*SCREAMING IN SILENCE*

THE WORLD DID NOT END

"THE WORLD DID NOT END IN A BANG, OR A WISPER, BUT RATHER, ONE SCREAM AT THE TIME. MY WORLD ENDED WHEN I FOUND OUT, SHE NO LONGER LIVING IN THIS WORLD BY MY SIDE. I SCREAMED AND CRIED WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE NEWS. SHE ,ON THE OTHER HAND, DID NOT SCREAM. I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD HER RAISE HER VOICE. SHE WENT IN SILENCE AND UNNOTICED FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HER, BUT FOR US- FOR ME THERE IS NOW A GAP IN MY SOUL, WHERE SHE USED TO BE. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED H-" WITH A LOUD BANG THE WORLD ENDED -JUST KIDDING- THE DOORS FLEW OPEN AND FIVE MEN IN TUXEDOS WALKED INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE MAN WHO WALKED UP FRONT SPOKE. "YOUR WORLD WILL END WITH A LOUD BANG." THE MAN SAID WHILE FACING THE MAN WHO WAS SPEAKING. "HOW DARE YOU PRETEND LIKE YOU ACTUALLY CARED FOR HER, THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU SCREAMED AND CRIED IS BECAUSE YOU'RE A PUSSY AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING YOURSELF." NOW THE MAN IN THE TUX WAS STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ONTHER, LOOKING DOWN AT HIM. "WHO LOOKED FOR HER WHILE SHE WAS DRUNK ON A PARTY? WHO MADE SURE SHE WAS OKAY WHEN SHE WAS ON HER PERIOD OR WHEN SHE WAS HAVING 'ONE OF THOSE BAD DAYS? WHO MADE SURE SHE LOOKED AFTER HERSELF AS WELL? WHE LOVED HER? WHO MADE LOVE TO HER IN THE WAY SHE LIKED IT? WELL IT WASN'T FUCKING YOU. WASN'T IT? I DID ALL THOSE THINGS. YOU DON'T DESERVE TO MOURN HER DEATH, YOU DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO BE ALIVE. YOU'RE LUCKY I PROMISED HER NOT TO KILL YOU. NOW LEAVE THIS PLACE AND NEVER COME BACK AGAIN OR I'LL BREAK THAT PROMISE."

AFTER THE MAN LEFT, THE MAN IN THE TUX WALKED TO THE WOMAN'S CASKET AND SAID, "I'M HERE PRINCESS, I'M SO SORRY I COULDN'T PROTECT YOU. I FAILED YOU. IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT LOVE. IT'S ALL TRUE, THE DAY DREAMING, THE WORRYING, THE SMILING WHILE THINKING ABOUT YOU. AND NOW ALL I CAN THINK OF IS THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU. WHO WILL MAKE ME COOKIES NOW AT TWO AM? WHO WILL BUT THEIR COLD FEET AGAINST MINE WHEN WE CRAWL IN BED? WHO WILL LISTEN TO DINSEY SONGS NON STOP AND FILL THE HOUSE WITH HER BEAUTIFUL VOICE NOW? WHO WILL CALM ME DOWN WHEN I WANT TO KILL SOMEONE? WHO WILL KISS ME AND TELL ME I'M LOVED? WHO WILL EVEN LOVE ME NOW? WHO WILL BE MY PRINCESS? THAT WAS ALL YOU AND ONLY YOU. EVER." NOW THE TEARS STREAMED DOWN HIS FACE THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH HE HAD LOVED HER.

"YOU MUST BE ISAAC." SOMEONE SAID FROM BEHIND, "I'M HER MOTHER." HE QUICKLY DRIED HIS TEARS AND TURNED AROUND, FACING THE WOMAN. "YES." HE REACHED HIS HAND OUT BUT THE MOTHER PUSHED HIS HAND AWAY AND HUGGED THE MAN THIGHTLY. "YOU WERE ALL SHE TALKED ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS HOME, I HAD NEVER SEEN HER THIS HAPPY, I WASN'T DELIGHTED IT WAS A MAN LIKE YOU BUT SHE WAS IN LOVE." THE MOM WISPERED WITH A SAD SMILE. "IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ME, SHE WAS TO GOOD FOR ME, SEE WHERE SHE ENDED UP BECAUSE OF ME. DEAD." HE STARTED CRYING AGAIN. "IT DOESN'T MATHER WETHER YOU WERE GOOD ENOUGH OR NOT, YOU MADE HER HAPPY. SHE WOULD HAVE MARRIED YOU ONE DAY. SHE TOLD ME IF YOU TOOK MUCH LONGER SHE WOULD DO IT HERSELF." THE MOM LAUGHED NOW. "THAT'S MY PRINCESS." HE WISPERED.

PS. THE FIRST MANS LIFE DID END IN A BANG, THE BANG OF A BUS HITTING HIS BODY

-A