will always be eternally grateful for.
As for Tori, I couldn't have asked for a better best friend. I don’t know what I would’ve done without her. She saw things in me, before I ever saw them in myself.
There’s still several months of school left and then I'll move on to college. This time, I’m not as anxious to leave.
As far as Maverick goes, he's always around and ever patient with me. Don’t get me wrong, he’s waiting for the green light. But, he knows I need this time and true to his word, he’s waiting. As far as us getting back together? I see it in the very near future.
I'm not healed yet and I probably won’t ever be. I believe that this is something I may truly never get over, but will hopefully get easier with time.
I’m finally seeing myself in a different light, than I did three months ago. I have a guy that loves me and who’s willing to wait for me. I have a best friend who’ll always be there for me in a heart beat, and defend me from the ‘bitches’.
I no longer use the mirror as a form of personal punishment. Now when I look, I see me. Charlie, with a boy's name. Who’s more confident, kind, smart and finally starting to see herself as pretty and kind of special.
Gone is the tear streaked, over weight, double chinned, ugly girl that I once saw when I stood in front of the mirror. Gone, is the plain Jane girl.
THE END
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Coming Winter 2013
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The first chapter of Seeking Havok
By Lila Felix
Heart Strings
Prologue
It was spring break here in Georgia and we’d all decided to spend the day at the lake. It looked like we might be heading into an early summer. The weather in Georgia could be unpredictable most of the time. One day cool, the next hot and humid.
There’s just the four of us. Me, Will, Maverick and Charlie. Yes, Maverick and Charlie have made their way back to each other; they’re stuck to each other like glue. I don't think he’ll ever make the mistake he did last time. Maverick’s knee’s are healed, but he still fights a slight limp. He’ll never play professional football again, but seems content with it. As smart as he is, he’ll probably still end up with an academic scholarship and try his hand at something else.
Charlie’s come a long way. She’s finally happy. Happier than I have ever seen her. She still has moments of insecurity. I think she always will. Charlie needed to finally see what we all have been seeing the whole time. That she’s an awesome beautiful girl and a great friend. There’s nothing ordinary about Charlie. She needed to do it when she was ready. But she holds her head up more and smiles all of the time now. Maverick’s usually making her laugh or it’s my smart ass mouth.
The very first time I met my friend, she was just a shell of the person, she is now. She looked broken and beaten and I knew I needed to be her friend. Sometimes you can just sense that someone needs you and she was it for me. But what she doesn’t realize, is that I needed her just as much.
Her parents still don't speak to her and in a small way I think it bothers her. She’s still living with us and is a part of my family. We even irritate each other, like sisters often do.
And then there’s Will, who refuses to find a girl no matter how many times I have told him to. It's a little awkward when it's the four of us. In fact, I tend to be the ‘mouthy’ red head he so often likes to refer to me. And yeah, I can also be a complete bitch at times. I think Charlie and Maverick expect me and Will to finally get over it and get together, but it's not that easy. It will never be that easy. Will is a great guy, but we went down this road before and we can't do it again. Sure he’s hot as hell with his blond streaked hair and green eyes, tall with a muscular swimmers frame. I’m attracted to him, you would be crazy not to be. I won't deny that there aren't sparks, because there are, but some things can never be.
You see,