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M looked in the mirror, at the face she had known as long as she's remembered.

"Why do you keep running away?" It was her, but not her, standing behind her. She could see 2 people in the mirror, but she knew if she turned around, nothing would be there.

"What do you mean?" M says, looking down at the sink below her.

"You know what I'm talking about." Her doppelganger said a matter o factly. "You always run. When your guy friends do things that you don't expect, that destroys your routine, you get scared. Why do you worry so much over this dumb stuff anyways? Why are you so scared?"

"Do you know what it's like?" M said. "To be cared about one second, and the next, poof. The world you know is gone and your stuck in the limbo. You've fallen down a cliff, and you've got to climb you're way back up. Last time I fell, it took me a whole year. And you know what I remember about that time? Almost nothing. It's like a lost a chunk of my life that I can never get back. What if it's the same this time? Or the time after that? I'm scared I'm going to waste my life away..."

"You ARE wasting your life away!" the doppelganger snapped. "We both know your sick and tired of trying to run. Why don't you just let it flow and see how it goes? Stop pushing away your chance at happiness. What if he turns out to be the one for you? You never know til you stop running and start living!"

"... I can't." M sighed, rubbing her temples. "It's not that simple. I just can't stop. It's all I've ever known. And what if I don't like where this is leading anyways? I want to stop it. Because we both know what would come of it. I would say no."

"... Why?" The doppelganger asked, disatisfied with her answer.

"Because. I can handle heartbreak now. It hurts, but I can deal with it now. I've learned the hard way. But some people haven't. I can't just turn my back on that, you know? I can deal with crying in my closet for a few days and then be done with it. But some aren't."

"But what if that makes him unhappy?" M finally looked up at her reflection & her doppelganger.

"Look at me. Do you seriously think that would even be a possibility? I'm not pretty in any sense. Why would any one ever consider this?"

"Because they love you." The doppelganger said. "They will just love you."

"It's so simple isn't it? Because they love me." M laughs, and stares into the mirror. "Like I'd ever be able to do that."