She sighed. All her life she had imagined that falling in love would be wonderful. Not like this. It never occurred to her that it might be with someone who did not return her affection.
She plucked a blade of grass. Love was supposed to be glorious.
Sometimes, when she was feeling hopeful, she thought he might care about her. But she realized that he probably thought her indifferent to him.
She twirled the blade of grass between her fingers. Love should be reciprocal.
Had he been observant he would have seen how much she loved him, in her quiet way, which was so different from all the other girls. Because of its subtlety it was dismissed as nonexistent. But her silence was no impediment to her feelings. Every day she thought about him, and each thought was loving and forgiving. She even forgave him for not loving her.
She watched the couples around her, talking happily to each other. They seemed so casual. Love was a matter of course to them.
She was jealous of the girls who seemed so happy, so secure. And yet, she did not quite understand how they could be happy: the boys they liked were nothing compared to him. Ellie watched the girl. The girl with the alluring smile.
Everything in Ellie wanted to hate this girl, wanted to wish this girl gone. But she saw how much he loved this girl, this girl who wasn’t shy about her regard, this girl with the flattery and the evident affection. And Ellie found that she couldn’t hate her.
He walked up to Ellie. He and that girl who clung to him. They chatted with Ellie for a moment. Ellie smiled pleasantly.
Ellie still knew: whatever happened, she would always love him.
Comments
That IS sad. Is it over
That IS sad. Is it over already??
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I'm lost. I've gone to look for myself. If I should return before I get back, please tell me to wait.
I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. --The Book Thief
It's very sad, but it's
It's very sad, but it's beautiful.
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"Sing as if no one is listening;
Dance like no one is watching;
Live as if you will die tomorrow;
Love like it will never hurt."
-Old Irish Saying
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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." -Bilbo Baggins [The Lord of the Rings]
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This story is very true to life and you can put yourself into Ellie's character quite easily, good job Amy. :)
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"When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better and more amazing."
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"Sweet is the love that never knew a wound, but deeper that which died and rose again." - Mother Mary Francis
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Amazing...you have no idea how much I can relate to this.
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"It's King Edmund, actually. Just King though. Peter's the High King. I know, it's confusing."--Edmund Pevensie
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"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it." -- Herman Melville
That just makes me sad.
That guy should know better. Ellie's a real gem and he's missing it!
He's dense.
He needs to wake up before it's too late ... before he looses her forever!
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"The idea that we should approach science without a philosophy is itself a philosophy... and a bad one, because it is self-refuting." -- Dr. Jason Lisle