Without Her

• Bridget Bell, Grade 5, Our Lady of Fatima Primary School
• Short Story
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

Without Her

It stares back at me and I think, last time I was here I wasn’t alone, last time I was here she was beside me but then I left, I made the stupidest decision of my life, I walked out because I thought I wasn’t one of them anymore. I walked towards the door and turn the knob, It was damp and moldy inside, the portal ahead of me, my emotions were mixed, would they welcome me back or neglect me and make me go back. I walk through and everything swirls around me.

Most of them were there Trystan,Quinta,Otto,Cleo and even Miss Wealth (but where’s Angelena)all sitting there eating there roast (like always) then all of a sudden Otto turns around and looks directly at me, then in his calm voice whispers “I know why your back, you want her.” I slowly shake my head “That’s part of the reason, I wanted to see all of you” “Yes but mainly her.” I nod my head then he unfreezes everything “Bryon is that you.” “Hi Miss W” “Welcome back,” and she wraps her long arms around me, after greeting everyone else I ask “Where’s Ang?” “She’s not here” “Well where is she?” I say starting to get worried. “We don’t know.” They all looked at me with their worried faces, I run upstairs and into Ang’s room but she’s not then, I go through the whole house but she’s nowhere so I run back downstairs on the verge of tears “I’m going to look for her.” “I knew this would happen,” Mrs Wealth muttered “Well, you're not going alone.” and the next morning we set off

“Right so where are we going to look first.” Everyone’s faces were blank “Ok so let’s go to the forest” so we set off towards the dark and shady patch of land. When we reached it I saw her right there “There she is.” I yelled a bit too loudly, everyone looked up to where I was pointing but their faces were once again blank, I looked at them and then back to where she had been but she had vanished, my face was crumbling I saw her again but this time she was coming towards me, when she was about a metre away she started to speak “ I know you what happened to me,” I start to speak but she shushes me “Goodbye Bryon, I will forever love you.”