Fanfiction: Little Women

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Ending scene from the movie
Background music: Exile-Taylor Swift and Bon Iver


I twist the ring on my finger nervously. A new ring,a sophisticated wedding ring. Not the ring she gave me when we were kids. I can feel its unfamiliar edges, encircling my finger a bit too tight, squeezing my heart.

I continue ascending the rickety spiral stairs which I’ve bounded excitedly up so many times before. She, always in the front, me, right at her heels. “I would have followed you anywhere and everywhere”, a melancholy thought, weighing down every step and something inside me. I shrug it off, “This is right, this is what I want. I am happy now”, I said to myself absent-mindedly and put on a bright smile.

When I reach the attic, it is more empty than usual. The trace of notes and scripts that used to be strewn everywhere on the floor has been covered up by a thin film of dust.  I can see a crumpled form covered under a blanket, sleeping on the worn-out couch by the attic window. I know it’s her, and with a pang, I realise how much I’ve missed her. I’m nervous, what if my heart starts bleeding again. I walk slowly to the wooden chair next to her, I don’t want to wake her up but I’m afraid she might be able to hear my deafening heartbeat, so I call her name softly, “Jo”. Her name tastes bitter on my mouth, reminding me of the wine I drank to drown her out from my mind, but also the sweetness which lingered on my lips long after.

She stirs and her hair tumbles out softly, time slows down as her eyes flutter open, and I drown in love again. I can feel the ring she gave me. Mockingly cool against the skin on my chest. My heart is beating loudly threatening to break, I’m trying hard to remember the normal pace of breathing. Everytime the waves of my beating heart touches the ring, it sends a searing pain, a reminder of how she was never mine and never will.


I love to carve my mind into words, to trace my heart on paper. Here, to type as my voice sings inside my head. Embarking on an adventure of self acceptance, self love, self improvement and soul searching. I wish to share it, the ups and downs. Perhaps I could inspire someone to finally start their overdue pilgrimage, or to be a friend to someone who is on the same hike. Expect personal stories, lessons learned, controversial opinions, fanfictions, honest reviews and emotional rants. You can call me Tortoise! FUN FACTS ABOUT ME: *Age:23 (still as confuse as ever!) *Zodiac sign:Cancer *Personality: INFP-T *Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/tortoiseteoh

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