CHILDHOOD
/ˈtʃʌɪldhʊd/
noun

1. bright eyes and cheery laughter, a girl who has nothing to lose and everything to gain, flowers and sunshine and the smell of spring
   
2. happiness comes easily, blown in with the breeze and wrapping golden tendrils around a young, beating heart
   
3. there is so much more life to live
   

FRIENDSHIP
/ˈfrɛn(d)ʃɪp/
noun

1. two hearts beating in tandem, a rush of recognition and familiarity, hushed laughter and the saccharine delight of a shared secret
   
2. whispered conversations in the cool evening air, fireflies dancing as the night steadily descends, a promise to always be kept
   
3. us against the world
   

TRUST
/trʌst/
noun

1. the knowledge that comes with years of shared company, fingers twisting together, where one goes the other is sure to follow, stepping in each other's footsteps like they've shared the same paths all their lives
   
2. there is love here, tangible in the air, people talk like they always do, gossip flits its way between stalks of corn and bales of hay, it does not matter what is said, they have each other, and that is enough
   
3. hold her hand, don't let go
   

BETRAYAL
/bɪˈtreɪəl/
noun

1. heart pumping, a rush of fear, fangs glinting in the moonlight and the four corners of a dead end, a sacrifice so easily made, forsaken for safety that a monster cannot give
   
2. the warmth of a friend replaced so easily with the coolness of steadily approaching night, loneliness has never hurt like this
   
3. bitter on her tongue
   

MEMORIES
/ˈmɛm(ə)ɹiz/
noun

1. running through her veins like silver and holy water, burning a path through a girl who does not want to remember, the past is a whirlwind of pain and sorrow, there is nothing good left
   
2. brews in nightmares she cannot escape, awakening to a heart that beats too slow, cold skin and sharp teeth the only relics from a night she wants to forget
   
3. blood tastes like iron, it stings worse than regret