just an hour or so it would be glowing bright enough to officially bring in the morning. It was the sun. And it was amazing that just a little time could make the difference between night and day.
Tossing the rock into the air slightly, I felt a frown bunch up my face. And it was gravity that pulled the stone back into my hand with a muffled thud. Time and gravity... More than almost anything I wished I understood just what they both were. I know life would keep on going even if I never found out, (just like Jane told me) but I still just wanted to know... To me it was more than interesting, to me it was amazing.
Letting go of a slight sigh I focused on the last lingering stars above me. Sometimes I worried that I didn't have "the heart of an artist" or even that I didn't have a heart at all. I mean in the figurative sense of course.
But... Those stars...
To me they meant the same as Jane's words or Jeffery's music. But it wasn't as easy for me to talk about what was in my heart, even if the feelings built up to the point where it felt like my chest just might explode.
The truth was I had so many things I'd never said that it almost felt like a burden. Like a weight...like my own personal piece of gravity. Clutching the rock tighter I bit down on my lip. The pressure remained me to keep my emotions in check. I'd never said I wanted to understand emotions, and I'm not sure if I really wanted to or not. They were messy and painful most of the time. But then so was gravity if you didn't use it right.
I realized gravity wasn't all bad though, I mean just because you could possibly fall off a cliff. So logically emotion must have been the same way right? But honestly I did feel a little like I had fallen off a cliff... Or more like I was dangling off the edge of one. I wasn't broken yet, but there was a very real possibility that I might end up in a million little pieces.
Because emotions, gravity, and even your heart...they all have a way of breaking don't they...? And it's time that pushes you right off that edge isn't it? It was time that changes your whole life around. And brings up all the things you'd just rather avoid. Where all those things you want to put off are staring you straight in the face.
I gave the stone one last toss in the air before I threw it out to sea. It arched and then landed with a wet splash. I wanted to understand everything about the universe, but I guess the biggest mystery was the one thing I'd rather not have to explore. A few more glimmers of light appeared on the horizon, while I looked down at my hands.
They were the same, and yet not. Just like me. Because like it or not...I wasn't a kid anymore. Time had taken care of that. And now I was just waiting for gravity, and this pesky heart business, to finish the job.
And possibly, me off...
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