The Boy Who Knew: A Short Story

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The Boy Who Knew There once was a girl, her name was Isabelle, she hated everyone and everything, she was an only child, and she was an eighteen year old. And had her heart had broken too many times to count. Her dad past away, when she was only three years old, she was numb. Her mom kept trying to get her out of the house for the day, and go for a long walk in the woods. Where they live is a very small village, and there are not a lot of people either, Isabelle had no friends, she couldn’t trust anyone. One day she finally got out of her house, and went walking in the woods and she was listening to her music, and she wasn’t paying attention, and she ran into a boy. His name was Phillip and he was very tall, and he loves just about everything, and he’s nineteen. Isabelle apologized, he didn’t care, he introduced himself, she didn’t really care, she tried to leave but he wouldn’t stop talking. He wanted to play 20 questions, she just wanted to leave. He was wondering why she never smiled, he thought she was beautiful, she had; long brown hair, with ocean blue eyes. He asked “why do you look so sad? Did I say something, I shouldn’t have?” she replied “no it’s not your fault, I shouldn’t of came out here, I’m sorry,” she leaves and cries on the way back to her house. …show more content…
The next day, Isabelle thought Phillip was a creepy person; he wouldn’t stop looking at her like she was the prettiest thing in the world. Phillip went on another walk, and would help people on the way; he went to every door, asking for a beautiful girl, with brown hair, and blue eyes. He had no luck until the last house he went to. Isabelle’s mother answered the door; she asked “can I help you?” He said “yes! I’m looking for a very pretty girl, brown hair, and blue eyes? Do you know who I’m looking for?” She got so excited she grabbed Isabelle and told her to talk to

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