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Sorry about the long wait! Between juggling all these different fan fictions, social life, school life, assignments that are determined to kill me… ugh! I just wish it was holidays already.
Anyway, here is the next chapter! I hope you like it!
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Ember, So Warm And Tender…
We were now in my bedroom, sitting on my bed as I laid down next to Laurie, my tawny-eyed friend threading her fingers through my unkept auburn hair.
"I'm so glad that we're friends again, Laurie. Stupidly renouncing our friendship… that was a big mistake that I'm glad I corrected in time," I said to her.
Laurie looked at me and smiled.
"Don't be silly, Amber. Sure, that was a stupid mistake, but you fixed it. I'm just happy to have my best friend back," Laurie said to me.
"Me too."
We sat in silence for a few seconds before Laurie cleared her throat and said, "Honestly, I was surprised when you called me. Surprised, but also hopeful."
"Hopeful?"
"Yeah, hopeful. Because… I know you, Amber. You may put up a snarky, tough girl act, but I know the real you. The you who loves her cousin to death and still grieves over the loss of her father and brother and best friends. You're like a fire, Amber; raging and destructive at times, but also warm and tender. Like… an ember."
"An ember?"
"I feel that it's the best way to describe you."
I laughed and moved closer to her. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that Laurie's cheeks were painted a light red, though I had no idea why.
"Ember…" I murmured. "Sounds like an awesome rockstar name, right? Ember McLain?"
Laurie smiled at me. "It sure does."
"You know, I think that's what I'm gonna call myself when I become a famous rockstar. Ember McLain."
"Sounds cool."
"Do you think people will remember it?"
"Am, they'd have to be crazy to not remember it. I certainly will."
I hugged my best friend, my only friend, the rock in the downward spiral that is becoming my life. "Thank you, Laurie. For sticking by me. Even when I had been a raging diva at you earlier."
"Hey, what are friends for? And, you're a good person, Amber; a wonderful, amazing, warm, tender-hearted person. I am glad to have a friend like you."
"Thanks, Laurie."
"Don't mention it."
What Laurie had said… it made me feel warm and giddy inside. It made me want to believe that I was what Laurie said I was; a warm, tender, good person.
But I'm not.
I try to be good, but I'm not. Maybe, once upon a time, I was, but that girl is slipping away; she has been slipping away ever since the night Kitty and Johnny died and I found out Dean was cheating on me. Laurie, believing I was still that kind, tender, warm person… it made me feel like it was all a lie. A lie that feels like the truth, but still a lie. I felt like Amber McLain was becoming a lie, that this new person, Ember McLain… she was becoming more real with every tragedy, death and heartbreak I'm experiencing and have experienced. And now…
Now that warm, tender, good person was disappearing. And all that was left was a shell of herself.
That was deep, dark and serious, after a sweet, lighthearted moment. And more foreshadowing! Yay!
REPLIES TO MY AWESOME REVIEWERS:
Aurora Marie Williams: Thank you. And, it was kept up in this chapter near the end.
GirlFish: Yep, we know what happens…
You'll have to see later on…
Me too.
Well… she's either one of those things, neither of those things, or both.
Maybe she will be, especially with that reasoning. Yep, she will. Actually… no. She's a brat, and she's definitely mean, but I don't think she deserves that kind of life. I believe that we all have a choice. We can either leave behind the mean, cruel life we led in high school, or let that determine our adult lives. And I feel like, with Amber's death, Terri would be one of those populars who, knowing that one of their classmates is dead, will try to lead a life where they're trying to be a better person. So no. It is highly unlikely that she'll end up as a prostitute.
EleahBlue: Yep, it's foreshadowing. And yeah; it is troubling trying to read a happy ending when knowing the main character is going to die in another few or more so chapters. But, Ember never did get that happy ending.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, like the other chapters! They're short, I know, but I hope you like them nonetheless!
Next chapter will be updated as soon as I can.
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