Through Glass
Chapter 1,
Part 2.
"Dylan what?" He
asked.
"Covington," I replied automattically.
"Oh, so a famous Covington is coming to visit me
in prison. I suppose I should be grateful, huh?"
"No," I muttered, crossing my arms, and he simply
scoffed.
"Hi, Dylan," He replied sarcastically. "I meant
why are you here?"
"Because," I answered simply, and I thought that
sounded like an answer a mother would give when she didn't
have a good one.
"That's not a good answer."
"I know," I simply stated with a shrug.
"Okay, Dylan," He muttered, leaning forward in his
seat and putting his elbows on the table. "Why are you
here talking to me?"
"Because the gaurd told me you didn't get many
visitors."
"So?" He asked.
"What's that to you?"
I paused for a second and stared at him before giving an
answer. "I just wanted to do something
different."
"Different from what?" He fired back.
"Everyone else at church," I answered, without really
thinking about it. I really should have.
"Alright, so I'm your new chairity projectt," He
mumbled, shaking his head. "Good to know."
"It's not like tha-" I began to defend myself,
but he cut me off, standing up from his chair.
"Look, Dylan. I'm not interested in being your
chairity case. Go home, go back to church, just go
away. And don't come back," He rambled, calling
for the gaurd to let him out as soon as he finished talking to
me.
Just like that, he was gone, and I was taken out of the visitor
center. It was a weird thing for me, meeting someone who
didn't like me all that much. Or rather, meeting someone
who didn't even give me a chance. Usually, when people hear
my last name, they grovel at my feet. But not Carter.
And that's why I'd be back tomorrow.
***
That night, Carter Stone lay in his bunk, thinking about the
mysterious visitor he had suddenly recieved. Well, not so much
mysterious as unexpected.
Though he would never admit otherwise, he was slightly moved by
the fact that she diecided to come and talk to him, even if it
was only for a minute.
Truth be told, he had wanted her to stay and keep talking to
him, because he hadn't talked to a person his age who
wasn't a criminal for as long as he could remember.
The first thing he noticed about Dylan was her startling blue
eyes. They weren't crystal-clear, like the way you hear
blue eyes described in movies. They weren't even murky, as
you see dscribed in books. They simply just...were. They held
some green, and specks of brown. They were unlike anything he
had ever seen. He couldn't get them out of his head.
Just before he fell asleep, Carter found himself wishing that
he could get just one more glimpse of those eyes that were
etched into his mind.
Hope you enjoyed!
*NMF
To all
you guys out there, I have some advice for
you.
If you want to impress a
girl, then listen closely.
There are two main kinds of women (main being the key
word there):
The first is the kind of girl who responds to flattery. Tell
her she's pretty, smart, interesting, whatever. Compliment
the crap out of her.
The second is the kind of girl who responds to being messed
with. Joke around, be silly, make her laugh.
Now, the hard part is figuring what type of girl you are
dealing with. If you can do that, you've got yourself
a chance.
This can help you
get
a girl, but it can't help
you keep
her.
You have to figure that out by
yourself.
My grandma told me stories
about my grandfather
today.
He died in a car crash right
after my mom was born, so I never knew him. My mom never even
knew him.
My grandma doesn't really talk about him too often, so I
really didn't know anything about him other than his name
was Jack.
But today, when I watched her talk about him, she had this look
in her eyes, and the biggest smile on her face...you could just
tell. You could tell that even though he's been gone for
40+ years, she still loves him with all of her heart.
It was absolutely amazing to watch, the way her face lit up
when she talked about him.
And I knew. I knew that, had he still been alive today, they
would have been no less in love than they were forty-six years
ago.
And I know that I want that
someday.
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