undercover_spy
Cadet
This is is my entery for the Colour contest. I'm not going to write a description because the beginning is supossed to be somewhat cryptic. My colour was white, and I know black can be considered the absense of all colour as well, but in this case it is white. Anyway, I'll shut up. Here you go.
Oh, and just to point this out. I spell colour with an our because I'm Canadian, and it's too weird to change it to color which I'm sure most readers are familiar with. Just thought I'd point that out so people didn't think I just couldn't spell.
Chapter 1
“Sweetheart, wear them well.”
I fingered the white diamonds between my two fingers, trying to recall my past when my life wasn’t so complicated. When my world wasn’t such a lie and everything was just…easy. I placed the earrings gently into the palm of my hand and trailed the gentle light reflecting off them with my eyes to the white walls behind me. I watched with fascination as the shimmering light danced in an array of colours against the wall. I sat entranced by its simplicity, something that I was unable to experience in my own complex life. I trained my eyes on the light with a sense of deep sorrow and regret, wishing that I could capture the moment and live within it forever without the constant guilt I felt stirring within me.
“Syd, I’m home.”
“Up here,” I called, erasing all past sorrow from my voice and replacing it with a convincing cheeriness.
I listened to the sound of his feet pounding against the stairs, coming to greet me after a hard days work. He appeared in the bedroom doorway. I met his heart warming smile with my own through the mirror.
“You look really pretty.”
“Aw, thanks, but you should hurry. We’re supposed to meet Eric in twenty minutes,” I told my husband, passing him his tie. He reached out for it, brushing his hand against mine.
“Thanks,” he said, kissing the top of my head. “I’ll be ready soon,” he told me while closing the door to our bathroom. I watched as he disappeared away from me, finding myself wishing he would turn his back on me like that forever, no matter how much pain it caused me, I knew it would save him from the unavoidable heartbreak that would inevitably one day follow him for the rest of his life. I knew I would haunt his dreams in the future; that I would change this man and his life. With one single act I would be able to alter everything that he ever thought was true. With this one act I would cause him to question himself and every decision he made. I decided the course of his future, and in that future I knew I would be required to leave Michael Vaughn, the man I truly did love with all my heart, despite my other priorities.
I took off the backings of my earrings and placed them through the two holes in my ears. I regarded my reflection in the mirror and had to fight the urge to shatter the girl that was staring back at me. Her fakeness, her disseat, her betrayal, her lie; the only thing that I ever truly knew about myself was that I was a liar, and that I was drowning in my own emptiness as the days slowly wore on. I was sure that I didn’t deserve to have a man like Michael Vaughn in my life, and that he didn’t deserve the pain that would soon surround him because of my own betrayal of his love and trust. I sighed deeply.
I glanced over at the white, silk dress that was dangling from my closet, like a waterfall of white rapids. I turned my head away from the symbol that I had been avoiding all afternoon. It just made me feel worse about myself than I already constantly did on a daily basis. Its presence was mocking me. White was a colour of innocence, a quality I knew I did not possess a drop of. Knowing I would have to face my own guilt I approached the dress. I placed a hand on the white fabric, attempting to absorb any of the innocence that I could. It was a task impossible for a person like me; for a person who already held so much blackness and coldness in their soul.
“Hey, Syd, can you pass me my shirt.”
I jumped slightly at Vaughn’s sudden address. I glanced to my right and saw his white shirt draped over the back of a chair. I glared at it, knowing that somewhere someone must have been laughing at this cruel joke that was known as my life. I hid my face from Vaughn as I picked up the soft fabric in my hand. I frowned at it for a moment, but just as quickly flipped my frown to a smile and handed him his shirt.
“I’ll be a couple more minutes. You should get ready, too,” he said, eyeing my robe and slippers.
I nodded, not sure if I could locate my own voice and words. He gave me a quick smile and once again closed the door on me.
Without a second thought I pushed all previous thoughts and feelings of the dress from my mind and slipped the white fabric over my head, secretly hoping that it would be able to somehow cleanse my dark soul and erase all my sins that sat buried in the deep grave within me. There were too many secrets that sat untouched.
I knew that many people regarded white as a colour of purity and peace, but to me all it symbolized was deep emptiness. A life without colour wasn’t a life living anymore, not if this was the path I choose to follow. I wanted the world to be painted behind me, instead of being this empty canvas without anyone to share my world with; with no future to look forward to and no past to look back on. I just wanted to be coloured in, filled in. I wanted the emptiness to leave me once and for all. I simply wanted to be loved for who I really was.
