Hailie Monologue

Stuffed between two pillows,my head was still and my breathing was warm and hard,with the prickling feeling of guilt covering me like a blanket.I ached to sob, but my eyes wouldn't succumb,they seemed adement on keeping my irises dry and stinging from perpetual burning.

I grew up dancing and tumbling at Judy Murtaugh dance studio. I was consistently surrounded by bethettes at a young age. Growing up, my passion for dance grew, and so did my dream of being a bethette. My dance teachers always encouraged me to tryout once I was old enough. My first year of bethettes has been the best time of my life, although it was also one of the hardest. During this past season, I lost my mother. Everything in my life seemed completely chaotic, except for bethettes. Bethettes was the one thing I still had that made me genuinely happy and helped me through this difficult time. The girls were so supportive and the squad leaders were so inspirational. All of the squad leaders called me and came to the funeral. They constantly

I choke on laughter at her suggestion. How in hell could she possibly think that I would agree and go with her and Diego the Brazilian bull-dozer that ripped our family apart to live with in fucking Argentina?

He was wincing in so much pain, it was unbearable to watch. The girl…she was panicking so hard…she was shaking as she tore a piece of clothing and put it on the

We were best friends. We called and talked to each other everyday for hours. She was finally coming over. We had planned it for days. We were going to do face masks, paint each other’s nails, sing songs randomly in unison, just the typical cliche female sleepover that is in every movie. That’s when it happened.

A girl stood in her room that day, it was the day of her friends birthday, not hers. What will be the name of this girl?

August was concluding and school was set to begin in just a week’s time, so my mama had suggested, “Hey, why don’t we go into the village to do a little back-to-school shopping?”

“You stupid bitch,” she said as she stood in front of the grave stone crying, her voice cracking, “Why didn’t you listen to me?” Anna felt like her heart had shattered. She should have stopped her, she shouldn’t have let her put that needle in her arm; she was supposed to be watching Melody. She fell to her knees and remembered the funeral.

(Mum in the kitchen making a cuppa tea and baking a cake the morning of ANZAC Day. Bowls and objects used for cooking cakes are scattered around the kitchen in front of her.) Mum. Hughie, he’s my son too you know, but Alf… Alf can go on being the proud father who is always right, but I see it.

Something fell near her, crashed down from the ceiling and showered sparks and embers onto her shirt and arms. It burned, it burned so much, but she couldn't move.

He heard the light click of shoes on the footpath and his head jerked to the said. Through the blur of tears caught in lashes he could make out the face of a woman. He held up a hand hoping she would understand that there wasn’t any need for her to come closer. He appreciated the sympathy, but it hurt his pride to be seen in such a state. His legs felt weak and he put his hand back against the wall.

she started breathing heavy and tears strolled down her eyes she was going into a full on panic attack

I asked Addie to come over to the binder that has everyone's name in it, photo of them, family photo and things about themselves. I asked Addie to show me her page and tell me about her family “ Addie can you tell me about your family?” She pointed at a picture of her and said “ the is a picture of me.” I then asked her “its it a school photo?” She shook her head and said “yes.” I asked her “who is in the picture below?” she started to say “its alien, Elijah, Gabe and me.” She pointed to each person as she said their names. I asked her what about mom and dad in the picture?” She said “ no, you cant see them.”

He nodded, mostly to himself, and opened the door. Reluctantly stepping out, he took a deep breath and shut the door behind him. I walked up to my bedroom door and leaned up against it, hoping that he'd burst through the door and gather me

I kissed her on her forehead and then let her hair go causing her head to fall