Short Fiction
2 min
Heartbeat- Love Comes When It Wants
Nassima Drihmi
Dear Mark,
I know that you don't know me. But my heart does....
He tells me a story about you and me, every night before I sleep.
I know that you'll come to me.
I can hear the sound of your footsteps coming back home, where you belong.
But before I go, tell me please.
Will you save me tomorrow?
He tells me a story about you and me, every night before I sleep.
I know that you'll come to me.
I can hear the sound of your footsteps coming back home, where you belong.
But before I go, tell me please.
Will you save me tomorrow?
Not a friend, almost a lover.
Gloria.
A note written by her.
There is love, made of Gloria and Mark. And there is a song, playing with love.
One morning, a song came on the radio. She heard his voice and looked at his picture that she always kept on her heart necklace.
This love story. She was waiting for him since years ago knowing that he would come someday. She was writing a poem for him every night. She used to believe that their eyes will meet someday soon. Because she prayed for that day all these years.
This love story. She was waiting for him since years ago knowing that he would come someday. She was writing a poem for him every night. She used to believe that their eyes will meet someday soon. Because she prayed for that day all these years.
One day, she wakes up with a smile on her face. She went to the shower and got ready for a party. However, that place seemed like a nightmare for her. And it felt so cold, because deep inside Gloria felt so lonely. Mark was not here tonight! And it looked somehow like a sad heaven.
Time kept flying, Gloria has completly lost her smile. Wishing to see his face for the first time in reality. That was her only medicine.
Mark must come to save her before the sun goes down. Because at 9, she is going to die...
She fell asleep for long. And no one could save her. While mom was next to her, she saw her diary under her pillow.
Then she took it and read the first chapter of her daughter's life.
She could finally know the secret. She found Mark's number. So she called him.
And he drove all the way here.
"He looked perfect in real life!" Said the mother.
And he smiled that beautiful smile that came from another planet!
He knew exactly what to do. So he lied down next to Gloria, with her head on his chest. She was listening to his breath inside his heart. And it was a heartbeat, something felt like a magical dream.
Gloria opened her beautiful eyes.
She said: "Please don't go!"
He said: "I will stay. Not because I want to... but because this is our destiny. So I choose to stay. Even if I'll run a thousand times from you. I know I'll choose you.
I stay"
She was lying on her bed, wearing her new dress. And I said: "Oh my! She looks perfect over there!"
She looked at me with her strange eyes. The smile covered up her pretty face. But I knew I was safe with her! Something felt like home. And I knew it was love. Like real love!
We both came from a different world. But we were the same. We used to be sad apart. But now, we are one. We used to be like the distance stars in a big warm sky. And that's when I knew, we were meant to be. We are free now, flying in the sky like angels of happiness.
I don't know if I'll die tomorrow. But at least I know that you are here with me. Now, tomorrow and forever. You know I'll carry you and feel you with me like a heartbeat. Like the first time I saw you.
Thoughts were spinning her mind...
These things I wish I could say to you...
Everytime that I look into your eyes, I see paradise. And I can't help but love you. Because I am in love since forever. And I can always hear your heartbeat even though we're miles apart.
And he said: "You know, even when you keep your silence. My heart listens to you".
"You are my soul, my everything. The most beautiful chapter of my entire life".
This work was written by a Lane County author.
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