How can I improve this short story?

I just need to make it slightly longer and perhaps more interesting?? Any ideas would be amazing, thank you, just nothing too complicated; I am only 13.

Story :

She was only a heartbeat away. Her long black hair was tied up into the perfect mess and her brilliant blue eyes shone through the black make up. Her deep burgundy lips were emotionless and still as she sat looking into the mirror. The long black dress she was wearing looked beautiful in the autumn sunlight and the red ribbon around her waist matched perfectly with the single red rose lying on the cabinet in front of her. The window was open but the sweet smell of her perfume was still floating in the air.

The room was just as I remembered it; the antique furniture precisely placed, the grand piano surrounded by vintage guitars and CD’s piled up a mile high in every available corner. On top of the piano sat the sheet music for Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata ‘Pathétique’.
I had been expecting some things to change, but the house looked exactly the same as I had remembered leaving it only a few days before.

The only movement in the room was that of her chest as she breathed silently and steadily. I stood watching her, willing her to see me, but her eyes stayed locked in the mirror, like she was dreaming or remembering.
I moved across the open room towards the bed where the black silk sheets lay perfectly. On the small bedside table three photographs were placed in ornate frames. In each photograph there were two people, the beautiful woman and a young man with black hair and eyes that were just as dark. Beside the smallest frame was single playing card; the ace of hearts. The memories hurt as they came flooding back.
I turned away quickly. She needed to know that I was still there for her, looking over her.
I walked towards her and crouched by her side looking into the mirror. She was looking straight into my eyes but I knew she couldn’t see me and that hurt the most.

I slowly turned my head, trying hard to hold back the tears, and gently kissed her soft cheek and as I did so one solitary tear rolled down her face. She didn’t move at all; just let it fall onto the dark wood of the cabinet in front of her. The sun was still shining through the window and the tear drop glistened in the light. She blinked and I stood up, hopeful, but she looked right past me, unaware of my presence. She wiped her cheek with the back of her hand in one tender motion. Reflected in the mirror was the name ‘Ace’ tattooed in script on her wrist.
As her arm fell gently back to where it had been resting I looked at my own wrist, the words ‘We will never be apart’ were tattooed in the same script and a silent tear started to roll down my cheek.

I know about love, I was, am, in love and I know that being in love is horrible. It makes you so vulnerable by opening up your chest and your heart allowing someone else to get inside you and mess you up. For years you build up defences so that nothing can hurt you, but then one stupid person wonders into your life and you give them a piece of you. They don’t ask for it but one day they’ll do something ridiculous, like kiss you or smile at you and then your life isn’t your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you and eats you out leaving you crying in the darkness and it hurts, not just in the imagination or the mind. I hate love.

Slowly she stood up and I lost all feeling of hope, I could never be there for her again when she needed me. ‘I love you’ I whispered as she turned and walked past me, out of the door, on the way to my funeral.

thank you.

another question for fashionable people?

i bought this really cute vintage slip ages ago and i still can’t find anything to wear it with. it’s a really pretty shade of teal, is made of thin silk or something like that, and is trimmed with lace. the boobs look really weird, so i need something that will cover them up.
any outfit ideas would be greatly appreciated!

What halloween costume can i make out of this shirt?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/57089751/vintage-80s-gold-sequin-silk-butterfly

^^^^^^^^i have this shirt except its a blue and green butterfly.

What halloween costume can i make out of this shirt?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/57089751/vintage-80s-gold-sequin-silk-butterfly

^^^^^^^^i have this shirt except its a blue and green butterfly.

what do you think of trapeze dresses? (pictures included if you don’t know what that is)?

i’m looking for a trapeze dress to wear for my grad photos.
what do you think?

http://fashion-stylist.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/TrapezeDress_vintage.jpg (cute!)

http://images.asos.com/inv/K/8/48/198273/Grey/image1xl.jpg

http://images.buzzillions.com/images_products/02/25/womens_donna_morgan_silk_charmeuse_reviews_780062_300.jpg

not exactly those dresses, but that type of shape.

i need help finding a vintage dress!?

ok so i do this play for my school and i need to find a 1930s red or black silk evening gown- it needs to be floor length. i am looking on these vintage websites but they are ALL so expensive… are their any cheep ones that i can buyy and if you know a good website or place pleaseee le me know! thankss!

Birthday Dress?? Which One??

I’m having my 15th birthday at my beach club and it’s going to be at sunset. So wat do u think about these dresses? which is your favorite? I’m going for a summery casual but still cute and dressy look. the party is kinda like that scene from aquamarine so imagine the perfect outfit for that.

http://www.shopbop.com/vintage-lace-tank…

http://www.shopbop.com/print-bardot-dres…

http://www.shopbop.com/ingenue-dress-cat…

http://www.shopbop.com/black-label-saman…

http://www.shopbop.com/papillon-neck-dre…

http://www.nicolemiller.com/SILK_AND_LUREX_DRESS/pd/np/12/p/1248.html

click on my profile and i added a question with all the shopbop ones on it
so please go check it!! I really need help i have no idea which one to wear!!?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjlRqmXu7jP0ESVuUuTA0w3sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080428151007AA8MnZJ

teen age girls room…?

I’m redo my fairly large room that I share with my sister and have been hinting for the perfect bedspread and theme for months and can’t seem to find just the right one…I’m 17 and she’s 15, we need something more grown up than our lime green walls and crazy bedspread, something fun, not too bright, kinda artsy, maybe vintage…all pretty open with no price limits and no trashy bedspreads ( you no the kinds that are like really bright and silk of thin…)

Any ideas would help alot :)
(somethings that we do like are from urbanoutfitters, justnot the bedding…but the art is really cool)
Thanks
well my room would be something I could like for a couple years till I leave and then my sister who still has over3 years left sooo yeah

am i model matirial****PICS****?

me and my friend had a photo shoot done and i have been wondering if they were good enough to send to a company the theme was vintage with a modern twist

a striped halter sweater

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff347/ksmiley112/photoshoot018.jpg

bule/green suede jacket w/ red silk tank

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff347/ksmiley112/photoshoot075.jpg

please be honest i really want to be a model so any help is greatly appreciated
oh and dont say im yo young ive already hear that from my agent i am 14

HELP ME WlTH MY PROM HAIRDO PLEASE!!?

i need help with a hairdo for prom. the tips of my hair touch my shoulders and is a dark brown color with a hint of red. my dress is black silk and kind of old-school Hollywood styled. My bag and shoes are bright red and i’m thinking of getting a pair of red satin elbow-length gloves and some diamond-like blingy rings to go with it. I’ve already chosen my make-up, red lipstick and black lashes. (if you can’t tell, i’m going for a sort of vintage look =] )
what sort of hairstyles would match this theme which can be done with my length. also, pictures would be GREATLY appreciated so i have something to show the hairdresser =]

by the way, i’d love to wear one of those feathery looking hair clips too, the ones you wear on the side of your head, so try and incorporate that in if you can. if not, its okay =]

THANK YOU!!!

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