Soaring Hearts


“I broke up with Brent.”

Victoria’s lips parted the slightest. She wanted to leap for joy, dance around and rejoice the great new. Inside her heart was soaring, but she kept her outer appearance calm and collected, even frowning just the tiniest to act concerned. Her blue eyes watched her friend carefully, trying to analyze how she should react to this news. A influx of questions began to race in her head, all with answers that she knew she wasn’t going to receive.

“I’m... sorry.”
© burning. // 2013
written for this contest.