More Mannequin Madness! (part 2)

More of the Mannequin Monologue (continued on from this post):

But sometimes rules have to be ignored, and one of these times, I discovered, is when love comes calling. Over the course of a few weeks, we came to know each other - I shared my tales with him, as the others had when I arrived, and we became close. When he told me he loved me, I was so surprised and delighted, and we lay together until morning.

For so long, I had watched lovers pass by on the streets outside, arm in arm, enjoying the simple pleasure and warmth of love and the happiness it brings. I had envied them, as they had envied my designer fashions and shapely figure. There was, however, a side I had never seen to love - the sadness and pain it could bring were unknown to me.

All the next day, I stood motionless, waiting for the blissful hour when the store would close and we would be reunited again. As the lights dimmed to security setting, I ran from the FEMALE FASHION LABELS section, in which I modelled, to the MALE FASHION LABELS section, where he was. Or should have been. He was gone, though, and I was lost. I ran around, speaking to Armani and Gucci, who knew little, other than he had been damaged in an accident and had been taken away for repairs.

For a few days, I waited, hopeful, and then I began to give up. He was gone, and I doubted I would ever see him again. After nearly a month, on one of the aimless walks I had made part of my nightly routine, I saw him. He was back. I ran to him, and embraced him, but there was no return, no hint of recognition. He asked me who I was, and when I answered, said he had never met me.

I was crushed. My love had been stolen from me, and ruined, changed. I had to know what had happened, what had caused this horrible affair. And when I knew, I would strive to make ammends.

Well, there you have it for this evening. Remember, Rach, rough! draft only. It will look better after I have had more time to work on it thoroughly. Hopefully this will give you something to work with, and help me edit. If you can let me know about anything you are unhappy with, or and character elements that dont fit, its much easier at this stage to fix it then to let it go until the end... Cheers, hope all goes well. PS - this is the second bit - the beginning is underneath. bj.