Always and Forever

Chapter 33

*Ella’s POV*

I remember it like a romantic dream. Dream you don’t want to wake up from. Everything was perfect: Me standing in front of the mirror in my wedding dress, bouquet of snowhite callas in my hands, minutes away from marrying the love of my life and spending the rest of my life with him. To be honest I don’t remember how I got this far.

It feels like it’s been in a different lifetime when Thomas first texted me. I didn’t know one text would change my life forever.

Then I met Jake and felt a connection with him from the first ever message he ever sent me.

Then our adventure began. I became friends with the group and I became close and close with Jake. We've been through a lot together. Finding Hannah, moving to Duskwood, fighting against Joseph… Proposal… looking for Dress… getting ready for the wedding.

I don’t even remember how I put on this dress or where I got this bouquet from. Everything happened in a blur for me. I kept thinking about what was about to happen. nothing else mattered to me.

I was thinking about all of this while standing in front of the mirror. At some point I realized I was late and I had to go. So I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and left the room.

There were a lot of eyes staring at me while coming down the aisle but I didn’t care about them. There was a pair of blue eyes that I cared about the most. He stood next to Dan wearing a black suit. Here and there I saw a fragment of a perfectly smooth, snow-white shirt collar intertwined with a black tie, a watch gleamed on his wrist. He looked like from the world's best fashion runway. It was something new to me. I’ve never seen him wearing a suit before and believe me I was getting used to this. He really looked handsome standing there and waiting for me.

I smiled as soon as I saw him. Few more steps and I would be by his side for the rest of my life. He would become my husband and I would become his wife. We would create our little and loving family.

But it took one second to wake up from this beautiful daydream. Everything happened so fast. I felt sharp pain and the whole world stopped. I was looking straight into Jake’s eyes and couldn’t think about anything anymore. people were running around, crying, screaming but it was only me and Jake at this moment. I felt someone’s arms hugging me. I didn’t even bother looking who it was because I knew it wasn’t Jake. He was looking at me motionless.

I saw how he blinked a few times and started running towards me. I wanted him to get here, I wanted him to hug me possibly for the last time but he couldn’t make it. He was forced to stop in his tracks when a bullet hit him in his chest. I saw how his white shirt became red from his blood. All I could do was watch, when in reality I wanted to hug him and take away his pain. I couldn’t stay awake anymore… I couldn’t fight anymore… so I closed my eyes with a single tear running down my face.

Please… Please survive Bluey…

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  *Two weeks from wedding*

-         Jake!

I was startled awake and looking around for Jake in this strange room. It looked like a hospital room. It was logical that I was in the hospital based on the last thing I remembered but the most important thing was how and where Jake is.

It Looked like my screaming had an effect and the door swung open and Tyson rushed into the room. Where did he get here from?

-         Ella!

-         Tyson, Where is Jake?

-         Ella calm down.

-         Take me to Jake. I need to see him now.