Love Hurts

I almost ran into a tree, thinking about Regina. I remember the gunmen bursting through the doors and me running out, tugging on Regina's arm, willing her to escape. But she stayed. She was stabbed in the stomach trying to help others get out. I cried, watching her fall to her knees, her eyes rollingq into the back of her head, and then falling face-first. I wanted to kill the person who stabbed her. I wanted to kill the gunmen that burst through those doors. But that was almost two years ago, when I was in tenth grade. We were at a regular dance, and I had asked Regina to go with me. She had been my friend ever since first grade. I've always had a crush on her. I loved her big green eyes, her long brown hair, and her cute little nose. She wore a peach colored dress, with the same colored shoes. She had her hair curled, and she wore no make-up, of course she didn't need any. The gunmen burst through the door as soon as I kissed her. I shook my head, coming back to the present. I was taking a shortcut through the woods to get to prom. I asked a girl named Joyce, she and I became friends about a year after Regina's death. Joyce was also beautiful, large brown eyes, short brown hair, and a little nose to match her dark skin. I see Regina in her when she smiles. I look around, the school shouldn't be far now. It's quiet, except for the sounds of nature. I continue walking, and I watch a squirrel climb up a tree. My eyes fall back to the base of the tree, and I see Regina, with a knife in her stomached, falling to her knees. I start to feel guilt, and misery, but why should I? I'm not the one who killed her. I sink to my patellas, and punch the ground with my fists, "NO! NOOOOO! YOU'RE NOT HERE! You- you're not here." I look up, cautiously, as if they was a gun to my head, and she's gone. I sigh with relief. I slowly get to my feet, trembling, and begin walking again. My heart's beating rapidly, and my eyes dart from place to place to make sure she's gone. That ain't right, I thought, It just makes me even more upset about her perishing. I stare at my strolling feet, breathing heavily, she was just a hallucination. She's gone. Forever. I turn my concentration upward, and stop dead in my tracks. She's standing right in front of me, smiling, no sign of pain in her eyes. The deep red coloring her gown, the knife in her abdomen. She starts screaming, and the sound multiplies as if there were a million of her. Regina's mouth starts getting wider, and wider, until it rips her head open. I cover my ears, and squeeze my eyes shut. I run past her, and my shoulder connects with her shoulder, and I should've felt pain, but in return, nothing. As if I hit air. I continue sprinting, my breaths heavy, I hear her laugh in my head. "STOP IT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I shout. I push myself and run faster, my lungs on fire. Before long, I make it to the school. I put my hands on my patellas, and begin coughing. I take in great amounts of oxygen and exhale great amounts out. I glance around me, no sign of...Regina. What.... HAPPENED?! What the hell was that?! I wonder. I tug away the thought and hesitate before I open the prom doors. It seems like it began already. I look around for Joyce. I spot her at the punch bowl helping herself, I walk up to her and place my hand on her shoulder. She turns around, stunned at first, but once she sees my face, she relaxes and smiles. I smile back and lock my hand with hers, then I lead her through the crowd. We dance to many slow songs, and she places her head on my shoulder. After a moment she looks up, and we share a kiss. The lights go out, and the screaming starts. Guns fire. The sounds of blades cutting through flesh fill the air. Joyce is gone, I don't feel her next to me. It's just like the time with Regina, it's happening again! IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!, a voice screams in my head. I remain still, and everything grows silent. The ringing that takes place when sound is absent fills my ears. The lights flicker back on, and the room is empty, not a soul in sight. Yet blood is left on the walls and floor, and guns on the ground. WHAT THE HELL, WHY IS THIS WORLD SO FUCKED UP? OR IS IT JUST...ME? The lights go out again and the screaming begins to fill the air again. I continue to stay where I am, I don't know what to do or where to go, just to stay where I am. The sounds die down until they stop, and the lights flicker back on. Regina and Joyce are standing side by side in front of me, and each of my hands has a knife in each of their stomachs. Yet they're smiling. The lights go out and before I can blink they come back on, and Regina alone is standing in front of me. Before I know it I feel a sharp pain in my stomache, I gasp. Blood rushes into my mouth and I open it to let the fluid out. "Love... Hurts,"Regina whispers. I gag, and fall to my knees, then face-first.