This is for Forestqueen's contest. The song that inspired this was Fully Alive by Flyleaf. I don't really know if it makes a whole lot of sense so if you could tell me that'd be awesome. And if you try to compare it to the song. It's about someone who has to deal with someone he loves who is Fully Alive, and believes they are going to be okay.
~peanut~
She is alive. In a state I cannot imagine but alive. She I dying in agony and I am dying slowly with her. My pain is different, emotional and sorrow filled. She says her death is fate and she is ready.
I’m not.
I know what she would say if she saw me now. She would tell me this is wrong and that I am supposed to live while she dies and that I am her angel sent from God.
If she were here I’d agree with her but think to myself what bull this all is. I’d tell her I loved her and she would believe my lies, my deception. She’s not here.
She is in some God forsaken hospital with people she doesn’t know watching her die. I am ashamed that I am not there to see her, I can’t do that to her. My love is too great—she can not see me like this. She can’t think this is her fault because in all truth it is mine.
The view out the window haunts me, bringing back memories of Aly before I broke her. I can imagine her dancing in the rain that is coming down in sheets and forcing me to sing with her. I shiver as the memory of her beautiful voice fills the bathroom.
I don’t think. I can’t think or it won’t happen. I reach forward and stop the water that has filled the bathtub to the brim. My shoe clatters against the tile floor, the other quickly following suit.
The days of comforting her are over as are the days of suffering. She will no longer have to look at me, the monster that hurt her. I take a small breath and step into the tub. Water spills over the sides. I lie down carefully, my clothes like balloons around me.
Over the rim I can see the picture of Aly; it bleeds onto the white tile, fading. My head hits the water with the vision of her.
“I’m sorry Aly,” I whisper. My voice shakes. “I don’t believe in Jesus.”
I fall under not even bothering to hold a last breath. My eyes blur from the clear water. There is a ringing that distorts the watery silence. I do nothing because the darkness takes over.
“Mr. Johns, this is Cross Network Hospital. We would like to inform you that Miss Aly Bennett responded well to the surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.” Click. Silence.
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Thanks for the reviews everyone. I know it's terrible
But I'm going to probably rewrite it since I wrote it in about five minutes and NaNo's messing with my brain but thanks!
~peanut~
Hi! Sorry it took me so long to review it for you! It was my contest...sorry anyways. I was listening to the song when I read this. It made me think about how different songs can mean to people. This wasn't how I thought of it...but it was sure interesting! Anyways...reviewing. Like Elinor said, I was wondering what had happened exactly. I mean, it says she's alive...but what happened? Did the narrator hurt her? I was confused by that.
I think it would be better written like this: She is dying in agony, me, slowly dying with her.It would be better if it was: She says her death is her fate. She says she is ready.
I didn't see any grammatical errors. Besides the title, I think you meant it to be "Guilty Suicide."
Anyways, I think it really could have been written better. Maybe you could add what happened to Aly, and why would the narrator want to kill himself? Is he mad at himself? Did he hurt her? There were a lot of questions in my head. Anyways, it was still interesting! Yay you were the first one to submit to my contest! Thank you!
I've never heard the song so I'm just going to critique like I would any other story kay?
Underlined portion doesn't make sense.
I think I would break this into two sentences. 'My pain is different. It's emotional and sorrow filled.' Or 'My pain is different; it's emotional and sorrow filled.'
I liked it a lot. I don't really feel that connected to any of the characters but that's hard to do with a piece this short. I kind of want to know what happened to Aly but I'm not sure if that would take away from the piece or not. I liked the ending, but because I don't know the characters very well it didn't have as much as an impact as I think it could have. Overall though it was good.
Good luck with the contest!
-Carly
Hello Peanut!
Overall
This story was okay, and you did have some moments of magnificent writing. However, I'm not a fan of the story itself as a whole. It read more like a piece of badly written poetry, and it was very confusing. You jumped around a lot, and I couldn't really see a clear plot line.
Why does the narrator want to die? You mention "breaking Ally's heart", but other then that, you don't really mention it.
You had a lot of a grammatical errors, choppy scene transitions, and other things (which I listed in my above review) that you need to fix before this story becomes good. It does have potential, though.
PM me if you have questions.