𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐋𝐘 𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐒 - 𝐃.𝐌.

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tw: gore

I think I just got stabbed. I can't feel anything. I'm completely numb and paralyzed.

This feeling is indescribable as I fall to my knees, choking a little in the process.

But the worst part of this entire moment, is that I can't feel a thing, not really. I want to feel something. I want to know i'm hurt, and that i'm dying. I want to know that Savanna is behind me, screaming because of what just happened.

I hate the way my heart drops when I notice that this knife isn't imbedded anywhere on my body. Savanna coughs at the shock, looking down at her chest.

The dagger stabbed right through her, right through her heart. Right through her beautiful, selfless heart.

I catch her head in my hands before it hits the ground. I sit next to her, holding her in my arms.

"Savanna?" I question, still trying to process if this is really happening to me right now.

Blood pours out of her chest rapidly, soaking her tank top and her jacket.

This is when I realize the realness of this situation.

"Help!!!!!" I yell.

No one hears me, so I panic more. "Someone help!!!"

Savanna grabs tightly onto my arm. When I turn back to her, she's shaking her head.

I begin to sob, seeing her looking back at me like this is all over. "Don't shake your head like that. You're not going, darling. You're not. It's not time."

"Help!!!!" I yell again.

"Draco." she says with a struggling voice. "I can't  breathe."

Tears fall down her cheeks rapidly as she tries to catch a breath.

She grabs my hand. "I love you, Draco."

I hate the way her beautiful eyes look with tears flooding them. Though, they're the color of the ocean, these types of waves don't appeal to me. Instead of helping me swim, they make me drown.

I sob and my tears fall onto her cheek. "No, no."

"Say it back. Please." she cries.

I gather all my strength, placing my forehead on hers. "I love you, more than words can say." My voice breaks and shatters on that sentence.

She still struggles to breathe. "Kiss me."

I do what she says, and I kiss her so gentle and soft. I let her know how precious she is to me. She sacrificed herself to save me.

I can feel her chest heaving beneath me. But not for long. I feel her body go limp in my arms. I don't want to pull away from her, because I know what just happened. I can't accept it yet, I don't think I ever will. I bury my face in the crook of her neck as the world goes completely silent. I cry into her for the longest and hardest moment of my life.

This isn't real. I keep telling myself this is all just a terrible nightmare. I'll wake up, and she'll be in bed next to me, telling me that she's here and that she's okay. She'll kiss my pain away and save me all over again. She's my world, she's my best friend, she's my favorite person. She's everything.

Wake up, Draco. Wake up. Wake up right now.

I sob and whimper into her before I pull away and her eyes are no longer looking into mine. They're closed and lifeless.

"Savanna." I nudge her. She doesn't move. "Savanna, let's go. We have to get married remember?" I grab her hand. "We have to get married."

I hold her against my chest and choke on my own tears, listening to absolutely nothing. I can't listen to the soothing sound of her heartbeat anymore. The only heartbeat I hear is mine. It's reminding me that my life just ended in just a few short minutes.

"God, Savanna." I say.

Her name is my favorite name to say out loud. I'll say it forever.

I check the watch on my wrist.

Exactly twelve o'clock in the morning.

It's her birthday.

"Happy birthday, my love."

I know the battle is over by the way I can't hear anything. I can't hear anything but the footsteps approaching me. It's my mother.

I carefully set Savanna down on the ground. I stand and my mother is crying too. "I'm so sorry, darling." she says.

I reach into my pocket and pull out the ring box, opening it for her to see. I hold it up only for a second before letting my arm go limp by my side.

My mother sobs and wraps her arms around me, hugging my tightly.

"I promised I would marry her." I cry.

I let go, and kneel back down to Savanna, taking her face in my hands. "Come back. Please, come back!"

My world just ended.