CH 1
Summery: Ash isn't even gone a year before things start to change for Mare and not in a good way. She changes, becoming different, unlike herself and suppressed. When Ash finds out he returns immediately, but what will happen to Mare then. Can things only get better or will she just be worse off?
Mary-Lynnette watched the small pill slide around in the white porcelain sink before it slowly disappeared down the silver plughole.
"Opps" she muttered looking up at her reflection
It had been just over six months since he'd left and already she had change so much. Her once so full of life steel blue eyes were now dulled to a pale grey-blue that seemed so dead and lifeless. A smile no longer crept often to her face, only did it appear when force was used in order to make her appear happy. Her entire aura had dimmed from its bright sparkle to something barely there, and all because he left. Though the changes were only making their appearance now it was three months earlier that things had gotten out of control.
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Mary-Lynnette sat alone it the whitewashed doctors' room. It was so quite, too quite she thought. The heard the door opened and looked up as her doctor re-entered.
"Mary-Lynnette" the doctor spoke up "I have your result back"
"And?" Mary-Lynnette questioned
"And I am diagnosing you with depression. I'll prescribe you with some anti-depressants and if you have any more problems just come back and see me"
The doctor released her from the room handing her a written prescription.
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Looking up at her reflection again Mare noticed the changes.
"I just miss him so much" she whispered tears slowly making their way down her cheeks
"Mare?" a voiced called tapping lightly on the door
Mare looked up at the voice in time to see her blood sister Rowan entered.
"Are you ok?" She asked still not seeing the tears
Mare forced herself to nod slowly but the tears only came on harder.
"Oh Mare, what's wrong" the older girl asked concerned
Mare simply shook her head and brushed passed Rowan to leave the room. The other girl was quick though and grabbed her arm holding her in place.
"He does love you, and he will be back" Rowan told her "Kestrel will totally kick his ass if he doesn't"
Mare only nodded forcing a smile at the proposed joke. Once Rowan release her arm she returned home to lock herself in her room away from other life, a thing she'd been doing for at least three months now. It was her sanctuary.
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"What have you done to her?" Rowan sternly questioned into the phone
"I haven't done anything" an angered male voice replied
"Well something's happened to her" she replied, no longer stern
"Mare? What's wrong? What happened?" he asked becoming slightly panicked
"I don't know Ash" Rowan said, "she's just different."
"How?"
"She's never really happy anymore, it's always forced and fake. Her whole being has just faded almost like she has nothing left to live for."
"For how long?" Ash questioned, worry evident in his voice.
"About three months give or take. It's all only really starting to show now though. Ash I'm really worried about her but she won't talk to us and I just don't know what to do"
"I'm coming back," Ash simply said before hanging up the phone
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Ash walked quickly out the front door, pulling his keys from his pocket as he walked. He jumped over the door into his black convertible and started the engine. Something was wrong with Mare and he had to go back to her something just told him he had to. He pulled the car onto the open road and sped towards Briar Creek.
"I'm coming Mare, I'm coming.