<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Butler Lantern]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://butlerlanternnewspaper.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[butlerlantern]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://butlerlanternnewspaper.wordpress.com/author/butlerlantern/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[UNTITLED]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Nicole<br />
<em>Guest Writer</em></p>
<p>The most beautiful smile I ever saw, was the smile of a blond girl I saw walking around the mall.</p>
<p>The way her hair bounced as she walked, the sun light from the sky lights glimmered against her silky waves. I knew I had to have her smile, it had to be mine. I held onto my bag tightly as I walked behind her from a distance. She never noticed me, I had been following her since the moment I saw her walk out of the yogurt shop. I picked her empty yogurt bowl out of the trash, the name scribbled across was ‘Dylan’, what an amazing name.</p>
<p>“Dylan,” I called from behind her.</p>
<p>She turned around and glanced back before turning away.</p>
<p>How dare she ignore me, I loved her and she ignored me. I crumple the bowl I held in my fist and that was when</p>
<p>I decided she would never ignore me again.</p>
<p>I followed her home, she lived on a nice street in a nice neighborhood. Soon she would live with me in my basement.</p>
<p>I crept towards a window that had the light off, I knew she was alone because I had been sitting outside her house for five hours. Dylan only left the house once in that time period. I did not follow her for I wanted to go into her house and collect a sample of her DNA. Her hairbrush was full of long wavy strands that were just waiting for me to take.<br />
Dylan came back from the library around nine, she had a large stack of books with her and Subway sandwich and a drink. I hope she enjoyed her food because waiting all these hours made me hungry. My feet and hands are shaking with anticipation for the plans I had made.</p>
<p>It was now almost midnight and I was getting antsy, this was going to be something she would never forget. Just like I could not forget the smile that graced her lips so lightly.</p>
<p>Next thing I knew I was laying on the floor and a bright light caused my eyes to snap open with such force that I thought I would pass out. I looked around and saw the white walls, floor, ceiling shining back at me with such a piercing white that I had to roll over. I tried to pull my hands out to help me roll over. I then realized that I was strapped inside of a straight jacket. ‘How could this be?’ I thought.</p>
<p>I was just waiting for Dylan, my true love, to come and live with me. Where is she? Who is she with? All these questions swarmed my head, I was becoming dizzy and I rolled over to the wall and sat up. The only window in the room was on the door, and it had bars over it. Where was I? What was happening?</p>
<p>“Time to take your medicine,” a nurse walked in with a small plastic cup full of pills and a plastic cup full of water.</p>
<p>“I don’t need medicine, who are you?”</p>
<p>“If you don’t take it then we will have someone hold you down so then you will take it.”</p>
<p>“Fine.” I took the pills and she left without another word.</p>
<p>Then the lights turned out. “Hello?” I called from my spot on the floor. I called out again struggling to stand up. The slot on the door closed and I was left in pitch black.</p>
<p>All I could think about was the smile, the smile that I took. The smile that I now remember I had in my house. I had lots of things at my house that I liked, like Dylan’s smile, Sophie’s hands, Jenna’s eyes, I had quite the collection. I smirked knowing that soon I would have the nurse’s eyes to add to my collection.</p>
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