P R O L O G U E ;

I'm sitting on the roof of somebody's house, there's a wild party happening downstairs and yet I can't bring myself to even bother trying to play nice here. I look down at the glass in my hands, it's a dark blue colour with sugar crystals around the rim - it may look delicious but it tastes like something out of hell and trust me, I've been there. I take a sip, burned whiskey and coconut fruit as I play with the silver lighter decorated with floral pieces.

I feel tired but I can't be bothered to head back to the apartment, not yet, I don't want to see my aunts disappointment in me again. I think back to what my mother used to tell me when I was younger, that heartbeats are supposed to sound like the beating of a drum, or the sound of tender lips and soft kisses.

But my heartbeat does not sound like either of those, not anymore, not since that horrible night everything changed. It sounds like a thunderous crash of waves that break against the cliffs, flooding the shores to wash everything away; my feelings, my memories, my hopes and all the dreams I once had.

I hear a window being pushed open, breaking the moment. Glancing up I see a girl around the same age as me appear in the opening, I pocket the lighter in my black ripped jeans and look out over the city lights. The girl has seen me now and comes over, flopping down beside me.

"I don't want to talk and I don't need a friend." I tell her harshly taking another gulp of the strange substance that burns my throat as it slides down.

The girl doesn't say anything but she does reach over and take the drink from my hand, taking a massive gulp of it for herself. I glance over at her curiously, she doesn't struck me as the type to party or take drinks from total strangers.

"Good, neither do I."

And for the first time since my families tragedy, I find myself hiding a small smile behind my hand as I take my drink back from her and down the rest.

C H A R A C T E R S ;

magdalena zalejska > jupiter 'rebel' mckenna

alissa violet > elora ellis

matthew daddario > quintin blaine

dua lipa > nicole price

kathryn newton > sofia grace

alexandra daddario > tabitha wright

measuring heartbeats
started ; 12/02/2018
completed ;