~Reminiscence~
Sophie hums to herself as she tidies up her apartment, her fingers gliding across the couch as she straightens her throw pillows. Her eyes catch on a glint between the cushions.
She slowly reaches in, her eyes slowly widening as she pulls out a bracelet – Justine’s bracelet. She feels her lower lip trembling.
It was a cold afternoon, Justine was curled up on the couch with Muffin – a ratty, mangy dog they’d both fallen in love with when visiting Justine’s father.
Sophie falls to the couch, tears welling up faster than she could hold them back. She sobbed softly, fingers running across the chain of the bracelet.
The fight had started and ended before Sophie could even hang her coat up. She could barely remember what the argument was regarding, but it ended with Sophie screaming at Justine from the window of her apartment.
The following days were cold. Quiet. Lonely. When Justine had changed her status to single on Facebook, Sophie had gotten drunk and invite her ex boyfriend, Nathan, over. She woke up the next morning to him gone and having blocked her number.
Sophie slowly sat up, placing the bracelet on the countertop as she fished her phone out of her pocket. She scrolled down to Justine’s contact, fingers hovering over the keyboard before she began typing.
“Hey Justine, I found your bracelet in my couch. I know you must have been looking everywhere for it.”
She put her phone down and walked away, but she froze when she heard the sound just seconds later. As much as she hated it, she found herself scrambling back to the coffee table.
“Holy shit, you DID? THANK YOU”
A quick moment, before another reply from Justine.
“It’s been too long. Idk how you feel about… what happened. But can we catch up? Maybe coffee sometime?”
Sophie smiled.
“I’d love that. What time?”