𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ➼ 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲¹

𝗧 𝗛 𝗜 𝗥 𝗧 𝗬 . 𝗢 𝗡 𝗘

❝ 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲
𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿,
𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲
𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵
𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 ❞
- 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀

𝗔𝘃𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

Pulling myself to the surface of the ground, I close the hatch behind me and start walking. My head starts to hurt and out of nowhere the trees start spinning.

My legs give out from under me and I try to crawl through the grass but my arms shake and I fall flat on the ground. I look up and my eyes water when I see two figures stood in front of me.

"Mom? Dad?" I whimper.

I push my self up and look up at them from my kneeled form.

"Hey, baby" My mom says, kneeling down in front of me.

"Mom" I sob and she wraps her arms around me.

I hug her tight and Dad kneels down, putting his arms around the both of us.

"I miss you, guys" I cry.

"Oh, God. We miss you too, pumpkin" My dad replies.

"Wait. How are you here?" I question in confusion, pulling away from them.

"What do you mean? We're your parents" My mom states as if it's only obvious they should be here.

"N-No. You're dead. How are you here right now?" I stutter, tears running down my cheeks.

"Don't worry about it. We're together and that's all that matters" My dad assures me and I find myself nodding.

"Are you really at peace?" I ask curiously, remembering the statement Finn had said after my dad died.

They look at each other with happy smiles and turn to me, nodding. I let a choked laugh escape my lips and they hold each other's hand.

"You look happier" I announce and they sigh.

"Things are easier once you're dead. No responsibilities. No hard work. Nothing. Just peaceful silence" My mom explains and I smile through my tears.

"I can't wait" I whisper and my mom furiously shakes her head, cupping my cheeks in her hands.

"No! No, you listen to me, Ava Steele" She demands in her mom voice and I look at her in confusion.

"You're going to fight, Ava. You are going to live. Promise me you'll do everything you can to survive?" She begs and I frown deeply.

"But-" I object.

"No buts! Promise me" She scolds me.

"I promise" I sigh in defeat and she smiles happily.

Her lips press against my head and she leans back again.

"So, who's the boy with the freckles?" My dad questions and I roll my eyes with a smile.

"Of course you come back to life to question me about boys" I scoff.