Time Heals

I don't know how much more of this I can take. I don't even know what the 'this' is that I mean. Is it the PEP, or is it life in general? I don't know. The lines are blurred. Is all this a sign that I should have just followed my gut instinct back then and ended it, rather than running? Everything that crosses my mind has a question mark hanging over it like a dark cloud.

( Is it possible that you can just run out of fight? That you just get so exhausted from running and fighting that you can't go on anymore? They say time heals, but I'm starting to think that's all a farce... )

- ZED BLAZE -
original character

"I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it."

I'm not big on jewelry; all I ever wear is my wedding band. But there's something I feel that same way about, and that's my tattoo. Two weeks ago, I got the Verizon IndyCar Series logo inked on the inside of my left wrist and it wasn't an aesthetic decision.

( It was a spiritual decision. )

--
Shelby Manning Martin
Need For Speed OC
788 words

"Sometimes life is gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." - Steve Jobs

Once Sally's job was based in the City, there was an executive family decision that she, instead of their parents, would be listed as Zed's in-cast-of-emergency contact. Brett was currently living with their grandparents in Boston while he finished college, having decided to take a couple of years out to travel before starting. That was where the family had been during the week, Sally included, for their grandparents 40th wedding anniversary. Though, Zed had been doing his elusive/evasive routine the last couple of weeks so no one pushed him to come along. Sometimes, he just needed space.

( By some sheer stroke of luck, Sally had come home from Boston early... )

~ sally jennings // original character