Glitter in L.A.

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Glitter in L.A.


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Folded into a cave no bigger than his body, Jared admired the Leo Carrillo and tried to absorb it. He gazed at the ocean and swallowed the thirsty ache for it's freedom, and rubbed the sand off his hands absentmindedly. 


He'd only been living in L.A. for a few months now, but this was quickly becoming his favourite place to be. He would sit and try to be inhaled by the beauty around him. If he focused hard enough then it didn't even hurt any more.

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The waves tumbled over themselves like adolescents as the maternal sea shepherded them away from the rocks time and time again. He took out a takeaway menu from his pocket and wrote down the thought for later. It might be useful.


He could hear people laughing, and it was a comfort. He could smell crab being cooked at the beach bar a way down the beach and it tempted him (again), but he managed to resist. They weren't what he had come here for.

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As lovely as the view was, as idyllic his little carved out corner of paradise could be, the reason he came here was - ah! Here she is.

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He watched her discreetly as she walked past. She ignoring him, he pretending to ignore her and examine the sand bedded beneath his nails. A few minutes later she was folded into her own little hole in the cliffs. From here he could only see her toes once she kicked off her shoes, but yet somehow she had become so familiar to him.


After many minutes passed and he watched sailboats running in circles over the skittish sea, he realised that she was trying to wait him out. She wanted him to leave, she was worried what he might think. So he hummed. He hummed to himself old songs that she probably wouldn't know the words to, until eventually she began to cry.


Half an hour later she left, she didn't pass him this time and he wondered what was different today. She walked South instead of towards the car park she had come from. After a tense breath he hopped out of his cocoon and peeked into her cave. It was small, and reminded him of church walls full of tiny holes for fluttering candles in memorium. She'd taken her shoes so there was no sign that she'd return. He sighed, oh well. He noticed a flicker of white as he went to go home. For a second his heart stopped. What if it was a test? What if she thought his silent sitting was weird and was testing to see what he'd do. He looked around for her but she was no where to be seen.


Another thought seized his heart. What if it was a suicide note? His hands were upon it before he could think any more but when he opened it up it simply said "Hi, I'm Rachel". A smile formed itself on his face without his asking. He fumbled with the takeaway menu in his pocket and wrote "Hi, I'm Jared" on a ripped off page which he tucked into a crevice in the rock face before walking back to his car, happy at finally being able to talk to his new friend.


He was glad she wanted to communicate. He had been worried... he didn't like her being in pain... if he had explained it to someone else he was sure that's what they would think. He just found it so freeing to know that, surrounded by the sparkling sand and the playful sea, out there somewhere were other people who felt like the whole glittering mess was falling apart.

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Thank you very much :D