ace (alt. ending story) {a reunion }

an ending

"here, stand up with me." i ushered her suddenly before we stood next to our seats.
"why are we standing?" sofia asked nervously; she did not like people staring at her.

"you're right, you've left a mark on me; you've changed me. you make me a better man and i know you'll make me a better father. i want you to be in my life forever because you've created a hole in my heart that only you can fill" i said proudly. i wasn't ashamed of people hearing that i loved her.

"will you..." I muttered, glancing down at the ring
before a loud ringing sound flooded my ears; it was the sound of a gunshot.

in the background I could hear people screaming, screaming for their lives and running out of the restaurant like it was on fire.

I looked back up at the love of my life standing rooted to the ground; with all the colour draining from her gorgeous tan face.

my heart stopped when I saw her put her hand up to her chest, where the blood was seeping out of .

"Ace." she whispered, staring at me with widened eyes.

Ice had shot the person behind us 3 times.
"it wasn't meant for her, it was meant for him!" the person screamed before dropping dead on the ground like a dead fly. fucking hoe.

I felt like everything had stopped, just for a moment. It was all going in slow motion, the ringing in my ears still echoing from moments earlier. everything felt hazy.

"no, no this can't be happening." I said, with my face as white as hers.

"you're okay, you'll be okay." I whispered, as I cradled her with my arms and tried to stop the bleeding.

she looked at me with wide eyes and said,
"I love you."

"this was supposed to be our forever." I sobbed.
it wasn't fair. "this is our forever. i'll always love you, ace." she smiled weakly as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"no, I love you, you'll be okay." I mumbled, as tears flowed down my cheeks.

"save our baby," she whispered. "you need someone to love you."

"i'm not afraid to die, i'm only afraid I'll never see you again." she said quietly.

suddenly, the doctors ran in. "sir, you need to give her to us, so we can save the baby, we need to do an immediate surgery." they frantically said.

"she's gone." I shouted as I refused to her her go.
"let her go, it's what she wanted." Ice said.

"it was supposed to be me." I mumbled.

Ice looked at me, his eyes were too red from crying.

the doctors did an emergency C-section and a few hours later, we heard the soft wailing of a baby.

"it's a miracle he's alive." the doctors said as they handed me our baby. I held him in my arms for the first time, I promised. " I won't ever let anyone hurt you, no one. I'll treat you better than my own father ever did." I hushed the baby as he cried in my arms.

I was covered in blood, which I knew wasn't good for the baby, much less a newborn. "hold him." I grumbled as I handed baby Jaxon to Ice.

suddenly, I was fueled with rage.

a level of anger I have never reached before.

I walked over to the lifeless body of the bitch who had ended sofia's life and searched for a gang symbol.

and that's when I found it.

haze's gang symbol, tattooed on his right arm.

"we're going back. NOW." I yelled to Ice.

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"hey man, you do realise we have to have a funeral for her, right?" Ice asked a while after Jaxon and I reached home.

"i'm not going." I replied.

we yelled at each other, only stopping when Jaxon started crying in the next room.

I sighed.

"hey little man, what's wrong, huh?" I gently asked. he continued to cry. "you miss mama, right? yeah me too." I sighed. "I think it's time for a bottle."

I grabbed the bottle I had prepared earlier for him and he fell asleep soon after.

"okay looks like you're sleeping in my room tonight."

I placed Jaxon onto the bed gently before I lay next to him. he lay on sofia's side of the bed, barely making a dent due to his lightness.

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four years later...
Ice's pov

I woke up with a start. I looked over at my phone sitting on the side table.

the date.

looks like sofia's 4 year anniversary is approaching. fuck.

ace went on a rampage for about 2 years after sofia died, killing anyone that pissed him off, except Jaxon. he meant the world to ace.

little does Jaxon know today is his mother's death anniversary.

Jaxon suddenly burst through the doors. "alex, alex, look what I found." he shouted happily as his little legs ran as fast as they could over to me.

he handed me a photo.

of sofia.

"where did you get this, bud?" I asked curiously.

"on the floor." he bubbled, pointing at the marble floor of the lavish mansion.

"oh, it probably fell off the wall." I mumbled.

"shall we go see dada?" I asked Jaxon.

"but dada is working and says we are not allowed in." he pouted.

"how about we go get you a cookie?" I smiled.

"okay!" he grinned happily at me as I carried him down to the kitchen.