And Then I Killed A Star
She turned around, startled. We looked at each other, both paralyzed in the moment. Like two does caught in the headlights of each other’s gaze. A sudden connection under a shattered star.
At this very moment I realized that she wasn’t okay. And that she wasn’t going to be okay for a long time. Because both of us were drawn here by the deaths of our loved ones.
A moment later the wind was gone but by then the unspoken words became unspeakable. All we could do was see each other for a blink of an eye. One breath later it was a regular evening again, two kids passing each other by. As if nothing had happened.
But I knew, deep inside, something had.
What And Who Is 'And Then I Killed A Star' About?
Young Adult
Liam is a bright seventeen-year-old. He has just lost the most important person in his life. And it broke him.
Astrophysics
Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars on the night sky and one of the largest in our galaxy. She is right at the end of her life.
Tragedy
Saturn has always been different. She tried to live a normal high school life, but then she also lost someone.
And it broke everything.