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11th of May, 1883

Trouble

by Maelie Arsenault

You know there's a certain word for people like me
It don't make it right or wrong but, yeah, they like to dig in deep
If you get too close I'll get you, if you let me in, I'll stay
But the hardest part is finding out I'm the first to walk away
With your heart, with your heart

 
Was it just a roll of the dice that she’d met Victor that night at the casino? His welcoming demeanor, the charm and ease with which they talked. It was so easy to take his arm and while she knew there was a mask there, she could see that somewhere beneath it there was a sadness whose depths seemed to draw her in.
 
She’d wrestled with whether he could ever love her. Truly see her. And love her.
After finally committing herself to it though, she’d now found out that the answer was no.
 
Baby, I'm trouble, the kind that makes you wait
And baby, I'm trouble, you know I'll be your favorite mistake
And I will swallow you whole, and spit you out because I love the taste of trouble
Yeah, yeah-ah-ah-ah

 
She’d kept her secrets and gone deeper and deeper, knowing full well that the longer this went on, the more hurt it would cause. So, of course when everything came crashing through the doors they’d locked their secrets behind, Victor found himself too hurt to go on. To ever trust her. To love her, if the doubts in his mind had ever let him in the first place.
 
I can't say I'm sorry for the things that I have done
I get burned when I fly too high, but I'll keep heading for the sun
There's a certain kind of thrill, that comes from telling lies
So I cross my finger behind my back and I'll dress it up real nice
For your heart, for your heart

 
She’d told the worst lies. The little ones that you can build a mountain out of. The dressings that nobody notices. The ones that are just so real that it can’t help but rip your reality apart when the truth comes out.
 
Baby, I'm trouble, the kind that makes you wait
And baby, I’m trouble, you know I'll be your favorite mistake
And I will swallow you whole, and spit you out because I love the taste of trouble
Yeah, yeah-ah-ah-ah

 
Sareena had asked her to be gentle and she’d ruined that promise too. She just couldn’t help but be reckless, taking things into her own hands, and pushing through on her own.
 
Doing bad, feels so good
Told you from the start, your gonna get hooked
Doing bad, feels so good
Told you from the start, your gonna get hooked
Doing bad, feels so good
Told you from the start, your gonna get hooked
Doing bad, feels so good
Told you from the start, your gonna get hooked

 
Monumental disaster that it was her mind wanted to sort out the consequences. There were a lot and there were so many many questions that needed answering.
 
Baby, I'm trouble, the kind that makes you wait
And baby, I'm trouble, you know I'll be your favorite mistake
And I will swallow you whole, and spit you out because I love the taste of trouble
Yeah, yeah-ah-ah-ah

 
But right now. Her aunt’s voice of calm, her uncle’s lessons of guile, and even her mother’s lessons of schemes were all drowned out by the sound of her heart breaking.
 
No matter what anyone taught her or how hard she tried, she always wanted too much.

Continue reading...

  1. The Last Rule
    November 27th, 1882, - Novandria
  2. The Den
  3. Am I losing?
  4. A Close Call
  5. Plans
  6. New Toys
  7. Mistakes were made
  8. Too close to home
  9. Not like you.
  10. This City is Mine.
    February 6th, 1883
  11. Aimless?
    March 5, 1883 - Novandria
  12. The Game Begins
    February 13th, 1883
  13. Too much like You
    March 13, 1883
  14. Safer in Shadows
    April 3, 1883
  15. New Beginnings
    April 7th, 1883
  16. Ready to Run
    April 17th, 1883
  17. Home
    April 25, 1883
  18. Can you steal a heart?
    May 8th, 1883
  19. Trouble
    11th of May, 1883
  20. Heartbreak
    14th of May, 1883
  21. Hunter or Prey?
    16th of May, 1883
  22. Guilt
    19th of May, 1883
  23. Untrustworthy
    21st of May, 1883
  24. Why am I like this?
    25th of May, 1883
  25. Worthy
    8th of June, 1883
  26. The One She Left Behind
    13th June, 1883
  27. Annnd it's back...
    July 1st, 1883
  28. Learning to Fly
    July 4th, 1883
  29. Thrill of the Hunt
    July 29th, 1883
  30. From the Embers
    21st of August, 1883 // 1867
  31. Mother Knows Best
    16th of September, 1883
  32. A Snake, a Star, and a Fox
    25th of September, 1883, Novandria
  33. It wasn't him.
    28th of September, 1883, Novandria
  34. The New Blade
    13th of September, 1883
  35. Something Good
    October 31, 1883 - Novandria
  36. The wound that won't close
    18th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  37. Promise
    25th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  38. Fallen through the cracks
    6th of January, 1884 - Novandria
  39. Day to Night
    7th of January, 1884
  40. What's Left to the Shadows
    22nd of January, 1884, Novandria
  41. The World without Colour
    18th of February, 1884, Bellancourt, Montaigne,
  42. Seventeen Roofs
    26th of February, Novandria, Eisen
  43. Crossing the Board
    4th of March, 1884, Novandria, Eisen
  44. New Freedom
    May 4th, 1884
  45. Saved
    5th of May, 1884/16th of July, 1858

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