Oh, and just to point this out. I spell colour with an our because I'm Canadian, and it's too weird to change it to color which I'm sure most readers are familiar with. Just thought I'd point that out so people didn't think I just couldn't spell.
Chapter 1
“Sweetheart, wear them well.”
I fingered the white diamonds between my two fingers, trying to recall my past when my life wasn’t so complicated. When my world wasn’t such a lie and everything was just…easy. I placed the earrings gently into the palm of my hand and trailed the gentle light reflecting off them with my eyes to the white walls behind me. I watched with fascination as the shimmering light danced in an array of colours against the wall. I sat entranced by its simplicity, something that I was unable to experience in my own complex life. I trained my eyes on the light with a sense of deep sorrow and regret, wishing that I could capture the moment and live within it forever without the constant guilt I felt stirring within me.
“Syd, I’m home.”
“Up here,” I called, erasing all past sorrow from my voice and replacing it with a convincing cheeriness.
I listened to the sound of his feet pounding against the stairs, coming to greet me after a hard days work. He appeared in the bedroom doorway. I met his heart warming smile with my own through the mirror.
“You look really pretty.”
“Aw, thanks, but you should hurry. We’re supposed to meet Eric in twenty minutes,” I told my husband, passing him his tie. He reached out for it, brushing his hand against mine.
“Thanks,” he said, kissing the top of my head. “I’ll be ready soon,” he told me while closing the door to our bathroom. I watched as he disappeared away from me, finding myself wishing he would turn his back on me like that forever, no matter how much pain it caused me, I knew it would save him from the unavoidable heartbreak that would inevitably one day follow him for the rest of his life. I knew I would haunt his dreams in the future; that I would change this man and his life. With one single act I would be able to alter everything that he ever thought was true. With this one act I would cause him to question himself and every decision he made. I decided the course of his future, and in that future I knew I would be required to leave Michael Vaughn, the man I truly did love with all my heart, despite my other priorities.
I took off the backings of my earrings and placed them through the two holes in my ears. I regarded my reflection in the mirror and had to fight the urge to shatter the girl that was staring back at me. Her fakeness, her disseat, her betrayal, her lie; the only thing that I ever truly knew about myself was that I was a liar, and that I was drowning in my own emptiness as the days slowly wore on. I was sure that I didn’t deserve to have a man like Michael Vaughn in my life, and that he didn’t deserve the pain that would soon surround him because of my own betrayal of his love and trust. I sighed deeply.
I glanced over at the white, silk dress that was dangling from my closet, like a waterfall of white rapids. I turned my head away from the symbol that I had been avoiding all afternoon. It just made me feel worse about myself than I already constantly did on a daily basis. Its presence was mocking me. White was a colour of innocence, a quality I knew I did not possess a drop of. Knowing I would have to face my own guilt I approached the dress. I placed a hand on the white fabric, attempting to absorb any of the innocence that I could. It was a task impossible for a person like me; for a person who already held so much blackness and coldness in their soul.
“Hey, Syd, can you pass me my shirt.”
I jumped slightly at Vaughn’s sudden address. I glanced to my right and saw his white shirt draped over the back of a chair. I glared at it, knowing that somewhere someone must have been laughing at this cruel joke that was known as my life. I hid my face from Vaughn as I picked up the soft fabric in my hand. I frowned at it for a moment, but just as quickly flipped my frown to a smile and handed him his shirt.
“I’ll be a couple more minutes. You should get ready, too,” he said, eyeing my robe and slippers.
I nodded, not sure if I could locate my own voice and words. He gave me a quick smile and once again closed the door on me.
Without a second thought I pushed all previous thoughts and feelings of the dress from my mind and slipped the white fabric over my head, secretly hoping that it would be able to somehow cleanse my dark soul and erase all my sins that sat buried in the deep grave within me. There were too many secrets that sat untouched.
I knew that many people regarded white as a colour of purity and peace, but to me all it symbolized was deep emptiness. A life without colour wasn’t a life living anymore, not if this was the path I choose to follow. I wanted the world to be painted behind me, instead of being this empty canvas without anyone to share my world with; with no future to look forward to and no past to look back on. I just wanted to be coloured in, filled in. I wanted the emptiness to leave me once and for all. I simply wanted to be loved for who I really was.