“NaNoWriMo 2020 Pt. 33”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

Additional note: This is a continuation of the NaNoWriMo 2020 TTtW story.

Read the compiled NaNoWriMo TTtW story here!

SKYE’S POV

“Woah, okay, hold on. Garrett’s what?!”

“He’s Winston’s second-in-command,” Maddie repeats, shuffling her feet anxiously. Suddenly, she looks up at me. “Wait, how do you know him?”

“Uhh…” My cheeks turn bright red. “Well, he was kind of my boyfriend.”

Her eyes bug out of her face. “Seriously?”

I nod slowly. “Yeah,” I whisper. My heart suddenly sends a sharp pain through my entire body and I sit down heavily. “He didn’t even remember me.”

Maddie sits down beside me. “I’m sorry,” she whispers. “If it makes you feel any better, my last boyfriend is here too, and I wish he didn’t remember me.”

I scoff. “It really doesn’t.”

She shrugs. “Well, I tried.”

I sigh and bring my knees up, resting my forehead against them. He just looked right past me. It was like I was invisible. That was the one thing I never felt with Garrett. Invisible. He always made me feel like the most special person in the world.

But now…

I angrily wipe the tears from my cheeks. I spent all my time since the Day of the Halving trying to find him and now that I finally did, this is what happens? No, this can’t be it. There’s got to be a way to make him remember me.

Footsteps pound on the stairs and I look up to see Mason running toward us, looking like he’s about to pass out.

“Where’s Garrett?” I demand, jumping to my feet.

He collapses onto the ground in front of us and pants. He holds up a finger and I cross my arms, tapping my foot impatiently as I wait for him to catch his breath.

Finally, he collects himself enough to gasp out, “That’s not Garrett. At least, not the Garrett we know.”

Final Comments: I don’t love the wording in some sections of this one.

Overall Rating: 😕