Chapter 3
Rose? Are you awake?
Yup.
Do you ever wonder what people are thinking?
All the time.
What are you thinking?
About tomorrows auditions.
It’ll be ok.
Hmmmm.
It will, trust me!
But then you might as well say aliens will land tomorrow!
Maybe they will.
Night Summer.
I’m thinking of oil paints.
At the top of the hill, I looked down into the woods. Sunlight shone through the branches and it looked like something out of a good fairy-tale, not a bad one. In bad ones, the trees are tall and threatening and it’s dark and gloomy. Not this wood, this wood is bright and full of life. Dragonflies and butterflies flit about and the birds sing prettily. Flowers grow and exotic ivy climbs around trees. I turned away, everything about the wood reminding me of Rose. One day, we’d come here and found a mini waterfall, with a little stream, leading to a pond. The pond was beautiful, and so clear, with dragonflies flying around. We’d declared it our own private place and spent many happy times there. I’d even taken some of my friends there, and they loved it too. But it was me and Rose who spent the most time there. We called it The Dragon’s Pond.
My memories killed me, so I turned away and carried on up the path. Everywhere I went reminded me of Rose though, and I realized I couldn’t run away from it. I also couldn’t run away from the sad looks that followed me everywhere, although I wish I could. Rose danced ahead of me, her hair flowing freely behind her, and she laughed then said,
“c’mon Summer, let’s go see Lady.”
“Sure,” I muttered under my breath, smiling at her. We carried on and eventually arrived at the stables. She’d been behind me, looking for flowers, but when I turned around, she was gone.