I feel like, with the amount of chapters I write it can never be healthy. It's gotten to the point where I can finish my homework in under thirty minutes, pristine and proper and then suddenly...Bam! nothing to do for the whole day, so I write. Clearly too much. By the way, Josette, is the name I have decided for Levi's mother. So if you see that, just know it's his mother. I got back from work a while ago, I guess it wasn't that bad but auto shops never smell good, too much gas. Enjoy.
"As your feelings for someone grow stronger,
so does your fear of losing them."
He carried it everywhere. The little photo that may seem insignificant but to him it was everything. He could stare at it for hours, memorizing her face in his mind, remembering that moment like the back of his hand. In order for their parents to celebrate them becoming teenagers they had forced the two of them to dress up while they set up the camera they had. It was large and bulky, something that he learned use to be as small as your palm.
He could still feel her hand on his own.
"Come on you two! Closer together or we won't be able to fit you!" His mother smiled widely, something that was almost impossible nowadays. She ducked under the covers and held up the tinkering light.
"Josette's right," Élaine made her way towards her daughter, fixing the bow that pushed sections of her hair behind her. The night black locks had gotten longer, all the way to her knees, "If you don't want to get cut out I suggest you move closer."
"Why do I have to take this photo with her?" Levi scowled while Alais remained blank faced, looking longingly towards her book at the far end of the room, "Why can't you just take it separately?"
Josette appeared from underneath the cover with a frown on her face, sharing a look with Élaine who stood next to her daughter, "Because it's more fun this way," She smacked him on the back of his head with a closed mouth smile, "Now, suck it up son and take it like the man you're becoming."
"Only you two think it's fun," He huffed, moving his hair out of his face. The two mothers shared another look before turning back to the camera, idly chatting about their day, "Man I'm becoming?" He puffed out his cheeks looking at Alais, "I already am a man, don't you think Alais?"
She snapped out of her daze and turned towards him, seemingly confused, "What man? All I see is you, Levi,"
Was that an insult or... Remembering what happened just a few days ago, he turned away from her, sticking his hands in his pocket, his ears tinting pink, "Don't say such stupid things, idiot," He scolded her, looking to the ground, "People might think you mean something else."
"Huh?" She murmured trying to get him to look at her. Scowling, she pulled her scarf up hiding the pout that rested on her lips, "Levi? You're suppose to look at people when you talk to them."
"No. I don't," He retorted turning his head further away from hers. No matter how much he tried her face always ended up right in front of his, reminding him of how much she look like him, of course her face had developed and now was more feminine but that didn't help the fact that she wouldn't get it out of his face.
"Levi?" He turned around to snap at her when she suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to her, "Say cheese."
She's still holding my hand. His lips curved into a noticeable smile as he stared at her face, his best friend, his anchor. He placed his head on the side of hers, and for the first time in his life, smiled widely at the camera in front of them, Alais' mother looking at them in shock. Her daughter blushing madly and the boy next to her grinning like a fool.
Her heart swelled in pride at such a wonderful moment in their lives. But when the flash went off so did the smile on her face. I wonder how these two will turn out? If my decisions will affect them? I hope it wont.
He would never smile again. The only proof of his past would forever remain by his side. He felt like he could smile at that moment because the hole in his heart had yet to begin. He marveled at how red her face was and how noticeable the smile on his face was, it couldn't be considered a large smile but it would be the only one he ever gave. But that smile would forever live on in a single photo even if the real-life person couldn't even create the slightest of upturns at the corners of his mouth.
"Smiling makes me feel disgusted..."
"No matter what happens...
some memories can never be replaced."
Mothers...sigh. I'm not sure if you can tell/know what the mother is talking about but it'll be explained more so later on, for now it's just foreshadowing, isn't that interesting! No. No it's not. At least not when you have to write it. I love writing an embarrassed Levi, makes me laugh inside. More good stuff coming up. Review all you want.
Cheers.
