The Last Look (Through The Looking Glass) 7 years past “Come on, come on, pick up. Pick up!” “Goddamn early birds,” the other end of the line grumbled. “Mimi, it’s 5 in the morning, what do you want?” “Dad had a heart attack.” “WHAT.” —---------------------------------------------------------------------- Beep. Amelia—her—and Livvie were running around each other. Running around because neither of them wanted to be the rotten egg. Beep. But Livvie wasn’t here anymore. It was just her and Amelia. Only Amelia. She jumped into the lake. The mirror. Into the sky. And she was falling. Beep. Falling, surrounded by the light. No, she was flying. Amelia loves flying. Beep. Amelia was born for flying. But she was tired now. Too tired. She needed the ground. Where was the ground? Beep. It’s right there. The ground was so close. She was so close to the ground but— Beeeeeeeeeep. “What..? oh—OH no, dad, DAD. HELP, SOMEBODY HELP” Livvie is the first to burst through the door, the doctor pushing her out of the way. Olivia drags her out. Tick, tock, tick, tock, BUCKAW. The hospital clock. Just like the one at chez Dad? She lets out a sob. “Come here,” Livvie pulls her into a hug as they sit. Amelia’s Dad is dying. No, what? Her Dad is dying. Why was she thinking like this? She hasn’t thought like this in ages— No, but that isn’t true. She always thought like this. She… She needed to get to the ground. “Mimi?” She’s breathing too fast. “Mimi, are you okay? Mimi?!” But the ground is so close now. She’s so close to it. And she misses Amelia. No, no she is Amelia. She's Amelia Stone. So why is she missing her? She is her. No, she isn't, Amelia is— Amelia is her. Amelia was 25. She isn't Amelia, she couldn't be she— She’s already 32.
Possibly my saddest story yet??? Part 4 of Through the Looking Glass Part 8 of The Name We Shared Music - line without a hook, ricky montgomery <3 Part 1: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1368929304/ Part 2: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1368931842/ Part 3: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1368942730/ Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 9: Part 10:
