Page 10 of Wishing for La Luna

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Not nothing. You got arrested. Let’s talk. I got your back.

And the sinking feeling is instant.I’m a mess, and everyone knows.Niko always has it together. He doesn’t need to be told what to do. He doesn’t need a Maeven to fix shit for him.

Me

No biggie. I let anger get the best of me. I got it tho.

A call from him comes through, and I hit the ignore button.

Then another text. It’s from my friend Xavier “El Flaco” Delgado.

Xavier

I know you’re hurting. You’re not alone. Call me.

I can’t talk to him either. I need to do this on my own.

I leave himon read, close my phone screen, and flip the device away. Doom-scrolling does nothing but remind me of what a fuck-up I am and exposes me to people who already know that.

I grab my pen and notepad. This is how I write songs—alone in the silence—and I have words to get off my chest tonight.

I can't believe you did this...to me.

No lo puedo creer

Everything in me arde

Y no me puedo contener

Walking around life like a powdered keg

Any friction becomes an ignition

Rapid combustion es mi mecanismo

Y todos los días vivo lo mismo

Algo tiene que cambiar

Something's got to give

Because carrying this weight

Is almost breaking me

You did this

No se por que lo hiciste

La paz no me encuentra

En ningun sitio que busque

Me quitaste el sol

You left me in the darkness

La paz no me encuentra

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