#SoCS – Living Proof…

6:13PM: ‘Story Time!’

“Given the nature of their relationship, I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t leave her dear.” The older woman stated bluntly.

“Boy, that sure was quick. Look, I understand that you don’t like me very much…”

“Stop! Please, just stop. It’s not that I don’t like you dear, I just don’t like what you did.”

“What I did… You have to know, I never intended…”

“…To hurt anybody?” She interjected, cutting off the young woman. (If she could even be called that).

“Well guess what, you did. You broke my son’s heart, and you have the audacity to show up here a month later…”

“To apologise!” The young girl exclaimed. “I know that you may not believe me but it’s true. I’m not here to win him back. In fact, I’m quite pleased to hear that’s he’s in a relationship that is healthy and makes him happy.”

“Good, because he is. For the first time he finally has found stability within his relationship.”

Carol looked down at her shoes, unable to maintain eye contact. She was ashamed that she even had to apologise, but she was even more ashamed of what she had done in the first place.

“I really messed up. I lost the guy that saved me, and traded him for the guy that caused me to need saving in the first place.”

“Yeah, well… It happens. You’re young dear, there’ll be other guys and you’ll learn from the experiences you have with them.” She said as she squashed the cigarette between her shoes and the concrete.

“Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. After all, look at you.”

Mrs Wilkins raised her face to meet hers, it was like looking in a mirror. She couldn’t help but hope that their situations wouldn’t mirror each other also, despite what she had done.

“Have a good afternoon Mrs Wilkins. Please tell him that I stopped by, and that I apologised.”

“”Will do.” Mrs Wilkins said with the tone of a lie, but with good intentions in the forefront of her mind.

Mrs Wilkins couldn’t bear to tell her son about Carol’s apology. She knew what that could do someone, especially someone as sensitive and forgiving as her son. He’d go running back to her in a heartbeat, because that’s the kind of thing you’d do for your first love.

She knew very well of the effects that running back could do to someone.

After all, sometimes you literally have to live with your mistakes…

6:31PM: (FINISHED)

---

Here you are! My fourth post in response to #SoCS. I’m sorry that it took so long, the reasoning behind my absence is explained here. So go check it out as well!

Also, thank you so much Linda for this prompt! (As always).

And as always, for those of you that are curious about the rules, here they are:

1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing, (typos can be fixed) and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.

2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.

3. There will be a prompt every week. I will post the prompt here on my blog on Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The’,” or simply a single word to get your started.

4. Ping back! It’s important, so that I and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of this post into yours.  Your link will show up in my comments for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top. NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, such as Blogger, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read everyone’s! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later, or go to the previous week, by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find right below the “Like” button on my post.

6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!

7. As a suggestion, tag your post “SoCS” and/or “#SoCS” for more exposure and more views.

8. Have fun!

Be sure to click on ‘#SoCS’ to view Linda’s blog and get further information regarding this prompt and be sure to click the ‘here’ to check out my last blog post!

Thanks for reading!

– A.J. BAWSE, Xx