Threads of Fate
Seen but Not Loved - 1
The Girl Who Loved Too Quietly
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Let me tell you about a girl named Lira.
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Smart enough to solve complex equations..
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Brave enough to speak her mind in a room full of voices..
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But when it comes to love…
Her heart runs on hope not logic.
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Staring at her notebook equations*
Lira Bennett (FL)
*On one side his name doodled on the other*
Lira Bennett (FL)
They say love is chemistry.
Lira Bennett (FL)
Maybe that’s why I’m failing this class.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
You’re not failing.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
You’re just… distracted.
Lira Bennett (FL)
Distracted?
Lira Bennett (FL)
I know the atomic number of every element.
Lira Bennett (FL)
But I don’t know how to make him see me.
Professional dreamer by night.
Her heart speaks a language only she understands.
Lira Bennett (FL)
did you see Cade today?
She didn’t want to admit it, but her chest tightened at the thought of him.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
Yeah…
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
He was laughing with Mia.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
He looked… happy.
Lira Bennett (FL)
Oh… that’s… good.
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The word felt hollow on her lips.
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Cus I am the author.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
You okay?
Lira Bennett (FL)
Yeah… just tired.
Tired of loving silently.
Lira Bennett (FL)
(I wish he could see me… really see me.)
Seen but Not Loved - 2
I think Love has a color.
The blue of his hoodie faded at the elbows, soft... from too many washes.
The blue she saw every Monday, Wednesday, Friday....
The blue that’s now wrapped around someone else....
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Do you even have a Favorite color?
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Scrolling through Instagram stops
Mia’s new post*
Photo: her, smiling, in his hoodie.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
Don’t. *From video call*
Lira Bennett (FL)
Don’t what?
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
Don’t stare at it.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
Don’t zoom in.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
Don’t break your own heart again.
Lira Bennett (FL)
But I can’t look away.
Lira Bennett (FL)
That hoodie…
Lira Bennett (FL)
It fell off his chair once.
Lira Bennett (FL)
I picked it up.
Lira Bennett (FL)
Held it for three seconds too long.
Lira Bennett (FL)
It smelled like him.
Lira Bennett (FL)
Like cheap cologne and morning coffee.
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Laughs slightly*
That’s all she ever got of him.
Three seconds of his scent.
While someone else gets all his nights.
We all know it's just a way to hide her sadness..
Seen but Not Loved - 3
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Types a comment*
Lira Bennett (FL)
“Cute!”💬
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Deletes*
Lira Bennett (FL)
“Looks cozy!”💬
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Deletes*
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Likes the picture
immediately regrets it*
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
Why did you like it?
Lira Bennett (FL)
Because if I don’t…
Lira Bennett (FL)
He might notice.
Lira Bennett (FL)
He might think I care.
Lira Bennett (FL)
And I can’t let him know I care.
Lira Bennett (FL)
It’s the only pride I have left.
Lira Bennett (FL)
She looks good in blue.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
You’d look better.
Lira Bennett (FL)
But he’ll never know.
Some girls get to keep the hoodie.
Some girls just return it.
Washed, folded, invisible.
Lira Bennett (FL)
*Opens her closet*
The one she bought because it matched his hoodie.
Too afraid someone would notice.
Rhea Caldwell (FL BFF)
Wear it tomorrow.
Lira Bennett (FL)
And say what?
Lira Bennett (FL)
“Hey, I dressed like your girlfriend today?”
Lira Bennett (FL)
No thanks.
Lira Bennett (FL)
I’ll stick to being invisible.
Lira Bennett (FL)
It hurts less.
Invisibility is a quiet kind of pain.
Like the blue of an old hoodie.
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How's the story going?
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