Thea

Happy Endings

"Oh, look at that star." I say to Ezra as he and I lay on the ground, and look up at the stars.

"I think that one looks like the smiley face that you have tattooed on you." I say to Ezra. He laughs at my comment, and I notice that he turns his body over to his side so that he is able to fully see me.

"Do you think Thea if someone wrote a story about us would it have a happy ending. Because when people look at us they see nothing but red and danger. So I think I should rephrase my question, and ask if we deserve a happy ending." He asked me. I turn my attention over to him instead of the stars, and look him in the eyes.

"I think that we deserve one. But I don't think that if people read our story you would call it a love story. I think a better way to word it is that our story isn't a love story but a story about pain, suffering, friendship, and in the end we ended up finding love." I say to him with a smile.

He looks me in the eyes as though something is off. "I like to think that way as well. We fought together, protected each other from our fears, loving each other on our journey; and in the end I wouldn't have it any other way." He said to me, "We still have a lot more to look forward to. It's not over yet." I say to him as I bring my hand to his face.

He doesn't say anything in return, and he instead just looks back up at the stars. "We have a lot of time right Ezra?" I ask him in a concerned tone.

He looks back over at me and all of a sudden I feel a drop of rain come onto my shoulder. The rain is coming down faster and faster.

Ezra stands up and gives me his hand. "May I have this dance?" He asks me, "You may." I take his hand and he grabs my waist tight and leads us in a slow dance.

I place my head on his chest, and he places his head on top of mine. As we are dancing I know that something is off.

"We don't have time do we?" I ask him with a sad tone. "No, love we don't." He said to me, "I'm sorry."

He brings me out of the position we are in, and looks me in the eyes.

Instead of talking we enjoy the company that I know I won't be able to have soon. He twirls me over and over. The rain hits my face everytime I look up. My tears and the rain have somehow become one.

He brings me into his chest and I can tell that the time is soon.

He cups my face with both hands. "Love me forever?" He asked me in a form of a question. I couldn't look at him so I just cried into his chest. I couldn't leave him.

"No Ezra, please. Not yet."

"Promise me." He says and brings my face into his view again. "Stop, please." I say to him, and I shake my head back and forth in denial.

"Come on baby." He says to me, "I promise." I barely get the words out.

He wipes my tears off and I take in his touch on my skin. He holds my waist tight, and dips me just like he did the night we met.

As I am being dipped down he gives me his beautiful smile, "Goodbye, love" he comes down and kisses me on the forehead.

Everything goes dark

I can't hear the rain anymore

I don't feel his touch anymore.

It was a dream.

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I hear a faint beeping noise in the background.

It feels cold.

I feel someone touching my hand.

My eyes feel as though they can barely open.

I move my fingers that are in somebody's hand. I hear their voice signaling that I moved. I listen harder and It's Ana "She's awake" I hear her say to somebody in the distance.

My eyes wiggle their way open and I am met with bright light. A hospital bright light.

Ana is right next to me holding my hand, and the rest of the guys are standing behind her. My mom and dad are on the other side of me. I try to talk but at first my voice is really dry and cracky.

"Is Ezra alright?" I say in a low voice. They all don't answer my question and I see that they all put their heads down and couldn't look me in the eyes. "Xavier?" I say to him because he was the only one in the room that was always straight up with me.

"It got his heart, T. They said that there was too much blood. He stayed with you for as long as he could. I'm sorry T" He said as he let tears drop from his eyes.

I looked into the distance. Nothing felt real at that moment. It was an out of body experience. I felt like I was watching myself and my family deal with something that truthfully didn't feel real.

I felt as though when Xavier told me that Ezra was gone half of me died as well. He completed me in ways that I didn't even know.

How could this day take such a turn. "Who? I swear to God if someone tells me that it was fucking Tiffin. Jesus Christ I will burn this whole fucking building down." I looked over at them with tears stinging my eyes.

"It was him. He shot 3 shots. Two hitting you and one hitting Ezra. He's gone though T. I handled him, and by handling I mean I shot him in the head over and over. Every shot was revenge for how he fucked with us." Xavier said to me in a cracky voice.

"That's the thing though. We didn't fucking win. We lost. We lost Ezra. I got fucking shot. What did we win huh?"

My breathing became erratic, and all I wanted right now was to be in his arms. For him to tell me that it's alright.

My uncontrolled sobs, and the condition that I am in right now is not a good mixture. "Hey breathe, alright." Alex comes over and says to me. The monitors go off, and doctors come storming in. "Everyone give her space please." The doctors said to everyone as they came over to treat me.

Ana started to let go of my hand, but I just squeezed it tighter. I need her right now.

They gave me the oxygen mask, and once I calmed down a little bit the sobs started to settle a little.

A lady with dark brown hair, and green eyes started to walk towards me. "Hi Miss Valerio. I am Dr.Howard, and I would like to update you on your current situation if that is alright with you." She asked me, and I nodded my head yes. Even though my head was cloudy I knew I could at least try to distract myself from the current events.

"You were shot in your upper shoulder and your chest. Both of the places that you were shot were not severe, but one place over and it could have been. Do you remember what or who caught your fall before you fell from the shot?" She asked me, and yes I remember. "Yes Angel did. Ezra Angel caught my fall." I answered the women's question.

"Well ma'am if he didn't catch your fall your baby would not be alive. I am happy to say though that your baby is healthy and safe in the womb right now." she said to me with a sympathetic smile.

A baby?

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