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Snake With Blue Eyes

Well life sure has a funny way of changing on you suddenly and when you least expect it. Here is a story of this morning, another tale of my heartbreak I guess. Just like any other morning after I was dumped, I pull up and park my Chevy, grab my stuff and  glance to where Connor started recently parking his truck. I guess his new girl Caitlyn is worth getting to school early for, because he is already here. I throw my backpack over my shoulder and walk with my head high into the building; I am not going to let him get the best of me today. I get my coffee from the coffee cart and walk down the wide hall to the cafeteria. When I walked in, my heart dropped. He's sitting next to her, her legs on his thigh just like I used to do. Her hands on his cheek, her eyes reflected in his cold, dead baby blues. Sometimes I'm sure that the icy blue color of his eyes reflects his soul: frozen and emotionless. Anyways, I sit down at the hick table as always, in the last spot left which hap

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Hello! I am Brooke Riley and this is my blog. Well, not much of a blog and more of an online journal. I am here to share my experiences and if you'd like to read them, great! They just might help you.  The inspiration for starting this came from when my boyfriend dumped me. I know this sounds like any old teenage girl's rant about boyfriends and petty things, and maybe it is, but here's a collection of my stories. It began as any other regular Tuesday morning, despite it having been Memorial Day weekend the couple days before. I drove to school, passed the same old sights: the Dairy Queen, the elementary school, the roundabout etc.. I jumped out of my cherry red Chevy Cobalt and popped the trunk, and grabbed my watercolor backpack and my flute. Just like any normal day, I walked through the doors of school unaware of the fate that would await me later that day. I walked down the hall, passed the boys locker room where some of my then-boyfriend Connor's friends wou